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The USDA relocation to Kansas
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Posted By: NorthernDog, 9/8/2019 5:05:41 PM

Randi Johnson raised the picture of her dead son’s football team. “What am I supposed to do with this?” she asked, tucking it back inside a growing pile of cardboard boxes in her torn-apart living room. “And these are videos of his mission trip to Mexico. I don’t have anything to play them on, but I can’t throw them away.” (Snip) The USDA will partially relocate to Kansas City at the end of September, an abrupt decision announced in June that shocked the federal workforce and meant immediate disruption for hundreds. The relocation to Missouri, which the USDA estimates will

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Wah, Wah, Wah.. You'd think they were the first people in history to be relocated for work. Sounds like most of them are psychotic.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: HPmatt 9/8/2019 5:09:34 PM (No. 174852)
Relocations happen to corporations all the time, enjoy the such coddled, overpaid, unionized federal workers. For those that choose not to relocate, sure hope Purdue does not fill their positions - corporate world could probably cut their workforce by 75% and still get the job done.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: paral04 9/8/2019 5:14:20 PM (No. 174856)
They should thank Trump. The metro DC are is a nightmare. Unbelievable traffic, high housing and commuting costs and crime.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: bpl40 9/8/2019 5:23:28 PM (No. 174862)
No sympathy for Swamp denizens. Relocated thrice in thirty years during my corporate career.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Edgelady 9/8/2019 5:25:15 PM (No. 174863)
WaPo’s failed attempt at a tear-jerker article. I survived the 2009 downturn, out of a job for 11 months. I’m not swayed.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: GO3 9/8/2019 5:27:30 PM (No. 174865)
I’ve experienced relocation from DC first hand. If an employee relocates they’ll get all moving expenses paid for, travel pay, and a hefty bonus. The whiners think DC is the cats meow and won’t admit to the problems #2 mentions.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: pixelero 9/8/2019 5:30:30 PM (No. 174866)
Central to the article is the overdose of the son of the two parents, one transgendered. As the article would have it, the son, “picked up,” the opioid habit at the bedside of his ailing (second of two) mothers, after her “transition.” No mention of the statistical reality of suicide among the population of children of transgendered parents. Of course. Only the heartless administration that commandeered the USDA’s move to Kansas City. Again, the background news that’s chosen to be reported.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: greggojo 9/8/2019 5:31:09 PM (No. 174867)
The Post article begins with the dead son, i.e. it subliminally impressed on the reader that the death is somehow connected to the current (i.e. Trump) Administration. Read on and you learn that the mom used to be a man (and still has a man's hands, can't really see the face). The reader is supposed to feel sorry for this climate alarmist, part of the deep state, who has made a career out of sending our tax dollars to those who support climate alarmism (what is the Department of Agriculture doing having a climate change division????). Later we read that the son overdosed on opioids. And the "woman's" wife died before she (he?) fulfilled a lifelong dream and became a woman (a surgical transformation the taxpayers no doubt paid for). I'm sorry when (almost) anyone dies, but this family is a mess.I feel sorry for no federal employee, And retiring early is going to cost "her" $18,000 a year in lost benefits? Many private employees retired from the private sector don't even get $18,000 a year total in retirement benefits. Oh, and I am thrilled that we the taxpayers will save millions and millions by moving this part of the deep state away from the almost solid hard left beltway.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: oldmagnolia 9/8/2019 5:45:17 PM (No. 174871)
It's a start. A good opportunity to slim the herd. They should move the Dept. of Energy to Texas, the Dept. of Interior to, let say Idaho, the EPA to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A good place for the FDA would be the southern border so they can be closer to the drugs. While they are at it, abolish the Dept. of Education and send it to the local school boards. Homeland Security should go to the banks of the Rio Grande where security is needed. The National Park Service should go to Yellowstone. FEMA should go to Florida. Federal Bureau of Prisons should go to Leavenworth. And I can go on. Fellow Ldotters, feel free to add to the list.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Falconer 9/8/2019 5:45:57 PM (No. 174872)
Cry me a river. I’ve traveled and lived out of a suitcase for 30 years. Suck it up buttercups!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: StrikingViking 9/8/2019 5:46:49 PM (No. 174873)
"Ripping apart the lives" of federal union workers? Sounds like hyperbole to me. Does it sound like hyperbole to you? If it doesn't, you'd better pay closer attention. This is a simple relocation plan that workers in private industry experience regularly.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: DVC 9/8/2019 5:49:11 PM (No. 174874)
No sympathy at all. I was a Navy brat, lived in MANY different cities, often changing schools twice in a year. I got through it just fine, learned about many different parts of this country, and some of Europe, too. Getting this away from DC is a huge plus, and KC will do a fine job. Too bad if the bureaucrats don't like it, I don't care one bit.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: RuckusTom 9/8/2019 5:56:21 PM (No. 174879)
Boo flippin hoo.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: PeasantNumberThree 9/8/2019 6:01:54 PM (No. 174882)
Reminds me of an old joke about the USDA: One day, a USDA bureaucrat noticed a co-worker with a long face. He inquired, "Why the long face?" His co-worker said, "My farmer died."
