Colbert: Dana Carvey IS John Bolton
Stephen introduces America to Trump’s new National Security Advisor John Bolton (Dana Carvey) and his accomplice.
Stephen introduces America to Trump’s new National Security Advisor John Bolton (Dana Carvey) and his accomplice.
FOX NEWS: Teens don’t know what they are talking about and should stop weighing in on political issues
ALSO FOX NEWS: pic.twitter.com/p4yOtxZo8t— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 30, 2018
Trump advisers spent months convincing him to OK a plan to supply weapons to Ukraine.
Yet when Trump signed off, he told aides not to publicize his decision because it might agitate Putin, officials tell NBC News.
“He doesn’t want us to bring it up.”https://t.co/6kd390nZG7— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 29, 2018
Dear @realDonaldTrump: What does Putin have on you? Why do you act like you are afraid of him? Many Americans would like to know. https://t.co/EbwE0RAI6Y
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 29, 2018
re: #6 HappyWarrior
Lol.
I cut my political teeth at 16 years old, in 1976 fighting forced busing. My parents threw a rally that filled a college stadium to half capacity and NBC national. Me and my friends were pretty savvy for the day. We had nothing, NOTHING I say on the Parkland kids. They humble me as an adult.
re: #8 Unshaken Defiance
I cut my political teeth at 16 years old, in 1976 fighting forced busing. My parents threw a rally that filled a college stadium to half capacity and NBC national. Me and my friends were pretty savvy for the day. We had nothing, NOTHING I say on the Parkland kids. They humble me as an adult.
Same as me when I was the same age in 2003.
meanwhile in Kentucky, the sewage/pension bill passed the House, but is having problems in the Senate:
There seems to be disagreement on the sewage/pension bill as to whether it leaves teachers uncovered on disability benefits. They are not enrolled in Social Security, so they aren’t covered for disability protection that way, ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 30, 2018
Also, we’ve entered the eighth hour of this thing and the teachers don’t look like they’re going away. pic.twitter.com/9tYb5SzA80
— Daniel Desrochers (@drdesrochers) March 30, 2018
re: #13 stpaulbear
One of the things I really want to do after I retire is take the Empire Builder from St. Paul to the west coast and then down to see friends in San Francisco. I hope it’s still around in two years.
Mrs. Fish was about to take it the opposite direction, at least to Chicago. She opted for a Greyhound bus instead. I think the train is next.
I’m watching the Dodgers-Giants and, um, this just happened pic.twitter.com/DMtR7RzMhy
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) March 30, 2018
If you lick it it’s yours https://t.co/ZVWt9CmFRa
— Lexky (@lexky1) March 30, 2018
re: #11 freetoken
Everyone likes a train ride, no?
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I love that cam…beautiful views.
re: #13 stpaulbear
Me too. I would like to spend some quality time taking train trips here and abroad.
Turned on the AC for the first time this year.
Fuckitall.
heh
Maybe Laura Ingraham can do CPR to revive her career. Thoughts and prayers to her.
— Emilia (@PoliticalEmilia) March 29, 2018
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
Only if you’re praying to White Jesus.
re: #20 stpaulbear
Only if you’re praying to White Jesus.
Ahem. White American Jesus. Mustn’t forget that.
From last string:
re: #355 Stanley Sea
Wheeeee
Johnson & Johnson and Stitch Fix have confirmed to HuffPost that they are dropping Laura Ingraham. https://t.co/eJAcRaQwPt
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 30, 2018
So, corporate America has joined some teenagers and an old porn star to save America.
If I submitted that as a science fiction scenario, they would throw me out of the office.
This will help the little guy that Trump seemed so concerned about in his campaign, by causing them to spend more on fuel for a car:
EPA Set to Roll Back Fuel Economy and Auto Emissions Standards (Marketwatch)
The Trump administration is preparing to roll back emissions and fuel-economy standards on automobiles, the New York Times reported late Thursday. The Times said Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt had submitted a proposal of the plan to cut regulations to the White House, and it is expected to be announced in the coming days. Weakening clean-air and efficiency rules would be a major victory for the auto industry and would undermine one of former President Barack Obama’s signature policy achievements. Any rollback is likely to face legal challenges, particularly from California and 12 other states that have set their own stricter standards.
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
Maybe Laura Ingraham can do CPR to revive her career. Thoughts and prayers to her.
— Emilia (@PoliticalEmilia) March 29, 2018
A brave teacher has passed.
