No, it's where people pay Reddit to make a very special upvote on a post."Gild" posts? Is that where someone posts a link to a Paypal or Patreon or something?
To clarify Pez's answer, you can pay to gild a post, which marks it with a gold medal and gives the poster a week of Reddit premium, which removes ads and gives access to some features that really should be basic, such as the ability to see which posts are new since you last visited a thread"Gild" posts? Is that where someone posts a link to a Paypal or Patreon or something?
Well of course not, since that wouldn't go over well with their base, unlike the reverse.Democrats have done the flee the vote thing, they've just never hidden behind militias and threatened to murder any police that came to rightfully get them.
@Frank, while I don't support the "we'll flee the legislature to stop bills from passing" thing, it's also somewhat weird and smacks of "not democracies" where the police are sent to forcibly compel legislators to sit where they're commanded to, at the command of the governor. I guess that's the part that really seems weird to me, that it's at their command, rather than a court action. Then I'd be OK with the police going to get the people breaking their oaths, etc.Democrats have done the flee the vote thing, they've just never hidden behind militias and threatened to murder any police that came to rightfully get them.
With laws like this getting passed, it’s like a Battle Royale game where the scope keeps getting narrower and narrower until there’s only gonna be one choice left when it finally comes time to pull that lever.The Supreme Court has ruled that gerrymandering can't be sued over in the federal government.
Not disagreeing with anything you're saying just pointing out that having elected officials able to bring the legislature to a halt by choosing to just not show up & do their job also stinks of "not democracy".@Frank, while I don't support the "we'll flee the legislature to stop bills from passing" thing, it's also somewhat weird and smacks of "not democracies" where the police are sent to forcibly compel legislators to sit where they're commanded to, at the command of the governor. I guess that's the part that really seems weird to me, that it's at their command, rather than a court action. Then I'd be OK with the police going to get the people breaking their oaths, etc.
Don't get me wrong, the whole situation is a big "WTF?" though.
The Supreme Court has ruled that gerrymandering can't be sued over in the federal government.
NYPD Officer Luis Alvarez, 9/11 First Responder Who Testified Before Congress With Jon Stewart, DiesHow is it that Jon Stewart is the biggest supporter of 9/11 first responders?
Thank you for your service.Alvarez's treatment was covered, but he said he wanted to use his last days to advocate for those who were not so lucky and permanently extend the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund Bill, so his fellow first responders can get health coverage. “That’s my ultimate goal, legacy, is to have this bill passed so first responders have the coverage they need,” he said.
Nah, you don't get it, there would be no racist if there where no brown people... so the solution is clear...So, those "budget problems"....
Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes
"Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings. "
This protection racket started a GoFundMe to try to pay one of their own to physically assault a sitting member of congress while she was visiting the concentration camps. They laughed and joked about it in her presence while she was there.
Some of the cells in these concentration camps don't have potable water, and women are being told to drink from toilets. Meanwhile, shelters that were once used to house families aren't even half full.
Throwing money at this problem isn't going to fix it. Giving more money to abusers will not stop abuse.
Assuming he lives to testify against all them for his deal. There's a real chance he'll be dead before that happens. I mean, ya... they have tons of prior testimony, but still...https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffr...ng-of-minors-source?ref=home&via=twitter_page
Jeffrey Epstein, the Lolita Express proprietor and operator, has been arrested on charges of sex trafficking of minors....FINALLY. Since he's a sociopathic monster, I hope he rolls on all you mother fucking rich old white fucks on all sides of the political spectrum. Your Trump to your Clinton and your royal family members, etc.
Mississippi Politician Won't Be Alone with Female Reporter for Fear of Extramarital Affair Rumors
We've heard this song and dance before. There's not unreasonable concern that this is headed towards getting courts to rule that discrimination based on gender is legal, as long there's religious motivation for it.
I'm calling complete bullshit on his reasoning. What's to stop people from suggesting that he's having a homosexual affair with a male reporter?
"Oh no, I a very straight male Christian politician cannot possibly be alone with a woman, people might suspect something is happening. They should focus their attention only on possible heterosexual affairs, because it's safe for me to be alone with men. I definitely wouldn't be interested in doing sexual things with men. I don't even think about the possibility of doing sexual things with men. I run into a lot of handsome men in my job, and it would not make sense for anyone to suggest that I might have an affair with any of those very attractive men I meet."
I'm also going to have to ask if he's allowed to be left alone with internet capable devices, animals, or various types of vegetables (such as cucumbers).
I think either is ridiculous. And if the female politician was nervous about her personal safety she could bring along her own personel.I probably shouldn't even be posting here, but I'm here now so I might as well become the lightning rod.
Does your position change if the genders change - say a female politician demanded that a male reporter bring along a female colleague?
I can see a policy like that making sense as an insulation against allegations of impropriety of any kind but to wrap it up as religious virtue signalling as Forester did should be distasteful to all. If you can't trust yourself to act professional behind closed doors with another professional why should the electorate trust you to act professionally when you are given actual power.I probably shouldn't even be posting here, but I'm here now so I might as well become the lightning rod.
Does your position change if the genders change - say a female politician demanded that a male reporter bring along a female colleague?
No.Does your position change if the genders change - say a female politician demanded that a male reporter bring along a female colleague?
It's not just a short interview: "...shadowing the politician on a 15-hour “ride-along” campaign trip around the state..."Are interviews usually held without any other people in the same room? Isn't the staff of the politician (like the PR guy/lady) usually in the room too?
Views on women
In 1970, Graham stated that feminism was "an echo of our overall philosophy of permissiveness" and that women did not want to be "competitive juggernauts pitted against male chauvinists".[130][131] He further stated that the role of wife, mother, and homemaker was the destiny of "real womanhood" according to the Judeo-Christian ethic. Graham's assertions, published in the Ladies' Home Journal, elicited letters of protest, and were offered as rebuttal to the establishment of "The New Feminism" section of the publication added following a sit-in protest at the Journal offices demanding female representation on the staff of the publication.[132][133][134][135]
Graham was well-known for his practice of not spending time alone with any woman other than his wife. This has become known as the Billy Graham rule.[136]
Billy's daughter Bunny recounted her father denying her and her sisters higher education. As reported in The Washington Post:[137]
Bunny remembers being groomed for the life of wife, homemaker, and mother. "There was never an idea of a career for us," she said. "I wanted to go to nursing school – Wheaton had a five-year program – but Daddy said no. No reason, no explanation, just 'No.' It wasn't confrontational and he wasn't angry, but when he decided, that was the end of it." She added, "He has forgotten that. Mother has not."Billy talked his future wife, Ruth, into abandoning her ambition to evangelize in Tibetin favor of staying in the United States to marry him – and that to do otherwise would be "to thwart God's obvious will."[137] After Ruth agreed to marry Billy, he cited the Bible for claiming authority over her, saying, "then I'll do the leading and you do the following."[137]
Really? But there so many possible allegations of impropriety. Why is only a heterosexual extra-marital affair the only one that's being protected against? Are all his financial records published to prevent accusations of greed? Does he have a GPS installed on his car that tattles on him to make sure that he's not speeding? How does he protect against accusations that he's an alcoholic? Does he submit to regular drug testing to prove that he's not shooting up cocaine behind closed doors? How do we know the male "reporter" he met with wasn't a drug dealer? Maybe he should have his house searched on a regular basis to make sure hasn't set up any altars to foreign gods and started making blood sacrifices to Ba'al.I can see a policy like that making sense as an insulation against allegations of impropriety