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  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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    Doctor Phibes
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    #18

    I don't know people who went in fear of expressing outrage. There were plenty of people here in the liberal stronghold of Massachusetts who said they didn't approve. I imagine some of the language used in Arkansas and Alabama, for example, may have been even stronger.

    I was only joking

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      Copper
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      I'm not going to lose my job if I criticize blm.

      Bill Belichick might.

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        I'm not going to lose my job if I say the New England Patriots are a bunch of cheaters.

        Bill Belichick might.

        I was only joking

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        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

          I don't know people who went in fear of expressing outrage. There were plenty of people here in the liberal stronghold of Massachusetts who said they didn't approve. I imagine some of the language used in Arkansas and Alabama, for example, may have been even stronger.

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          @doctor-phibes said in NYC dumps Trump:

          I don't know people who went in fear of expressing outrage.

          Really?

          Education is extremely important.

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          • HoraceH Horace

            @doctor-phibes said in NYC dumps Trump:

            I don't know people who went in fear of expressing outrage.

            Really?

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            @horace said in NYC dumps Trump:

            @doctor-phibes said in NYC dumps Trump:

            I don't know people who went in fear of expressing outrage.

            Really?

            Put it this way, there was plenty of outrage being expressed by the people I work with.

            They didn't phone up random black people and say it. Like anything controversial, you had to be a bit careful of who you spoke to.

            I once upset a big group of colleagues in Boston who it turns out are devout Roman Catholics when I made an ill-considered remark about the morning-after pill.

            I was only joking

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            • HoraceH Online
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              Horace
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              Well, it has been said more than once that Boston is a hotbed of racism. I have never lived in such a hotbed myself.

              Education is extremely important.

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              • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                #24

                Not sure about the racism. I haven't heard much of that around here. However, they sure didn't like my remarks about the morning after pill.

                Left-footers, one and all.

                I was only joking

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                • LuFins DadL Offline
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                  Trump resigned from the Trump organization in 2016. NYC is canceling contracts because of alleged criminal activity from an ex-employee? Or are they alleging that Eric or Donald Jr. are guilty of criminal behavior?

                  I'd love to be a Trump attorney for this case...

                  The Brad

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                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                    Trump resigned from the Trump organization in 2016. NYC is canceling contracts because of alleged criminal activity from an ex-employee? Or are they alleging that Eric or Donald Jr. are guilty of criminal behavior?

                    I'd love to be a Trump attorney for this case...

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                    @lufins-dad said in NYC dumps Trump:

                    Trump resigned from the Trump organization in 2016. NYC is canceling contracts because of alleged criminal activity from an ex-employee? Or are they alleging that Eric or Donald Jr. are guilty of criminal behavior?

                    I'd love to be a Trump attorney for this case...

                    They knew they did this it would not survive contact with reality.

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                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                      Trump resigned from the Trump organization in 2016. NYC is canceling contracts because of alleged criminal activity from an ex-employee? Or are they alleging that Eric or Donald Jr. are guilty of criminal behavior?

                      I'd love to be a Trump attorney for this case...

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                      @lufins-dad said in NYC dumps Trump:

                      Trump resigned from the Trump organization in 2016. NYC is canceling contracts because of alleged criminal activity from an ex-employee?

                      Donald J. Trump is still the sole and principal owner of the Trump Organization. You should know better than to equate a principal owner to an ex-employee.

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                      • CopperC Online
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                        Elijah "Pumpsie" Green was the first black player on the Boston Red Sox, the last Major League Baseball team to integrate.

                        I remember Pumpsie Green as a second baseman, I was 5 years-old. I don't remember anything about him and integration.

                        Bill Russell played for the Celtics 56-69, He won 11 NBA championships (really 11), 8 of them in a row. He always talked about Boston being racist. It probably was, but at that time he would have heard the talk anywhere.

                        The school bussing in the 70's insured Boston's reputation.

                        Bussing was bad for everyone, it still is. I had a front row seat for it. It was just plain stupid.

                        Is Boston racist? Maybe, but it isn't just white/black, it's different. The Irish are very aware that they are Irish, that is also true for Italians, Germans, Jewish, Brahmin, Limey or whatever. The city was always run by democrats who didn't used to be far left. But now they have become woke.