Obituary: Johan van Hulst, the teacher who saved Jewish children
Some of the children Johan van Hulst helped rescue were so young that they no longer remember the daring acts that saved their lives.
Van Hulst, who died on 22 March aged 107, was a key part of the network that helped at least 600 Dutch babies and children escape the Nazis.
Those children survived thanks to carefully orchestrated operations that smuggled them away right in front of the Nazis seeking to send them to concentration camps.
In 1942, two years after the German invasion of the Netherlands, Johan van Hulst - the son of a furniture upholsterer - was working as a lecturer at a Calvinist teacher training college in Amsterdam.
Van Hulst cooperated with the head of an adjacent creche to spirit Jewish children to safety right under the noses of the Nazis across the street.
re: #8 Unshaken Defiance
I cut my political teeth at 16 years old, in 1976 fighting forced busing. My parents threw a rally that filled a college stadium to half capacity and NBC national. Me and my friends were pretty savvy for the day. We had nothing, NOTHING I say on the Parkland kids. They humble me as an adult.
Can you explain why you were opposed to forced bussing (the dogwhistle the GOP used to mean desegregation)? The point of forced bussing was to require school districts that invested little money into minority schools to bring them up to standards in white-only schools.
Queer Eye
Black Mirror
Wild Wild Country
??
Or??
Ridiculous. A woman was just sentenced to FIVE YEARS in prison for voting illegally. She had a felony conviction and had been released from prison, but was still on supervised release. She didn’t realize that meant she couldn’t vote in Texas.https://t.co/52DQ3LKbSH
— Nancy Leong (@nancyleong) March 30, 2018
This case just makes me so angry. She got in trouble for tax fraud. Tax fraud! Then goes and tries to participate in democracy, has multiple levels of bureaucracy fail her, and now has a prison sentence
— de bleck penta (@fivefifths) March 30, 2018
They very likely ruined her life over casting a damn ballot. I don’t know how you go to sleep at night thinking that’s cool
— de bleck penta (@fivefifths) March 30, 2018
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He also hasn’t figured out his administration leaks like a sieve so this was bound to come out.
re: #22 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
So, corporate America has joined some teenagers and an old porn star to save America.
If I submitted that as a science fiction scenario, they would throw me out of the office.
It’s like Scooby Doo! With bullets!!
The busiest person at the White House is whoever has to update the office contact list.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) March 30, 2018
Judge clears the way for thousands of immigrants in the US to seek asylum, ruling that the government routinely fails to tell them of application deadlines. https://t.co/qYZAUTY9w7
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) March 30, 2018
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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As Hoarse Whisperer’s kid said, these adults are in an unfair fight, and I’m still going to root for the kids.
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re: #30 Belafon
He also hasn’t figured out his administration leaks like a sieve so this was bound to come out.
Seriously, that’s the only thing those serving the yam admin figure they can put on their resumes after it burns down = I was a leaker!
re: #8 Unshaken Defiance
I cut my political teeth at 16 years old, in 1976 fighting forced busing. My parents threw a rally that filled a college stadium to half capacity and NBC national. Me and my friends were pretty savvy for the day. We had nothing, NOTHING I say on the Parkland kids. They humble me as an adult.
re: #26 Anymouse 🌹
Can you explain why you were opposed to forced bussing (the dogwhistle the GOP used to mean desegregation)? The point of forced bussing was to require school districts that invested little money into minority schools to bring them up to standards in white-only schools.
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re: #37 TedStriker
LOL on the Michael Jackson GIF.
I’m not looking for a pie fight, regardless of whether that pie has pineapple on it or no. I’m just curious.
re: #23 Anymouse 🌹
This will help the little guy that Trump seemed so concerned about in his campaign, by causing them to spend more on fuel for a car:
EPA Set to Roll Back Fuel Economy and Auto Emissions Standards (Marketwatch)
If auto manufacturers are still pushing this, they’re morons. They’ll just end up getting their lunches eaten by foreign manufacturers producing similar vehicles at similar prices with better fuel efficiency.
re: #39 Weaselone
And when there’s no more oil way sooner vs later…
I have a new food item to add to the ‘hate’ list. The office cafeteria was serving ham and au gratin potatoes for lunch (with a side of cold cooked vegetables), with a honey glaze sauce that the chef ladled over the ham and then, to my horror, also put on the potatoes.
