THE MORNING RANT: Case Filed with Supreme Court Addresses if Civil Rights Act of 1964 Applies to Discrimination Against Whites (and this case is personal)

Does Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance - protect white individuals from racial discrimination, in addition to protecting minorities? The Supreme Court may soon weigh in.

A petition for a writ of certiorari has been filed with the Supreme Court (e.g. a request for the Supreme Court to hear the case) in the matter of Brooks Warden versus the Austin Independent School District (“AISD”. Brooks is being represented by the Center for American Liberty, which was founded by Harmeet Dhillon. This is the same Harmeet Dhillon who was just confirmed a few days ago by the U.S. Senate as the new Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Also on Brooks’ legal team is attorney Ilya Shapiro. They constitute some nice legal firepower

You won’t believe the r*cist comment a Texas principal made at Brooks Warden (a middle schooler at the time). He explains on @drphil �� We’re proud to represent Brooks and protect his civil liberties! pic.twitter.com/EQSniJ58nq
— Center for American Liberty (@Liberty_Ctr) April 7, 2025

Before I go any further, I’d like to note that as important as this case is for the country, it’s also a bit personal to me, because the minor - just 12 years old at the time - who was the victim of institutional racial oppression at taxpayer funded public schools is also the son of personal friends of mine. I became friends with Monte and Brandi Warden not because of politics, but because of shared musical interests. However, when Monte, Brandi, my wife, and I met for coffee recently, the SCOTUS filing involving their son was obviously a major source of discussion.

This is a case the Supreme Court needs to hear, and I am proud to use my forum here at Ace of Spades HQ to advocate for it being accepted by the Supremes. The greater the awareness and visibility of this case, then perhaps there is a greater likelihood it will be heard at the highest court in the land. It is preposterous that 61 years after the Civil Rights Act was passed, there are still school districts that tolerate racial discrimination against students at the hands of their faculty.

Rather than re-summarize the circumstances, I am going to quote from a few sources and also link to Brooks’ and Monte’s recent appearance on the Dr. Phil show to discuss this case.

First, here is a summary of the situation by Brooks Warden’s father, Monte:

Some of y'all know that Brooks has a case currently being considered before The United States Supreme Court. Brooks and I recently sat down with Dr. Phil in an exclusive one-on-one primetime interview to discuss the details of the case.
Briefly, Brooks has endured this nine years (and counting) long case against AISD that involves abuse, bullying, and discrimination beginning when he was a 12-year old child in 2016 - simply for being a little boy who supported Donald Trump. The 2016 election kicked off a four-year campaign of hostility and abuse, discrimination, and harassment over his race, faith, and viewpoints that spanned three separate principals and two campuses (O. Henry MS and Austin High) culminating with a beating and a death-threat in 2020. The crux of the case is this gross mistreatment was not just from students but was LED BY THE GROWN UPS (teachers, administrators, principals). If you're wondering, these are NOT 'alleged instances' - AISD has NEVER disputed ANYTHING they, or anyone, did to Brooks in his complaint.
I ask you to please remember when you think of Brooks as this thriving 21-year old man now, that these people came after an innocent little boy.
Y'all know I never bring politics to my work or music - still don't and won't - MY politics are irrelevant here (and don't assume you know what they are) - even Brooks' politics are irrelevant - the ONLY people whose politics ARE relevant are those who feel they needed to express and defend their ideology by abusing a child. This is NOT just a political issue either, but also discrimination that involved Brooks' race AND faith at every turn. That's against the law. You see friends, there is NO reverse discrimination - only discrimination - and it's ALWAYS wrong – it’s especially despicable when grown-ups do this to a child.
I gotta tell you, its amazing when you wake up one mornin' and realize your youngest son is the bravest man you've ever known. Brooks has stayed in a fight most would have never had the courage to ever begin or wage. He has literally shed his own blood doing so. Brandi and I proudly stand with him.
How the Hell do we need The United States Supreme Court to step in and tell people, you can't abuse/humiliate/discriminate against/harass a little boy? - EVER. FOR. ANY. REASON.

There is much more, as detailed in this Federalist piece from February, “Texan Allegedly Bullied By School Over His Skin Color, Trump Support Asks Supreme Court To Take His Case” and in the Dr. Phil video embedded further below.

Among the abuses claimed by Brooks were a teacher calling him a racial slur; the Principal mocking Brooks and accusing him of listening to Dixie while wearing a headset; the Student Council President circulating a picture of Brooks as a Klansman; another student promising to kill Brooks and all Trump supporters; and a student beating Brooks up in a classroom while the teacher watched. That student is later alleged to have boasted about assaulting Brooks because of his race. As Brooks’ father documented above, the Austin Independent School District never disputed or refuted any of this, they just chose to ignore the Wardens’ pleas to make it stop.

The school district subsequently chose to ignore legal demands until the case escalated to the 5th Circuit Court, which held an en banc hearing at which the AISD finally acknowledged that they “regret” what happened to Brooks Warden. The court’s ruling was a 9-9 split, favoring neither party, and the case has now been filed at the Supreme Court.

For you legal eagles, the actual Supreme Court petition is at this link, which includes the following quote:

Finally, as Judge Ho discussed in his en banc dissent below, societal acceptance of racism against white individuals is a national issue of growing concern. The acquiescence to—and, in some cases, celebration of—overt racist acts toward white people is a troubling feature of our culture that has become all too common. Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act to eliminate race-based discrimination within its ambit in its entirety. In so doing, Congress did not intend to limit its protections only to non-whites. As Judge Ho explained below, dismissing Brooks’s complaint as implausible is yet another example of this growing—and disturbing—trend. The en banc Fifth Circuit’s failure to reach even a bare majority as to the correct standard for racial harassment claims under Title VI reflects the need for this Court’s intervention. If allowed to stand, the decisions below will sow further confusion among the lower federal courts, and Brooks will be denied the opportunity to hold AISD accountable for its discrimination against him.

This Dr. Phil interview of Brooks and Monte Warden is well worth your time. I encourage you to watch it. You’ll also see what a decent young man Brooks Warden is.

Let’s all hope that the Supreme Court takes this case and finally ends the nasty institutional racism that continues to fester in this country. As Monte Warden stated, ”there is no reverse discrimination - only discrimination - and it's always wrong.”

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 Oh my

Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2025 11:00 AM (Cki93)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:01 AM (8JE3Q)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at April 11, 2025 11:01 AM (CQE5S)

4 Miner!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 11, 2025 11:02 AM (cwI6g)

5 Willowed:

Do NOT underestimate Jasmine Crockett.

She grew up in a very well to do area. Went to the nicest schools in St. Louis. Mary Institute, St. Louis Country Day School & Rosati-Kain, an all girls Catholic high school. Crockett is Baptist.

2003 graduated Rhodes College with a BA in Business Administration. 2006 completed law school and became a public defender for Bowie County.

Her district covers most of Souf Dallas County, Central Dallas, Love Field Airport.

Later formed an ambulance chasing lawsuit firm and pro bono cases for Black Lives Matter activists.

Her whole schtick of Mammy the Oaks Cliffs thug is a put on

Do NOT underestimate her at all.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:03 AM (8JE3Q)

6 It's a tax

Posted by: John Roberts at April 11, 2025 11:04 AM (Ifjue)

7 Not surprised. Judge Jumanji might kill him.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 11, 2025 11:05 AM (pZ64F)

8

~bat, bat,, bat-bat-bat~

Posted by: Jasmine Crocketts' Eye Lashes at April 11, 2025 11:06 AM (5hfjS)

9 >>. . .I gotta tell you, its amazing when you wake up one mornin' and realize your youngest son is the bravest man you've ever known. Brooks has stayed in a fight most would have never had the courage to ever begin or wage. He has literally shed his own blood doing so. Brandi and I proudly stand with him.

What a wonderful expression of support for his son.
Brooks is exceptional, and clearly his parents are, too.

This is why it's so depressing when parents such as the Metcalfs immediately forgive and excuse the boy who's just killed their son. Why is there no support for their son in death? Why not a full-throated defense of his life and actions the way Brooks' parents are doing here?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2025 11:06 AM (Cki93)

10 Burn AISD to the ground and piss on their ashes.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:06 AM (8JE3Q)

11 The only way to remedy past discrimination against one race is to discriminate against a different race.

That is, discrimination is not a problem at all. You just have to be on the correct side.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 11, 2025 11:06 AM (bufu1)

12 good luck to him on this. I have little faith in the court.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 11, 2025 11:07 AM (nXhwP)

13 >>> protect white individuals from racial discrimination, in addition to protecting minorities?

It does. This is well established case law. In fact, many of the plaintiffs in famous CRA of 1964 cases were white men.

That said, it is absolutely applied differently at the trial court level. I have dealt with it personally (as an attorney).

I had a black woman judge question me relentlessly at oral arguments for a motion to dismiss about what I was alleging with a client (she eventually said "oooh so like a kind of reverse sexism claim?"). Case was dismissed.

Basically a black male was being horribly sexually harassed by a fat white woman boss, he complained and was terminated for complaining.

If the genders were reversed, slam dunk case. Definitely a case that should have, in any sane universe, survived motion to dismiss.

That said, even if SCOTUS says "yes, of course it applies to everyone", trial court judges will continue to enforce the law as they see fit.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:07 AM (uCjyK)

14 Unbelievable… Austin apparently is a blue shithole?

Buck - Since you know the parents: Did they know all this was going on at the time? If so I assume they spoke with the offending adults to no avail?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 11, 2025 11:07 AM (i5Vkf)

15 Sadly the courts seem uninterested in cases like this. The courts being racist and all. Or partisan. And likely both.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2025 11:09 AM (Q4IgG)

16 The fact that the 5th is split 50/50 on this is disturbing.

Posted by: Reforger at April 11, 2025 11:09 AM (xcIvR)

17 This is one of those cases that had damn well better be voted 9-0 in favor of that young man.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 11, 2025 11:09 AM (svLOV)

18 That principal seems like a nice person.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 11, 2025 11:09 AM (MGB5H)

19 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

20 This is why it's so depressing when parents such as the Metcalfs immediately forgive and excuse the boy who's just killed their son. Why is there no support for their son in death? Why not a full-throated defense of his life and actions the way Brooks' parents are doing here?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2025 11:06 AM (Cki93)

Because they are cucks?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2025 11:10 AM (8zz6B)

21 “Growing concern”

Um, yeah. Since about 1975 lol

Let’s not rush into anything folks, wouldn’t be prudent

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 11:10 AM (Iu0zc)

22 I remember being a yute when my dad heard the "reverse discrimination" media bullshit on a TV news broadcast.

To say he exploded at the TV is putting it lightly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)

23 This is one of those cases that had damn well better be voted 9-0 in favor of that young man.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 11, 2025 11:09 AM (svLOV

Why do I feel like, at best, it'll be 8-1?

