POLITICS SCHMALITICS

[CMRivdogs]

40 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Great article hear to educate you. 

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2016/10/05/the-citizenship-and-immigration-problems-of-anchor-babies-and-surrogacy/

8 year old article with no mention of the number of children of undocumented people relocated to Mexico collecting $$$ from the US government. 
 

I was questioning your claim that millions “anchor” babies living in Mexico are collecting checks from Uncle Sam. How did you come to that figure

[ewsieg]

23 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

How did you come to that figure

You find one legitimate case, which spurs rumors of more, then you simply claim millions.  Come on CM, you've seen this for years from MAGA, it shouldn't be this hard to figure out.  😉

[oblong]

many people are saying

saw that thing on the news 

 

[1776]

This is a beautiful thing….

A federal appeals court rejected Nasdaq’s years long push to set racial and gender targets for the boards of its listed companies, dealing a major blow to one of most prominent efforts to promote diversity in corporate America.

The New Orleans-based Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had erred in 2021 when it approved two Nasdaq listing rules focused on boardroom diversity. 

WSJ

[Tigeraholic1]

DEI is dead....

[chasfh]

White men FTW! 💩

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Old George Wallace would be proud of the direction the country is taking.

[Tigerbomb13]

2 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Old George Wallace would be proud of the direction the country is taking.

What a time to be alive 

[LaceyLou]

On 12/11/2024 at 9:29 AM, oblong said:

many people are saying

saw that thing on the news 

 

Or the tried and true classic, "I know a guy who knows a guy....."

[Deleterious]

Trump solved the NJ drone mystery.

 

[Dan Gilmore]

Kettle, meet Pot(us)

[CMRivdogs]

Just passing this along 248 years ago today Thomas Paine published these words...

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“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

A thoughtful piece from Heather Cox Richardson

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-19-2024

It ends..

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“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,” Paine wrote in that fraught moment, “yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.”

 

[romad1]

3 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Just passing this along 248 years ago today Thomas Paine published these words...

A thoughtful piece from Heather Cox Richardson

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-19-2024

It ends..

 

Am listening to her on The Bulwark…she’s interesting.  

[Deleterious]

Jesus.  

 

[Tigeraholic1]

15 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Jesus.  

 

Just a misunderstood undocumented migrant.

[ewsieg]

On 12/20/2024 at 5:53 PM, romad1 said:

Am listening to her on The Bulwark…she’s interesting.  

Really enjoyed that episode.

[ewsieg]

I apologize if this was posted and I missed it.

https://wcbm.com/national-headline/missing-gop-congresswoman-not-seen-for-six-months-finally-found-living-at-dementia-care-home/

[chasfh]

19 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Jesus.  

 

And the moral of the story is: immigrants are bad.

[1776]

Every now and then good news comes around….

The student government at the University of Michigan has removed its top two leaders, who vowed to block funding for campus groups unless the university agreed to divest from companies accused of profiting from the Israel–Hamas war.

The student assembly’s president and vice president, Alifa Chowdhury and Elias Atkinson, were officially ousted late on Monday after they were impeached last month, the New York Times reported. Each received a guilty count of dereliction of duty for either missing council meetings or failing to organize them.

NR

[gehringer_2]

26 minutes ago, 1776 said:

Every now and then good news comes around….

The student government at the University of Michigan has removed its top two leaders, who vowed to block funding for campus groups unless the university agreed to divest from companies accused of profiting from the Israel–Hamas war.

The student assembly’s president and vice president, Alifa Chowdhury and Elias Atkinson, were officially ousted late on Monday after they were impeached last month, the New York Times reported. Each received a guilty count of dereliction of duty for either missing council meetings or failing to organize them.

NR

I don't remember which school it was, not a big one, but they had a rule that the Student government elections required 65% participation for validation. Not a bad idea. I doubt 50% of UM students even know that the MSA exists.

The faculty Senate at UM is the same way, about 20% of the faculty participate, so it takes 11% of the total to win the vote on some some crazy resolution - then the Freep or DetNews rushes out a story about schism between the faculty and admin or how radical the UM faculty is. Same as it ever was.

Was it Ben Franklin who said the young US had a democracy "if it could keep it." Apathy has always been the biggest enemy of all.

Edited December 29, 2024 by gehringer_2

[1776]

23 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Was it Ben Franklin who said the young US had a democracy "if it could keep it." Apathy has always been the biggest enemy of all.

Franklin accurately referred to it as a Republic. 
 

Benjamin Franklin is famous for saying, “A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it” in response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question about whether the new nation would be a republic or a monarchy. Franklin was aware of the new union's fragility and the difficulties the states would face.

[Tiger337]

On 12/23/2024 at 2:20 PM, chasfh said:

And the moral of the story is: immigrants are bad.

I don't remember Del ever saying anything about immigrants before and he rarely mentions politics.  I was thinking it just struck him as a horrendous act.     

[casimir]

Reports are coming out that Jimmy Carter has passed at 100 years old.

[oblong]

The Carter Center makes it official.  
 

he turned 100 a few weeks ago.  

I’m he died while we have a real president so he can get a classy send off.  Joe Biden was the first senator to endorse him. 

[oblong]