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Reply 14 - Posted by: shalimar 9/8/2019 6:09:11 PM (No. 174886)
Here's an idea for her next article: sad stories of people laid off from the Washington Post or hurt by its restructuring. Given that history, the Post should know that employee dislocation happens. Of course, the Post only does it for the common good, but the Trump administration does it for no good reason. Hypocrites!
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Reply 15 - Posted by: davew 9/8/2019 6:14:31 PM (No. 174889)
In the age of the internet it should be possible for some information workers to telecommute to their jobs. I don't know what type of work they do but it might have been something they could do from home. The problem is that the pay scale in DC is so far out of line with the rest of the country that they would have had to take a pay cut and that was what probably led to their retirement. There should also be a corresponding article showing how new positions in the Kansas area are sparking an employment boom for the forgotten people in flyover country. More MAGA.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: marbles 9/8/2019 6:18:48 PM (No. 174892)
It reads like satire.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: P51DMustang 9/8/2019 6:20:12 PM (No. 174893)
I had to move three times for a corporation I was working for. The option, come work for us there or find a new job. Twice I took the offered new location. I found a dream job after the move, and turned in my month notice. I never left any company with hard feelings (by the grace of God). That's sound advice for these knuckleheads.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: pinger 9/8/2019 6:24:56 PM (No. 174895)
Most would be surprised to find out how good it can be to live out in the nation's heartland side by side with real people. I moved to seven different locales during my career and each and every time my family as well as myself adjusted and fit in just fine. Try it folks, it's not a death sentence as this author makes it sound like. Heavy traffic, city pollution, crowding and frenzied Dems aren't all they're made out to be.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 9/8/2019 6:28:18 PM (No. 174896)
Military families move on average once every two years. Suck it up, buttercup, and be happy that you were given the opportunity to relocate and keep your Civil Service job.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: belwhatter 9/8/2019 6:30:49 PM (No. 174900)
#8,Oldmagnolia, this is wishful thinking on my part,but you would make a fine Congressperson with such creative thinking. Bye bye to bureaucrats
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Reply 21 - Posted by: JL80863 9/8/2019 6:33:17 PM (No. 174902)
This has got to be racist right? s/o
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Reply 22 - Posted by: EJKrausJr 9/8/2019 6:41:34 PM (No. 174904)
Makes you wonder that individuals, who work for the Federal government, realize that work related relocation occurs in the private sector. Corporations move their work to places that are less of a burden to the bottom line. Unfortunately, the Federal government is never worried about the bottom line. Deal with it.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: EliotRosewater49 9/8/2019 6:41:49 PM (No. 174906)
What a crock! I’ve worked in the KC are most of my life. This is what they will find: Light traffic Low housing costs Friendly people Beautiful clean suburbs Two professional sports teams No crowding
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Reply 24 - Posted by: MOBeef4u 9/8/2019 6:46:43 PM (No. 174910)
You would think someone working for the USDA would understand the concept of culling the unproductive members of the herd. But I doubt those living inside the beltway have much knowledge or care much about real farmers. Also these whiners should know that many of us in Missouri aren’t any happier about their being here than they are to be here.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: Toby Ten Bears 9/8/2019 6:49:30 PM (No. 174911)
Boo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reply 26 - Posted by: udanja99 9/8/2019 6:55:37 PM (No. 174913)
So get another job if you don’t want to move, you whatever you are. My husband was foreign service and we moved 9 times during the first 5 years of our marriage.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: Rama41 9/8/2019 6:59:53 PM (No. 174915)
Imagine The Washington Post writing an article like this for someone in the fossil fuel industry.
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Reply 28 - Posted by: Laotzu 9/8/2019 7:03:05 PM (No. 174917)
I remember when the Post was writing these kind of article when Obama was shutting down the coal industry. /sa We need to do this for every federal agency, SO WE CAN HAVE FAIR JURY TRIALS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHEN NEEDED.
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Reply 29 - Posted by: Omen55 9/8/2019 7:03:25 PM (No. 174918)
Bureaucrats have never gotten use to the idea that it's not about dem.
