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Good morning. Now that we're in the season of the VEWPRF, stories that might have otherwise not gotten coverage will jump to the forefront. And thus, we say there is no excuse for a student to be bullied in their classroom. Not by students, and especially not by a teacher. Furthermore, any teacher that answers genuine inquiry with personal bigtory is asking for discipline at the very least. when the school is overrun with teachers and symbols of one religion and displays hostility to anyone else not of that religion, learning becomes very difficult.
And yes, the nonexistent War on Christmas is on again, with people tracking the mention or lack of mentioning one particular holiday as some sort of guide as to whether to shop there.
On 6 December, 1989, a man who could not fathom that there were women students that qualified for university while his own suit was rejected went to the grounds of the École Polytechnique with a gun and started shooting. All in all, fourteen women died - Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student, Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student, Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student, Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), mechanical engineering student, Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968), chemical engineering student, Maud Haviernick (born 1960), materials engineering student, Maryse Laganière (born 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department, Maryse Leclair (born 1966), materials engineering student, Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967), mechanical engineering student, Sonia Pelletier (born 1961), mechanical engineering student, Michèle Richard (born 1968), materials engineering student, Annie St-Arneault (born 1966), mechanical engineering student, Annie Turcotte (born 1969), materials engineering student, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958), nursing student. They are a fraction of the women who are physically harmed or killed by men who cannot believe that women have the ability and power to hold jobs, attend university, practice their chosen profession, or exist as a person worthy of respect. They are a fraction of the women who are mentally harmed, have their dreams abruptly killed, or who are fed negative messaging about what women can and cannot do in society each day of their lives by men who cannot conceive of the idea that women are people deserving of respect, support, and admiration for their accomplishments, dreams, and desires. In remembering the names of the dead, in remembering the work that is to be done, we are reminded starkly that the world that we live it has not achieved the optimum, and should not be content merely with an equilibrium.
Elsewhere, a Fox News commentator who claims Disney's The Muppets movie is a vehicle for anti-capitalist beliefs receives a small fraction of the mocking they roundly deserve.
Appeals on the ruling that overturned California's Proposition 8 continue. Even though the United States Secretary of State declares that LGBT rights are human rights and that the United States will work to encourage other countries to stop discriminating against people.
And nonviolent Occupy demonstrators and protesters are being subjected to intense pain and conditions that would be considered and decried as torture if it were happening anywhere else in the world but the United States. When arrested, Occupy protesters are subjected to intentional delay and slowness so as to keep them in prison conditions as long as possible and attempt to break them. Their charges? Tweeting without a press pass at a public demonstration where police are presence.
Out in the world today, the United States military mission in Iraq formally ended today with a simple ceremony. Cue up columnists claiming Iraq is unable to defend itself against external threats, especially Iran.
Speaking of, Iran has said they will not return a United States drone aircraft they captured after claiming it had violated their airpsace.
Domestically, The FDA allows a component of antifreeze into food as a filler, so long as it doesn't exceed a certain percentage. And it's probably not the only toxic item allowed in food in small amounts.
The production of dolar coins was suspended in the United States, due to a lack of consumer demand for the coins - the Mint was hoping that durable coins would be able to replace the paper bills. The Mint has still not quite figured out, it seems, that persons like their coins to be distinguishable in a pocket by size - dollar coins and quarters are still too similar in size for most people to want to use them. If they were something more like, say, the Canadian two-dollar coin, adoption might be better.
In technology, Kaspersky Labs, creators of anti-virus and other software, have left the Business Software Alliance because of the support of the BSA for the Stop Online Piracy Act that would give content owners control of the Internet to do with what they like. Additionally, Senator Wyden of Oregon is investigating domain seizures by Homeland Security and offering an alternative to SOPA.
Mother Nature wins again - Monsato GM corn falls prey to larvae that it was engineered to be resistant to. As one builds better mousetraps, nature evolves better mice. Although, in this case, the superinsects evolved because the directions on how to use the corn were not followed.
OpenDNS offers a preview of technology designed to have authentication between a client and DNS servers, which would make cache poisoning and other DNS-related attacks more difficult, as the requests would no longer be sent solely in plaintext.
The National Transportation Safety Board suggests that a ban on cell phone usage, hands or handsfree, for all drivers.
A study suggests that men who think highly of their own good looks, and are looking for a quick sexual encounter, are more likely to think that women are attracted to them.
Finally, at the moment, the newest Kindle device can be rooted through the playing of a specially-scrafted MP3. Which exposes that the device is actually pretty col - it runs HTML 5 and Javascript. New apps that take advantage of such root status are proably being developed as we type.