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 11, 2025 11:10 AM (MGB5H)

24 Anyone who says "I can't be racist, I'm black", or who agrees with the sentiment, deserves a judicial horsewhipping. We have tolerated this crap for 60 years too long.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:10 AM (xCA6C)

25 11 The only way to remedy past discrimination against one race is to discriminate against a different race.

That is, discrimination is not a problem at all. You just have to be on the correct side.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 11, 2025 11:06 AM (bufu1)

That seems to be the case. All of the people eloquently arguing that discrimination was fundamentally terrible and unfair and hurt our country and economy etc etc etc are now the loudest ones in favor of discrimination.

You know what I'd like to see? Some kind of federal law against nepotism. (I know it would be damned near impossible to enforce).

Because the white people pushing this shit the hardest are from well connected families, and their kids will never have a problem getting a job because the dads play golf with the CEO of Pepsi or whatever the fuck, and all of the parents went to prep school and college together.

So now unless you're a nepo baby or a "person of color" (including Indians and Chinese), you are competing for jobs on a very unfair playing field.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:11 AM (uCjyK)

26 I'm a different kind of Dad. Any adult school employee engaging in this would be gumming their Maypo for the rest of their lives.

Posted by: Happy Harry at April 11, 2025 11:11 AM (G5+As)

27 Because they are cucks?
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Yep.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 11, 2025 11:11 AM (pZ64F)

28 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 mentions the word color, but never mentions a specific color.

Democrats seem to forget that, a lot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

29 This is why it's so depressing when parents such as the Metcalfs immediately forgive and excuse the boy who's just killed their son. Why is there no support for their son in death? Why not a full-throated defense of his life and actions the way Brooks' parents are doing here?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2025 11:06 AM (Cki93)

What I've read, the mom isn't having any of that shit. The dad, on the other hand.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

30 Willowed
>>>My grandfather died in a mine collapse in Pennsylvania. He got his men out, was last to leave but didn't make it.
Posted by: Moki at April 11, 2025 10:57 AM (wLjpr)

--

When men were Men. That's a great legacy you have. Reminds of the hit song "Big John", by Jimmy Dean

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 11, 2025 11:12 AM (KY7HO)

31 Democrats have never changed, not once.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:12 AM (RhGZw)

32 Can Texas file this case? The Governor doesn't have standing.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 11, 2025 11:12 AM (IBKq8)

33 >>Because they are cucks?

Because they've bought into the idea that either racism against whites doesn't exist, or that to say it out loud is raaaacist?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2025 11:12 AM (Cki93)

34
Why do I feel like, at best, it'll be 8-1?
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 11, 2025 11:10 AM (MGB5H)

It will be ruled against 7-2.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

35 It will be ruled against 7-2.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

^^^

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:13 AM (VoAdT)

36 depressing when parents such as the Metcalfs immediately forgive and excuse the boy who's just killed their son. Why
———

A lot of that is very strong “suggestions” by outfits like the F.B.I., Or anodyne press releases. Are the parents on video giving a tearful heartfelt apology in person for their son being murdered?

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 11:13 AM (Iu0zc)

37 US Attorney Alina Habba has promised to investigate and prosecute any politician who tries to impede the lawful functions of ICE.

First on her list: Gov. Phil Murphy (Communist-NJ).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2025 11:13 AM (W5ArC)

38 This is great!

Posted by: Zombie Charles Manson at April 11, 2025 11:13 AM (PiwSw)

39 That 9-9 decision by the 5th Circuit is deeply troubling. I guess the leftists are convinced that they can continue to treat whites in this country as second-class (or worse) citizens and nothing bad will happen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2025 11:13 AM (ExV1e)

40 Basically a black male was being horribly sexually harassed by a fat white woman boss, he complained and was terminated for complaining.

If the genders were reversed, slam dunk case. Definitely a case that should have, in any sane universe, survived motion to dismiss.

That said, even if SCOTUS says "yes, of course it applies to everyone", trial court judges will continue to enforce the law as they see fit.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

Claim tranny. Then he's golden.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:14 AM (8JE3Q)

41 No white!

Posted by: Amy Coney Barrett at April 11, 2025 11:14 AM (l3YAf)

42 I'd bet that when/if the racial demographic of Congress shifts away from being predominantly old and white the predominantly old and white judiciary gets a bit concerned about all this.

Until then... nada.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (Q4IgG)

43
First on her list: Gov. Phil Murphy (Communist-NJ).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2025 11:13 AM (W5ArC)

Call me when there's actually a punishment of substance leveed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)

44 Jasmine Crockett is an idiot.
Just because she dropped her uptalking valley girl cadence for a fake eyelashes sucker punching waffle house ratchet persona doesn't mean she's like some machiavellian genius she's a pandering nitwit who fell upwards her entre life because of her race.

Posted by: Cmonman at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (7kZ8R)

45 > 14 Unbelievable… Austin apparently is a blue shithole?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 11, 2025 11:07 AM (i5Vkf)

Austin is an inflamed pustule full of Portland on the ass of the Great State of Texas.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (W5ArC)

46 If the SC votes on this case then we will finally see which ones are racist.

Posted by: Thatch at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (bbi0+)

47 That playing field ain't ever going to be "level" until our asses are allllll the way off it.

"Fair" is just a place you go for funnel cakes and a freak show.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (VoAdT)

48 I read the petition. Lots of misinformation about this case. The question on appeal is not what's being reported. This case has very little to do with racial discrimination against whites. In theory, it's already established that you can't discriminate against whites. The issue on appeal is clearly stated in the petition itself:

"Whether a plaintiff can state a claim for racial
harassment under Title VI even if the 'primary impetus'
for the harassment was the plaintiff's political views."

This is a political views case. What happened is that a white kid wore a MAGA hat in a predominantly Hispanic school district. He was bullied and ostracized as a result. He sued, but eventually lost on the grounds that it was impossible to know whether it was his political views that were being discriminated against, or his race.

So he's asking the SC to consider whether he can still claim racial discrimination if a main reason for the discrimination was political.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

49 When whites become the minority at any school, pull your kids out if you can. It's all downhill from there. The anti-white racism is baked into the cake and starts at the earliest grades.

Posted by: brak at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (jGJov)

50 When men were Men. That's a great legacy you have. Reminds of the hit song "Big John", by Jimmy Dean

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 11, 2025 11:12 AM (KY7HO)

The sausage king of Texas?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

51 16 The fact that the 5th is split 50/50 on this is disturbing.
Posted by: Reforger at April 11, 2025 11:09 AM (xcIvR)

I don't know the procedural posturing of this case, but I have to imagine the real question here is does this rise to the level of racial discrimination required?

There are different considerations at play when a school discriminates against someone for their political views (Tinker vs. Des Moines and the progeny there).

What music you listen to is not a protected category, although there are cases where racial bias has been found due to music (work places banning rap music, but allowing country music for example could be seen as being driven by racial animus)

And the principal calling him a racial slur -- one isolated incident may not be enough under the CRA.

That said, there does seem to be a much lower burden when it comes to discrimination against black people than white people. For example, I've seen cases where a manager merely complimented a black womans hair, the black woman was later fired, and the action moved far enough to get a good settlement for the plaintiff for racial discrimination.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:16 AM (uCjyK)

52 Jasmine Crockett is an idiot.
Just because she dropped her uptalking valley girl cadence for a fake eyelashes sucker punching waffle house ratchet persona doesn't mean she's like some machiavellian genius she's a pandering nitwit who fell upwards her entre life because of her race.

I'll bet she knows how to punctuate.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:16 AM (xCA6C)

53 Jasmine Crockett is an idiot.
Just because she dropped her uptalking valley girl cadence for a fake eyelashes sucker punching waffle house ratchet persona doesn't mean she's like some machiavellian genius she's a pandering nitwit who fell upwards her entre life because of her race.
Posted by: Cmonman at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (7kZ8R)

Didn't she recently admit that she's 100% a DEI hire?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

54 Austin apparently is a blue shithole?

Were you unaware? We've been pretty open about that.

It's the state Capital plus home to multiple universities. Plus, now it's the tech hub of Texas with lots of Cali imports. It was a blue before but it's gotten way worse over the years.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2025 11:16 AM (ExV1e)

55 This was all part of the long-range plan, to use opressed victim status to become the oppressors. I doubt that the Supreme Court will disrupt their plans.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 11, 2025 11:16 AM (KY7HO)

56 This is a political views case. What happened is that a white kid wore a MAGA hat in a predominantly Hispanic school district. He was bullied and ostracized as a result. He sued, but eventually lost on the grounds that it was impossible to know whether it was his political views that were being discriminated against, or his race.

So he's asking the SC to consider whether he can still claim racial discrimination if a main reason for the discrimination was political.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

That makes sense, and I probably should have read the petition before commenting.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:17 AM (uCjyK)

57 Crap like this is why "DAS RAYSIS!" no longer holds any power. We don't care any more.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 11, 2025 11:17 AM (svLOV)

58 In 1965 Sen. Kennedy assured Americans that the new immigration reforms wouldn’t change the racial balance of the United States. I guess it was OK to talk about such things in those days? Even back then, it was “too white” or something.

Anyhoo, the immigration moratorium enacted in the 1920s was enacted largely as a result of anarchists and bomb throwers. Kind of like what we have now, come to think of it.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 11:17 AM (Iu0zc)

59 Linus: The parents met with the school repeatedly. They weren’t in any way seeking legal action. They just wanted the abuse to stop. It didn’t, so the parents escalated.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at April 11, 2025 11:17 AM (p6zRz)

60 Why do you think Hollywood presents whites the way they do? They are in the middle of a 50 year campaign to justify genocide and are creating the army that will sanction it.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:18 AM (RhGZw)

61 Why do I feel like, at best, it'll be 8-1?
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 11, 2025 11:10 AM (MGB5H)

Why do I feel like, at best, it'll be 6-3?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2025 11:18 AM (ExV1e)

62 "Fair" is just a place you go for funnel cakes and a freak show.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Freak shows are passe'. Just go to Walmart.

Posted by: Schlitzie the Pinhead at April 11, 2025 11:18 AM (G5+As)

63 Jasmine Crockett is an idiot.
Just because she dropped her uptalking valley girl cadence for a fake eyelashes sucker punching waffle house ratchet persona doesn't mean she's like some machiavellian genius she's a pandering nitwit who fell upwards her entre life because of her race.

I'll bet she knows how to punctuate.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:16 AM (xCA6C)

Some bitches don't deserve punctuation.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:19 AM (RhGZw)

64 New inflation numbers out this morning, and way lower...unexpectedly, having started dropping for some reason in late January.

May the lord bless this family and SCOTUS take their case. We are all equal before the law, or should be, no matter what Democrats say.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 11, 2025 11:20 AM (Qltpy)

65 It's sad the kids' parents subjected him to the near decade of abuse without either removing him from the school system or training him in the use of force to defend himself.

