Archive for 2023

OPEN THREAD: Why not?

THINK THIS WILL HELP? House Ways and Means Committee moves forward with bill to give states big incentives to go after Covid unemployment fraud much more aggressively and to extend the statute of limitations on such crimes to 10 years. There’s been an estimated $400 billion in fraudulent benefits paid out, so there’s a lot at stake.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, BIDEN ERA VERSION: Dishonor Code: What Happens When Cheating Becomes the Norm? “Students say they are getting ‘screwed over’ for sticking to the rules. Professors say students are acting like ‘tyrants.’ Then came ChatGPT . . .”

HEH: Blaise Ingoglia files bill to ‘cancel’ Democrat Party for past slavery stance.

Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, filed “The Ultimate Cancel Act” Tuesday to immediately de-certify any political party that previously advocated for slavery in their party platform.

“For years now, leftist activists have been trying to ‘cancel’ people and companies for things they have said or done in the past. This includes the removal of statues and memorials, and the renaming of buildings. Using this standard, it would be hypocritical not to cancel the Democrat Party itself for the same reason,” Ingoglia said.

The Democrat Party adopted pro-slavery positions into their platforms during the conventions of 1840, 1844, 1856, 1860, and 1864, according to a press release from Ingoglia.

“Some people want to have ‘uncomfortable conversations’ about certain subjects. Let’s have those conversations,” he said.

Let’s.

UNEXPECTEDLY! ‘I’m a Black Woman in America:’ Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Blames Election Loss on Racism, Sexism.

Chicago has been a Democrat-monopoly stronghold since 1931. The last time the city’s voters elected a Republican to be their mayor was 1927. Almost a century later, Lightfoot calling her (now thankfully former) constituents sexists and racists is yet another reminder of how out of touch she was. Similarly, her administration being forced to deal with a pandemic that it was completely unprepared for simply “accelerated the contradictions,” as her fellow socialists like to say.

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