I'm ashamed that Cuban went to my alma mater, Indiana University. That university mandated mRNA injections for all students when it was known that those products do not stop transmission. The highest court sanctioned (*edit*, as in upheld) the mandate.
Do not support any public university. Instead support the University of Austin. The college is offering full ride scholarships to its first class of students in Fall 2024. https://www.uaustin.org/
Niall Ferguson and Bari Weiss are on the Board of Trustees. David Mamet, Glenn Loury and Ayaan Hirsi Ali are on an advisory board. Michael Shellenberger is among the faculty. Let's hope the university and its students succeed!
Many years ago, my brother, who is a corporate executive type, told me that he had to go to "diversity training". I asked him what that was. He explained. It was the dumbest thing I ever heard. Everybody had to talk about their ethnic backgrounds. For many years my father's family lived in South America. They came from Europe. They were European citizens. They never acquired citizenship in South America. My father then immigrated to the US in the 1950's. Upshot - after my brother told his family story, the diversity commissar explained that presto chango, my brother was actually a Latino. I told my brother that this wasn't diversity, it was reversity, trying to lump people into identity boxes to meet some theoretical Commie behavioral social objective. I thought it was stupid at the time. Little did I know that these asshats would come to dominate the national discussion.
So now my kids are Latinos who identify as campesinos and they just got into Harvard by making empanadas for their application essay. Just kidding on that last part.
Your “Cuban Rule” first occurred to me when I learned that Newt Gingrich--one of the most outspoken Bill Clinton impeachers--had a paramour, all the while trying to oust Clinton for his infidelities. (Little did I know at the time about, say, Lolita Airlines.) The biggest sinners are the biggest accusers.
I don't recall details so I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that no one (especially not Hillary Clinton) was "trying to oust Clinton for his infidelities". The most specific issue was perjury, and besides that there was abuse of his office (and I don't mean the room) for personal gain. Maybe that whole impeachment was silly, but not for the reason you give.
You are technically right, but they made a lot out of the sex scandal, and Gingrich was one of the most outspoken. So the main point is that you watch the people protesting the loudest. Rachel Maddow (in her Chairman Mao spectacles) calling Trump a fascist, for example.
I stopped watching the NBA when they first went woke years ago. However, NBA basketball was unwatchable for years before that so I have not felt any sense of loss.
Breathometer, a breathalyzer that plugged into your smartphone, made “Shark Tank” history. The product earned investment from all five investors on the episode, including Robert Herjavec, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner and Daymond John, in addition to Cuban.
“It was a great idea and actually a decent product [ … ] but I’d look at the CEO Charles Michael Yim's Instagram and he’d be in Bora Bora,” Cuban said. “Two weeks later, he’d be in Vegas partying [ … ] Next thing you know, all of the money is gone.”
Where was the EEOC Commissioner backlash when Biden said he would only choose a “black female” for a Supreme Court position 😳? That was “IN YOUR FACE” racist!! KBJ will forever be known as the Biden DEI SCOTUS hire.
When the Supreme Court FINALLY deemed “Affirmative Action” for what it’s always been (an excuse to use race/gender/ethnicity as a basis in the name of equity for recruitment instead of being merit based) the new name, DEI, was already in hot pursuit on the woke, corporate agenda. Having an actual “DEI titled recruitment position” in a corporation was just another blatant, RACIST move to undermine the SCOTUS ruling. DEI is Affirmative Action...the nomenclature fools no one. It’s blatant discrimination.
Supreme Court should revisit AA ruling and blanket the ruling to include any and all across the board LANGUAGE that utilize discriminatory recruitment tactics in all academic and corporate hiring processes.
It seems that the ultimate goal of DEI is to specifically put unqualified minorities in positions of authority instead of the best vetted and most qualified candidates. It’s shameful and illogical and will cause resentment.
