Did anyone notice the irony of Father's Day weekend being on Juneteenth?
Just askin'.
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TulsiGood question.
I've always considered her a bit "off."
If this story is true, I was right.
Hawaiian weirdo.
But MPWHT.
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"Leave Me Breathless...." -
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MLB religious freedomKeep politics and all that shit out of sports.
Bible verses, pride emblems, and cops-are-pig socks have no place in sports.
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Obama Monument..er..I mean..libraryBy the way there was some fun little trolling at the grand opening. Letterman and Colbert wore tan suits to remind Republicans how far they’ve fallen.
Yeah, it could have been worse. They could have called him a Nazi. But, even the New York Times fashion editor thought it inappropriate.
But, @mik , it's not a library. It's a "center." National archives has minimal input into what's in there. There are few official presidential records and it is totally privately funded.
By the way, have they paid the debt on the thing yet? Last I heard it was $490 million. Lots of contractors bitching about not getting paid, and some looking at bankruptcy. It's going to have to get a lot of admissions (at $35 a pop) to cover the estimated cost of keeping the lights on ($40 million a year).
I mean, they got a sweet deal - $1 a year lease for 99 years of 13 acres of lakefront property, but you gotta pay the staff.
But at least it looks like a Klingon prison.
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It's Soul Music Saturday -
The Dark or Inappropriate Humor Thread -
I was intentionally hit by a car todayGlad you're OK.
GoPro is a necessity if you want cheap insurance. My partner insisted I get one for our car. Good investment, if only for the peace of mind.
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The Reflecting PoolThe pool has been a boondoggle for decades. The Obama administration spent tens of millions of dollars trying to fix the problem...and they failed.
Today, it's a failure.
Ask yourself why it's a headline issues a decade and a half later.
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Denise Amber Lee murder -
The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread -
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On the Paki rape gangs in the UK. -
On the Paki rape gangs in the UK.In case you didn't want to read the report, here are some highlights.
"These crimes have been committed for decades, since the 1950s by Pakistanis in particular, and have affected every region of our nation.
The scale of the crimes committed is staggering. It has been previously established that, at the very least, 250,000 young white girls have been subjected to repeated rape, gang rape, trafficking, torture, pregnancy, forced Islamic conversion, and lifelong trauma. "
"We found that the same unspeakable crimes occurred in at least 149 local authority districts – close to 40% of all such districts across the United Kingdom (see page 14 for our full map). Survivors described daily rapes, “red rooms” of extreme torture, trafficking between cities, and institutional disbelief that compounded their suffering. Some girls were even trafficked to the Middle East where they would endure Islamic marriage.
The demographic and cultural drivers are clear. Perpetrators from Pakistani Muslim and other Muslim backgrounds operated under an honour- and shame-based clan code that treated non-Muslim girls, especially white working class girls, as property available for sexual use. "
"Police forces ignored repeated reports, criminalised victims instead of perpetrators, destroyed evidence, and allowed known rapists to walk free on bail. Social care services undermined protective parents, placed children in trafficking hubs inside children’s homes, closed cases despite clear indicators of exploitation, and retaliated against whistleblowers. The NHS recorded genital injuries, multiple sexually transmitted infections in children as young as 13, pregnancies caused by rape, and suicide attempts, yet discharged victims back to their abusers without safeguarding referrals or trauma care.
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On the Paki rape gangs in the UK.
