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Post by cakewench on Jan 31, 2020 7:58:00 GMT -6
... the fuck?
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Post by jaygee on Jan 31, 2020 9:30:06 GMT -6
On a separate note, anyone been following the saga around American Dirt? Thoughts? The premise is that a Puerto Rican woman wrote a book about the border crossing experience of Mexican immigrants. I’ve read that’s both a very intriguing and fascinating story and also that it’s poorly written. She’s receiving death threats because she wrote this book and is not Latinx. The death threats are terrible. But also I keep in touch with an ungrad lit Prof I had in uni. She posted Myriam Gurbas review of the book which I recommend reading because it explains why Cummins is being seen through the lens of a Rachel Dolezal. Check out this excerpt below: tropicsofmeta.com/2019/12/12/pendeja-you-aint-steinbeck-my-bronca-with-fake-ass-social-justice-literature/To fit the messyanic bill, Cummins re-branded herself as a person of color. A glance at recent interviews shows Cummins now identifying as “Latinx,” her claim to this identity hinging on the existence of a Puerto Rican grandmother. Cummins, however, is still breaking in her Latinx-ness because four years ago, she wasn’t. I repeat: Four years ago, Cummins was white. “I don’t want to write about race,” Cummins wrote in a 2015 New York Times op-ed. “What I mean is, I really don’t want to write about race…I am white… I’ll never know the impotent rage of being profiled or encounter institutionalized hurdles to success because of my skin or hair or name.” Thank you for all this. I’ve been reading a lot about it and my head is spinning. It’s just frustrating that she gets to write this book and get it published and immediate success because of the Oprah label and so many Latinx writers with actual things to say on this topic can’t get anywhere. Plus there are portions that people say are lifted from other books.
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Post by jaygee on Jan 31, 2020 10:32:33 GMT -6
#1 this doctor could be a journalist #2 this is what happens when the robot person has to interact with people in the real world
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Post by jaygee on Jan 31, 2020 10:45:26 GMT -6
Holy shit. When the truth is so true.
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Post by athn64 on Jan 31, 2020 10:57:20 GMT -6
My rep ladies and gentleman. Man of the people
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Post by jaygee on Jan 31, 2020 11:05:00 GMT -6
My rep ladies and gentleman. Man of the people Whomever is running against him has their radio and TV ads set. My gosh. They don’t even pretend anymore.
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Post by athn64 on Jan 31, 2020 11:27:14 GMT -6
My rep ladies and gentleman. Man of the people
Whomever is running against him has their radio and TV ads set. My gosh. They don’t even pretend anymore. Betsy is the best! I helped campaign for her last time and she lost by a couple thousand votes (about a 20 point swing from the previous election). And he's done nothing but shoot himself in the foot this term. I have hopes. I'll be stumping for her again this year.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 31, 2020 11:50:10 GMT -6
The FBI is responding to an incident at M-A-L. Apparently an SUV broke thru some security points. Suspects are in custody.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 31, 2020 11:50:42 GMT -6
They broke thru TWO checkpoints.
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Post by byjove on Jan 31, 2020 11:52:04 GMT -6
They broke thru TWO checkpoints. The best security! The greatest security!
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 31, 2020 12:01:13 GMT -6
They broke thru TWO checkpoints. The best security! The greatest security! I know the Secret Service takes their mission very very seriously.
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT
that said, I dont think they care
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Post by byjove on Jan 31, 2020 12:12:14 GMT -6
A moment of perceived levity. A VA state senator tried to introduce a bill today to remove Alexandria and Arlington from the state of VA. It failed.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 31, 2020 12:18:38 GMT -6
A moment of perceived levity. A VA state senator tried to introduce a bill today to remove Alexandria and Arlington from the state of VA. It failed. because?
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Post by RajahMD on Jan 31, 2020 12:19:26 GMT -6
A moment of perceived levity. A VA state senator tried to introduce a bill today to remove Alexandria and Arlington from the state of VA. It failed. because? Probably along the lines of the R conspiracy that NOVA is the only reason why we're a blue state.
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Post by cakewench on Jan 31, 2020 13:51:01 GMT -6
Holy shit, you'll laugh until you cry when you realize they're serious.
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Post by elle on Jan 31, 2020 14:23:06 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Jan 31, 2020 14:23:36 GMT -6
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Post by athn64 on Jan 31, 2020 15:08:40 GMT -6
Holy shit, you'll laugh until you cry when you realize they're serious. And how exactly did the nut meet his demise?
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Post by cakewench on Jan 31, 2020 15:11:31 GMT -6
Holy shit, you'll laugh until you cry when you realize they're serious. And how exactly did the nut meet his demise?
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Post by athn64 on Jan 31, 2020 15:14:34 GMT -6
And how exactly did the nut meet his demise? Well, huh. That was odd. And QAnon is bananas.
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Post by jaygee on Jan 31, 2020 15:41:43 GMT -6
First case of novel corona virus just confirmed in northern CA.
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Post by jaygee on Jan 31, 2020 15:51:06 GMT -6
🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Post by jaygee on Jan 31, 2020 17:04:12 GMT -6
I’ve watched this 100 times. Look at Kamala’s face after she gets shushed by Chuck. I die.
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Jan 31, 2020 17:16:08 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2020 17:17:43 GMT -6
First case of novel corona virus just confirmed in northern CA. Ugghhh
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Post by Ls2012 on Jan 31, 2020 17:21:00 GMT -6
I’ve watched this 100 times. Look at Kamala’s face after she gets shushed by Chuck. I die. There's the laugh I needed today.
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Post by blurnette989 on Jan 31, 2020 17:39:54 GMT -6
The UK has left the EU. A lot won't change for the next 11 months while negotiations are ongoing, but damn. It's momentous and sad.
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Post by RajahMD on Jan 31, 2020 17:51:50 GMT -6
I’ve watched this 100 times. Look at Kamala’s face after she gets shushed by Chuck. I die. Did you notice how she elbowed the guy next to her? Like she was saying "whoops, Dad caught us, we best shush". I needed that laugh, thank you.
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Post by ktg on Jan 31, 2020 18:05:52 GMT -6
I’ve watched this 100 times. Look at Kamala’s face after she gets shushed by Chuck. I die. Did you notice how she elbowed the guy next to her? Like she was saying "whoops, Dad caught us, we best shush". I needed that laugh, thank you. THE GUY NEXT TO HER?! Excuse you that is the husband of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Connie schultz.
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Post by RajahMD on Jan 31, 2020 18:08:18 GMT -6
Did you notice how she elbowed the guy next to her? Like she was saying "whoops, Dad caught us, we best shush". I needed that laugh, thank you. THE GUY NEXT TO HER?! Excuse you that is the husband of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Connie schultz. All the old white men look the same to me. My bad. Plus I'm fighting a migraine and was too focused on my girl Kamala to even look at his face, lol.
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