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Absolutely correct. It was part of the agreement. Now, on to Biden and the Supremes...

Actually, the implication was that Biden is better on the issues than the rest of the GOP field. But we could screw this particular ant (a quaint Dutch expression) until the sun goes down. Suffice to say that I hope you are right that people use the issues to make their choices.

Interesting how Asian students are being ignored in this settlement. Fact is that elite schools discriminated against Asians, using bigotry like assuming they were all boring and so would not make the school diverse enough. In reality, at Harvard for example it amounted to a huge gap. Asian students needed a 1360 score on the SAT to get in to Harvard, black students only 1100. Merit is the only way admissions should be decided. Legacys, sports admissions, should be capped or eliminated. The rest, merit or nothing. Admitting academically challenged students who are destined to flunk out does them no favours.

Never happened. Fox didn't pay a fine. They paid a settlement in a defamation case to make the case go away. Let's try to be a little accurate here.

For example, Vivek wants to economically decouple from China as fast as possible and find other places to buy their stuff. At the same time, encourage Russia to do the same. End the Ukraine war by providing security guarantees to Russia (Ukraine not joining NATO for example). Use the US military to eliminate the Mexican drug cartels that are flooding the US with fentanyl and other poisons. For a start. All things that Biden will not or cannot do.

If you want to take up the mantle and explain why Biden is better on the issues you presented than any/all of them, feel free.

Thank you for taking the time to answer. Could you possibly be a bit more general?

Better than Tim Scott? Nikki Haley? Vivek Ramaswamy? Chris Christie? In what way? There is a difference between being a gaffe machine and actually having cognitive issues. Not knowing where his son died is not a simple gaffe. Nor is mistaking Iraq and Ukraine. Nor is being unable to have any kind of press conference.

In case you didn't actually read past the headline, the entire Fox report is based on a story from the New York Times, link provided; https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/us/politics/hunter-biden-daughter-arkansas.html So yeah, is the New York Times a bastion of fake news now?

Wow, the New York Times generates fake outrage manufactured garbage? Who'd have thought... Is it really so hard to admit Biden's moral failings? Sacrificing a child on the altar of politics? Seems pretty low.

It isn't fake. The girl really exists, and the President really is her grandfather. And he really ignores her. And if it is true that he gave such orders to his aides, that speaks volumes about him.

No, it is about the moral turpitude of ignoring a child merely for the sake of political expedience.

No. How could having a relationship with his child harm any recovery he is doing? Not to mention, hell at least a Christmas card from the grandparents would be nice. It seems like a political strategy to deliberately freeze her out and keep any more scandal away from the family.

Here is a good interview with the Big Governor on the Ruthless Variety podcast; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zeQLrUi_fA

It would definitely be a sight to see. Big Chris is a sharp cookie, and similar to Trump is rather.... unrestrained... in how he talks. I can see Chris doing a big splash on Trump like a pro wrestler, both of them being taken out in the move. Then Chris can come back to life as a VP or AG pick for another GOP frontrunner.

The media, unsurprisingly, is being completely oblivious about this. His unrecognized grand daughter is the blood of his blood and flesh of his flesh. Just as much as any of his other 6 grandchildren. Yet he showers affection and forgiveness on his 'wayward' son (understandable for a parent to do so). And completely ignores his second youngest grandchild. Hunter goes to state dinners, Navy eats government cheese. It's despicable and utterly unnecessary. Navy was hidden during the election campaign in 2020 because it might impact Joe's chances, but now? Unforgivable.

Ironically, the ruling federal Liberal party won 6 of the 10 ridings in New Brunswick in the last election cycle. Ditto the two elections before that. So hardly a Tory stalwart area.

...and now yet more worrying news about the current President- he uses a CPAP machine to assist his breathing at night. Journalists were wondering what the strange marks were on the president's face. They are from the mask that CPAP users need to help them breathe at night. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-28/biden-has-begun-using-cpap-machine-to-aid-with-sleep-apne

Difference perhaps is that they are discriminating based on the job and not the client? A straight person who wants a website for their gay friends who are getting married would also be refused. A gay person who wants a basic business website design would be accepted. The court is, and always will be, legitimate. Let your hate and resentment go. All that acid is doing your stomach no good- you might just anger your way into an ulcer, my friend.

Not always, but it is a possibility. That might make the NEXT guy think twice before trying to evade law enforcement. FAFO

I think we might be passing by each other a bit here... I agree with the criteria in your examples, but not as affirmative action examples. They are examples of using race and/or gender as valid criteria in making decisions. To me a decision based on principles of affirmative action means that the race (in this case) takes precedent over other factors. So, for example, a black child would be placed with an otherwise less qualified foster family IF that family were also black.

Sorry but I just don't see it. If the situation were reversed... a white kid needs foster care. Three families (black, white, Asian) are equally qualified to take the child. You would place the kid with the white family, correct? Ditto the care facility. For example, an all boys facility with too few male consellors. All things being equal, you would choose a male counsellor over a female one, wouldn't you?

I understand those examples but they aren't exactly what affirmative action is for. The culture of the child related to a foster family will naturally have an impact. IMHO it is a valid criteria. But AA seems to want diversity just for the sake of diversity, without any specifically articulated benefits or logic. An example would be requirements for government funded infrastructure projects that mandate percentages of minority bid acceptance. There is no relation between building infrastructure and race, yet the set asides exist. Even when better bids from non minority bidders are made, a poorer bid is accepted due to the race of the bidder. This is what people want to eliminate.

The elephant in the room is, as I posted above, the 280 point gap in SAT scores based on race. A black student with 1100 on SAT is in. A white or Asian student? No chance. Seems inherently and obviously unequal. Asian students score on average higher on admissions tests, but are accepted at a lower rate than any other group. Also seems inherently unfair to me.

One of Trump's greatest lasting legacies will be appointing 3 Justices to the Court. It leaned left for so long that the US forgot what it was like to have a court that respected the Constitution. TBH I prefer the system in Canada, where Justices are appointed until the age of 75, when there is mandatory retirement.