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Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM

[LarryBnDC]

Whatever happened to just owning the libs?



https://www.salon.com/2021/07/08/dan-bongino-instructs-followers-to-form-right-wing-safe-spaces/

[Holly Martins]

First gen college students everywhere, of every ethnicity,  have average lower placement test scores.   If you're the first in your family to attend college,  then more likely your parents worked hard at blue collar or service jobs,  had less resources to stock the home with cultural amenities,  pay for tutoring,  educational camps,  music lessons,  exotic travel,  museum visits,  etc.   Those are disadvantages that anyone who grew up in a trailer park,  or barrio,  or lower income district,  can attest to.   And it may mean playing some catch-up when you hit the halls of academe,  and because of where you came from you're not the least bit afraid of hard work.   Nor are your professors.   Hamster's cynicism and sneering are misplaced.   

[josh]

From something now known as "NBCBLK".


Propagating segregated schools: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/-calling-black-academics-choose-hbcus-colleges-rcna1372

Seems the primary attraction is that it's an easier job, as you don't have to deal with those "others" who might challenge your views or your research.

Lotsa luck!

“Easier job.”

Cretin

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Typical SAT scores
Reading and Writing 650-730, Math 660-770
2019–20
Acceptance rate: 22.6% (2020) IPEDS
Typical ACT scores: 28-33 (2019–20) IPEDS


Howard university

Reading and Writing 580-650, Math 550-630
2019–20
Acceptance rate: 36.1% (2020) IPEDS
Typical ACT scores: 22-27 (2019–20) IPEDS



EASIER.

Dope.

No, the dope here is the person who assumes it is easier to teach kids or harder to teach kids based on their SAT and ACT scores or based on the colleges' selectivity.

[facilitatorn]

Whatever happened to just owning the libs?



https://www.salon.com/2021/07/08/dan-bongino-instructs-followers-to-form-right-wing-safe-spaces/

Too morally bankrupt to pony up & no one gives them credit for anything anymore. It’s what they’ve earned with their life’s work, so now they are sounding the retreat.

[josh]

And it may mean playing some catch-up when you hit the halls of academe,  and because of where you came from you're not the least bit afraid of hard work.   Nor are your professors.   Hamster's cynicism and sneering are misplaced.

Oh, you may well be afraid of hard work.

And your professors may have no urge to work hard.

Both of those exist at every level of education and every type of institution, among students and profs across the board.

Napoleon's cynicism and sneering are placed perfectly, because they fit him so well, even if they are divorced from reality. His arrogance dwarfs mine and even Ward's.

[facilitatorn]

Utley thinks all those rejection letters he received were to do with his SAT score. He does not realize that his personality and file notes both played much larger roles in all of the rejections he received. He’s proud to be self educated but not well enough educated to know how shitty a job his self did educating himself.

[LarryBnDC]

Tennessee Republicans want to ban Ruby Bridges’ story because CRT

”The Tennessean reported that Robin Steenman, the head of the Williamson County chapter of Moms for Liberty, “presented excerpts [of these books] to the Williamson County Commission’s education committee in May,” and criticized Ruby Bridges Goes to School for being too harsh in its depiction of a “large crowd of angry white people who didn’t want Black children in a white school,” as well as for not offering “redemption” in the end.

I wish it could go without saying that there’s been no such redemption to speak of when we’ve still got white people standing up and pulling the act that Steenman is, but apparently it still needs to be said—not to mention that Bridges isn’t obligated to offer anyone redemption in her account of the horrific hate she was subjected to as a child all of six years old. She literally had to be escorted to school by federal marshals.”




https://www.themarysue.com/tennessee-republicans-are-trying-to-remove-ruby-bridges-2021/

[facilitatorn]

It’s the same way Kid likes to pretend he’s not a racist fascist fuck.

Shhhh.

Nah, kiddo. Sorry Tennessee.

You’ll hear it and live with it. Learn how sunlight burns as it disinfects. Realize you never had to be creepy to begin with and have some regrets. It’s a healthy point of departure from which you might experience some growth.

[facilitatorn]

http://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/a-depraved-indifference-to-human

From Wisconsin with love.

[facilitatorn]

http://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/09/dhs-intelligence-analysis-new-leadership-498927

[josh]

On the CDC's new guidance about schools:

Your local epidemiologist
  ·
This morning the CDC updated their recommendations for K-12 schools in Fall. I threw together a few high-level thoughts and reactions:

1. The CDC said we need a layered approach. Eligible kids need to be vaccinated. If they aren’t (or too young to be vaccinated) kids need to: socially distance; wear masks; wash hands; have ventilated classrooms; AND implement surveillance testing.

