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Some things that will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
A Socialist running for US President while sitting in jail and getting almost 1 million votes will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/peopleevents/p_debs.html
Debs found his greatest success in the 1912 Election, when he campaigned against Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson, incumbent President William Howard Taft, and former President Theodore Roosevelt. Debs received almost a million votes - six percent of the ballots cast.
Unemployment Insurance for Workers will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/january-28-2016-unemployment-insurance-for-workers/
January 28, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1932. That was the day the first unemployment insurance law in was established in the United States.
It happened in Wisconsin. Governor Phillip LaFollette signed the Unemployment Compensation Act.
2:00 minute audio at link.
A sit down strike of a corporate giant to win collective bargaining will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sit-down-strike-begins-in-flint
At 8 p.m. on December 30, 1936, in one of the first sit-down strikes in the United States, autoworkers occupy the General Motors Fisher Body Plant Number One in Flint, Michigan. The autoworkers were striking to win recognition of the United Auto Workers (UAW) as the only bargaining agent for GM’s workers; they also wanted to make the company stop sending work to non-union plants and to establish a fair minimum wage scale, a grievance system and a set of procedures that would help protect assembly-line workers from injury. In all, the strike lasted 44 days.
A woman voting will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/WIC/Historical-Essays/No-Lady/Womens-Rights/
The beginning of the fight for women’s suffrage in the United States, which predates Jeannette Rankin’s entry into Congress by nearly 70 years, grew out of a larger women’s rights movement. That reform effort evolved during the 19th century, initially emphasizing a broad spectrum of goals before focusing solely on securing the franchise for women. Women’s suffrage leaders, moreover, often disagreed about the tactics for and the emphasis (federal versus state) of their reform efforts. Ultimately, the suffrage movement provided political training for some of the early women pioneers in Congress, but its internal divisions foreshadowed the persistent disagreements among women in Congress and among women’s rights activists after the passage of the 19th Amendment.
POC voting will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act
VOTING RIGHTS ACT: SIGNED INTO LAW ON AUGUST 6, 1965
The voting rights bill was passed in the U.S. Senate by a 77-19 vote on May 26, 1965. After debating the bill for more than a month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 333-85 on July 9. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on August 6, with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders present at the ceremony.
Workers getting a US Law to organize the workplace (democracy in the workplace) will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/national-labor-relations-act
Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"
in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy.
Disabled americans being treated equally will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
http://adata.org/learn-about-ada
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. The ADA is divided into five titles (or sections) that relate to different areas of public life.
Organized labor creating a safer workplace, affirmative action, and protecting the environment will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave a year will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/1421.htm
The Family and Medical Leave Act
The Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"
provides certain employees with up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave a year, and requires group health benefits to be maintained during the leave as if employees continued to work instead of taking leave. This Compliance Guide summarizes the FMLA provisions and regulations1, and provides answers to the most frequently asked questions. More detail on the FMLA may be found in the regulations (29 CFR Part 825).
A law that puts consumers back in charge of their health care will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"
http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/about-the-law/index.html
About the Law
The Affordable Care Act puts consumers back in charge of their health care. Under the law, a new “Patient’s Bill of Rights” gives the American people the stability and flexibility they need to make informed choices about their health.
Hillary Clinton Says Bernie Sanders’s Health Plan Will ‘Never, Ever Come to Pass’
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/29/hillary-clinton-say-bernie-sanderss-health-plan-will-never-ever-come-to-pass/?_r=0
Feel free to add to the list. I was in a hurry. Taking one of our dogs to the vet. Back soon.
Update: I'm home but headed out for a couple hours again soon. For the little help from my friends...
OS
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her as the Majority Leader.
for the right price.
He has been to the vet so many times this year. He is having some gum issues with his front teeth. She put him on meloxicam. It will help his arthritis too. Photo below is from 2004, when his eyes were clear without cataracts.
OS
and tell us there's no point in even trying. 
Thanks as always OS, hope the puppy is feeling better.
you're on the case, Steve, including with your dog.
Great post, Steve. 