Choking out your female baboon teacher goes a lot further than some stupid court case.

Posted by: It Is What It Is at April 11, 2025 11:20 AM (b34po)

66 Jasmine Crockett is an idiot.
Just because she dropped her uptalking valley girl cadence for a fake eyelashes sucker punching waffle house ratchet persona doesn't mean she's like some machiavellian genius she's a pandering nitwit who fell upwards her entre life because of her race.
Posted by: Cmonman at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (7kZ8R)

Frederick Douglass and many others would have despised her thinking.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 11, 2025 11:20 AM (kTd/k)

67 > The sausage king of Texas?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

Any of my fellow 29-year-olds remember when Jimmy Dean had a syndicated variety show, which spent a lot of its airtime promoting his eponymous sausage?

Sharp cookie. The man parlayed his one-hit-wonder into an Empire of Meat.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2025 11:20 AM (W5ArC)

68 I read the petition.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

Traitor.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2025 11:21 AM (ExV1e)

69 Crockett is a rich girl who has an excellent education, and chooses to use it to pander and race hustle when it's convenient.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 11, 2025 11:21 AM (KY7HO)

70 50 When men were Men. That's a great legacy you have. Reminds of the hit song "Big John", by Jimmy Dean
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 11, 2025 11:12 AM (KY7HO)

The sausage king of Texas?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

That guy is, if you'll pardon my language, a putz.

Posted by: Abe Froman at April 11, 2025 11:21 AM (JCZqz)

71 On the bright side SXSW is dying out and the current state of Austin is not sustainable.

Posted by: City Has Reached The Limit at April 11, 2025 11:21 AM (G5+As)

72 Can Jasmine Crockett write cursive?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (gm9Sb)

73 This has to stop. I have been actively discriminated against for my entire life. The reason I don't have a law degree has nothing to do with my test scores.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (lTGtQ)

74 What is the demographic make-up of the student bodies of O. Henry MS and Austin High?

Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (/iMjX)

75 I went to Austin a few times in 2017-2018. Homeless everywhere. It looked like San Francisco circa 2013 or so.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (l3YAf)

76 Dow Jones extends its sale.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (IBKq8)

77 Posted by: It Is What It Is at April 11, 2025 11:20 AM (b34po)
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Holy moly, what a comment. Somebody needs their brain washed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (Qltpy)

78 As I’ve said before here, blue cities are blue cities. Doesn’t matter what state they’re in. It’s the same people running Austin or Houston or St Louis, Seattle or San Francisco. What state they happen to be in is irrelevant.

They’re all scum.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (xHYkz)

79 "Fair" is just a place you go for funnel cakes and a freak show.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Freaks is a great flic.

Posted by: Bulg at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

80 72 Can Jasmine Crockett write cursive?

I be writing curses all the damn time, motherf*cka.

Posted by: Jasmine Crockett at April 11, 2025 11:23 AM (b34po)

81 How many of the "hispanics" in that school were old-line Texicans, and how many were wetbacks?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2025 11:23 AM (8zz6B)

82 Crockett is a rich girl who has an excellent education, and chooses to use it to pander and race hustle when it's convenient.

It's especially reprehensible because she was given opportunities to become something, and now she's pushing the exact excuse-making and societal dysfunction that causes so many blacks to fail.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:23 AM (xCA6C)

83 79 "Fair" is just a place you go for funnel cakes and a freak show.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Freaks is a great flic.
Posted by: Bulg at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

goooble gobble....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:23 AM (VoAdT)

84 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2025 11:24 AM (aHfB6)

85 Jimmy Dean sausage. Two pounds ground venison, one pound Jimmy Dean's finest. Best meatloaf evah.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 11, 2025 11:24 AM (gm9Sb)

86 Choking out your female baboon teacher goes a lot further than some stupid court case.

Zimbabwe? Niger? One of you African countries with baboons. You want preferred trade status with the US? Get me strangling female baboon teachers on the Gorilla Channel, and we can make a deal.

Posted by: Donald Trump at April 11, 2025 11:24 AM (JCZqz)

87 goooble gobble....
Posted by: Warai-otoko

One of us! One of us!

Love that movie.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 11, 2025 11:24 AM (svLOV)

88 77 Posted by: It Is What It Is at April 11, 2025 11:20 AM (b34po)
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Holy moly, what a comment. Somebody needs their brain washed.

I think it's Scogg. Ignore him.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:24 AM (xCA6C)

89 This is a political views case. What happened is that a white kid wore a MAGA hat in a predominantly Hispanic school district. He was bullied and ostracized as a result. He's asking the SC to consider whether he can still claim racial discrimination if a main reason for the discrimination was political.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

That makes sense, and I probably should have read the petition before commenting.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:17 AM (uCjyK)
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It's a well-written petition and, I think, an important issue. As noted above, it's already established that the kid would have a case (in theory) if he was discriminated against because he was white. So the school said "nah, it wasn't his race we were shitting on, it was his MAGA views!"

Almost any racial discrimination case can be turned into a political views case, to try to avoid liability. And, in fairness, political discrim is a real thing; even minorities can be discriminated against because of their political views (eg, that kid on the subway). So the issue is important. Sadly, I think the SC will punt on it for now.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:25 AM (iFTx/)

90 Crockett is a tool. She's being used. Her script changes depending on the circumstances and audience. When she's coached to be pissed off (which apparently is a lot) she devolves into the "angry ghetto chick."

AOC was/is much the same. Her lines are also scripted for her.

I mean, the relative intelligence of most of the members of Congress is pretty low. They're all being managed/coached at some level.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2025 11:25 AM (Q4IgG)

91 The schools are where this battle needs to be fought. This is where the brainwashing starts that creates mindless zombies we are dealing with today on any number of issues including this one.

I went to middle school in NJ a number of years after the 1964 civil rights case. As often happens, the pendulum swung way too far and resulted in idiotic policies and beliefs. In the case of my school it resulted in 2 principals, a white one for the white kids and a black one for the black kids. I am not joking. If a fight between a black kid and a white kid happened the black kid went to the black principal and the white kid to the white. Unsurprisingly, the punishments were not equal and you don't have to think hard how it turned out.

Colorblind is for everyone. Black racism is just as prevalent, maybe more, than white and just as wrong.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2025 11:25 AM (LkLld)

92 Crockett is a tool. She's being used. Her script changes depending on the circumstances and audience. When she's coached to be pissed off (which apparently is a lot) she devolves into the "angry ghetto chick."

AOC was/is much the same. Her lines are also scripted for her.

I mean, the relative intelligence of most of the members of Congress is pretty low. They're all being managed/coached at some level.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2025 11:25 AM (Q4IgG)

And they're fine with that because they know they will come out of this whole thing as MILLIONAIRES.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

93 The principle involved isn't whether whites may be discriminated against, it's whether race may be the basis for discrimination.

Choose wisely, for the principle will become precedent in way not intended.

Posted by: Minuteman at April 11, 2025 11:26 AM (47/pr)

94 Any of my fellow 29-year-olds remember when Jimmy Dean had a syndicated variety show, which spent a lot of its airtime promoting his eponymous sausage?

Sharp cookie. The man parlayed his one-hit-wonder into an Empire of Meat.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2025 11:20 AM (W5ArC)

I always thought Jimmy Dean was a fake brand name, like Betty Crocker or Aunt Jemima. I learned something today!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 11:26 AM (l3YAf)

95 Freaks is a great flic.
Posted by: Bulg at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

goooble gobble....
Posted by: Warai-otoko

No....NOOOOO! It was too close to "gobble gobble", and now I'm having flashbacks of this Razzy winning turkey:
https://tinyurl.com/2vhvsr42

Posted by: Movie Moron at April 11, 2025 11:27 AM (JCZqz)

96 Any of my fellow 29-year-olds remember when Jimmy Dean had a syndicated variety show, which spent a lot of its airtime promoting his eponymous sausage?

Sharp cookie. The man parlayed his one-hit-wonder into an Empire of Meat.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2025 11:20 AM (W5ArC)

----

Yes, I remember. I was often called "Big John", (sarcastically?) because I was tall ... and oh so scrawny.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 11, 2025 11:27 AM (zYzyY)

97 I don't think it matters why the adults were harassing the kid or why the other kid was allowed to beat him up.

That's assault and battery.

Those are crimes.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 11, 2025 11:27 AM (hB7mE)

98 I don't see how any nose-in-the-air sniffing by assholes in robes about what the definition of "discrimination" is changes the fact that assault is assault.

Forget discrimination. The school let one of their wards be violently assaulted, and appears to have actually condoned the assault.

That ought to be all you need to know to bury them, Title VI or no.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:28 AM (VoAdT)

99 Will wipipo be able to use all the same words the rap singers do?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2025 11:28 AM (nCT2K)

100 Jasmine Crockett's Wiki Page:

https://tinyurl.com/bdeutkx4

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:28 AM (8JE3Q)

101 An inartful comment.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:28 AM (RhGZw)

102 Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 11, 2025 11:27 AM (hB7mE)

Yeah, what he said.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:28 AM (VoAdT)

103 Yes, I remember. I was often called "Big John", (sarcastically?) because I was tall ... and oh so scrawny.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 11, 2025 11:27 AM (zYzyY)

You asked for it....... You all asked for it......

https://youtu.be/KnnHprUGKF0

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

104 Sending a child to public school should be considered abuse.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2025 11:29 AM (/U5Yz)

105 The man parlayed his one-hit-wonder into an Empire of Meat

I saw Empire of Meat open up for the Angry Vegans at One Step Beyond. Great show.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 11, 2025 11:30 AM (svLOV)

106 The best way to end discrimination is to stop discriminating.

Posted by: Grump928(C) repeats himself at April 11, 2025 11:30 AM (jc0TO)

107 82 Crockett is a rich girl who has an excellent education, and chooses to use it to pander and race hustle when it's convenient.

It's especially reprehensible because she was given opportunities to become something, and now she's pushing the exact excuse-making and societal dysfunction that causes so many blacks to fail.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:23 AM (xCA6C)

In other words, this is the story of Obama.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 11, 2025 11:30 AM (bDGY8)

108 It is always the same in every country, from Rwanda to Cuba to China, Russia, Germany, Yugoslavia, Cambodia, same playbook every time.

“Otherize” a particular race or ethnicity or political persuasion, religion etc, demonization. “All of our problems are because of …. “

This starts in the press, or academia, and is eventually the proscriptions are codified into law. The Balkans was a recent example. Sarajevo hosted the Olympics, and just a couple years later was under siege, and artillery fire.

Pol Pot was educated in the West - in France. He managed to kill off 20% of the population. Governments in the 20th century murder somewhere around 100 million - and that’s not counting the wars!

When the press and academia starts calling everybody Nazis and existential threats, they are laying a foundation for later bloodshed.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 11:30 AM (Iu0zc)

109 82 Crockett is a rich girl who has an excellent education, and chooses to use it to pander and race hustle when it's convenient.

