CURRENT EVENTS July 14 - July 22

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superrific said:
I wouldn't count on Trump v. US protecting Barack. The Supreme Court refused to set forth any actual rule about what constituted official conduct, precisely so it could make case-by-case determinations based on their preferences.
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I don't count on SCOTUS for much. I also don't understand a coherent theory of the case against BO here, so it's hard to identify an act to evaluate as official vs unofficial. Unless the courts are completely gone, the Trump admin should want to avoid having the use of the levers of government to carry out personal vendettas considered an unofficial act.
 
TangledUpInBlue06 said:
I don't count on SCOTUS for much. I also don't understand a coherent theory of the case against BO here, so it's hard to identify an act to evaluate as official vs unofficial. Unless the courts are completely gone, the Trump admin should want to avoid having the use of the levers of government to carry out personal vendettas considered an unofficial act.
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What case? There's no case. It's not even allegations. The point is, though, that the Supreme Court will not explain itself in any way that allows its rulings to apply to Trump or his admin.
 
Ramrouser said:
That's my point. The stereotype is the hot tempered drunken Irishman, i.e. white guys. ND embraced it in their nickname and mascot.
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The original "Fighting Irish" were Union soldiers during the US Civil War and the event that largely pushed ND in favor of the Fighting Irish nickname was a visit to campus from an actual Irish freedom fighter. Add in that many of the original founders of ND were of Irish descent and that ND traditionally had a lot of Irish students, the name was taken as a point of Irish pride during a time when the Irish in the US were often discriminated against. The mascot, originally an Irish Terrier, became the mythical leprechaun.

www.nd.edu

What's in a Name

How the University of Notre Dame came to be called The Fighting Irish.
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Notre Dame Leprechaun - Wikipedia

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The nickname nor mascot are based in the "hot tempered drunken Irishman" stereotype and the only relationship the nickname/mascot could be construed to have with the stereotype is that a largely Irish school selected their nickname/mascot to counteract the bigoted stereotype.

In short, as with nearly every other topic upon which you opine, you are shown to be ignorant and a fool.
 
You must be a pretty angry guy to get this worked up over a post of mine about the ND mascot.

To quote your article:

"According to historian and author Murry Sperber, the most widely accepted explanation of how the nickname settled on Notre Dame sports teams is more gradual but still dramatic. During the 1910s and 1920s, stereotypes and ethnic slurs were openly expressed against immigrants, Catholics and Irish. The press often referred to Notre Dam teams as the Catholics - or worse, the Papists or Dirty Irish - because the school was largely populated by ethnic Catholic immigrants, many of them Irish. University leaders bristled at such descriptions, and school publicans called the team the Gold and Blue or the Notre Damers."

This was the Knute Rockne era. "Rockne may have been Norwegian, but he had the Irish flair for storytelling and drama. a natural salesman, he hired student press agents to tell the team's story. Some of them began using the 'Fighting Irish' nickname to characterize the underdog tenacity of his teams. THEY FOUND A WAY TO TURN THE DERISIVE TAUNT, WITH ITS SUGGESTION OF DRUNKEN BRAWLING (emphasis supplied), into an expression of triumph. Some students came to cherish the nickname. By owning the epithet, they transformed it into a symbol of pride."

I said in my post above that ND owned the stereotype and made it their own.
 

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.​

Descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites have been flagged for review in connection with an executive order from President Trump.

🎁 —> A Trump Executive Order Prompts Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans

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At Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, the Trump administration is set to review, and possibly remove or alter, signs about how climate change is causing sea levels to rise.

At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the administration will soon decide whether to take down exhibits on the brutality of slavery.

And at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in Florida, Trump officials are scrutinizing language about the imprisonment of Native Americans inside the Spanish stone fortress.

According to internal documents reviewed by The New York Times, employees of the National Park Service have flagged descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites for review in connection with President Trump’s directive to remove or cover up materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans.”…”
 
nycfan said:

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.​

Descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites have been flagged for review in connection with an executive order from President Trump.

🎁 —> A Trump Executive Order Prompts Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans

“
At Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, the Trump administration is set to review, and possibly remove or alter, signs about how climate change is causing sea levels to rise.

At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the administration will soon decide whether to take down exhibits on the brutality of slavery.

And at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in Florida, Trump officials are scrutinizing language about the imprisonment of Native Americans inside the Spanish stone fortress.

According to internal documents reviewed by The New York Times, employees of the National Park Service have flagged descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites for review in connection with President Trump’s directive to remove or cover up materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans.”…”
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I k ow I feel disparaged.
 
nycfan said:

FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response​



“… Ken Pagurek’s departure comes less than three weeks after a delayed FEMA response to catastrophic flooding in central Texas caused by bureaucratic hurdles put in place by the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the disaster response agency.

Pagurek told colleagues at FEMA that the delay was the tipping point that led to his voluntary departure after months of frustration with the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, according to two sources familiar with his thinking. It took more than 72 hours after the flooding for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network.

… “It is laughable that a career public employee, who claims to serve the American people, would choose to resign over our refusal to hastily approve a six-figure deployment contract without basic financial oversight,” another DHS spokesman said in a statement about Pagurek’s resignation. “We’re being responsible with taxpayer dollars, that’s our job.”…”
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Six figure deployment? What a fucking joke.
72 hours to send rescue workers is an eternity.
 
DEADPOOLXV said:
Drag me??? You cucks can’t stand someone with an opinion different than the sheeple group think here.

If you wanted honest discussion you wouldnt ignore posters and want every Conservative banned!!

Snowflake central is a better name for this place.

And the ones “laughing” are the reason you got your asses kicked in 2024 and the reason it’ll get kicked again in 2026!!!!
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Why are you still posting here? What need is it filling for you?
 
Ramrouser said:
You must be a pretty angry guy to get this worked up over a post of mine about the ND mascot.

To quote your article:

"According to historian and author Murry Sperber, the most widely accepted explanation of how the nickname settled on Notre Dame sports teams is more gradual but still dramatic. During the 1910s and 1920s, stereotypes and ethnic slurs were openly expressed against immigrants, Catholics and Irish. The press often referred to Notre Dam teams as the Catholics - or worse, the Papists or Dirty Irish - because the school was largely populated by ethnic Catholic immigrants, many of them Irish. University leaders bristled at such descriptions, and school publicans called the team the Gold and Blue or the Notre Damers."

This was the Knute Rockne era. "Rockne may have been Norwegian, but he had the Irish flair for storytelling and drama. a natural salesman, he hired student press agents to tell the team's story. Some of them began using the 'Fighting Irish' nickname to characterize the underdog tenacity of his teams. THEY FOUND A WAY TO TURN THE DERISIVE TAUNT, WITH ITS SUGGESTION OF DRUNKEN BRAWLING (emphasis supplied), into an expression of triumph. Some students came to cherish the nickname. By owning the epithet, they transformed it into a symbol of pride."

I said in my post above that ND owned the stereotype and made it their own.
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You have as much insight into my temperament as you do anything else.

ND didn't "own the stereotype", they based their mascot on other representations of the Irish as fighters and the only relationship to the stereotype is, at best, a secondary one that allowed the school to create a better reputation for Irish folks.

You claimed that the Fighting Irish are based on "the hot tempered drunken Irishman", which is simply factually incorrect.
 
nycfan said:
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“…Accordingly, the First Assistant United States Attorney in New Jersey has just been removed.

This Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges — especially when they threaten the President’s core Article II powers.”
 
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