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The far-right dudes can host as many round tables on college sports and NIL as they want.π€·πΏββοΈ
This is your periodic reminder that I was part of the group that got the NIL laws passed. No one in the government was going to protect Black athletes or women athletes, so we helped ourselves.
This was so awful...
Capitol Hunters confirms Platner lied about why he could not get back into the Marines in 2009. It was because of his Nazi/antisemitic tattoo. He blamed Marine policy barring sleeve tattoos, but Marine policy grandfathered sleeve tattoos. It barred symbols of hate, which is what the Totenkopf is.
If you want reporters to dig into Platner's lies more, share this thread. Make it go viral so reporters can't ignore it.
No American need be dissuaded from disgust because we killed 175 schoolgirls in a wartime airstrike gone awry. But this isn't our worst in Iran. For those who don't remember, google Flight 655 and July 3, 1988. That was 290 innocent people. There was no war. And our president refused to apologize.
So you don't heave a missile into an elementary school, then fire a second missile into the school to finish off the survivors is why a professional military engages in dumb, politically correct rules of engagement. But no, American exceptionalism > 175 schoolgirls.
If you're feeling ambitious, you can accelerate the process by doing some of the background research and vetting for them, before you submit.
Fair.
The database is maintained by the History Department at Tougaloo College. They have a rigorous process for verifying submissions.
Some places resist providing the information needed for submissions.
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Of all the years to re-run, do we have to do that one again?
[slaps the roof of this fund] the bad boy can fit so much 2008
The Nickel Boys is only fictional because the specific school and people he writes about didnβt exist. But plenty of real boys had their childhoods stolenβif not their very livesβjust like those depicted in the book. Whitehead puts the words of survivors into some of his charactersβ mouths.
Speaking as someone who was traumatized by "Threads:"
It's not just about the number of humans left behind after [insert apocalypse]; it's also about the state of the planet the left behind have to live in.
It ain't looking good.
Interesting: The D.C. Court of Appeals that ruled that the city's ban on gun magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets is unconstitutional. A majority of the three-judge panel said the magazines are common and used for self defense, and there's no history of such blanket bans.
Hey, while we pay super high prices for gas, just know that BYD recently announced an EV that gets 1000 km of range on a 10 minute charge. That's 621 miles for us Americans.
It only costs $48,000. About the same as a Honda pilot.
A full charge for those $621 miles is around $15 USD.
We still have Blackburn and Johnson. It's a deep bench.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.
good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs
I can only quote the great Annie Dillard and her magnificent "Pilgrim At Tinker Creek: "Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. And insects, it seems, gotta do one horrible thing after another."
"... and no side has yet taken responsibility."π€‘
This isn't journalism.
π’π¨π³"Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, y'all appear to be in the middle of something, don't mind me, Imma just scooch on by y'all, just passing through! Much obliged, carry on, sorry to disturb y'all, have fun with whatever it is y'all are doing!"
This man LMAO
I think this is the best one of the jokes
I will never forget MAYOR PETE when he was running had an event down here in BLACK ASS N.O and I don't think he had any niggas there and I was like YEAH HE AIN'T SERIOUS BOUT THIS THING
Hilarious ππ
Kristi Noem was in no way qualified to run DHS, and she should never have been put in charge of such a critical agency responsible for protecting our national security, enforcing immigration laws, and responding to domestic emergencies.
Read my full statement β¬οΈ
My SIL was on a college volleyball team. I went to several matches and they weren't very well attended.
However, there was always a group of about 10 guys with signs, body paint, cheering loud and going nuts. Same guys every match.
Probably the 10 smartest guys on campus.
One way for Gulf Arabs to look at it would be that the Abraham Accords ultimately did nothing at all to guarantee them the kind of American protections they thought it did
Yeah, this clip will certainly be shown as evidence at the trials.
NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States has asked Ukraine for help intercepting Iranian-made Shahed drones, citing Ukraineβs battlefield expertise. Zelenskyy said any assistance will come only if it does not weaken Ukraineβs own defenses.