SoCal Deek

Tibs…you and I often disagree but on this I believe you’re correct. The Russian invasion has been horrific in that there doesn’t seem to be a Ukrainian army to attack so instead Russia is just slamming rockets into apartment buildings. I’m not sure that we’ve ever seen anything like that. Typically, the attacking force claims that the enemy is using these buildings as a shield to hide their military. But Ukraine doesn’t appear to have an organized military. To quote Irv….what a mess!

This is not a difficult concept. The bill simply seeks to limit what subject matters school districts and teachers can include in their curriculum. There’s nothing odd here. I’m guessing you wouldn’t want a devout Muslim teacher instructing students about their religion? Similarly, as an employer, there are certain topics I’m not supposed to venture into with my employees lest it be branded a hostile work environment. This is nothing for either side to set their hair on fire about. The ‘privacy’ of the public school classroom does NOT give the classroom teacher the freedom to talk about whatever they want with impressionable children….and qualified, trained educators know exactly how to avoid such topics. Relax!

DC…not too bad. I think it’s safe to say that your Denver prediction was spot on! Do you want to update your predictions?

I’ve been to Tottenham. Three things…first it looks like a really cool futuristic spaceship that landed in an old row house neighborhood that could very well be in WNY. Second, it was built in two halves so the team could keep playing in the old stadium while the first half of the ‘circle’ was built…amazing but expensive. Finally, it opened an entire season late because of fire alarm problems so the Hotspurs had to play an extra season away from home at nearby Wembley stadium.

And they ended up settling for what they got? Yikes! Somewhat in kidding, yes, the plans will be conceptual at first with multiple revisions along the way. Most people think that an architect just whips out a complete design and says ‘here it is’ but that’s not how it works. We prepare general concepts really quickly and those are refined over time with input from the Client. The project design ultimately develops from the general to the specific with the final details worked out as the technical drawings are being assembled.

That actually sounds much longer that it should take, especially with the existing site conditions known. I can’t imagine they’re going to get into some long community input process.

FYI: they’re not actually blueprints anymore. We now create a 3D virtual model of the building and give it to the Contractors to work from in real time. Pretty cool, huh? In general the total architecture/engineering fees should be something in the neighborhood of 6.0% of the construction cost of the stadium. You can do the math.

Many folks on here know that I’m actually a practicing architect. Yes, populous is one of the industry’s leaders in major sports facility design. They’ll do a great job.

Kamala is the modern day definition of a total piece of crap!

I’m not the least bit uncomfortable. I’m however amazed that you think your typical grade school teacher has any expertise in these matters. There are people who do….but not teachers. That’s not their core competency. You don’t know that? Or are you just so accustomed to being an internet expert on everything because you slept in a Holiday Inn Express last night?

Thank goodness....I've been saving up all of my 'calls for violence' for just such an occasion!

And you're an expert in pedagogy because you have a Twitter account? Please....just stop it now. Your slanderous name calling from yesterday proved where you're coming from on this issue.

Crap....I was pretty sure it was going to me!

Dr Who? Nope….doesn’t ring a bell. 😂

And here we go! Sheeesh

The amount you know about what goes on in a classroom couldn’t fill a thimble. Please stop trying be an expert on every subject you see on Twitter.

You keep repeating that. Public school educators have zero expertise in any of this subject matter. Especially primary grade educators. They shouldn’t be going anywhere near this subject matter. They are not hired as social workers or marriage and family counselors. PERIOD!

I have no idea what the current discussion has with your comment. You’re saying Biden won because people knew he’d never be impeached? Yeah….I’m sure that’s why he won. You should start your own cable television network.

Helped me?

Remember….Kamala is the Great Insurance Policy.

These people have lost their minds. There isn’t a single American who isn’t going to hang the price of gas squarely around Biden’s neck. Everyone feels it now…big time! Blaming Putin (some guy on the other side of the world) doesn’t help you fill up your tank when you have to go to work, and it doesn’t buy your groceries to feed your kids. They’re absolutely tone deaf and out of touch.

Regardless of what this Bill says or doesn’t say it’s just another example of the First World problems that are eating America up from the inside. I’m assuming the very fact that this discussion has gone on for page after page means that all of Florida’s kids are able to read, write and do math at grade level and beyond….yes? I mean, we have time for this nonsense?

Hey BillSy…just call him a freak. It’s your go to slur.

Nice try Freak You went into your vast dictionary and painted everyone who supports this legislation with the one epithet that’s universally used to describe those in the greater LGBTQ community. Nice work hater! Again…you’ve been exposed. Not so easy when the hate speech is coming out of your sexist pie hole is it BillSy? Get lost!

We’re clearly back to “leading from behind”. Great job Joe!