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Today, 4:28 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread Our right to migrate in General Discussion

Then change the law so insurance companies can operate in any state. Not really on point here.

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Today, 4:25 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread Our right to migrate in General Discussion

True that. We can leave at any time. Whether we can enter a country legally and set up residence and work, own property, establish a business, or...

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Today, 2:46 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread I'm calling it now… in The Bones of Contention

Interesting. We no more need a "lynching" bill than we need one addressing the traditional ends of horse thieves or cattle rustlers. Murder is...

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Today, 2:40 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread Our right to migrate in General Discussion

I think she means this as a global human right. People have a 'human' right to seek better conditions. This was almost never true in history...

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Today, 1:48 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread I'm calling it now… in The Bones of Contention

Mr. Snaps takes dim view of sex/race/gay/Muslim/political hoaxes. He thinks the convicted hoaxer should serve the same sentence as the innocent...

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Saturday, February 16th, 2019, 9:49 PM

Gingersnap replied to a poll Does Trump deserve overwhelming unprecedented negative media coverage in Media Monitoring

Melania Trump's mild fashion protest happened after months of negative press about her. Rather than criticize the treatment she'd had, she sent a...

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Saturday, February 16th, 2019, 8:43 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread How Much Do You Know About U.S. Weather? in Lounge

You and me both. :doh:

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Saturday, February 16th, 2019, 8:36 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread I'm calling it now… in The Bones of Contention

Hilarious! He couldn't even find a couple of white Americans to beat him up for money. That's like gamma male failure. :table:

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Saturday, February 16th, 2019, 8:30 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread Challenge: Convince a Progressive Not to Support Kamala Harris in U. S. Politics

Kamala Harris Was Not A 'Progressive Prosecutor'

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Saturday, February 16th, 2019, 7:38 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread Cornell Gave an Alumnus an Award. While Accepting It, He Called Satchel Paige a ‘Negro,’ Prompting Swift Backlash. (Guy is 90) in Education issues

He was accepting an award, not giving a TED talk. Everybody needs to relax more about this stuff. There's no requirement to 'keep up' with...

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Saturday, February 16th, 2019, 7:37 PM

phillygirl replied to a thread When bars close in Wisconsin... in Lounge

It's interesting what you get used to. I always preferred hiking in the winter. 38 degrees is sort of perfect hiking weather for me. Today I did a...

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Saturday, February 16th, 2019, 6:15 PM

phillygirl replied to a thread Cornell Gave an Alumnus an Award. While Accepting It, He Called Satchel Paige a ‘Negro,’ Prompting Swift Backlash. (Guy is 90) in Education issues

My grandmother would be 104 this month. She would have said colored...as in "a colored guy taught your grandfather how to play the drums. He and his...

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Friday, February 15th, 2019, 10:54 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread Cornell Gave an Alumnus an Award. While Accepting It, He Called Satchel Paige a ‘Negro,’ Prompting Swift Backlash. (Guy is 90) in Education issues

Nah, I did fill out a bunch of HR forms hiring blacks over several decades so I am familiar with the "correct" terms used over the years. Did you...

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Friday, February 15th, 2019, 10:49 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread Conservatives Will Live to Regret This in General Discussion

I think he means one of the few who knows that particular historical example (know it today at least) which gave rise to the common phrase. N.B. -...

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Friday, February 15th, 2019, 10:47 PM

bandersnatch45 replied to a thread AOC quote thread in The Bones of Contention

For me, democratic socialism is about - really, the value for me is that I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America...

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Friday, February 15th, 2019, 10:46 PM

bandersnatch45 replied to a thread AOC quote thread in The Bones of Contention

I don't think most of Congress understands how economics works. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/alexandria_ocasiocortez_926285 ...

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Friday, February 15th, 2019, 10:44 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread Cornell Gave an Alumnus an Award. While Accepting It, He Called Satchel Paige a ‘Negro,’ Prompting Swift Backlash. (Guy is 90) in Education issues

Incredibly, "negro" was the educated term during this guy's college life and he probably lived through the transition of Afro-American, African...

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Friday, February 15th, 2019, 10:31 PM

Gingersnap replied to a thread Meme in Political and Social Humor

I've actually seen Obama votive candles. They were not "ironic" in the context where they sold.

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Friday, February 15th, 2019, 10:27 PM

bandersnatch45 replied to a thread Meme in Political and Social Humor