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sapphireginger · 7 months

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Title: He’s So Geeking Gorgeous Dude!

Pairing: Stackson [Stiles + Jackson]

Rating: Mature

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Stiles huffed as he sat down on his bed. His best friend Isaac was on the phone and had been graciously listening to Stiles rant for the past half hour. “He’s such a fucking asshole but he’s…”

“He’s…?” Isaac inquired.

“He’s so geeking gorgeous dude!”

@steter-stackson-bingo

Card Number: 107

Square: Meet Ugly

Mieczyslaw Miezko Gemini Gajos Stilinski, more commonly known as Miko by his father, Mischeif by his mother and Stiles everyone else, moved from a very tiny town called Yellville, Arkansas to Los Angeles, California. He was so not happy about changing schools but he also understood.

His mother had been offered a prestigious position at the University of California. It made sense to move and he had always been good about meeting new people, it was the whole keeping them around after meeting them that was where he flopped.

He arrived early on Wednesday morning halfway through the first week of school, which was better than halfway through the year. He would be a senior, taking almost all AP Classes, and he had plans damn it. He was going to college and it would be perfect just like he’d always planned.

Even if for most of his life the world seemed out to get him, at least Stiles could always count on himself. He was even more grateful for that fact after he nearly brained himself on his locker door when he finally got it open. His ears turned pink and his cheeks were hot with mortification. “One year. Just one,” he mumbled as he shut his locker and made his way to his first period class.

⟡ ❤︎ 🕶️ ❤︎ ⟡

Jackson was eyeing the food in the lunch line when his teammate, Garrett, elbowed him. “What?!” he snapped.

“Dude look!” Garrett said earnestly. With an eye roll, Jackson looked. There was a newbie apparently and weren’t newbies such fun? “Supposedly his mother got some big position at the university. He just moved here.”

“Uh huh,” Jackson said, feigning interest. “Why do we care?”

His teammate frowned. “Well, you never know what some good gossip might get ya. For example, his first name is some super strange Polish thing and in total his given name is dove names long, but thankfully he goes by Stiles. Although, I’m very curious what the five names are because Stiles isn’t one of them.

Jackson snorted. “His parents must’ve wanted to torture the kid or something.”

Garrett didn’t laugh. “I don’t know but it’s just him and his mom.”

”Yikes,” Jackson mumbled, feeling and uncharacteristic sense of sympathy for the teen that he quickly shoved aside. “What else do you know?”

“Oh, and now that he’s here, your ex got bumped down to numero dos in our grade. Lydia didn’t know whether to be pissed or impressed. I think she’s a bit of both. Anyway, his scores and grades are top notch. He’s single, and gay or bi, I’m still not sure on that. He’s incredibly smart, a total genius. He’s also sarcastic and—Oh!”

Jackson looked over just in time to see said genius trip over air and nearly smash his face into the lunch table. His glasses nearly paid the price along with his nose. “Yikes. New kid looks like a lumberjack dressed him. Who wears that much plaid? Also, are we sure he’s in our grade? He looks like a child.”

“I dunno dude. Maybe he’ll keep things interesting. I don’t want to be bored all year.”

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Stiles was so embarrassed and he decided to seek refuge within the pages of his favorite novel. It was easier than facing a lunchroom full of strangers. He knew how cruel people could be. Still, when he took a seat in science class and was paired with some douche canoe, he realized that he hadn’t considered city boy cruelty.

Within minutes, Jackson—more like Jackass—Whittemore was frowning at him and asking him who dressed him. He even went so far as to call out all of Stiles’s quirks, and while Stiles recognized it was mostly ignorance on the city prick’s part, he couldn’t bite his tongue once the bell rang.

“Would you shut the hell up you asshole?! Listen Jackass Whipemore...I don’t care what you think about my clothes, my hair, my voice, my anything, okay?! I’m a rarefied and acquired taste, thus my reason for not having any fucks to give when it comes to what you think of me. What I do care about is the fact that you just wasted a whole damn class period on that when we have a project to do. I’m not afraid to let you sink on your own. Now shut your trap and move out of my way because I don’t want to be late for the last period.”

⟡ ❤︎ 🕶️ ❤︎ ⟡

Jackson just stared in shock as the new kid, Stiles—What the hell is a Stiles?—gave him a tongue lashing and left. It wasn’t the kind of tongue lashing Jackson preferred either, though he quickly pushed those thoughts away. “Whatever,” he grumbled to himself. “Fuck him.”

Yeah. Fuck him. Jackson would love to. Stiles was so gosh darn gorgeous. If only he wasn’t such a fashion fail. If only he wasn’t a geek. If he was neither, then Jackson would take him to bed tonight. Then again he could always take him to bed and then that would be one and done. Right?!

⟡ ❤︎ 🕶️ ❤︎ ⟡

“He’s…?” Isaac inquired.

“He’s so geeking gorgeous dude. Like if only he was more laidback about looks. He is such a city boy. If only he was a bit more geeky. He’s not stupid but he’s not exactly the brightest crayon in the box either.”

“First day and you already have a crush, Stiles. Damn.”

“What?! No I-I don’t!”

He totally did but it was more of a I hate you, now go fuck yourself but, you know, go fuck yourself after you fuck me. Stiles groaned. He was so screwed.

#teen wolf #stiles stilinski #jackson whittemore #isaac lahey #steter stackson bingo #square filled: meet ugly #pre relationship

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ausetkmt · 2 years

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‘Reverse Freedom Rides’: An echo of Martha’s Vineyard migrant flights 60 years ago

Eliza Davis was bewildered the day she arrived in a wealthy tourist town on Cape Cod. An agricultural worker, she had been promised work and housing if she took a free trip to another state. Days later, disembarking with her eight children, she had little idea where she was, that a president had a family compound down the road, or that she was a “pawn,” as locals told the New York Times, in a political stunt.

Davis, 36, was not among the migrants who arrived Wednesday in Martha’s Vineyard — a resort island off Cape Cod where former president Barack Obama has a home — courtesy of a flight arranged by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). She was a Black woman from Alabama, bused to and abandoned in Hyannis, Mass., in 1962, not far from the holiday home of President John F. Kennedy.

