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DoBW

(2,098 posts) Mon Dec 23, 2024, 03:13 PM Monday

dirtbag Amazon hits strikers with water in 19 degee weather

"It was extraordinarily cruel. Is anyone surprised that the company headed by the man who's having a $600 million wedding is turning a stream on the people who work under inhumane conditions in his trucks and warehouses? " (from crooksandliars)

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/12/amazon-turns-high-pressure-water-pipe

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dirtbag Amazon hits strikers with water in 19 degee weather (Original Post) DoBW Monday OP

Bull "Bezos" Connor VGNonly Monday #1

Crooks & Liars has turned into a spam web site, 4 ads in between paragraphs in the article. Jacson6 Monday #2

Are you serious? uberblonde Monday #10

Are we going back 100 years for some good old fashioned violence against striking workers? IronLionZion Monday #3

I can't believe a company would do that BonnieJW Monday #4

Cheering RecoveringJournalist Monday #5

It seems like that's an assault. nt Gore1FL Monday #6

The whole world is watching Jeffy; you're a CEO, right & there are solutions NotHardly Monday #7

That looks like part of the sprinkler system flow Historic NY Monday #8

It ain't bad in the day If they squirt it your way, 'Cept in the winter, when it's froze JoseBalow Monday #9

Great FZ reference! bluesbassman 22 hrs ago #16

So true, I miss Frank these days more than ever. JoseBalow 18 hrs ago #17

THAT... 2naSalit Monday #11

Didn't the Teamsters refuse to endorse Harris? Blue_Tires Monday #12

Some local Teamsters unions endorsed Harris but the national one refused IronLionZion 23 hrs ago #15

Speaking at the RNC is a bit more than currying favor Blue_Tires 14 hrs ago #19

Bezos Billionaire-Bro BLAST-O-Rama (R) BoRaGard Monday #13

Teamsters President Speaks at RNC Blue_Tires Monday #14

Do you have any reputable sources that this was a deliberate act by the company? RandomNumbers 18 hrs ago #18

VGNonly

(7,800 posts)

1. Bull "Bezos" Connor

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:02 PM

Monday

Bull Connor turned high pressure fire hoses and attack dogs on hundreds in the early 60s.

Jacson6

(838 posts)

2. Crooks & Liars has turned into a spam web site, 4 ads in between paragraphs in the article.

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:22 PM

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uberblonde

(1,218 posts)

10. Are you serious?

Reply to Jacson6 (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:38 PM

Monday

I suspect that, like most progressive sites, they're trying hard to stay afloat. There's a big ad asking for subscription support at the time of the page.

IronLionZion

(47,113 posts)

3. Are we going back 100 years for some good old fashioned violence against striking workers?

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:37 PM

Monday

The important thing to say here is "Nobody wants to work anymore" and after Trump is inaugurated say "Foreigners are stealing your jobs".

MAGA

I can see why Bezos owned newspapers didn't endorse Kamala.

BonnieJW

(2,605 posts)

4. I can't believe a company would do that

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:39 PM

Monday

Is it 1920 again?
It will be tough to go without the convenience, but I'm getting closer to backing away from big A

RecoveringJournalist

(178 posts)

5. Cheering

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:42 PM

Monday

Gimmie an L! Gimmie a U! Gimmie an I-G-I!

Gore1FL

(21,990 posts)

6. It seems like that's an assault. nt

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:03 PM

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NotHardly

(1,363 posts)

7. The whole world is watching Jeffy; you're a CEO, right & there are solutions

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:04 PM

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Historic NY

(38,043 posts)

8. That looks like part of the sprinkler system flow

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:09 PM

Monday

JoseBalow

(5,630 posts)

9. It ain't bad in the day If they squirt it your way, 'Cept in the winter, when it's froze

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:34 PM

Monday

An' it's hard if it hits
On yer nose

bluesbassman

(19,900 posts)

16. Great FZ reference!

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:35 AM

22 hrs ago

Uncle Remus speaks perfectly to today’s climate of wealth inequality. Zappa was prophetic in many of his tunes and writings. Man, would love to have him around right now for his insights. He’s sorely missed.

JoseBalow

(5,630 posts)

17. So true, I miss Frank these days more than ever.

Reply to bluesbassman (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 01:27 PM

18 hrs ago

It's a great song, off such a great album.

The lyrics of "Uncle Remus" have been said to reflect Zappa's thoughts regarding racial tensions in the United States, including the civil rights movement and civil rights work that has not been done. It has also been described as an extension of Zappa's feelings on racism featured on his earlier song "Trouble Every Day". The lyrics, "Just keep your nose, to the grindstone they say. Will that redeem us, Uncle Remus", questions whether despite their best efforts, if racial equality can ever be achieved. Author Ben Watson called the song "a gentle reprimand, noting how protest was being abandoned for fashion", citing Zappa's mention of growing a "'fro", along with water from fire hoses used in protests having the potential to harm "sharp" clothes. The song's lyrics also refer to lawn jockeys, statuettes that often depicted black figures with exaggerated features. Zappa sings about targeting jockeys on the lawns of "rich people" as a form of protest in Beverly Hills, suggesting a connection between class and race.

Uncle Remus

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2naSalit

(93,420 posts)

11. THAT...

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:48 PM

Monday

Should be against the law and punishable by serious consequences. That's endangering people's lives.

Blue_Tires

(56,725 posts)

12. Didn't the Teamsters refuse to endorse Harris?

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 06:01 PM

Monday

And isn't the head of the Teamsters in bed with Donnie? 🤔

IronLionZion

(47,113 posts)

15. Some local Teamsters unions endorsed Harris but the national one refused

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #12)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:10 AM

23 hrs ago

their leadership apparently suspected Trump would win so they wanted to curry favor.

Blue_Tires

(56,725 posts)

19. Speaking at the RNC is a bit more than currying favor

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #15)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:45 PM

14 hrs ago

BoRaGard

(3,152 posts)

13. Bezos Billionaire-Bro BLAST-O-Rama (R)

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 06:44 PM

Monday

Basically its a republicon billionaire pissing on the proles.

As usual.

Blue_Tires

(56,725 posts)

14. Teamsters President Speaks at RNC

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 11:32 PM

Monday

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/teamsters-president-rnc-what-matters/index.html

Seems like a case of conflicting loyalties 🤨

RandomNumbers

(18,244 posts)

18. Do you have any reputable sources that this was a deliberate act by the company?

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 01:43 PM

18 hrs ago

I didn't find any remotely mainstream news source even reporting on this, even local news media. Admittedly I only tried a few search variations on Google News but I am usually quite good at finding local reporting on newsworthy events, via this method.

I did find this one which at least includes different views of the event in its reporting.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-corporations-get-lower-netizens-react-amazon-accused-trying-flood-workers-went-strike-new-york

I don't doubt that a Bezos-run company can be guilty of some quite anti-worker acts. But let's not be gullible here. There's lots or ways and reasons that could be behind the flooding event. If it even happened (which I am leaning towards "something like this happened" ). What I see as a bigger story - at the moment, at least - is that NO ONE IS REPORTING about it in the local press, or anything we could even remotely consider neutral.

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