How about "Glory Hole"?

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"Inclusive language in communications is essential to our union’s solidarity and collective strength and is an important factor in maintaining flight safety,"

Uh huh

Pilot union suggests phasing out masculine terms, says 'cockpit,' is offensive to DEI culture

The term 'cockpit' derives from 16th century bird fighting

The world's largest airline pilot union suggested airmen and women stop using terms purportedly offensive to women and LGBTQ individuals, calling out terms like "cockpit" as non-inclusive. 

Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, represents over 70,000 pilots worldwide and states that it collaborates with a United Nations agency on its policies. According to a diversity, equity and inclusion language guide released in 2021, the ALPA lists numerous terms and phrases to avoid — especially "masculine generalizations" — that it deemed to be non-inclusive.

"Inclusive language in communications is essential to our union’s solidarity and collective strength and is an important factor in maintaining flight safety," the guide states. "The purpose of this language guide is to offer examples of terms and phrases that promote inclusion and equity."

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Wall Street Journal columnist and linguist Ben Zimmer wrote that the term "cockpit" originated from cockfighting in 16th century England.

"The circular pit was surrounded by a barrier to keep the gamecocks from escaping, with spectators" who viewed the "bloody sport" as entertainment, he wrote in 2019.

The term evolved to describe a boisterous and tense atmosphere, according to Zimmer. And by the 18th century, it referred to the area on British warships where surgeons treated the wounded.

"The confined space, the noise, the blood and the fetid air evidently reminded people of the original cockpits," the reporter wrote. 

Coming our way; in fact, they're here already

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David Strom, HotAir:

You Won't Be Surprised to Learn What Group Is Responsible for Over 3/4 of Rapes in Paris

Unfortunately, the majority of rapes committed in Paris remain unsolved, but of the perpetrators who have been caught, 77% are foreign nationals. 

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

Related: Illegal immigrants from 177 countries accept Biden’s 'open invite’ to US border

Nearly 1.4 million undocumented immigrants from a staggering 177 countries traveled through Mexico to the United States from January to May, according to Mexico's National Institute of Migration.

Surges of illegal immigration "over brief periods of time" have happened in the past, said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, but this "huge variety" of countries is unprecedented.

Considering there are 193 member states in the United Nations, nearly the entire world is taking advantage of the president's "open invite," he said. 

"There were always a few exotics, that's kind of my term. They call them OTMs, other than Mexicans, because there were so few of them that they lumped them all together," Krikorian told Fox News Digital. But President Biden "essentially invited mass illegal immigration by letting people get across the border, and word spreads, so you're getting people from everywhere."

Sweden rape: Most convicted attackers foreign-born

22 August 2018

The steep rise in migration also raised questions about Sweden's ability to integrate immigrants. The centre-left Social Democrat-led government soon introduced restrictions and the number of arrivals fell dramatically.

The SVT programme revealed that in cases where the victim did not know the attacker, the proportion of foreign-born offenders was more than 80%.

A former police officer born in Afghanistan told the programme that some young Afghans who had come to Sweden in recent years had views that differed significantly from Sweden's idea of sexual equality.

“Views that differ significantly from Sweden’s idea of sexual equality”; that’s a nice way to put it.

And continuing: 2 February, 2023

Why you should never hire confused, ex- Burger King hamburger flippers: Florida Woman lays down the law: "You'll have it my way!"

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confessed after being grilled

Okay, I like my headline, but the NYPost has one at least as good, and probably a better one:

Trigger happy meal: Wild video shows McDonald’s employee shooting at customers during drive-thru fight

She wasn’t lovin’ it.

A 22-year-old McDonald’s employee in Florida was arrested after she took out a gun and shot at customers following a wild caught-on-camera drive-thru dispute.

Lakeland police said officers responded to the restaurant chain around 1 a.m. following the shooting, which stemmed from an argument between Gardner and the customers after they complained about an incorrect order.

Police said Gardner argued with a group of customers in the drive-thru before throwing a drink at the customers as they tried to drive away.

Video of the incident shows two of the customers then got out of their vehicle and opened up the drive-thru window to throw drinks at Gardner, who armed herself with a handgun.

Hilarity ensues.

Oooo, that's waassist!!! And accurate.

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“I can never apologize for the truth. I don’t mind apologizing for things. But I can’t apologize for the truth. I said tremendous crime is coming across. Everybody knows that’s true. And it’s happening all the time. So, why, when I mention, all of a sudden I’m a racist. I’m not a racist. I don’t have a racist bone in my body.”

–Trump, interview on Fox News’ “Media Buzz,” July 5, 2015

“What can be simpler or more accurately stated? The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc.”

–Trump, statement about his June 16 comments, July 6, 2015

And in today’s news ….

Migrant arrested in broad daylight rape of 13-year-old in New York park

NEW YORK — An illegal immigrant Ecuadorian is in NYPD custody after a broad daylight sex attack in which police said a machete-wielding man approached two 13-year-olds, one a boy and one a girl, tied them together by the wrists and raped the girl at a popular park in Queens, according to sources.

An NYPD spokesperson confirmed a person of interest was in custody but declined to provide additional details.

However, law enforcement sources tell Fox News that police arrested an Ecuardorian man Monday evening in connection with the crime. He entered the country illegally in 2021.

And How’s Biden been handling this?

ICE Non-Detained Docket Is Now Over 7 Million

The "non-detained docket" is part of the Biden administration's "alternatives to detention" program that is supposed to track migrants caught at the border and released. The illegal aliens in ICE's non-detained docket are supposedly supplied with case management support to keep track of them. But the docket has swelled to 7.4 million under Biden and with only 6,000 deportation officers now responsible for 7,000 illegal aliens each, making sure the illegals make their court dates or stay out of trouble is impossible.

In addition to the 7.4 million illegals in the alternatives to detention program, there are 1.9 million gotaways that these deportation officers are also responsible for.

ICE claims the program has helped “support noncitizens compliance with release conditions” and “increased court appearance rates.” "Compliance with release conditions" is simple; don't commit felonies. Of course, even if an illegal commits a felony, good luck deporting them.

New York Sun:

Migrants accepted into the program will have been evaluated based on criminal and immigration history, family and community ties, status as a caregiver, and humanitarian or medical considerations. ICE employs various methods — including GPS ankle monitors and phone call tracking — to keep track of the non-detained migrants as their cases progress. 

The agency has reportedly been overwhelmed by the high number of migrants on the docket, with each ICE officer being tasked with managing an average of 7,000 cases. And the strain is only getting worse as the number of border crossings — and thus the number of cases given to the ICE — only continues to grow. The docket of non-detained migrants has seen more than 1 million new cases since the beginning of October. 

The non-detained docket is expected to pass 8 million by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

June 18, 2024: Biden’s violates his oath, and the law again, grants amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens “because I say I can”.

He first acknowledges that a desired action must be approved by the legislative branch and then, when thwarted by that same legislature or the Supreme Court, he goes ahead and implents it by regulation or executive order. The media remains silent.

New construction offered up on the NY border

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20 Edgar Road, $5.625 million, estimated completion date October ‘24. The construction company putting this up paid $2.5 million for 17 acres, 3 lots, in 2023 (after the seller had started at $5.9 million in 2021), so there should be plenty of room for profit here.

I personally prefer peaked roofs in those parts of the country where precipitation can be expected, but many Westchesterites don’t, and because this location is for all practical purposes in the Banksville neighborhood, the design choice here shouldn’t matter.