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QuoteThe Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying "anti-Christian bias" as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government.

The department, according to a copy of an internal cable obtained by POLITICO, will work with an administration-wide task force to collect information "involving anti-religious bias during the last presidential administration" and will collect examples of anti-Christian bias through anonymous employee report forms.

The cable was sent out to embassies around the world under Secretary of State Marco Rubio's name. The instructions also were released in a department-wide notice.

The document says the task force, which was established by the executive order, will meet around April 22 to discuss its initial findings.

The cable encourages State Department employees to report on one another through a tip form that can be anonymous. "Reports should be as detailed as possible, including names, dates, locations (e.g. post or domestic office where the incident occurred," the cable reads.

Some State Department officials reacted to the cable with shock and alarm, saying that even if well-intentioned, it is based on the flawed premise that the department harbors anti-Christian bias to begin with, and warning it could create a culture of fear as the administration pushes employees to report on one another.

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#95

Laid Back Lounge / Re: Photography, photos you to...

Last post by Recusant - April 12, 2025, 06:22:14 AM

Cool canines. I'd suggest making a point of spending some one on one time (obedience, or just walks and hands-on, like giving a brush) with the youngster Pepper away from Ginger, to try to counteract the stand-offish thing from Ginger. In fact over the long run if that socialization proves effective, Pepper might help Ginger become more relaxed by providing a good example. Just a thought.

#96

Laid Back Lounge / Re: Photography, photos you to...

Last post by Dark Lightning - April 12, 2025, 01:32:11 AM

Quote from: Tank on April 11, 2025, 05:11:24 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 11, 2025, 01:10:42 AMDoggies. We got them both from a volunteer shelter. Spayed and shots as appropriate. Ginger (tan and white, 1-1/2 YO) stayed in her kennel except for food and bathroom breaks for a few weeks. She was dumped at the pound in a sack with 4 other dogs (probably siblings) and gave birth to 4 puppies a couple of hours after the workers came to work and found the sack. I still can't pet her; she's too afraid, even after a couple of months. Traumatized by some clodhopper of a man, obviously. She's up to where if I offer my hand, she'll lick it, that's all. Pepper (black and white, 2-1/2 MO) is a regular puppy, but she's picking up the vibes from Ginger and getting skittish around us guys. She was just fine in my lap at the adoption place. Pepper really does have eyes; that's just an artifact of my shit photographer skills and bad lighting. I hope Ginger comes around; we'll just have to give her time. Both are Chihuahuas.

Now I want another furry friend! Well done DL well done indeed!

I'll pass the gratz on to the wife. She was the prime motivator.

#97

Laid Back Lounge / Re: Photography, photos you to...

Last post by Tank - April 11, 2025, 05:11:24 PM

Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 11, 2025, 01:10:42 AMDoggies. We got them both from a volunteer shelter. Spayed and shots as appropriate. Ginger (tan and white, 1-1/2 YO) stayed in her kennel except for food and bathroom breaks for a few weeks. She was dumped at the pound in a sack with 4 other dogs (probably siblings) and gave birth to 4 puppies a couple of hours after the workers came to work and found the sack. I still can't pet her; she's too afraid, even after a couple of months. Traumatized by some clodhopper of a man, obviously. She's up to where if I offer my hand, she'll lick it, that's all. Pepper (black and white, 2-1/2 MO) is a regular puppy, but she's picking up the vibes from Ginger and getting skittish around us guys. She was just fine in my lap at the adoption place. Pepper really does have eyes; that's just an artifact of my shit photographer skills and bad lighting. I hope Ginger comes around; we'll just have to give her time. Both are Chihuahuas.

Now I want another furry friend! Well done DL well done indeed!

#98

Laid Back Lounge / Re: What's on your mind today?

Last post by Tank - April 11, 2025, 05:08:47 PM

Quote from: Asmodean on April 11, 2025, 12:04:03 PM...So I am officially no longer a couch tater. That blood plasma nonsense they did to my shoulder arthrosis has paid dividends, it seems, and now I fit into the pants I wore as teenager. (Not literally the same pants, but the same 34/32 size) all because not having a literal migrain in my shoulder by lunchtime means that I can do stuff like take a ridiculously long walk up a ridiculously steep hill on semi-daily basis.

It's remarkable what physical activity does to the shape of a person's ass.

Well done!

#99

Politics / Re: president elon

Last post by Tank - April 11, 2025, 05:07:44 PM

The weakest part of a security system is usually the people. One way Bletchley Park was assisted in breaking the Enigma code machine was lazy operators reusing encryption key words which they were strictly forbidden from doing.

#100

Politics / Re: amerika

Last post by Tank - April 11, 2025, 05:03:12 PM

Well done.

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