I wonder how much influence the Vice President has on cabinet picks.
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First daughter Ashley Biden just announced she will not be part of this administration. We will surely miss the unfettered nepotism in which Republicans enabled vacuous bean can posers like Ivanka Trump to represent the U.S. at the G20 or in peace talks due to her experience as uh, the object of her father's forbidden affections or whatever the shit that particular horror was.More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.
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What is more important? Eliminating the filibuster or power sharing senate committee chairs?If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Originally posted by GwynnInTheHall View PostWhat is more important? Eliminating the filibuster or power sharing senate committee chairs?I'm just here for the baseball.
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In addition to the first woman Vice President in our country's history, we now also have our nation's first openly LBGTQ Cabinet member in Pete Buttigieg, our new Secretary of Transportation. Very cool. Representation is extremely important. Seeing progress again is very heartening.More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.
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Originally posted by Bene Futuis View PostIn addition to the first woman Vice President in our country's history, we now also have our nation's first openly LBGTQ Cabinet member in Pete Buttigieg, our new Secretary of Transportation. Very cool. Representation is extremely important. Seeing progress again is very heartening.More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.
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Originally posted by Bene Futuis View PostThe Senate just confirmed the first transgender federal official, Rachel Levine, in US history. Representation is important. Another great sign of progress.
In other news, did you see Biden culled all the people in his administration who had admitted to smoking pot in the past, with the notable exception of Kamala Harris, big time smoker who blazed listening to 2Pac and Biggie? Despite the last 4 presidents admitting to using it, despite his own VP claiming she used it recreationally in college, despite it being legal in more than half the country, despite some of the people being fired having done so LEGALLY.... its still worth selectively screening and firing everyone who admitted to it in his admin who isn't his own VP? That's hypocritical and completely asinine. Why do you have to have a President living in the 1980's and pushing the war on drugs? Get a fucking clue, Joe!
Even the most conservative mainstream lefty news source agrees with me. Here's an article from MSNBC about it.
Biden's White House is Firing Staffers for Past Marijuana Use. That's a Mistake.Larry David was once being heckled, long before any success. Heckler says "I'm taking my dog over to fuck your mother, weekly." Larry responds "I hate to tell you this, but your dog isn't liking it."
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Originally posted by Teenwolf View PostIn other news, did you see Biden culled all the people in his administration who had admitted to smoking pot in the past, with the notable exception of Kamala Harris, big time smoker who blazed listening to 2Pac and Biggie? Despite the last 4 presidents admitting to using it, despite his own VP claiming she used it recreationally in college, despite it being legal in more than half the country, despite some of the people being fired having done so LEGALLY.... its still worth selectively screening and firing everyone who admitted to it in his admin who isn't his own VP? That's hypocritical and completely asinine. Why do you have to have a President living in the 1980's and pushing the war on drugs? Get a fucking clue, Joe!
Even the most conservative mainstream lefty news source agrees with me. Here's an article from MSNBC about it.
Biden's White House is Firing Staffers for Past Marijuana Use. That's a Mistake.
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Originally posted by Sour Masher View PostI agree, but this is also entirely expected from Biden. Biden has been behind the times on this for a long time. It is a shame. Legalization and taxation for pot at this point seems like a total non-brainer.
If he would have drop-kicked Kamala Harris into the ocean for smoking pot, I would have supported it. But this selective firing stuff is garbage.
I'm sure everyone will celebrate when the pot smokers are replaced with Black transgender Muslims or whatever, because that's what progress looks like.Larry David was once being heckled, long before any success. Heckler says "I'm taking my dog over to fuck your mother, weekly." Larry responds "I hate to tell you this, but your dog isn't liking it."
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Originally posted by Bene Futuis View PostThe Senate just confirmed the first transgender federal official, Rachel Levine, in US history. Representation is important. Another great sign of progress.
Her story is pretty neat: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...st/4358588001/More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.
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Originally posted by Bene Futuis View PostDeb Haaland confirmed as Interior Secretary, becoming the most powerful Native American politician in our country’s history. Absolutely amazing to have a Native American at the helm of the cabinet that has historically done so much damage to Indian rights and people. Representation is important.
Her story is pretty neat: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...st/4358588001/
It's a pretty insulting thing to care so little about a group of people as to flippantly call them "Native American" in one sentence and "Indian" in the next.
The only people that actually think they're getting progress with something like Haaland's appointment are people that don't need for anything to actually progress, and fools. The two groups are not mutually exclusive.Larry David was once being heckled, long before any success. Heckler says "I'm taking my dog over to fuck your mother, weekly." Larry responds "I hate to tell you this, but your dog isn't liking it."
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Originally posted by Teenwolf View PostIf you want to signal your wokeness, try not using the term "Indian" when discussing Native Americans (alternatively, Indigenous people). These two terms have been widely used as the politically correct ones for identifying this group starting around the late 90's.
It's a pretty insulting thing to care so little about a group of people as to flippantly call them "Native American" in one sentence and "Indian" in the next.
The only people that actually think they're getting progress with something like Haaland's appointment are people that don't need for anything to actually progress, and fools. The two groups are not mutually exclusive.
Additionally applying local norms in a more widely spread audience makes no sense. The use of the term "Indian" is looked at differently in the US than it is in Canada. There are some groups in the US who prefer the term Indian over Native American. Russell Means, an American Indian activist (yes Indian, that's what he wanted to be called), famous for his role in The Last of the Mohicans, was one of them.
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Originally posted by Ken View PostIMO this is the type of criticism that allows the GOP to continue winning elections it should not. Criticizing a celebration of racial diversity because it's not "woke enough" is misguided.
Additionally applying local norms in a more widely spread audience makes no sense. The use of the term "Indian" is looked at differently in the US than it is in Canada. There are some groups who prefer the term Indian over Native American.
Bene Futuis used both the term "Native American" and "Indian". If you know what the respectful term is, stick with it. If you actually care about Indigenous people, and aren't simply using this as a reason to celebrate the blue team, then use the appropriate terms that show the respect you believe they deserve. Simple stuff.Larry David was once being heckled, long before any success. Heckler says "I'm taking my dog over to fuck your mother, weekly." Larry responds "I hate to tell you this, but your dog isn't liking it."
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Originally posted by Teenwolf View Post"Local norms"? Read the article he posted about Haaland. She refers to herself as "Native American". Unless you belong to a particular minority group, I think it's important to refer to those groups in the most respectful terms possible.
Indian Country Today. Are you going to go tell them they should stop calling themselves Indians?
Originally posted by Teenwolf View PostBene Futuis used both the term "Native American" and "Indian". If you know what the respectful term is, stick with it.
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