You never want to put a honey glaze sauce on au gratin potatoes.
They will pry my mug from my overwarmed hands.
Judge Says Coffee Must Come with a Cancer Warning in California (Marketwatch):
LOS ANGELES — Coffee in the state of California must carry a cancer warning, a judge here ruled, in a blow to Starbucks and other retailers which had argued that a state law meant to protect consumers shouldn’t apply to them.
The proposed ruling Wednesday from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle found that Starbucks SBUX, -0.02% and other companies failed to prove their case that a chemical found in coffee posed no significant harm.
A nonprofit called the Council for Education and Research on Toxics sued coffee sellers in 2010, claiming the presence of acrylamide, a chemical created during the roasting process, is carcinogenic and requires a warning under the state law known as Proposition 65.
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re: #26 Anymouse 🌹
Can you explain why you were opposed to forced bussing (the dogwhistle the GOP used to mean desegregation)? The point of forced bussing was to require school districts that invested little money into minority schools to bring them up to standards in white-only schools.
Some of the forced bussing opponents are perfectly happy to have voluntary bussing, with incentives if need be. It’s totally legitimate, and not at all racist, to be unhappy about your kid being bussed an hour and a half away every day when there’s a school within walking distance of your home.
Recap
Trump’s “infrastructure” speech:
- Advocated a war crime
- Ad-libbed major announcements about Syria and the Koreas
- Said he doesn’t know what community college is
- Mentioned Tiffany!!!
- Lied a lot
- Concluded with sitcom ratings
A chronology: https://t.co/Gaug7x8OTE— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2018
South Korea’s trade minister on Trump threat to delay KORUS negotiations for leverage w/the North: “We’re trying to grasp the genuine intent behind President Trump’s remarks.” Says SK sees the negotiations as “having already been completed smoothly.” https://t.co/cJX754WSLJ
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) March 30, 2018
well crap
Senate gives final passage to SB 151, which started today as a sewage bill and turned into a pension bill. Teachers and Democrats are livid, but they don’t run the legislature, Republicans do. The bill goes to Gov Bevin. ^JC pic.twitter.com/bhlKIXPcDh
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 30, 2018
Crooked, all the way down.
He looked in the mirror & then accused Hil.
Exclusive: How Trump helped tabloid mogul who buried story of alleged affair with Playboy playmate w/@jimrutenberg @katekelly @jbsgreenberg https://t.co/qDmPjhNznr
— Mike McIntire (@mmcintire) March 30, 2018
Black Mirror, fuck it.
re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth
well crap
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What exactly does this mean, for those of us who aren’t following KY politics in detail?
re: #44 Stanley Sea
So when does Tiffany become an EVP at the Trump Organization?
Rhetorical question, of course.
re: #43 sagehen
Some of the forced bussing opponents are perfectly happy to have voluntary bussing, with incentives if need be. It’s totally legitimate, and not at all racist, to be unhappy about your kid being bussed an hour and a half away every day when there’s a school within walking distance of your home.
I was bussed an hour and a half away after my mother removed me from a Jim Crow segregated school in Maryland to her hometown in Michigan.
That said, that was the closest school.
re: #47 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
What exactly does this mean, for those of us who aren’t following KY politics in detail?
It means lawsuits.
Oh, and that most of the members of our General Assembly are morons.
re: #50 Backwoods_Sleuth
It means lawsuits.
Oh, and that most of the members of our General Assembly are morons.
After the Senate gave final passage to pension bill, crowd chanting “shame on you.”
— Daniel Desrochers (@drdesrochers) March 30, 2018
Senators are getting police escorts through the crowd as they exit the chamber.
— Daniel Desrochers (@drdesrochers) March 30, 2018
Wingnuts gotta wing:
Laura Loomer Thrown Out of Courthouse at Pulse Nightclub Trial (Huffington Post, more at the link):
ORLANDO, Fla. — A far-right provocateur on Thursday was escorted from the federal courthouse where the Pulse nightclub shooter’s widow, Noor Salman, awaits a jury’s verdict on charges of aiding the mass shooting.
Laura Loomer’s media credentials were revoked the previous day after she harassed the defendant’s family outside the courthouse with questions about Muslims, jihad and Easter. She returned on Thursday and was removed by a U.S. marshal.
