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silveradeptGood morning, everyone. We start with a student production that earned full marks and then some for the class it was created for, and then an indefinite suspension and possible barring from prom when the videos were posted on YouTube. The school board, upon seeing the videos, may have invoked a Zero Intelligence policy - the article isn't clear, but that seems to be what I get between the lines. The instructors, whom I would judge to be the persons most qualified to rule on the matter, did not have problems with it. The police investigated but did not find them to be any sort of hate speech. The school board's defense of "it's rude, crude, and reflects badly on the school" is insufficient to warrant what happened, especially because the teacher(s) approved. Then again, children who perform science are routinely shouted at to shut up by those with financial interest in promoting quackery.
Elsewhere, Fool Opens His Mouth, Removes All Doubt. With the obvious counterexamples to the Fool's Hypothesis standing right by.
Out in the world today, an effect of the climate changing - warm and dry places getting warmer and drier will start suffering from a lack of food in their region, as the climate makes crops growing, even those varieties that are already drought-resistant, less possible.
a page in the Candian Senate held a protest sign during a major speech asking Canadians to stop the Harper government. For that action, said page was ejected and sacked. The general reaction among the MPs and government ministers has been one of "Glad that you're standing up for yourself, but you chose the wrong place and time to do it." One can guess how well that will engender them to the people who actually do want change.
China has accused the United States of engaging in cyber warfare against several Arabian Peninsula nations, after several countries, including the United States, have insinuated that China is engaging in cyber warfare against them. Odds are good that both accusations are correct, including their particulars, even as everybody involved stridently denies that they would do such a thing. Perhaps, if we really wanted to know, we should ask Anyonmous - after all, they hacked an Iranian Foreign Ministry server and looked at their e-mail.
The United States State Department and auditors in another branch of the U.S. government involved with Iraq monies are having a territory fight over who gets to oversee the training of Iraqi police officers.
A program in Bihar brought bikes to women so that they can get to school and do after-school activities. The success of the program has other areas of India looking to copy it.
Last out, the commander in charge of forces for Afghanistan has indicated the situation in the country and any gains made are "fragile&" and easily reversible, ensuring both that he/his successor will likely get whatever he wants for funding and that the perception of no progress in Afghanistan both continue in their tracks.
Domestically, Nevada's Republican governor signed into law a third bill that finished up a trifecta of protections for transgender persons.
Reasons why banks and Wall Street are against the confirmation of Elizabeth Warren and an unfettered Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - the fact that Elizabeth Warren claims to be a reformer and might actually go through with it, might have the teeth to make it stick, and has a pretty good idea of what the people want to see in terms of transparency, among others.
A possible nominee for Commerce Secretary draws harsh words from the Republican side of the political spectrum, because the candidate's known associations with environmental causes has the Republicans certain he will attempt to implement greening measures and regulations they find onerous and costly.
The state of Utah legalizes the use of gold and silver coin as tender to pay debts with, mostly as a protest against the Federal Reserve and its fiat money, and also likely as a signal to the libertarians who believe in a monetary policy backed by precious metals.
Members of the Food Not Bombs programme in Florida were arrested by police for violation of a local ordinance prohibiting the feeding of homeless people.
In opinions, Mr. Hayden, previous director of the CIA, declares the ends justify the means while saying that there is no way to deny that "enhanced interrogation" did not produce good and useful intelligence in the fight against terrorists. By trying to force the debate onto the grounds of whether it was effective rather than whether it was legal, moral, or ethical, Mr. Hayden hopes that the utilitarian interpretation will carry and the hindbrain fear of terrorists mounting sucessful attacks should those techniques stop will successfully quash any objections one might have to the current string of extralegal actions and locations. If he can successfully suppress the conscience by substituting a THEM for one's Two Minutes.... Fear?, then his argument will carry the day.
Ms. Rabinowicz describes what the ideal candidate for the Republican Party in 2012 will have to have and be able to say if they want to beat Barack Obama - the candidate has to be able to paint a picture of the U.S. atop the world, a nation secure in its supposed knowledge that all of its actions are morally right, one that can convince them they know how to get jobs back and bring back the middle class, and must convince the people that they can reform social spending programs to make them better without causing sharp distresses to anyone on those programs right now. In short, they have to out-Obama Obama in the rhetoric department and convince the people that they'll actually follow through with their plans, and there will be no ill consequences. A tall order for any Republican, especially one that will be forced to swear allegiance to Paul Ryan's plan to get out of their primaries alive.