It's especially reprehensible because she was given opportunities to become something, and now she's pushing the exact excuse-making and societal dysfunction that causes so many blacks to fail.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:23 AM (xCA6C)

Ironically, it's the only reason she succeeds.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 11, 2025 11:30 AM (KbCG3)

110 Crockett is a tool. She's being used. Her script changes depending on the circumstances and audience. When she's coached to be pissed off (which apparently is a lot) she devolves into the "angry ghetto chick."

AOC was/is much the same. Her lines are also scripted for her.

I mean, the relative intelligence of most of the members of Congress is pretty low. They're all being managed/coached at some level.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

If she's a tool, she's a Milwaukee to a Sheila Jackson Lee - Harbor Freight Braun.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:31 AM (8JE3Q)

111 The best way to end discrimination is to stop discriminating.
Posted by: Grump928(C) repeats himself at April 11, 2025 11:30 AM (jc0TO)

There are other ways.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:31 AM (RhGZw)

112 74 What is the demographic make-up of the student bodies of O. Henry MS and Austin High?

Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (/iMjX)

I’d guess 75% Hispanic.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:32 AM (xHYkz)

113 It's a well-written petition and, I think, an important issue. As noted above, it's already established that the kid would have a case (in theory) if he was discriminated against because he was white. So the school said "nah, it wasn't his race we were shitting on, it was his MAGA views!"

Almost any racial discrimination case can be turned into a political views case, to try to avoid liability. And, in fairness, political discrim is a real thing; even minorities can be discriminated against because of their political views (eg, that kid on the subway). So the issue is important. Sadly, I think the SC will punt on it for now.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:25 AM (iFTx/)

Political views are not protected, typically, at the federal law. In NY, they somewhat are (union activism and working for a political campaign are, but just general "this guy voted for Trump, so I'm firing him" typically isn't).

So then the case comes down to was the discrimination against his political views pretextual for discrimination based on race.

Those "marginal" cases tend to break one way for white people and another way for others.

But idk what SCOTUS can do here.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:32 AM (uCjyK)

114 Didn't hispanics support Trump by surprisingly large margins nationwide?

Where are the hispanic kids in this school who got "outed" as MAGA and suffered the same abuse?

Do we have that data point?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (VoAdT)

115 Sending a child to public school should be considered abuse.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2025 11:29 AM (/U5Yz)

We both wanted to work more so that we could buy more stuff, rather than raise our child. We needed the school to babysit our kid.

You would do the same thing, don't be judgmental.

Posted by: Parents at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (b34po)

116 Crockett is a rich girl who has an excellent education, and chooses to use it to pander and race hustle when it's convenient.

It's especially reprehensible because she was given opportunities to become something, and now she's pushing the exact excuse-making and societal dysfunction that causes so many blacks to fail.
Posted by: Archimedes

In other words, this is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

And underestimate Obama at your own risk.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (8JE3Q)

117 Recent demopgraphic mix at Austin High School (from the AISD website

White 52.4%
Hispanic 37.8%
Two or More Races 4.7%
African American 2.7%
Asian 2.2%
American Indian 0.1%
Pacific Islander 0.1%

Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (/iMjX)

118
Where are the hispanic kids in this school who got "outed" as MAGA and suffered the same abuse?

Do we have that data point?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (VoAdT)

The media hates brown.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (Zz0t1)

119 I'm man enough to admit that I thought "Big John" was performed by Johnny Cash. I love this site for the education I get.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (svLOV)

120 104 Sending a child to public school should be considered abuse.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

What?!?! No!!! That's like stopping supply trucks to the all-you-can-eat buffet!!!

Posted by: Tim Walz at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (JCZqz)

121 On the bright side SXSW is dying out and the current state of Austin is not sustainable.
Posted by: City Has Reached The Limit

Which is just bat-shit insane when you realize what it once was. No music? Whadda fuq? Tempus fugit, I guess....

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 11, 2025 11:34 AM (mlg/3)

122 Also: the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is an abomination that violates the Constitution and people’s right to free assembly.

Brown v. Board of Education was a mistake. Hopefully people are starting to see that now. There were many problems caused by Jim Crow that needed correction, but forcible integration has been a disaster.

It’s hard to look at the ruins of America’s inner cities, its crumbling public education system, and its ongoing race issues and conclude that any of this went well.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 11:35 AM (l3YAf)

123 On the bright side SXSW is dying out and the current state of Austin is not sustainable.
Posted by: City Has Reached The Limit

Which is just bat-shit insane when you realize what it once was. No music? Whadda fuq? Tempus fugit, I guess....
Posted by: weft cut-loop

SXSW went corporate. According to the kids.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:35 AM (8JE3Q)

124 It's especially reprehensible because she was given opportunities to become something, and now she's pushing the exact excuse-making and societal dysfunction that causes so many blacks to fail.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:23 AM (xCA6C)

In other words, this is the story of Obama.

*touches nose*

Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:35 AM (xCA6C)

125
And underestimate Obama at your own risk.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (8JE3Q)

People keep saying the democrats won't win another election again. They seem to be forgetting the fact that NO ONE has been arrested, imprisoned or even punished for the rampant election tampering and theft in the last 4 elections.

Until anything happens, the dems will continue to win elections, if not take the house and senate this next go-around.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

126 Seems to me that racial discrimination is OK when directed towards whites. What other historical wrongs are OK as long as they are directed towards the "right" group? Slavery? Jazzy Ratchet would probably be OK with enslaving whites to pick cotton, if that were still a thing.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2025 11:36 AM (w6EFb)

127 Didn't hispanics support Trump by surprisingly large margins nationwide?

Where are the hispanic kids in this school who got "outed" as MAGA and suffered the same abuse?

Do we have that data point?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (VoAdT)

That support was in 20204 and somewhat less in 2020. These incidents happened post 2016.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:37 AM (xHYkz)

128 I had to go to Austin several months ago for work. Literally every overpass had a legally protected tent city full of bums. I won't even go past it now, there is a toll road that bypasses it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2025 11:37 AM (lTGtQ)

129 106 The best way to end discrimination is to stop discriminating.
Posted by: Grump928(C) repeats himself at April 11, 2025 11:30 AM (jc0TO)

Frankly, that's not going to happen. Every person on the planet is born with in-group preferences. That doesn't necessarily mean racial discrimination, but most people will be willing to give their neighbor a job over some guy they don't know.

Black people have been told for 50 years that the reason their lives suck is because white people have purposely held them down and used them as literal slave labor then as a one-step removed slave labor and kept them removed from the "good jobs". (and, like I said, there is an element of truth to that, although I don't think white people are largely hiring based on race, I think the problem is more acutely defined as nepotism. white people in WV aren't getting those good jobs either.)

Most black people truly believe that.

So if you believe that -- well, it is "anti-racism" to hire only blacks. Because that's what white people do, you're just trying to bring some parity to the system.

It's a very ... unpleasant situation, frankly.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:37 AM (uCjyK)

130 I had to go to Austin several months ago for work. Literally every overpass had a legally protected tent city full of bums. I won't even go past it now, there is a toll road that bypasses it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2025 11:37 AM (lTGtQ)

And you can do 85 on it, till a damn semi clogs the left lane because they think that 1 MPH they're doing faster than the other semi will give them a HUGE advantage.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)

131 And underestimate Obama at your own risk.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (8JE3Q)

I think Obama benefited from lack of exposure. He was little known before he hopped onto the national stage, and was carefully managed the whole way.

He was clean and articulate. Jazzy is taking the opposite tack. When she first entered politics, she showed off her polished diction, more or less reasonable rationale for getting into politics, and now that she's being thrust onto the national stage, she's adopting the ghetto style.

Something she's never known, her whole life.

Will it work? I doubt it. People will have had enough of her long before they can try to prop her up into higher office.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:38 AM (dGCAG)

132 I will never ever ever forget early 2007 the first time I saw Obama and that phony ass black walk he was doin'. He was outside. I knew what he was from one second of looking at him and knowing nothing else.

Brit lass turned to me and said "that's the next president".

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:38 AM (RhGZw)

133 Until anything happens, the dems will continue to win elections, if not take the house and senate this next go-around.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

We gave you Trump because your kids stopped joining up for the military to die for our conquests.

It's working, our numbers are back up.

Your respite will be brief.

Posted by: Powers That Be at April 11, 2025 11:38 AM (b34po)

134 Crockett is a rich girl who has an excellent education, and chooses to use it to pander and race hustle when it's convenient.

It's especially reprehensible because she was given opportunities to become something, and now she's pushing the exact excuse-making and societal dysfunction that causes so many blacks to fail.
Posted by: Archimedes

In other words, this is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

And underestimate Obama at your own risk.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:33 AM (8JE3Q)
______

I'm at a loss to understand why so much ink is spilled on this Cockett THOT. She's just another garden-variety raving leftist loon who -- like AOC -- has found a niche market because she's young, more attractive than the usual hags and hideouses, and has social-media savvy. We're only giving Cockett the attention and notoriety she craves. Better to forget she exists.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

135 89
‘ So the issue is important. Sadly, I think the SC will punt on it for now.’

So they’re going to demonstrate that the legal system is worthless to half the country and further undermine the Supreme Court’s credibility?

Yeah. That sounds like them. They’re like rats eating the last grains of integrity built up over centuries by much better people.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 11, 2025 11:40 AM (jbnUc)

136 Austin is the Denver of San Franciscos

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:40 AM (xHYkz)

137 And yes it even came out in his book that his obviously phony black-walk was a put-on so he could get respect from the blacks and "chicanos".

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:40 AM (RhGZw)

138 I’d guess 75% Hispanic.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

**********

See @117

Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2025 11:40 AM (/iMjX)

139 One of the UK's largest police forces is now taking employee applications based on race

https://shorturl.at/Dal0B

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 11, 2025 11:41 AM (L/fGl)

140 Until anything happens, the dems will continue to win elections, if not take the house and senate this next go-around.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Not a poopular opinion around here, but I believe Mikey "Kiddie Diddler" Johnson is intentionally throwing the House, by putting up bullshit legislation that seals the status quo, rather than support whatever efforts Trump is trying to change things.

And Thune is no better.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:41 AM (dGCAG)

141 How soon until Jasmine Crockett eyelashes are standard equipment on helicopters, to improve they're survivability in case or rotor loss?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 11:41 AM (VNX3d)

142 Better to forget she exists.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

You can't "forget" someone who is engineered from top to bottom to grab attention. Doesn't work.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:41 AM (RhGZw)

143 AOC / Crocket 2028

So it shall be written

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:42 AM (xHYkz)

144 How soon until Jasmine Crockett eyelashes are standard equipment on helicopters, to improve they're survivability in case or rotor loss?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 11:41 AM (VNX3d)

I'm waiting for her to push a bill banning tarantulas since she's always waking up to them mating with her eyes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)

145 So they’re going to demonstrate that the legal system is worthless to half the country and further undermine the Supreme Court’s credibility?

