JamesRobot | 5,786 Events Team · Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Silent Hill said: Anyone know of any further details behind Biden's plan? I'm struggling to see how prioritizing relief/resources based on race and/or gender is a positive thing. “Our priority will be Black, Latino, Asian and Native American-owned small businesses, women-owned businesses, and finally having equal access to resources needed to reopen and rebuild. But we’re going to make a concerted effort to help small businesses in low-income communities in big cities, small towns and rural communities that have faced systematic barriers to relief.” He is not stating that those businesses are receiving priority based on protected class, rather the priority is to ensure equal access to resources for those businesses. I admit it does read like he is giving preferential treatment but the idea is to elevate the struggling classes to a place of equality. He def could have worded it better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 32 minutes ago, Silent Hill said: Anyone know of any further details behind Biden's plan? I'm struggling to see how prioritizing relief/resources based on race and/or gender is a positive thing. “Our priority will be Black, Latino, Asian and Native American-owned small businesses, women-owned businesses, and finally having equal access to resources needed to reopen and rebuild. But we’re going to make a concerted effort to help small businesses in low-income communities in big cities, small towns and rural communities that have faced systematic barriers to relief.” I think the only way to understand what it means is to read the policy proposal. Either way, the Republicans are starting to line up to black any plans anyway. McConnel is already using the filibuster as a nonstarter because he wants to be able to block legislation without making Senators have to vote on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,807 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 haha! have to agree with President Joe here https://news.yahoo.com/biden-admonishes-reporter-questioning-whether-211143831.html “When I announced it you all said it wasn’t possible. Come on, give me a break, man,” Biden responded. “It’s a good start, a hundred million.” ...During the press conference, Biden also announced that he would invoke the Defense Production Act to “accelerate the making of everything that’s needed to protect, test, and vaccinate and the care of our people.” Just to point out that Trump did the same thing of course. And when I say Trump, I mean President Trump in an alternate Universe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Hill | 276 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, JamesRobot said: He is not stating that those businesses are receiving priority based on protected class, rather the priority is to ensure equal access to resources for those businesses. I admit it does read like he is giving preferential treatment but the idea is to elevate the struggling classes to a place of equality. He def could have worded it better. Has any aid/resource been restricted based on race/gender? I would think that any factors would be non-personal like industry, location, revenue, etc. Seems unreal that, for example, two businesses within the same vicinity would have different access to resources solely based on the owner's race/gender. You're right that it's worded terribly and is easily interpreted that white/males are not a part of any "struggling class". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,807 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 10:40 AM, Tulpa said: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-removes-trumps-diet-coke-button-from-oval-office/ar-BB1d07QB?li=BBnb7Kz TIL Donald Trump had a Diet Coke button in the Oval Office. "When [Tim Shipman] and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did," he wrote. "Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter." Wow... I shouldn't be surprised, and yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kguillemette | 1,543 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 hour ago, avatar! said: "When [Tim Shipman] and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did," he wrote. "Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter." Wow... I shouldn't be surprised, and yet I need two of those. One for bourbon and one for seltzer. A dozen diet cokes a day is nuts! How much longer can he stay alive as piss poor as his diet is?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,649 Administrator · Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 42 minutes ago, Kguillemette said: A dozen diet cokes a day is nuts! How much longer can he stay alive as piss poor as his diet is?? At least 90, judging by recent presidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,719 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Kguillemette said: I need two of those. One for bourbon and one for seltzer. A dozen diet cokes a day is nuts! How much longer can he stay alive as piss poor as his diet is?? He could become a spokesperson for Coca Cola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,881 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/23/2021 at 9:16 AM, Richardhead said: My employer is Asian. He is a good person to work for. Been that way for 15 years. He's been Asian for 15 years? What was he before that?! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,807 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 100% of proceeds support charities... Bernie is a class act! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Hill | 276 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 hours ago, avatar! said: 100% of proceeds support charities... Bernie is a class act! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/health/fauci-trump-covid.html?fbclid=IwAR1BjgQxz2B6Zk91FSvXkr9CfUUbutM0lZI6mvtnop-w3dc90BlCpwBqMVA Eye opening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 https://www.mediamatters.org/false-flag-conspiracy-theory/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-2018-parkland-school-shooting-was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,926 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Bet there are some quality folks down in Georgia’s old 14th district Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kguillemette | 1,543 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 14 hours ago, MrWunderful said: Bet there are some quality folks down in Georgia’s old 14th district 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 And the sequel https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-democrats-violence/index.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Part III (or maybe IV or V... who can keep count?) https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/28/22254446/qanon-conspiracy-theories-gop-republicans-marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-biden-election-gun-violence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,807 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 It's name is Marjorie Taylor Greene... if I told you it was a member of the GOP, you would tell me "well, obviously"! https://globalnews.ca/news/7607501/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-laser/ U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's social media history offers a window into a false, conspiracy theory-based reality — one where Donald Trump won re-election, the Sandy Hook and Parkland school shootings were fake, the 9/11 attack was an inside job and the 2018 California wildfires were caused by Jewish space lasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,807 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 More, from the crazy lady... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Get used to it. The Republicans are already showing they're afraid to say anything about her because she represents Trump's base. Which these Republicans have already pivoted back to grovelling for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,807 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I guess the new thing is that Trump will be sworn in on March 4th(?) as the 19th President of the United States(??) because the federal government has actually been a corporation since 1871 (???) Truly we are in some dark fucking times. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I actually want them to get crazier and crazier. Makes it easier to out them in society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Even Newsmax is finally fed up with the bullshit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/tech/qanon-mom-former-believer/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2bQb6jEABE7NGAfiGBGTftu7rll0dnSdpHMrSHP_h9LtpYU0ap0HSeBMc "She was able to do something that many people, including some elected representatives and a few members of the Republican Party, are not. She has admitted she was wrong and has condemned QAnon as a dangerous political movement." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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