Today’s migrants in Martha’s Vineyard are now being transported to the same Cape Cod military base that housed the “Reverse Freedom Riders” decades ago.

It was all part of the so-called Reverse Freedom Rides, arranged by White segregationists in 1962 in retaliation for the Freedom Rides of the previous summer, when Black and White volunteers rode buses through the South supporting desegregation.

The plot was organized by white supremacist Citizens’ Councils in Arkansas, who bought radio ads and made fliers advertising the “opportunity” to African Americans.

They focused on recruiting men with criminal records and single mothers with a lot of children, cynically presuming White liberals would welcome them the least.

Lela Mae Williams, an Arkansas woman who was also dropped off in Hyannis with her nine youngest children, was dressed in her finest clothes, because she had been told Kennedy himself was going to greet them when they arrived, according to 2020 NPR report. She had packed little else, because anything she needed was going to be provided, she was told.

Along with the new arrivals, local Hyannis officials received anonymous letters, according to the Times, saying things like, “Abe Lincoln sowed the seeds and now the North can reap the harvest,” and “We have put up with millions of n------ for 100 years, so why should you squawk?”

It was a contrast to the Great Migration of the previous decades, during which White residents did everything they could to stop Black workers from leaving.

Families would often have to sneak to the train station under cover of darkness or use other subterfuge to escape, described in detail by historian Isabel Wilkerson in her book “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.”

Southern segregationist groups baldly deceived Black families using tactics “consciously parodying the Freedom Rides,” noted Clive Webb, an American history professor at the University of Sussex, in a 2004 paper on the Reverse Freedom Rides. The Greater New Orleans Citizens’ Council ran newspaper ads in 1962 promising "Free Transportation plus $5.00 for Expenses to any Negro Man or Woman or Family (no limit to size) who desire to migrate to the Nation’s Capital or any city in the north of their choosing.” Notices were also posted in prisons, offering free transportation to prisoners whose sentences were set to expire, Webb found.

The largest contingent of riders traveled from Little Rock to Hyannis. Amis Guthridge, an attorney and president of the Capitol Citizens’ Council in Little Rock, hoped to test Edward Kennedy, who was campaigning for a seat in the U.S. Senate, wrote Webb. “President Kennedy’s brother assures you a grand reception to Massachusetts,” said the council’s recruitment posters. “Good jobs, housing etc. are promised.”

Then, as now in Cape Cod, many residents of Hyannis met the riders with open arms. A local committee formed to provide housing, clothing and money to the new arrivals.

Davis and at least 50 others, including 33 children, were housed in the dormitory of a nearby community college; others were housed in private homes, and later, a nearby Army barracks was used until they could be placed with jobs and housing in the surrounding area.

Massachusetts Gov. John Volpe condemned the rides as “traffic in human misery.”

“The only way to meet such cruelty is by wisdom and love,” Episcopal Bishop Anson Phelps Stokes Jr. told the Associated Press. He urged residents to “show understanding and compassion.”

The welcome was not universal. When the Massachusetts governor asked for federal help, the Kennedy administration declined.

Kennedy called it “a rather cheap exercise” but otherwise avoided the issue.

In New York, when a few dozen Black people arrived from Louisiana, city officials paid the bus fare for at least six to return to their home state, according to the Times.

Some of the Southerners sent to Hyannis got jobs as cooks or chambermaids or in candle-making factories, according to a 1964 column in the Boston Globe. When the summer ended, the jobs in Hyannis dried up. All but one family left. Victoria Bell, who appears in the photo at the top of this story, lived in Hyannis for the rest of her life, working as a nurse to the elderly and volunteering to help the poor, according to news clippings in the Barnstable Patriot. At least one of her children made the honor roll at school, and some still live in the area. Bell died in 2000.

Within a few years, Lela Mae Williams and her kids ended up in a Boston housing project, where the family struggled without nearby relatives, one of her daughters told NPR’s “CodeSwitch” in 2020. Racist White neighbors resented their presence in public schools and harassed them.

The Reverse Freedom Rides ended up backfiring politically, Webb argued, because even “moderate” segregationists were put off by the “cynical manipulation” of poor African Americans. In Little Rock, the Arkansas Gazettesaid the scheme “had never been condoned by the better thinking people here.” New Orleans radio and television station WDSU denounced the campaign as “sick sensationalism bordering on the moronic.” A Gallup poll published in June 1962 showed widespread disapproval of the Councils’ tactics among White Southerners.

In the end, only about 200 people were sent on Reverse Freedom Rides — far fewer than the thousands of migrants who have been transported north to D.C., New York and now Massachusetts in the past few months.

On Thursday morning, two buses from Texas dropped off asylum-seeking immigrants in front of Vice President Harris’s residence in Northwest Washington.

There is one big difference between the migrant transports now and the Reverse Freedom Rides of 60 years ago.

In the 1960s, the buses were funded by anonymous people donating to private segregationist groups, which aimed to tell the North “to put up or shut up,” as one New Orleans leader said. DeSantis has not said how the flights he arranged to Martha’s Vineyard were funded, but Tex. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has used state resources and donations for the buses. And both have been eager to take credit.

#‘Reverse Freedom Rides’: An echo of Martha’s Vineyard migrant flights 60 years ago #florida #cape cod

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ear-worthy · 2 months

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True-Crime "Paper Ghosts" & Through The Flames About NFL's Reggie White

The recent release of these two podcasts (one new and one in its fourth season) reveals the diversity inherent in the true-crime genre. We have one classic true-crime podcast about two missing young people in the Ozarks. Then we have the firebombing of a church run by a famous NFL player, the late Reggie White.

What we learn from both podcasts is that crime can have disparate motivations, ranging from hate to psychopathy, and racism to arson.

******************************************** First up, is a returning podcast from an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of 40-plus true-Crime books and chart-topping podcaster M. William Phelps. In this new season, Phelps confronts a new suspect in two unsolved Ozarks missing persons/murder cases.

The investigative true-crime iHeartPodcast “Paper Ghosts,” is back for its fourth season. Executive-produced, written and hosted by M. William Phelps, “Paper Ghosts” is known for uncovering new, breaking information in cold cases and bringing victims’ families answers in investigations otherwise long stalled out. Phelps is known for getting new and primary sources, and victim family members, who have not generally opened-up about the nuances of the cases, to reveal long-held secrets and exclusive information, sending dormant cases toward resolution with new suspects. The 8-part series will also include several special bonus episodes.