Yeah. That sounds like them. They’re like rats eating the last grains of integrity built up over centuries by much better people.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 11, 2025 11:40 AM (jbnUc)

Well, let me ask you this -- do you want SCOTUS expanding the definition of what it means to be discriminated against under the CRA of 1964 to include political views as a proxy for racism?

Because, spoiler alert, I don't think you'll like the cases that come out of THAT precedence.

"I was fired for saying I support the Muslim Brotherhood, which is clearly racial discrimination against me because I'm Arab" is not exactly the line of cases that we want to encourage.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:42 AM (uCjyK)

146 If your premise is that sovereign nations and self determination needs to go bye-bye in favor of a World Government, then various destabilization efforts need to be put into motion. Family, Church or Synagogue, Patriotism, all that stuff needs to be destroyed. Look around. How successful have they been on this project?

Stirring up racial hatreds is great way to do that, and really took off in the 1960s. There is a lot of money to be made this way. Juan Williams, Sharptone, Jackson, all those guys aren’t stupid, not in the classical sense, they get paid big bucks to stir shit up.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 11:42 AM (Iu0zc)

147 Dems aren't running another woman in 2028. Forget it.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:43 AM (RhGZw)

148 I'm at a loss to understand why so much ink is spilled on this Cockett THOT. She's just another garden-variety raving leftist loon who -- like AOC -- has found a niche market because she's young, more attractive than the usual hags and hideouses, and has social-media savvy. We're only giving Cockett the attention and notoriety she craves. Better to forget she exists.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

Why, it's almost as if it's an op, with an artificial groundswell of "support," not from "the people, but from the same people who have always run things in DC.

Almost.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:43 AM (dGCAG)

149 Austin is the Denver of San Franciscos
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

In Effort to Jazz Up Downtown, San Francisco Erects 45-Foot-Tall Statue Of Naked Woman

-
Yeah, right. Like they like naked women.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 11, 2025 11:43 AM (L/fGl)

150 People keep saying the democrats won't win another election again. They seem to be forgetting the fact that NO ONE has been arrested, imprisoned or even punished for the rampant election tampering and theft in the last 4 elections.

Until anything happens, the dems will continue to win elections, if not take the house and senate this next go-around.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

They also seem to forget that American swing voters are fickle crackheads. These people elected Obama, they’ll elect another Democrat.

The pendulum swings our way only briefly, but too many think it’s a permanent realignment.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 11:43 AM (l3YAf)

151 139 One of the UK's largest police forces is now taking employee applications based on race
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Try getting any municipal job in a major American city if you’re a white male. The UK is simply making it official.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:43 AM (xHYkz)

152
In Effort to Jazz Up Downtown, San Francisco Erects 45-Foot-Tall Statue Of Naked Woman

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How big is her penis?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

153 It's a very ... unpleasant situation, frankly.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:37 AM (uCjyK)

I listened to a black guy I knew kind of well bitch about racism for a while. I finally told him, "you realize that I have to deal with all that same shit too, right?" Your boss don't respect you. Everyone else gets all the breaks. Strangers look at you funny. Not everybody wants to be your friend right off the bat. Jobs are hard to get unless you got an "in".... Seriously, life sucks for everyone. You just got born with a handy excuse in your chromosomes, asshole. Get over yourself.

Telling me about "privilege" when my parents were a librarian and a draftsman. Yours were both fucking doctors, dickhead. We both had perfectly nice childhoods, and we're both doing OK for ourselves. Piss off.

Anyway. Data isn't the plural of anecdote, yadda yadda yadda.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:44 AM (VoAdT)

154 Jasmine Crockett's CV reminds me of Kamala's...
Another DEI idiot.

Posted by: Bigsmith at April 11, 2025 11:44 AM (1Au9i)

155 Better to forget she exists.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

You can't "forget" someone who is engineered from top to bottom to grab attention. Doesn't work.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:41 AM (RhGZw)
__________

I get it that staring at a train wreck is hard not to do.

But someone can only grab attention if you let them. The vast majority of "look at what Cockett did now" comments are not Ace posts, but in the comments. We are giving her far more attention that she deserves.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

156 One of the UK's largest police forces is now taking employee applications based on race

https://shorturl.at/Dal0B
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 11, 2025 11:41 AM (L/fGl)

Third World shithole country.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:45 AM (dGCAG)

157 Stirring up racial hatreds is great way to do that
Posted by: Common Tater

Stalin knew that Americans wouldn't go for class conflict, so he encouraged racial conflict in the US instead. And look where it's gotten us.

Posted by: Bulg at April 11, 2025 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

158 I wish media outlets would show a picture of old crone Maxine, when referencing Crockett. I bet she would lose her shit.

Posted by: Francis at April 11, 2025 11:45 AM (bbuBP)

159 140 Until anything happens, the dems will continue to win elections, if not take the house and senate this next go-around.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Not a poopular opinion around here, but I believe Mikey "Kiddie Diddler" Johnson is intentionally throwing the House, by putting up bullshit legislation that seals the status quo, rather than support whatever efforts Trump is trying to change things.

And Thune is no better.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:41 AM (dGCAG)

It's definitely not an unpopular opinion around here. I'm in the camp that believes that Johnson is better than McCarthy - and I was most definitely NOT a McCarthy fan. That said, I'm not the trusting type when it comes to current GOP leadership. I'm only cautiously optimistic when it comes to Johnson. I feel that Thune is just biding his time before he finds a way to shiv Trump. He's marginally smarter than McConnell.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 11, 2025 11:45 AM (bDGY8)

160 Try getting any municipal job in a major American city if you’re a white male. The UK is simply making it official.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:43 AM (xHYkz)

I was up in east harlem the other day, waiting to pick a friend up. The neighborhood is heavily hispanic, with some black people mixed in. Very few white people.

A firetruck pulled up saying they had a report of an unconscious person and asked if I called it in. I said I didn't and didn't see anything. The firemen got out of the truck and started walking around.

All 7 firemen were white men, all looked to be of Irish descent. Half were young, probably in their 20's.

I don't know why, but it made me chuckle a little bit.

So my point is -- there are still some municipal jobs you can get as a white guy. You just need to be in a corrupt and racial politics driven city.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:46 AM (uCjyK)

161 I'm at a loss to understand why so much ink is spilled on this Cockett THOT. She's just another garden-variety raving leftist loon who -- like AOC -- has found a niche market because she's young, more attractive than the usual hags and hideouses, and has social-media savvy. We're only giving Cockett the attention and notoriety she craves. Better to forget she exists.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

Why, it's almost as if it's an op, with an artificial groundswell of "support," not from "the people, but from the same people who have always run things in DC.

Almost.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:43 AM (dGCAG)
____

Exactly. It's all an op. Everything is an op. Every. Fucking. Single. Thing.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

162 I get it that staring at a train wreck is hard not to do.

But someone can only grab attention if you let them. The vast majority of "look at what Cockett did now" comments are not Ace posts, but in the comments. We are giving her far more attention that she deserves.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

I hate to tell you, but whether she is or isn't talked about in the comments section of AoSHQ isn't going to make any difference, when it comes to her being groomed for higher office.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:46 AM (dGCAG)

163 I assume it will be a 5-4 decision, unsure if it will be for or against discrimination, though I'd put the odds slightly in favor of against, with Roberts siding with majority and every single woman on the court arguing that it is ok for schools to bully white kids for reasons. Should be 9-0 though.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2025 11:46 AM (Dv3i1)

164 The best way to end discrimination is to stop discriminating.
Posted by: Grump928(C) repeats himself at April 11, 2025 11:30 AM (jc0TO)

Frankly, that's not going to happen. Every person on the planet is born with in-group preferences.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:37 AM

Did I really need to specify discrimination under the law? Apparently so.

Posted by: Grump928(C) repeats himself at April 11, 2025 11:46 AM (jc0TO)

165 156 One of the UK's largest police forces is now taking employee applications based on race

https://shorturl.at/Dal0B
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 11, 2025 11:41 AM (L/fGl)

Third World shithole country.
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Labor Party cementing their gains. Dems do the same.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 11, 2025 11:47 AM (pZ64F)

166 I feel that Thune is just biding his time before he finds a way to shiv Trump. He's marginally smarter than McConnell.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 11, 2025 11:45 AM (bDGY

I don't think any of these people are particularly smart or stupid. I think you're making the mistake of assuming that they're trying to do what you want them to do.

They're not. They answer to more important people who tell them what to do.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:48 AM (uCjyK)

167 I get it that staring at a train wreck is hard not to do.

But someone can only grab attention if you let them. The vast majority of "look at what Cockett did now" comments are not Ace posts, but in the comments. We are giving her far more attention that she deserves.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

I hate to tell you, but whether she is or isn't talked about in the comments section of AoSHQ isn't going to make any difference, when it comes to her being groomed for higher office.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:46 AM (dGCAG)

Here's hoping that Joey Biden is in charge of her "grooming"....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 11:48 AM (VNX3d)

168 Markets are boring today. I guess everyone is exhausted from the earlier drama.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 11:48 AM (jc0TO)

169 I assume it will be a 5-4 decision, unsure if it will be for or against discrimination, though I'd put the odds slightly in favor of against, with Roberts siding with majority and every single woman on the court arguing that it is ok for schools to bully white kids for reasons. Should be 9-0 though.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2025 11:46 AM (Dv3i1)
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Right now, the SC hasn't agreed to hear the case at all. As I noted above, I expect that they won't agree to hear it. So it likely will never get to 5-4 or any kind of decision on the merits.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:48 AM (iFTx/)

170 But someone can only grab attention if you let them. The vast majority of "look at what Cockett did now" comments are not Ace posts, but in the comments. We are giving her far more attention that she deserves.

The reason we're talking about her isn't because of her specifically as a pol, it's because she's a symbol of various political and social problems in the US; problems for which we need to find solutions.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:49 AM (xCA6C)

171 "Buck Melanoma! Moley Russel's wart."

Posted by: Uncle Buck at April 11, 2025 11:49 AM (EES2L)

172
Third World shithole country.
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Labor Party cementing their gains. Dems do the same.
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 11, 2025 11:47 AM (pZ64F)

The Kilgore College Rangerettes were in the UK doing their dance thing over New Years.

My first question was "Were they attacked by muslhams?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

173 Right now, the SC hasn't agreed to hear the case at all. As I noted above, I expect that they won't agree to hear it. So it likely will never get to 5-4 or any kind of decision on the merits.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:48 AM

You don't think they can get 4 votes to hear the case?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 11:49 AM (jc0TO)

174 Eric - people like that don’t just pop up out of nowhere. You can smell it. She has a “sponsor”.

I recall well when Barky showed up. I could tell by the slick photography that was being published. One series hearkened back to JFK - in your minds eye, remember the picture of Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis? He’s leaning over a credenza silhouetted against a window in the oval office. The pictures of Barky reminded me of that - pensive, and “presidential”. Right then I knew he was “the one”.

