Federal workers get surprise Friday
off thanks to new Juneteenth holiday
New York Post,
by
Steven Nelson
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
6/17/2021 1:07:52 PM
The White House announced Thursday that most federal workers will have Friday off due to the new Juneteenth federal holiday, which President Biden will sign into law Thursday afternoon. White House chief of staff Ron Klain announced the surprise three-day weekend on Twitter. “Today [Biden] will sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing June 19th as a federal holiday. As the 19th falls on a Saturday, most federal employees will observe the holiday tomorrow, June 18th,” Klain tweeted.(Snip) Then-Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) proposed in 2012 that the date receive federal recognition and last year Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) dusted off
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Ribicon 6/17/2021 1:08:51 PM (No. 818595)
Also, if 95% of "federal workers" took an entire year off, or more, would ordinary people notice?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 6/17/2021 1:17:30 PM (No. 818599)
Get ready for National Snoop Dogg Day.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mc squared 6/17/2021 1:19:45 PM (No. 818602)
Another 3 day weekend? Batten the hatches & lock up the women and children.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 6/17/2021 1:35:04 PM (No. 818612)
I just asked my son, who’s bday is June 19, going forward and for the rest of your life, do I say Happy Birthday or Happy Juneteenth? He’ll probably say I’m so awesome they made my birthday a federal holiday lol.
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Next month, we can have National Pull Up Yo Pants Day, followed by National Hands Up Don't Shoot Day.
I am experiencing extreme fatigue...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 6/17/2021 1:38:48 PM (No. 818618)
Another worthless holiday for all non-governmental employees except, for some reason, banks to work through. OTOH, maybe they could just make the entire year a federal holiday!?!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 6/17/2021 1:42:22 PM (No. 818620)
Even the name of this mess is an ignorant mispronunciation.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Krause 6/17/2021 1:45:24 PM (No. 818622)
Now will there ever be a Julyteenth? Augustteenth? Maybe for blm, antifa? Just wondering.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
thomthomp 6/17/2021 1:51:06 PM (No. 818627)
It's a day to celebrate the end of slavery, so it must be to honor all those people, black and white but mostly white, on the Union/Republican side who fought and many of whom died so that could happen. Right?
Right?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
planetgeo 6/17/2021 1:52:34 PM (No. 818628)
Actually, I do hereby purpose a "Julyteenth" to celebrate the magnificent day sometime in the near future when patriots rise up, overthrow the Communist government, and deport every slacker of whatever race, color, or bad haircut to their favorite third world country that they believe is better for their preferred lifestyle.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 6/17/2021 2:07:17 PM (No. 818637)
Notice? #1, things would likely be much better.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
john56 6/17/2021 2:11:51 PM (No. 818644)
Juneteenth is a day with great signficance as slaves in Texas learned of their freedom. That's a good thing to celebrate, although a national holiday may be a stretch.
And certainly not a national holiday on less than 24 hours notice. Wonder what holiday we can get on board so the fed workers can get next Friday off, too?. And the Hispanic folks and LGBTQWXYZ folks are gonna get upset that they're not getting any holidays and the black folks got two (MLK day and Juneteenth).
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Ribicon 6/17/2021 2:23:00 PM (No. 818656)
MLK day, Juneteemph, bLACK History Mumph, and Kwanzaa, all race-based observances. Meanwhile, Christopher Columbus is on the trash heap, we have a generic "presidents day," and notable people from the past (to include the Founders) are either discredited or on their way to being so.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 6/17/2021 2:32:05 PM (No. 818667)
The only bright side of it being a federal holiday is that it means less traffic for those of us who really work.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
msjena 6/17/2021 2:45:32 PM (No. 818685)
They've already been off for more than a year, "working" at home, so what's one more day.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Lazyman 6/17/2021 3:44:12 PM (No. 818734)
This should work to raise the esteem of the blacks to stop the crime and encourage the youth to study hard and wait for marriage to have children.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bighambone 6/17/2021 3:44:29 PM (No. 818735)
It’s going along with the “woke” or “cancel culture” to have two separate Independence Days, a new “Juneteenth Independence Day for the “decedents” of slaves on June 19th, that encompasses most Black people in the USA; and the traditional Independence Day on the 4th of July for everyone else in the USA. What would the Rev. M.L. King have thought of today’s US Black people voluntarily moving back into what amounts to them segregating themselves from the greater US population?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
chumley 6/17/2021 3:58:44 PM (No. 818745)
Another black holiday? Well, I get it. After black history month and MLK day, not to mention all the indoctrination in the schools, the ferals stopped rioting, burning and murdering. Another one is bound to make things even better.
I learned in high school history class that America was founded and built by blacks and women, and a couple white guys nobody remembers.
How many holidays are actually celebrated by a significant number of people? Maybe 3? The rest are just 3 day weekends.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
waterrat 6/17/2021 5:32:10 PM (No. 818841)
Federal worker? you mean government employee. Federal worker is an oxymoron.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Skinnydip 6/17/2021 5:59:00 PM (No. 818866)
I thought July 4th was National Independence Day. Has it been cancelled?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
udanja99 6/17/2021 7:32:37 PM (No. 818931)
We need to push Juneteenth as the day that Republicans freed the last of the slaves from their DEMOCRAT masters.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
downnout 6/17/2021 9:15:47 PM (No. 819028)
The only bright side to this is that when the drones are not in their cubicles they can’t do much damage.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
bighambone 6/17/2021 9:42:28 PM (No. 819043)
Chances are most of the Federal employees who will get the surprise paid holiday this coming Friday are White people who don’t have the faintest idea about Juneteenth!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
mifla 6/18/2021 5:22:19 AM (No. 819211)
There are already too many federal holidays. When a new one is created, an existing one should be deleted.
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