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Post by Elvado on Dec 19, 2023 18:43:07 GMT -5
Coverage befitting her position and accomplishments as the first woman on the Court. Still waiting for the national mainstream media cry-a-thon that #2 got. Poor Elvado. A victim by proxy. I may have gone to a third rate law school but I was taught that when I made an assertion, I supported it with some facts. You never do. Congrats! Elvadoism at its finest. Did you not watch the fawning coverage of the passing of the icon The notorious RBG. Please. If you don’t recognize the difference in coverage, I can’t help you. The real question is the Why. And the answer is because one was a devoted liberal and one was first.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 19, 2023 18:29:11 GMT -5
Coverage befitting her position and accomplishments as the first woman on the Court. Still waiting for the national mainstream media cry-a-thon that #2 got.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 19, 2023 17:33:51 GMT -5
Murrell goes 7th in MLS draft. Big shoes to fill. Good year to have top recruiting class in the nation. Fingers crossed.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 19, 2023 16:30:07 GMT -5
Murrell goes 7th in MLS draft.
Big shoes to fill. Good year to have top recruiting class in the nation.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 19, 2023 11:15:16 GMT -5
I am waiting for the serial career retrospectives to run on all the major news outlets. I expect it may be a long wait.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 15, 2023 21:30:40 GMT -5
Harry submitted his GU application today. Fingers crossed… Would be something very right about him attending a school that has so lovingly supported him. Here's hoping he gets accepted. God bless him. Thanks for the good thoughts Easy Ed!!
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Post by Elvado on Dec 15, 2023 18:26:29 GMT -5
Harry admitted Early Action to class of ‘28!!
So happy and so proud of him!!
So thankful to all of you!!!
Harry Saxa!!!
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Post by Elvado on Dec 15, 2023 12:51:44 GMT -5
Two thoughts from the broadcast, well, three. 1. Katty Kay is not a particularly incisive interviewer. Fauci's story at NIH is much more than COVID-19, and did there really need to be people peeking around every doorway? 2. The area around Healy Circle looks awful. Between the aging concrete and the swamp-like nature of the lawn when it rains, this area needs to be given a full renovation. 3. I find it disappointing that, given all he has accomplished, Fauci says he doesn't "need" the Catholic faith anymore because his ego has told him he's already made it. Just as one doesn't get a medical degree and proclaim they don't need to learn medicine anymore, Catholicism is not a program where you're confirmed and that's it. Spiritual fitness takes a lifetime of work just as physical fitness does--even if one isn't in the best of shape, you still get up every morning and you strive to do better, which is what keeps people from falling into the trap of arrogance. As such, he came across as polite but not altogether humble in that interview. He is clearly very well pleased with himself.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 15, 2023 8:16:19 GMT -5
Phenomenal actor. Gone way too soon. Frank Pembleton remains one of my favorite TV characters ever. Brilliant.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 13, 2023 5:46:34 GMT -5
It is not often that the same boat sails so many times
Reservoir Rd —French Chancery Mt Vernon McDonough Redo
We will be someone’s tenant into the foreseeable future and it did not have to be that way…
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Post by Elvado on Dec 12, 2023 7:31:29 GMT -5
The devil is always in the details. Until the border is under some semblance of control, I would start from the rebuttable presumption against asylum rather than vice versa. I'm no immigration law expert but believe a rebuttable presumption already exists and the burden is on the asylum seeker to meet the "reasonable fear" standard. AFAIK, the asylum seeker who presents himself to an immigration officer and subsequently to an immigration judge is NOT presumed to be entitled to asylum - the reverse is true and unless the asylee can present credible evidence of "reasonable fear" is subject to deportation. That being said, the system is broken without enough resources for enforcing the law as it currently stands. My DOJ office back in 1986 was down the hall from the Office of Immigration Litigation when it had only 12 lawyers and when Congress passed the last comprehensive immigration bill the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Simpson- Mazzoli) where Reagan granted amnesty to an estimated 3.5 million undocumented migrants Those days of the GOP are long gone. Under the final rule, noncitizens who cross the southwest land border or adjacent coastal borders without authorization after traveling through another country, and without having (1) availed themselves of an existing lawful process, (2) presented at a port of entry at a pre-scheduled time using the CBP One app, or (3) been denied asylum in a third country through which they traveled, are presumed ineligible for asylum unless they meet certain limited exceptions. Noncitizens can rebut this presumption based on exceptionally compelling circumstances detailed below. Noncitizens in expedited removal who are subject to and do not rebut the rebuttable presumption would be screened for whether there is a reasonable possibility they will face persecution or torture in the designated country of removal. The rebuttable presumption may apply to migrants of any nationality who enter the United States at the southwest land border or adjacent coastal borders without authorization after traveling through at least one other country, but would not apply to unaccompanied minors. The rebuttable presumption is also time-limited, to address the urgent need to respond to and prevent the influx of migrants expected following the lifting of the Title 42 public health Order in the absence of a such a rule. It would apply only to those who enter the United States during the 24 month period after the rule’s effective date. www.dhs.gov/news/2023/05/11/fact-sheet-circumvention-lawful-pathways-final-rule#:~:text=Consequences,removal%20will%20be%20promptly%20removed. Under the rule, certain individuals who enter the United States through its southwest land border or adjacent coastal borders are presumed to be ineligible for asylum, unless they can demonstrate an exception to the rule or rebut the presumption. Individuals are encouraged to use lawful, safe, and orderly pathways to come to the United States. www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum/questions-and-answers-credible-fear-screeningLII Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) Title 