"Why do commissars always wear bright color-coordinated outfits like The Hunger Games?" LOL! Another hilarious piece, you're on fire Yuri. I love your swashbuckling style of rapier-essaying.
Mark Cuban could clearly care less, he's just playing the sentiment of the room as any salesperson does. The sad reality is, he probably doesn't know what he believes in, or how to even begin that self-reflection in the first place. Ultimately, he's playing the role of a DEI-pimp of sorts, cynically leveraging woke mores to "diversify the portfolio" monetarily, and for no other purported end.
The kommissars wear bright colored clothing for the same reason animals and plants are brightly colored in the wild. It's a warning to the other animals about what to avoid eating.
I am in healthcare education. My first habd experience in the trenches: DIE tried to take over but reality keeps getting in the way. The DIE sycophants (primarily privileged white liberal female and white gay males) do not tolerate different opinions. Their solution is to try to get rid of (either firing the offending faculty or sanctioning the student). Neither is legal, hence reality gets in the way. The DIE folks on the governing board have crazy ideas, such as lower the admission requirements, or “lets recruit all the nurses aids for the BSN nursing program”. Seriously? There is a national licensure exam that must be passed to get a license. Sure, we could theoretically pass everyone and award a degree (like other ‘softer’ majors) , but nursing students still need to get a license in order to work. And accreditation requirements say schools have to maintain an 80% licensure pass rate. Again, reality stops some DIE initiatives when in a regulated profession. Is it only a matter of time before DIE tries to eliminate standards and regulations?
"DIE jobs are similar to mascots. It doesn’t matter who is inside the costume, all they have to do is hand wave and chant the same woke copypasta." this is the truest statement on the internet this week.
Cynt? Seriously, is that her real name? How do you pronounce it <smirk>?
Note to parents: when naming your child, give serious consideration to all the possible permutations of what you choose. Use AI to help if you can't see what everyone else will.
Truth is the most entertaining! "Real journalists should be investigating all of these questions, but they’re too busy getting fired because no one wants to read their woke garbage." "The Democrat KKK (Kamala/Karine/Katanji)." Let's not forget Sticky Fingers and that bondage it and all the crap pushed designed to infuriate and hopefully discourage and depress Americans. No longer simply the smoke of affirmative action hires = quotas, it's hardcore militant discrimination and MPF warfare upon the last nation standing.
The irony between NBA front of house and NBA back of house could not be larger. Front of house black people thrive and flourish because the meritocracy of basketball shows that they are consistently the best, however rear of house none of this matters and people are just hired for the purposes of virtue signalling. What must it feel like to know that you are rubbish at your job and everybody knows that you’re rubbish at your job and you are only hired to make other people look good and feel virtuous?
How is morale in your department when you know that everybody despises you and thinks you’re an idiot and has no respect for you because they know you have no abilities to actually do the job ?
This is a self-imposed hell of its own making for whoever accepts the invitation .
"You have no abilities to actually do the job" How is that a problem when the job has no ability requirements? Lots of people would be thrilled with this situation.. They can lord it over the less fortunate, go out and buy a Lexus and get lots of braids so you can look important like Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson!
The utter ignorance and stupidity of these woke people is astounding 🤦🏻♂️
Exceeded only by their overweening arrogance and smug self-aggrandization.
I'm ashamed that Cuban went to my alma mater, Indiana University. That university mandated mRNA injections for all students when it was known that those products do not stop transmission. The highest court sanctioned (*edit*, as in upheld) the mandate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/supreme-court-indiana-university-covid-vaccine-mandate.html
Do not support any public university. Instead support the University of Austin. The college is offering full ride scholarships to its first class of students in Fall 2024. https://www.uaustin.org/
Niall Ferguson and Bari Weiss are on the Board of Trustees. David Mamet, Glenn Loury and Ayaan Hirsi Ali are on an advisory board. Michael Shellenberger is among the faculty. Let's hope the university and its students succeed!