Season four of “Paper Ghosts” will take listeners deep into the heart of the Ozarks: Bella Vista, Arkansas and Pineville, Missouri. Phelps will put boots on the ground, investigating 18-year-old Dana Stidham’s 1989 murder and 22-year-old Shauna “Grace Doe” Garber’s 1990 murder. He will bring listeners authentic, jaw-dropping moments, with never-before-heard archival law enforcement audio, revealing previously unknown information about these 30-plus-year-old cold cases. Culled from over 50 hours of interviews, aside from Phelps’s regular cast of sources—friends and family members of the victims; law enforcement; cleared suspects; prosecutors and attorneys; journalists; and more—Phelps will unearth a potential new suspect and will confront the man with the evidence he’s gathered against him. “I’ve been a victims’ advocate my entire career, and crime victims’ stories are at the forefront of what I do,” says host M. William Phelps. “In ‘Paper Ghosts,’ I’ve always strived to tell the underlying story of what happened and who is responsible. The unexpected always comes up. I spend years on these cases, developing sources, digging for new information, with the goal of finding answers for family members. This season, I made it a priority not to settle for the long-held beliefs that these cases are unsolvable—which includes a direct connection to Dennis ‘BTK’ Rader, and a confrontation with a man I believe could be a prolific serial killer responsible for many additional murders.” New episodes will be released Wednesdays for the next seven weeks. Listen now HERE ********************************************** This next podcast is part true-crime, part-sports, part-primer on racial hate podcast. ESPN’s 30 for 30 and Andscape have partnered on a new podcast, Through The Flames: Reggie's Church, highlighting the NFL Hall of Famer, Reggie White.

The podcast follows ESPN’s 30 for 30 installments on White, THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE, directed by Ken Rodgers (Bullies of Baltimore, The Tuck Rule, The Two Bills) and Courtland Bragg (Hard Knocks: Training Camp, Hard Knocks: In-Season, All or Nothing), chronicling the extraordinary career, complicated life, and profound spiritual journey of NFL Hall of Famer and Super Bowl champion Reggie White now streaming on ESPN+.

NFL Films producer Courtland Bragg investigates the mysterious 1996 burning of Reggie White’s church in Knoxville, Tennessee, and in the process, shines a light on the greater legacy of the NFL Hall of Famer.

In the midst of a rash of mid-1990s church burnings across the United States, White’s Inner City Church boasts a growing interracial congregation, and after the building is firebombed and reduced to ashes, White believes the attack is the work of racists.

The NFL legend and pastor uses his platform to maintain public pressure on the investigation, even as the sensitive nature of the crime causes government officials to tread carefully. As the story unfolds, questions are raised about the church’s financial status, along with the possibility of arson.

Bragg says, “I am excited to continue shedding light on the broader legacy of Reggie White. This podcast is personal to me and is more than just exploring a crime, it is a journey that reveals the deeper challenges our nation continues to grapple with today.”

The podcast brings the story to life through the voices of those involved with the church and the investigation – and in the process, draws a powerful parallel between these ugly incidents and the deeper challenges the nation still faces.

Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

#podcast #true crime #nfl #racism

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casspurrjoybellbittner · 3 months

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Wreckless - Waiting for News

*Warning Adult Content*

Finnegan

Yesterday was Monday... yesterday was three weeks from the day I submitted our bids... no news is bad news.

I talked to Megan yesterday and again just now... I've kept her on payroll out of my own pocket for several reasons but it boils down to the simple fact that she's the best administrative assistant I've ever had and good ones are never out of work.

She will have another job within a week if I have to let her go and when there was any chance at all of me going back, I kept her.

She told me to keep my head up and keep hoping, that this is in fact the third week and we're dealing with the military who is used to running on their own schedule.

I decide to give them until Friday.

This weekend, if I must, I will talk to Emmett... I'm dreading it.

At dinner, my father tells me that a new site has been identified and looks good.

Once that site is a go we'll work on selling the Baltimore plant.

The new factory is in better shape he says although smaller.

It's in a little town near Little Rock, Arkansas.

All I know of Arkansas is Bill Clinton and the fact that it is very, very southern.

Southern to me is scary.

Southerners vote for Trump, shoot black guys for jogging through their neighborhoods and definitely don't approve of gays.

Yes, I know it's judgmental.

Yes I know some southerners are wonderful people.

Still, look at who they elect.

Look at the laws that are passed.

The percentages are not on my side.

Michigan is too redneck for me and I can't even fathom what Arkansas will be like.

Maybe no worse.

That would be a win.

My sister rolls into town on Wednesday and it is very good to see her.

She's younger than me and halfway through law school.

Having us both in town means that mom goes above and beyond and makes a huge pot of coddle and homemade bread.

We drink, reminisce and laugh and I desperately need all three.

Right before lunch on Thursday I get a call from Megan.

We have mail.

Mail that she had to sign for.

Mail from the Department of Defense.

I tell her to open it as I run to my room for some privacy.

I'm silently begging her to hurry up when she whispers

"Another courier. What do I do?"

Why is she whispering?

"Do? Go get it... I'll hold."

I mentally go through her getting up from her desk, going to the glass door that separates my office suite from the rest of the building, chit chatting and then signing.

She should be back at her desk now.

Now. Fine, now. MEGAN.

"Mr. Walker, it's just like the other set. So weird to see something not addressed to Walker Industries."

We either got both contracts or the Department of Defense sends very nice, very expensive rejection letters.

"Open one, please, I'm freaking out."

"You never freak out, okay, I'm skimming."

She doesn't know the half of it. Of me.

"We got it."

I feel like she's speaking Chinese.

I hear her and understand but my brain takes a second to compute.

We got them... I can't believe it.

"I will have someone from legal come pick them up this afternoon. I need you to scan and send me every page first."

I have a lot of reading to do.

"No problem."

"And Meagan."

"Yes, Mr Walker?"

"This is just the beginning... now the hard work starts. Once legal comes by you can take the rest of the day off."

I need to call Emmett.

"Thank you. When are you coming back to the office?"

I have no idea.