This is not surprising. A swiss cheese model has been our approach all along. And science continues to show that, if implemented correctly, it works in schools. I think the real question is if, and how, these things need to change because of Delta. A variant that has a 1000% higher viral load and is 200% more transmissible than the wild strain changes the game. And, this was not addressed in the CDC guidance. In fact, the word “Delta” didn’t appear once in the entire report. I don’t think it’s wise to ignore our changing landscape.

2. The CDC said schools should open for 100% in-person learning.
This was also expected. The American Academy of Pediatrics has continually advocated for schools to be open. And, I agree. There is indispensable value in structured, in-person learning. There is a really important caveat here, though, that I fear will be lost in implementation: Schools should open if (and that’s a big if) done in a data-driven, evidenced based manner. This will allow the kids to receive both the value of in-person learning and safety needed from a pandemic. Can schools figure out how to do this while, concurrently, navigating political pressures and parents? This will be an interesting to watch.

3. The CDC placed a lot of responsibility on the schools and/or districts. Again, we’re seeing an individualistic approach from the CDC making schools micro health departments. Schools are now responsible to monitor levels of community transmission (i.e., low, moderate, substantial, or high), monitor local vaccine coverage, and use surveillance testing to detect and track cases. This is a lot of work and responsibility. And I’m afraid it could be paralyzing.

4. Related to #3, the CDC didn’t provide schools or even parents with guidance on what to do with these three metrics. And without this guidance, decision making will be incredibly difficult. For example, what does a school do if the transmission is “moderate”, vaccination coverage is 44%, and they can’t afford the Cadillac version of surveillance testing? THEN, what happens when (not if) these metrics shift? I know what an epidemiologist would do, but schools just don’t have that level of training (and nor should they). One way the CDC could help would be to create a toolkit; a dashboard of sorts to help navigate decision making.

5. The CDC did provide guidance on surveillance testing for schools. I was really happy to see this. This was blaringly missing from their surveillance testing landing page for months. These recommendations are helpful.

Bottom Line:
This guidance is unsurprising. It now puts a lot of pressure on schools. I feel for the parents that need to advocate for schools and politicians to do the right thing in order for their kids to be safe. Today’s guidance also solidifies my opinion that the CDC is disconnected from reality: There is a big difference between what should be done and what can (and will) actually be implemented in the real world.

Love, YLE

[bambu.]

I would never hunt bears.

That is short sighted.  What will you do when they hunt you?

A wiser fella once said.... 

[bambu.]

There is a handgun that will kill a bear...the American guys on YouTube said a 12 gauge shotgun is best but it the bear surprises you and is too close to get the shotgun a .44 magnum handgun will do.
...
But at least I now know it's possible.

It's "possible," but it still requires being either competent or lucky. Speaking as a former range master and riflery instructor, the degree of effort that acquiring competence seems to require of the average person seems beyond a significant majority of "students" of the art of firing a gun or a rifle.

That's one of the reasons the shotgun is so highly recommended! It removes a lot of the skill requirement, leaving you mostly with the need to know how to remain standing after you shoot it. Sometimes, you need something to protect your shoulder.

But most of the time, you will hit what you are aiming at!

It's still not a "bear repellant."

https://www.foggymountain.com/hunting-guide-articles/bear-loads-hunt-black-bear/

My rifle instructor was my WW2 army farmer father in law.
My handgun instructor was at the pistol range atop a city building of my former employer.
The handguns were eventually replaced with counter to ceiling glass screens with opaque screens that would fly from counter to ceiling at fast pace when activated.
I would never hunt bears.

That is short sighted.  What will you do when they hunt you?

I have many rules.
One is to never hunt anything that can kill me.
Bear culling...job for professionals.

[Hairy Lime]

Tennessee Republicans want to ban Ruby Bridges’ story because CRT

”The Tennessean reported that Robin Steenman, the head of the Williamson County chapter of Moms for Liberty, “presented excerpts [of these books] to the Williamson County Commission’s education committee in May,” and criticized Ruby Bridges Goes to School for being too harsh in its depiction of a “large crowd of angry white people who didn’t want Black children in a white school,” as well as for not offering “redemption” in the end.

I wish it could go without saying that there’s been no such redemption to speak of when we’ve still got white people standing up and pulling the act that Steenman is, but apparently it still needs to be said—not to mention that Bridges isn’t obligated to offer anyone redemption in her account of the horrific hate she was subjected to as a child all of six years old. She literally had to be escorted to school by federal marshals.”




https://www.themarysue.com/tennessee-republicans-are-trying-to-remove-ruby-bridges-2021/

Cancel culture strikes again!

[facilitatorn]

http://www.salon.com/2021/07/09/stewart-rhodes-founder-of-right-wing-oath-keepers-militia-spotted-at-cpac/

The turd reich, congregating in plain sight.