Salman, the 31-year-old widow of Pulse gunman Omar Mateen, is charged with aiding and abetting the attack and obstructing justice for allegedly lying to the FBI. She has pleaded not guilty, and maintains she was in the dark about her husband’s plans. Her lawyers say she was another of his victims, not his co-conspirator. The jury is currently deliberating.
We have enough wingnuts already, we don’t need Rebel Media stirring up crap here.
re: #51 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
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I really have no idea what possessed them to take what was a simple sewage bill this morning and add some unrelated language that will totally screw up a pension system that admittedly needs fixing.
re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really have no idea what possessed them to take what was a simple sewage bill this morning and add some unrelated language that will totally screw up a pension system that admittedly needs fixing.
Incompetence. Republicans are stupid evil.
re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really have no idea what possessed them to take what was a simple sewage bill this morning and add some unrelated language that will totally screw up a pension system that admittedly needs fixing.
We’re talking about the party of Snidely Whiplash here.
re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really have no idea what possessed them to take what was a simple sewage bill this morning and add some unrelated language that will totally screw up a pension system that admittedly needs fixing.
Okay, so to summarize: The Republicans torpedoed a state education pension system by inserting some kind of fucked-up, half-baked “fix” into a completely unrelated bill, and then sent it to Governor Bevin’s desk. Correct?
The teachers are very close to the Herald-Leader office in the capitol. They’re now chanting “West Virginia.” (Teachers in West Virginia recently went on strike for 9 days)
— Daniel Desrochers (@drdesrochers) March 30, 2018
All Fayette County Public Schools will be closed on Friday, March 30, 2018 due to having more than a third of our school employees out.
— Fayette County Public Schools (@FCPSKY) March 30, 2018
Teachers are not happy in Lexington. https://t.co/CFafBTPwzQ
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 30, 2018
well, this seems to be going swimmingly….
re: #58 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Okay, so to summarize: The Republicans torpedoed a state education pension system by inserting some kind of fucked-up, half-baked “fix” into a completely unrelated bill, and then sent it to Governor Bevin’s desk. Correct?
that’s about it.
oh good grief…
Tonight 49 members of the Kentucky House and 22 members of the Kentucky Senate voted not to keep kicking the pension problem down the road
Anyone who will receive a retirement check in the years ahead owes a deep debt of gratitude to these 71 men & women who did the right thing— Matt Bevin (@MattBevin) March 30, 2018
re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth
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well, this seems to be going swimmingly….
Between WV and OK, teachers are starting to get ideas on how much power they have. And doing it right now, when the economy is strong enough that it’s hard to find people who need a teaching job just to earn a paycheck, is a good time to do it.
re: #39 Weaselone
If auto manufacturers are still pushing this, they’re morons. They’ll just end up getting their lunches eaten by foreign manufacturers producing similar vehicles at similar prices with better fuel efficiency.
Which foreign vehicles will likely be penalized by a “Trump tariff” to make things “fairer”.
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
that’s about it.
RIGHT THEN! I am a firm adherent to Occam’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Now, that’s not to say Republicans aren’t evil, because they are; but they’re also shockingly, almost criminally stupid. This was a poorly-thought-out attempt to kill off the pension program by attaching it to something much more valuable and necessary, but they got caught. They thought they were saving money and screwing over working-class Americans - a double feature - but they were too stupid to pull it off.
More than one-third of Fayette Co school employees have called in sick to work tomorrow, evidently. Classes are cancelled. Wonder what just happened to prompt that? ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 30, 2018
We’re not sure the Ky Leg fully understands what it did tonight. Should be interesting to see where this goes next. ^JC https://t.co/C8k9FE7Ohv
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 30, 2018
re: #51 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
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Had a brief moment of disorientation. I’m switching back and forth between LGF and the first season of Dr. Who on Amazon. I’m up to episode 31 now (8 episodes, the “Marco Polo” serial, are missing). The current serial features the first encounter with the Sensorites, the group having just finished their harrowing adventure in the 15th century Aztec Empire. Ilona Rodgers, who was just 18 years old at the time, made her television debut in this episode. She is still very much with us, as are two of the original companions, William Russell (Ian Chesterton) and Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman). Mr. Russell was 39 at the time and is now 93 years of age, Ms. Ford was 23 then and is now 77.
re: #67 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Had a brief moment of disorientation. I’m switching back and forth between LGF and the first season of Dr. Who on Amazon. I’m up to episode 31 now (8 episodes, the “Marco Polo” serial, are missing). The current serial features the first encounter with the Sensorites, the group having just finished their harrowing adventure in the 15th century Aztec Empire. Llona Rodgers, who was just 18 years old at the time, made her television debut in this episode. She is still very much with us, as are two of the original companions, William Russell (Ian Chesterton) and Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman). Mr. Russell was 39 at the time and is now 93 years of age, Ms. Ford was 23 then and is now 77.
