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And the night shift. And @Nicole44

Sorry, I was quoting from Hartzell's email that was in your post. My bad.

There's a carve out here for certain roles, so my guess is this is aimed squarely at those whose jobs are outward facing but are digging in their heels about coming in more.

FIFY

Which one is his wife?

They're trying really hard to find a reason to call only one out.

A lot of boys who want to pledge do this. UT also has a program where you can take some hours at UT and the rest at ACC, and girls who go this route can still rush (sorry, go through recruitment) as a freshman. Have no idea how you get into that deal, but it exists.

I taught both daughters how to keep score. It kept them occupied for a while, and they learned the game.

It will bother me. A lot. And I still want him gone.

JFC

This fuckin guy. What could go wrong.

If she wants to rush, then Hardin House and SRD. Callaway House is also popular. HH and SRD fill up quickly. Have your act together when the contracts come out and get them back asap.

The picnic tables in the weird park across the street from Paul Revere's house make for a nice spot to enjoy the after-dinner cannoli from Mike's Pastry.

It would have been the best approach. Here' my theory about why they didn't: Charles is widely considered to be a transitional king, but Will and Kate are the future. Charles's diagnosis, while concerning, wasn't all that surprising for a man his age. OTOH, Kate's is troubling given her age, and it threatens the RF's image of vitality and stability. Combine that with their desire to protect their kids and William's well-known distrust of the press and obsession with privacy, and you've got a PR disaster that writes itself. And I hope I'm wrong about this, but I wonder if her condition is more serious, and that's what set off the panic-induced series of lies. At least they were smart enough to not share the news with the Duke and Duchess of Montecito ahead of time. No way they would have had the restraint to STFU until the video was released.

Btw, I'm not questioning whether she actually has cancer. Lying about that would be the lowest thing possible. I just find their ever-changing stories questionable.

So according to the Palaces, both Kate and Chuck enter the same hospital for scheduled procedures a day or two apart, and both emerge with incidental findings of cancer. Really? I guess it's possible, but because Kensington Palace has 100% fucked up the entire PR management for Kate, I call bullshit. I completely get the desire to manage public knowledge of a cancer diagnosis, particularly with three young children. But then why the lies? Why say it was "non-cancerous" so quickly? Why put out stories in the last 48 hours about how Kate is making school runs, runs errands around town, and plans to make a big splash return to public duties on Easter Sunday walking to church with the rest of the family. They need to fire their entire PR team. And I agree with @Nicole44 that there's likely more going on with William pissed off at Chuck and Camilla.

From the Daily Beast: When the palace announced Kate’s abdominal surgery in January, it added that she hoped her personal medical information would remain private. One friend told the Times, “It’s not that they (Kate and William) didn’t think there would be lots of speculation and interest, but they had confidence that people would give them the space they asked for, which they did for about a month.” It's amusing to me that they are so out of touch to think that the tabloids would just be totally cool with no real explanation about why the biggest star of the family would be out of commission for months on end. They're now in total victim mode as if these things have just happened to them. And this: friends say what William has “found especially challenging in recent weeks…is the feeling that the couple’s bubble is coming under threat, and that his wife is experiencing some of what his mother went through.” Please. Willy is now trying to deflect from the stories about his pegging partner and what an entitled prick he is behind the scenes.

Oh, and a Nate Paul connection, too. 🍿

How does their press team let this happen?

I'm talking about the people who don't like him but still vote for him because he has an R next to his name. The opposite, but equally dumb are the people who say, "Garza is doing a shit job, but I'm still voting for him because fuck this Red money supporting his opponent."

I voted against Garza, and I'm no Republican. Yes, "Red" money targeted him, but voting for Garza just because Rs opposed him makes you no better than the Rs who continue to support Trump simply because he's on their same team.

This. He's found a group of lawyers as cynical and power hungry as he is, and they are going on a rampage. They've got their greatest hits list of issues -- abortion, elections, immigration, etc. -- and they're going to sue anyone and anywhere that will get them in the news as the true defenders of whatever the fuck they think the MAGA crowd is up in arms about. We know (and he knows) that the actual facts don't matter as long as he gets to flex on some Facebook "news" outlet. Fuck him. Fuck these lawyers signing on to these lawsuits. And fuck the people giving this dickhead felon a pass for all of this bullshit.

Did you do the prix fixe or a la carte?

I just posted in the Abbott thread about how bad these tv hosts are at interviewing. Welker is bad, but she's not alone in letting the guests say whatever the fuck they want with zero threat of being called out.

I wish the media were better at interviewing. She should have followed up by asking what the fuck difference does the number make, and why won't he answer the question. And it never ceases to amaze how bad he is at talking. Such an insincere and dumb man.