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re: Trump now has a Nobel Peace Prize
Posted by Eurocat on 1/16/26 at 2:13 am to hawgfaninc
This is like some dude who won the World Series or something giving someone their ring. It does not mean the person who got the ring did a damn thing to win the World Series or Superbowl or whatever the f*ck.
If Tom Brady decided to give Trump one of this Super Bowl rings or MVP medals would be honestly think he is a Super Bowl Champion?
If Tom Brady decided to give Trump one of this Super Bowl rings or MVP medals would be honestly think he is a Super Bowl Champion?
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re: FL gov race, James Fishback
Posted by Eurocat on 1/15/26 at 12:10 am to TigersHuskers
Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback proposes a 50% “Sin Tax” on OnlyFans earnings.
Top OnlyFans creators Sophie Rain and Anya Lacey slammed the tax, calling it “ludicrous.”
Fishback estimates the plan would generate $200M for school lunches.
Top OnlyFans creators Sophie Rain and Anya Lacey slammed the tax, calling it “ludicrous.”
Fishback estimates the plan would generate $200M for school lunches.
re: Verizon Nationwide Outage
Posted by Eurocat on 1/14/26 at 5:16 pm to Catchfalaya
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Widespread Verizon Outage Prompts Emergency Alerts in Washington, New York City
The nation's largest wireless provider said that its engineers "are working to identify and solve the issue quickly."
Updated Jan. 14, 2026, 2:24 PM EST / Source: NBC New
Widespread Verizon Outage Prompts Emergency Alerts in Washington, New York City
The nation's largest wireless provider said that its engineers "are working to identify and solve the issue quickly."
Updated Jan. 14, 2026, 2:24 PM EST / Source: NBC New
New York Times article - How Mississippi Transformed Its Schools From Worst to Best
Posted by Eurocat on 1/13/26 at 6:10 pm
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In Kim Luckett-Langston’s first year as principal of Hazlehurst Elementary School, one of the lowest performing schools in what had been one of the lowest performing states, she quickly diagnosed the problem.
Children at her school, outside Jackson, Miss., were suffering from what she calls A.B.T.: “Ain’t been taught.”
Kindergartners arrived not knowing their letters from their numbers. After a few years in school, they were still far behind. A decade ago, just 12 percent of Hazlehurst students were reading on grade level.
Today, Hazlehurst has clawed that figure to 35 percent. And Mississippi has emerged as one of the best places in the country for a poor child to get an education.
Mississippi has gone from 49th in the country on national tests in 2013, to a top 10 state for fourth graders learning to read — even as test scores have fallen almost everywhere else.
Even as schools elsewhere have focused on issues like school funding, social justice and mental health, Mississippi schools like Hazlehurst have made academics their North Star.
“At the end of the day, our job is teaching. Their job is learning,”.
In Kim Luckett-Langston’s first year as principal of Hazlehurst Elementary School, one of the lowest performing schools in what had been one of the lowest performing states, she quickly diagnosed the problem.
Children at her school, outside Jackson, Miss., were suffering from what she calls A.B.T.: “Ain’t been taught.”
Kindergartners arrived not knowing their letters from their numbers. After a few years in school, they were still far behind. A decade ago, just 12 percent of Hazlehurst students were reading on grade level.
Today, Hazlehurst has clawed that figure to 35 percent. And Mississippi has emerged as one of the best places in the country for a poor child to get an education.
Mississippi has gone from 49th in the country on national tests in 2013, to a top 10 state for fourth graders learning to read — even as test scores have fallen almost everywhere else.
Even as schools elsewhere have focused on issues like school funding, social justice and mental health, Mississippi schools like Hazlehurst have made academics their North Star.
“At the end of the day, our job is teaching. Their job is learning,”.
Current guy in line to be Shah if that is the way they go is a USC Trojan. Go Big Ten!
re: Germany, the UK, & other Europeans want to establish a military presence on Greenland
Posted by Eurocat on 1/12/26 at 11:46 pm to hawgfaninc
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Can’t secure their border, don’t want us expanding, are anti free speech, and have weak leaders. Some allies we have.
