Sentences with phrase «talking about the minority»

I'm talking about the minority of people that hate religion and God, but spend all day long on message boards dedicated to faith, belief and religion.

I talked about the Minority Report moment on this blog back in 2007.

Not exact matches

«So we're talking about a significant minority of these shareholders that would incur these capital gains.»

When we talk about affirmative action, federal law allows you to hire a woman or minority candidate over a male or white candidate if both are equally qualified.

And, whether we're talking about hedge funds or mutual funds, private equity or real estate trusts, there is not a single field with more than 5 percent of its assets managed by minority or women - owned firms, according to a recently released Knight Foundation report.

What a remarkable contrast: President Donald Trump was in command at Davos talking about economic growth and prosperity, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., and disgraced former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman...

I sat down with him to talk about how the brand was born, how it's trying to evolve in a digital world, and what the future looks like for minority entrepreneurs.

The Senate Minority Leader talks about Amazon, net neutrality and why you can't negotiate with Donald Trump.

What's this talk about «dominant theology» when it is actually the voice of the oppressed minority?

I'm not talking about acknowledging superficial relationships like having minority coworkers as associates.

Just thought I would let all you racist on here talking about black and minority this or that the truth about Obama aka your satan race and upbringing.

Point being that relativism isn't a very applicable standard to use when we're talking about violence against minorities.

Jesus used his platform to create space for the bleeding woman to share her story, for the little children to come swap stories with him, and for alienated ethnic minorities to talk about their experiences and perspectives on faith.

A club run by joe Lewis lol when was the last fuking time Spurs won a trophy give it a fuking rest Wenger has won more trophies then spuds in their whole fuking history Sick of plastic fans constantly knocking the manager and players like you are fuking genius experts in knowing all about football We have the worst fan base in football a bunch of ingrates Why would any top player come and join Arsenal when they see how fans treat their own players like ozil Lol at people talking about Spurs and pool fukers don't win any trophies but their fans stay loyal ours turn nasty every game werther we win or lose It won't change even if we get a new manager they will turn on him at first defeat What we need is for the vocal minority of plastic key board fans to fuk off and stop bringing the club down Coyg

Both are small enough minorities that it's silly to talk about either like they're representative views (which GB21 appeared to be doing in stating that «Huntington gets a free pass»).

Once something is done to level the playing field between minorities and whites, then we can talk about licenses.

That's a VERY small, very privileged minority you're talking about there.

But at the same time, what I say at the end of the book is the programs I talk about are really small and represent just a small minority of the kinds of experiences kids — and especially low - income kids — are having in American schools today.

«You see, we keep talking about the gagging but people don't understand because it is not for nothing that the Minority Leader stands.

-- Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb talks to use about his conference's reform proposals.

«The reality is nobody really thought we'd be talking about these issues because of the person who is now holding the office,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins at a news conference this week pushing a bill that would require the release of Trump's state tax returns.

But, I suppose US Attorney Preet Bharara's fun - making, and all the heat about not including Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in the talks may have finally had an impact.

Although it was evident that nobody in the NDC referred to Franklyn Templeton as a person, the Finance Minister conveniently insisted that the minority was talking about an individual which was continuation of what the NPP communicators started on social media, the former talk show host asserted.

State Senate Deputy Democratic Minority Leader Michael Gianaris, who heads his conference's campaign operation, recently met with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to talk about the need to flip New York to total Democratic control, and DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison will headline a fundraiser for the conference in June.

He does, however, talk about how «the position of the minority who abuse asylum is a genuine concern for local people» and how Labour have «swept the issue under the carpet».

«I think first and foremost there was too much talk about Washington, and there should be more of a focus on New York State,» said Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who is the only Republican so far to declare that he will challenge Cuomo for the governorship later this year.

UPDATE: Senate GOP spokesman John McArdle said the BP lobbyist, Chris McGrath, didn't talk to any members of the minority about this bill, adding:

For now, the Republican contenders being talked about for the gubernatorial race this year include Assembly Minority Leader and Canandaigua resident Brian Kolb who has already declared he will seek the nomination, as well as possible contenders State Senator John DeFrancisco, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro and former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra.

«When you talk about having a center that's there not just for women and minority businesses but also for small business that are based in the city of Buffalo, to me that speaks volumes of the direction of this city,» Common Council President Darius Pridgen said.

We have to go after constituencies and the inner city and the minority communities to talk about issues.

(Minority Leader) Nancy Pelosi called this morning, we talked about it.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos talks about today's leaders meeting and what — if anything — it accomplished.

«It's clear he would rather talk about gondolas than living wages for the mostly minority and female workers who help these incredible New Yorkers live a fuller life as part of the community,» the group said.

Deputy Senate Minority Leader Mike Gianaris said the Senate and Assembly Democrats were in talks about a potential legal challenge to the MOU, which he saw as a slippery slope and something that established a dangerous precedent.

Anuzis» message is built on the necessity of reaching out to voters — particularly in the suburban Midwest — who have abandoned the party since Ronald Reagan left office; Steele, an African American, talks constantly about the need to find policies that speak to minority groups and, in doing so, grow the party.

Mercer was forced to resign as Shadow Minister for Homeland Security in March 2007 by David Cameron after talking about «idle and useless» ethnic minority soldiers who used racism as a «cover», [23][24] although initially the Conservative Party stated the comments were a «private matter».

There was some discussion after the election of the possibility of creating a Conservative minority government and, because the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown had the first opportunity to form a government, there were also talks about creating some sort of alliance between the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and other smaller parties.

There has been a lot of talk post campaign about the Republican Party not reaching out to minorities.

And she talked about the inherent challenges for immigrants and minorities in the city and in our country as a whole.

State Senator Bob Duff, Senate majority leader martin Looney and Senate Minority leader Len Fasano talk with the press about a budget unveiled today by House Democrats.

He further indicated that the accusation affirms what some Minority Members talked about with regards to the attempted bribe by the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko to the Appointment committee.

WBFO»S Eileen Buckley talks to a member of the school board's minority about superintendent search.

Toward that end, state Senate Deputy Democratic Minority Leader Michael Gianaris, who heads his conference's campaign operation, recently met with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to talk about the need to flip New York to total Democratic control, sources say.

Indy Politics talked to Council President Maggie Lewis as well as Minority Leader Mike McQuillen about the votes.

But the comptroller has also attacked New York's low rate of contracting with female - and minority - owned businesses, and has talked in forceful terms about using the city's pension fund as a bludgeon to open up insular investment firms.

«We are more than happy to talk to the Democrats about some of their priorities but we encourage them to recognize that they are a minority party.»

During Mr. de Blasio's run for public advocate four years ago, Ms. McCray sat in on focus groups in which minority voters talked about the strong appeal of the family's racial diversity — images of which Mr. de Blasio featured prominently in campaign brochures and mailers.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a federal investigation into payments made to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver by a small law firm and Albany County legislature rejecting a proposed settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit about the county under representing minorities in the redistricting plan.

Speaking in support of Li, he said, «we're talking about someone from a minority group and I see no reason that person would turn around and willfully discriminate against someone (else).»

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