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School Teachers Rewarding Test Scores With Candy
I will preface this discussion with a fact: in grade 4, my teacher said anyone who gets 100% on the weekly spelling test got a full sized chocolate bar. Being an admittedly stellar speller (believe me, this is not something to brag about-I'd much rather have been stellar with the ladies), he got behind and by the end of…
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Man claiming deaths of more than 90 women the most prolific serial killer in U.S.: FBI
Man claiming deaths of more than 90 women the most prolific serial killer in U.S.: FBI https://globalnews.ca/news/6003809/samuel-little-serial-killer-prolific-fbi/?utm_source=GlobalNational&utm_medium=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0MSJLGsNcvqCy_qAjrGYZmVSCcxpC82MFLso4yE7ZKn4pM7pp5VqA8lF4 In a news release on Sunday, the FBI…
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The Democratic Candidates
I figured I would start a thread to discuss the merits (and lack thereof if appropriate) of potential candidates for the Democratic nomination. According to Ballotpedia, here is the current list: * Cory Booker (D), a U.S. senator from New Jersey, announced that he was running for president on February 1, 2019.[6] * Pete…
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Auditing of various Gov Depts
DoD is famously lax in this. With major pushback and outright defiance. Here is one area that Congress needs to address and quickly. They are tasked with ferreting out fraud , waste and abuse after all, BUT have conflicts of interest themselves taking money from industry and direction from lobbying efforts of the same. Why…
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** New York Times -- THE DAILY **
Todays episode: The Impeachment Dilemma for Republicans Three past American presidents have confronted the possibility that members of their own party would support their impeachment. Only one, Richard M. Nixon, left office because of it, when Republicans eventually abandoned him. But what can we expect this time, in the…
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GOP HOUSE EXODUS
and yet another not running for re-election and from Tx to boot... https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/mac-thornberry-joins-republican-texodus-house?fbclid=IwAR3vUs5coA0NFRCpGp7Y6D3J2odQtYRzTitzejaNNRndWBaP3BOLjXUnJdg
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RIP Joseph Wilson/Patriot
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/09/27/politics/joseph-wilson-death/index.html
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Senator Al Franken
Al Franken to run for Minnesota Senate seat. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6416152,00.html
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Do your part to make government and non-governmental issues work for you.
Fairly often on these forums I have read some people here complain about how government does nothing for us. I think it's important to address this issue. Regard the U.S., Abraham Lincoln talked about "Government of the people, by the people, for the people". By the people is our responsibility. This means that if we want…
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The Inexcusable Travesty of Mt. Everest
Twenty two years after the publication of John Krakauer's Into Thin Air, the telling of the several death on Mt. Everest due, at least in part, to overcrowding on the mountain, Everest is still plagued by lines of Disneyland like tourism. This is a travesty! The death toll on Everest this month so far is now 10.…
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New SAT tests have "Adversity Scoring". Is this doing kids a disservice?
This should be a huge topic of debate. The SAT's will now have something called an "adversity score" for kids with less than ideal ways of life. So basically it's an Affirmative Action score for under privileged children? Thoughts? Teachers please way in. http://time.com/5590396/sat-adversity-score/
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The Amazon Rain Forest is on fire... and no one is talking about it.
How is it possible the major media is ignoring this? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/22/brazilian-minister-booed-at-climate-event-as-outcry-grows-over-amazon-fires
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Difference Between Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Because there seems to be a widespread misunderstanding between the terms "socialism" and "democratic socialism" and becasue so many forums, including this one are rife with statements that demonstrate that misunderstanding, I thought it might be useful to attempt to find some good definitions that illustrate the…
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the rise of trolls and how we got here....
I'm listening to "It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office" on Scribd. Check it out: https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/390611085 facinating and compelling. heard the author interviewed on WTF. finally delved into it. I cant recommened it enough. 10 hr plus audio and…
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Edward Snowden & The N.S.A Revelations
“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” ― George Orwell http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/ju ... ow-ecuador Edward Snowden seeks asylum in Ecuador amid diplomatic storm Whistleblower escapes from Hong Kong to Moscow on a commercial flight despite a formal US extradition…
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Need advice on property dispute.
A lot of intelligent people on here and just looking for some advice. I own a home with some with whom I have never been married and we don’t have kids together. No common law marriage in MI. I’m basically looking to sell the house and move on with my life, a real RVM situation. The other party isn’t interested in selling.…
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Dave Chappelle, Sticks & Stones
Vice News among others are very offended, but I thought it was great. I didn't like or agree with everything he said, but in the end I enjoyed it, and thought he made some great points.
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California to ban suspensions for disruptive students
This bill is a great example why our schools continue to fail. No longer hold kids accountable. If the governor signs this bill, kids will not be allowed to be suspended for willful disobedience. They can be as defiant and disruptive as they want, and as long as they are not violent they can’t be suspended. But hey, who…
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A quarter of all kindergartners in Washington county aren’t immunized. Now there’s a measles crisis
A quarter of all kindergartners in Washington county aren’t immunized. Now there’s a measles crisis https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2019/02/11/measles-spread-anti-vaccination-communities-new-york-clar-county-washington/2812667002/?fbclid=IwAR2qaz-Spfi93Z_F2Lnd_CIbp70XvmuMYaAJc9cbozSZvWmg7xWmXMHqIBw Who the fuck…
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Hurricane Season 2019+
Looks like Dorian might cause some trouble for Floridians. Hope all of you that will be impacted by this storm stay safe and out of harm's way.