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What’s happening at Columbia?

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  • MikM Mik

    Yep. All about South Africa. It was just on the bulletin boards, not actual protests that I can remember.

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    @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

    Yep. All about South Africa. It was just on the bulletin boards, not actual protests that I can remember.

    I thought your generation would have been protesting The New Deal.

    I was only joking

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    • MikM Away
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      Jeez. Who shit in your oatmeal?

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • MikM Mik

        Jeez. Who shit in your oatmeal?

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        @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

        Jeez. Who shit in your oatmeal?

        Hey, I modernized it a bit. I nearly said the repeal of the Corn Laws.

        I was only joking

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          😆

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            He is careful not to upset the terrorists, what a thoughtful man.

            President Biden broke his silence on Thursday regarding the anti-Israel demonstrations that are roiling colleges and universities around the nation, condemning the violence that has broken out and saying that "there's the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos."

            https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-biden-condemns-violent-anti-israel-protests-wont-call-national-guard

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              He's getting butt sores from riding the middle rail, trying to not offend the young people.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                Hard to disagree with his position.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  Not students:

                  Approximately 134 of the 282 people taken into custody at Columbia University and CCNY were not affiliated with either school -- more than 47%.

                  Janice Yu is live in Morningside Heights with details on the pro-Palestine protest.
                  At Columbia, 32 people arrested were not affiliated with the school, while about 80 people were. At CCNY, 102 people arrested were not affiliated, and 68 were.

                  The estimates are based on preliminary background analysis by NYPD. The city is forwarding the lists of arrested protesters to the universities to cross-check and determine the current status of those arrested.

                  "There were individuals on the campus that should not have been there," Adams said. "There were people who are professionals. We know the terminology 'outside agitator' was used during the Civil Rights movement, when people attempted to show that the movement was not legitimate, and we understand that."

                  For some, the term "outside agitator" brings back memories of the Civil Rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously wrote about being called an outside agitator in the now-historic letter from the Birmingham jail in April 1963.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    Great news, Yemen is offering any students expelled to come to Sanaa university to complete their degrees. Those houthis, really looking out for the displaced academics

                    https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/sanaa-university-yemen-says-it-will-welcome-students-and-academics?nid=360211&topic=Israel%2527s%2520war%2520on%2520Gaza&fid=512526

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                      Students.

                      In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        In the comments:

                        • Are they shooting an adult film?
                        • If you don't send the Vaseline, you wont need the HIV test
                        • I’m ok with the birth control.
                        • “GET ME THOSE DIVA CUPS NOW WE HAVE A MAN DOWN”

                        And the ever thoughtful Iowahawk:

                        "In the 134 year history of the University of Chicago, no currently enrolled student has ever had sex."

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • George KG George K

                          Students.

                          In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

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                          @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                          In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

                          Also - "None of them look American at all. Not a single one".

                          Seriously?

                          I was only joking

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                            The ginger with the squeezed face looks American.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                              In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

                              Also - "None of them look American at all. Not a single one".

                              Seriously?

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                              @Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                              Also - "None of them look American at all. Not a single one".

                              Also, none of them look like students.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • George KG George K

                                Students.

                                In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

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                                Mik
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                                @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                • MikM Mik

                                  @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

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                                  @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                  @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

                                  In fairness, some might be faculty.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • George KG George K

                                    Students.

                                    In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

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                                    @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                    Students.

                                    In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

                                    There's two there that JWH, maybe two more with good makeup...

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                      Students.

                                      In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

                                      There's two there that JWH, maybe two more with good makeup...

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                                      @Jolly said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                      There's two there that JWH, maybe two more with good makeup...

                                      I'm surprised not one person has made that comment in the "At 92" thread.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        I imagined how disappointed the Asian guy’s parents are going to be.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • George KG George K

                                          @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                          @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

                                          In fairness, some might be faculty.

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                                          @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                          @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                          @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

                                          In fairness, some might be faculty.

                                          To me they look like people who ought to know better than they do.

                                          Which reminds me….

                                          The other day during a press conference in NYC the mayor made some statement to the effect that agitators from the outside were brought in to radicalise “our children” attending the university. I agree that protesting students behave like children but they are adults 18 years of age of and over. They should be called adults and treated like adults. Calling them children lets them off the hook for their actions. The mayor, whoever he is, is way out of line referring to the students as children. I can only hope he too knows better. I doubt it.

                                          Elbows up!

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