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Reply 30 - Posted by: Cat Ballou 9/8/2019 7:04:04 PM (No. 174919)
Oh! please........my husband spent 23 years in the military. I'm not the least bit impressed with their sad tale of woe. I remember one time a bunch of civilians were given the choice of moving or retiring. You talk about squalling and bawling, they whined because their children would have to be uprooted from their school and friends, etc, etc..........All the military already knew all about that way of life. Welcome to the real world, either move or find a real job.
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Reply 31 - Posted by: padiva 9/8/2019 7:04:24 PM (No. 174920)
HUD should move to Harlem. Hey, folks. It looks like there are going to be some great real estate bargains in DC. (My liberal niece and her husband were able to get a great deal on a home in DC because the former owner lost his/her job with the State Dept when PDT became POTUS.)
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Reply 32 - Posted by: snakeoil 9/8/2019 7:15:50 PM (No. 174931)
How many times can the Compost work in Climate Change? It makes more sense to have the USDA near farms. What do they grow in DC? It appears the USDA has a large contingent of trannies working on Climate Change instead of how to grow more food. We need more of the feds spread out instead of being concentrated in DC.
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Reply 33 - Posted by: lgplgp 9/8/2019 7:17:27 PM (No. 174932)
two points 1) DC deep state bureaucrats have been inflicting "trauma" on productive citizens across the nation for decades. Yes payback is a bitch! But a good doggie! 2) This is the first of many needed steps to return Northern Virginia back to Red from Blue -- head 'em up and move 'em out! Rawhide!
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Reply 34 - Posted by: BarryNo 9/8/2019 7:23:07 PM (No. 174936)
Oh, SOOOOOooooooooo... sad! Just like the rest of us peons.
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Reply 35 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 9/8/2019 7:29:45 PM (No. 174941)
Several departments in the federal goobermint--- Interior and EPA come quickly to mind--- should be moved to flyover country, if for no other reason than to be next door to the folks who do the real work in the United States. But will the flyover states take them?
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Reply 36 - Posted by: NancyD 9/8/2019 7:30:21 PM (No. 174943)
Pathetic. We've moved twice for a job. It's not life ending. It's what you make of it. Liberals can't be happy or grateful for what they have.
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Reply 37 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 9/8/2019 7:32:02 PM (No. 174944)
These people are crybabies - all they have to decide is if they're willing to move. Lots of times, companies only move a fraction of their employees, and leave the rest with severance.
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Reply 38 - Posted by: wildwood 9/8/2019 7:32:35 PM (No. 174945)
This is one of the most sickening and disgusting articles out of the mouths of liberal media yet. Did they ever try to personalize the lives of tea partiers made miserable by the IRS? Or countless individuals who've been damaged by their coverage & government malfeasance? And WHY shouldn't these departments be in the HEARTLAND where the need is? BLEH!
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Reply 39 - Posted by: msjena 9/8/2019 7:40:53 PM (No. 174951)
The Post is worried the agency won’t find agriculture talent in Missouri? And KC for DC sounds like a good deal to me.
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Reply 40 - Posted by: janjan 9/8/2019 7:48:10 PM (No. 174955)
Rather telling that they are all struggling to find a job outside government. Although the woman ‘working with farmers’ who knew nothing about farming but once went to a farmers market could provide a clue.
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Reply 41 - Posted by: earlybird 9/8/2019 7:50:45 PM (No. 174957)
Good old trans-Randi had no compunction about ripping apart some others’ lives along the way. Deciding “he” was really a “woman”, and wondering what might have contributed to his (previous) wife’s fatal illness and his son’s suicide? It is all about him. Now he worries if he’ll be accepted in his new Delaware community. With those mascuiline looks, those big truck driver hands? C’mon, Randi. You can’t have everything.
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Reply 42 - Posted by: Newtsche 9/8/2019 7:50:56 PM (No. 174958)
Not just outside the Beltway, fly-over country, ermagherd!! What's the point of working for the US gov't if they do this with you?
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Reply 43 - Posted by: earlybird 9/8/2019 7:52:56 PM (No. 174960)
Re #40, I was clumsy trying to explain that Randi’s wife (the one he lost to cancer) was the same wife who lost him to his trans-fantasy. I can think of few blows worse than that...
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Reply 44 - Posted by: thewarden 9/8/2019 7:59:27 PM (No. 174961)
Ah boo hoo...so quit then! My dad was offered a vice presidency by his company when we were kids. We would have moved to Oklahoma from San Diego. He decided against the move for many reasons and never advanced in the company further and he retired 20 years later—he was blackballed by the execs, as he knew he would be. He never whined. Grow up. Life is about choices and no one ever said it would be fair.
