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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#237001: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:05:52 AM

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Yeah, I think I encountered it first there too. Looking it up, it seems to date back farther than that, but no one knows who first said it.

edited 29th Mar '18 8:06:04 AM by Hodor2

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#237002: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:07:20 AM

The line from The Truth essentially paraphrases a real quote.

| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |
thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#237003: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:21:49 AM

Trump nixing those positions could be good actually. Unlike leaving cabinet positions empty or virtually empty this would do more damage to his ability to not look like a headless chicken than it would to the functioning of the country.

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#237004: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:46:17 AM

[line-item veto] was apparently something allowed in the Confederate States of America.
It's also allowed in many state constitutions, so let's not get too crazy over it. Wasn't the Supreme Court ruling against it prompted by Clinton wanting one too?

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#237005: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:50:07 AM

A teacher in Texas was recently suspended after mentioning to her students that she has a wife.

The school is saying that she definitely “wasn’t suspended because she tried getting sexual orientation to be included in the school’s anti discrimination policy.”

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#237006: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:57:29 AM

[up][up] Frankly, any president should want that. Which is... kind of exactly why it's a terrible idea.

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#237007: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:58:44 AM

The Daily Show on anti-Gun control rallies is actually pretty funny

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#237008: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:09:08 AM

[up][up][up] Why on Earth was she speaking to Elementary School students about that stuff, though? She's an art teacher.

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#237009: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:09:19 AM

Frankly, any president should want that. Which is... kind of exactly why it's a terrible idea.
I can kind of see how it could be a good thing, if perhaps it was limited to only being able to line-veto a certain number of things (say, no more than 10% of any spending bill to reach the desk). Still something that would be horribly abused by Trump, but what wouldn't be?

Re: the lesbian teacher, one of the other clickbait links on that site is "Was Stormy Daniels on drugs during her interview?" There really is no depth Trump supporters won't sink to, is there?

[up] Because young children shouldn't know that gay people exist until they're older?

edited 29th Mar '18 9:14:28 AM by BlueNinja0

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#237010: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:12:59 AM

@Raineh: If one of them asked about her husband or something, she's under no obligation to lie to them instead of being honest that she has a wife, for instance.

It's been fun.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#237011: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:19:07 AM

Eh, it honestly depends on how in-depth she was talking. It's a red flag and the school district probably shouldn't be given the benefit of the doubt, though.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#237012: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:29:12 AM

Nobody gets upset when a female teacher says they have a husband, or a male teacher says they have a wife. Pretty much all of my teachers back in school made comments about their spouses. Yet there’s this idea that gay teachers should shut up about their own spouses, because for some reason kids learning that gay people exist is a horrible, vile thing.

danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#237013: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:29:27 AM

[up]x6 The highlight of that video has to be when he points out that the organizers of the rally didn't allow anyone to bring their guns, citing safety reasons. The mental gymnastics required to just blithely accept that while still claiming more guns would make people safer would definitely win gold. A normal person would need two brains to double-think that hard.

edited 29th Mar '18 9:29:39 AM by danime91

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#237014: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:31:31 AM

I was just wondering because the school suggests that it was more in depth and less just personal details. And I don't see why elementary school children would be a suitable audience for the romantic history of various artists in any sense.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#237015: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:32:07 AM

[up][up][up]I mean, you're just assuming all she said was "I have a wife" and that's it. That very likely could be the situation (it's why I said the district probably shouldn't be given the benefit of the doubt), but you don't actually know it any better than we do.

edited 29th Mar '18 9:33:14 AM by LSBK

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#237016: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:40:39 AM

I was basing it off of the fact that the teacher’s lawyer said that all she did was mention her family, which included a wife.

Meanwhile, the school made an incredibly specific denial about her “not being suspended for trying to get sexual orientation included in the anti discrimination policies”.

I’m not pulling this shit out of nowhere.

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#237017: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:43:49 AM

And the school also said that she said more than she said she said.

It's not likely she's lying but that wouldn't surprise me either.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#237018: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:46:05 AM

If it turns out this all started because one of her students innocently asked about her family...

I dunno. I'm inclined to side with the teacher here.

Disgusted, but not surprised
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#237019: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:46:22 AM

Re: The Daily Show video, there's a bit where a woman is calling the Parkland students crisis actors. The interviewer questions how the shooter managed to specifically target a school then the crisis actors attended... And the woman's response (after a moment of mental stumbling) is to claim he may have just blown the lid off a while new conspiracy.

That's when the know there's just no convincing some people...

edited 29th Mar '18 9:50:27 AM by sgamer82

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#237020: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:47:27 AM

[up] And they wonder why some people call them gun nuts...