In the matter of opinions, when discussing issues that affect the dominant population as well as a minority population, the dominant population should never run roughshod over the minority in terms of what's important. Support, solidarity, sure, but not "But what about meeeeeeeeee? I'm more important than you!" Some people don't realize that's what they're doing (privilege blinders, y'know), but such things need to stop.
Mr. Marks outlines how he feels poor minority kids can lift themselves by their bootstraps through the use of technology and a work ethic, saying that it's hard but not impossible for those poor kids to be able to get themselves into college and make a life for themselves. Which pretty well ignores a lot of the other factors involved, like how being a black kid, poor or not, has people making assumptions about your intelligence and aptitudes, how white moderns believe that they would have righted the wrongs of the past to black people, ignoring the historical record that said most white people were actively trying to perpetuate those wrongs...and how many white people continue to try and perpetuate wrongs of the same type to different groups even now. The reactions to the post are a fairly strong dresing-down. As I heard, rather succinctly, from a co-worker discussing that kind of situation in our neighborhoods, "It's impossible to pull yourself up by your bootstraps when you don't have any boots, and you can't afford any, either."
Mr. Sowell believes that the power of The Market (A.P.T.I.N.) will allow President Obama to be re-elected, because Congressional gridlock prevents social engineering and allows The Market's (A.P.T.I.N.) power to shine through and recover the economy. Furthermore, he says tha the historical example proves that government intervention in crises worses and prolongs them, discounting other factors like wars and other large demand-starters.
Mr. McGurn attempts to paint the Health and Human Services Secretary as a zealous baby-killer based on her intent to require insurance companies cover contraception and not strengthening "conscience exemptions" for nurses or doctors who don't wish to perform abortions. Mr. McGurn's thinly-veiled attack on women uses the Catholic Church as his proxy, trying to paint the Church's well-known anti-women stance as something that should be respected and exempted. Taking that to a logical conclusion, does Mr. McGurn support an insurance company underwritten by Jehovah's Witnesses to deny funding for blood transfusions, or an insurance company that believes vaccinations are evil to deny those vaccinations? And is he okay with the potential calamities that will result from that?
Mr. Brown applauds an action that may very well be in violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms - the Harper Government's decision to prohibit the wearing of face coverings during citizenship ceremonies for immigrants. More specifically, he argues that acting in violation of the Charter is sending a great messge to immigrants about the importance of adopting Western and Canadian values in their new country. I would think that immigrants will read:
Last out for tonight, women are. Bodies are. There are no should bes when it comes to the look of a body or what it identifies as.
And yes, the nonexistent War on Christmas is on again, with people tracking the mention or lack of mentioning one particular holiday as some sort of guide as to whether to shop there.
On 6 December, 1989, a man who could not fathom that there were women students that qualified for university while his own suit was rejected went to the grounds of the École Polytechnique with a gun and started shooting. All in all, fourteen women died - Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student, Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student, Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student, Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), mechanical engineering student, Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968), chemical engineering student, Maud Haviernick (born 1960), materials engineering student, Maryse Laganière (born 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department, Maryse Leclair (born 1966), materials engineering student, Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967), mechanical engineering student, Sonia Pelletier (born 1961), mechanical engineering student, Michèle Richard (born 1968), materials engineering student, Annie St-Arneault (born 1966), mechanical engineering student, Annie Turcotte (born 1969), materials engineering student, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958), nursing student. They are a fraction of the women who are physically harmed or killed by men who cannot believe that women have the ability and power to hold jobs, attend university, practice their chosen profession, or exist as a person worthy of respect. They are a fraction of the women who are mentally harmed, have their dreams abruptly killed, or who are fed negative messaging about what women can and cannot do in society each day of their lives by men who cannot conceive of the idea that women are people deserving of respect, support, and admiration for their accomplishments, dreams, and desires. In remembering the names of the dead, in remembering the work that is to be done, we are reminded starkly that the world that we live it has not achieved the optimum, and should not be content merely with an equilibrium.
Elsewhere, a Fox News commentator who claims Disney's The Muppets movie is a vehicle for anti-capitalist beliefs receives a small fraction of the mocking they roundly deserve.
Appeals on the ruling that overturned California's Proposition 8 continue. Even though the United States Secretary of State declares that LGBT rights are human rights and that the United States will work to encourage other countries to stop discriminating against people.
And nonviolent Occupy demonstrators and protesters are being subjected to intense pain and conditions that would be considered and decried as torture if it were happening anywhere else in the world but the United States. When arrested, Occupy protesters are subjected to intentional delay and slowness so as to keep them in prison conditions as long as possible and attempt to break them. Their charges? Tweeting without a press pass at a public demonstration where police are presence.
