Rhode Island

[mojosapien]

Dunno what happened but it beat the hell of <<!>>
In any case...I'm from the Republic of RI
Turning 60 in a few days...I'm the oldest of 2 here

What happens in RI satdewati*&uh%d#
<<<sorry>>>

[Azastan]

Glad you found the new place .

[mojosapien]

I'm a goddam native

[Patagoniagirl]

I think I'll wait for more information.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

[mojosapien]

Foggy is officially designated to send this thread to the official RI page.
We have a new governor come......before the weekend???

[mojosapien]

in the meantime....I get to walk into the voting booth tomorrow and demand a birthday cake...lololololool

[raison de arizona]

So the RI guv was confirmed U.S. commerce secretary, what happens there now?

And happy belated birthday mojosapien!

[mojosapien]

$134 in today's market is......


November 23, 1842, the Rhode Island State’s new Constitution was approved by the people who were qualified to vote under the Royal Charter, as it was ratified by a vote of 7,032 for, to 59 against. Prior to 1842, Rhode Island was still governed by the Royal Charter of 1663. At nearly two centuries old, the document essentially restricted voting rights to a very small population of elite, rural, landowning native-born white males. Two disenfranchised groups in particular, immigrants (especially Catholic Irish) and free African-American laborers. When the constitution was put to a public vote in November 1842, a ballot question asked whether voting rights should be restricted to whites only. Voters rejected the restriction by a three to one margin, thus making Rhode Island the first state in the United States to grant suffrage to African-Americans (at the time there were five listed slaves in Rhode Island). The 1842 Constitution continued the requirement of the royal charter which held that only landowners with $134 in property could vote, keeping most of the new immigrants from voting. (This provision would be overturned by a subsequent amendment.) The constitution specifically prohibited members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe from voting. In November of 1986 Rhode Island approved a new Constitution.

[keith]

$134 in today's market is......

$134 in 1842 is worth $4,519.87 today

That seems rather low to me, but there you go.

[maureencurtis]

Hello everybody! I'm glad to join your community

[Uninformed]

Hello everybody! I'm glad to join your community!

Hello, welcome to The Fogbow.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Welcome, maureencurtis!!!!!!!!

[AndyinPA]

Welcome!

[raison de arizona]

INBOX: "The University of Rhode Island will revoke honorary degrees for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani."

Story here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/21/ ... -guiliani/
URI news release here: https://www.uri.edu/news/2022/01/uri-bo ... -giuliani/

[Kendra]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... d=msedgntp

A spokesperson for Giuliani didn't respond to an email seeking comment, but Flynn's family released a lengthy and strongly worded statement ahead of Friday's vote in which it dismissed it as “cowardly and corrupt."

“With this flawed and crooked action, URI endorses the destructive and tyrannical cancel culture, bowing down to the woke mob and repressive forces, while revealing itself to lack the intellectual capacity, fortitude or integrity that is required of an American public university in the 21st century,” the family statement read in par

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[mojosapien]

James Langevin (RI-2-D....is that the correct notation?) is retiring in a potentially red(2A) district here.
More to come.

[mojosapien]

Oh what costume shall the old man wear?
To tomorrow's jury lounging?

He'll come off the short bus and we shall see
By the way he must now pee.

what the hell does he do
He has no clue
When Monday rolls around???

He may be excused forevermore
And will go out and find a whore.

-The Bruce.

[Foggy]

Sniff, sniff. That's beautiful!

[mojosapien]

Not in my case. SORI vs The Opioids.
For some reason I can avoid the process and land right on the jury.
"Is there anyone under 18 in the audience????"
Presiding judge is Richard C. Licht.
"You may remember me, but you remember my uncle Frank"

The Bruce which is referenced is to our late GOV...who got really pissed when he was told that due to the RISC..he was (Sundlun d.90) ineligible while he was in office.

[New Turtle]

Is Boston really just a suburb of Providence?

[mojosapien]

I have yet to recognize anyone on several shortbuses to the Le Pet-; Tial of SORI vs Opiods.
Pray for me.

[mojosapien]

May the Basketball Do Something Besides Deflation.

PC Mens
URI Womens
Bryant Mens.

[mojosapien]

May the Basketball (Gods) Do Something Besides Deflation.

PC Mens
URI Womens
Bryant Mens.

[keith]

Does anyone in this thread speak English?