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  8. Random News Items

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    5 minutes ago, Tracker said:

    Conservatives Are Now Blaming The Titanic Sub Tragedy On 'Wokeness'

    On Sunday, the submersible Titan went missing far off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, in the North Atlantic ocean. The tourist expedition, led by OceanGate, a company that runs submersible trips for tourism and exploration, was supposed to take five men to view the shipwreck of the Titanic, nearly 13,000 feet below sea level.

    A search for the sub, which included OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush onboard, is now over after debris from the vessel was located following an apparent “catastrophic implosion,” the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday.

    As the U.S. and Canadian governments shelled out funds in the rescue and recovery effort, the media reported on a series of safety concerns that most likely led to the sub going missing.

    But conservatives had another theory. Could the sub have disappeared because OceanGate’s CEO went “woke”?

    Wokeness has become a new boogeyman for the right, and no one is safe — even in a case like this, with five people believed to have lost their lives in the deep sea.

    Being woke once meant being aware of social injustices, but conservatives have appropriated it to refer to anything that they disagree with or that has a hint of liberalism. It’s often used as a not-very-subtle replacement for racial slurs.
    On Wednesday afternoon, Fox News’ Jesse Watters suggested on the network’s show “The Five” that the men may have perished in the sub because Rush was too woke.

    “There’s been lawsuits, there’s been accusations about slashing regulations. He’s quoted as saying he didn’t hire a bunch of 50-year-old white guys with military experience because he didn’t want his vessels to be not inspirational for a younger generation,” Watters said, referring to the OceanGate CEO previously stating that he didn’t want to hire older white men.

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  9. 3 stars plus hh bc kicked our @$$

    in Blue Bomber Discussion

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    1 hour ago, Eternal optimist said:

    Was one of those nights where nothing went right for the O:

    1. For sure two deep passes that were open, but the pass was just a few yards overthrown

    2. VAJ got super lucky and had a fumble bounce right back into his hands

    3. I think long term this is actually good to get smacked in the mouth this early in the season.

    Regroup and move on.

    Humbling. 

  25. Canadian Politics

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    3 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

    Not evil - just leads to more pollution, less workers' rights, less consumer protection, less safety, stupider people etc. etc.

    Not evil. You’re a better person for agreeing. Each of the things that you mention, are valuable to you, I’ll agree you have a right to value them. 

    3 minutes ago, JCon said:

    Much better than the disaster that Ford has been. 

    Pardon? I directly responded to your comment. Please go back and look at that. 

     

    You neither agreed or disagreed. You get to pick. I need to leave for quite a while today, so feel free to take your time on how or if you’d care to respond. 

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