POLITICAL THREAD

[BBlueD]

I don't either, but I do results.

I am not pushing the UF, just using an example of what a university can do when they outlaw DEI and admit the best students in their state. It makes a difference.

Forbes recognized UF as one of just 10 “New Ivy” schools that are “shining in the higher education landscape and churning out smart, driven graduates” who are highly employable. After 10 years a UF graduate will average earnings of $123,700 per year.

It's just so remarkable what they are doing with UF/FSU flagships.

That $6500 two term tuition is cheaper than one term at UK.

By Florida limiting enrollment at the flagships, along with bargain basement tuition, they have created demand. UF/FSU have a 24%/25% acceptance rate with 30/29 average ACT.


UK has the third highest tuition of the public sec universities. Missouri $14800, Tennessee $13800, UK $13500. In order for UK to grow the empire at that tuition rate, it's accepting all comers at a 95% acceptance rate.



We had a short-lived private law school here in Paducah 25 years ago. It was set up for people that couldn't get in anywhere else, but still had the cash or ability to take out loans to attend. Students paid double the going rate, but they got in.

UK is starting to feel like that law school to me.

 

[TheFrontRunner]

Remember this dumb sh-t?




"Mackey was sentenced in 2023 to federal prison for "conspiracy to interfere with potential voters’ right to vote in the 2016 election for the Office of the President of the United States."

 

[Cleatortoises]

Inflation rate:
Sep '24....2.4%
Oct '24....2.6%
Nov '24....2.7%
Dec '24....2.9%
Jan '25....3%
Feb '25....2.8%
Mar '25....2.4%
Apr '25....2.3%
May '25....2.4%

WTF is wrong with you?

He's not against spamming lies.
The amount of drivel is overloading most people's willingness to respond.
This amount of foolishness does make me chuckle from time to time.
So much horsehockey.
Mom more meatloaf!

 

[Cleatortoises]

You can go find them (if they exist).

Now go back even more. Inflation soared under Biden due to the single largest pandemic in recent memory that wasn't helped by Trump. Of course you left that out, right? And the first few months of Trump's presidency were from the continuing effects of Biden. Of course it'll change after the tariffs really take off. Nuance isn't your thing, I get it.

Excuses seem to be yours.

 

[BBlueD]

Remember this dumb sh-t?




"Mackey was sentenced in 2023 to federal prison for "conspiracy to interfere with potential voters’ right to vote in the 2016 election for the Office of the President of the United States."

I didn't know if that was real. No one is reporting on this per Google anyway.


The decision was on page two behind the 2023-2024 articles.

https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/130b34d9-4f2e-4a63-9a7a-f15a10f0b64c/2/doc/23-7577_opn.pdf

Let the shitposting begin.

 

[notFromhere]

Remember this dumb sh-t?




"Mackey was sentenced in 2023 to federal prison for "conspiracy to interfere with potential voters’ right to vote in the 2016 election for the Office of the President of the United States."

I don't understand how the conviction didn't cost the prosecutor and judge their license to practice. If he was convictable, they should've locked up Hils and thrown away the key.

 

[billCgmx_]

What are the odds he has a tramp stamp of Ron?

Went to Ron's Twitter/X feed to see if he posts anything outside of his Anti-Trump or Trump administration. tweets The answer is no, he spends his entire day obsessing over Trump. Life must suck to be that guy.

 

[notFromhere]

It's just so remarkable what they are doing with UF/FSU flagships.

That $6500 two term tuition is cheaper than one term at UK.

By Florida limiting enrollment at the flagships, along with bargain basement tuition, they have created demand. UF/FSU have a 24%/25% acceptance rate with 30/29 average ACT.


UK has the third highest tuition of the public sec universities. Missouri $14800, Tennessee $13800, UK $13500. In order for UK to grow the empire at that tuition rate, it's accepting all comers at a 95% acceptance rate.



We had a short-lived private law school here in Paducah 25 years ago. It was set up for people that couldn't get in anywhere else, but still had the cash or ability to take out loans to attend. Students paid double the going rate, but they got in.

