#pushing back

If you're able to call your State Reps do it, email them, do whatever you and others can to push back against these F****** Privileged Men & not allow our country to become a dictatorship.

As engineers, most of the problems we face are technical in nature. But we occasionally have to also deal with issues that come up in our interactions with others. This post is about one such incident I experienced at a previous job, and what I learned from it. For the sake of privacy, I have changed the names of the people and entities involved. Throw it Out We should not be sinking any more…

"I'm currently in the middle of a 12 hour shift and I was reading a history book between rounding and tasks. The book in question is the history of Satanism, from the knights Templar to satanic panics and witchtrials. The nurse on my unit put off helping another cna with wound dressings to spend 30+ minutes lecturing me about the dangers of evil and warn me off of this interest in apparent fear for my mortal soul.

Now I'm not knocking anyone's religion, but I am solidly atheist and I informed her of that status a couple times during this lecture. Despite all of this, she's loudly eyes-rolling-back-arms-shaking preaching to me about the dangers of my dabbling in evil.

Currently on break having a much needed breather. How do I go back in and pretend that never happened and continue helping with wound dressings. I know some of us night shifters are a lil crazy, but this was one for the storybooks."

and this was my reply...

Ok, next time she starts up (because with those types, there's ALWAYS a next time) the instant she starts up, SMILE, hold up your finger and say 'Wait. You've already had 20 minutes if my time, and that was a free-bee. However, going forward fair is only fair and we should have equal time. You can give me 20 minutes of your god of choice in exchange, I get 20 minutes of mine.

And when she starts fish mouthing/surprise pikachu face and stammering out her argument, you kindly tell her 'By the terms of the contract, it rounds up to the nearest minute - and my Boss loves contracts! (BIG SMILE) so right now you owe me... 5 minutes and counting?

WASHINGTON | APNewsBreak: Roberts raps Trump for “Obama judge” comment

WASHINGTON  — Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump for his description of a judge who ruled against Trump’s migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.”

It’s the first time the Republican-appointed leader of the federal judiciary has offered even a hint of criticism of Trump, who has previously blasted federal judges who ruled against him.

Roberts said Wednesday…

WASHINGTON | Roberts criticizes Trump for “Obama judge” asylum comment

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s description of a judge who ruled against Trump’s new migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.”

It’s the first time that the leader of the federal judiciary has offered even a hint of criticism of Trump, who has previously blasted federal judges who ruled against him.

Roberts said Wednesday the U.S. doesn’t…

WASHINGTON | The Latest: Mattis: Sending troops to border is no ‘stunt’

WASHINGTON— The Latest on President Donald Trump’s stance on immigration issues (all times local): 2:20 p.m.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is pushing back on suggestions that the move to send thousands of active-duty troops to the Southwest border is a political stunt ahead of the midterm elections next week.

Mattis told reporters Wednesday at the Pentagon that the deployment of more than 5,200…