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A Tejano lefty who is into all things Houston sports, esp. UH , also into books/movies/music. Motto: Resist Much, Obey Little
“Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history.”
Edward W. Said
![Top image (screenshot of text from the 5th and 14th amendments): "The clause in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides:
No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. [4]
The clause in Section One of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides:
nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. [5]
Bottom image (a screenshot of a Trump post): "...came here illegally! The Courts are intimidated by the Radical Left who are, "playing the Ref." Great Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito correctly wants to dissolve the pause on deportations. He is right on this! If we don't get these criminals out of our Country, we are not going to have a Country any longer. We cannot give everyone a trial, because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years. We would need hundreds of thousands of trials for the hundreds of thousands of Illegals we are sending out of the Country. Such a thing is not possible to do. What..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:acm2yz57z6weqbdbw5lpluu3/bafkreig3xyai2luddjefkw5oxr5w3yzg6byc33rykfstzafww3jdapu7mq@jpeg)
Top image (screenshot of text from the 5th and 14th amendments): "The clause in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. [4] The clause in Section One of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. [5] Bottom image (a screenshot of a Trump post): "...came here illegally! The Courts are intimidated by the Radical Left who are, "playing the Ref." Great Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito correctly wants to dissolve the pause on deportations. He is right on this! If we don't get these criminals out of our Country, we are not going to have a Country any longer. We cannot give everyone a trial, because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years. We would need hundreds of thousands of trials for the hundreds of thousands of Illegals we are sending out of the Country. Such a thing is not possible to do. What..."
There's only one command stated twice in the U.S. Constitution: no one shall be "deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law." (5th & 14th Amendments)
And here is the U.S. President now openly saying "we cannot give everyone a trial."
Time to invoke another amendment...
Rest In Peace
21.04.2025 16:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Which pundit is going to write up a defense of Hegseth sending attack plans to his wife in a group chat as being how "family values" should work?
Anyone placing bets?
FED WATCH: “.. shocks to the supply chain are increasing by the day. Ford is halting shipments of F-150s, China is putting export controls on rare minerals, halting LNG imports, and cancelling Boeing orders, .. and air travel between the US and Canada is plunging by 70 percent.”
#SummerOfScarcity
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals.”
Anaïs Nin - 1940
A British tourist trying to leave the US (after doing household chores in exchange for lodging) was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention center
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
One of the greatest comebacks in NCAA basketball history was led last night by Kelvin Sampson, a member of the Lumbee, an Indigenous and Black North Carolina tribe. His father helped fight off the Klan in the Battle of Hayes Pond. He’s the first Native coach to ever go to Final Four. DEI, baby! ✊🏽
06.04.2025 11:35 — 👍 1524 🔁 227 💬 20 📌 18Judge: “Acting on the basis of a negative group stereotype and generalizing such stereotype to the entire group is the classic example of racism"
01.04.2025 14:06 — 👍 67 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 1
t's just total cruelty. And maga applauds the action. What has America become? 😢😡
27.03.2025 06:19 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Success is UH’s tradition on and off the court, with nationally ranked graduate programs reflecting our commitment to excellence year-round.
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Unconscionable!!!😡
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#GoCoogs #2 🐾 🐾
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“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
Omar El Akkad
