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Ron DeSantis Nukes DEI at University of Florida, Staffers Fired and Department Shuttered In one of the bigger victories of Ron DeSantis' governorship, "diversity, equity, and inclusion" initiatives are officially dead at the University of Florida. Senate Bill 266, which was signed into law by DeSantis in 2023, has gone into effect and forced the move. The University of Florida subsequently sent out a memo closing its DEI department and ending all contracts with DEI vendors. More importantly, all staffers who were employed in DEI positions have been fired. [...] https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/03/01/desantis-nukes-dei-at-the-university-of-florida-n2170816

Not Just Harvard: Columbia University Diversity Officer Plagiarized Dissertation From Wikipedia It wasn't just ousted Harvard president Claudine Gay who got caught plagiarizing her academic work. She and another Harvard administrator, DEI administrator Shirley Greene, were discovered to have plagiarized. [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/03/01/columbia-diversity-officer-plagiarized-from-wikipedia-n2393457

Huge: Joe Biden Contradicts Hunter Biden's Testimony Joe Biden continues to lie about his involvement in his son's foreign business dealings. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/03/02/now-joe-biden-is-contradicting-hunter-bidens-testimony-n4926943

James Biden Admits 'Loan Repayment' to Joe Was Possible Thanks to Chinese Money Last week, First Brother James Biden gave testimony as part of an impeachment inquiry about his financial dealings with China and also with his brother Joe Biden. The NY Post reports that during that testimony, James Biden admitted that the money he used to repay a loan from Joe came to him as part of a multi-million dollar deal with China. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/03/01/james-biden-admits-loan-repayment-to-joe-was-possible-thanks-to-chinese-money-n3783920

Human-shielding themselves in schools. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hamas terrorists captured while hiding in Gaza school, IDF pushes deeper into Khan Yunis [...] In one targeted raid on terrorist infrastructure, the 7th brigade successfully captured dozens of terrorists who had been hiding in a school. Through questioning the captured terrorists, the IDF acquired key intelligence that was transferred directly to the forces operating in Khan Yunis. [...] https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-789789

Similar-themed threads have been merged.

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man: We exited the casa late but still fulfilled our GS/ES itinerary, relief man. Lunch, halfway through GS-ing, was at favorite Chinese buffet, visit we man. Chinese "girlfriend" waitress was there, see we man she man. We consumed Many (2+1) plates piled high with beef & chicken, ingest we man. We were exhausted after all this, drag tail we man. The last ES was within one mile of an Aldi, propitious man. We groceried for Two Guys week, grocery we man. Returned to the casa to demanding miu, Where Are My Treats And Lunch Daddy miu man. After servicing miu and filing groceries, immediately siesta'd, zzz we man. After dark, called Mama T-B. for Walmart list, items available only there man. We convinced senior she man that we preferred doing this tonight, not Sunday man. Everything that she wanted was there in desired quantity, a first man. We got ourself 2 marked-down packaged subs, last day for sale man. We also got a marked-down pack of sliced lemon cake for Mini-B., financially savvy we man. Mama T-B.'s bill was $Many, to be precise man. Our bill was $Many, to be precise man. Delivered stuff to Mama T-B., deliver we man to senior she man. Mama T-B. was too tired to yell at us about anything, we'll have to do things again this way man. Very late din-din was one of the 2 Walmart subs, ingest we man. No party with the rubias tonight, exhausted non-cavorting we man. Overall, not a bad Saturday, conclude we man.

Thrilling Saturday GS/ES report, see man: We replaced one GS with an ES, replace we man. One ES and one GS (which turned out to be at a big outdoor church bazaar) yielded the take, see man: -- NIP Aveeno shave-gel, long-sleeved shirt for Mini-B. = $2, steal man -- NIP Irish Spring body-warsh, NIP Aussie shampoo, NIP "eos" shave-cream, NIP Refresh tears, Many-pack ([2+2]-pack) Many00-W light bulbs, 2 Scotch tape, thick bath towel = $Many ($2+2+2), absolute steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2)

Alex, welcome to the forum! Your thread is being moved from the Off Topic forum to the "Effects of Major Family Changes" forum, where a big VAWA thread exists. I'll merge your thread with that one. There, you'll find others in your situation, and a lot of support.

How America's once great department stores became a dying breed Macy's announcement Tuesday that it will close 150 stores, or nearly a third of its total, is the result of a once-great department store industry in decades of decline. The gradual demise of the American department store can be blamed on [...] https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/america-once-great-department-stores-204251656.html

My thought is assisted living with memory care.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glory Be! There's A New Joe Biden Bible Translation, And Here Are The Top 10 Verses [...] All the books of the Bible have been translated into Joe Biden's native tongue, in hopes that the president and others with dementia can finally understand the Word of God. Here are ten of the most popular verses from the newest translation of the Bible: [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/glory-be-theres-a-new-joe-biden-bible-translation-and-here-are-the-top-10-verses

Little Girl Dreams Of One Day Being Fat And Ugly Enough To Be Target Model DENVER, CO — A local girl poured out her heart and soul to her parents this week, expressing deep-seated dreams of one day being overweight and ugly enough to be a Target model. The little girl's aspirations, grown out of years spent staring at Target advertisements in print and online, had built up to the point that she was afraid her natural good looks may hold her back from ever achieving the goal. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/little-girl-dreams-of-one-day-being-ugly-enough-to-be-target-model

