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  • Democrats Clarify They're OK With A Bloodbath If It's Just From Killing The Unborn

    03/18/2024 3:24:56 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 12 replies
    The Bee ^ | March 18, 2024 | Staff
    U.S. — In the wake of the controversy stirred up by former President Donald Trump's use of the word "bloodbath," Democrats issued a statement to clarify that they're OK with a bloodbath as long as it's just from killing unborn children. "We don't want anyone to get the wrong idea. Not all bloodbaths are necessarily bad," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. "While we take exception to Donald Trump's shocking and horrifying use of the term ‘bloodbath,' we are absolutely on board with keeping the bloodbath of murdering unborn infants going in perpetuity. The bloodbath of infanticide is, in fact,...
  • "The Shot Heard 'Round the World:" The Coming of the American Revolution

    03/18/2024 2:11:50 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 11 replies
    The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, The Battles at Lexington and Concord Dramatic narration and authentically recreated scenes, enhanced with an original score, chronicles the settlement of the American Colonies, the formation of colonial governments, and the tension that resulted from the economic strain on Great Britain for its prosecution of the Seven Years War with France. It illustrates how Great Britain’s attempt to make the American colonies pay for its debts, among other issues, brought about the revolt. British Parliament's passage of The Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts, and the effects...
  • Ricky Gervais Hits 'Pedo Teachers' as Society Becomes the Punchline

    03/18/2024 7:25:00 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 11 replies
    Rumble Via Liberty Daily ^ | 18 March 2024 | Staff
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  • Media Reports Trump Threatened Nuclear War After He Says, 'This Guacamole Is The Bomb!'

    03/17/2024 6:34:23 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 25 replies
    The Bee ^ | March 17, 2024 | Staff
    U.S. — After former President Trump declared his freshly-made guacamole "the bomb", media outlets across the nation announced that Trump had threatened to drop a nuclear bomb if he were to lose the election. "This is a clear call to civil war," cried MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough as video played of Trump eating chips. "You heard the words 'the bomb' from his very own lips. Is there nothing this madman won't do?" Several media outlets reported that Trump's threat of nuclear war came immediately on the heels of Trump vowing to demolish democracy when he claimed he was "about to...
  • Kaylee Gain: Everything we know so far about Missouri teen brain damaged after brutal school brawl

    03/17/2024 1:29:27 PM PDT · by Morgana · 37 replies
    The Mirror ^ | March 16, 2024 | Sean McPolin
    Thousands of people around the country will know the name Kaylee Gain after a horrific video of the young schoolgirl being attacked outside a high school went viral. The 16-year-old, from Missouri, remains in critical condition and is fighting for her life after she had her head smashed multiple times against concrete last week. She was left heavily convulsing on the floor following the gut-wrenching ordeal, which was caught on cameras and shared online. Here's everything we know so far about the bone-chilling attack and what's happening now as the youngster lies in hospital fighting for her life. Brutal schoolyard...
  • Another disturbing bullying incident sees at least two boys beat up smaller student in corridor of Minneapolis school

    03/17/2024 1:22:32 PM PDT · by Morgana · 19 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | March 16, 2024 | Martha Williams
    Disturbing video of a group of boys shoving a smaller student against lockers before beating him up at a Minneapolis school has surfaced online. Video footage showed the shocking moment a terrified middle schooler is backed up against a wall of lockers by a group of apparent bullies. All of a sudden, two of the much larger boys start pummeling the boy as he ducks down to try to avoid their violent swings. The rest of the group descended on the scared teen, and chaos ensued before the video clip came to an abrupt end. Friday's incident took place at...
  • 16 Habits Of People Who Have Average Intelligence But Try To Seem Really Smart

    03/16/2024 11:27:24 AM PDT · by dennisw · 100 replies
    MSN ^ | Last month | Hannah Acton
    16 Habits Of People Who Have Average Intelligence But Try To Seem Really Smart Is this you or me??? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/16-habits-of-people-who-have-average-intelligence-but-try-to-seem-really-smart/ss-BB1ihiln?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=8ed56833122e4604893a308c5d21739c&ei=29
  • Why AI Struggles with Basic Math (and How That’s Changing)

    03/16/2024 10:27:03 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 21 replies
    AEI ^ | 3/4/24 | John Bailey
    Large Language Models (LLMs) have ushered in a new era of artificial intelligence (AI) demonstrating remarkable capabilities in language generation, translation, and reasoning. Yet, LLMs often stumble over basic math problems, posing a problem for their use in settings—including education—where math is essential. However, these limitations are being addressed through improvements in the models themselves along with better prompting strategies.
  • Why White Parents Won't Choose Black Schools