I remember an E4 from Arkansas talking about this Clinton guy, who was going to be the next president. Who?? Oh yeah, his wife wants to be president too. One or the weirdest things. How did he know?

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (Iu0zc)

175
I wonder if Tim Walz was there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARasHGu2wLQ

Posted by: Zombie Bon Scott at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (5hfjS)

176 Did I really need to specify discrimination under the law? Apparently so.
Posted by: Grump928(C) repeats himself at April 11, 2025 11:46 AM (jc0TO)

I'm saying that no matter what law you write, that is never going to go away.

It would be nice if this wasn't a problem.

But I mean... there's a reason pretty much every country on earth has their borders drawn around where a bunch of people of the same ethnicity live. And those that include people of different ethnicities have constant issues.

The US decided "hey fuck it, let's move everyone in the world to one place and see how it works out."

...And this is how it works out.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (uCjyK)

177
So my point is -- there are still some municipal jobs you can get as a white guy. You just need to be in a corrupt and racial politics driven city.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:46 AM (uCjyK)

If I were a betting man I’d say they were all the sons or nephews of old school NYPD peeps who pulled favors to get them online. But if Mike Smith with no connections, walks in and applies, his application goes in the shredder.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (xHYkz)

178 It's definitely not an unpopular opinion around here. I'm in the camp that believes that Johnson is better than McCarthy - and I was most definitely NOT a McCarthy fan. That said, I'm not the trusting type when it comes to current GOP leadership. I'm only cautiously optimistic when it comes to Johnson. I feel that Thune is just biding his time before he finds a way to shiv Trump. He's marginally smarter than McConnell.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 11, 2025 11:45 AM (bDGY

There was the discussion here yesterday, when Massie voted against the CR bill, or whatever the hell it was, and people were mad at him for not going along with it.

I'm sitting here thinking I'll take Massie's word over Johnson's, when it comes to saying whether this bill was "good" or not. He was calling shenanigans on it, and I believe him.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (dGCAG)

179 It seems to me the issue is as much one of abuse of power as it is discrimination, and has certain parallels with the radical transing of pre-teens and adolescents (i.e. minors) by adolescent medicine physicians, counselors, psychologists, teachers and radicalized parents. They abuse their position as authorities/experts/adults to coerce and bully confused kids.

STOP TRANSING CHILDREN!

Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (/iMjX)

180 When it comes to our vaunted speakers of the house, it's good to remember that we were promised thousands of hours of J6 footage that never materialized.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (KbCG3)

181 I'm at a loss to understand why so much ink is spilled on this Cockett THOT. She's just another garden-variety raving leftist loon who -- like AOC -- has found a niche market because she's young, more attractive than the usual hags and hideouses, and has social-media savvy. We're only giving Cockett the attention and notoriety she craves. Better to forget she exists.
Posted by: Elric Blade

Better to forget she exists? No. Never turn your back on your enemy. Because her supporters won't.
Why give her ink? Because she is the complete, total antithesis of Kamala. Crockett IS smart. She went to the best schools. She got where she is because of her brains.

She dumbs down her shuck & jive act for her constituents. Don't think for a moment she's a Sheila Jackson Lee.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (8JE3Q)

182 Not only that but an engineered psy op is engineered that way for a reason.

Telling people don't react is farting in the wind. It's been designed for reaction. And beyond that who even knows how many people are being paid to talk about her in various places.

Also saying "don't talk about her" is talking about her, so guess who else is a victim of the psy op.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:51 AM (RhGZw)

183 Markets are boring today. I guess everyone is exhausted from the earlier drama.

Heh, heh, heh.

Posted by: The market, anticipating a move by Archimedes and plotting how to make that completely wrong later t at April 11, 2025 11:51 AM (xCA6C)

184 Here's hoping that Joey Biden is in charge of her "grooming"....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 11:48 AM (VNX3d)

I'm on record as saying I'd like to bang her like a screen door on a redheaded stepmule.

But I'm weird like that.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 11, 2025 11:51 AM (dGCAG)

185 Right now, the SC hasn't agreed to hear the case at all. As I noted above, I expect that they won't agree to hear it. So it likely will never get to 5-4 or any kind of decision on the merits.
Posted by: Elric Blade

Ah shoot. I wonder what was the reason provided by the 9 judges in the circuit court that adults picking on a 12 year old because of race was just hunky dory.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2025 11:52 AM (Dv3i1)

186 Labor Party cementing their gains. Dems do the same.

Posted by: Pudinhead

Labour has already lost 5 seats in parliament to explicitly mohammedan candidates, and will be losing more and more. They chose the wrong horse to rely on. The seats they are losing are going to people who plan on voting for sharia and not supporting Labour.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2025 11:52 AM (lTGtQ)

187 I wonder if Tim Walz was there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARasHGu2wLQ

Posted by: Zombie Bon Scott at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (5hfjS)

Too much testosterone for Low T Timmy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:52 AM (Zz0t1)

188 remember an E4 from Arkansas talking about this Clinton guy, who was going to be the next president. Who?? Oh yeah, his wife wants to be president too. One or the weirdest things. How did he know?
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (Iu0zc)

10ish years ago a friend of mine who lives in the Bay Area said Kamala Harris will be president some day. I said who? He told me who she was, AG of Cali at the time. I was like yeah dude whatever.

He was thiiiis close to being right.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:53 AM (xHYkz)

189 I hate to tell you, but whether she is or isn't talked about in the comments section of AoSHQ isn't going to make any difference, when it comes to her being groomed for higher office.
Posted by: BurtTC

Here's hoping that Joey Biden is in charge of her "grooming"....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Obama and that Iranian ferret.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:53 AM (8JE3Q)

190 The reason we're talking about her isn't because of her specifically as a pol, it's because she's a symbol of various political and social problems in the US; problems for which we need to find solutions.

There's only one solution. Separation.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 11, 2025 11:53 AM (cpys8)

191 If I were a betting man I’d say they were all the sons or nephews of old school NYPD peeps who pulled favors to get them online. But if Mike Smith with no connections, walks in and applies, his application goes in the shredder.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM

Co-heads!

Posted by: Johnny Caspar at April 11, 2025 11:53 AM (jc0TO)

192 Right now, the SC hasn't agreed to hear the case at all. As I noted above, I expect that they won't agree to hear it. So it likely will never get to 5-4 or any kind of decision on the merits.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:48 AM

You don't think they can get 4 votes to hear the case?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 11:49 AM (jc0TO)
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I don't. As I explain above, the issue in the case isn't what's being reported. It's a narrow issue that -- to my knowledge -- hasn't come up before. So the SC usually waits until the issue has been more developed in the lower courts before it weighs in. On the other hand, this was an evenly split en banc decision, so that along means there's a lot of disagreement over the issue. We'll see. I think it's 75/25 against.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

193 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2025 11:54 AM (aHfB6)

194 And you can do 85 on it, till a damn semi clogs the left lane because they think that 1 MPH they're doing faster than the other semi will give them a HUGE advantage.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)

You better be in the right lane if you're only doing 85.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2025 11:54 AM (ExV1e)

195 > I'm sitting here thinking I'll take Massie's word over Johnson's, when it comes to saying whether this bill was "good" or not. He was calling shenanigans on it, and I believe him.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Massie has repeatedly said he wanted to go back to passing a legit budget and not the CR or omnibus horseshit that keeps being kicked down the road.

He's not wrong, but he is being stubborn. And, IMO, he's probably pissed off on the level of grift he's getting and wants more. Whether this is the way to get that is debatable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2025 11:54 AM (Q4IgG)

196 If I were a betting man I’d say they were all the sons or nephews of old school NYPD peeps who pulled favors to get them online. But if Mike Smith with no connections, walks in and applies, his application goes in the shredder.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (xHYkz)

FDNY, but yes. 100%. My buddies a paramedic. He got the job because his uncle was in the FDNY.

NYPD seems to be much more diverse.

Historically - Sanitation was the Italians, FDNY and NYPD were the Irish, Education was the Jews, the WASPS ran Parks and a lot of the other smaller departments.

Lots of political horse tradings and deals were made to protect those jobs for those groups.

Education, Parks and NYPD are much much more "diverse" now, but Sanitation and FDNY seem to still be holding on to the old ways somehow.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:54 AM (uCjyK)

197 I picking up major Jim Cramer/Krugman vibes here. Also some Trump can't handle CNN. meh

Posted by: Francis at April 11, 2025 11:54 AM (bbuBP)

198 She went to the best schools. She got where she is because of her brains.

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You really think the institutions she went to aren't all admitting and advancing minorities ahead of where they should be based on their actual abilities?

Posted by: Bigsmith at April 11, 2025 11:54 AM (1Au9i)

199 Labour has already lost 5 seats in parliament to explicitly mohammedan candidates, and will be losing more and more. They chose the wrong horse to rely on. The seats they are losing are going to people who plan on voting for sharia and not supporting Labour.

Serves their asses right. Only when heads start being removed from bodies will it dawn on them that they made a mistake.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 11, 2025 11:55 AM (cpys8)

200
You better be in the right lane if you're only doing 85.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2025 11:54 AM (ExV1e)

The left lane is for passing only.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

201 I went to Austin a few times in 2017-2018. Homeless everywhere. It looked like San Francisco circa 2013 or so.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 11:22 AM (l3YAf)

I went to college in Austin in the 80's. Lots of homeless back then, too. I guess the libs there are still too busy to try to, you know, actually help them.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at April 11, 2025 11:55 AM (k9OZB)

202 145
‘CRA of 1964 to include political views as a proxy for racism?
Because, spoiler alert, I don't think you'll like the cases that come out of THAT precedence.’

A few thoughts:
There is racial discrimination in the case. It isn’t only politics.
I’d rather see the CRA scrapped because it’s a thinly disguised attack on white civil rights. Short of that, I want it to go both ways.
Finally, I don’t know if you’re up on current events, but this court only claims to follow precedent. It doesn’t do it . The 2020 election should have told you that. Roberts put his thumb firmly on the election theft side of the scale. He probably is still congratulating himself.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 11, 2025 11:55 AM (jbnUc)

203 Right now, the SC hasn't agreed to hear the case at all. As I noted above, I expect that they won't agree to hear it. So it likely will never get to 5-4 or any kind of decision on the merits.
Posted by: Elric Blade

Ah shoot. I wonder what was the reason provided by the 9 judges in the circuit court that adults picking on a 12 year old because of race was just hunky dory.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2025 11:52 AM (Dv3i1)
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See my first comment above. The case isn't about racial discrimination, which is already illegal even against whites (in theory). It's really a viewpoint discrimination case.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

204 I honestly can't wait until the first European nation gets a parliamentary majority that declares their government defunct and replaces it with a straight up islamic republic, and then the rest of them all fall like dominoes.

