Johnny on the spot:
He came in third. His friend is rooting for him on the far right. Got caught on “exoneration.”
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Spelling bee drama in Pennsylvania
Johnny on the spot:
He came in third. His friend is rooting for him on the far right. Got caught on “exoneration.”
Count me among the appalled at this Crux headline on a John Allen story
Meet Frankie and Benny, the Everly Brothers of popes
Frankie and Benny? What the hell, a pair of vaudevillians??!!
People of color ok, colored people not? The Week That Perished – Taki’s Magazine
This has had my shorts in a bunch for some time. If I can say people of color, why can’t I say colored people?
WHY YOU SHOULDN’T REFER TO PEOPLE OF COLOR AS “COLORED PEOPLE”
Grammatically, “colored people” is undeniably more economical than “people of color.” Yet for reasons that remain mysterious and entirely unexplained, modern leftist speech police have forbidden the former term as they champion the latter.
White actor Benedict Cumberbatch spoke (sympathetically, empathetically, charitably) of “black actors” and had to apologize grovelingly.
I’m devastated to have caused offence by using this outmoded terminology. I offer my sincere apologies. I make no excuse for my being an idiot and know the damage is done.
Called himself “an idiot,” did he?
The only question that remains is whether you think he’s an idiot for using the term “colored” or for apologizing.
Who, me? Well. Really . . . I will say, this kind of talk makes me nervous, Know what I mean?
Useful life hacks that you should know :)
I had to stop viewing these. They should be part of advice on how to lose many minutes. Happily, but so good you can’t stop.
Biggest Snowfall of Year Bearing Down on Chicago: ‘It’s Not Going to Miss’ – Streeterville – DNAinfo.com Chicago
By the end of the weekend, some parts of the lakefront could see as much as 12 inches of snow. The rest of the Chicago area should brace for between 5 to 10 inches of snow — and maybe even more if the conditions lead to snow before rain Saturday evening.
And forget about the recent New York fiasco, aided and abetted by its doughty mayor and sincerely earnest governor:
“There’s nothing to suggest it’s not happening,” National Weather Service meteorologist Ricky Castro said Saturday morning. “It’s not going to miss us like the heaviest snows missed New York City the other day. It’s not going to miss us.”
This time, they really, really mean it.
Teacher: I see the difference in educational privilege every day. I live it. I am disgusted by it. – The Washington Post
Kerry FIned for Not Shoveling Snow
Obama Attorney General Nominee Supported Partial-Birth Abortions | Truth Revolt
Meaning win or lose the nomination, that’s what she is.
Rauner’s right to work plans are not appreciated by some
Big Labor objects to Rauner’s worker-empowerment zones: (http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2015/01/28/rauner-blasts-labor-unions-for-states-woes-a-588002.html#.VMmY7CwfrIU)
“The Bruce Rauner that managed to mask his true feelings about working families for most of last year showed his true agenda today. Much like his past proposal to cut the minimum wage, he is now going after workers on all fronts by supporting Right To Work, attacking Unemployment Insurance and Workers Compensation, as well as prevailing wage and Project Labor Agreements that benefit both workers and the taxpayers.
Which working families is he talking about? The privileged ones whose union contracts insure them lots of money by way of wages etc. which are not and never will be available to the hoi polloi. Tsk, tsk.
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