A Case for Dropping out of College | Intellectual Takeout

A Case for Dropping out of College | Intellectual Takeout
"Citing George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan, Knoche points out that this is due more to “ability bias,” rather than actual education:

From the outset, the average college student is different from the average American who does not go to college. The competitive college admissions process winnows the applicant pool in such a way as to guarantee that those who make it into college are more intelligent, conscientious and conformist than other members of his or her high-school graduating cohort. In other words, when colleges boast about the ‘70% income premium’ they supposedly provide students, they are taking credit for abilities that those students already had before they set foot on campus, and which they likely could retain and commercially exploit even if they never got a college diploma.

Even if  all of this is true about the value of a college “education,” Knoche admits that real value of college lies in the “signaling” value of the diploma..."

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CNN Jim Acosta wrong on migrant caravan 'invasion' - Washington Times

CNN Jim Acosta wrong on migrant caravan 'invasion' - Washington Times:

Flash ahead less than three weeks and whamo! — an actual invasion as so-called “migrants” clashed with U.S. Border Patrol guards at the San Ysidro port, throwing rocks and, yes, trying to climb over fences and walls “and so on.”
Yes, as the president predicted (and feared), thousands of migrants from the caravan gathered in the city of Tijuana, Mexico, and then stormed the border, overwhelming border guards, who were forced to fire tear gas to disperse the violent mob.

More than 19,000 Illinois government retirees receive pensions over $100K

More than 19,000 Illinois government retirees receive pensions over $100K
"The average six-figure retiree contributed just over $160,000 (TOTAL) toward their own pension over the course of their career.
Data from Illinois’ six largest pension systems show 19,158 former government workers collect annual pensions of more than $100,000, costing those systems nearly $2.4 billion combined in fiscal year 2018.
Six-figure pensioners enrolled in those systems contributed an average of $160,100 toward their own retirements over the course of their careers, and retired on average at age 59.
...TRS pays out more than $100,000 annually to nearly 12,000 pensioners – the largest number of six-figure pensioners among the six systems. 
SURS comes in second, with 4,283 members receiving annual benefits exceeding $100,000. 
Dozens of state lawmakers who bear responsibility for Illinois’ pension crisis are also receiving six-figure pension payouts from GARS.

The top annual earner among the six systems is University of Illinois, Chicago professor emeritus Tapas Das Gupta, who received nearly $504,700 in fiscal year 2018..."

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MI6 is battling President Trump to not... - Timothy Clemmons

MI6 is battling President Trump to not... - Timothy Clemmons

Timothy Clemmons

"MI6 is battling President Trump to not Declassify the FISA documents.

 Amazingly, The Guardian, a UK based and controlled media outlet puts out a story about "unnamed sources" and Trump being involved with WIKILEAKS.

Really? Seriously?

• Why would a Foreign Intelligence Service be so concerned about a U.S. matter?
• Why would a Foreign Intelligence Service be so concerned about the release of U.S. documents?
• Why would a Foreign Intelligence Service be so concerned about "sources and methods"?
• Why would a Foreign Intelligence Service care about "Russian Collusion" in a U.S. election?
• Why would a Foreign Intelligence Service even be involved in spy craft associated with the United States and supposed ally care who holds power in OUR COUNTRY!!!

Tough questions, but anyone who can critically THINK can figure out the answers.

Working with a foreign government in the removal/overthrow of your own elected government, folks, without a doubt..........is TREASON..."

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New Evidence Reveals Full Extent of Common Core’s Historic Failure

New Evidence Reveals Full Extent of Common Core’s Historic Failure
"...Paid advocates such as the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation continue to push Common Core despite overwhelming evidence of the slow-motion train wreck that has resulted – reduced student achievement by almost every metric. 
Fordham refuses even to acknowledge the bad news, much less try to rationalize it.
...Study authors Ted Rebarber of AccountabilityWorks and Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute advocate restoring genuine diversity in education models by removing centralized government control over K-12 school standards.
But the prelude to that argument came from Rebarber, who minced no words in describing the doleful effect of Common Core on education.
“In my view,” Rebarber observed, “[Common Core] is really the worst large-scale educational failure in 40 years.”
...Rebarber focused on scores of the bottom quartile of students, those who were already behind – “the students that were touted as the target for improvement.”
Under Common Core, these students’ performance has fallen..."
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DHS Secretary Issues Statement, Correcting False Media Accounts at Southern U.S. Border… | The Last Refuge

DHS Secretary Issues Statement, Correcting False Media Accounts at Southern U.S. Border… | The Last Refuge:

“Sixth, our Border Patrol agents and officers responded admirably and responsibly to the events on Sunday. It is a testament to their training and professionalism that no one was injured. The accepted use of nonlethal force (also used by the Obama Administration in 2013) prevented further injury to agents and a mass illegal rush across the border. We will not shy away from protecting our people. I ask parents to avoid violent caravan groups and refrain from attempts to illegally enter our country – these acts will put your children in danger.
“Seventh, I want to thank President Donald J. Trump again for the decision to send @DeptofDefense to the border to bolster our ports of entry and provide force protection for Customs and Border Protection.

