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MartianActual t1_jdlybm0 wrote

Reply to PA court throws out Republican challenge to “notice & cure” for mail-in votes by msantoni

One would think the party that routinely dry humps the Constitution in performative acts would be all in on expanding the single most important right enshrined in it. One would think that, if one was not from the planet Earth in the year 2023. I do think it is good that their true motivations, blocking and diminishing people's right to vote is being exposed and the reasons for it.

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ronreadingpa t1_jdlxhhg wrote

Reply to comment by internetcommunist in Palmer’s in Reading exploded and was ablaze, most articles still not saying much :( by vintageideals

Very rarely does anyone ever serve time let alone even get convicted unless they are extremely negligent. Then often what happens is the person(s) are arrested with much fanfare to appease the public. However, then the case drags out or is quietly dropped. Alternatively, goes to trial, but case is dismissed, or is acquitted, or found not guilty. Or if found guilty, likely gets probation or does a little time with early release / suspended sentance. Extremely rare for anyone to serve out serious prison time.

Frequent viewers of disaster videos (ie. YT channels: Fascinating Horror and Plainly Difficult) are familiar with how the company / owners / executives often get off with maybe some low-level employee taking the fall.

In short, it's employee beware. If the pay isn't worth the risk, seek out something else. If conditions are dangerous, don't assume the employer will do much or care. Sometimes the only option is to quit.

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ronreadingpa t1_jdlw3yr wrote

Reply to comment by 18wheelapartment in Palmer’s in Reading exploded and was ablaze, most articles still not saying much :( by vintageideals

Virtually no company regularly pays cash anymore. Payroll is presumably mostly direct deposit and maybe some checks. Probably outsourced too, but don't know. Factories like that usually pay Friday on a weekly basis. However, it's possible they were biweekly.

As for your bomb suggestion, it's possible, but would be one heck of a big one to do that much damage. Looks like a natural gas explosion. However, anything is possible. Would expect within a few days the authorities will release a statement of the probable cause.

On a related note, the Wyomissing Post Office also experienced a natural gas explosion about 40 years ago. Such incidents are very rare, but happens more than they should. For residential, all electric is a realistic option, but for manufacturing, often not viable.

Rambling on. In short, near certain an accident.

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18wheelapartment t1_jdlcauk wrote

Reply to comment by kyohrus in Does anyone else notice how often people road rage on the turnpike? by [deleted]

Unfortunately it’s because the trucks are set at a maximum speed (65-75) and we have to be somewhere “yesterday”, because someone in an office planed using google maps that estimates travel times based on what a car can do. Also weight is a factor which is why trucks can slow way down on an uphill and get faster on the downhill. And we need every mph we can squeeze out of a 5-8-11 hour trip because our bosses demand it.

Which is why, screen name aside, I’m not doing it anymore.

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