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Anonymous ID: 3ef4ac March 20, 2020, 11:50 p.m. No.8499076   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9089 >>9109 >>9234 >>9376 >>9480 >>9539

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"The Gambler"

 

On a warm summer's evening

On a train bound for nowhere

I met up with a gambler

We were both too tired to sleep

So we took turns a-starin'

Out the window at the darkness

The boredom overtook us

And he began to speak

 

He said, "Son, I've made a life

Out of readin' people's faces

And knowin' what the cards were

By the way they held their eyes.

So if you don't mind my sayin'

I can see you're out of aces

For a taste of your whiskey

I'll give you some advice."

 

So I handed him my bottle

And he drank down my last swallow

Then he bummed a cigarette

And asked me for a light

And the night got deathly quiet

And his face lost all expression

Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy,

You gotta learn to play it right.

 

You got to know when to hold 'em,

Know when to fold 'em,

Know when to walk away,

And know when to run.

You never count your money

When you're sittin' at the table.

There'll be time enough for countin'

When the dealing's done.

 

Every gambler knows

That the secret to survivin'

Is knowin' what to throw away

And knowin' what to keep.

'Cause every hand's a winner,

And every hand's a loser,

And the best that you can hope for

Is to die in your sleep."

 

And when he finished speakin'

He turned back toward the window

Crushed out his cigarette

And faded off to sleep

And somewhere in the darkness

The gambler he broke even

And in his final words

I found an ace that I could keep

 

You got to know when to hold 'em

Know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away

And know when to run

You never count your money

When you're sittin' at the table

There'll be time enough for countin'

When the dealing's done

 

You've got to know when to hold 'em

(When to hold 'em)

Know when to fold 'em

(When to fold 'em)

Know when to walk away

And know when to run

You never count your money

When you're sittin' at the table

There'll be time enough for countin'

When the dealing's done

 

You got to know when to hold 'em

Know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away

And know when to run

You never count your money

When you're sittin' at the table

There'll be time enough for countin'

When the dealing's done

 

Died at 81 in hospice….if he's guilty he hardly served the time.

Anonymous ID: 3ef4ac March 21, 2020, 12:03 a.m. No.8499168   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9234 >>9376 >>9480 >>9539

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-settles-claim-against-maryland-construction-firm-discriminating-against-us

 

It's small potatoes BUT it is a start. Now I wish the DOJ would start looking into H1-b abuse.

 

ustice Department Settles Claim Against Maryland Construction Firm for Discriminating Against U.S. Workers

This Is the Eighth Settlement under the Civil Rights Division’s Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative

 

The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement resolving the Department’s claims that a Baltimore County, Maryland construction firm, Hallaton Inc., which installs geosynthetic liners, violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by preferring H-2B visa workers over qualified U.S. workers. This is the eighth settlement under the Civil Rights Division’s Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative, which is aimed at targeting, investigating, and taking enforcement actions against companies that discriminate against U.S. workers in favor of temporary visa workers. Since the Initiative’s inception, employers have agreed to pay or have distributed a combined total of more than $1.2 million in back pay to affected U.S. workers and civil penalties to the United States.

 

“Employers who abuse temporary visa programs deny U.S. workers job opportunities. This settlement provides up to $80,000 in backpay to compensate those U.S. workers who were unlawfully discriminated against in favor of visa workers,” said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Civil Rights Division. “This is the eighth settlement in this Administration’s effort to combat discrimination against U.S. workers for job opportunities and we will continue to hold violators accountable.”

 

The Department’s investigation determined that from at least Dec. 1, 2017, until at least June 1, 2018, Hallaton routinely discriminated against U.S. workers by failing to consider them for construction laborer positions. Despite receiving over two dozen applications from available and qualified U.S. workers through the Maryland Workforce Exchange, Hallaton hired none of them. The company then sought and received permission to hire 63 H-2B visa workers for these jobs by claiming that it could not find qualified and available U.S. workers. Refusing to recruit or hire U.S. workers because of their citizenship status violates the INA.

 

Under the settlement, Hallaton will pay $43,143 in civil penalties to the United States, pay up to $80,000 in back pay to affected U.S. workers, and conduct enhanced U.S. worker recruitment and advertising for future positions. The settlement also requires Hallaton to train employees on the requirements of the INA’s anti-discrimination provision and be subject to departmental monitoring and reporting requirements.