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Reply 45 - Posted by: montwoodcliff 9/8/2019 8:00:11 PM (No. 174962)
33 and 8 are on to something. Move these agencies elsewhere and make Virginia red again. But move them to Socialist cities where their votes won’t change anything. I hear the KC barbecue is pretty good!
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Reply 46 - Posted by: earlybird 9/8/2019 8:09:10 PM (No. 174967)
Excuse additional reply, but this article was artfully written to disguise a few things about trans Randi. He was supposedly a married man with two children who moved into his DC area neighborhood. His wife died of cancer 11 years ago, two months after they had moved into their neighborhood. The neighbors were very suppotive - they often are supportive of men with children who lose their wives. His son, grieving his lost mother, died of opioid overdose, which this tranny blames on the pain meds that were in the house for his late wife. Then it comes out that Randi’s propensity for transgenderism was a long-kept secret in the family. Wife knew. Son probably knew or at least guessed… When Randi finally “came out” and “transitioned” in 2016, his darling friends helped him find clothes. The WaPo made it difficult to follow the timeline, which was critical to understanding his “story”. But…he had one family. One wife. Two children. And lived a long, long lie that probably only his family knew about. And we’re supposed to feel sorry for him?
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Reply 47 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 9/8/2019 8:15:56 PM (No. 174971)
As a child of a government employee, I learned very early and from personal experience that if you wanted to work for the government and take advantage of government bennies, you had to dance to the government's tune. You moved whenever and wherever they told you, regardless of how it affected your daily lives. Welcome to the real world, buttercups!! If you want the bennies, you have to be willing to play the game!!
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Reply 48 - Posted by: Gruntmedic 9/8/2019 8:20:17 PM (No. 174972)
I worked for the Government, you go where your job is. Plus some can find other Government job's in the belt way and some can retire.
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Reply 49 - Posted by: doctorfixit 9/8/2019 8:40:27 PM (No. 174977)
All elements of the Deep State need to be relocated out of the Washington cesspool.
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Reply 50 - Posted by: whyyeseyec 9/8/2019 8:40:45 PM (No. 174978)
Here's an idea. If you don't want to relocate, quit and find a new job. The economy is doing great. Should be easy to find new employment. Trump set the table for you with a great economy. You should be thanking him. If your govt jobs are so essential then you shouldn't have any trouble finding something in the private sector.
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Reply 51 - Posted by: edgar 9/8/2019 8:44:44 PM (No. 174981)
The options that all of us who relocated had to consider: 1. Look for another job with same company, in the same city. In this case the federal government in Wash DC. It's a behemoth of an employer, so there must be opportunities there. 2. Look for another job with a different company, in the same city. 3. Relocate and become a part of your new community.
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Reply 52 - Posted by: Sergeant Major 9/8/2019 8:47:01 PM (No. 174983)
Golly, is having to move "once". Cry me river.
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Reply 53 - Posted by: wjr 9/8/2019 8:57:28 PM (No. 174984)
My heart fair bleeds for these trough feeders. What better place to have the Ag. Department than in the capital of agriculture? Indeed. Let's move the IRS -- part and parcel -- to Fairbanks. Washigton is the tail that wags the dog and is in sore need of a reckoning. The more federal employees that are at a distance from DC then the less trouble they can make. This is a perfect case for extensive internet use.
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Reply 54 - Posted by: OldBuffalo 9/8/2019 9:12:40 PM (No. 174988)
Tough Noogies
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Reply 55 - Posted by: smcchk 9/8/2019 9:27:44 PM (No. 174992)
Now these bureaucrats may actually have to live near farmers or others impacted by their regulations. They may even have to socialize with them! The horror! I can not believe the WaPo wrote this article. Probably plays well in DC though.
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Reply 56 - Posted by: JackBurton 9/8/2019 9:55:54 PM (No. 174998)
What #8 said. And may I add that the FBI is outgrowing Langley? I'd like to see them in Detroit. Good for the country... lots of space to be had for cheap... Good for the citizens of Michigan. REALLY good for the people of Detroit.
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Reply 57 - Posted by: rbruce20 9/8/2019 10:28:57 PM (No. 175004)
When I was in the US Coast Guard stationed at the Merchant Marine Regional Examination Center in New Orleans, the entire national department relocated to West Virginia to fill the enormous federal office building Sen. Byrd got the taxpayer to finance. Don't remember any outrage of the disruption of closing offices throughout the country.
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Reply 58 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623 9/8/2019 11:27:39 PM (No. 175019)
That's some major whining. Seem like a perfect climate change employee. Show us some dollars and cents they are earning and what they will get after they quit. Shut up and move.
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Reply 59 - Posted by: DARling 9/8/2019 11:40:23 PM (No. 175025)
I know someone who is a new hire to the USDA Kansas City office and is delighted to be there and not in Washington. His colleagues are happy to be in KC as well, because family housing is so much more affordable than inside the Beltway.
