Art would you be available to start tomorrow???

[paladin1991]

If Art starts a brand new network in NV, he'll surely need to stop by the JBW C2M store & get a couple Geiger counters, a radio frequency detector & some tin-foil helmets. Does Wells sell tin-foil helmets small enough for Art's child?

Which child?  The one he loves or the others?

[Chaim]

Non-Compete Contract

these non-compete contracts are basically agreeing to modern slavery.
I understand that a company needs *some* protection, so an employee can't just learn the trade there and then jump ship to a competitor, but seriously 2 years is way over the top, because it is basically either forcing an employee to stay forever until he gets fired, or be unable to work in what he is good at and collect food-stamps instead, or go flipping burgers.
So, a maximum of 6 months non-compete after quitting a job would make some sense - longer times should be forbidden officially by the government.

[NowhereInTime]

Which child?  The one he loves or the others?

Owwwwwwch. God, I'm going back to the Politics threads where its safe...

[ks3484]

these non-compete contracts are basically agreeing to modern slavery.
I understand that a company needs *some* protection, so an employee can't just learn the trade there and then jump ship to a competitor, but seriously 2 years is way over the top, because it is basically either forcing an employee to stay forever until he gets fired, or be unable to work in what he is good at and collect food-stamps instead, or go flipping burgers.
So, a maximum of 6 months non-compete after quitting a job would make some sense - longer times should be forbidden officially by the government.

Presumably Art looked the contract over, and then had his lawyers look it over BEFORE he put his John Hancock to it.

Therein lies the distinction between a hired laborer and an enslaved laborer. The hired laborer is agreeing to the terms of his employment. The hired laborer has the opportunity to negotiate  preferable terms and conditions before, and sometimes during his/her employment and agency. I don't think that Art nor SiriusXM could have foreseen a specific set of circumstances that would lead to a falling-out between the two parties which would then cause SiriusXM to invoke the Non-Compete Agreement. I think that SiriusXM includes the Non-Compete Agreement as a routine part of their hiring practices because they or their counsel has experienced situations which were not favorable nor in their best interests.

The Capitalist system which the U.S. thrives on and adheres to restricts the involvement of the government in contractual agreements unless fraud or some other form of malfeasance is present. The judicial remedies available to the aggrieved party in the Capitalist market place is usually one of two remedies: 1) Specific Performance, or 2) Liquidated Damages. Punitive actions are sometimes involved depending on the egregiousness and nature of the tort being addressed by the courts.

It goes without saying that a true slave laborer has no benefits of any kind whatsoever. A slave laborer's enslavement, servitude, life and/ or death is totally and completely at the pleasure of the enslaver.

[TheMan WhoFell ToEarth]

It's also a bit of a stretch to compare something that prevents you from working to slavery.

[Jackstar]

Couldn't he go to another country?

He could have, but Art surely has assets in the US. He would have to liquidate everything, move, and then start. This process would have taken years.

Sorry to bump this thread, but somehow, I missed it. But I actually have something to contribute. WHY is Art not secretly recording a whole series of podcasts, in order to prepare a whole set of ready to upload content for his inevitable return?

WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT ART'S SECRET PODCASTS???

Oh, wait. Carry on. My bad.

[paladin1991]

WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT ART'S SECRET PODCASTS???

Shhhhhh.  Leibling, there are things to talk about and things to be UNLEASHED upon a slumbering world.  Art's Podcasts, meine schatz, are for the future.  THE FUTURE!
  Sing the song now.  Sing the song that soothes your troubled and tortured soul.  Yes, that one. "Tomorrow belongs to Me."

[Morgus]

WHY is Art not secretly recording a whole series of podcasts, in order to prepare a whole set of ready to upload content for his inevitable return?

because Art doesn't do recorded podcasts, he likes LIVE broadcasts with LIVE UNSCREENED callers...
thats the only way we got guys like Mel and his hole and Madman Markham, they started as just callers during UNSCREENED open lines.

[PB the Deplorable]

because Art doesn't do recorded podcasts, he likes LIVE broadcasts with LIVE UNSCREENED callers...
thats the only way we got guys like Mel and his hole and Madman Markham, they started as just callers during UNSCREENED open lines.

Has anyone told him EVERYONE has a cell phone yet?

[TheMan WhoFell ToEarth]

Has anyone told him EVERYONE has a cell phone yet?

I wonder sincerely if he has one.

[Foodlion]

Has anyone told him EVERYONE has a cell phone yet?

Cept me. I'm still using tin cans on a string.

[onan]

Cept me. I'm still using tin cans on a string.

If you are using the 4g high capacity string, you are cool.

[GabrielNuncius]

Art, if you read this, your only chance for final success on a newly created to show is to discuss the REAL truths and not the fake/hoax truths of years and decades prior. 1) It is the final remaining untapped niche. 2) The opportunity is present via being an independent host/podcaster. 3) Your family name won't be tainted once your fans learn the truth of prior hoaxing. 4) Upon your final end, your soul will be saved. 5) Being a non-bystander to what is really going on out there is a truly heroic act.

[Foodlion]

If you are using the 4g high capacity string, you are cool.

Did I mention work in the deli department?
I'm THAT guy. It's going to take a 12 inch penis implant to get me to the cool status.

[Foodlion]

Curious thing about that whole pirate radio thing....

Couldn't he go to another country?  And offer his show that way, much like he did when he moved to the Philippines?  Since he's not competing in a market that Sirius is (outside the US and the entire north/south american hemispheres?  - we'd get it, cause someone would stream it for us lol, but he's not competing at all in that market then.  He could do anything a 1 time a week show where he answers email for all i care.

Very good point. Art should blow up the market overseas where the signals of XM don't go. I believe Europe is a pretty big untapped market. No reasonable way that would compromise his NC.

[paladin1991]

Did I mention work in the deli department?
I'm THAT guy. It's going to take a 12 inch penis implant to get me to the cool status.

Are you measuring fm your asshole?

[bigchucka]

Did I mention work in the deli department?
I'm THAT guy. It's going to take a 12 inch penis implant to get me to the cool status.

http://youtu.be/8auptXYhT80

I remember from a while back that you live in Tennessee.. You ever go to Nashville?  Bizarre Foods America did an episode about there about a month ago.  I guess there's restaurants there that are known for something called a "meat and three".  Also had some other good places to eat.  I figure if they are good enough to get on national television... ya might like it.