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Shooting at Jacksonville, Florida Madden video game tournament today at least four are dead. Source CNN
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New Campus Sexual Misconduct Rules From Betsy DeVos Protect The Accused and Colleges........
In new proposed rules obtained by The New York Times and described in a detailed news report today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is proposing changes to federal policy on campus sexual misconduct that would boost the rights of students accused of rape and other forms of sexual assault and harassment. The policy would also relieve schools of liability in many cases while encouraging them to give more support to victims. I've tried to post the link to this Forbes article but it went wonky |
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I couldn't find the Educator's forum thread here in the community, but wanted to leave an news link to an very important conversation I'm listening to on Democracy Now.
Amy Goodman featured an news investigation interview featuring Jitu Brown and multiple other VIP activists on the front lines of Education and how "black and brown children/kids" are increasingly targeted by prejudicial, racially motivated flawed policies exacted upon the greater sector of Education and how these right-wing flawed policies hurt children and their families. It's an extended conversation on how right-wing policies in Education have criminalized people of color. If you're not familiar with Jitu Brown (I just now am learning about him and his activism), I highly recommend tuning into this very important news coverage presented by Democracy Now. Link to news coverage (which starts at about the 39 minute mark of today's headline news): Lift Us Up: Meet The Activists on the Frontlines of Educational Justice Movement. Excerpt from Transcribed Interview: Quote:
Link to ~~>>>>>>> transcript of interview
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scientists breed healthy mice from two mothers
apparently, the chinese have bred healthy mouse pups from two female parents... using just a few DNA modifications
just think about that fact....!!! imagine two lesbian women requesting a child using same technology https://www.scmp.com/news/china/scie...hers-using-dna even the daily mail, is aware of the the possibility of hope for gay couples, requesting their own children!!! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...orn-China.html |
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Oh, I just realized pot is now legal in Canada - as of today!
(btw, I don't smoke pot, and usually back off when around someone who is smoking it... I would be concerned now even more as to any effect on my brain cells, because of all the meditation I have done. While off on an errand today, and while waiting for the bus, a bunch of happy and laughing youngins went by and you could smell the pot very strongly. I worry about the effect of such a drug on the youth; but my opinion here in Canada doesn't count for much - oh well!!) |
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Study re: Length of ring and index fingers 'linked to sexuality'
I saw this study discussed on the BBC, and it concluded that when the index finger and the ring fingers are of different lengths, the chances are the girl will be a lesbian.
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Antisemitism is alive and well but in my experience conversation surrounding it is not usually welcomed. It's easily discounted I've noticed. It's not an issue that warrants much discussion. You're lucky to get a nod when trying to examine the issue, even in the face of ever mounting evidence showing the rise of antisemitism in most of Europe. I've read articles over the past couple of years about Jews contemplating whether it is time to leave Europe. I have a friend who lives in Germany and tells me how disturbing it is there. It's really over the top in France. Yet, you're hard pressed to get a conversation going surrounding the surge in antisemitism around the world. It's like antisemitic rhetoric is perfectly acceptable. I have a German friend who lives in Montreal and every time I bring up antisemitism she sighs heavily and looks at me with a put upon glare and seems to say "that old chestnut".To be fair my wife is Jewish so I am aware of this stuff in a way that is painful and I am not just indignant and disturbed like I am when confronted with prejudice against other minorities, I go into protective mode because I don't want her to be hurt. But let me tell you people just feel perfectly comfortable saying the most abhorrent things about Jews. And since I am more recognizably butch than my wife is recognizably Jewish she gets to hear this crap as well. I get that the Jewish struggle is totally different from the struggles of black people, or Latinxs, or Asian people or Muslims or whatever. An attempt to identify and examine the rise in antisemitism does not diminish other communities' struggles Every struggle is different and unique to the individual ethnic group and I would never want to compare struggles. I just wish there was a degree of comfort and understanding surrounding conversation about the difficulties facing the Jewish community worldwide at this time. What happened in Pittsburgh makes it horrifically clear that antisemitism is flourishing. Just to be clear, I'm talking about my experiences in real time and getting that off my chest, nothing to do with these boards. Your mileage may be different.
