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Will someone please explain the origin of the "woman sitting at a small folding table set up outside in a park-like environment, with a banner on the front conveying some message, below which is printed 'change your mind'" to me?
steven crowder has a web series called "change my mind" where he would go to campuses, make a statement, and ask people to change his mind in a civil debate. Pretty sure he was the origin for it, and it's been memed and copied now.
Researchers are on a critical mission in the heart of Broward County — bashing in the brains of iguanas in an attempt to eliminate the reptiles that have overtaken South Florida.A 15-member team from the University of Florida is using a tool called a captive bolt gun that sends a bolt into the brain, similar to what is used in the livestock industry. They’re also smashing the creatures’ heads against solid objects, including a truck and boat they’re using to track them down.
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Their work is part of a $63,000 research project, contracted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, designed to find the best way to remove iguanas and then offer tips to homeowners on how to purge the pests from their yards.
This goes back to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, specifically Title II (full text here), which relates to discrimination in Public Accommodations. These are facilities which are accessible to the public as a whole and engaged in commerce. Examples would be retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, theaters, etc.
Specifically, Title II prohibits discrimination based on "race, color, religion, or national origin."
Subsequently, the courts have cited this act in ruling related to gender and sexual orientation, which is where the Court's authority in cases such as Craig and Mullens v. Masterpiece Cakeshop is derived from.
The argument that forcing a private business not to discriminate against certain groups of people violates the owners' 5th / 13th / 14th amendment rights (by depriving the owners of property and / or liberty without due process) has already been argued and settled. In 1954, Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States established that a hotel cannot refuse to rent rooms to black patrons.
So, I guess the question here would be how the political bias of one's speech places them into (or identifies them as members of) some protected class. I guess you could argue that being ultra-right-wing is a religion...
The alcohol industry in the US doesn't seem to have as much clout as the NRA:
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
I found it hilarious that, in upstate NY, the spray paint was kept in a locked cage, while the ammunition and smokeless powder were just sitting around on a shelf.
I find it "hilarious" in the US that, in most states, an 18-20 year old can buy a gun but not a beer.
Along the same lines, you can serve in the US armed forces under the age of 21, where you're at risk of getting killed in the service of the country, but you can't buy a beer.
A coffee shop has banned police officers over fears the sight of them will trigger their customers. Hasta Muerte in Oakland, Ca., barred law enforcement officials after an officer tried to buy a drink last month claiming it did so for the ’emotional safety’ of other guests.
police are not a protected class, so they are allowed to refuse the right. so long as the cop isnt any race, any color, any creed, or orgin.
The alcohol industry in the US doesn't seem to have as much clout as the NRA:
I find it "hilarious" in the US that, in most states, an 18-20 year old can buy a gun but not a beer.
Along the same lines, you can serve in the US armed forces under the age of 21, where you're at risk of getting killed in the service of the country, but you can't buy a beer.
So why, in most states, is it illegal to drink until you're 21?
Cause a mob got together and thought a silly law would somehow prevent ::insert behavior::
They also don't have the US Constitution as a tool to use against those who would seek to limit the purchase of their goods.
The constitution isn't a tool that's used against anyone. It's smarmy arguments from the lips of slimy people that are a tool, or one of many tools used to further subjugate law abiding people who follow laws....unlike criminals.
[CNN] hasn’t updated its “Trump Jobs Tracker” in months, despite an explosion in employment. [It] was last updated Jan. 5, 2018. CNN’s site notes that Trump promised to add 208,333 jobs per month and features the message, “He’s off Track,” in a large font splashed across the page.
U.S. employers added a robust 200,000 jobs in January and another 313,000 jobs were created in February, which was the most growth in a single month since July 2016 – leaving CNN’s jobs tracker badly outdated, not to mention misleading.
The information missing from CNN’s page make the totals “more than enough to be on a healthy pace to average 208,333 jobs per month in 2018.” An update would result in CNN being forced to remove the prominently displayed anti-Trump message and replace it with something noting that the president is “on track.”
I won the places that were moving forward. His whole campaign: ‘Make America Great Again’ was looking backwards. You know, you didn’t like black people getting rights, you don’t like women, you know, getting jobs, you don’t want to you know see that Indian American succeeding more than you are, whatever your problem is, I’m going to solve it.’
Trent University in Ontario is scheduled to hold a workshop on Monday called “It’s OK to be (Against) White(ness).”
According to a description of the event on Facebook, the workshop will not address white people per se, but the “ways that white racialization is socially constructed as dominant, both historically and in the present moment.”
“This normalization of Whiteness makes it difficult for students racialized as white to even notice these ideologies; ‘being normal’ and centering the positions of the dominant group as normal requires making these processes invisible,” the event description reads. “At this event, we are challenging students to begin to notice, understand and resist the powerful ways that Whiteness works.
The title of the event is a reference to the “It’s OK to be White” posters that were hung up on Canadian and U.S. campuses last year.
The event description says these posters were “racist,” “divisive” and “offensive” and were “revealed to be tied to white nationalist agendas.”
U.S. gets **** for trying to keep bad people out of its border, the rest of the world let's anyone with a bomb in, but makes sure to keep white conservatives out. But that's okay, because It’s OK to be (Against) White(ness) in the rest of the world, because white people are not peace loving.
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: What could politicians learn from drag queens?
PELOLSI: Authenticity. Taking pride in who you are. Knowing your power — that’s what I talk about on my brief segment on the show. This idea of people believing in themselves, being themselves, taking pride in themselves, is not just a lesson for politicians but for everyone in the country. And that’s why I was so excited and couldn’t resist being on the show
The last NYPD cops assigned full-time to New York City public schools are being moved out — despite nationwide calls for heightened security in the wake of last month’s Florida shootings…Mayor de Blasio’s new community policing units will visit schools while patrolling the neighborhood, according to the NYPD. School safety agents are stationed at all schools, but are not armed.
“My colleagues think it’s outrageous — and really stupid,” teacher Arthur Goldstein said. “We’re not enthusiastic about arming teachers, but we liked having a cop around.”
“It’s ridiculous,” Lovett said. “All over the country they are telling you ‘arm the teachers, get an officer in your school.’ New York City had a designated officer and they are actually cutting the program . . . they are making us less secure.
In New York, Staten Island City Councilmen Steven Matteo and Joe Borelli, and Borough President James Oddo, have asked de Blasio for armed officers in all of the city’s 1,700 schools — something the mayor has long argued would cost too much.
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