Monday, August 21, 2017
Studies RULE!-----A 10-panel comic explores a subtle kind of racism many people of color experience.
A 10-panel comic explores a subtle kind of racism many people of color experience.
"If we're being honest, we all make assumptions about other people, right?
We look at their skin, their clothes, and their car, and we make guesses about them that we don't even realize we're making.
Everyone does it.
You ask a pregnant female coworker if she'll keep working after the baby is born — but you wouldn't think to ask that question of a guy who was about to become a dad.
You ask that nice girl behind the counter at the bagel shop whether she'll ever go to college so she can get a better job — only to learn that she's an underemployed Ph.D.
You ask a hipster-looking guy on the subway whether he's into artisanal pickles — but he just happens to be a bad dresser who has no idea what you're talking about.
The fact is, though, that people of color deal with other people's assumptions constantly.
Research shows that other people's expectations can have a profound effect on us.
They can determine our success or failure.
And black women deal with this nonsense more than others.
In a recent study, nearly half of the female black and Latina scientists polled reported being mistaken for janitors or administrative staff.
Let's agree to fix this.
"If we're being honest, we all make assumptions about other people, right?
We look at their skin, their clothes, and their car, and we make guesses about them that we don't even realize we're making.
Everyone does it.
You ask a pregnant female coworker if she'll keep working after the baby is born — but you wouldn't think to ask that question of a guy who was about to become a dad.
You ask that nice girl behind the counter at the bagel shop whether she'll ever go to college so she can get a better job — only to learn that she's an underemployed Ph.D.
You ask a hipster-looking guy on the subway whether he's into artisanal pickles — but he just happens to be a bad dresser who has no idea what you're talking about.
The fact is, though, that people of color deal with other people's assumptions constantly.
Research shows that other people's expectations can have a profound effect on us.
They can determine our success or failure.
And black women deal with this nonsense more than others.
In a recent study, nearly half of the female black and Latina scientists polled reported being mistaken for janitors or administrative staff.
Let's agree to fix this.
History for August 21
History for August 21 - On-This-Day.com
Aubrey Beardsley 1872, William Count Basie 1904, Wilt Chamberlain 1936
Kenny Rogers 1938 - Country singer, Jackie DeShannon 1944 - Singer, Jim McMahon 1959
1831 - Nat Turner, a former slave, led a violent insurrection in Virginia. He was later executed.
1841 - A patent for venetian blinds was issued to John Hampton.
1888 - The adding machine was patented by William Burroughs.
1912 - Arthur R. Eldred became the first American boy to become an Eagle Scout. It is the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1923 - In Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner.
1945 - U.S. President Truman ended the Lend-Lease program that had shipped about $50 billion in aid to America's Allies during World War II.
1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state. U.S. President Eisenhower also issued the order for the 50 star flag.
1996 - The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 was signed by U.S. President Clinton. The act made it easier to obtain and keep health insurance.
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Levin: We'll Lose The Country If We Don't Have A Reawakening Of Americanism | Daily Wire
Levin: We'll Lose The Country If We Don't Have A Reawakening Of Americanism | Daily Wire:
"Progressives also seek to create a society based on positive rights, where the government provides a right to "health care and food and shelter." But this is not what the founders wanted.
"They figured we'll take care of that," Levin said. "We want our liberty, we want our freedom. … if we do not engage in the battle of ideas — not so much against elites, but elitism — we're going to lose because most societies are formed by the elites, by the intellectuals by the academics whether we like it or not.""
"Progressives also seek to create a society based on positive rights, where the government provides a right to "health care and food and shelter." But this is not what the founders wanted.
"They figured we'll take care of that," Levin said. "We want our liberty, we want our freedom. … if we do not engage in the battle of ideas — not so much against elites, but elitism — we're going to lose because most societies are formed by the elites, by the intellectuals by the academics whether we like it or not.""