Li'l Crackpipe perjured himself multiple times. Bets that he'll get away with it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 Unbelievable Claims From Hunter Biden's Congressional Deposition Hunter Biden opened by claiming lawmakers had 'hunted' him as part of a 'partisan political pursuit' — and it all went downhill from there. [...] https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/01/8-unbelievable-claims-from-hunter-bidens-congressional-deposition/

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: We were awakened before the alarm by someone's [censored] lawn service, man. Mow your OWN infernal lawn and at a reasonable hour (= after noon), conclude and we man. We therefore dragged our behind, no energy and no prayer of sufficient caffeine man. Then came the texts from the car-buyers, NO we didn't take fotos* of the Mama-T-B.-mobile yet man. *Spanish spelling, makes more sense man Miu was needy all morning, quit needying and take your usual miu-siesta already miu man. Then we decided to consume lunch, ingest 2 cotto salami sandwiches on hamburger buns we man. Then it was 1 p.m. when we got started, car texts still coming in man. We didn't think that we'd be able to achieve our ES itinerary, fret we man. Rant, see man: ESs should stay open until at least Many p.m., we man. However, courtesy of liberties when driving, we made Many/Many'ths of them, acceptable man. We arrived at the casa at half-past Many, just 2 hours + half an hour later man. We had to treat and lunch needy miu, serve needy miu we man. We were exhausted, need zzz we man. We had to decide whether to lawn-mow, to grocery at Aldi, or both, decide we man. We decided to siesta for an hour, let our subconscious mind work on it man. After siesta, mowed entire lawn, back yard plastered with dandelions and milkweed man. Despite moderate temperatures (= Many degr. F.), consumed 2 sweatbands, perspirational we man. Opted to postpone Aldi, employees grow exponentially nasty as closing-time** approaches man. **at just Many (2x2x2) p.m., ridiculous man Back & knees hosed from mow-lawning, ow ow ow ow OW man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+2+1) GSs and 2 ESs for Saturday, itinerary we man.

On average, fewer hurricanes.

I was tempted to post this one in the Lia thread. Mega-Viagra?

"Face time," or time spent together in person, is the chief factor in favor of your being granted the visa.

Two Humpback Whales Were Photographed Having Sex for the First Time in History — and They Were Both Male [...] The British news agency SWNS Media Group shared the news of the surprising encounter, which was first reported in a new study by a researcher at the Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) on Tuesday. National Geographic, Live Science and The Guardian also reported on the study's findings. The whales were seen copulating by photographers Lyle Krannichfeld and Brandi Romano on January 19, 2022. The pair documented the encounter from a safe distance while in a boat off the Hawaiian island of Maui. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/two-humpback-whales-were-photographed-191840328.html

Friday ES report, see man: We didn't leave the casa till 1 p.m., see Thrilling Friday non-ES report coming soon man. Accordingly, we attended Many (2+2) of the Many (2+2+1) itineraried ESs, ran out of time man. The Many'rd and Many'th ESs yielded the take, see man: -- NIP "AREDS2" eye vitamins*, NIP fish oil, 2 NIP liquid soaps, ~full tube Aquaphor, ~full bottle rubbing-alcohol, Many-piece ([2x2x2]-pc.) screwdriver set, large spreader-knife = $Many ($2x2x2 +2+2), steal man -- one Levi's Many0Many jeans, one Wrangler jeans = $Many ($2x2x2 +2), steal man Total = $Many ($[2 Manyzen] - 1) *for Mama T-B. or Uncle T-B., needy senior she and senior he man

We don't want to relive that, no D ma'am! Unsure why Mini-B. is gear-butted, no man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. has sure been riding his butt, much yelling in Spanish man. We have been trying to encourage him ("Doesn't this grade of Many feel good, huh man?"), si man. Not sure what's going on, no man, but we won't question success even if temporary, no man!

Ballot Drop Boxes Installed Along Border Wall BROWNSVILLE, TX — Texas residents woke up Thursday morning to find general election ballot boxes had been placed along the southern border wall that divides parts of the U.S. from Mexico. "I'm not sure where these ballot drop boxes came from," Brownsville resident Tom Walker told reporters. "Some around town think [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/ballot-drop-boxes-installed-along-border-wall

Biden Visits Border To Cut Ribbon For Official Border Grand Opening BROWNSVILLE, TX — In a long-awaited move expected to generate some attention, President Joe Biden arrived at the southern U.S. border today to cut the ribbon for its official Grand Opening. Alongside representatives from the Border Patrol and other government dignitaries, Biden presided over the ceremonial ribbon-cutting to signify that the border between Mexico and Texas was now recognized as fully open for travel. "Come one, come all," Biden said as he snipped the blue ribbon with scissors. "Listen up, folks. We've put a lot of work into this moment. There were some people who didn't want to wait for the grand opening [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-arrives-at-border-to-cut-ribbon-for-official-border-grand-opening

Biden Arrives At Border To Address His Voters BROWNSVILLE, TX — Amid record-breaking illegal immigration at the southern border, President Biden arrived in Brownsville Texas to address his voters, who had crossed into the United States the previous night. "Welcome, voters, make yourselves at home!" said Biden to a group of military-aged male Chinese nationals and a crowd of convicted felons from a maximum security Venezuelan prison. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-arrives-at-border-to-address-his-voters

They ended up with a Democrat winning after 2 Republicans canceled each other out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Breaking: Repeal of ranked-choice voting petition makes ballot With thousands of names to spare, Alaskans for Honest Elections has won the right to have its repeal of ranked-choice voting on the ballot this year. https://mustreadalaska.com/breaking-repeal-of-ranked-choice-voting-petition-makes-ballot/