I hate my alma mater also - can’t wear the stupid gear anymore - as my granddaughter took the jabs at good old IU - unbelievable
Is Mark Cuban a real person?
He seems to be an amalgam of every despicable, boot-licking, self loathing, virtue signaler…kinda like an entrepreneurial Turdeau.
Many years ago, my brother, who is a corporate executive type, told me that he had to go to "diversity training". I asked him what that was. He explained. It was the dumbest thing I ever heard. Everybody had to talk about their ethnic backgrounds. For many years my father's family lived in South America. They came from Europe. They were European citizens. They never acquired citizenship in South America. My father then immigrated to the US in the 1950's. Upshot - after my brother told his family story, the diversity commissar explained that presto chango, my brother was actually a Latino. I told my brother that this wasn't diversity, it was reversity, trying to lump people into identity boxes to meet some theoretical Commie behavioral social objective. I thought it was stupid at the time. Little did I know that these asshats would come to dominate the national discussion.
So now my kids are Latinos who identify as campesinos and they just got into Harvard by making empanadas for their application essay. Just kidding on that last part.
What’s awful about that is folks had to “confess” about their personal lives and were forced to share their “narratives.”
Right. It’s a struggle session.
Yes! THAT is the term I was looking for 🙏
yummmmm empanadas they should learn to make them. they could start a business and F Harvard
Don't give Harvard admissions any ideas.
"Real journalists should be investigating all of these questions, but they’re too busy getting fired because no one wants to read their woke garbage."
Sums up a whole lot, actually, doesn't it
Your “Cuban Rule” first occurred to me when I learned that Newt Gingrich--one of the most outspoken Bill Clinton impeachers--had a paramour, all the while trying to oust Clinton for his infidelities. (Little did I know at the time about, say, Lolita Airlines.) The biggest sinners are the biggest accusers.
I don't recall details so I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that no one (especially not Hillary Clinton) was "trying to oust Clinton for his infidelities". The most specific issue was perjury, and besides that there was abuse of his office (and I don't mean the room) for personal gain. Maybe that whole impeachment was silly, but not for the reason you give.
You are technically right, but they made a lot out of the sex scandal, and Gingrich was one of the most outspoken. So the main point is that you watch the people protesting the loudest. Rachel Maddow (in her Chairman Mao spectacles) calling Trump a fascist, for example.
But we did learn that character doesn't matter. Boy, did we learn.
I stopped watching the NBA when they first went woke years ago. However, NBA basketball was unwatchable for years before that so I have not felt any sense of loss.
And Cuban’s dumbness extended to his Shark Tank investments too. He admits he’s lost money overall.
“Mark Cuban hasn’t profited from his ‘Shark Tank’ investments”
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/22/mark-cuban-hasnt-profited-from-his-shark-tank-investments/
Breathometer, a breathalyzer that plugged into your smartphone, made “Shark Tank” history. The product earned investment from all five investors on the episode, including Robert Herjavec, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner and Daymond John, in addition to Cuban.
“It was a great idea and actually a decent product [ … ] but I’d look at the CEO Charles Michael Yim's Instagram and he’d be in Bora Bora,” Cuban said. “Two weeks later, he’d be in Vegas partying [ … ] Next thing you know, all of the money is gone.”
Cuban seems to enjoy getting grifted.
Where was the EEOC Commissioner backlash when Biden said he would only choose a “black female” for a Supreme Court position 😳? That was “IN YOUR FACE” racist!! KBJ will forever be known as the Biden DEI SCOTUS hire.
When the Supreme Court FINALLY deemed “Affirmative Action” for what it’s always been (an excuse to use race/gender/ethnicity as a basis in the name of equity for recruitment instead of being merit based) the new name, DEI, was already in hot pursuit on the woke, corporate agenda. Having an actual “DEI titled recruitment position” in a corporation was just another blatant, RACIST move to undermine the SCOTUS ruling. DEI is Affirmative Action...the nomenclature fools no one. It’s blatant discrimination.
