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DingLeeBerry

Favorite team:	Mississippi St.
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re: Found out today an old college buddy is illegal

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 6/12/25 at 2:33 pm

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Sounds like he has a wife who is an American citizen, so he’s good.

I think just about every sitcom in the 80s had this as the plot of an episode

re: Lockheed Martin paid bonuses based on race

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 6/12/25 at 2:29 pm

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Doesn't just about all of their income come from the US govt? That shite should stop post haste or contracts cancelled one at a time until zero.

At the time the government encouraged it and I’m almost certain gave them brownie points for the ridiculous policy.

re: State's next coach

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/28/25 at 3:53 pm

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There’s a reason why Oxford/ Ole Miss is a destination visit for college football fans. And Ole Miss attracts students from all over the country.

Face it, Ole Miss/the grove is somewhat like Bourbon Street. Out of towners show up to drink until they get sick and leave with no recollection of what happened.

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re: What makes John Kennedy tick?

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/21/25 at 7:59 pm

re: LSU football has a squad this year...

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/20/25 at 2:35 pm

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80% pay huge buyout and start coaching search

re: President Trump secured over $2 trillion in investments for the US on his Middle East trip

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/16/25 at 8:44 am

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Biden would have given away 90% of 2 trillion.

Fixed it

re: 57% of US households can't afford to buy a $300K home today. The median is around $408K

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/14/25 at 1:52 pm

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There are many who bought in 2021 that are upside down in towns like Austin, where the market has decreased like 23% since the 2021 peak who can't

Isn’t that sort of like taking out $200k in student loans for a college major that will get you a $30k job?

re: What is this ridiculous thing grilling RFK, Jr.?

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/14/25 at 1:48 pm

That’s uncle Lewis. You must not recognize him without his stogy.

re: State fans: New Baseball Coach?

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/13/25 at 5:36 am

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He has won as many national titles at UVA as State has won. And he will retire there with a statue. He ain’t budging at this point in his career.

He may stay there until he retires, but I have no idea.He’s probably got another 10 years to coach at least and the landscape of college athletics/baseball has changed quite a bit. He’ll be remembered more for his last 10 years more than what he’s accomplished prior and if there is another opportunity that sets him up to be more successful as he closes out his career you would think he considers it. Maybe he doesn’t consider it, but most coaches would.

re: U.F. does a study and finds out how to avoid alligator attacks.

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/9/25 at 11:16 am

The big money maker will be the purchase and installation of “stay away from alligator” signs and tv commercials.

Outdoor Board

re: White Smoke from the Vatican...New pope to be announced

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/8/25 at 11:17 am

My guess is it’s Pope Joe Biden

more than two dozen people were gathered in a barn that had a fighting arena lined with plexiglass and rows of seats for spectating.

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ICE Busts Cockfighters in Harrison County MS

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/6/25 at 8:16 pm

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Officials with Homeland Security Investigations said matches were scheduled for later that day, and bets were being placed. Homeland Security said hundreds of chickens were on the property, and those used for fighting were equipped with sharp, bladed spurs.

“In addition to the acts of animal cruelty perpetrated by the operators and encouraged by the participants, underground gambling operations such as these often have ties to other significant crimes, including narcotics violations, money laundering and acts of violence,” ICE HSI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Eric DeLaune said. “These crimes degrade the safety of our communities, and we are proud to be the ones stopping these illegal operations.” Around 20 people were arrested for an array of charges. Officials said some of those in custody were identified as illegal immigrants.

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The case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect the community from the perpetrators of violent crime.

MS Auditor Report on Non-Profit Spending -

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/5/25 at 8:40 pm

MS State Auditor

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Today State Auditor Shad White released a report showing taxpayer funds were spent on a “Queerceanara” (which was described as a “Latinx pride month event that highlights LGBTQ Latinx and Indigenous community members”), beer, “diva brunches,” and other questionable expenses by nonprofit organizations receiving government grants from the Mississippi Department of Health.

The grants were primarily intended to test Mississippians for HIV-AIDS.

“It’s almost like our government hates us,” said Auditor White. “This kind of spending defies all common sense and is an insult to hardworking taxpayers.” Every year the federal government sends hundreds of millions of dollars to Mississippi state agencies which they then pass to nonprofits.

Over the last five years, the Mississippi Department of Health was charged with using some of those funds to decrease HIV infections in Mississippi. To achieve this goal, the Department of Health gave three nonprofits more than $853,000 between 2020 and 2025. During that time, those nonprofits only administered 35 HIV tests.

Instead, they spent the funds in the following ways:

The Immigrant Alliance for Justice and Equity (IAJE) was given $17,380.19 for hosting a “Queerceanera.” Of that, they spent $327.36 on Bud Light and Coronita beer, $2,500 on gift cards for “Queerceanera” attendees, and $14,126.84 on the venue, food, supplies, DJ, photographer, and travel for the event.

$699.79 for 19 spa gift baskets “for women” from Amazon. $137.79 for five Lyft rideshares in New York City at 10:12 pm and 4:08 am on 4-5 March 2023, which included a two-hour stop at “the longest running lesbian bar in the country.”

$82.50 for dinner at a “restaurant in Baltimore” despite the receipt address being for a tobacco/vape store.

Love Inside for Everyone (LIFE, Inc) was given $4,000 to cover rental fees for a nightclub (run by the nonprofit’s director) to host monthly “diva brunches”

Over $90,000 with no receipts or supporting documentation provided to the Department of Health Funds to host Gay Pride Weekend in Jackson, MS, in 2023

Love Me Unlimited 4 Life was given over $140,000, which they spent entirely on salaries with a requirement to hire people who identify “as Gender Non-Conformant (GNC), Aged 17-34 that are People with HIV (PWH), members of the LGBTQIA community, and/or at risk for acquiring HIV.”

Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett will speak to Tougaloo graduates Crockett shared some of her message for the class of 2025 in Jackson Saturday evening

re: Engineers and astronauts disagreeing about rocket science in Jackson

Posted by DingLeeBerry on 5/4/25 at 6:24 pm

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The Texas representative says she receives invitations from institutions around the country to serve as commencement speaker, but it was important to accept the invitation from Tougaloo College. “It’s a place in which I can speak freely and know that there won’t be retribution as it relates to the school or the students because I’m just being honest about the time in which we are in,” she said.

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“The reality is that they are more equipped than most of their peers. The reality is that most of them haven’t been trust fund babies that allowed them to end up sitting at the tables of power. When they end up at those tables, nobody gave it to them. They earned it,” she said.