Regardless of politics, it's ludicrously poor planning. It would be equally bad planning for any major political figure (or entertainment one, or anyone likely to draw a crowd).AO Sig wrote:If felt to be too political and this is deleted, I understand.
Today is the main move-in day for freshman at UCF. Bernie Sanders is scheduled to speak on campus at 2 pm today. My wife is on several UCF parents' facebook pages; the comments are uniformly two different lines. First, they wonder who was stupid enough to schedule such an event, with all the hoopla crowds to upset the normal flow of events in normal cases, on the same day that big-eyed, disoriented freshmen and their parents are swarming the campus. The second main line of comments is that "the indoctrination is beginning before the first day of classes.
Traffic and parking will be unbelievably hard with the kids trying to move in; having a political guy who everyone wants to see, (whether they agree with him or not) on campus on the same day is truly ridiculous.
This story is just plain weird...
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I don't think talking about an event involving a politician is political. Now when half the people start talking about indoctrination of students, that would be political. I'm sure Sanders has a tour schedule and this was the day that fit in that schedule. So then it's either inconvenience everyone or not have him visit at all. Obviously a business will go for the headline.GretnaGrn wrote:Regardless of politics, it's ludicrously poor planning. It would be equally bad planning for any major political figure (or entertainment one, or anyone likely to draw a crowd).AO Sig wrote:If felt to be too political and this is deleted, I understand.
Today is the main move-in day for freshman at UCF. Bernie Sanders is scheduled to speak on campus at 2 pm today. My wife is on several UCF parents' facebook pages; the comments are uniformly two different lines. First, they wonder who was stupid enough to schedule such an event, with all the hoopla crowds to upset the normal flow of events in normal cases, on the same day that big-eyed, disoriented freshmen and their parents are swarming the campus. The second main line of comments is that "the indoctrination is beginning before the first day of classes.
Traffic and parking will be unbelievably hard with the kids trying to move in; having a political guy who everyone wants to see, (whether they agree with him or not) on campus on the same day is truly ridiculous.
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Yes, the three ring circus of move in day seems like bad timing but like Gretna says, it might have been splash before sanity.
As for indoc...I’d say people are finding something to complain about. Go or don’t go. I thought snowflakes were only raised by lefties!
As for indoc...I’d say people are finding something to complain about. Go or don’t go. I thought snowflakes were only raised by lefties!
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Amen. It's a university. Plus UCF has 50,000+ students. I'm sure there's more than a handful that actually feel the Bern. I'll zip my lips about the faculty.TUPF wrote:Yes, the three ring circus of move in day seems like bad timing but like Gretna says, it might have been splash before sanity.
As for indoc...I’d say people are finding something to complain about. Go or don’t go. I thought snowflakes were only raised by lefties!
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He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
Jesus was a carpenter too
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So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
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Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
Quote:The Good - TULANE
The Bad - LSU
THe Ugly - USM
Honorable mention - Navy
The Bad - LSU
THe Ugly - USM
Honorable mention - Navy
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Um... fraud in applying for the bank funding by overstating pledge commitments is not grossly overspendingPoseidon wrote:Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
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C’mon, windy, you know financial malfeasance nowadays for EVERYONE in politics, no matter what color hat you wear, is a sliding standard. One could rob a bank on 5th Avenue and your base would not care.windywave wrote:Um... fraud in applying for the bank funding by overstating pledge commitments is not grossly overspendingPoseidon wrote:Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
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Yes you are correct. It just wasn't the normal, giving herself fraudulent payments from university that is more typical. Give me a break, I'm trying to walk a line here without going political.windywave wrote:Um... fraud in applying for the bank funding by overstating pledge commitments is not grossly overspendingPoseidon wrote:Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
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The Bad - LSU
THe Ugly - USM
Honorable mention - Navy
The Bad - LSU
THe Ugly - USM
Honorable mention - Navy
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The US attorney should careTUPF wrote:C’mon, windy, you know financial malfeasance nowadays for EVERYONE in politics, no matter what color hat you wear, is a sliding standard. One could rob a bank on 5th Avenue and your base would not care.windywave wrote:Um... fraud in applying for the bank funding by overstating pledge commitments is not grossly overspendingPoseidon wrote:Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
Using big words is not a personal attack
#cousins don't count
#cousins don't count
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Stating a fact is not political. Bill Clinton was impeached. Fact. Now if you want to discuss the hypocrisy associated with it that would turn political (notice the way I phrased that so it was apolitical whose hypocrisy wasn't mentioned and people of all stripes will nod in agreement depending on who they think were hypocrites).Poseidon wrote:Yes you are correct. It just wasn't the normal, giving herself fraudulent payments from university that is more typical. Give me a break, I'm trying to walk a line here without going political.windywave wrote:Um... fraud in applying for the bank funding by overstating pledge commitments is not grossly overspendingPoseidon wrote:Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
Using big words is not a personal attack
#cousins don't count
#cousins don't count
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I can't help but share another weird story, though not weird bad. Just not sure what to think of this.