How much do the Russians pay you to weaken thoughts in American minds about what Europeans are all about? If anything we, the USA, should learn from many of them. All you are trying to do with your post is make more Americans skeptical about Europe.
Watch this, make me want the opposite, Poland, Hundary, come give us in the USA some tips!
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re: US workers are taking home less of what they produce than ever before
Posted by Eurocat on 1/12/26 at 11:37 pm to wackatimesthree
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They didn't take any of the financial risk of starting the company or provide any of the capital to start it.
Not everyone wants to an entrepreneur. Some just want to work for a capitalist. In fact I think that is the majority of folks. But this statement seems to say, well so sad too bad, should hav been a business owners when you were 21 years old or 25 or 30. Not everyone is like that then or now, that is too libertarian of a take.
Nope. Long Island.
That said, you wanna make good coin, be a NYC cop. Long Island is even better, salaries are listed in the 150 range but they all double that sitting on the side of the road doing overtime.
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But don't be a f**k and assault adult performers. Congratulations on losing your pension.
Olsen, a 2010 graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who made $257,000 last year, pleaded not guilty to a charge of menacing with a gun at his arraignment, court records show.
I know a lot of people who met their spouses at work (I am not talking cop work, just work work, I have nothing to do with police work). Maybe they were cool about it did not do anything while in the same place or something and whatnot, but two NY Cops married doing overtime can earn half a million dollars a year. Problem is, who watches the kids and how long can yolu keep up doing double shifts without a divorce in the making?
Figure it out, still a good deal IMO if that is your thing.
That said, you wanna make good coin, be a NYC cop. Long Island is even better, salaries are listed in the 150 range but they all double that sitting on the side of the road doing overtime.
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But don't be a f**k and assault adult performers. Congratulations on losing your pension.
Olsen, a 2010 graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who made $257,000 last year, pleaded not guilty to a charge of menacing with a gun at his arraignment, court records show.
I know a lot of people who met their spouses at work (I am not talking cop work, just work work, I have nothing to do with police work). Maybe they were cool about it did not do anything while in the same place or something and whatnot, but two NY Cops married doing overtime can earn half a million dollars a year. Problem is, who watches the kids and how long can yolu keep up doing double shifts without a divorce in the making?
Figure it out, still a good deal IMO if that is your thing.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Eurocat on 1/12/26 at 9:00 pm to Coeur du Tigre
re: Over 100 human skulls found on mans property - cops say a "horror movie come to life"
Posted by Eurocat on 1/12/26 at 12:08 am to DecadePlusLurker
Fair enough!
re: Proof that H1B workers go out of their way to discriminate against Americans
Posted by Eurocat on 1/11/26 at 10:11 am to TigersHuskers
If true, terrible and awful, but can that website be trusted? Nowadays you get a lot of garbage on the internet, would love to see more.
It doesn't even say what company it is. It just sneakily says "diversity initiative" in that corner up top but for who? Ford Motor Company? Colgate Palmolive? A law firm?
It doesn't even say what company it is. It just sneakily says "diversity initiative" in that corner up top but for who? Ford Motor Company? Colgate Palmolive? A law firm?
re: Over 100 human skulls found on mans property - cops say a "horror movie come to life"
Posted by Eurocat on 1/11/26 at 9:00 am to DecadePlusLurker
"The cemetery has a lot of notable burials (Betsy Ross, 25 Medal of Honor recipients, etc.), so it's possible he desecrated some important graves."
Betsy Ross is buried in the courtyard of her Philadelphia house alongside her husband. Perhaps she had been buried there previously but even if so it doesn't appear she might be part of this....um, incident.
LINK
Betsy Ross is buried in the courtyard of her Philadelphia house alongside her husband. Perhaps she had been buried there previously but even if so it doesn't appear she might be part of this....um, incident.
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re: Breaking - US launching strikes against Syria
Posted by Eurocat on 1/10/26 at 10:41 pm to Taxing Authority
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Miss Lindsey and Bill Kristol are going to go HAM on each other. The neocons are back in charge.