Last out, A review of the film X-Men: First Class that approves of many of the themes present in the film, while also not being happy about the whiteness of the cast and the fact that most of the women end up at least in their underwear during the movie.
Elsewhere, Fool Opens His Mouth, Removes All Doubt. With the obvious counterexamples to the Fool's Hypothesis standing right by.
Out in the world today, an effect of the climate changing - warm and dry places getting warmer and drier will start suffering from a lack of food in their region, as the climate makes crops growing, even those varieties that are already drought-resistant, less possible.
a page in the Candian Senate held a protest sign during a major speech asking Canadians to stop the Harper government. For that action, said page was ejected and sacked. The general reaction among the MPs and government ministers has been one of "Glad that you're standing up for yourself, but you chose the wrong place and time to do it." One can guess how well that will engender them to the people who actually do want change.
China has accused the United States of engaging in cyber warfare against several Arabian Peninsula nations, after several countries, including the United States, have insinuated that China is engaging in cyber warfare against them. Odds are good that both accusations are correct, including their particulars, even as everybody involved stridently denies that they would do such a thing. Perhaps, if we really wanted to know, we should ask Anyonmous - after all, they hacked an Iranian Foreign Ministry server and looked at their e-mail.
The United States State Department and auditors in another branch of the U.S. government involved with Iraq monies are having a territory fight over who gets to oversee the training of Iraqi police officers.
A program in Bihar brought bikes to women so that they can get to school and do after-school activities. The success of the program has other areas of India looking to copy it.
Last out, the commander in charge of forces for Afghanistan has indicated the situation in the country and any gains made are "fragile&" and easily reversible, ensuring both that he/his successor will likely get whatever he wants for funding and that the perception of no progress in Afghanistan both continue in their tracks.
Domestically, Nevada's Republican governor signed into law a third bill that finished up a trifecta of protections for transgender persons.
Reasons why banks and Wall Street are against the confirmation of Elizabeth Warren and an unfettered Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - the fact that Elizabeth Warren claims to be a reformer and might actually go through with it, might have the teeth to make it stick, and has a pretty good idea of what the people want to see in terms of transparency, among others.
A possible nominee for Commerce Secretary draws harsh words from the Republican side of the political spectrum, because the candidate's known associations with environmental causes has the Republicans certain he will attempt to implement greening measures and regulations they find onerous and costly.
The state of Utah legalizes the use of gold and silver coin as tender to pay debts with, mostly as a protest against the Federal Reserve and its fiat money, and also likely as a signal to the libertarians who believe in a monetary policy backed by precious metals.
Members of the Food Not Bombs programme in Florida were arrested by police for violation of a local ordinance prohibiting the feeding of homeless people.
In opinions, Mr. Hayden, previous director of the CIA, declares the ends justify the means while saying that there is no way to deny that "enhanced interrogation" did not produce good and useful intelligence in the fight against terrorists. By trying to force the debate onto the grounds of whether it was effective rather than whether it was legal, moral, or ethical, Mr. Hayden hopes that the utilitarian interpretation will carry and the hindbrain fear of terrorists mounting sucessful attacks should those techniques stop will successfully quash any objections one might have to the current string of extralegal actions and locations. If he can successfully suppress the conscience by substituting a THEM for one's Two Minutes.... Fear?, then his argument will carry the day.
Ms. Rabinowicz describes what the ideal candidate for the Republican Party in 2012 will have to have and be able to say if they want to beat Barack Obama - the candidate has to be able to paint a picture of the U.S. atop the world, a nation secure in its supposed knowledge that all of its actions are morally right, one that can convince them they know how to get jobs back and bring back the middle class, and must convince the people that they can reform social spending programs to make them better without causing sharp distresses to anyone on those programs right now. In short, they have to out-Obama Obama in the rhetoric department and convince the people that they'll actually follow through with their plans, and there will be no ill consequences. A tall order for any Republican, especially one that will be forced to swear allegiance to Paul Ryan's plan to get out of their primaries alive.
Last out, A review of the film X-Men: First Class that approves of many of the themes present in the film, while also not being happy about the whiteness of the cast and the fact that most of the women end up at least in their underwear during the movie.
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