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Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 10:02 am
by Suliso
It's not that easy to use endowment money for regular expenses. In most cases that money is given for specific purposes.
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 3:06 pm
by ponchi101
ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:09 pm
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
The Supreme Court told the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison. So far, the administration is pretending to comply while refusing to do so.
By Adam Serwer
Pool Photo / AP
April 14, 2025, 2:10 PM ET
Between the path of outright defiance of the Supreme Court and following its order to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), the Trump administration has chosen a third way: pretending it is complying while refusing to do so.
...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... XWpbB8kiu0
I'm confused. I thought this person was Venezuelan.
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:32 pm
by ti-amie
In short:
Chinese President Xi Jinping has landed in Malaysia after visiting Vietnam as he looks for support following America's tariff policy changes.
Beijing says it's "tearing down walls" as it looks to secure more trade with other countries.
What's next?
Xi Jinping will visit Cambodia later this week.
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 7:56 pm
by dryrunguy
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 3:06 pm
ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:09 pm
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
The Supreme Court told the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison. So far, the administration is pretending to comply while refusing to do so.
By Adam Serwer
Pool Photo / AP
April 14, 2025, 2:10 PM ET
Between the path of outright defiance of the Supreme Court and following its order to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), the Trump administration has chosen a third way: pretending it is complying while refusing to do so.
...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... XWpbB8kiu0
I'm confused. I thought this person was Venezuelan.
No, he's Salvadoran. Someone quoted in another thread had it wrong.
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 12:47 am
by ti-amie
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3h ago
This entire administration is hellbent on driving The Onion out of business...
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2025 1:55 am
by dryrunguy
Meanwhile, the company I work for suffered its first carnage of this administration today. Five contracts were terminated for the government's convenience. They aren't huge contracts, but they are significant enough to employ about 15-20 full-time staff. I cannot divulge the agency, but I can say these are contracts with an agency even a seasoned federal employee probably never heard of.
While we will try our best to move affected staff to other contracts or cooperative agreements we have, I doubt we'll be able to find coverage for all of them. It was a sad day, for sure. And several of our personnel face some uncertain days ahead. And of course, this is just the beginning. Our "beginning" just started a good bit later than it did for many of our competitors in this industry.
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2025 8:02 pm
by ti-amie
dryrunguy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 1:55 am
Meanwhile, the company I work for suffered its first carnage of this administration today. Five contracts were terminated for the government's convenience. They aren't huge contracts, but they are significant enough to employ about 15-20 full-time staff. I cannot divulge the agency, but I can say these are contracts with an agency even a seasoned federal employee probably never heard of.
While we will try our best to move affected staff to other contracts or cooperative agreements we have, I doubt we'll be able to find coverage for all of them. It was a sad day, for sure. And several of our personnel face some uncertain days ahead. And of course, this is just the beginning. Our "beginning" just started a good bit later than it did for many of our competitors in this industry.
I'm so sorry.
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2025 9:33 pm
by ti-amie
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 5:46 pm
by ponchi101
No (expletive) kidding!
And that is exactly how a democracy should work, right?
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:44 pm
by ti-amie
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 11:59 pm
by ti-amie
Carl Quintanilla
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
(CBS News) - Trump administration officials, anticipating supply chain strains due to steep tariffs on Chinese goods, have discussed forming a working group to deal with the problems with urgency if there's no breakthrough with Beijing, multiple sources told CBS News
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
I Have Questions @choosethetruth.bsky.social
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So basically, a Trump administration crisis team formed to investigate the crisis wholly created by Trump.
So much winning, so much government efficiency!
I’m getting tired of all this winning and all this government efficiency.
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:41 am
by dryrunguy
ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 8:02 pm
dryrunguy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 1:55 am
Meanwhile, the company I work for suffered its first carnage of this administration today. Five contracts were terminated for the government's convenience. They aren't huge contracts, but they are significant enough to employ about 15-20 full-time staff. I cannot divulge the agency, but I can say these are contracts with an agency even a seasoned federal employee probably never heard of.
While we will try our best to move affected staff to other contracts or cooperative agreements we have, I doubt we'll be able to find coverage for all of them. It was a sad day, for sure. And several of our personnel face some uncertain days ahead. And of course, this is just the beginning. Our "beginning" just started a good bit later than it did for many of our competitors in this industry.
I'm so sorry.
So, now that the cat is out of the bag, the federal agency in question was AmeriCorps (formerly known as the Corporation for National and Community Service). You know, that independent federal agency that dispatches young people to communities to help with national disasters, wildfires, etc. The bigger problem, though, was apparently their past participation in efforts to address environmental problems like planting trees and providing basic supports in exceptionally poor communities like transportation, tutoring, neighborhood cleanup, and other unsavory stuff like that.
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:49 am
by Owendonovan
My niece is in VISTA for as long as that lasts I suppose.
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2025 2:43 am
by dryrunguy
Owendonovan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:49 am
My niece is in VISTA for as long as that lasts I suppose.
Probably not very long, Owen. This is the piece I saw yesterday. It's behind a paywall, though.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/p ... f11dfcd63a
Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2025 7:45 am
by ashkor87
JD and Usha have just landed in India...a visit to the Taj Mahal is planned, I hear, plus Usha has relatives in India ..she was born in the US to immigrant parents. Hope they return with good memories
