Mo money, mo money, mo money. But where are we gong to get it.

The word “picnic” is racist.

Cancel culture is alive and well.

 

 

Where Are They Getting This Money

In a bipartisan vote joined by dozens of Republicans, the Democrat-controlled House on Monday passed a bill to increase the amount of direct payments to Americans struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic from $600 to $2,000.

The bill passed in a 275-134 vote, with 44 Republicans voting in favor.

Under the legislation, eligible adults and children would receive $2,000, with individuals who make up to $75,000 and married couples with incomes twice that getting the full amount. The relief checks would decrease above those thresholds.

Adult dependents, such as college students, disabled adults and elderly relatives, would also be eligible for the $2,000 payments.

This is because Trump said last week:

“Increase payments to the people, get rid of the ‘pork’.”

Mind you, none of the pork was actually cut. So we are looking at adding another $464 billion to the deficit.

You know this is a bad idea because the Democrats love it. Nancy Pelosi said:

Democrats in the House actually applauded Trump’s support for $2,000 direct payments.

“The president of the United States has put this forth as something that he wants to see, in part of his signing the legislation yesterday. I hope that that view will be shared by the Republicans in the Senate.”

What’s worse is Bernie Sanders likes the bill too and he’s threatening filibuster if the Senate doesn’t have the votes so negotiations can continue. The funny thing is Bernie Sanders, a crotchety communist, wants to eliminate the filibuster if the Democrats win the Senate.

Sanders said on Twitter:

“The House passed a $2,000 direct payment for working people. Now it’s the Senate’s turn. If McConnell doesn’t agree to an up or down vote to provide the working people of our country a $2,000 direct payment, Congress will not be going home for New Year’s Eve. Let’s do our job,”

Here’s the thing: there are a lot of Republicans that think we should take on the debt to get more money to the people who are suffering. As of now, there is about a 60% chance that this bill is going to pass.

There are a couple of problems with the bill. First, it doesn’t really have a target. Though it sets limits as to who will get a check, it doesn’t distinguish from those who need it from those who don’t need it. If you are making $75K while living alone, you should not get a check. It should be for those out of work because of this virus. This should not be a stimulus  payment but a recovery payment.

Second problem is that this is a lot of money. Someone who is earning minimum wage will be making more than they would working. They get:

• $2000
• Unemployment.
• Plus the extra money being given in unemployment.
• Plus the benefits are extended for three months.

 

That’s a lot of money for someone earning minimum wage before the pandemic.

Finally, this doesn’t deal with the real problem. We need these big cities and states to open up their economies. Start creating jobs. Start opening businesses. That’s the only way this is going to get better. And the sscience says we can now do this.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-bill-increasing-covid-19-stimulus-checks-to-2000
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bernie-sanders-threatens-filibuster-demands-2000-payments-for-americans

 

Don’t These Guys Have Better Things to Do?

The University of Michigan has been blasted as ‘moronic’ for launching a task force which has branded the words ‘picnic,’ ‘brown bag’ and ‘blacklist’ as offensive terms which could harm morale.

 The ‘Words Matter Task Force’ – set up by the school’s Information and Technology Services department – listed more than two dozen words and phrases that could be perceived as offensive to some people, and provided an alternative term that could be used instead.

The task force’s memorandum says:

“To effectively communicate with customers, it is important for ITS to evaluate the terms and language conventions that may hinder effective communication, harm morale, and deliberately or inadvertently exclude people from feeling accepted to foment a healthy and inclusive culture.”

An example would be the word “picnic.” The word ‘picnic’ appears to be banned because of false suggestions on the internet that it originates from the racist, extrajudicial killings of African Americans.

The word picnic actually comes from the 17th century French word ‘pique-nique,’ a term used to describe a social gathering in which attendees each contributed with a portion of food.

Folks, this is the University of Michigan! They don’t know how to look at the roots or words?

Let’s look at some of the words:

I hate this. I am an English major and hate when people decide to start banning words or language. I simply won’t do it. Half of these words are innocent or the right meaning is not being used.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9085007/University-Michigan-task-force-claims-words-picnic-brown-bag-blacklist-offensive.html

 

This Is Just Terrible

Four years old, a fifteen year old girl, Mimi Groves, got her drivers license. She sent a video of her behind the wheel of a car while happily screaming, “I got my driver’s license, (n-word).” She then sent the video to a friend over Snapchat.

Somehow, the video was circulated among a few students at school. It survived for years, and, last year, Jimmy Galligan, who was a senior along with Groves at Heritage, ended up seeing it.

Galligan, whose mother is black and whose father is white, said he was offended by the video. Instead of explaining the issue with a white girl using the slur to Groves herself, Galligan held onto the video and waited until he could use it against Groves to destroy her.

Typically, such an act would be seen as bullying, but in today’s pro-cancel-culture society, Galligan received a New York Times profile and the story presented from his point of view, along with a headline clearly favoring his actions. “A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning,” reads the Times headline about Galligan’s act.

Groves had been accepted to the University of Tennessee and was set to join the school’s cheer team, which at the time was the reigning national champion. When Galligan posted the video of Groves online and it went viral, she lost her position on the cheer team and was forced to withdraw from the university after facing pressure from admissions officials. The officials apparently told her they received “hundreds of emails and phone calls from outraged alumni, students and the public,” the Times reported.

Groves told the Times:

“I understand the severity of the word, or the history and context behind it because. All the songs we listened to, and I’m not using that as an excuse.”

“It honestly disgusts me that those words would come out of my mouth. How can you convince somebody that has never met you and the only thing they’ve ever seen of you is that three-second clip?”

Groves didn’t just figure this out now. She realized it back then. One of her black friends saw the video and Groves apologized, privately, way back then. According to that friend:

“We’re supposed to educate people, not ruin their lives all because you want to feel a sense of empowerment.”

Galligan  could have been a man and walked up to the Groves and said something. But he’s not a man. He’s a coward and decided to wait a year before he unleashed his wrath. Then went out to ruin her life.

When asked about attacking her now, Galligan said:

“If I never posted that video, nothing would have ever happened. I’m going to remind myself, you started something. You taught someone a lesson.”

A few things about this:

• Cancel culture is evil. We are all sinners. We all say and do bad things, including this pussy.
• If you listen to any rap song, they all use the N-word. Is it really a shock that people are influenced and say things?
• Kids should not be using social media.
• We need to realize that kids are kids and don’t always do the wisest things.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-was-offended-by-a-private-video-she-sent-to-a-friend-so-he-waited-a-year-to-post-it-and-ruin-her-life

 

 

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trained-marxist-blm-co-founder-releases-youtube-video-to-set-the-record-straight

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-ends-obamas-12-year-run-as-americas-most-admired-man