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  • Ramaswamy calls Juneteenth a ‘useless’ holiday

    08/07/2023 7:44:32 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 94 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/07/2023 | Jared Gans
    GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called Juneteenth a “useless” holiday during a campaign event with voters in Iowa on Saturday. Ramaswamy’s remarks, first reported by NBC News, come after he celebrated the holiday earlier this year on June 19, saying it is about honoring how far the country has come and how people can advance through hard work, commitment and dedication. He called for a range of proposals concerning the country’s elections on Saturday, including that all voting happen on one day, having all paper ballots and declaring Election Day a national holiday instead of one of the “useless” ones.
  • U.N. Building to Cut Air Conditioning

    07/30/2008 7:37:59 AM PDT · by Coffee200am · 27 replies · 149+ views
    Web India 123 ^ | 07.30.2008 | UPI
    The U.N. headquarters in New York will be warming up as part of an initiative to battle climate change, U.N. officials say. Under a directive from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, air conditioning in the 50-year-old, glass-walled Secretariat will be dialed down in a nod toward environmentalism, and in return, suit-and-tie requirements will be jettisoned in favor of national dress, The Washington Times reported Wednesday. The landmark, 39-story building on New York's East River is notorious for its draftiness and Ban, who calls himself the environmental secretary-general, has instituted an in-house climate change initiative to save energy costs. Called Cool U.N.,...