Some quick calculations happen and 'Monday' pops out of my mouth.

There's just one slight problem though, one small thing left to do before then.

I have to talk to my father.

I have to tell him I went behind his back and that I want to go back to Baltimore and rebuild so that we can help the government by supplying circuit boards for their radar systems and drones.

He has to approve because even with two Department of Defense contracts I can't go back and rebuild without him giving me a good bit of money, manpower and help.

Securing the two contracts that Megan is currently emailing me was truly the easy part, as hard as it was.

Now I have to get my father's blessing.

Then I have to rebuild the factory to new, tighter specs to meet Department of Defense guidelines.

We need to be up and running, the sooner the better, to fill these contracts on time because I'm only going to get one chance.

I want to call Emmett and tell him that my plan worked.

That I can come back.

I can be there Saturday and we can have time before the chaos begins.

But I can't.

Not until I talk to my father.

Still, he needs to know I'm still trying, that things are moving.

Finnegan Walker: Emmett. We got two contracts. Still a lot of hurdles on this end but things look much better today. I know you said three weeks but I need a few more days. Please? I miss you.

So much is wrapped in those three last words.

I hover over the button and finally hit send.

I don't expect an answer right away but I get one.

Emmett Locke: Sounds like good news. I can wait. As long as there's a chance I'll wait. Miss you too.

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recentlyheardcom · 7 months

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Sarah Huckabee Sanders rose to national prominence in part during her time at the lectern as White House press secretary, but the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for the Arkansas governor is undergoing scrutiny and prompting claims that records about it have been altered.A legislative panel next week will take up a lawmaker's request for an audit to review the purchase of the lectern, which was bought in June for $19,029.25 with a state credit card. The Arkansas Republican Party reimbursed the state last month for the wood-paneled and blue lectern, which the state received in August.“From my experience, where we're at with this particular thing is we need to allow legislative audit go in,” Republican Sen. Jimmy Hickey, who requested the audit, said. “Everyone knows them, they do their work, they're very thorough and then they produce a detailed report that comes to the Legislature through an open committee.”Questions about the lectern, its cost, how it was purchased and even whether it existed has dominated political talk in Arkansas in recent weeks. The state's largest newspaper, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, ran a front-page photo of the lectern last week after Sanders' office allowed the paper to view it.Sanders, who served as press secretary for former President Donald Trump, took office in January. The governor has said she welcomes the audit, but has also dismissed the questions surrounding the lectern's purchase. Sanders' office has said the reimbursement came from money she had raised for her inauguration.“People want to manufacture a controversy where there isn’t one," Sanders told reporters Tuesday. “But this is something the state’s been reimbursed for, and I think there are some people who are always going to be angry and always looking for something to complain about and that’s what they’re picking for right now.”The lectern's purchase was first uncovered by Matthew Campbell, an attorney and blogger who has sued State Police for withholding records he had requested about Sanders' travel and security. Days after Campbell filed his initial suit, Sanders called a special legislative session and proposed broad exemptions to the state's open records law.Sanders signed into law a measure restricting the public's access to her travel and security records after she and lawmakers backed off more widespread exemptions that faced backlash from media groups, transparency advocates and some conservatives.Campbell has said the concern isn't just about a lectern, but about how Sanders' office is spending state money.“Without an audit and without some more information, we don't know whether this is a case of they're too incompetent to be trusted with a state credit card because they don't know what things should cost, or there's actual criminality,” Campbell said Wednesday. “Neither is a good answer but it's enough of an issue that has to be answered.”Tom Mars, an attorney who served as director of the Arkansas State Police under Sanders' father, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, has also said that he has a client with firsthand knowledge that Sanders' office interfered with Campbell's open records requests.In a letter he sent to Hickey after the lawmaker requested the audit, Mars said the client wishes to remain anonymous and is willing to give a confidential statement to legislative auditors and allow them to review relevant documents in the client's possession. According to Mars' letter, the interference includes the governor's office altering an invoice from Beckett Events LLC, the Virginia firm listed as the seller of the lectern.Alexa Henning, a spokeswoman for Sanders, didn't specifically respond to the allegations in Mars' letter in a statement that nonetheless dismissed them.“This is nothing more than a manufactured controversy by left-wing activists to distract from the bold conservative reforms the governor has signed into law and is effectively implementing in Arkansas,” Henning said in a statement.Hickey's

request also asks for an audit of all matters regarding security and travel records for the governor or her office that were retroactively made confidential by the law she signed last month. The law covered travel and security records going back to June 2022.Republican Rep. Jimmy Gazaway, who co-chairs the Legislative Joint Auditing Executive Committee, said he supports Hickey's request.“Given the fact that this has become a matter of public concern and that the governor says she welcomes an audit and hopes that legislators complete it without delay, yes, I think we should instruct audit staff to handle this matter," Gazaway said.

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chubbycaucasianchristiancloseted · 9 months

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Since it’s been awhile since Trump was president why has Biden not fixed the boarder issue?

Since it’s been awhile since Trump was president why has Biden not fixed the boarder issue? The article is a great read, even the New York Times has trouble defending Biden’s boarder crisis. The article confirms that some senators have “exaggerated” Biden policies, but only in a few minute details, meaning the senators were MOSTLY CORRECT! I would love to see something on what specifically Kamala has done to help out with the boarder. I have a good gauge to see how the current administration has impacted our boarder; let’s count the illegals that have come across with Biden/Harris shirts.

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Biden officials have inaccurately described the Trump administrationʼs actions.

The previous administration was expelling these unaccompanied children, some who are girls under the age of 12, for example, back to Mexico. We ended that practice.” — Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of homeland security, in a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

This is misleading.

“The Biden border crisis, though, was created by Joe Biden’s promises of amnesty and open borders and free health care for illegals during the campaign.” — Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, in an interview on Monday on Fox News.

“Yes, the signals that the Biden administration is sending by eliminating the migrant protection program or ‘Remain in Mexico’ program that was negotiated with the Mexican government, and as well as the failure to enforce the Title 42 public health order, which basically give the Border Patrol the ability to keep people out of the country who may infect the U.S. population, basically, they’re ignoring all of that.” — Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, in an interview on Sunday on Fox News.

This is exaggerated. Both senators were partly accurate in their descriptions of Mr. Biden’s policies.