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Reply 60 - Posted by: anniebc 9/8/2019 11:47:26 PM (No. 175029)
Aaahhhhh, so sorry. NOT! On the other hand, Kansans, get ready for the invasion. They'll kill your state.
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Reply 61 - Posted by: wildcat1 9/9/2019 12:08:30 AM (No. 175041)
"The Post is worried the agency won’t find agriculture talent in Missouri? And KC for DC sounds like a good deal to me." Are you kidding?? Kansas State University and Iowa State University are less than two hours away, two of the best ag colleges in the nation. What a crock. Having the USDA in the heartland is a great deal for a lot of reasons.
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Reply 62 - Posted by: NotaBene 9/9/2019 12:38:43 AM (No. 175047)
I don’t know, but I’ve been told that Jeff Bezos is a slave driver of the Amazon workforce. Yet miraculously, his Washington Post comes up finally with a feel-good story: “But Kansas City was never an option. It meant moving far from her daughter, who recently gave birth to Johnson’s first grandchild. And she worried the Midwest might be less-than-welcoming to a 62-year-old transgender woman”.
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Reply 63 - Posted by: Madmary 9/9/2019 12:51:30 AM (No. 175049)
My father was an engineer who worked on government missile sites. I attended 12 schools 12 years. I have no sympathy for people who don't want to leave a geographic location. I've found friends, happiness, and love everywhere me nomadic father went.
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Reply 64 - Posted by: PChristopher 9/9/2019 1:27:06 AM (No. 175052)
Get over it. The government doesn't exist for the convenience of its employees...at least it's not supposed to. If you don't like it, get another job.
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Reply 65 - Posted by: Trigger2 9/9/2019 4:07:17 AM (No. 175072)
Suck it up buttercups. You may get enlightened that food actually gets grown on farms instead of inside grocery stores by magic. Oh, you have to move to the middle of the country where most of the deplorables reside? Too bad; so sad. You'll certainly miss your safe spaces. Maybe you'll discover you're not the most important person in the world. The whole Ag Dept could disappear and no one would notice except for the meat inspectors.
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Reply 66 - Posted by: LadyChurchillUSA 9/9/2019 4:15:51 AM (No. 175074)
Oh dear. Welcome to the real world, honey. Most of us have suffered through relocations and the challenges of changing residences and guess what even jobs. Sorry you will just have to grow up. Try being an adult for a change. I know it is hard for those of you who work in guaranteed government jobs.
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Reply 67 - Posted by: DCGIRL 9/9/2019 5:46:05 AM (No. 175105)
I have no pity for any of them. I was BRACed three times and survived. This is the government's way of downsizing. These employees have a choice, move (relocate) or find a job with another agency in the DC area. I believe that most agencies should be relocated elsewhere in the U.S.
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Reply 68 - Posted by: jacksin5 9/9/2019 2:19:01 PM (No. 175516)
I can't imagine the Wapo going through all the employees being transferred, calling them all then culling the responses and finding this heartbreaking story to run with. Sorry. I'm not buying it. The Government would be the only ones that would keep this hot mess on the payroll.
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Reply 69 - Posted by: skacmar 9/9/2019 3:01:34 PM (No. 175550)
Wow! A Department of Agriculture Office near where they actually have agriculture! Not much farming going on in DC. Moving to fly over country seems like a smart move for the rest of the agency also. Iowa, Nebraska, or Kansas would really make the DC "agriculture" workers crazy. As for the employees who have to move, welcome to the real world.
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Reply 70 - Posted by: mpstopa 9/9/2019 3:01:51 PM (No. 175552)
from the article: "She drives about 20 minutes to her church, Restoration United Methodist Church in Reston, to help a group of volunteers set up for the sermon and lay out breakfast for congregants. Johnson always prepares the coffee and lemonade pitchers. ... Johnson knows exactly how to cut the thin paper filters so they fit into the church’s finicky coffee maker. She’s labeled cups and pitchers with marker so she can measure out the right amounts of Lemonade powder and water without thinking." OMG. What is it about liberal female writers of such mud-puddle heartache stories that they have to dwell on mundane chores as though they are the only substitute for true heroism or character that they can find? Can you say lachrymose?