8—Aliens and Nationality CHAPTER V—EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUBCHAPTER B—IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS PART 1208—PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL Subpart A—Asylum and Withholding of Removal § 1208.13 § 1208.13 Establishing asylum eligibility. (a) Burden of proof. The burden of proof is on the applicant for asylum to establish that he or she is a refugee as defined in section 101(a)(42) of the Act. The testimony of the applicant, if credible, may be sufficient to sustain the burden of proof without corroboration. The fact that the applicant previously established a credible fear of persecution for purposes of section 235(b)(1)(B) of the Act does not relieve the alien of the additional burden of establishing eligibility for asylum. www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/1208.13#:~:text=That%20presumption%20may%20be%20rebutted,the%20fear%20is%20well%2Dfounded. Thanks for that. As written, it would appear to answer the question. As enforced, not so much.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 12, 2023 5:25:48 GMT -5
To me, this suggestion has some superficial appeal. We don't need to be a haven for illegal aliens. However, how do you decide who has a legitimate claim for asylum, how long will that take, and what do you do with the applicants (which will probably be most of them) while that decision is being made? The devil is always in the details. Until the border is under some semblance of control, I would start from the rebuttable presumption against asylum rather than vice versa.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 10, 2023 14:56:39 GMT -5
Those caught illegally crossing would move to the back of the line for legal immigration. Where would those caught be moved to? Which side of the border? Whence they came…
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Post by Elvado on Dec 10, 2023 13:37:42 GMT -5
I agree with you 100%. Make legal immigration the policy goal and practice. The first way to do that is to halt, in its entirety, the circus that is our border policy today. Catch and release is for fish, not people. I’m curious, what would you do with the people? Those caught illegally crossing would move to the back of the line for legal immigration. Those with legitimate, colorable cases for asylum would be in a different category.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 10, 2023 13:08:46 GMT -5
Legal Migrants. A concept lost on so many. Let’s find a way to make it happen. Current statistics put the numbers of legal immigrants admitted into the US at roughly the same level as in the early 1900’s. We are looking at a declining work force with a dropping birth rate. Republicans had the presidency, senate and house a few years back and NOTHING happened. AT ALL. People have got to be willing to compromise. The Republican philosophy of no compromise has hamstrung this country to levels of incompetency that has pretty much never been seen. They refuse to legislate and seem to think that moving to authoritarianism is the answer to their refusal to compromise. The fact that a large number of their base seems ok with defies the tradition of “freedom” which they love to shout about. The right keeps putting people in office that actually prevent progress on this issue from occurring. What can we do to fix that? I agree with you 100%. Make legal immigration the policy goal and practice. The first way to do that is to halt, in its entirety, the circus that is our border policy today. Catch and release is for fish, not people.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 10, 2023 9:00:48 GMT -5
Some states spurn migrants. The Rust Belt wants them. In recent months, communities including Detroit; Dayton, Ohio; and Erie, Pa. — all places experiencing population loss — have been working with outside experts on how to transform city services to meet the needs of immigrants. One city, Topeka, Kan., is being even more aggressive, offering legal migrants up to $15,000 to move there. The different approaches are sparking a debate over just what it means to be tolerant and hospitable, and it has left some city leaders befuddled over why their communities are being overlooked by immigrants. Those questions are expected only to assume greater urgency next year when the presidential election converges on the Rust Belt, elevating tensions over immigration while also sparking discussions over economic problems such as persistent labor shortages. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/08/pittsburgh-immigration-new-york-chicago/Legal Migrants. A concept lost on so many.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 9, 2023 19:34:33 GMT -5
Couldn’t happen for nicer kids!!!
Winners in every sense of the word.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 7, 2023 4:44:16 GMT -5
Perhaps now the mass media can begin its weeping and gnashing of teeth as it did for #2
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Post by Elvado on Dec 5, 2023 16:27:00 GMT -5
While the money grab desertion by Suckacuse has diminished the importance and fever-pitch intensity of the rivalry, let us never forget. Manley Field House is officially closed. The 1981 BET held at Syracuse; Syracuse students stealing the banner of the DC radio station airing the Hoya games and parading it through the streets - only to have it rescued by BC fans(?!) "Ewing Can't Read" signs and a banana thrown against the back of the backboard while he was at the line. Michael Jackson dropping 31 as a freshman to win at the Dome. Pearl Washington hitting a go ahead jumper with 8 seconds left, only to have little Charles Smith dribble through all 5 Orangeboys to hit the buzzer teardrop over Rony Seikaly. The Michael Graham slap/punch after Andrew Hawkins barely missed Graham's face with a wild swinging elbow wrestling for a rebound in 1984 BET; Froggy Paparo initially ejects Graham, then reduces it to a technical, causing Boeheim to later throw a chair and storm out of post game presser. Ewing banging Pearl for rebound position in 1985 BET, Pearl then punches Patrick in the ribs and Patrick retaliation punch misses the mark. Pearl last second jumper beating Hoyas at the Dome in '85. Pops gets a technical from each of the 3 refs back-to-back- to-back during first half in 1990, waves arms to booing crowd as he leaves the court. Otto Porter drops 33 at the Dome in 2013 to spoil Derrick Coleman jersey raising celebration. Never Forget. Crush the Orange. Not to quibble but Smith hit a scoop not teardrop after Sperman Douglas’ jumper…
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Post by Elvado on Dec 2, 2023 9:22:19 GMT -5
Seems odd that we have not had a full scale weeping and gnashing of teeth meltdown from the media after Justice O’Connor’ s death.
She was after all first…
Could it be politics?
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