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Old Jun 27, 2023 | 11:48 AM
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Lukashenko no doubt has the Polonium-210 suite in Minsk reserved for Prigozhin.
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Old Jun 29, 2023 | 08:07 AM
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Old Jun 29, 2023 | 09:58 AM
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#neverforgetwhatthisadmindidforus


Old Jun 29, 2023 | 11:02 AM
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from this year
Old Jun 29, 2023 | 11:52 AM
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took ******* long enough, 14A has been there a long while...
Old Jun 29, 2023 | 12:06 PM
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After I graduated from college in the late 1980s, affirmative action and the resultant hiring quotas prevented me from getting a job in my chosen career in CA. As a result, I moved to AZ, got a job and met my wife of 26 years. I retired in January after a great career. I'm pretty sure affirmative action was probably the best thing that ever happened to me.

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im more curious how it affects me locally:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/u...dmissions.html

prestigious private HS in the area always had the best students and graduates. now this area is pretty much 80% Asians/south Asians and TJ stopped accepting them based on the color of their skin and it was ruled non-discriminatory.


Thomas gets it:



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Old Jun 29, 2023 | 01:39 PM
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dude is a straight up savage.



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Originally Posted by Braineack
Thomas gets it:
He usually does. I have followed him for many years, and while he occasionally makes a point I disagree with, he, without exception, always makes his point with a well-reasoned and well-spoken argument.

I would vote for him for President in a heartbeat, but knowing him, he is far too intelligent to want the job.
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Thomas Sowell is one of the most based men in existence.
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Originally Posted by Bajingo
Thomas Sowell is one of the most based men in existence.
Thomas quoted Thomas (7) times.


His Thomas critics are calling the above strawmen arguments. lol
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The Supreme Court is on a tear this week.

First they rule that racial discrimination is unconstitutional, now they've ruled that the Executive branch can't forcibly transfer private debt owed by individuals over to the taxpayers.

If they keep going like this, we're gonna wind up with some truly crazy **** happening, like liberty, freedom of expression, and protection from warrantless search and seizure.
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez

If they keep going like this, we're gonna wind up with some truly crazy **** happening, like liberty, freedom of expression, and protection from warrantless search and seizure.

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another win you didnt hear about:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/...-gay-100539807

The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn't want to make wedding websites for gay couples

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has ruled a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples
Old Jun 30, 2023 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
Heard about it, just not entirely sure that I agree with that one as an uncontested win. Any decision which is permissive of discrimination is complicated.


I'll tell you something that I really find interesting, though. Listening to WBEZ on the drive in this morning, I noted that both BBC News and NPR are using the word "riot" to refer to the recent and ongoing riots in and around Paris after police there shot and killed an unarmed brown person during a traffic stop.

Not "mostly-peaceful protests."
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"𝘕𝘰 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮"

Wow.

They're not even trying to hide behind flowery language anymore. 21st century American leftists are really putting their Uncle Tom face on with zero shame whatsoever.



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