Canadians Are One In A Million -- While Waiting For Medical Treatment

Canadians Are One In A Million -- While Waiting For Medical Treatment:
"Canada's single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year.
That's an all-time record.
Those long wait times were more than just a nuisance; they cost patients $1.9 billion in lost wages, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute, a Vancouver-based think-tank.
Lengthy treatment delays are the norm in Canada and other single-payer nations, which ration care to keep costs down.
Yet more and more Democratic leaders are pushing for a single-payer system -- and more and more voters are clamoring for one.
Indeed, three in four Americans now support a national health plan -- and a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds that health care is the most important issue for voters in the coming election..."
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History for November 29

History for November 29 - On-This-Day.com
Louisa May Alcott 1832, C.S. Lewis 1898, Chuck Mangione 1940 - Composer, musician


Suzy Chaffee 1946 - Skier, Garry Shandling 1949 - Comedian, actor, Howie Mandel 1955 - Actor, comedian


1892 - A patent was issued to Almon Brown Strowger for the rotary dial.


1947 - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution that called for the division of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.

Global Warming: Fake Science Again Serves Far-Left Political Agenda | Investor's Business Daily

Global Warming: Fake Science Again Serves Far-Left Political Agenda | Investor's Business Daily:

The new National Climate Assessment (NCA) report, the fourth since 2000, seems to suggest a coming climate disaster, to paraphrase the film comedy "Ghost Busters," of "epic, even biblical proportions." But its forecasts and models border on the absurd. At some point, the scientific malpractice in these global warming scare reports has to end.
Some of the projections sound like something kicked around in a Hollywood brainstorming session for a science fiction thriller, and not like the results of sober scientific reasoning and balanced statistical modeling techniques. We shouldn't be surprised, however. The three reports that preceded this one were equally bad.
By the way, that's not us speaking, but actual climate scientists. They say the latest government climate change report does a disservice to Americans by once again politicizing science and ignoring both real data and history.

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Boeing 737 pilots battled confused safety system that plunged aircraft to their deaths – black box • The Register

Boeing 737 pilots battled confused safety system that plunged aircraft to their deaths – black box • The Register
"Data suggests one of plane's many brains was stuck in anti-stall mode-By Shaun Nichol
With investigations continuing into the cause of Lion Air flight 610's deadly crash into the Java Sea, experts are scrutinizing the plane's automated control system.
Early data from the doomed plane's flight recorder suggests that for much of its 11-minute flight on October 29, the pilots were struggling with the craft's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).
In effect, they were wrestling with software and hardware inadvertently trying to kill them.
...Peter Lemme, a longtime aeronautics exec and consultant who analyzed the early reports, estimates this month that the pilots fought with the MCAS system, pulling the plane's nose up 26 times before finally losing control and crashing the 737 into the Java Sea at more than 450 knots.
All 189 people on board perished..."
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Nation of Islam and Scientology: Their Dangerous Alliance | Clarion Project

Nation of Islam and Scientology: Their Dangerous Alliance | Clarion Project
"The Nation of Islam and Scientology would seem to have nothing in common, yet they have formed a bizarre and dangerous alliance.
...Scientology and their group STAND pay lip service to fighting against religious bigotry.
...However, while Scientology claims their sympathies are with the Jewish faith, they in fact have had a long-term partnership with a group of the most hateful, anti-Semites in America, The Nation of Islam (NOI).
The NOI has a long history of extremism and Holocaust denial.
NOI’s spiritual leader, Louis Farrakhan, has a long history of anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti-white and conspiracy-filled preaching.
Farrakhan regularly calls Jews “Satanic” and claims that they “control everything and mostly everybody.”
...In a recent sermon, he compared Jews to termites and called his Jewish critics “stupid.”
In 2017, Scientology awarded its highest honor, the Freedom Medal, to NOI Minister Tony Muhammad.  
In his acceptance speech, Muhammad thanks Allah, Elijah Muhammad and Louis Farrakhan whose name invokes loud applause..."
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Canadians Are One In A Million -- While Waiting For Medical Treatment

Canadians Are One In A Million -- While Waiting For Medical Treatment:

Canada isn't an anomaly. Every nation that offers government-funded, universal coverage features long wait times. When the government makes health care "free," consumers' demand for medical services surges. Patients have no incentive to limit their doctor visits or choose more cost-efficient providers.
To prevent expenses from ballooning, the government sets strict budget caps that only enable hospitals to hire a limited number of staff and purchase a meager amount of equipment. Demand inevitably outstrips supply. Shortages result.

Twitter Bans Misgendering Trans People. It’s Still Full Of Hardcore Porn | The Daily Caller

Twitter Bans Misgendering Trans People. It’s Still Full Of Hardcore Porn | The Daily Caller

• Twitter updated its policy on hateful content, prohibiting the use of biological pronouns for persons who identify as transgender.
• While the social media platform prohibits misgendering transgender persons, it still has other harmful content, like hardcore pornography and sexually explicit material.
• Other social media platforms ban hardcore porn, but Twitter has failed to keep it off the site, calling into question what the company views as violent and harmful content.

Twitter banned the use of biological pronouns to refer to transgender persons, adding a clause prohibiting the practice to its policy regarding hateful conduct.

...The media platform also writes it is “committed to combating abuse motivated by hatred, prejudice or intolerance.”

” … targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals,” is also banned, according to the updated policy rules.

...Deadnaming refers to using the “dead name,” the name they used before transitioning, to describe or address a transgender person.

Conservative speaker Ben Shapiro commented on the change.

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So Twitter is now banning people for stating the basic scientific fact that men are men and women are women, and that men cannot become women simply by thinking themselves so. Twitter vs. reality. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/11/23/twitter-misgendering-deadnaming-trans/?utm_source=MOBT&utm_medium=Twittermob&Twittermob&utm_campaign=PNMOBT …

Twitter Ads info and privacy

Twitter Ads info and privacy

...Twitter also does not heavily censor or ban Daily Porn Supply, whose page is cluttered with graphic sexual content..."

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