Clear the decks of the old useless garbage so we can really start playing the game.

Oh, and btw, border's closed. Try Canada or Mexico, they might be letting people in.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 11:55 AM (VoAdT)

205
You really think the institutions she went to aren't all admitting and advancing minorities ahead of where they should be based on their actual abilities?
Posted by: Bigsmith at April 11, 2025 11:54 AM (1Au9i)

Again, I thought she fully admitted she was an affirmative action recipient in every aspect.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:56 AM (Zz0t1)

206 16 The fact that the 5th is split 50/50 on this is disturbing.

They want Americans divided into warring tribes. Keeps the heat off the folks high in the system.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2025 11:56 AM (WPL6O)

207 The left lane is for passing only.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

We both know perfectly well what it is you're talking about. You want me to have an abortion.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:56 AM (RhGZw)

208 Re: #192, it's called "percolation"

Posted by: SFGoth at April 11, 2025 11:56 AM (KAi1n)

209 Markets are boring today. I guess everyone is exhausted from the earlier

—

If you look today’s chart it looks like the Rocky Mountains. Lots of peaks. It’s been a small band but a lot of volatility nonetheless

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:56 AM (xHYkz)

210 Kamaunist has no shot, especially if voting ever gets remotely fixed.

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2025 11:56 AM (aHfB6)

211 I'm not losing sleep over the broad I was just commenting on the whole "TAKE HUR SUPER CEREAL" stuff
I'm not worried about some goof who has to transform into a coal faced minstrel to get any kind of political buzz.
She's a cornball.

Posted by: Cmonman at April 11, 2025 11:56 AM (7kZ8R)

212 >>>Does Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance - protect white individuals from racial discrimination, in addition to protecting minorities?

This seems entirely like a no-brainer to me. But we will see. Looking forward to it. Thanks, Buck.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2025 11:57 AM (CQE5S)

213 199
Serves their asses right. Only when heads start being removed from bodies will it dawn on them that they made a mistake.
Posted by: resist_we_much at April 11, 2025 11:55 AM (cpys

======

In 4 years with the next general election, Labour will become a minority again, it's only a question of how much.

Considering how they've gone full Leroy Jenkins, it could be a pretty small minority.

Not current Conservative Party minority small, but pretty small.

Maybe Britain can learn that granting full power to Labour is actually a bad idea and coalesce around one party instead of splitting between two. Not that I blame them. The Conservatives suck real hard.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:57 AM (GBKbO)

214
I went to college in Austin in the 80's. Lots of homeless back then, too. I guess the libs there are still too busy to try to, you know, actually help them.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at April 11, 2025 11:55 AM (k9OZB)

Keep Austin Weird, you bigot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)

215 Only when heads start being removed from bodies will it dawn on them that they made a mistake.
_____

Already happened, mate. Hasn't dawned on 'em yet.
- Friends of Lee Rigby

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2025 11:57 AM (Dv3i1)

216 Basically a black male was being horribly sexually harassed by a fat white woman boss, he complained and was terminated for complaining.

If the genders were reversed, slam dunk case. Definitely a case that should have, in any sane universe, survived motion to dismiss.

That said, even if SCOTUS says "yes, of course it applies to everyone", trial court judges will continue to enforce the law as they see fit.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:07 AM (uCjyK)

Shitty unprincipled people will continue to be shitty unprincipled people regardless of any oath, robe, or badge.

Posted by: They don't magically become virtuous at April 11, 2025 11:57 AM (TbWk/)

217 FDNY, but yes. 100%. My buddies a paramedic. He got the job because his uncle was in the FDNY.

—

Yeah meant FDNY, sorry.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (xHYkz)

218 If you look today’s chart it looks like the Rocky Mountains. Lots of peaks. It’s been a small band but a lot of volatility nonetheless

There are a WHOLE lot of people with their fingers on the trigger, because they don't want to miss the next big move. That is a recipe for instability.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (xCA6C)

219 216 Shitty unprincipled people will continue to be shitty unprincipled people regardless of any oath, robe, or badge.
Posted by: They don't magically become virtuous at April 11, 2025 11:57 AM (TbWk/)

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A lady judge in PA shot her boyfriend in the head while he slept.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

220 There are a WHOLE lot of people with their fingers on the trigger, because they don't want to miss the next big move. That is a recipe for instability.

Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (xCA6C)

221 Labour has already lost 5 seats in parliament to explicitly mohammedan candidates, and will be losing more and more. They chose the wrong horse to rely on. The seats they are losing are going to people who plan on voting for sharia and not supporting Labour.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2025 11:52 AM

On this topic:

https://tinyurl.com/56zemsbj

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (jc0TO)

222 Shitty unprincipled people will continue to be shitty unprincipled people regardless of any oath, robe, or badge.
Posted by: They don't magically become virtuous at April 11, 2025 11:57 AM (TbWk/)

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A lady judge in PA shot her boyfriend in the head while he slept.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)
________

"Amateur"

-- Lorena Bobbitt

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (iFTx/)

223 Telling me about "privilege" when my parents were a librarian and a draftsman. Yours were both fucking doctors, dickhead. We both had perfectly nice childhoods, and we're both doing OK for ourselves. Piss off.

I was raised by a single mother. I attended 8 high schools. Too white and male to get scholarships, too poor to get loans. Joined the Navy, went nuclear power. Now I'm a software engineer living in a big house and paying for college for my youngest.

Choices matter. Most people don't want to hear that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2025 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

224
We both know perfectly well what it is you're talking about. You want me to have an abortion.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:56 AM (RhGZw)

"I'll be right back....."

*starts fare meter*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

225 218 There are a WHOLE lot of people with their fingers on the trigger, because they don't want to miss the next big move. That is a recipe for instability.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (xCA6C)

=======

The market is fake and gay.

Retail and institutions seeing every peak and valley as a path to a quick buck.

It's honestly not worth watching unless you're actually trying to make money. It'd be like trying to divine meaning from Las Vegas betting odds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:59 AM (GBKbO)

226 I want this young man made whole, not asking for reparations. If not, please tell me what the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was for, other than a perpetual vote-buying scheme of LBJ.

Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2025 11:59 AM (jgmnb)

227 A lady judge in PA shot her boyfriend in the head while he slept.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

He probably told her that when he got up he was putting on Prometheus.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:59 AM (RhGZw)

228 As an actor, Jimmy Dean was on the TV show, Daniel Boone starring Fess Parker.

Posted by: Cosda at April 11, 2025 11:59 AM (h/xvO)

229 >> Sanitation was the Italians, FDNY and NYPD were the Irish, Education was the Jews, the WASPS ran Parks and a lot of the other smaller departments.

In heaven, the sanitation is run by Italians, police and fire by the Irish, education by the Jews, and parks by the WASPs.

In hell, sanitation is run by the WASPs, police and fire by the Italians, education by the Irish, and parks by the Jews.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 12:00 PM (l3YAf)

230 227 A lady judge in PA shot her boyfriend in the head while he slept.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

He probably told her that when he got up he was putting on Prometheus.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 11:59 AM (RhGZw)

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"The shooting occurred in February 2024 at the boyfriend’s home. McKnight had lived there, but the man repeatedly asked her to leave when their relationship ended, authorities said."

Also, any word a judge puts to paper has greater force of law than the US Constitution.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 12:00 PM (GBKbO)

231 is this young man single? I have a lovely daughter...

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 11, 2025 12:00 PM (Pv3Rg)

232 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

Give your lady a hug for me, hope you guys are ok.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 12:00 PM (RhGZw)

233 You really think the institutions she went to aren't all admitting and advancing minorities ahead of where they should be based on their actual abilities?
Posted by: Bigsmith

No. Not there. Private grade schools? A Baptist going to an all girls Catholic high school? No. That wasn't just passing her through the system.

Her father is a pastor. That was advancement and placement. Rhodes College? University of Houston Law Center? Delta Sigma Theta sorority? Not handed out to just pass her through the system.

No. She's being groomed for higher office.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 12:01 PM (8JE3Q)

234 Already happened, mate. Hasn't dawned on 'em yet.
- Friends of Lee Rigby

That's an acceptable head. Labour would have done it themselves if they could.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 11, 2025 12:01 PM (cpys8)

235 See my first comment above. The case isn't about racial discrimination, which is already illegal even against whites (in theory). It's really a viewpoint discrimination case.
Posted by: Elric Blade
_____

Thanks. I should read the comments, even if that means I'll get ridiculed for it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2025 12:01 PM (Dv3i1)

236 235
Thanks. I should read the comments, even if that means I'll get ridiculed for it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2025 12:01 PM (Dv3i1)

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At least you can read.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 12:02 PM (GBKbO)

237 No. She's being groomed for higher office.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 12:01 PM (8JE3Q)

It's like olympic gymnastics for evil retards.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 12:02 PM (VoAdT)

238 A lady judge in PA shot her boyfriend in the head while he slept.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

Did he have it coming to him?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 12:02 PM (uCjyK)

239 Give your lady a hug for me, hope you guys are ok.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 12:00 PM (RhGZw)

Will do. We're getting there. Life is just topsy turvy right now. Depression can be a bitch. I've got so many irons in the fire right now, I don't know which way is up. She wants to do more, but her body just won't let her yet.

We're heading to our future homestead for the weekend, so I'll be working my ass off out there.

No rest for the wicked.

Thank you for caring.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

240 238 A lady judge in PA shot her boyfriend in the head while he slept.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

Did he have it coming to him?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 12:02 PM (uCjyK)

=======

Pop, Six, Squish, Uh Uh, Cicero, Lipschitz

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 12:03 PM (GBKbO)

241 A lady judge in PA shot her boyfriend in the head while he slept.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

********

In an odd twist of fate, the case has been randomly assigned to her courtroom so she will be presiding over her own trial.

Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2025 12:03 PM (/iMjX)

242 Maybe Britain can learn that granting full power to Labour is actually a bad idea and coalesce around one party instead of splitting between two. Not that I blame them. The Conservatives suck real hard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It is more true in England, like Germany, the old party system is falling apart. Both Labour and Conservative parties hit modern day lows as a percentage of the vote share. The same is happening in Germany--the old uniparty axis is collapsing and assuming the CSU/CPD and the Social Democrats along with Greens form teh next government are likely to do a swan dive just like Labour.

