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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
@Krieger22
: here's the response by the other dem who voted against that bill (facebook link)
. Their argument is that they did it to take advantage of weird rules in the NM house so they can bring the measure back when it actually has a chance to pass.
EDIT: WHAT THE FREAKING FUCK?
edited 28th Feb '17 5:05:04 AM by IFwanderer
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KVReally, DeVos? Out of all the possible choices, you had to pick Jim Crow to openly put on a pedestal?
edited 28th Feb '17 5:12:38 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Yeah, she's not technically wrong about the school choice thing, but all the black universities really meant was that black people had the possibility of going to university. If segregation didn't exist, they wouldn't have been necessary.
It's a really terrible argument to make, though, because she clearly doesn't understand the context and history. I think all she sees is the historically black universities being academically on the same level as the other universities, with both types letting anyone attend, and assuming that's how it worked back then.
Never mind the fact that universities don't work the same way with "school choice" as public schools.
edited 28th Feb '17 5:52:20 AM by Zendervai
The huge increase in "options" (private schooling with curiously mono-racial classes) were a direct response to school integration, but I can't tell if she's laying the groundwork for perpetuating the same on purpose or if she's that clueless.
edited 28th Feb '17 6:18:13 AM by CenturyEye
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our livesRight-wing "choice": You can go to a school segregated for your race, or do without.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
What they want is the "right" to be total assholes without facing any consequences or even criticism and the "right" to lynch anyone who dares impugn on their "honor". Never mind of course that this isn't remotely how "Free Speech" actually works.
edited 28th Feb '17 6:45:30 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedThrowing Down the Gauntlet in the Peach State
A ‘make Trump furious’ Democrat navigates race for Georgia’s Sixth
“The Republican side has been showing up to vote here for years, and we haven’t been energized,” said Melanie Manning, among the Democrats pinning her hopes on Ossoff. “Now we are. This election will be different.”
No Democrat has represented Georgia’s 6th Congressional District since Newt Gingrich won the seat in 1978...
But Ossoff, a documentary filmmaker who was until recently unknown to even veteran Georgia strategists, has quickly captured the imagination of Democrats hoping to notch an early victory against Donald Trump. The special election will be among the first in the nation since Trump became president.
His campaign claims nearly $2 million in donations in less than two months, an almost unfathomable amount for a political newcomer. He has racked up celebrity support and a string of big-name endorsements. And national Democrats are pouring staff and resources into his race.
Karen Handel vows to fight the ‘status quo’ in 6th District bid
“It’s time to deliver on the promises made of cutting spending, repealing Obamacare and reducing regulations,” she said, adding: “I have a record of standing up and fighting the status quo to get things done and I will take that fight to Washington.”
...her political career was twice derailed. Her 2010 gubernatorial bid ended in a narrow runoff defeat to Nathan Deal, a bitter rival, and she finished in third-place in the 2014 GOP primary for an open U.S. Senate seat.
In between, she became a darling to religious conservatives when she resigned from a leadership role in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation in 2012 after it reversed its decision to cut ties with the abortion rights Planned Parenthood group. Her book about the episode was called “Planned Bullyhood,” and it gave her a national profile.
...the district, a conservative-leaning stretch spanning from east Cobb to north De Kalb that should be the GOP’s to lose. But President Donald Trump looms large over the contest, and the race could become an early test for his popularity in an establishment-friendly territory. Trump lost the district in Georgia’s March primary and eked out a 1-point victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton in November. Price, who was confirmed last week as Trump’s health secretary, won re-election by a more convincing 62 percent of the vote.
edited 28th Feb '17 7:29:20 AM by CenturyEye
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our livesHere are some municipal elections that happen this year
.
EDIT: and this may be interesting for anyone from LA
(also, please fact check it?)
edited 28th Feb '17 7:45:21 AM by IFwanderer
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KVThere's been a lot of reporting on that LA measure. The theory is that this Weinstein tapeworm does not like some development project or other in the neighbourhood of his skyscraper and has been fighting it in court for times and is now funding this measure to block it.
That's what I am referring to when I speak about the housing crisis down there. NIMBY scum like this fellow are a big part of the problem. There'd be enough space for extra development 'xcept for zoning regulations and environmental protection rules that have been hijacked by people who don't want new neighbourhoods or profit from high housing prices.
I wonder if you could get him nailed for embezzlement.
(It's not even the worst in dodgy behaviours by supporters of that measure - misleading campaign notices that looked like eviction notices
have been used as well)
You think what Devos said is batshit crazy? Sessions think the DOJ reports on Chicago PDs racism are anecdotal and unscientific
edited 28th Feb '17 8:19:52 AM by SeptimusHeap
New Survey coming this weekend!Trump claims
the desire for town hall meetings, security leaks, and call for more open press conferences are all part of a massive conspiracy by Obama to undermine him.
Is he sure it wasn't the Illuminati? Or maybe President Obama was an Illuminati plant all along? Duh-duh-duhhh!
Also:
He gave himself a "C" on getting his message out but an "A" for achievement and "A+" for effort
His plans to boost defence spending by $54bn (£43bn) would be paid for by a "revved up economy"
He would be a "hypocrite" if he attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner in light of "fake news"
edited 28th Feb '17 8:49:41 AM by CenturyEye
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our livesThe Freedom Caucus has withdrawn their support from the ACA repeal bill Ryan put forward, apparently it doesn't screw people hard enough.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/politics/mark-meadows-vote-leaked-obamacare-bill/index.html
Just posting their rating
of The Intercept, because I (and others) have been attacked for using it as a source:
Notes: The Intercept is an online publication launched in February 2014 by First Look Media, the news organization created and funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. The editors are Betsy Reed, Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill (Wikipedia). The Intercept produces well sourced quality journalism. They have a left-center bias in reporting and tend to use loaded, sensational words.
Of course, I agree that its journalists have certain biases (with investigative journalism, it is practically impossible to avoid this), but that doesn't mean that they don't have their facts straight, as some of you suggested (to the extent that anything that comes from them is unreliable). They still have journalistic integrity, and have received several awards for their articles, and therefore shouldn't be put on the same level as real garbage journalism such as The Young Turks, for example.
That being said, I'll admit that less opinionated sources are preferable in most cases, just saying that you shouldn't automatically dismiss a source because you don't like its author.

This technofascist dystopia is a bit on the nose when you're detaining Holocaust scholars.
What's next, instituting National Puppy-Kicking Day?
Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.