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Satchel

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  1. That seems wrong. To be fair, there have been hundreds of men like Shannon who have been arrested for rape who were innocent. Hundreds.
  2. Quote from Bill Maher 1999 interview with Rolling Stone: “I would be a Republican if they would.”
  3. You heathens just don’t understand. What Nikki engaged in was “holy cheating” You can read all about it in II Opinions.
  4. I really would like to read your response to my post that addressed your question about the Dems failure to pass immigration reform.
  5. Here’s why. The Dems never had voting control of the Congress: On January 20th, 2009, 57 Senate seats were held by Democrats with 2 Independents (Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman) caucusing with the Democrats...which gave Democrats 59 mostly-reliable Democratic votes in the Senate, one shy of filibuster-proof "total control." Republicans held 41 seats. The 59 number in January, 2009 included Ted Kennedy and Al Franken. Kennedy had a seizure during an Obama inaugural luncheon and never returned to vote in the Senate.....and Al Franken was not officially seated until July 7th, 2009 (hotly contested recount demanded by Norm Coleman.) The real Democratic Senate seat number in January, 2009 was 55 Democrats plus 2 Independents equaling 57 Senate seats. But here’s the real reason we don’t have an updated immigration law The Senate on Thursday passed the most monumental overhaul of U.S. immigration laws in a generation, which would clear the way for millions of undocumented residents to have a chance at citizenship, attract workers from all over the world and devote unprecedented resources for security along the U.S.-Mexico border. The vote was 68-32. Fourteen Republicans crossed the aisle to vote with all Democrats in favor. Thursday’s vote now puts the onus of immigration reform on the Republican-led House, where leaders have been resistant to the Senate legislation. The Republican House refused to bring the bill to the floor for fear that it would pass https://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/immigration-bill-2013-senate-passes-093530
  6. Alas…what could have been. Tang is a star in the making.
  7. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1-5MiixW7v/?igsh=MWQ4bTMxbWN6enk3Zw==
  8. Very much this. And again, why have Republicans crafted a revamped immigration policy to be voted on by Congress?
  9. I don’t think Beard will be in any one place for decades. Not that kinda guy.
  10. Exactly.
  11. Today is MLK’s birthday. Check out his prescience: https://x.com/the_60s_at_60/status/1597906976742133761?s=20
  12. For those of you interested in non fiction horror, read the thousand page Project 2025 - Trump’s plan for a second term.
  13. Pretty much anything by Professor Synder.
  14. Good head coaches have to start somewhere says Scott Drew.
  15. Seems to me, if the Texas brain trusts were too concerned with the racial optics, they should have done their due diligence and hired the better coach in Jerome Tang.
  16. In the words of the candidate favored by evangelical Christians in Iowa, get over it.
  17. Texas "physically barred" feds from trying to rescue migrants who drowned, officials say A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday while trying to enter the U.S. near a section of the southern border where Texas National Guard soldiers have prevented federal Border Patrol agents from processing and rescuing migrants. Federal officials and a Texas congressman said National Guard soldiers deployed by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not allow Border Patrol agents to attempt to rescue the migrants. Earlier this week, Texas National Guard soldiers abruptly seized control of a public park in Eagle Pass that Border Patrol had been using to hold migrants, marking the latest escalation in an intensifying political and legal feud between Abbott and President Biden over U.S. border policy. https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-migrants-drown-near-area-020700052.html
  18. While Republican politicians shamelessly lie about “open borders”, here’s what their voters are dealing with: In Florida - https://www.yahoo.com/news/floridas-immigration-law-brings-significant-010711141.html Historically, though, we've had plenty of crews," Conlan said. "In the last year our crew count has been cut in half." The law requires businesses like his, with 25 or more employees, to check employees' legal status through a database called E-Verify. He says it's cumbersome and puts him at a disadvantage with smaller roofers who don't have that requirement. "I am not a fan of open borders," Conlan said. "But I am a fan of putting people to work in this community who are contributing to the community. There's got to be a way to get them into this system where they get paid a fair wage, and they pay their fair taxes, and everybody gets back to work And in Iowa - https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2021/07/23/iowa-farmworker-shortage-immigration-reform-grassley Jen Sorenson, a spokesperson for Iowa Select Farms, testified before a Senate committee Wednesday that severe labor shortages could lead to the closure of farms and packing plants. An increasing need for workers in the face of rural population declines cannot be overcome without "foreign-born labor," Sorenson testified. Current visa programs designed for seasonal agriculture fail to meet the year-round needs of livestock farmers, she said.
  19. What Texans fear most is that their insistence on voting for Republicans who are anti consumer will miraculously stop biting them in the butt.
  20. Why haven’t House Republicans crafted a revised immigration policy for Congress to pass.
  21. Elon wants to make sure your plane is not being flown by an HBCU grad. Y’all need to check: https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-cosigns-racist-claim-153400769.html Late last year, Musk threw a massive tantrum on stage following outrage at his calling an unhinged and antisemitic conspiracy theory "the actual truth." Now, Musk has similarly endorsed a tweet suggesting Black students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have lower IQs and shouldn't become pilots. "It will take an airplane crashing and killing hundreds of people for them to change this crazy policy of DIE," he tweeted, in response to a post arguing that IQ averages were lower at HBCUs, and lower than the "average IQ of US Air Force pilots."
  22. Lol, feel better?
  23. Remember that Democratic State prosecutor in Florida who Desantis fired because of reasons? Well… Trump Judge Spanks Ron DeSantis for Retaliating Against a Democratic Rival https://news.yahoo.com/trump-judge-spanks-ron-desantis-224104246.html?ref=spot-im-jac?spot_im_highlight_immediate=true&spot_im_comment_id=sp_Rba9aFpG_76410dd4-8407-3add-946d-fcded98042b5_c_2aq7kxknSLn96d1WgJNR8wsJBW7&utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_campaign=liked-message&spot_im_redirect_source=email
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