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Reply 71 - Posted by: radrelic 9/13/2019 12:17:19 PM (No. 178877)
Re #37. When President Ronald Reagan was in office he was somewhat hostile to the government employees. He took his trickle down philosophies into changes that gave rises to the upper echelon employees (the CEOs and managers) and stopped reimbursing lower grade clerks for moving expenses--the philosophy being that clerical jobs could be filled locally anywhere? Dime a dozen housewives and typists (only skill ever that guarantees lower pay since women were so good at it?) because women appealing jobs (we so good at it back then before computers were on every desk. Then these same jobs became targeted for people needing a hand up the ladder which made the retirement of the skilled clericals at the front desks and interfacing with the public less prestigious (for want of a better word less respected?). Grade creep at the top to further reward the pHD types and them affirmative action and other programs to fill those jobs with employees with politically targeted people brought more change. Bottom line is nothing in the article addresses what the not pHDs are facing in the move. The little "guy", the working "man".? As far as other hostility to government employees who serve us, we get what we pay for. I think the people who live in DC and other high cost areas get paid more than same grade in lesser cost of living places so that their retirement would compute to lesser amount than if jobs left in DC.
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Posted by NorthernDog 3/8/2021 12:09:52 PM Post Reply
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill postponed the start of Derek Chauvin's trial in the killing of George Floyd on Monday, after an appeals court ordered him to reconsider his original decision to dismiss a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer. The decision came as a pool of potential jurors waited to start the selection process. The delay comes as Chauvin's defense attorney, Eric Nelson, said he is finalizing an appeal asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to review the question of whether Cahill should consider reinstating the murder charge. "We're prepared to try this case. It is not
'It Was A Sham' Piers Morgan slams
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s
£32m wedding as a ‘scam’ because
they got hitched three days before
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Posted by NorthernDog 3/8/2021 10:50:54 AM Post Reply
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared the revelation that they married in secret three days before their wedding at Windsor Castle. Bringing up the "bombshell that has been lost in all of this", Piers said on Good Morning Britain today, "I didn't even know you could do that twice in three days". "So the vows they made on national TV were not real vows? So everything we saw was a sham. "Also who has the Archbishop of Canterbury in their back garden to get married? And they claim to be 'people of the people'. "The Archbishop of Canterbury wouldn't
Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi oil
heartland with drones, missiles
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Posted by NorthernDog 3/8/2021 10:41:08 AM Post Reply
SANAA - Yemen’s Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports, in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy security. The Saudi energy ministry said there were no casualties or loss of property from the attacks. The defence ministry said it intercepted an armed drone coming from the sea prior to hitting its target at an oil storage yard at Ras Tanura, site of a refinery and the world’s biggest offshore oil loading facility. Shrapnel from a ballistic
Out-of-Control College Party in
Colorado Met by SWAT Team, Tear Gas
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Posted by NorthernDog 3/8/2021 8:53:43 AM Post Reply
On Saturday, students at the University of Colorado, Boulder, fought for their right to party. Literally. The university and the city’s police department are investigating after hundreds of maskless students showed up to a mid-pandemic rager-turned-riot in the city’s University Hill neighborhood on Saturday night, injuring three SWAT responders and damaging city and private property, authorities said Sunday. Video showed one student's car, its windows already shattered, being overturned by a throng of partygoers. “Any student who is found responsible for engagement in acts of violence or other egregious acts connected to the events—including damage to property and not dispersing
First Challenge in George Floyd Murder
Trial: Finding an Impartial Jury
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Posted by NorthernDog 3/7/2021 8:04:55 PM Post Reply
MINNEAPOLIS — Late last year, a 14-page questionnaire began to arrive in mailboxes across Minneapolis and its suburbs. It asked if the recipient had watched the video of George Floyd dying under a police officer’s knee. What about the protests against police brutality, it wanted to know — did you go? How do you feel about Black Lives Matter? It asked respondents to list their education level, any martial arts training, even their favorite podcasts. And then there was the essay prompt, followed by a daunting expanse of blank paper: Tell us everything you have heard about the death of
LA County may return a beachfront
property seized from a Black family
nearly 100 years ago that could be
worth $75 million
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Posted by NorthernDog 3/7/2021 6:04:05 PM Post Reply
LA County is considering returning a beachfront property to the descendants of its original owners who were the first Black landowners in Manhattan Beach, California. As KABC-TV reported, Willia and Charles Bruce's property was taken away when the city council used eminent domain in 1924. According to the outlet, the couple's property, which is now a lifeguard building, served as a beach resort for Black families at the time amid racial tension and discrimination. "The property that was once the Bruce's is now owned by the County, and I want LA County to be part of righting this wrong," Los
