"Nine federal departments will be shuttered as the government shuts down this weekend. They are:

Department of the Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Homeland Security Department
Department of the Interior
Department of State
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Department of Commerce
Department of Justice"

"Other institutions have announced preparations for a partial shutdown. The Smithsonian said it will be able to use existing funds to keep its 19 museums and national zoo open to the public through Jan. 1."

@Redneo so chancellor as a title is more similar to a countries Prime Minister rather than the President?

Might be

Shed also be in control in a very limited set of emergencies, like a surprising defensive war on the terretory of the BRD(Bundesrepublic Deutschland, federal republic of germany).

fair enough

@Kibec https://www.washington.edu/research/announcements/partial-fed-govt-shutdown-dec-2018/#affected-agencies

@AHeroQuest rieding the news about it right now and thansk to everyone btw :3 lets keep the conversation going 😄

I got my mechanical keyboard in the mail now

👍

hmm

The anti-boycott laws seem unnecessarily broad.

They should simply require that you not attempt to use your position of employment to enhance a boycott.

boycott is sexist

they have to call it personcott

The anti-BDS laws are blatantly unconstitutional. And treasonous.

i.e. if you are a speech pathologist, that you do not use your SP sessions to produce that form of political outcome

well, I don't know if they're unconstitutional

it's not that you're being asked not to boycott

it's that you're being restricted from the job

for example, if I suddenly agreed with white nationalists, companies could almost certainly require that I not have those opinions, even public employers.

Restraining political advocacy in the workplace has nothing whatsoever to do with requiring a fucking oath to buy Israeli.

it's not exactly an oath to buy israeli

It's an oath to not not-buy Israeli.

it's just more or less "in order to be employed here, you must not be actively discriminating against Israeli businesses"

it's not an oath

in the purest sense at least

it is an employment agreement

It's disgusting.

idunno

I think it's kinda questionable

especially as it pertains to the private property of the employed

but it is not plainly a speech issue

Private property and private activity.

employers, even public employers, are not required to tolerate all speech without employment penalty.

I think Hooters should be allowed to only hire sexy bebs

they simply can not punish the public at large for speech

my dumb ass got a possession charge...

But dat jsut me

so do you guys think

@stoneyhippo don't do that

that maybe going the jury nullification route would be a good idea?