Out in the world today, the United States military mission in Iraq formally ended today with a simple ceremony. Cue up columnists claiming Iraq is unable to defend itself against external threats, especially Iran.
Speaking of, Iran has said they will not return a United States drone aircraft they captured after claiming it had violated their airpsace.
Domestically, The FDA allows a component of antifreeze into food as a filler, so long as it doesn't exceed a certain percentage. And it's probably not the only toxic item allowed in food in small amounts.
The production of dolar coins was suspended in the United States, due to a lack of consumer demand for the coins - the Mint was hoping that durable coins would be able to replace the paper bills. The Mint has still not quite figured out, it seems, that persons like their coins to be distinguishable in a pocket by size - dollar coins and quarters are still too similar in size for most people to want to use them. If they were something more like, say, the Canadian two-dollar coin, adoption might be better.
In technology, Kaspersky Labs, creators of anti-virus and other software, have left the Business Software Alliance because of the support of the BSA for the Stop Online Piracy Act that would give content owners control of the Internet to do with what they like. Additionally, Senator Wyden of Oregon is investigating domain seizures by Homeland Security and offering an alternative to SOPA.
Mother Nature wins again - Monsato GM corn falls prey to larvae that it was engineered to be resistant to. As one builds better mousetraps, nature evolves better mice. Although, in this case, the superinsects evolved because the directions on how to use the corn were not followed.
OpenDNS offers a preview of technology designed to have authentication between a client and DNS servers, which would make cache poisoning and other DNS-related attacks more difficult, as the requests would no longer be sent solely in plaintext.
The National Transportation Safety Board suggests that a ban on cell phone usage, hands or handsfree, for all drivers.
A study suggests that men who think highly of their own good looks, and are looking for a quick sexual encounter, are more likely to think that women are attracted to them.
Finally, at the moment, the newest Kindle device can be rooted through the playing of a specially-scrafted MP3. Which exposes that the device is actually pretty col - it runs HTML 5 and Javascript. New apps that take advantage of such root status are proably being developed as we type.
In the matter of opinions, when discussing issues that affect the dominant population as well as a minority population, the dominant population should never run roughshod over the minority in terms of what's important. Support, solidarity, sure, but not "But what about meeeeeeeeee? I'm more important than you!" Some people don't realize that's what they're doing (privilege blinders, y'know), but such things need to stop.
Mr. Marks outlines how he feels poor minority kids can lift themselves by their bootstraps through the use of technology and a work ethic, saying that it's hard but not impossible for those poor kids to be able to get themselves into college and make a life for themselves. Which pretty well ignores a lot of the other factors involved, like how being a black kid, poor or not, has people making assumptions about your intelligence and aptitudes, how white moderns believe that they would have righted the wrongs of the past to black people, ignoring the historical record that said most white people were actively trying to perpetuate those wrongs...and how many white people continue to try and perpetuate wrongs of the same type to different groups even now. The reactions to the post are a fairly strong dresing-down. As I heard, rather succinctly, from a co-worker discussing that kind of situation in our neighborhoods, "It's impossible to pull yourself up by your bootstraps when you don't have any boots, and you can't afford any, either."
Mr. Sowell believes that the power of The Market (A.P.T.I.N.) will allow President Obama to be re-elected, because Congressional gridlock prevents social engineering and allows The Market's (A.P.T.I.N.) power to shine through and recover the economy. Furthermore, he says tha the historical example proves that government intervention in crises worses and prolongs them, discounting other factors like wars and other large demand-starters.
Mr. McGurn attempts to paint the Health and Human Services Secretary as a zealous baby-killer based on her intent to require insurance companies cover contraception and not strengthening "conscience exemptions" for nurses or doctors who don't wish to perform abortions. Mr. McGurn's thinly-veiled attack on women uses the Catholic Church as his proxy, trying to paint the Church's well-known anti-women stance as something that should be respected and exempted. Taking that to a logical conclusion, does Mr. McGurn support an insurance company underwritten by Jehovah's Witnesses to deny funding for blood transfusions, or an insurance company that believes vaccinations are evil to deny those vaccinations? And is he okay with the potential calamities that will result from that?
Mr. Brown applauds an action that may very well be in violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms - the Harper Government's decision to prohibit the wearing of face coverings during citizenship ceremonies for immigrants. More specifically, he argues that acting in violation of the Charter is sending a great messge to immigrants about the importance of adopting Western and Canadian values in their new country. I would think that immigrants will read:
2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:and then have a look at the face covering ban and feel that one thing is being said and another done...
(a) freedom of conscience and religion;
(b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
(c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
(d) freedom of association.
Last out for tonight, women are. Bodies are. There are no should bes when it comes to the look of a body or what it identifies as.