Berkeley home where VP Kamala Harris
grew up may become historic landmark
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Posted by NorthernDog 3/7/2021 10:03:09 AM Post Reply
BERKELEY, Calif. -- The East Bay home where Vice President Kamala Harris grew up may become a historic landmark. Berkeley leaders will consider a resolution on Tuesday that would allow for homes of historic residents to be given landmark status. Harris was born in Oakland and spent most of her childhood in Berkeley. She attended Berkeley's African American cultural center almost every week and she was part of the city's first voluntary school integration program. "Her election as the first woman, African-American and South Asian American to be elected to the second highest position in the country are historic achievements that
The sign said 'men working,' but
girls told city council 'we've seen
plenty of women doing construction'
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Posted by NorthernDog 3/7/2021 9:50:58 AM Post Reply
CARMEL, Ind. – Two sharp-eyed young sisters were hailed as change agents and champions of equality by the Carmel City Council Monday. While passing Carmel construction zones on their school bus, Blair Babione, 11, and Brienne Babione, 9, saw something that seemed wrong: signs that read “Men Working.” (Snip) Finkham introduced a resolution to enforce the gender neutral guidelines on Carmel construction projects. It passed unanimously. “’Men Working” or ‘Men At Work’ signage communicates the false and unacceptable message that women cannot or should not work in the construction trades or other related fields,” the resolution reads. "Having been alerted
Families of those killed by police
demand justice for George Floyd in
former officer Derek Chauvin's trial
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Posted by NorthernDog 3/6/2021 8:54:21 AM Post Reply
They came as siblings, parents, spouses, and friends. Families of more than a dozen Minnesotans killed by police gathered Friday before the trial of Derek Chauvin to demand a murder conviction in the death of George Floyd. If guilty, Chauvin would be the first former police officer to be convicted of murdering a Black man in Minnesota. The state's only ex-cop currently in prison for murdering a civilian is Mohamed Noor, who in 2019 was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fatally shooting Justine Damond after she called 911 to report a possible rape. "We have to be brutally
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Biden's Incoherence Just Hit Critical Mass,
This Is Scary Awful
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Posted by Dreadnought 3/8/2021 11:45:49 PM Post Reply
As we reported two days ago, Joe Biden completely made no sense when he was trying to explain the Wuhan coronavirus relief bill. It was really bad and it explains why they’re afraid to have him deliver an address to Congress or do any kind of a real solo press conference, because at this point they have to be afraid this is all going to fall apart if he does anything live and this all becomes too obvious to the American people. But there’s only so long that they can hold this off. And it’s getting worse, as video today revealed. Biden was holding an event to announce the nomination
‘Huge Development’: Democrat Sen. Joe
Manchin Starts To Crack On Filibuster,
Signals Openness To Change
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 12:32:41 AM Post Reply
Democrat Senator Joe Manchin (WV) appears to have started to shift his views on the filibuster with remarks that he made on two news shows on Sunday morning.The shift from Manchin comes after he has repeatedly stated that he would not vote to end the filibuster, despite pressure from the far-Left. During the interviews on Sunday, Manchin repeatedly claimed that he was not open to ending the filibuster because he did not want to strip the minority party of their power in the Senate, but signaled that he was open to changing it.Fox News host Chris Wallace asked Manchin if he would consider “reforming the filibuster” if “Republicans
Evangelicals For Biden ‘Feel Used And Betrayed’
By Biden Fulfilling His Radical Abortion Promises
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Posted by Calvinesq 3/8/2021 10:37:51 AM Post Reply
In an open letter released Sunday, Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden urged him to “honor his commitment” and include the Hyde Amendment in Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package, writing “we feel used and betrayed.” The letter states: We are very disappointed about the COVID-19 relief package’s exclusion of the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding bipartisan policy that prevents taxpayer funding for abortion. [snip] As pro-life leaders in the evangelical community, we publicly supported President Biden’s candidacy with the understanding that there would be engagement [with] us on the issue of abortion and particularly the Hyde Amendment
Meghan Markle reveals her true
self in Oprah interview
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 9:11:10 AM Post Reply
If you had any doubts that Meghan Markle is a manipulative piece of work, her bombshell Oprah interview Sunday night dumping on the British monarchy would set you straight. Prince Harry’s American wife accused his family of hateful racism against her baby, claimed they refused to protect her and drove her to the point of suicide.She made the incendiary and implausible charge that when she was pregnant with Archie, the royal family decreed that her unborn son would be denied the title of “prince” because her mixed race meant he might have dark skin.