    03/16/2024 4:31:15 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 77 replies
    Your Tango ^ | Mar 17, 2023 | Abby Norman
    Last year when I attempted to pick my daughter up from school, the volunteers in the carpool line tried to put a fourth grader in my car, not the four-year-old I was attempting to retrieve. Both of us were vehemently shaking our heads, both of us looked totally confused, but the man with the radio would not be deterred. There are only a handful of white kids at my daughter's school and only two of them are car riders. One of them gets picked up by her mom, and the other, by her dad. This white girl went with the...
  • Chicago Pro-Palestinian groups reject White House requests to meet before primary in strongly-worded letter (Hamas wing)

    03/15/2024 11:45:44 PM PDT · by Libloather · 9 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/15/24 | Jamie Joseph
    More than two dozen Palestinian, Muslim and Arab groups across Chicago boycotted the White House's invitation to several community groups this week, citing the Biden administration's stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. In a joint letter to the White House on Thursday, leaders of the groups said there was "no point in more meetings" since the administration "already knows the position of the aforementioned groups and our allies across the nation" to have an "immediate and permanent" cease-fire. The groups said "the White House has not only refused to call for a ceasefire, but also enabled this blatant campaign of ethnic...
  • Warner Bros. Chief Diversity Officer on How to Deal With White Men Who Question DEI: Just Ignore Them and "Change the Culture" Around Them Until They "Will Start Saying This Place Isn't the Way it Used to Be and They'll Leave Themselves, Which is Great!"

    03/15/2024 4:23:05 PM PDT · by Jonty30 · 76 replies
    https://acecomments.mu.nu/ ^ | March 15, 2024 | Disinformation Expert Ace
    He doesn't specify that he wants white men to self-deport, but, come on, they're the people getting screwed by DEI, so they're the ones most likely to oppose it. And his response is just to make conditions at the company unlivable for them so that they'll leave, supposedly of their own accord, thus sparing the company the need to fire them and the hazard of racial discrimination lawsuits. Warner Bros. Discovery's Chief Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Asif Sadiq recently shared his tact on how to get rid of opponents of DEI from major corporations. As reported by News...
  • Unexpected Discovery of “Impossible Galaxy” Shatters Astronomical Boundaries

    03/15/2024 12:54:00 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 27 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | MARCH 13, 2024 | By KIM BAPTISTA, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    The unexpected discovery of the dwarf galaxy PEARLSDG, which is isolated and quiescent, challenges established views on galaxy evolution and highlights the capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope in uncovering cosmic phenomena. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com PEARLSDG, an isolated dwarf galaxy found by the James Webb Space Telescope, defies standard galactic evolution theories by not forming new stars, indicating a need to revise our understanding of galaxies. A team of astronomers, led by Arizona State University Assistant Research Scientist Tim Carleton, has discovered a dwarf galaxy that appeared in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) imaging that wasn’t the primary...
  • What Is a Good Monthly Retirement Income?

    03/15/2024 9:13:45 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    money.usnews.com ^ | Feb. 21, 2024, at 11:07 a.m. | By Maryalene LaPonsie
    Here’s a look at average retirement incomes and how much people spend during their golden years. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. households led by someone age 65 or older spent an average of $57,818 in 2022. Key Takeaways: * Sources of retirement income include Social Security, retirement accounts, pensions, dividends and employment wages. * Retirees can expect to spend 70% to 80% of their pre-retirement income in retirement, according to one rule of thumb. * Older Americans spent an average of $57,818 in 2022, but about 40% of households led by someone age 65 or...
  • Feeling Unqualified to Homeschool? 8 Resources to Get Started

    03/15/2024 7:43:19 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 16 replies
    Intellectual Takeout ^ | March 15, 2024 | Heather Carson
    Feeling Unqualified to Homeschool? 8 Resources to Get StartedIf you’re feeling unqualified to homeschool, you’re not alone. The question of what and how to teach stressed me out early on in my homeschooling journey.I found that having a good curriculum did a great deal to reduce my fears of not being qualified to teach. I wanted to strike a balance between bookwork, memorization, and fun interactive activities. I wanted to make sure to impart to my kids the basic body of knowledge necessary for a good education, yet I didn’t want to burn them out with endless worksheets.Still, the world...
  • Note to Black Lives Matter: Literacy Made Civilization

