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A grizzly tale

#1 Post by a1mamacat » Tue Feb 07, 2017 7:36 pm

Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.
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#3 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:51 pm

Immediately after her confirmation, a Representative introduced a bill to abolish the Department of Education. :evil:

https://massie.house.gov/newsroom/press ... -education
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#4 Post by elwoodblues » Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:07 pm

But...but...her emails!

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#5 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:27 pm

Bob Juch wrote:Immediately after her confirmation, a Representative introduced a bill to abolish the Department of Education. :evil:

https://massie.house.gov/newsroom/press ... -education
What calamity would ensue if the Dept of Education were to go away?
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#6 Post by a1mamacat » Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:57 pm

flockofseagulls104 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:Immediately after her confirmation, a Representative introduced a bill to abolish the Department of Education. :evil:

https://massie.house.gov/newsroom/press ... -education
What calamity would ensue if the Dept of Education were to go away?
Betsy wouldn't get to play teacher.....


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#7 Post by TheConfessor » Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:13 am

a1mamacat wrote:Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.
State Department? That's in the capable hands of Rex Tillerson from Exxon Mobil.

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#8 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:04 am

So do you think the new Secretary of Education took this job to increase her own wealth?
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feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#9 Post by jarnon » Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:08 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:So do you think the new Secretary of Education took this job to increase her own wealth?
Like the President and the other billionaires in his cabinet, this job means less money for Devos. She has a political agenda that she's committed to. But a conservative with experience in education would have been a better nominee.
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#10 Post by Estonut » Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:18 pm

a1mamacat wrote:Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.
Shouldn't this be titled "A Grisly Tale?" Grizzly is a bear.
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#11 Post by Bob78164 » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:23 pm

Estonut wrote:
a1mamacat wrote:Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.
Shouldn't this be titled "A Grisly Tale?" Grizzly is a bear.
Actually, if memory serves grizzlies aren't actually bears, but are members of the mink family. Or maybe that's polar bears. I'm too lazy to look it up.

But I'm pretty sure Saucy is adverting to Secretary DeVos's defense of guns in schools: You never can tell when you'll need one to shoot a grizzly bear. --Bob
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#12 Post by Estonut » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:30 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
Estonut wrote:
a1mamacat wrote:Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.
Shouldn't this be titled "A Grisly Tale?" Grizzly is a bear.
Actually, if memory serves grizzlies aren't actually bears, but are members of the mink family. Or maybe that's polar bears. I'm too lazy to look it up.

But I'm pretty sure Saucy is adverting to Secretary DeVos's defense of guns in schools: You never can tell when you'll need one to shoot a grizzly bear. --Bob
Your memory sucks. A Grizzly is as bear as a bear can be.
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#13 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:13 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:So do you think the new Secretary of Education took this job to increase her own wealth?
Yes, she stands to benefit if there are more charter schools.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/a ... er/513266/
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#14 Post by BackInTex » Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:30 pm

Bob78164 wrote:Actually, if memory serves grizzlies aren't actually bears, but are members of the mink family. Or maybe that's polar bears. I'm too lazy to look it up.
--Bob
Wrong on both. The both are bears.

There are eight bear species divided into three subfamilies.
- Ursinae - Black, brown (grizzly is a brown bear) , polar, sun and sloth bears
-Tremarctinae - spectacled bears
- Ailuropodinae - giant pandas

I have no idea where you got mink from. Bears and minks are mammals. That's where they split. They both make for great coats.
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#15 Post by elwoodblues » Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:39 pm

Bob keeps picking the wrong things to argue about, but the word "grizzly" was most likely used in this thread to refer to the DeVos statement about some schools needing guns for protection from bears.

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#16 Post by Estonut » Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:55 pm

BackInTex wrote:
Estonut wrote:Actually, if memory serves grizzlies aren't actually bears, but are members of the mink family. Or maybe that's polar bears. I'm too lazy to look it up.
--Bob
Wrong on both. The both are bears.

There are eight bear species divided into three subfamilies.
- Ursinae - Black, brown (grizzly is a brown bear) , polar, sun and sloth bears
-Tremarctinae - spectacled bears
- Ailuropodinae - giant pandas

I have no idea where you got mink from. Bears and minks are mammals. That's where they split. They both make for great coats.
You've attributed Bob's quote to me.
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#17 Post by BackInTex » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:23 pm

Estonut wrote:You've attributed Bob's quote to me.
I fixed it. I am really, really, really sorry. :oops: Really.
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