Here's a couple of articles about the Pittsburgh attack. https://forward.com/opinion/412838/t...EAyxcQedUs21sg https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/28/us/pi...ims/index.html
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[QUOTE=Cin;1229656]Antisemitism is alive and well but in my experience conversation surrounding it is not usually welcomed.
What happened in Pittsburgh makes it horrifically clear that antisemitism is flourishing. Just to be clear, I'm talking about my experiences in real time and getting that off my chest, nothing to do with these boards. Your mileage may be different. Here's a couple of articles about the Pittsburgh attack." One of the many things of which I was unaware until I became dear friend with a Jewish dyke was how connected Jews are regardless of time or distance. As she celebrates Shabbat each week, she says she has the knowledge of people everywhere around the world doing the same thing she is doing. For her, that comes through as them celebrating with her and vice versa. I know there's a phrase for it in Hebrew; I don't know what it is. If a joyous celebration is something shared, how much worse is it when something horrific is shared? An announcement was made at her schul about the shooting. Once the service was over, she said she went home and stared out the window until it was dark. The apathy about the growing acts of anti-Semitism as well as the worldwide treatment of people who are not us (however us is defined) is increasing and becoming more accepted. If we do not speak out, silence becomes our answer to those who believe there is an us and a them and more importantly that one is better than the other.
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When you all awake this morning, you will hear about the sad dreaded news of yet another mass shooting. I dont have many details, but it happened in a country bar full of college night students, in Thousand oaks, Southern California. A suburb north of LA. Sounds like 8 people have died, including a Police officer (just 1 year away from retirement). The shooter appears to have had post trauma from the military, he was 28. Shooter shot himself.
When will this fucking stop??
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When we restore the Mental Health facilities that provided treatment and housing for those in need and stop passing the buck and making sure that all military persons receive top notch treatment for PTSD and other disorders.
Not EVER going to turn over my weapons. We have GOT to put back into place all the facilities that housed the folks that need to receive medication/housing/treatment. This lunacy started in the eighties and dismantled the little assistance we had in this country. This Government's policy of shunning folks in dire need of help and creating an atmosphere of "otherness" and separating "Us" from "Them" is dangerous and causing a rift of which we are part of and perpetuating daily. People in need of help with Mental Health issues in this country are the ones who can afford it the least. Instead of building a wall, let's build community and a system that works for Us and Them to heal those that are hurting and starving and freezing to death. Divide and conquer is never going to make this Country "great again". We make the Country great. We the People. We ARE the Country. |
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Please send blessing, good thoughts, and prayers for Ruth. She fell and broke her ribs and is in the hospital
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Ivanka Trump used personal email account to send 100's of emails for govt business, thus violating federal records' rules:
https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...nt-business-on to which, I have only one thing to say: LOCK HER UP!!!
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Ok, I can not figure out how to double quote here but have to say the two previous posts just make me love my neighbors to the north even more!
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Women sleep better next to dogs than their human partners
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"Women sleep better next to dogs than their human partners, according to a study published this month by researchers at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. "Of the 962 women living in the U.S. interviewed by the school, 55 percent of them shared the bed with at least one dog and 31 percent of them shared the bed with at least one cat. The study found 57 percent of the women shared the bed with a human partner. Dogs were less likely to wake their owners in the middle of the night than cats and humans, results revealed. "The study found that both cats and humans were equally disruptive to women’s sleep and provided them with fewer feelings of comfort and security than dogs. "Dog owners also reported earlier sleep and wake times than cat owners and participants without pets. “Dog ownership and its associated responsibilities may cause individuals to adhere to a stricter routine,” researchers said. “Keeping to a consistent sleep schedule may be beneficial to dog owners.” "Women aren’t the only ones who report better sleep with dogs, according to a study published last year. "Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Arizona conducted a study of 40 healthy adults, both male and female, and found that people who slept with a dog in the bedroom got more rest than people who didn’t. Although, the Mayo study found sleeping with a dog in the bed, as opposed to another place in the bedroom, could disrupt the sleep cycle." all the above quoted from: https://nypost.com/2018/11/27/women-...-humans-study/ Now, I usually sleep like a log, but I found this fact actually quite interesting, so decided to post it. I don't own a dog, but I heard on CBS this morning something to the effect that it is better to sleep with a four-legged dog than a two-legged dawg!! (lol) |
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