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                        • CopperC Copper

                          Elijah "Pumpsie" Green was the first black player on the Boston Red Sox, the last Major League Baseball team to integrate.

                          I remember Pumpsie Green as a second baseman, I was 5 years-old. I don't remember anything about him and integration.

                          Bill Russell played for the Celtics 56-69, He won 11 NBA championships (really 11), 8 of them in a row. He always talked about Boston being racist. It probably was, but at that time he would have heard the talk anywhere.

                          The school bussing in the 70's insured Boston's reputation.

                          Bussing was bad for everyone, it still is. I had a front row seat for it. It was just plain stupid.

                          Is Boston racist? Maybe, but it isn't just white/black, it's different. The Irish are very aware that they are Irish, that is also true for Italians, Germans, Jewish, Brahmin, Limey or whatever. The city was always run by democrats who didn't used to be far left. But now they have become woke.

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                          @copper said in NYC dumps Trump:

                          I had a front row seat for it. It was just plain stupid.

                          We’re you one of the kids bussed to a school far away?

                          You were warned.

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                            @copper said in NYC dumps Trump:

                            I had a front row seat for it. It was just plain stupid.

                            We’re you one of the kids bussed to a school far away?

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                            @jon-nyc said in NYC dumps Trump:

                            @copper said in NYC dumps Trump:

                            I had a front row seat for it. It was just plain stupid.

                            We’re you one of the kids bussed to a school far away?

                            No, my father was a high school headmaster in Boston. He was making Walter Cronkite appearances at the time to discuss the bussing.

                            He sent his kids to private schools, of course. They were cheap back then. I think $100 covered 6 of us in the same grammar school. We had nuns who worked for food and shelter.

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                              Interesting.

                              Even today the parochial schools are a lot cheaper than similar private schools.

                              You were warned.

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                                xenon
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                                #32

                                Would bussing work today with the wokes? Feels like a true test.

                                Peer quality is strongly linked to outcomes. You take poor disadvantaged kids and start sending them to areas with high property values (and high property values because of schools), let's see how people react?

                                I for one unabashedly traded less house for better school district. I'm sure many others have as well.

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                                  My answer: I think it would work with the almost-religious true wokes. But the "go along to get along" folks probably won't have it.

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                                  • CopperC Online
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                                    When bussing started I was in high school. Tuition at that school now is $22K per year. I'm not sure what we paid, it couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 hundred.

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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      Sorry. Future presidents need to know that can’t just go down the path of launching assaults on democracy if they lose. Figurative and literal.

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                                      Jolly
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                                      @jon-nyc said in NYC dumps Trump:

                                      Sorry. Future presidents need to know that can’t just go down the path of launching assaults on democracy if they lose. Figurative and literal.

                                      Future Presidents should be treated just like any other American, with all the rights and privileges we enjoy.

                                      If you don't like that, China is a large communist country that might suit your idea of law and government better.

                                      “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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                                      • 89th8 89th

                                        Looks like lying Don finally cried wolf one time too many...found his limit and is now paying dearly, everywhere. Good.

                                        ————-

                                        NYC Severing All City Contracts With Trump Organization

                                        The city had contracts with the Trump Organization to manage four different locations, worth about $17 million a year

                                        https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-severing-all-city-contracts-with-trump-organization/2828906/

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                                        @89th said in NYC dumps Trump:

                                        Looks like lying Don finally cried wolf one time too many...found his limit and is now paying dearly, everywhere. Good.

                                        ————-

                                        NYC Severing All City Contracts With Trump Organization

                                        The city had contracts with the Trump Organization to manage four different locations, worth about $17 million a year

                                        https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-severing-all-city-contracts-with-trump-organization/2828906/

                                        On another note let’s see the new prices for the new contracts when theses expire.

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                                          Some talking head said that the contract between the Trump organization and NYC specifies that the contract can be terminated for "criminal behavior."

                                          AFAICT, President Trump was impeached, but not convicted. Also, I admit I might be wrong, "criminal behavior" is decided in the courts, not Congress.

                                          That sound you hear is the sound of Trump organization lawyers salivating.

                                          ETA: NYC's announcement occurred before the impeachment. Good luck and [@Jolly] enjoy [/@jolly].

                                          "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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