UK is starting to feel like that law school to me.

UK is for profit. They are barely an educational institution. It's criminal what they charge students without even considering how sketchy their prospects are with many of the degree programs.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

3 months ago you were yelling it was the end of times with the Stock Market falling. Foreign companies are eating most of the tariffs. That's why you aren't seeing it in the inflation numbers so no I'm not paying it. Always trying to spin a positive into a negative when President Trump is involved. Those Countries don't want to be shut out of the biggest Consumer market in the World so you better believe they are calling him. Easy to negotiate when you have all the big Cards and the US does.

0 deals in 90 days. Scott Bessent even said many countries aren't calling. Keep it up big boy.

 

[55wildcat]

Didn't you dummies know, politicalizing the court systems is ONLY wrong when the GOP does it. You silly wabbits

 

[MidseasonTweak]

inflation soared because Biden injected to much money onto the demand side while doing nothing about the supply side- remember The inflation reduction act. Then the Fed waited to long to raise interest rates because inflation was transitory. Now they are to slow to cut them. You should take a basic economy class.

Biden and Trump added to the inflation with rescue packages. A necessary thing given the circumstances. Inflation came down steadily since its high of 9%. Powell is doing a great job of ignoring Trump's idiotic demands for rate cuts at this moment.

Trump doesn't even know what a tariff is, by the way.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

He's not against spamming lies.
The amount of drivel is overloading most people's willingness to respond.
This amount of foolishness does make me chuckle from time to time.
So much horsehockey.
Mom more meatloaf!

What lies?

 

[MidseasonTweak]

'A Terrible Time': Food Banks Brace for Demand Surge Fueled by Devastating Trump SNAP Cuts | Common Dreams

"All of this is happening so that billionaires will receive new tax breaks, a cruel juxtaposition as millions of our nation's children will lose access to basic nutrition," said one anti-hunger advocate.

www.commondreams.org

 

[notFromhere]

lol

It's all theater and it all depends on who is the director. Remember when they put someone in jail for not testifying?

Doctor-patient confidentiality disappeared when he was no longer able to function in his office. Determining when that actually took place is no longer privileged. Refusing to reveal he's not competent is abetting a crime, because signing or making someone sign anything when they are not of sound mind is a CRIME and that which is signed is voided.

None of this matters because the "testifying before congress" farce is and has been the worst theater since we'll before Disney bought Star Wars. They do that so that there won't ever be a trial. Another case of Pam Bondi and this entire admin not doing their **** jobs.

There is SO MUCH low hanging fruit and they're acting like they're blindfolded swinging at a Kevlar pinata with a whiffle bat. Ffs DO YOUR JOBS.

 

[SDC337]

Went to Ron's Twitter/X feed to see if he posts anything outside of his Anti-Trump or Trump administration. tweets The answer is no, he spends his entire day obsessing over Trump. Life must suck to be that guy.

It's a niche.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Went to Ron's Twitter/X feed to see if he posts anything outside of his Anti-Trump or Trump administration. tweets The answer is no, he spends his entire day obsessing over Trump. Life must suck to be that guy.

He's the lead editor for a progressive independent media company. Of course he's going to accurately call out the hypocrisy of MAGA and Trump.

 

[notFromhere]

they made one of Trump’s lawyers testify despite atty-client privilege

but ya know that was (D)ifferent

Raided attys house and office in the middle of the night and took files "protected" by said "privilege." None of our rights mean jack if this system isn't fixed, and much of this admin is too busy with theater, facades, and sound bites. It's like watching.... the apprentice...

 

[notFromhere]

The world of the modern leftist.

Simon Pegg is such a great writer. Never seen him with a beard and stache before

 

[WTF Cat]

Imagine hating all the success in the US right now... but that would make you a Democrat.

 

[Brushy Bill]

Imagine hating all the success in the US right now... but that would make you a Democrat.

It would make you a global citizen and not an American.

