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July 15, 2016
Serious question --did Cruz and the Dump Trump posse
just pull off a coup and select Don the Con's VP?
July 15, 2016
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahha Don the Con spent the night trying to get out of the
Pence pick - breaking on GEM$NBComcast
Excuse me while I wee wee up myself with laughter - this campaign is a fugging disaster on steroids
July 15, 2016
What happened after the US ran from Vietnam? n/t
July 15, 2016
Apparently no one told American politicians that America is at war
with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen and on and on and on and on.
Stop the fucking wars if you really care about the killing of innocents.
July 14, 2016
Why didn't that RETHUG hack Nicole Wallace ask Christie if it's true
that he locked up Don's the Con's daughter's father-in-law?
July 14, 2016
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Last Friday, during an event at Harvard, Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich offered up a modest plan for alleviating poverty in the United States. It was time, he said, to relax our "truly stupid" child labor laws. In particular, schools should fire their unionized janitors, and hire children as young as nine to do the work instead. Per The New York Times:
"You say to somebody, you shouldn't go to work before you're what, 14, 16 years of age, fine," Mr. Gingrich said. "You're totally poor. You're in a school that is failing with a teacher that is failing. I've tried for years to have a very simple model. Most of these schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. The kids would actually do work, they would have cash, they would have pride in the schools, they'd begin the process of rising."
This suggestion is, on its face, insane. It sounds like a bad Stephen Colbert joke. But if you stop and consider its merits for a minute or two...well no, it's still quite insane. And if you spend an evening researching the nitty gritty of what public school custodians actually do for a living, it turns out to be downright cruel.
Never forget - Newt Gingrich thinks school children (nine year olds) should work as school janitors
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/newt-gingrich-thinks-school-children-should-work-as-janitors/248837/<snip>
Last Friday, during an event at Harvard, Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich offered up a modest plan for alleviating poverty in the United States. It was time, he said, to relax our "truly stupid" child labor laws. In particular, schools should fire their unionized janitors, and hire children as young as nine to do the work instead. Per The New York Times:
"You say to somebody, you shouldn't go to work before you're what, 14, 16 years of age, fine," Mr. Gingrich said. "You're totally poor. You're in a school that is failing with a teacher that is failing. I've tried for years to have a very simple model. Most of these schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. The kids would actually do work, they would have cash, they would have pride in the schools, they'd begin the process of rising."
This suggestion is, on its face, insane. It sounds like a bad Stephen Colbert joke. But if you stop and consider its merits for a minute or two...well no, it's still quite insane. And if you spend an evening researching the nitty gritty of what public school custodians actually do for a living, it turns out to be downright cruel.
July 13, 2016
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Interestingly, Murray refused the traditional champions dance with Serena Williams, joking that he had not nearly had enough to drink yet.
The next winners can try it again but no dance for me tonight unless Ive had a few glasses of champagne. And then its possible.
Its a nice thing to do but it never really happened this year, and I was just lucky to leave the stage in one piece, he said.
This years celebrations were a stark contrast to the previous event where Williams and Novak Djokovic danced together to the tune of Night Fever by the Bee Gees.
Williams had previously been at Cafe Royal for another party hosted by British Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton, fresh after she forged a place in history by equalling Steffi Grafs record of 22 grand slam titles.
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Hope there's a real Queen's boo to greet him in September
Fuck you Andy Murray - it's 22 to three and you're lucky Nadal is injured, Federer is aging and Djokovic had a bad few hours.
Holy Shite - Andy Murray refuses Serena Williams in traditional champions dance
http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/andy-murray-celebrates-after-historic-wimbledon-win/news-story/8be015fb8b53c662d5003e6bb9530dec<snip>
Interestingly, Murray refused the traditional champions dance with Serena Williams, joking that he had not nearly had enough to drink yet.
The next winners can try it again but no dance for me tonight unless Ive had a few glasses of champagne. And then its possible.
Its a nice thing to do but it never really happened this year, and I was just lucky to leave the stage in one piece, he said.
This years celebrations were a stark contrast to the previous event where Williams and Novak Djokovic danced together to the tune of Night Fever by the Bee Gees.
Williams had previously been at Cafe Royal for another party hosted by British Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton, fresh after she forged a place in history by equalling Steffi Grafs record of 22 grand slam titles.
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Hope there's a real Queen's boo to greet him in September
Fuck you Andy Murray - it's 22 to three and you're lucky Nadal is injured, Federer is aging and Djokovic had a bad few hours.
July 13, 2016
Say one thing for the Brits - they don't mince words - they did carve Cameron to bits
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/13/cameron-no-10-mess-theresa-may
July 13, 2016
What M$greedia is not reporting today
Trump's plane broke down last night - that's why he stayed over
That is all.
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