Bandaids can no longer fix what ails Europe and an increasing percentage of the electorate realizes this. My guess is that the oldsters in both electorates are trying to prop up a non existent center because of fear of change but I have not looked at the age breakdowns of Euro parties in some time.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 12:03 PM (ctrM5)

243 Nood. Another media defamation case settled.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2025 12:04 PM (ExV1e)

244 Holy crap, these events are real life civil rights battles. God bless this young man and family!

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 11, 2025 12:04 PM (EES2L)

245 Morn' all.. So far the "media" has told me we never had helicopter/plane crashes before Trump and Musk only found 150 billion in fraud meaning he lied about the numbers....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 11, 2025 12:04 PM (VE6XX)

246 Did he have it coming to him?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

She told him, "If you pop your gum one more time..."

Posted by: Bulg at April 11, 2025 12:04 PM (77rzZ)

247 Small plane crashes in Boca Raton, multiple people feared dead – NBC 6 South Florida

https://tinyurl.com/48z63wvt

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 12:04 PM (jc0TO)

248 238 A lady judge in PA shot her boyfriend in the head while he slept.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

Did he have it coming to him?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
=========
No appeal from that action for the deceased.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 12:04 PM (ctrM5)

249 There are a WHOLE lot of people with their fingers on the trigger, because they don't want to miss the next big move. That is a recipe for instability.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (xCA6C)

=======

The market is fake and gay.

Retail and institutions seeing every peak and valley as a path to a quick buck.

It's honestly not worth watching unless you're actually trying to make money. It'd be like trying to divine meaning from Las Vegas betting odds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:59 AM (GBKbO)
___

Pure game theory for the last 2 weeks. Trades aren't being made based on any conceivable metrics like growth, economic health, P/E, or value. Trades are being made totally on the basis of "do I think the market will be up or down in the next 30 minutes?" There have been 5% swings from green to red and back again multiple times in 30 minutes in the last week. Nothing can explain that other than pure rank game-theory speculation.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

250 In an odd twist of fate, the case has been randomly assigned to her courtroom so she will be presiding over her own trial.
Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2025 12:03 PM (/iMjX)

"GUILTY!!!! *smack* HAHAHAH!"

"Uh.... Your Honor...?"

"AH! I mean. Not Gu--- awwww, dammit i already banged the little hammer thingy. Bailiff, take me away."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 12:05 PM (VoAdT)

251 No. Not there. Private grade schools? A Baptist going to an all girls Catholic high school? No. That wasn't just passing her through the system.

Her father is a pastor. That was advancement and placement. Rhodes College? University of Houston Law Center? Delta Sigma Theta sorority? Not handed out to just pass her through the system.

No. She's being groomed for higher office.

Not sure what point you're trying to make. A Black pastor in a Baptist church will absolutely have the funds and the connections to get their progeny into the best schools. Her idiocy is only surpassed by her knuckle dragging constituents. I'm very close to the district she represents. It would be a net benefit to society if it were Thanos'd tommorow.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 11, 2025 12:05 PM (cpys8)

252 Sounds like the Austin school district needs to be burned to the ground, stones scattered, the earth salted, and the teachers and admins sold to a Tijuana donkey show.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2025 12:06 PM (kLvfY)

253 Again, I thought she fully admitted she was an affirmative action recipient in every aspect.
Posted by: Sponge

Don't buy what she says. That DEI schtick is just to piss off conservatives.

If I could piss off the left with zero repercussions in every aspect of my life, I'd tell them I was a true 88 Nazi. (HH)

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 12:06 PM (8JE3Q)

254 And you can do 85 on it, till a damn semi clogs the left lane because they think that 1 MPH they're doing faster than the other semi will give them a HUGE advantage.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Again. Sponge with the lead foot. Ya know, Newman was a notorious scofflaw-The White Whale-until he wasn't. Your sin will find you out.

Posted by: Rev. Dr. Cletus at April 11, 2025 12:06 PM (G5+As)

255 85 on it, till a damn semi clogs the left lane because they think that 1 MPH they're doing faster than the other semi

Exact speed automatically limited by GPS and slowing of heavier trucks uphill produces this.

Posted by: DaveA at April 11, 2025 12:07 PM (FhXTo)

256 From the Web Page for O. Henry Middle School:

"With a focus on social and emotional learning, our staff supports and fosters emotional intellectual growth of our scholars."

Yeah. Right. Some emotions.
Now lets do some basic math.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2025 12:07 PM (W/lyH)

257 Mike Johnson is a weasel and has lesbian tendencies.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2025 12:07 PM (/U5Yz)

258 I wish media outlets would show a picture of old crone Maxine, when referencing Crockett. I bet she would lose her shit.
Posted by: Francis

I saw Maxine at the airport once. There had been a big Democrat shindig in Columbus, and she had flown in for it. She's little, maybe 5 ft 2 (maybe) and wears a wig.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at April 11, 2025 12:07 PM (vcOmj)

259 Not sure what point you're trying to make. A Black pastor in a Baptist church will absolutely have the funds and the connections to get their progeny into the best schools. Her idiocy is only surpassed by her knuckle dragging constituents. I'm very close to the district she represents. It would be a net benefit to society if it were Thanos'd tommorow.
Posted by: resist_we_much

Shelia Jackson Lee WAS stupid. Crockett isn't.
Lee TRIED to act smart and it was obvious she wasn't. Crockett IS TRYING to sound like a hood thug for her constituents.

Big difference between the two.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 12:08 PM (8JE3Q)

260 Better to forget she exists? No. Never turn your back on your enemy. Because her supporters won't.
Why give her ink? Because she is the complete, total antithesis of Kamala. Crockett IS smart. She went to the best schools. She got where she is because of her brains.

She dumbs down her shuck & jive act for her constituents. Don't think for a moment she's a Sheila Jackson Lee.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 11:50 AM (8JE3Q)

Kamala is retarded. Like seriously, I'd say her IQ is at best in the 80s. Jasmine Ratchet is maybe average, which makes her look Aristotelian by comparison, but I guarantee she's DEI all the way. And yes her ghetto queen act is as real as Hillary Clinton's "no ways tahrrred" and her claimed affinity for hot sauce. I don't think she's some kind of genius hiding behind 12-inch-long fake eyelashes and Cardi B affectations.

Posted by: I think the truth lies between the extreme assessments at April 11, 2025 12:08 PM (TbWk/)

261 On this topic:

https://tinyurl.com/56zemsbj

Posted by: Grump928(C)

I like the Lotus Eaters. Since they were demonetized by youtube, they don't have any annoying commercials.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2025 12:08 PM (lTGtQ)

262 Thank you, Buck.

Unbelievable (sadly not these days) ...

Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 11, 2025 12:10 PM (Jla5B)

263 A lady judge in PA shot her boyfriend in the head while he slept.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

Did he have it coming to him?

He was a man, of course he did. Any and all acts by his girlfriend are his fault.

Posted by: He wasn't emotionally attentive enough. Good shoot. at April 11, 2025 12:10 PM (TbWk/)

264 I recently saw an interview with a nice black girl who graduated from HS with honors. She was frustrated that she could barely read and could not write at all. Sad.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2025 12:12 PM (/U5Yz)

265 On this topic:

https://tinyurl.com/56zemsbj

Posted by: Grump928(C)

I like the Lotus Eaters. Since they were demonetized by youtube, they don't have any annoying commercials.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2025 12:08 PM (lTGtQ)

Pretty sharp guys too, in the main. Carl Benjamin and some of his OG hosts are quite good. They have this newer guy - Greek maybe? - who's a bit slow on the uptake and I'm not sure why he's there.

Posted by: Good show at April 11, 2025 12:12 PM (TbWk/)

266 I always thought Jimmy Dean was a fake brand name, like Betty Crocker or Aunt Jemima. I learned something today!
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 11:26 AM (l3YAf)

Vacate my lawn!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 11, 2025 12:14 PM (5xuJ/)

267 Shelia Jackson Lee WAS stupid. Crockett isn't.
Lee TRIED to act smart and it was obvious she wasn't. Crockett IS TRYING to sound like a hood thug for her constituents.

Big difference between the two.

There's not a single difference between the two. They were both put in positions of power for the same reason. Color of their skin and zero ethics. I don't find anything resembling intelligence in someone that will stoop so low as to talk like a ghetto retard to obtain power. I'm guessing you thought Kamala was smart as well.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 11, 2025 12:14 PM (cpys8)

268 Carl Benjamin and some of his OG hosts are quite good. They have this newer guy - Greek maybe? - who's a bit slow on the uptake and I'm not sure why he's there.

Posted by: Good show

He is playing the Fez character from the 70s show.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2025 12:15 PM (lTGtQ)

269 13 ...That said, even if SCOTUS says "yes, of course it applies to everyone", trial court judges will continue to enforce the law as they see fit.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 11:07 AM (uCjyK)

You mean ignore the law and replace it with their personal preferences.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 11, 2025 12:15 PM (FVLcK)

270 O. Henry MS is Austin's wealthy old-money neighborhood. They probably used "deplorable" back in the day. Austin High pulls from a wider area.

Posted by: DG at April 11, 2025 12:16 PM (ZV6no)

271 If the SC votes on this case then we will finally see which ones are racist.
Posted by: Thatch at April 11, 2025 11:15 AM (bbi0+)

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My guess is the split will be 5:4 with Coney Barrett voting with the other women.

Posted by: Decaf at April 11, 2025 12:19 PM (unUNN)

272 Austin is an inflamed pustule full of Portland on the ass of the Great State of Texas.

A bit long for a bumper sticker but it ain't wrong.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2025 12:21 PM (/y8xj)

273 My guess is the split will be 5:4 with Coney Barrett voting with the other women.

They need 4 to grant cert so let's hope that at least Kav and Gorsuch are up for it.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2025 12:23 PM (/y8xj)

274 he should still get that thing taken off his face

Posted by: docweasel at April 11, 2025 02:15 PM (+KF5m)

275 I'm sorry I missed this post. I have three children that are in Austin ISD as I speak. I hope Austin ISD goes down in flames.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 11, 2025 02:53 PM (bLe0J)

276 Austin needs to be nuked from space, just to be sure.

Posted by: TJ Jackson at April 11, 2025 04:36 PM (bXvrr)

277 The Dem-O-Rats tried to block the Civil Rights Bill

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at April 11, 2025 04:51 PM (wGqjj)

278 Holy sh!t. I had to read it twice. Not because the racism is unexpected, but because I listen to Monte Warden because of this blog. Love his music. I told my son I want to dance with my lovely wife at his upcoming wedding to 'I Take Your Love.' Hello Trouble is another favorite.

Thank you for introducing me to his music and to Monte and his family for standing up.

Posted by: JerseyDevilRider at April 11, 2025 07:14 PM (PepNr)

279 Some comments are suggesting this is solely a viewpoint discrimination case, not a racial discrimination case.

I would argue that the fact there was viewpoint discrimination does NOT negate the fact there was ALSO undisputed racial discrimination. That is where the court needs to provide guidance. Otherwise, it makes it all too easy for parties to attempt to shield their racial discrimination behind the claim of viewpoint discrimination.

Posted by: deTokeville at April 12, 2025 10:24 AM (QLKP5)

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