It is true that Mr. Biden has proposed a pathway for citizenship for the undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States and revoked the previous administration’s policy that required asylum seekers to remain in Mexico as they awaited decisions on their cases.

A spokesman for Mr. Cotton said the senator was referring to the 2020 campaign, when Mr. Biden raised his hand after Democratic presidential candidates were asked during a 2019 debate whether their health care plans would allow unauthorized immigrants to have access to such care. But there was no mention of “free” health care.

“It’s both. We have been seeing an increase in overall encounters at the border since April of 2020, and there was a bigger increase than we’ve seen in the past few months in February,” said Jessica Bolter, a policy analyst at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute.

The exact impact of Mr. Biden’s policies or election on border crossings is difficult to gauge, as migration flows are driven by myriad factors and there has been only one full month of data under Mr. Biden.

Rescinding the Remain in Mexico policy, halting the construction of a border wall, and ending agreements allowing the United States to return asylum seekers to Central American countries “have motivated people to try to enter illegally now,” asserted Jessica M. Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies, which promotes lower levels of immigration.

#USA #TheChubbyCaucasianChristianClosetedConservative #Trump #Biden #TNYT

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mmhhmmproject · 1 year

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At home, he was quiet, almost mysterious. “But I remember going to a barbershop with him often,” Igbokidi said, “and him talking about things I’ve never heard him talk about.”

Igbokidi’s dad, who immigrated from Nigeria, found brotherhood among men getting haircuts in Little Rock, Arkansas. Now, as a third-year medical student at the Burnett School of Medicine at TCU, Igbokidi invites people to a similar space in barbershops across North Texas.

The first Barbershop Talk Therapy in 2023 will take place Sunday, Feb. 5, at the Lake Como House of Fades Barbershop in Fort Worth. The event includes free haircuts, free health screenings and a psychiatrist-led discussion to help people process the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man whom Memphis police beat during a traffic stop. His funeral was Wednesday, Feb. 1.

They’ll also talk about stress, anxiety and depression.

#Tyre Nichols

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anthonybwilson · 1 year

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Wednesday News/Sports TV for 1/11/2023

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PowerMizzou - Tiger Tip-Off Preview: Vanderbilt

PowerMizzou – Tiger Tip-Off Preview: Vanderbilt

Missouri’s three-game winning streak was snapped at Arkansas on Wednesday, with the team suffering a 74-68 loss. The Tigers now look to recuperate against Vanderbilt. Led by head coach Jerry Stackhouse, the Commodores have had an up-and-down season so far, but opened conference play with an 84-79 overtime victory against South Carolina. Mizzou’s expecting a solid matchup against the…

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zealousnachoblaze · 2 years

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No. 20 Lady Volunteers sweep aside Auburn

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The 20th-ranked Tennessee volleyball team swept aside Auburn Wednesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena as it took down the Tigers in three sets (25-16, 25-21, 25-14).

With the win, Tennessee (11-2, 3-0 SEC) has now swept Auburn (8-4, 0-2 SEC) in three straight matches and in four of the last five meetings, dating to Oct. 6, 2019. The sweep is UT’s ninth on the year and second consecutive in SEC play.

Since the beginning of the season, the Lady Vols have only dropped one set to an unranked opponent – that came in the first set against Arkansas on Sept. 25. Since dropping the opening set versus the Hogs, UT has won nine sets in a row.

Senior Lily Felts was all over the floor for UT, coming away with a team-high 14 kills and adding nine digs to her night. Graduate senior Breana Runnels also reached double-figures in kills, putting down 10 in the win.

Setter Natalie Hayward picked up her seventh double-double of the year and fourth in a row with 37 assists and 14 digs. She also put away two kills in the Lady Vol victory.

Morgahn Fingall had a solid night with nine kills on a .300 hit percentage, five digs and a pair of blocks. Coming off the bench to start sets two and three, Nicole Shanahan smacked down two kills while leading the Orange & White in blocks with three.

Ava Bell hit a team-high .636 with seven kills and a block.

Tennessee cruised through the opening set, winning 25-16. The Lady Vols hit .300 in the opening frame while limiting Auburn to a .152 hitting percentage. Felts got off to a hot start, putting down seven kills and hitting .308. The Knoxville native also notched four digs to open the match.

Set two was a tighter affair with UT winning, 25-21. The score was tied four times during the second and the lead changed hands once. Auburn jumped out to a 2-0 lead early, but the Lady Vols used a 5-0 run to take the lead.

Felts again led UT in kills with six, with Runnels totaling five kills.

The third set was all Tennessee as it jumped out to a 7-0 lead en route to a 25-14 third set victory. Fingall led in kills in the set as she tallied four on four attempts. Ava Bell recorded three kills on four swings in the final frame.

STAT LEADERS

Kills – Lily Felts (14)

Assists – Natalie Hayward (37)

Digs – Natalie Hayward (14)

Blocks – Nicole Shanahan (3)

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Tennessee returns to the court Saturday and Sunday as it welcomes Texas A&M to Knoxville for a two-match series. First serve Saturday is slated for 5 p.m. ET, while the match Sunday gets underway at 1 p.m.

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Summary:

“He’s…?” Isaac inquired.

“He’s so geeking gorgeous dude!”

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Jackson was eyeing the food in the lunch line when his teammate, Garrett, elbowed him. “What?!” he snapped.

“Uh huh,” Jackson said, feigning interest. “Why do we care?”

Jackson snorted. “His parents must’ve wanted to torture the kid or something.”

Garrett didn’t laugh. “I don’t know but it’s just him and his mom.”

”Yikes,” Jackson mumbled, feeling and uncharacteristic sense of sympathy for the teen that he quickly shoved aside. “What else do you know?”

“I dunno dude. Maybe he’ll keep things interesting. I don’t want to be bored all year.”

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“He’s…?” Isaac inquired.

“First day and you already have a crush, Stiles. Damn.”

“What?! No I-I don’t!”

He totally did but it was more of a I hate you, now go fuck yourself but, you know, go fuck yourself after you fuck me. Stiles groaned. He was so screwed.

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larrylimericks · 3 years

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13Oct21

H brewed a cuppa when charity called: Milk last, and no sugar at all. Thirty seconds it steeped While he sat with thoughts deep, Like, “What’s Arkansas like in the fall?”

