Miscellaneous news items that don't warrant their own thread

[BDKJMU]

The truth hurts. And lawl at the donks pearl clutching in response.

[UNI88]

The truth hurts. And lawl at the donks pearl clutching in response.

I found that statement entertaining coming from someone who supports a former POTUS who paid a porn star for sex and who sexually assaulted or raped nearly 30 women and everyone knows it.

[UNI88]

The truth hurts. And lawl at the donks pearl clutching in response.

And after that Greene called Secretary Mayorkas a liar. A Democratic committee member moved to 'take down' Greene's comments and Chair Green agreed. Because her comments were taken down and not stricken, Greene was no longer recognized to speak.

[JohnStOnge]

Good chance this is already posted somewhere but I'm too lazy to spend time looking so:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investig ... g-contest/

MyPillow founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell made a bold offer ahead of a “cyber symposium” he held in August 2021 in South Dakota: He claimed he had data showing Chinese interference and said he would pay $5 million to anyone who could prove the material was not from the previous year’s U.S. election.

He called the challenge “Prove Mike Wrong.”

On Wednesday, a private arbitration panel ruled that someone did.

The panel said Robert Zeidman, a computer forensics expert and 63-year-old Trump voter from Nevada, was entitled to the $5 million payout.

Zeidman had examined Lindell’s data and concluded that not only did it not prove voter fraud, it also had no connection to the 2020 election. He was the only expert who submitted a claim, arbitration records show.

[BDKJMU]

The truth hurts. And lawl at the donks pearl clutching in response.

And after that Greene called Secretary Mayorkas a liar. A Democratic committee member moved to 'take down' Greene's comments and Chair Green agreed. Because her comments were taken down and not stricken, Greene was no longer recognized to speak.

Lying under oath multiple times before Congress last year makes Mayorkas a liar.

[UNI88]

And after that Greene called Secretary Mayorkas a liar. A Democratic committee member moved to 'take down' Greene's comments and Chair Green agreed. Because her comments were taken down and not stricken, Greene was no longer recognized to speak.

Lying under oath multiple times before Congress last year makes Mayorkas a liar.

2 Questions:

1) Did they 'take down' Greene's comments taking away her ability to speak or not?

2) Why does lying only matter when there's a Democrat in the White House?

[kalm]

More Finland please.

[UNI88]

More Finland please.

I agree, we should be teaching kids how to think not what to think.

I don't have a problem with a church or other entity having a school and charging tuition to cover costs. I'm not a fan of for-profit educational entities but there is a caveat emptor element to the people naïve enough to give them money.

[UNI88]

AOChe has a point ...

[kalm]

AOChe has a point ...

I saw a list of house members (including MTG) who would lose massive sums of money dedicated to their own districts through Build Back Better if the Republican plan came to fruition.

Maybe they’re taking a principled stand?

[UNI88]

AOChe has a point ...

I saw a list of house members (including MTG) who would lose massive sums of money dedicated to their own districts through Build Back Better if the Republican plan came to fruition.

Maybe they’re taking a principled stand?

Principles? In DC?

[Pwns]

America has mastered the transfer portal.

[GannonFan]

America has mastered the transfer portal.

Immigration, it's a beautiful thing!

My son was in Math Counts through middle school, and it was striking how when we went to the end of season, county-wide competition, he was a decided minority being one of a small smattering of caucasian kids in a room full of Indian and Asian kids. I'm sure we dominate in the humanities though.

[Baldy]

More Finland please.

Homogeneous?

[BDKJMU]

America has mastered the transfer portal.

Like the US 4x100/4x200 team vs (Insert your African country here).

[kalm]

More Finland please.

Homogeneous?

Of course. Does that render their Ed policies impossible for more diverse countries?

[Baldy]

Homogeneous?

Of course. Does that render their Ed policies impossible for more diverse countries?

Since the clip said that many of their ideas and practices in education are from America, you tell me.

[kalm]

Of course. Does that render their Ed policies impossible for more diverse countries?

Since the clip said that many of their ideas and practices in education are from America, you tell me.

Well it sounds like adopting the policies where they are different might be needed as well considering their superior outcomes.

Good catch. Thanks!

https://bigthink.com/mike-colagrossi/no ... -the-world

[JohnStOnge]

This is really sad: https://www.abcactionnews.com/.../gop-p ... hting-woke...

GOP poll: fighting woke ideology more important than protecting Social Security from cuts

Seriously? Have people bought into this ''anti-woke'' demagoguery to THAT extent?

Websters defines ''woke'' as ''aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).'' So you think making sure people aren't aware of important societal facts and issues is more important than making sure people get what they expect to get from Medicare and Social Security?

Again: Seriously?

[BDKJMU]

This is really sad: https://www.abcactionnews.com/.../gop-p ... hting-woke...

GOP poll: fighting woke ideology more important than protecting Social Security from cuts

Seriously? Have people bought into this ''anti-woke'' demagoguery to THAT extent?

Websters defines ''woke'' as ''aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).'' So you think making sure people aren't aware of important societal facts and issues is more important than making sure people get what they expect to get from Medicare and Social Security?

Again: Seriously?

Lol if you think that’s what woke is, and that’s what being against woke is..

[CAA Flagship]

This is really sad: https://www.abcactionnews.com/.../gop-p ... hting-woke...

GOP poll: fighting woke ideology more important than protecting Social Security from cuts

Seriously? Have people bought into this ''anti-woke'' demagoguery to THAT extent?

Websters defines ''woke'' as ''aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).'' So you think making sure people aren't aware of important societal facts and issues is more important than making sure people get what they expect to get from Medicare and Social Security?

Again: Seriously?

Define "important".

[kalm]

This is really sad: https://www.abcactionnews.com/.../gop-p ... hting-woke...



Seriously? Have people bought into this ''anti-woke'' demagoguery to THAT extent?

Websters defines ''woke'' as ''aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).'' So you think making sure people aren't aware of important societal facts and issues is more important than making sure people get what they expect to get from Medicare and Social Security?

Again: Seriously?

Define "important".

The depth of pizza.

Beans in chili.

[CAA Flagship]

Define "important".

The depth of pizza.

Sicilian Style? I'm on board.

[kalm]

The depth of pizza.

Sicilian Style? I'm on board.

I thought that was Chicago style?

[CAA Flagship]

Sicilian Style? I'm on board.

I thought that was Chicago style?

No. Fairly significant differences. Chicago is a thinner crust with a shit-ton of slop to get to the thickness. Sicilian's thickness is mostly the crust with a thin layer of sauce and cheese (similar to a normal pizza).