Supreme Court should revisit AA ruling and blanket the ruling to include any and all across the board LANGUAGE that utilize discriminatory recruitment tactics in all academic and corporate hiring processes.
It seems that the ultimate goal of DEI is to specifically put unqualified minorities in positions of authority instead of the best vetted and most qualified candidates. It’s shameful and illogical and will cause resentment.
...and it's run the same way; tokens and quotas.
There's a county in Maryland, adjacent to the District of Columbia, that is home to mostly Black civil service/federal govt workers. Make work much?
reparations by a different name.
"Why do commissars always wear bright color-coordinated outfits like The Hunger Games?" LOL! Another hilarious piece, you're on fire Yuri. I love your swashbuckling style of rapier-essaying.
Mark Cuban could clearly care less, he's just playing the sentiment of the room as any salesperson does. The sad reality is, he probably doesn't know what he believes in, or how to even begin that self-reflection in the first place. Ultimately, he's playing the role of a DEI-pimp of sorts, cynically leveraging woke mores to "diversify the portfolio" monetarily, and for no other purported end.
The kommissars wear bright colored clothing for the same reason animals and plants are brightly colored in the wild. It's a warning to the other animals about what to avoid eating.
I am in healthcare education. My first habd experience in the trenches: DIE tried to take over but reality keeps getting in the way. The DIE sycophants (primarily privileged white liberal female and white gay males) do not tolerate different opinions. Their solution is to try to get rid of (either firing the offending faculty or sanctioning the student). Neither is legal, hence reality gets in the way. The DIE folks on the governing board have crazy ideas, such as lower the admission requirements, or “lets recruit all the nurses aids for the BSN nursing program”. Seriously? There is a national licensure exam that must be passed to get a license. Sure, we could theoretically pass everyone and award a degree (like other ‘softer’ majors) , but nursing students still need to get a license in order to work. And accreditation requirements say schools have to maintain an 80% licensure pass rate. Again, reality stops some DIE initiatives when in a regulated profession. Is it only a matter of time before DIE tries to eliminate standards and regulations?
"DIE jobs are similar to mascots. It doesn’t matter who is inside the costume, all they have to do is hand wave and chant the same woke copypasta." this is the truest statement on the internet this week.
Jim Johnson... that is absolutely the best description I have read regarding DIE/DEI. Even your “DIE” is spot on!
Cynt? Seriously, is that her real name? How do you pronounce it <smirk>?
Note to parents: when naming your child, give serious consideration to all the possible permutations of what you choose. Use AI to help if you can't see what everyone else will.
Truth is the most entertaining! "Real journalists should be investigating all of these questions, but they’re too busy getting fired because no one wants to read their woke garbage." "The Democrat KKK (Kamala/Karine/Katanji)." Let's not forget Sticky Fingers and that bondage it and all the crap pushed designed to infuriate and hopefully discourage and depress Americans. No longer simply the smoke of affirmative action hires = quotas, it's hardcore militant discrimination and MPF warfare upon the last nation standing.
The irony between NBA front of house and NBA back of house could not be larger. Front of house black people thrive and flourish because the meritocracy of basketball shows that they are consistently the best, however rear of house none of this matters and people are just hired for the purposes of virtue signalling. What must it feel like to know that you are rubbish at your job and everybody knows that you’re rubbish at your job and you are only hired to make other people look good and feel virtuous?
How is morale in your department when you know that everybody despises you and thinks you’re an idiot and has no respect for you because they know you have no abilities to actually do the job ?
This is a self-imposed hell of its own making for whoever accepts the invitation .
"You have no abilities to actually do the job" How is that a problem when the job has no ability requirements? Lots of people would be thrilled with this situation.. They can lord it over the less fortunate, go out and buy a Lexus and get lots of braids so you can look important like Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson!
“Mark Cuban is the dumbest billionaire”.
Add to that big ego & big mouth and then you have Mark Cuban.