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  1. JimMIA

    Disney Disingenuous?

    To answer OP's question, Disney and lots of other companies donate to political candidates for two reasons. They donate to candidates who they think will support their business. They also donate to candidates they are confident will win election in order to have access to them. The Florida...
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    Disney Disingenuous?

    It does no such thing. Read the bill to find out what it actually says.
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    Legislation is usually pretty vague, because legislative bodies leave the details to those who actually deal with "issues" in their daily routines - and should be the ones to write the specific policies. More importantly, the details of the legislation are NOT what this is about for anyone...
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    Keeping Ukraine in our thoughts and prayers here

    Polish MIG fighter update: The possibility of Poland providing Russian made fighter jets to Ukraine has been mentioned a couple of times. It never made much sense, and when Poland made their actual offer, it became a no-brainer "NO" for the United States. Poland's offer was to deliver ALL of...
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    I suspect parents probably tend to overreact in both directions depending on our biases. But honestly, I think we have an inflated idea of how influential teachers are in molding kids opinions about social issues. I think kids -- even cute little K-3 kids -- are much more influenced by their...
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    If Cinderella and Kit (Prince Charming) were your parents, what would you ask them?

    How much did you guys make from the movie?
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    LOL, me too! Another poster said "Please don't bring politics into the DIS," which I "Liked." I replied something about the way to stop political threads was to "Report" them -- which I'm sure has happened with this thread. Both the "no politics on the DIS" and my reply were almost...
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    Well...GET BUSY! Start planning your next trip!
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    OMG, what are you talking about? Haven't you ever been to WDW during a Pride Week? WDW has one every year, I believe in June...and have had for many years.
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    To me, that is a very appropriate teacher response to a 6 year-old wannabe bully. It's no different than if the child had called the other kid "stupid" or worse. The student is misbehaving, and the teacher is responding appropriately. My middle DD is a veteran kindergarten teacher and she...
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    Agree, and this actually seems to be a continuation of the trend for parents to start to take a more critical look at their kids schools. For example, school board politics supposedly played a big role in the recent statewide elections in Virginia, and voters in San Francisco recently...
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    Keeping Ukraine in our thoughts and prayers here

    . McDonalds is closing 850 or so stores that they own in Russia...temporarily. For now, at least, they plan to continue to pay those employees. We'll see how long that lasts. This could turn out to be the straw that breaks the camel's back though. I'm not sure how long Russia can hold out...
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    MCO Uber/Taxi/Bus?

    I agree with Ross above. Maximum capacity for Uber/LyftXL is 5 passengers due to covid restrictions. No riders allowed in the front passenger seat. If you have normal vacation luggage, you would be very lucky to get an XL that would accommodate everything. If luck sends you a minivan...
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    Keeping Ukraine in our thoughts and prayers here

    I hate to admit it, but I'm afraid you are right. It fades from the news cycle and the sanctions quietly stop being enforced because the countries lose their will to confront Putin. Being strong is hard, and lots of countries don't do hard any more.
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    Disney moving potentially 2,000 employees is nothing compared to the other companies who have left California in the last few years. I also wonder how much decentralization will occur once lots of employers begin forcing their employees back into the offices. A LOT of those employees have...
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    Keeping Ukraine in our thoughts and prayers here

    Soldiers kill other soldiers in combat, and the generals were obviously soldiers. They were also both killed in combat operations they were leading. The Russians have been trying from Day One to kill Zelensky. Hopefully they will remain unsuccessful.
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    Keeping Ukraine in our thoughts and prayers here

    From what I've seen in the last two days, that bad idea is a dead issue. They have claimed TWO kills of senior generals, and possibly some other command-level people. Putin himself acknowledged the first death, General Andrei Sukhovetsky. Here's a link...
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    What to do with elderly with no precheck?

    It varies with the person you talk to, but often the TSA agents will let parties stay together. I think if you explain the fact that he doesn't travel much and is easily confused + the fact that everybody else has Precheck, they'll just tell you to go all as one party.
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    This is all pure politics -- on BOTH sides -- so it's not supposed to make sense. It's a typical political tactic to get BOTH sides riled up, and is a fundraising bonanza for EVERYone. It has nothing to do with kids or families -- NEITHER side cares about those things.
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    Fight Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ changes

    Exactly, and that's why Disney has said they are not going to comment -- no matter how much the author of that piece wanted to twist things around to his pet topic.
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