I’m re-watching the New Who right now. I really need to get back into the Classic Who; I’m not quite sure where Mrs. Fish and I left off, but it’s actually about the same spot, I think. Maybe a bit later.
re: #65 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
RIGHT THEN! I am a firm adherent to Occam’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Now, that’s not to say Republicans aren’t evil, because they are; but they’re also shockingly, almost criminally stupid. This was a poorly-thought-out attempt to kill off the pension program by attaching it to something much more valuable and necessary, but they got caught. They thought they were saving money and screwing over working-class Americans - a double feature - but they were too stupid to pull it off.
Major legislation affecting teachers & public employees across Kentucky was stuck into a bill on sewage at 2:30 and has now passed the legislature at 10:15 with no hearing, no actuarial analysis and no copy of the text available #kyga18
— Jason Bailey (@jbaileyky) March 30, 2018
re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So, Republicans all across the country are passing bills without reviewing them. There’s a 50/50 chance that the bill doubles the pension.
re: #65 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m a Bayesian that starts out with the 80/20 rule, and right now, I tend to subscribe that Republicans are pretty much 80% evil, 20% incompetent. Most of the time, their actions tend to drive the 80 higher.
re: #70 Belafon
So, Republicans all across the country are passing bills without reviewing them. There’s a 50/50 chance that the bill doubles the pension.
I’m a Bayesian that starts out with the 80/20 rule, and right now, I tend to subscribe that Republicans are pretty much 80% evil, 20% incompetent. Most of the time, their actions tend to drive the 80 higher.
I think it’s pretty safe to say that no funding mechanism is included in the bill.
re: #64 Jay C
Which foreign vehicles will likely be penalized by a “Trump tariff” to make things “fairer”.
1. Trump’s tariffs wouldn’t impact foreign vehicles made domestically
2. Any auto tariffs would likely be responded to in kind
3. Domestic manufacturers lagging in fuel efficiency tech would also impact their competitiveness in foreign markets
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think it’s pretty safe to say that no funding mechanism is included in the bill.
I am sure you’re correct, but the language probably says something like “The pension over the next ten years will be reduced by -50% each year” and the double negatives will require them to find money.
In gaggle Stivers accuses Democrats of trying to use pension bill for political gain.
— Daniel Desrochers (@drdesrochers) March 30, 2018
I would be shocked, SHOCKED, to discover politicking was going on in this establishment! (Winnings to be collected in Nov.) https://t.co/J468aRWFpO
— Deborah Yetter (@d_yetter) March 30, 2018
(Stivers is the Senate President)
Sen. Joe Bowen says he regrets that anybody is confused by what is in SB 151, the 291-page bill that is being rushed through the House and Senate this evening and that isn’t posted online or available to the public yet. ^JC pic.twitter.com/GuCq9OR5b9
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 30, 2018
sigh……………
oooh
Tonight 49 members of the Kentucky House and 22 members of the Kentucky Senate voted not to to be re-elected to the Kentucky House and Kentucky Senate.
— Brady School Board (@BradyJCPSBOE) March 30, 2018
JCPS board member responds to the governor https://t.co/sYldken8ki
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) March 30, 2018
re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth
well, this seems to be going swimmingly….
The threat of a teacher walkout was all it took in Oklahoma to get the GOP run legislature there to raise various taxes to fund teacher pay. The walkout in West Virginia did the same.
One of the tenets of conservative religious faith is you can cut your way to prosperity. That’s why Kansas and Louisiana are doing so well.
“This time for sure” is not a way to govern.
re: #79 Anymouse 🌹
The threat of a teacher walkout was all it took in Oklahoma to get the GOP run legislature there to raise various taxes to fund teacher pay. The walkout in West Virginia did the same.
One of the tenets of conservative religious faith is you can cut your way to prosperity. That’s why Kansas and Louisiana are doing so well.
“This time for sure” is not a way to govern.
2018 GOP: “Once more, with FEELING”
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I suspect a number of rural areas in KY are like they are here in Texas, where the school system is the biggest and most stable employer, and playing with their salary and retirement is going to be a big issue.