#larry #harry #harry styles #stand up to cancer #SU2CUK #harry and tea #hslot2 #little rock #tour dates #it always sucks when the last date gets moved #i'm curious if more shows will get added #three nights in LA seemed like a fitting finale for the U.S. leg #and now a wednesday in arkansas with no opener?#limerick-hs #oct 13 #2021 #i'm caught up!

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klaudia2646 · 2 years

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Happy Wednesday!

Since I’m not working right now all days are just about the same and David is not even here so no point on being excited about weekdays or weekends.

I wish it was warmer so I could go walking outside. I do see lots of people walking, but they’re used to the weather. For me, it’s baby steps. I know coming March it’ll start getting better. I can go to the gym, I may do so today.

House in Arkansas is under contract! Fingers crossed. Closing date is February 24th. It makes me sad but life goes on.

Mother is law is breathing slower. David said she opened her eyes a couple of times last night but was not really looking at anything.

I got a call about the box spring, saying that they’ll pick it up on Friday instead of Saturday. Walmart thought it got picked up yesterday, they sent me survey. I gave it a very bad review. Maybe that’s why they’re picking it up a day earlier? Not good enough. They were supposed to pick it up yesterday. I have to go and tape the cardboard and wrap the darned thing. Walmart sent me a message saying that I should get the other, hopefully the right box spring, on Monday. We’ll see.

I slept better last night. Pups were trying to wake me up earlier but I got to sleep in. 6:45. The poor guys don’t understand what’s going on.

I’ve been trying to work with Walter on commands and see if we can do something about his aggression towards strangers who come into the house. I do want him to protect and attack if it’s an unwelcoming person but it’s getting very frustrating every time someone who I’m expecting to come into the house gets almost bitten by him. I have to go and buy some smaller treats to try to work on his behavior.

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thecollegefootballguy · 3 years

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2021 Top Games of the Week: Week 1

Football is back! Week 0 was incredibly boring but Week 1 should more than make up for that. We’ve got a load of interesting games this week that should kick off the season in style. Let’s have a look!

The Top Ten Games of the Week

10. West Virginia at Maryland (Saturday 9/4)

The 10 spot goes to one of the fun rivalry games once again kicking off. West Virginia and Maryland have kept their non-conference rivalry going even as both schools changed conferences in the past 10 years. I hope they keep playing it moving forward. Neither team is expected to contend for their conference, or division in the Terrapins’ case, so winning the rivalry games is #1 on the list for many fans on both sides.

9. Michigan State at Northwestern (Friday 9/3)

The Big Ten is trotting out several conference games to open the season. Michigan State at Northwestern is perhaps the least interesting, but it does feature the defending champions of the West Division. In 2020, the Wildcats came out of nowhere last year to claim their second division title in three years. Meanwhile, the Spartans gutted their way through a season that would have been incredibly disappointing if not for their win over Michigan. Both squads have question marks but with this early conference game we’ll get a better idea where each team stands.

8. #4 Ohio State at Minnesota (Thursday 9/2)

Ohio State is ready to kick off another season with a national championship in their sights. The Buckeyes are quite clearly one of the best teams in the country and expect to go 12-0 or 11-1 at the very worst. Minnesota hasn’t had an opportunity like this is a while. The Gophers are expected to be loaded for bear as they prepare to take the next step forward under P.J. Fleck. Back in 2019, Minnesota defeated #4 Penn State to catapult themselves into a tie with Wisconsin for the West title. I’m sure they have a similar outcome on their minds here for OSU.

7. #16 LSU at UCLA 1-0 (0-0) (Saturday 9/4)

This one is going to hold my attention this weekend. LSU has had a strange two years, going from national champions with potentially the best football team of all time to 5-5 also rans nearly overnight. Sure, they have had time to reload now and the Tigers should be fine, but more than a few eyebrows have been raised already. Meanwhile, UCLA’s long rebuild under Chip Kelly has finally started to bear fruit. The Bruins mauled an overmatched Hawaii squad in week 0. Big deal, the Rainbow Warriors aren’t on the same level as Louisiana State, who will give UCLA a real litmus test to see how far they’ve come. Also it’s cool to see a PAC-SEC matchup, I feel like those conferences have the most infrequent combinations of matchups among the P5 leagues.

6. #10 North Carolina at Virginia Tech (Friday 9/3)

The ACC isn’t quite matching the Big Ten for Week 1 intrigue, but this early bout may have big ramifications on the Coastal race. North Carolina is favored in a race with Miami according to the experts, but things rarely ever go right in this strange division. Virginia Tech are in an awkward position. Things haven’t been going well in Blacksburg lately and fans wanted Justin Fuente fired years ago at this point. It would be a huge opportunity for the Hokies to turn their fortunes around if they can jump on the Tar Heels at home.

5. #23 Louisiana at #21 Texas (Saturday 9/4)

This is a trap game for sure. Steve Sarkisian’s first game as Texas head coach and it’s against a team that made their name last year upsetting regular season Big 12 Champions Iowa State. Louisiana will absolutely give the Longhorns a tougher test than they would normally expect from a G5 program and if they’re not careful UT could faceplant.

4. #17 Indiana at #18 Iowa (Saturday 9/4)

It’s not a sexy matchup in the conventional sense, but you have to give credit where it’s due. Indiana were one of the darlings of the 2020 season. The Hoosiers shocked the world last season with a breakout 6-2 record. With a full season’s worth of games to play now, IU is gunning for double digit wins. Iowa is their usual selves. The Hawkeyes were once again a strong team last year and that should be the case in 2021 as well. Iowa expects to contend for the West Division this year and have to win their cross-division games to give them their best chance at getting to Indianapolis.

3. #19 Penn State at #13 Wisconsin (Saturday 9/4)

The biggest of the Big Ten’s Week 1 matchups sees two of the best programs in the conference square off. Penn State had a bad year in 2020, no other way around saying it. The Nittany Lions need to rebound in 2021 or there will be a lot of question marks surrounding the direction of the program under James Franklin. Wisconsin is their usual selves, meaning the Badgers should once again be one of the top teams in the league but still a step (or two) behind Ohio State. Both Wisconsin and Penn State want to win their respective divisions, a loss in Week 1 would be a crucial setback for either side.