And Yet President Trump, in His Classically Inartful Way, Was Absolutely Right | The American Spectator
And Yet President Trump, in His Classically Inartful Way, Was Absolutely Right | The American Spectator:
"The media get exercised when President Trump does not parrot their scripts, but they never minded that Barack Obama would not call out leftist rioters and violent leftist organizations by name. As inner cities would burn, with innocents watching their life savings go aflame as mobs would burn down their inner-city stores in cities from Baltimore to Ferguson, the Obama Administration avoided planting blame or naming hate groups. When a Jihadist murdered Americans serving our nation faithfully at Fort Hood, Obama attributed the murders to “workplace violence.” Obama never could articulate the term “Radical Islamist terrorist,” as though he were Lou Costello fearing what would happen to him if he said “Niagara Falls.” When Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot by her own former supporter, a mentally ill clinger who had backed the Democrat, the media blamed the violence on Republicans like Sarah Palin"
Great American Eclipse, and along most of its path, there live almost no black people.-----davidthompson: Excruciatingly Woke
davidthompson: Excruciatingly Woke
"Excruciatingly Woke
On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will arrive mid-morning on the coast of Oregon. The moon’s shadow will be about 70 miles wide, and it will race across the country faster than the speed of sound, exiting the eastern seaboard shortly before 3pm local time.
"Excruciatingly Woke
In today’s competitive grievance culture, unearthing new sorrows, or reheating old sorrows, can require prodigious, indeed bewildering, feats of contortion.
And so, in the pages of The Atlantic, we find one Alice Ristroph railing at the heavens.
First, a little context:
Clouds permitting, it should be quite a thing to witness.
It has been dubbed the Great American Eclipse, and along most of its path, there live almost no black people.
There we go. If that one caught you off guard, here’s another:
As the eclipse approaches, the temperature will fall and birds will roost, and then, suddenly, the lights will go out. For each place within the path of totality, the darkness will last a minute, maybe two, and then daylight will return. Oregon, where this begins, is almost entirely white. The 10 percent or so of state residents who do not identify as white are predominantly Latino, American Indian, Alaskan, or Asian.
...The message, it seems, is that people – specifically, black ones - aren’t arranged geographically as Professor Ristroph would wish..."
Read it all!
Read it all!
IT’S ON: Kamala Harris Will Be ‘Knocking on Doors in Iowa.’ Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio …
"IT’S ON: Kamala Harris Will Be ‘Knocking on Doors in Iowa.’
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D.) said California Sen. Kamala Harris (D.) will be “knocking on doors in Iowa,” indicating Saturday he expects she will run for president.Villaraigosa, who is running for Governor of California in 2018, was asked by MSNBC host Hugh Hewitt about Harris, a newly elected senator considered a rising star in the Democratic Party. Hewitt predicted she would be the nominee for the Democrats in 2020.
“Has she got a stake in this governor’s race?” Hewitt asked.“Well, not yet,” Villaraigosa said. “I hope she will support my candidacy, but as you say, she is a great candidate. She’s going to be knocking on doors in Iowa, I expect. But in any case, I’m focused on this race, not the presidential race.”
"An unaccomplished first-term Senator with nothing going for her but skin color, a telegenic personality, and a predictably progressive record?
Nah, could never happen."
Nah, could never happen."
IT staffers may have compromised sensitive data to foreign intelligence | New York Post
IT staffers may have compromised sensitive data to foreign intelligence | New York Post:
"Alarm bells went off in April 2016 when computer security officials in the House reported “irregularities” in computer equipment purchasing. An internal investigation revealed the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in government property, and evidence pointed to five IT staffers and the Democratic Congress members’ offices that employed them.
The evidence was turned over to the House inspector general, who found so much “smoke” that she recommended a criminal probe, sources say. The case was turned over to Capitol Police in October."
The evidence was turned over to the House inspector general, who found so much “smoke” that she recommended a criminal probe, sources say. The case was turned over to Capitol Police in October."
Very short video that explains it all!-----That's a Fact | The Institute for Creation Research
That's a Fact | The Institute for Creation Research
Climate Change
Climate change heats up the headlines.
But is the earth really getting warmer?
Climate Change
Climate change heats up the headlines.
But is the earth really getting warmer?
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