They don’t just want to take your guns away, they’ll take you off the air too if they can. And they say the right is pushing fascism. They only allow one view and corporations must adhere or else. But the trains will be on time.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 29, 2018
“We believe in the power of the free market.”
Also: “People choosing not to do business with a company based on their personal beliefs is fascism.” https://t.co/zufQcOdVQi— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 30, 2018
re: #81 Belafon
I suspect a number of rural areas in KY are like they are here in Texas, where the school system is the biggest and most stable employer, and playing with their salary and retirement is going to be a big issue.
It’s the largest employer in my county
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s the largest employer in my county
That was the reason school vouchers failed here in Texas. People in rural areas depend on the schools for more than just teaching their students.
re: #80 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
2018 GOP: “Once more, with FEELING”
Well, they seem like vampires, bleeding their targets dry …
Just remember how much was done behind closed doors in Frankfort when you close the curtain in the voting booth. #RememberInNovember pic.twitter.com/qg0t9GYbkC
— Morgan McGarvey (@MorganMcGarvey) March 30, 2018
re: #85 Belafon
That was the reason school vouchers failed here in Texas. People in rural areas depend on the schools for more than just teaching their students.
It’s why there is so much opposition to them in Nebraska as well, which is why the idea gets defeated every time it is brought up in the Unicameral.
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah, this whole “behind-closed-doors” legislative bullshit is the exact opposite of how American democracy is supposed to work. How is it the will of the people if the elected representation is able to craft it, vote on it, and send it to the governor for signature without allowing a single member of the electorate to actually read it and review it?
Trapped Inside the Monster Energy Frat House (goes to Huffington Post, more at the link):
A sixth woman has come forward to complain about sexual discrimination at Monster Energy, a male-dominated beverage company that appears to be plagued by a toxic work culture.
The woman, Karen Simmons, a 50-year-old former sales representative based in Alabama, spent nearly two years with Monster. She amassed a strong track record, even as she fended off one of her Atlanta-based managers, Ted Cook, who hit on her, made comments about her breasts, tried to get her drunk and invited her more than once for an “evening nightcap” in his hotel room on work trips, she told HuffPost.
Robert Duck, Simmons’ direct boss who works out of Monster’s office in Florida, also witnessed Cook’s behavior, but told her to brush it off, she said. “He said Ted was harmless, ‘a dirty old man,’” Simmons recalled.
Through a company spokesman, Duck said Simmons never complained. When reached by phone by HuffPost, he hung up. He did not respond to follow-up texts. Cook also did not respond to a call, text or LinkedIn message.
re: #89 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Conservatism is opposed to democracy. In all nations, at all times it gains power.
My wife and I both work at a private school; and we have only worked at a private school, so any affect to teacher pensions would not affect us directly.
We have many friends who are teachers in the public schools in KY. This is a terrible action that Republicans in this state and others have been working towards for years.
As a new Head Coach, I’m connected on a listserv with other KY football head coaches. Some of them from rural school districts, and many of them holding quite conservative politics. Many of them staunch Republicans. While a coaching listserv at this time of the year is full of posts discussing who wants to schedule who, or posting of assistant coach openings; the last week or so, this bill has dominated the topics of the football coaches in KY. There are a large number of them that are within 5 years of retirement. This is a big deal. Large number of Conservative/Republican coaches are seeing the negative effect of conservative policies, and even they are starting to turn a little bit.
We will see where this goes soon.
re: #92 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Regret, one upding, etc., etc.
re: #64 Jay C
Which foreign vehicles will likely be penalized by a “Trump tariff” to make things “fairer”.
more school closings:
Due to a shortage of substitutes to cover absences tomorrow, there will be NO SCHOOL in JCS on 3.30.18. This is not an NTI day.
— Jessamine Co Schools (@JessCoSchools) March 30, 2018
Clark County Schools will be closed Friday, March 30, 2018 https://t.co/GdPjyqiq65
— LEX 18 News (@LEX18News) March 30, 2018
and another:
Johnson County Schools will be closed on Friday, March 30, 2018
— JC School District (@JC_Schools) March 30, 2018
and another
No school for Pike County tomorrow, Friday, March 31st. @PikeCoSchoolsKY #BevinsElem #120strong pic.twitter.com/6JPfwCq7qp
— Principal Amy Swiney (@aswiney01) March 30, 2018
yep, the teachers are fed up