2. #1 Alabama vs #14 Miami FL (Atlanta, GA) (Saturday 9/4)

The defending champions start off the year in a high profile matchup with another high profile team. Miami isn’t quite playing up to their potential just yet, but the Hurricanes are on more solid footing than we’ve seen in a while. Many are expecting another breakthrough season similar to what we saw in 2017. It might not matter either way if the Canes get back to that level. It will be incredibly hard to unseat Alabama. The Crimson Tide are losing a lot of guys from their championship squad, but new faces with similar levels of talent are coming in to replace those who’ve left for the NFL. It feels foolish betting against Bama but a Week 1 loss would be one of the more likely scenarios for a regular season loss at all for the Tide.

1. #5 Georgia at #3 Clemson (Saturday 9/4)

This one is a no-brainer. Georgia and Clemson’s on again-off again rivalry is once again heating back up. The stakes haven’t been this high since the early 80′s, with both the Tigers and Bulldogs attempting to claim national championships this year. UGA is hoping to rebound and reclaim the SEC East after giving it away to Florida last season. The Dawgs are on the short list of 6 or so teams that are aiming to make the Playoff every year. Clemson is one of the other squads on that special list. The Tigers are hosting and may be favored, but we need to be wary of their lack of depth at the QB position. A loss here might not end a Playoff campaign, but it would be a bad start to one as well as a black eye against a regional recruiting rival.

5 G5 Games of the Week

5. Syracuse at Ohio (Saturday 9/4)

Frank Solich unfortunately won’t be the head coach in Athens, but I think his old team is in great position to claim a P5 scalp as hapless Syracuse makes the trek for a rare MAC road date.

4. Marshall at Navy (Saturday 9/4)

Two of the G5′s more consistent brands face off. Marshall is trotting out their first new coach in 15 years while Navy is attempting to spit out the bad taste in their mouths after a disappointing 2020 season.

3. Miami OH at #8 Cincinnati (Saturday 9/4)

The Battle of the Bell is one of FBS football’s oldest rivalries and I love giving it the spotlight. I don’t expect Miami to win of course, while they have been a solid MAC program in the last couple years, the RedHawks aren’t up to the same level as Cincinnati. The Bearcats are favored to repeat as the #1 G5 program in the nation. Cincinnati haven’t lost to their in-state rivals since 2005, giving Miami plenty of reason to try and solve the Cincy defense that gave teams such fits last season.

2. Texas Tech vs Houston (Houston, TX) (Saturday 9/4)

That’s right, Houston was able to call on to upgrade this game to NRG Stadium. The Cougars and Red Raiders are throwing a Southwest Conference reunion party and everybody’s invited. Both Texas Tech and Houston have been struggling lately and this game definitely has high stakes for both programs.

1. Boise State at UCF (Saturday 9/4)

Two of the G5′s biggest brands face off as Boise State travels to the Bounce House to take on UCF. The stakes are obvious: the winner here will be the G5′s #2 option after Cincinnati moving forward through the season.

FCS Games of the Week

5. #14 Central Arkansas at Arkansas State (Saturday 9/4)

More likely to happen than you might imagine. Arkansas State moved on from coach Blake Anderson at the end of 2020 and Butch Jones (yeah) needs time to get things set. Central Arkansas has an opportunity to knock off their big brother in Jonesboro.

4. #9 Montana at #20 Washington (Saturday 9/4)

It’s the revival of an ancient PCC series dating back to the 1950′s. Montana will certainly be an underdog against a Washington squad that technically did win the PAC-12 North last year.

3. #21 Northern Iowa at #7 Iowa State (Saturday 9/4)

Iowa State has moved mountains to become this good, but the Cyclones aren’t impervious to upsets as last year showed us. Northern Iowa has their own chance to knock off big brother.

2. #6 Weber State at #24 Utah (Thursday 9/2)

This one should be tough no matter how good Weber State is. The Utes’ physical game will be tough for the Wildcats to overcome, but they’ll take their shot at glory no matter what.

1. #10 Jacksonville State vs UAB (Montgomery, AL) (Wednesday 9/1)

Now this is cool, an FBS-FCS game played at a neutral site. I love to see matchups like this. UAB is one of the best G5 programs of the last 5 years while Jacksonville State is one of the most consistent FCS squads in the deep South.

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WIP Wednesday!

Oy, is it already fucking Wednesday? Jeeeezzzzuuuussss. Okay, here is a little bit of the things I’m working on actively right now.

There’s Only One Bed and Oh, Can We Explore the Area Between Tortured Lust and ‘Sup, Bro?’ With Our Dicks

“How are we going to get those pieces?” Alex asked bluntly.

“I’m not sure yet,” replied Michael. He stared pensively out at the road and Alex wanted to tell him there was no way they were leaving Arkansas without them, but at the end of the day… they very well might have to.

It was a short drive back into town and Michael headed straight to the hotel. They needed a new game plan. Michael felt so keyed up from their meeting with Agnes Thorpe that he didn’t know what he wanted to do with himself. He needed to get some energy out of his system so he could think. When they got into the room, he immediately grabbed for the bag of laundry next to their bags.

“I’m going to go do some laundry,” he said, almost making it out of the door when Alex snagged the laundry bag and stopped him.

“Are you alright?” Alex asked, brow furrowed in concern as he looked Michael over.

“I’m fine. I just… have to get rid of some energy. I’ll be back in a bit,” Michael replied, softening his tone. Alex studied him for a moment before nodding and letting go. “See if you can’t find us something to do tonight in this one horse town since we apparently really are staying a couple extra days.”

“You think we should listen to her lead about Julien?” Alex asked before Michael could step out of the door.

“I think… I think I need some time to think about it. I’ll be back in a couple hours. Will you be okay?” Michael asked, glancing around the motel room.

“Yeah, I think I can handle being alone for a couple hours,” Alex replied a little sarcastically. Michael shot him a smile and Alex let his hand drop from the laundry bag. It wasn’t much, but it was nice to tease this way too. Michael headed for the truck and searched for a nearby laundromat where he could load up as many open washers as he could find. He wanted to dump the clothes and then go for a walk or find a bar and fight someone. His feelings of excitement and desperation were mixed together with how much he liked Ms. Thorpe and those missing pieces of console that he’d been looking for for years.