 

[Brushy Bill]

 

[notFromhere]

It is best if America just cuts off New York City and let them go their way. If they want communism and Marxism, it is a free country and they can cast their votes accordingly.

The future of New York City is bleak. They have already lost 9 billion in wealth to Palm Beach and Miami. They will lose billions more and eventually all of Wall Street will move out.

Only if the city could be made a foreign entity and charged by the fed govt (the people) for it being protected and benefitting from the systems of this country that it uses. If not, it needs to be liberated from socialist tyranny

 

[notFromhere]

Can't navigate if you can't read American English.

 

[notFromhere]

Babylonbee round up

Bondi Explains She Was Going To Release The Epstein Files But Then Some Pedophiles Asked Her Not To

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Pam Bondi explained today that she was really going to release all of the Epstein files, but some pedophiles asked her to please not.

babylonbee.com

TSA Announces Passengers No Longer Have To Remove Their Shoes Before Being Fondled

SPRINGFIELD, VA — The Transport Security Agency has officially announced that passengers will no longer have to remove their shoes before being publicly fondled.

babylonbee.com

Furious Newsom Says He Won’t Stand Silently By While Trump Fixes California

SACRAMENTO, CA — As the federal government takes steps to attempt to solve a myriad of problems facing the Golden State, a furious Governor Gavin Newsom told reporters he won't stand silently by while Trump fixes California.

babylonbee.com

‘There Is No Epstein Client List,’ Say Epstein's Clients

WORLD — Concerned citizens of nations around the world breathed a collective sigh of relief this week, as the individuals who comprised Jeffrey Epstein's client list assured everyone that there was no Epstein client list.

babylonbee.com

 

[WTF Cat]

Sounds like heaven and a girl I once dated named Sophia.



Thank you for this. Will need to do some traveling

It gets even better: many German and Austrian restaurants MAKE THEIR OWN BEER.

Talk about fresh... you usually get some choice between a blonde (somewhat comparable to a US domestic, but much less hoppy. AKA "Hellesbier"), or an amber... sometimes a DUNKEL (my personal fav... even darker than amber but not as dark as say Guinness).

Also, I'm not a wine person... but Italian red wine IS UNBELIEVABLE. They say it's the volcanic ash in the soil... but it's soooo grapey... only place in the world I drink red wine (don't bother buying imported Italian wine: they add nitrates and other crap to it... ruins it.) And don't bother upgrading Italian wine there: the $3/4 glass of house wine is DAMN GOOD.

 

[notFromhere]

Babylonbee round up

Bondi Explains She Was Going To Release The Epstein Files But Then Some Pedophiles Asked Her Not To

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Pam Bondi explained today that she was really going to release all of the Epstein files, but some pedophiles asked her to please not.

babylonbee.com

TSA Announces Passengers No Longer Have To Remove Their Shoes Before Being Fondled

SPRINGFIELD, VA — The Transport Security Agency has officially announced that passengers will no longer have to remove their shoes before being publicly fondled.

babylonbee.com

Furious Newsom Says He Won’t Stand Silently By While Trump Fixes California

SACRAMENTO, CA — As the federal government takes steps to attempt to solve a myriad of problems facing the Golden State, a furious Governor Gavin Newsom told reporters he won't stand silently by while Trump fixes California.

babylonbee.com

‘There Is No Epstein Client List,’ Say Epstein's Clients

WORLD — Concerned citizens of nations around the world breathed a collective sigh of relief this week, as the individuals who comprised Jeffrey Epstein's client list assured everyone that there was no Epstein client list.

babylonbee.com

 

[notFromhere]

It gets even better: many German and Austrian restaurants MAKE THEIR OWN BEER.

If it's good, that IS a plus.

Talk about fresh... you usually get some choice between a blonde (somewhat comparable to a US domestic, but much less hoppy. AKA "Hellesbier"), or an amber... sometimes a DUNKEL (my personal fav... even darker than amber but not as dark as say Guinness).