Disgusted, but not surprised
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#237021: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:48:41 AM

I must repeat: the people who think there's a conspiracy to take their guns should absolutely have their guns taken from them.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#237022: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:51:12 AM

Also did he actually hey up and speak to them? And then say 'guns make us safer and that's why we didn't bring ours"? Because if he did that guy is my hero.

danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#237023: Mar 29th 2018 at 9:53:11 AM

Indeed. The sheer Logic Bomb that went off is clearly visible in their expressions. Also that one dude who said everyone should have a gun, but everyone should also have clear backpacks so you can tell if someone has a gun or not. Because cargo pants aren't a thing anymore apparently.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#237024: Mar 29th 2018 at 10:15:07 AM

"BREAKING NEWS: Moscow to close U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg in response to expulsion of Russian diplomats... - Get updates at Reuters.com


Also: https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/03/29/day-434/

1/ Trump's outside advisers told him he doesn't need a chief of staff or a communications director. While John Kelly has tried to bring order to the policymaking process, Trump has grown frustrated by the long-established West Wing management structure, because it doesn't fit his freewheeling style. Following Hope Hicks' departure, Trump has been open to rethinking the traditional communications director role. He'd like Kellyanne Conway to assume the role. (CNN)

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/trump-staffing/index.html

2/ EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt lived in a condo tied to an energy industry lobbyist. The townhouse near the U.S. Capitol is co-owned by J. Steven Hart, who wouldn't say how much Pruitt paid to live there. Hart's firm has lobbied on "issues related to the export of liquefied natural gas." During a December 2017 trip to Morocco, Pruitt pitched "the potential benefit of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports on Morocco's economy." (ABC News)

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclusive-cabinet-trouble-trump-epa-chief-lived-condo/story?id=54095310

3/ Michael Cohen's attorney denied that Trump knew about the $130,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, saying "the president was not aware of the agreement." David Schwartz added: "At least Michael Cohen never told him about the agreement. I can tell you that." Experts suggest the denial could insulate Trump, but could also undermine the nondisclosure agreement that Daniels signed, which prevented her from disclosing her alleged affair with Trump. (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/29/we-finally-got-an-answer-as-to-whether-trump-knew-about-the-stormy-daniels-payment/

4/ David Shulkin said he was fired as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, because he was standing in the way of the Trump administration privatizing the VA, with "some political appointees choosing to promote their agendas instead of what's best for veterans." The former secretary said the "people who want to put VA health care in the hands of the private sector … saw me as an obstacle to privatization who had to be removed." (New York Times / NPR)

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/29/597866101/fired-va-secretary-says-white-house-muzzled-him

5/ Trump's nominee to run the VA has never managed a large bureaucracy. White House physician Ronny Jackson is the doctor who gave Trump a positive physical and mental health assessment in a televised briefing in January. Trump liked the way Jackson handled himself with reporters during the briefing, which played a part in Jackson's nomination for secretary of Veterans Affairs. (Politico / CNN)

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/28/veterans-affairs-jackson-trump-shulkin-448978

6/ The Department of Housing and Urban Development is attempting to reverse federal efforts to enforce fair housing laws. Under Ben Carson, HUD has been freezing enforcement actions against local governments and businesses while sidelining officials who have attempted to pursue civil rights cases. The goal is to roll back the Obama administration's efforts to reverse racial, ethnic, and income segregation in housing and development projects subsidized by the federal government. (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/us/ben-carson-hud-fair-housing-discrimination.html

7/ Justice Department will investigate the surveillance of Carter Page, a former Trump campaign official. The inspector general has faced increasing political pressure from Republicans in Congress and Jeff Sessions to examine whether law enforcement officials complied with the law and policies while seeking approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to wiretap Page. (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/us/politics/justice-department-carter-page-surveillance.html

poll/ 54% of Americans expect Trump to lose his campaign for re-election. 79% of Republicans expect Trump to win his 2020 re-election bid, while 87% of Democrats expect him to lose. (CNN)

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/poll-2020-trump-democrats/index.html

Notables.

Six House Democrats are calling for the FBI to investigate whether Jared Kushner leaked classified information to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. The Intercept reported that the Saudi prince told confidantes last year that Kushner had discussed Saudi leaders who are disloyal to the crown prince. (CNN)

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/house-democrats-kushner-saudi-prince/index.html

The FBI investigated Trump's plans to build hotel in Latvia following a 2010 meeting with a wealthy Russian supporter of Putin. The hotel plan was abandoned after the Latvian government's anti-corruption bureau began investigating Igor Krutoy. (The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/29/trump-fbi-hotel-latvia-investigation-russia-links

Mike Pence's hometown will host its first gay pride parade next month. A high school student, who is hosting the parade, said that just because Pence is "openly anti-LGBT, it doesn't mean that the rest of us in his hometown are." A spokeswoman for Pence says he supports the young activist's efforts. (CNN)

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/politics/mike-pence-hometown-gay-pride/index.html

Trump tweeted photos, taken in 2009, and tried to claim that they were "the start of our Southern Border WALL." The photos were from an ongoing project to replace sections of an existing border wall in California. (Buzz Feed News)

https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/trump-tweeted-pictures-claiming-the-start-of-his-border?utm_term=.bdzO075Xj5#.yqwrB9ZNWZ

Trump took time out of his busy presidential schedule to congratulate Roseanne Barr on her the "huge" ratings "Roseanne" had received. The show returned to the air this week after more than two decades after it ended its run. The first episode received 18.2 million viewers. (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/us/politics/trump-roseanne-barr-ratings.html

edited 29th Mar '18 10:49:16 AM by sgamer82

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#237025: Mar 29th 2018 at 10:56:06 AM

[up] amusingly, Russian Bots also like Roseanne.

Great piece on Cambridge Analytica on the Daily show.

This equally applies to what the Russians did on Social media as well.

edited 29th Mar '18 12:02:37 PM by megaeliz


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