Virginia is shaping up as ground zero in the battle over schools and Critical Race Theory. The “theory” is pure poison, a hard-edged identity politics from the radical Left teaching that America is an irredeemably racist country suffused by white supremacy. Students must—must—acknowledge this, or pay the price. Dissent will not be tolerated. Parents are in an uproar, particularly in Virginia, where CRT has become a major issue in the gubernatorial contest between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin. Polls show a tight race.
Monday, October 25, 2021
Critical Race Theory Roils Virginia Governor Race | Judicial Watch
Critical Race Theory Roils Virginia Governor Race | Judicial Watch:
Paglia: The Dumbing Down of America Began in Public Schools | Intellectual Takeout
Paglia: The Dumbing Down of America Began in Public Schools | Intellectual Takeout-By Annie Holmquist
"In the last several years, Americans have been sensing that something is
seriously wrong with the current crop of young people.
"In the last several years, Americans have been sensing that something is
True, they are likely to have the most education credentials any generation has ever received.
...But in spite of these factors, today’s students seem to exhibit a character that is high in sensitivity and low in knowledge.
...But in spite of these factors, today’s students seem to exhibit a character that is high in sensitivity and low in knowledge.
What gives? Why are our students turning out like this?
Camille Paglia recently revealed the answer to that question.
...“It’s really started at the level of public school education.
...“It’s really started at the level of public school education.
I’ve been teaching now for 46 years as a classroom teacher, and I have felt the slow devolution of the quality of public school education in the classroom.”...Read all!
History for October 28 - On-This-Day.com
History for October 28 - On-This-Day.com
Georges Auguste Escoffier 1846 - French chef
Elsa Lanchester 1902 - Actress
Edith Head 1897 - Costume designer
Jonas Salk 1914 - Medical researcher
Bowie Kuhn 1926 - Lawyer, Major League Baseball commissioner
Cleo Laine 1927 - Singer, actress
Dody Goodman 1914 - Actress
Joan Plowright 1929 - Actress
Bruce Morton 1930 - TV news correspondent (CBS and CNN)
Suzy Parker 1932 - Model, actress
James "Jim" Beatty 1934 - Track and field athlete
Charlie Daniels 1936 - Singer (Charlie Daniels Band)
Marcian E. "Ted" Hoff, Jr. 1937 - An inventor of the microprocessor
Jane Alexander 1939 - Actress, author
Curtis Lee 1941 - Singer
Hank Marvin (Hank B. Marvin) 1941 - Guitarist (Shadows)
Dennis Franz 1944 - Actor ("NYPD Blue")
Wayne Fontana 1945 - Singer (The Mindbenders)
Telma Louise Hopkins 1948 - Singer, actress
Rickie Lee "Risky" Reynolds 1948 - Guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
Bruce Jenner 1949 - Track and field athlete, actor ("CHiPs")
Annie Potts 1952 - Actress ("Ghostbusters," "Pretty in Pink")
Bill H. Gates 1955- Inventor, computer programmer, co-founder of Microsoft
Stephen Morris 1957 - Musician (New Order)
Ron Hemby 1958 - Singer, guitar (The Buffalo Club)
William Reid (William Adam Reid) 1958 - Musician (The Jesus & Mary Chain)
Neville Henry 1959 - Saxophonist (The Blow Monkeys)
Daphne Zuniga 1962 - Actress ("Melrose Place," "One Tree Hill")
Lauren Holly 1963 - Actress ("Picket Fences")
Eros Ramazzotti 1963 - Musician, singer, songwriter
Paul Wylie 1964 - Figure skater
Jami Gertz 1965 - Actress ("Sixteen Candles," "Less Than Zero")
Andy Richter 1966 - Actor, comedian, sidekick of Conan O'Brien
Julia Roberts 1967 - Actress ("Pretty Woman," "Conspriracy Theory")
Caitlin Cary 1968 - Musician
Ben Harper 1969 - Singer, musician
Jeremy Davies 1969 - Actor ("Saving Private Ryan," TV:"Justified")
Brad Paisley 1972 - Singer, musician
Terrell Davis 1972 - Football player
Joaquin Phoenix 1974 - Actor
1636 - Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America.
1776 - The Battle of White Plains took place during the American Revolutionary War.
1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin.
1886 - The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by U.S. President Cleveland. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 152 feet tall. It was originally known as "Liberty Enlightening the World."
1904 - The St. Louis Police Department became the first to use fingerprinting.
1919 - The U.S. Congress enacted the Volstead Act, also known as the National Prohibition Act. Prohibition was repealed in 1933 with the passing of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the Italian government and introduced fascism to Italy.
1936 - The Statue of Liberty was rededicated by U.S. President Roosevelt on its 50th anniversary.
1940 - During World War II, Italy invaded Greece.
1949 - U.S. President Harry Truman swore in Eugenie Moore Anderson as the U.S. ambassador to Denmark. Anderson was the first woman to hold the post of ambassador.
1958 - Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected Pope. He took the name John XXIII.
