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@raphjd

I should point out that I also peruse the BBC, DW, GlobalTV, and other "international" news outlets - I try not to be US-Centric...

And for the record, some of those outlets have a "political bent" as well - I think it's really hard to present news without some kind of angle. Further, I think the appearance of impartiality we like to remember about the newscasters of old is a beautiful illusion 🙂

@bc22

I've posted about this before....

The reason Obama, Trump, and now Biden can make all of these Executive Orders is because there is no controlling law. I think Biden hit it on the head when he said he wasn't creating law, he was creating policy!

It's up to the Legislature to make LAW - and when they do, Presidential Executive Orders are either codified into law, or overturned by the law.

This is a symptom of a totally broken congress.

It was broken under Republican "rule" in Obama's term, it was broken (even worse?) under Trump's term... it remains to see just how broken it remains in Biden's...

And the result is that we all get whiplash when a new President comes in and starts changing all the "policy" - for which there are no laws!

Congress needs to pull its head out of its collective ass and start passing laws! Start by evaluating the Trump version and the Biden version of some of these Executive Orders... get together and negotiate a middle-ground that both sides hate equally! Codify it into law, and STOP THE MADNESS!

Quite an interesting story... and telling at how important it is stand up for the underpinnings of our Democracy, even if the results aren't in your favor...

@raphjd

The tax money they get is in the form of research grants and student loans.

They are a privately-held university. They do not receive government (that would be State money, and they are in CT) funding for operations, buildings, or anything else.

As opposed to somewhere like the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Also a leader in government grants and research but, unlike Yale, Ga Tech is a Public University - a part of the University System of GA. Taxpayers of GA pay large amounts of the money spent at Ga Tech for buildings, upkeep, professors salaries, and the like. In exchange, students from the State of GA pay lower tuition than those from other locations. (Forgetting scholarships).

@raphjd

That's funny - I thought he just created a commission to find out how to re-unite those kids with their parents!

No, far more likely is that Biden will hold a rally in Texas to greet the latest "procession" from Central and South America of wanna-be immigrants...

He'll give 'em each a bottle of water and a ticket to a court hearing... to be held in a few months, after we get this Covid thing handled. They have to promise (in English, mind you! It only counts if they say it in English!) to come to that hearing, don't ya know!

@raphjd said in Cornell vaccine mandate only applies to white students:

https://www.thecollegefix.com/cornell-vaccine-mandate-only-applies-to-white-students/

Typical liberals.

I agree, but not for the same reasons as you have (or, to be fair, that I think you have)....

This is another case of "Political Correctness" gone amok.

Their logic goes like this:

We want everyone to get the vaccine We want to MANDATE IT, even! But wait, some black people object because of the Tuskeegee incident (Reference material here) We can't be racially insensitive - EVEN IN A FUCKING PANDEMIC - so we'll exclude blacks from the MANDATE

The problem there, is that they STOPPED THINKING THERE!
The NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS is to realize that THIS IS NO DIFFERENT than the Trumpites who want to refuse to wear masks!

NEWS FLASH This is a PANDEMIC!

Students can, and should be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine. And students who want an exception should have to appear before a board and make their case. In person and provide valid rationalization for their request.

Alternatively, they should drop the mandate, as it is "racially insensitive" (DOH!)

But they can't have it both ways!

@bi4smooth

But the Senate building is not the Capitol either, as you claimed. The Capitol is a huge building that holds both houses.

Umm, sorry, but both groups were involved in the riots, so they have more in common than you want us to believe.

Did you though? I remember certain "Republicans" <wink, wink> being extremely silent on the subject when liberals were doing it, but came out and condemned it the 1-time conservatives did it.

When you are sucking the ass of liberal rioters, you are not a true Republican.

LOL, you really do love defending shitty companies. I bet you have a shrine to Lemon and Cuomo with Rachel Maddow as the supreme queen goddess.

LOL, "mostly".

I guess David Dorn and the rest were only a little murdered.

@raphjd said in Jen Psaki, Biden Press Sec, homophobic tweet:

@gerggently

Well, to you people, everything a conservative does is fascism.

Nope, only the fascism.

@bi4smooth

Did I hurt your fee fees by calling you a RINO?

@bi4smooth

OK, so now we have it.

It's not what is good for society, but what is good for you.

@erich214

Let's look at the "racism" claim in all of this.

Plenty of non-whites speak english, just as there are whites who don't speak english.

Of course, liberal dogma says that only whites can be racist and you can't be racist toward whites.

Also, every society uses jargon/slang, so every society is guilty of racism (see the previous sentence).

Industries, likewise, use jargon/slang.

Let's not forget that they still use acronyms; ie SFUSD

@raphjd

That is about the time he left the organization... perhaps they just weren't aware of the extent? Or were unaware of the illegal (underage) parts...

I don't know - I'm not really following that story closely, for reasons at the END of this posting...

What I do know is that the organization stands for Conservative Ideals - many of which I agree with - but didn't "sell their soul" to authoritarianism or turn a blind eye to essentially treason in exchange for a Supreme Court judge or two (or three!).

I also know that I'm not one to throw around guilt by association claims or accusations.

If I did, most of the largest Evangelical Christian organizations in the US (not to mention the Catholic Church) would have been burned to the ground by now for the sins of their past leaders... Sins also against children

@bi4smooth

It's not quite how you described it. The 1st image is him being a preachy assclown, while the 2nd picture is him justifying not doing what he is preaching about. Everyone but him has to save the environment because he's special.

Preaching about the need to save the environment via air travel, then using private jets is hypocritical.

I didn't complain about the money being spent.

YES, it was California's Governor Gavin Newsome, who just happened to be supreme swamp monster Nancy Pelosi's nephew.

Lot's of other politicians have violated their own lockdown rules.

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/cuomo-investigation-fbi-covid-nursing-homes-15957401.php

The DOJ is looking into this.

I doubt anything will happen since he's a Democrat and we all know how much the FBI loves them.