    03/15/2024 4:47:22 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 35 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 16 Mar, 2024 | Jocelynn Cordes
    Reading is white supremacy now. Good luck getting ahead. Over the past several decades, many of us who were associated with the humanities noticed, within the ranks of its academic practitioners, an incipient displeasure with Western civilization taking hold and gradually developing into outright hostility. This attitude was at first manifested by a growing reluctance to engage with the vast literary output of Western man, whose creative strivings were summed up dismissively as the work of “dead white males” and consequently deemed irrelevant to the late twentieth century and beyond. If “educators” had their way, those geniuses would be silenced,...
  • Scoop: Transgender teacher sues Peoria school district for discrimination

    03/15/2024 4:01:30 AM PDT · by Morgana · 23 replies
    Axios ^ | March 13, 2024 | Jeremy Duda
    A transgender and nonbinary teacher has sued the Peoria Unified School District and two of its board members in federal court alleging harassment and discrimination, Axios has learned. The big picture: Debates over transgender issues, particularly those involving schools and children, have roiled the state over the past few years. Catch up quick: Last July, River Chunnui, a teacher at Desert Harbor Elementary School, filed a notice of claim against the district, a procedural step required before a government entity can be sued. A lawsuit was filed last Friday. Chunnui is seeking compensation for sex discrimination, free speech violations, creation...
  • Cross-dressing Texas teacher resigns after viral video shows him wearing pink dress at school

    03/15/2024 2:48:22 AM PDT · by Morgana · 30 replies
    Christian Post ^ | March 13, 2024 | Ian M. Giatti
    A cross-dressing Texas high school teacher who was placed on leave after showing up to school in women’s clothing has reportedly resigned. Rachmad Tjachyadi, a chemistry teacher at Hebron High School in Carrollton, about 15 minutes west of Dallas, went viral in February after a video shared on social media showed the educator wearing a pink dress with matching boots and hat while he walked the halls as students looked on during a school spirit event. Shortly after the video went viral, officials with the Lewisville ISD placed Tjachyadi, known as “Mr. T” to his students, on administrative leave. District...
  • A $3.9 million art installation is the most lavish NYC private school amenity yet: ‘It’s an arms war’

    03/15/2024 12:44:38 AM PDT · by dennisw · 14 replies
    NY POST ^ | •Michael
    It’s truly the upper class. At the end of February, Friends Seminary, a $63,200-a-year private Quaker school on East 16th Street, unveiled a $3.9 million art installation on its roof. The Skyspace by James Turrell is a jewel box room where light from windows and artificial sources are mixed together to stunning effect. There are just 85 Skyspaces in the world, and the one at Friends, where students range from kindergarteners to high schoolers, is the only one at a school that isn’t a university. Insiders say the art installation, which is open to the public on select Fridays, is...
  • ‘The Abolition of Man’: How C.S. Lewis’ Prophecy Is Being Fulfilled

    03/14/2024 1:02:41 PM PDT · by Heartlander · 23 replies
    Intellectual Takeout ^ | March 14, 2024 | Jeff Minick
    ‘The Abolition of Man’: How C.S. Lewis’ Prophecy Is Being FulfilledFor years now, our culture has waged war over the question of what it means to be a man. To that battlefield, some online pundits have brought the heavy artillery of C.S. Lewis’s 1943 book, The Abolition of Man: “We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.”In the well-stocked armory of words and ideas comprising Lewis’ short treatise, we find other weapons of enlightenment of...
  • PICTURED: Arizona teen Talan Renner whose millionaire dad tried to 'cover up his role' in murder of Preston Lord who was beaten to death outside Halloween party - as cops apologize for giving family court valet for their Tesla

    03/14/2024 12:32:06 PM PDT · by Morgana · 34 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | March 14, 2024 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo
    An Arizona high school football star has pleaded not guilty after his father was accused of trying to help him cover up the murder of 16-year-old Preston Lord. Seven young men including Talan Renner, 17, have been charged in the brutal killing of Preston, who was found critically injured on Queen Creek road, outside Phoenix, after being attacked at a Halloween party in October. Talan and five other suspects - Dominic Turner, 20, Talyn Vigil, 19, Taylor Sherman, 19 and Jacob Meisner, 17 - appeared in court on Wednesday and all pleaded not guilty the murder. They are all charged...