TheNewGirl

"It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to th man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strive valiantly; who errs, who come short again and again; who spends himself in a worth cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt One of my absolute favorites, have it as a poster in my office and part of the quote I got tattooed on my arm.

I don't think so, necessarily. She was live on camera telling an interviewer about immigration and how taxes would most definitely go up (even tho she told everyone they wouldn't think about raising taxes). If Dems had a better candidate, then I think there is a much better chance Trump would have lost. Thing was...no one liked her ever from the START. She didn't get enough votes from constituents from jump. I would have considered voting blue had it not been her, had they not suddenly claimed Biden was not fit for the next term and then threw her out there - especially when people had been saying for YEARS that he wasn't well, too much was hidden from us IMO. She didn't do anything great for CA when she was here. God help us if they vote her in as our next Governor. I will agree with you on the trade stuff, and Ukraine but she'd just be sending them more money for a war that had/has no end in sight. Economy would be the same, IMO. Eggs still $10 since that's the barometer we seem to be using. Gas would still be $$ (but I am in CA, so it's always $5/gallon). And it's possible that GOP would still have control of the Congress/House, but again...EOs get signed and fly all over the place now. MUCH better position? I don't think I'd say that. Better position? Maybe.

You don't think they are coming to CA for free healthcare? And that's just one thing.

Not yet. But as stated above, he was basically the front man for a LOT of the protests last year, nominated as a "negotiator" or something like that. Why is there an encampment at a school?

So I am reading that this guys was like the "leader" of some of the student protests on campus over the last year or so; the "face" of the protests and he's been under investigation for some time by the university itself. Not sure if he was ever violent himself, but "leading" the violent protests doesn't really paint a great picture of him either. Esp that most of these groups were saying things like Kill all Jews, etc. Or preventing students from going to certain parts of campus. Free speech is one thing, but endangering students lives, keeping them off of campus, saying that they should "all die" or whatever...not sure about that. Taking it to the BLM thread, but pretty sure that free speech and saying Kill all AA's wouldn't go over well and would be seen as terroristic threats. Anyways. I am not entirely sure this guy is as innocent as he's trying to make it out to be. He doesn't have a VISA tho, he has a green card, which apparently the govt can also revoke.

NO one should be afraid to go to class.

I have no idea if Israel owns us or not, I have no conclusion on that statement.

There are states that do have laws; https://www.newsweek.com/pro-palestinian-protest-states-colleges-illegal-bds-1895292

If everyone hates Musk so much, why is everyone getting their updates from X/Twitter?

What's your history with Europeans? Or do you mean black history in general?

Keep them most of the time.

Technically, a hamburger is a sandwich. Sandwich is two pieces of bread with filling in-between. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandwich

Saw in the article that he might have had some Alzheimers/dementia, and that he was dehydrated, no food in his stomach. So, I kind of wonder if she was a caregiver and died...maybe he starved. They think he died like 9 days before they found him? Interesting none the less.

Looks like his wife died of hantavirus and he had a heart attack. Not sure about their dog. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/03/07/gene-hackman-cause-of-death-wife/80684790007/

Not a bad 10 minute listen/watch.

I've worked in technology for nearly 30 years. We geeks totally wish this was the case; but it is not.

He will be our next president. Indeed.

DOGE is creating these searches that don't really work. Search for the word "Gay" in these documents. It finds references to the Enola Gay. The Enola Gay was a bomber that dropped one of the bombs on Japan. Has NOTHING to do with homosexuality, trans rights, etc. But these "searchers" see the word gay and immediately flag it and remove it. Kind of a ridiculous way to search and "find stuff" to remove, IMO. Search is highly flawed, but is being done by people named "BigBallz" or some other 22 year old kid that has NO idea that the Enola Gay was a plane in WW2.

Third spin off. I think they are on Paramount+. Yellowstone 1883 - My favorite of the three. Ending broke me. 1923 I *thought* Landman was some how tied in as well, but maybe not, it's just the same director/producer. I never got into that one.

Starting in July, Gov Newsom instructed all state employees to return to the office 4 days a week. Right now, some agencies are 2 WFH, some have 3 WFH days. https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/03/california-employees-remote-work/ Many are piiissed. I truly wonder if the govt (state and federal) understand the far reaching impacts this can have on families. Everything increases for them with the return to work. My BFF is a state employee and going back to work 4 day straight a week as a single mother will be challenging for her. Her take home is $3k/month. Half of that goes to rent. Now, she will need to have child care, gas will be well over $5/gallon in the summer months. Not to mention other expenses that come up. So many people unhappy that our Gov just went and made this decision without considering the agencies themselves, or discussing it with anyone.

Esp if he moves more moderate. I am not sure how that will work when he's asking tax payer money to be set aside to sue the current admin. We will see.

Bumping: New season of 1923 started, anyone watching? Can Sheridan redeem himself after the terrible ending of Yellowstone?

Yes, 2 - 4 year terms. His is ending in 2026.

Well, good thing you're well off and can afford it.