A biology teacher at the Roeper School (profile here) in Michigan, an expensive private school for gifted students that prides itself on teaching “critical thinking skills,” distributed the class curriculum shown below. The school is being closed-mouth, and will only say, “We are a[...]
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What a GOP governor will do to Pennsylvania elections
Doug Mastriano, who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Trump rally (but not the Capitol riot following the rally) and is a persistent election denier, won the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania governor on Tuesday. Here’s what a commenter on HorsesAss.org predicted he’ll do if elected in Nov[...]
May 16th, 2022 - 2:33 pm § in Racism
Buffalo shooter’s motive revealed
“The white gunman accused of a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket planned to keep killing if he had escaped the scene, the police commissioner said Monday, as authorities investigated the massacre of Black people as a potential hate crime or act of domestic terrorism. “The gunman[...]
May 15th, 2022 - 1:17 am § in Law and Courts, Racism
Meet a mass shooter’s family
Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old accused of murdering 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday, May 14, 2022, was known to be dangerous. Last year, state police investigated after school authorities reported he threatened to shoot classmates. On that occasion, he “was referred for mental [...]
May 14th, 2022 - 10:33 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Is Britney Spears a murderer?
The singer just had a miscarriage (story here). In El Salvador, that would get her 30 years in prison (see story here). (Is this why El Salvadoran women are fleeing to the U.S.?) Under a Georgia law passed in 2019, women could be prosecuted for having a miscarriage (see story here). In Alabama, in 2[...]
May 11th, 2022 - 4:48 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
He was innocent, but they didn’t execute him like Texas would have
Claude Garrett of Tennessee served 30 years of a life sentence before the state decided the fire that killed his girlfriend was an accident. But at least they didn’t kill him. After a judge ruled Garrett, now 65, demonstrated “actual innocence” he was released from prison on Tuesda[...]
How to score in a tight baby market
Justices fixing to erase Roe v. Wade from the law have spoken of wanting to increase the “domestic supply of babies” (details here). Apparently there’s a shortage. I didn’t realize there’s an adoption market similar to the real estate market — it’s not somet[...]
Why do Republicans vote for bad candidates?
USA Today has identified “at least nine candidates, mostly Republican men, running for Congress or governor who have been stung with of a range of accusations … from sexual harassment to stalking and domestic abuse.” (Read story here.) Republican voters for the most part don’[...]
Far-right extremists are training cops
Richard Whitehead (photo, left) trains police officers for a living. According to Reuters, he’s trained “at least 560 police officers and other public safety workers in 85 sessions in 12 states over the past four years” (read story here). Washington was one of those states, but the[...]
Racism against Asian-Americans is at a pandemic high
There have been plenty of news stories about hate crimes against Asian-Americans. Stupid whites (and some Hispanics and blacks, too) have blamed them for Covid-19. They have nothing to do with it. And it’s getting worse. “More Americans are now blaming Asian Americans for Covid-19 than a[...]