Biden’s German Shepherds Shipped Back
to Delaware After ‘Biting Incident’
Involving White House Security
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 11:38:50 PM Post Reply
Joe and Jill Biden’s German Shepherds were shipped back to Delaware after a “biting incident” involving White House security, CNN reported.Major was adopted by Joe Biden and his handler wife Jill in 2018 from an animal shelter.Major and Champ moved into the White House in January and they’re already gone. The condition of the victim was not disclosed but it was serious enough to remove both dogs from the White House.CNN reported: The two German Shepherds belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were returned to the Biden family home in Delaware last week
Pelosi’s HR1 bill a blatant power grab for Democrats 30 replies
Posted by FlyRight 3/8/2021 5:28:52 AM Post Reply
Nancy Pelosi’s top priority is to turn America into a one-party nation ruled by Democrats. Her bill HR 1 trashes the U.S. Constitution in an attempt to rig the system and make it virtually impossible to elect a Republican president or Congress again. It’s a power grab. The bill eviscerates state voting laws and forces all the states to conform to a set of rules that includes automatic voter registration. Anyone who goes to a DMV or applies for food stamps, Medicaid or other social services, or attends a public college will be automatically enrolled to vote. Noncitizens are obligated to identify themselves and opt out,
Biden seems to forget defense
secretary’s name, calls him
'the guy who runs that outfit'
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Posted by Ribicon 3/8/2021 8:37:17 PM Post Reply
President Biden on Monday seemed to forget Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s name at a White House event—calling the Pentagon chief “the guy who runs that outfit over there.” Biden was announcing the nomination of two female generals to lead US military combatant commands. “And I want to thank the sec—the, the, ah former general. I keep calling him general, but my, my—the guy who runs that outfit over there,” Biden said.(Snip) Earlier at the event, Biden mentioned the Defense Department leader by his name, “Secretary Austin,” while appearing to read from a teleprompter.
Oprah interview bombshells: Meghan claims
she was suicidal when she was five months
pregnant, Kate made HER cry and Royals
refused to make Archie a prince because
they were worried how 'dark' he would be
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 8:21:02 AM Post Reply
The Royal Family was left reeling this morning after Meghan Markle tearfully revealed that the stress of royal life made her suicidal when she was five months pregnant, claimed Archie was denied the title of prince because he is mixed-race and said Kate Middleton made her cry before she married Harry in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.The couple also chose to reveal that they are having a baby girl to the tens of millions of people watching the CBS show broadcast in the US before accusing the Royal Family of racism and revealing the deep rift 'Megxit' has caused with Prince Charles and Prince William.
Meghan Markle openly
accuses the Royals
of racism
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Posted by Magnante 3/8/2021 5:26:07 AM Post Reply
I’m probably second to none in my dislike for Meghan Markle. There’s something unattractive about a mature woman marrying into the British Royal family with one of the world’s most expensive weddings, hanging out with the Queen, living in insane luxury…and then whining non-stop about the horror of her life. There’s something even less appealing when that woman accuses the Royal family of race hatred. And the problem is that, when it comes to that left-wing diva, Meghan Markle, it’s hard to believe most of what she says. After weeks of hype, CBS finally televised Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah.
Watch: John Solomon Gives Stunning Update
in Durham’s ‘Russiagate’ Investigation
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 4:56:55 PM Post Reply
Without question, the vast majority of Americans who support former President Donald Trump were angry and frustrated throughout 2020 passed with barely a mention of then-U.S. Attorney John Durham’s criminal investigation into the FBI’s fraudulent “Russiagate” counterterrorism operation directed at his 2016 campaign.In the weeks before the November election, word got out that then-Attorney General William Barr wasn’t going to announce any indictments or even a report on Durham’s investigation because he did not want to influence the outcome.So far, in fact, the only indictment to come out of the Durham probe is that of former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who essentially got a slap on the wrist
Democrats renew calls to remove
J. Edgar Hoover's name from FBI building
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Posted by Ribicon 3/8/2021 2:56:29 PM Post Reply
Rep. Steve Cohen vowed to renew the push to remove former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the bureau’s downtown Washington headquarters, according to an interview released Monday. Appearing on Yahoo! News’ Skullduggery podcast, the Tennessee Democrat said the effort is getting a fresh look after the release of a new movie highlighting the FBI’s secret program to discredit civil rights activists. The Washington Times in 2019 first reported Democrats’ bid to strip the longtime FBI director’s name from the bureau’s headquarters. Mr. Cohen said the impetus to revive the bid is the new movie, “Judas and the Black Messiah.” The movie details
Jill Biden, the Meghan Markle
in the WH, is egregiously
guilty of elder abuse
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Posted by Magnante 3/9/2021 4:40:38 AM Post Reply
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, when we could have said –-no. But somehow we missed it.” Tom Stoppard The millions of Americans who were paying attention throughout the 2020 election campaign all became painfully aware of the fact that Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities were slipping and slipping fast. His wife, as the person closest to him, should have been the one to call the campaign quits in order to reduce stress on the man. Instead, apparently so anxious to become the First Lady by any means necessary, Mrs. Biden continued to push her failing husband’s campaign forward as if he were mentally qualified.
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