My wife wouldn't go for that. Red, blonde, amber, or dark, they're all off the menu since we got married. I blame her brief stint as a liberal for the inherent fascism in our relationship.

Also, I'm not a wine person... but Italian red wine IS UNBELIEVABLE. They say it's the volcanic ash in the soil... but it's soooo grapey... only place in the world I drink red wine (don't bother buying imported Italian wine: they add nitrates and other crap to it... ruins it.) And don't bother upgrading Italian wine there: the $3/4 glass of house wine is DAMN GOOD.

Can vouch for all of this, though I like red wine in general even with the poorer or cheaper production. In terms of drink I'd say in order I'm a fan of Bourbon, Highlands Scotch, Whiskey, Vodka, hard Ciders, Red Wine, Tequila, and Beer comes in last except at the end of a hot summer day of work where a cold beer or 6 vaults to number 1.

 

[55wildcat]

Imagine hating all the success in the US right now... but that would make you a Democrat.

One TDS wacko I know is wanting to banish and abolish the electoral....LOL

 

[AustinTXCat]

** Wise Words Department **

"Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers."

- Matt Groening

 

[John Henry]

DEI Hire Ketanji Brown Jackson: I Write Supreme Court Opinions To ‘Tell People How I Feel’. ‘I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity to tell people, in my opinions, how I feel about the issues.’​

KBJ: I Write Supreme Court Opinions To 'Tell People How I Feel'

On Saturday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said SCOTUS opinions give her the chance to tell people how she 'feel[s] about the issues.'

thefederalist.com

 

[55wildcat]

 

[blubo]

One TDS wacko I know is wanting to banish and abolish the electoral....LOL

i know more than one

DEI Hire Ketanji Brown Jackson: I Write Supreme Court Opinions To ‘Tell People How I Feel’. ‘I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity to tell people, in my opinions, how I feel about the issues.’​

KBJ: I Write Supreme Court Opinions To 'Tell People How I Feel'

On Saturday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said SCOTUS opinions give her the chance to tell people how she 'feel[s] about the issues.'

thefederalist.com

piss on your feelings just uphold the constitution. can’t believe she’s on the scotus. how did she become any kind of judge? rhetorical question

 

[55wildcat]

 

[55wildcat]

i know more than one

piss on your feelings just uphold the constitution. can’t believe she’s on the scotus. how did she become any kind of judge? rhetorical question

One is about all I can tolerate, and I just know this guy, never see him anymore.

 

[Cleatortoises]

What the stuck in the past public school apologists don’t realize is that public school in big cities like Louisville only exist because of people who send their kids to private schools. JCPS would collapse or taxes would skyrocket if private schools and homeschoolers stopped teaching their kids.

There are parents who cannot afford private school who would chose private school if they could. The lefties don’t want lower middle class people to have that option.

Can't let em get too educated.
They'll get off the dole and stop voting for free stuff.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Trump's brain is MAGA mush at this point. Sad!

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Wow. Bravo, Trump. That answer makes so much sense!

 

[bigblueinsanity (the real)]

Wow. I had no idea Epstein was the money man for the iran contra deal. So he's been cia since at least then.

Zero chance the entire thing was anything but an intelligence op. Death included.

 

[AustinTXCat]

It gets even better: many German and Austrian restaurants MAKE THEIR OWN BEER.

Talk about fresh... you usually get some choice between a blonde (somewhat comparable to a US domestic, but much less hoppy. AKA "Hellesbier"), or an amber... sometimes a DUNKEL (my personal fav... even darker than amber but not as dark as say Guinness).

Also, I'm not a wine person... but Italian red wine IS UNBELIEVABLE. They say it's the volcanic ash in the soil... but it's soooo grapey... only place in the world I drink red wine (don't bother buying imported Italian wine: they add nitrates and other crap to it... ruins it.) And don't bother upgrading Italian wine there: the $3/4 glass of house wine is DAMN GOOD.

Restaurant I dined at night before last, Görlitzer Kartoffelhaus, brews and bottles their own potato beer.

Acquired taste, to say the least.