"Body of dead teen, honored with ‘extreme embalming,’ is posed with video games, sunglasses, and snacks"
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/body-de ... 05773.html
This was in NOLA.
"Body of dead teen, honored with ‘extreme embalming,’ is posed with video games, sunglasses, and snacks"
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/body-de ... 05773.html
This was in NOLA.
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You're so good at being apolitical that I don't know who your base would be!windywave wrote:Stating a fact is not political. Bill Clinton was impeached. Fact. Now if you want to discuss the hypocrisy associated with it that would turn political (notice the way I phrased that so it was apolitical whose hypocrisy wasn't mentioned and people of all stripes will nod in agreement depending on who they think were hypocrites).Poseidon wrote:Yes you are correct. It just wasn't the normal, giving herself fraudulent payments from university that is more typical. Give me a break, I'm trying to walk a line here without going political.windywave wrote:Um... fraud in applying for the bank funding by overstating pledge commitments is not grossly overspendingPoseidon wrote:Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
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I'm stupid. You're smart. I was wrong. You were right. You're the best. I'm the worst. You're very good-looking. I'm not very attractive.windywave wrote:Stating a fact is not political. Bill Clinton was impeached. Fact. Now if you want to discuss the hypocrisy associated with it that would turn political (notice the way I phrased that so it was apolitical whose hypocrisy wasn't mentioned and people of all stripes will nod in agreement depending on who they think were hypocrites).Poseidon wrote:Yes you are correct. It just wasn't the normal, giving herself fraudulent payments from university that is more typical. Give me a break, I'm trying to walk a line here without going political.windywave wrote:Um... fraud in applying for the bank funding by overstating pledge commitments is not grossly overspendingPoseidon wrote:Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
Quote:The Good - TULANE
The Bad - LSU
THe Ugly - USM
Honorable mention - Navy
The Bad - LSU
THe Ugly - USM
Honorable mention - Navy
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Pink?Poseidon wrote:I'm stupid. You're smart. I was wrong. You were right. You're the best. I'm the worst. You're very good-looking. I'm not very attractive.windywave wrote:Stating a fact is not political. Bill Clinton was impeached. Fact. Now if you want to discuss the hypocrisy associated with it that would turn political (notice the way I phrased that so it was apolitical whose hypocrisy wasn't mentioned and people of all stripes will nod in agreement depending on who they think were hypocrites).Poseidon wrote:Yes you are correct. It just wasn't the normal, giving herself fraudulent payments from university that is more typical. Give me a break, I'm trying to walk a line here without going political.windywave wrote:Um... fraud in applying for the bank funding by overstating pledge commitments is not grossly overspendingPoseidon wrote:Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
Using big words is not a personal attack
#cousins don't count
#cousins don't count
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I was hoping you would get the reference.windywave wrote:Pink?Poseidon wrote:I'm stupid. You're smart. I was wrong. You were right. You're the best. I'm the worst. You're very good-looking. I'm not very attractive.windywave wrote:Stating a fact is not political. Bill Clinton was impeached. Fact. Now if you want to discuss the hypocrisy associated with it that would turn political (notice the way I phrased that so it was apolitical whose hypocrisy wasn't mentioned and people of all stripes will nod in agreement depending on who they think were hypocrites).Poseidon wrote:Yes you are correct. It just wasn't the normal, giving herself fraudulent payments from university that is more typical. Give me a break, I'm trying to walk a line here without going political.windywave wrote:Um... fraud in applying for the bank funding by overstating pledge commitments is not grossly overspendingPoseidon wrote:Just so it's not misconstrued she is not charged with taking any money, just grossly overspending.Poseidon wrote:So Bernie gets money from a college to pay for his wife's lawsuit involving her defrauding another college.windywave wrote:He's got to pay his wife's legal bills somehow.
Jesus was a carpenter too
Pick one if the above depending on the audience and watch heads explode (and if they don't get the comment they are not informed enough to be discussing him).