Undisclosed Desires

Alex pushed back Michael’s curls from his face. It was late morning if Alex’s body had anything to say about it. His eyes itched and felt heavy from the need for sleep, but Michael looked so peaceful and beautiful beside him in bed. Alex traced his fingertips over the swell of his shoulder blade and down the slope of his spine in awe. Surely this time they could be happy. Third time’s a charm, as they say. Alex pushed closer and his lips followed the path of his fingers until he felt Michael’s body stirring under his lips.

“Alex?” Michael’s voice croaked from his pillow. Alex hummed in reply and nipped playfully at the swell of Michael’s ass before moving back up towards the head of the bed to lay next to him again.

“My love,” Alex replied, tracing the side of Michael’s face with his fingers before cupping his cheek in his palm. Michael moved his mouth to kiss the swell of muscle under Alex’s thumb and then turned to look at him.

“Will I be a vampire now?” Michael asked, turning onto his side and propping up onto an elbow. Alex slid closer until he could hitch one of Michael’s legs up onto his thigh before answering. He peppered kisses on the column of his neck, teasing around the edges of the bite mark left behind from the previous night.

“No, my love. Last night was just sex,” Alex answered. He felt Michael’s cock twitch where it pressed against him and he smiled widely. “Wild, passionate, wonderful sex.”

Body Shots

“Does that mean you’re going to take your pants off now?” Alex asked, hand moving down Michael’s body to stroke over the bulge in his jeans. Michael moaned quietly and made to stand up at the side of the bed.

“Actually, since I had to take your pants off for you, I figure it’s only fair you take mine off for me,” Michael replied easily. Alex sat on the side of the bed and grinned up at him.

“Since you’re shown me how it’s done and all,” Alex teased, fingers already unbuttoning Michael’s jeans as he spoke. He pulled down the zipper and pushed at Michael’s jeans which fell down his legs to pool at his feet on the floor. Alex looked up at him and smiled guilelessly. “Well, that was much easier.”

Michael opened his mouth, no doubt to give him shit, but Alex had already bent forward to mouth at the fabric covering Michael’s cock. His hands smoothed up Michael’s thighs and under the cotton of his boxer briefs. He wanted very much to get his mouth on Michael’s skin. Alex looked up at him from where he was licking over the head of Michael’s cock, soaking the fabric in his saliva. Michael swore and bent down, catching the back of Alex’s neck and holding him still in order to press a heated kiss to his mouth.

“Fuck, Alex, tired of playing?” Michael asked, one of his hands tangling in the hair at the back of Alex’s head while the other pulled his underwear down out of the way. Alex’s mouth watered at the sight of him. He was thick, uncut, and Alex wanted nothing but to touch him. Alex moved to do just that when Michael stopped him with a tsking sound. Alex looked up in question.

“Remember, no hands,” Michael said gleefully.

A Working Title

“Don’t think you’re not going to finish what you started later,” Michael said in a low, private voice that wouldn’t carry to where Isobel was walking around the living room looking around in mild disgust. Alex gave her a quick glance and then slipped his hand past the fold of the robe and down to where Michael was still half hard. He gave him a quick squeeze and then slipped his hand out and stepped back. Michael gave him an outraged look as he half turned to watch Alex start moving back towards the door.

“Isobel, it’s good to see you again,” Alex commented when Isobel stopped near his path back outside.

“You too, I suppose. So where did you lose your leg?” she asked, looking down at his residual limb. She didn’t sound pitying, just curious. He gave her a half-smile. He reminded himself she was Michael’s sister, counter to five, and took a deep breath before replying.

“I didn’t lose it. It’s in the bedroom. I’m going to get it right now,” he answered cheekily and then made his way back out onto the porch. He heard Michael whisper-yell, ‘Iso-BELL!’ behind him and his half-smile turned into a full one as he laughed to himself.

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verycleverboy · 3 years

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If wishes were horses...

...then dreamers would giddyap the hell away from COVID flareups.

The third wave has landed hard in Arkansas, with only 25 ICU beds open in the entire state as of Wednesday morning, with patients often facing a six hour ride when an open bed is found anywhere.

The time for decisive action is long, long past...which is a damn shame, because the Arkansas Republican party willfully tied their own hands months ago, presumably to pwn the libs.

Now, those idiotic decisions have come back to Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and regrets? He’s had a few.

Months after he signed the bill banning state and local mask mandates, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he wants the law reversed to give schools the option to require face coverings when children return to the classroom.

"In hindsight, I wish that it had not become law. But it is the law, and the only chance we have is either to amend it or for the courts to say that it has an unconstitutional foundation," he said at a Tuesday news conference.

Hutchinson has called a special session for the state legislature to change the law. During the news conference, he and Secretary of Health Jose Romero stressed that children under 12 are currently the most vulnerable group in the state because they are unable to get the vaccine.

"As of August 1st of this year, nearly 19% of all active cases are in children under 18 years of age. Those children that cannot have a vaccine at this point ... account for more than half of that percentage," Romero said.

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Elsewhere in his remarks, Governor Hutchinson framed himself as a victim of a veto-proof bill. To his very flimsy credit, he used his veto power to carve out exemptions for private businesses, which the Arkansas I-Don’t-Wannas also wanted to ban in an earlier draft, as many other Republican-led states shortsightedly did.

But (and I hate to burst his bubble) that is his signature on the bill, a signature that bans state and local governments from the most basic of protective measures, the same signature that prohibited a vaccine mandate for government services.

There were multiple ways Asa Hutchinson and his party could’ve pumped the brakes on this wave of the pandemic, but with eyes wide open they chose to make almost all of them impossible. As hard as Hutchinson is trying to backtrack now, he willfully put on the Death Cult jersey, which is probably why in spite of all of this he’s still not in favor of a state-level mask mandate.

If the nature of reality could only speak to us...in the form of an easy movie quote...

“If it was anybody else, I'd say what's going to happen to you would be a lesson to you. Only you're going to need more than one lesson. And you're going to get more than one lesson. “

--Jim Gettys in Citizen Kane (and I sure as hell wish they were learning these lessons without racking up a body count)

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