Good. Isolationism is not the recipe for a strong and wealthy America.
re: NFL Various Games - Wildcard Weekend...Texans at Steelers Tonight
Posted by Eurocat on 1/10/26 at 10:38 pm to Turnblad85
If they don't miss the extra point the kick the FG tie game and we go to OT.
What a game!
What a game!
ASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country.
The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside partner forces, occurred around 12:30 p.m. ET, according to U.S. Central Command. The strikes hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria.
Saturday’s strikes are part of a broader operation that is part of President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly ISIS attack that killed Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, the civilian interpreter, in Palmyra last month.
The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside partner forces, occurred around 12:30 p.m. ET, according to U.S. Central Command. The strikes hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria.
Saturday’s strikes are part of a broader operation that is part of President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly ISIS attack that killed Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, the civilian interpreter, in Palmyra last month.
Breaking - US launching strikes against Syria
Posted by Eurocat on 1/10/26 at 4:06 pm
re: Trump international plans, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Ukraine, Panama Canal, Greenland
Posted by Eurocat on 1/10/26 at 1:18 pm to Lynxrufus2012
I agree with what you say about Biden You can't be the leader of America and be a wimp. Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden are the perfect examples.
Trump international plans, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Ukraine, Panama Canal, Greenland
Posted by Eurocat on 1/10/26 at 1:05 pm
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Who's next? Trump hints at military intervention beyond Venezuela
Francesca Chambers,
USA TODAY
Sat, January 10, 2026 at 5:04 AM EST
WASHINGTON — If the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term was focused on brokering peace deals around the globe, his sophomore year is gearing up to be one that emphasizes American military power.
That begins with challenging nations in America’s backyard, from adversaries such as Venezuela and Cuba to partners like Colombia and Mexico that Trump wants to more forcefully address narcotics trafficking and illegal migration to the United States. It's becoming a political sore spot for Trump, whose foreign forays are beginning to frustrate some lawmakers in his own party.
After arresting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a deadly raid on their compound in Caracas, Trump and top U.S. officials warned that other countries in the Western Hemisphere and beyond could be the next targets of U.S. intervention.
Who's next? Trump hints at military intervention beyond Venezuela
Francesca Chambers,
USA TODAY
Sat, January 10, 2026 at 5:04 AM EST
WASHINGTON — If the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term was focused on brokering peace deals around the globe, his sophomore year is gearing up to be one that emphasizes American military power.
That begins with challenging nations in America’s backyard, from adversaries such as Venezuela and Cuba to partners like Colombia and Mexico that Trump wants to more forcefully address narcotics trafficking and illegal migration to the United States. It's becoming a political sore spot for Trump, whose foreign forays are beginning to frustrate some lawmakers in his own party.
After arresting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a deadly raid on their compound in Caracas, Trump and top U.S. officials warned that other countries in the Western Hemisphere and beyond could be the next targets of U.S. intervention.
Love it too.
We should tell Putin right now, see what we can do? Back off, back down, we do not seek to invade Russia but we do see a decent free Ukraine.
Get democracy going there and improve things now.
We should tell Putin right now, see what we can do? Back off, back down, we do not seek to invade Russia but we do see a decent free Ukraine.
Get democracy going there and improve things now.
re: Trump is doing everything he can to help midterms
Posted by Eurocat on 1/10/26 at 1:19 am to hawgfaninc
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1. Called for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates
Not just called for it but from what I read signed off on it, but with what right? What will happen to all other loans and mortgages and car loans?
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2. Banned institutional purchases of single family homes
Not opposed to this but this is probably not constitutional.
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3. Bought $200 billion of mortgage bonds to lower rates
OK,
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4. Called for the Fed to cut interest rates to 1% in 2026
And this will do what to inflation? Is he really that not informed?
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5. Made $2.00/gallon gas prices a top economic priority
Can't hate that ideal, hope it is not the reason we invaded Venezuela
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6. Announced $2,000 tariff "stimulus checks"
Would prefer this as a first payment to paying down the deficit.
This is what I could see Elizabeth Warren proposing.
GOP would crap their pants in opposition.
Now? Cmon GOP, where are you.
Seriously?
GOP would crap their pants in opposition.
Now? Cmon GOP, where are you.
Seriously?
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