Quote:The Good - TULANE
The Bad - LSU
THe Ugly - USM
Honorable mention - Navy
The Bad - LSU
THe Ugly - USM
Honorable mention - Navy
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Congratulations on joining the "able to subtract" club! With some hard work, diligent effort, and maybe more than a little luck, you'll next be able to figure out the difference between adding and subtracting.windywave wrote:Just because you can't subtract doesn't mean the rest of us can'tml wave wrote:Surewindywave wrote:I can do that effectively too using the normal methodml wave wrote:My (limited) understanding of the "new math" is that, sure, it makes trying to add 10 and 15 unnecessarily complicated and silly but teaches principles that allow for effectively adding things like 982,255 and 68,681.AO Sig wrote:My daughter is starting college (we are situating her in her dorm at UCF- she did not get enough offers, funds-wise for Tulane, and they gave in-state tuition), and while she was in high school they tried to teach her a new math counting system that would change 10+15 to a 5 or 6 step process, rather than just "add the 10's and add the 1's."
I was making a generality; however, there are far too many things being taught that really don't prepare most of the kids for the real world. That is what is scary to me.
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If you were going to ding me it should have been for reading closely not math ability. You just wasted an epic chance to burn me.ml wave wrote:Congratulations on joining the "able to subtract" club! With some hard work, diligent effort, and maybe more than a little luck, you'll next be able to figure out the difference between adding and subtracting.windywave wrote:Just because you can't subtract doesn't mean the rest of us can'tml wave wrote:Surewindywave wrote:I can do that effectively too using the normal methodml wave wrote:My (limited) understanding of the "new math" is that, sure, it makes trying to add 10 and 15 unnecessarily complicated and silly but teaches principles that allow for effectively adding things like 982,255 and 68,681.AO Sig wrote:My daughter is starting college (we are situating her in her dorm at UCF- she did not get enough offers, funds-wise for Tulane, and they gave in-state tuition), and while she was in high school they tried to teach her a new math counting system that would change 10+15 to a 5 or 6 step process, rather than just "add the 10's and add the 1's."
I was making a generality; however, there are far too many things being taught that really don't prepare most of the kids for the real world. That is what is scary to me.
Using big words is not a personal attack
#cousins don't count
#cousins don't count
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Um, still a work in progress on that reading I see.windywave wrote:If you were going to ding me it should have been for reading closely not math ability. You just wasted an epic chance to burn me.ml wave wrote:Congratulations on joining the "able to subtract" club! With some hard work, diligent effort, and maybe more than a little luck, you'll next be able to figure out the difference between adding and subtracting.windywave wrote:Just because you can't subtract doesn't mean the rest of us can'tml wave wrote:Surewindywave wrote:I can do that effectively too using the normal methodml wave wrote:My (limited) understanding of the "new math" is that, sure, it makes trying to add 10 and 15 unnecessarily complicated and silly but teaches principles that allow for effectively adding things like 982,255 and 68,681.AO Sig wrote:My daughter is starting college (we are situating her in her dorm at UCF- she did not get enough offers, funds-wise for Tulane, and they gave in-state tuition), and while she was in high school they tried to teach her a new math counting system that would change 10+15 to a 5 or 6 step process, rather than just "add the 10's and add the 1's."
I was making a generality; however, there are far too many things being taught that really don't prepare most of the kids for the real world. That is what is scary to me.
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Poor executionml wave wrote:Um, still a work in progress on that reading I see.windywave wrote:If you were going to ding me it should have been for reading closely not math ability. You just wasted an epic chance to burn me.ml wave wrote:Congratulations on joining the "able to subtract" club! With some hard work, diligent effort, and maybe more than a little luck, you'll next be able to figure out the difference between adding and subtracting.windywave wrote:Just because you can't subtract doesn't mean the rest of us can'tml wave wrote:Surewindywave wrote:I can do that effectively too using the normal methodml wave wrote:My (limited) understanding of the "new math" is that, sure, it makes trying to add 10 and 15 unnecessarily complicated and silly but teaches principles that allow for effectively adding things like 982,255 and 68,681.AO Sig wrote:My daughter is starting college (we are situating her in her dorm at UCF- she did not get enough offers, funds-wise for Tulane, and they gave in-state tuition), and while she was in high school they tried to teach her a new math counting system that would change 10+15 to a 5 or 6 step process, rather than just "add the 10's and add the 1's."
I was making a generality; however, there are far too many things being taught that really don't prepare most of the kids for the real world. That is what is scary to me.
Using big words is not a personal attack
#cousins don't count
#cousins don't count
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A different take on the Irish Wake thing. I doubt this kid was Irish--although he was wearing a CELTICS jersey--so I guess that is close enough.Poseidon wrote:I can't help but share another weird story, though not weird bad. Just not sure what to think of this.
"Body of dead teen, honored with ‘extreme embalming,’ is posed with video games, sunglasses, and snacks"
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/body-de ... 05773.html
This was in NOLA.
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