1962 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
1965 - Pope Paul VI issued a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
1965 - The Gateway Arch along the waterfront in St. Louis, MO, was completed.
1976 - John D. Erlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, entered a federal prison camp in Safford, AZ, to begin serving his sentence for Watergate-related convictions.
1982 - Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev condemned the U.S. for arms buildup.
1983 - The U.S. vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution "deeply deploring" the ongoing U.S.-led invasion of Grenada.
1985 - John A. Walker Jr. and his son, Michael Lance Walker, pled guilty to charges of spying for the Soviet Union.
1986 - The centennial of the Statue of Liberty was celebrated in New York.
1988 - Roussel Uclaf, a French manufacturer that produces the abortion pill RU486, announced it would resume distribution of the drug after the government of France demanded it do so.
1990 - Iraq announced that it was halting gasoline rationing.
1993 - Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, called for a complete blockade of Haiti to force out the military leaders.
1994 - U.S. President Clinton visited Kuwait and implied that all the troops there would be home by Christmas.
1996 - The Dow Jones Industial Average gained a record 337.17 points (or 5%). The day before the Dow had dropped 554.26 points (or 7%).
History for October 25
History for October 25 - On-This-Day.com
Helen Reddy 1942
- 1854 - The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians. He took his troops into a valley and suffered 40 percent caualties. Later it was revealed that the order was the result of confusion and was not given intentionally.
- 1917 - The Bolsheviks (Communists) under Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power in Russia.
- 1955 - The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company.
- 1962 - U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council. The photos were of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
- 1971 - The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and admit mainland China.
- 1983 - U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean nations invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens after a recent coup within Grenada's Communist (pro-Cuban) government.
Sunday, October 24, 2021
American Trapped in Afghanistan Begs Biden: 'Get Us Home'
American Trapped in Afghanistan Begs Biden: 'Get Us Home':
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on Thursday released a letter to President Joe Biden penned by an American citizen from San Diego, California, who is still trapped in Afghanistan alongside his wife.
“I am pleading with you again as a fellow proud American and as a husband to help my wife and I get home from Afghanistan,” the American citizen wrote in the October 15 letter to President Biden, weeks after the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from the Taliban-controlled country.
China's Shipbuilding Giant Goes Bankrupt As It fails to pay $141 Billion
"China's Shipbuilding Giant Goes Bankrupt As It fails to pay $141 Billion
A court in the eastern province of Zhejiang said it recently accepted a bankruptcy case involving a state-owned shipbuilder, the first government-backed company to go under amid an industry slowdown..."
Yep, unions...AGAIN!-----California Drove Truckers Out of Business. Now Store Shelves Are Empty | Frontpagemag
California Drove Truckers Out of Business. Now Store Shelves Are Empty | Frontpagemag
Not all that long ago he used to have his own business with 7 trucks before he was bankrupted by California’s insane regulations.
...The impact of California’s Democrat legislative supermajority on truckers was just another data point alongside what was happening to freelancers of all kinds and a lot of small businesses.
...The massive supply chain mess that’s leaving stores empty and orders unfulfilled doesn’t have a single point of failure, but dozens of them.
- Democrat regulations are holding the entire economy hostage.
...The impact of California’s Democrat legislative supermajority on truckers was just another data point alongside what was happening to freelancers of all kinds and a lot of small businesses.
...The massive supply chain mess that’s leaving stores empty and orders unfulfilled doesn’t have a single point of failure, but dozens of them.
China’s energy shortages, the overhyped predictive powers of Big Data, the fragility of the global economy, fuel costs, and welfare state worker shortages are all players.
But California’s truck bans are a key link in the great failure chain.
...AB5 however was less about Uber than it was about outlawing freelance employees in order to force them into unions...Read all!!!
...AB5 however was less about Uber than it was about outlawing freelance employees in order to force them into unions...Read all!!!
New Report Finds Quadrupling CO2 Would Lead To Only 1.0C Increase! - Climate Change Dispatch
New Report Finds Quadrupling CO2 Would Lead To Only 1.0C Increase! - Climate Change Dispatch
...“No climate emergency”
Contrary to the blitz of propaganda, there is no climate emergency or even any significant increase in temperature due to increasing levels of CO2.
...A four-fold increase in CO2 concentrations to 1,600 ppm will increase temperatures by 1°C and it would take around 800 hundred years to reach that point at the current rate of CO2 level increases...Read all.
- “No climate emergency,” scientists say… “increasing levels of CO2 won’t lead to significant changes in earth temperature”
...“No climate emergency”
Contrary to the blitz of propaganda, there is no climate emergency or even any significant increase in temperature due to increasing levels of CO2.
...A four-fold increase in CO2 concentrations to 1,600 ppm will increase temperatures by 1°C and it would take around 800 hundred years to reach that point at the current rate of CO2 level increases...Read all.
Joe Biden's CNN Fail: What is He Doing with His Hands? - Louder With Crowder
Joe Biden's CNN Fail: What is He Doing with His Hands? - Louder With Crowder:
Joe Biden appeared on CNN Thursday night. It was a town hall meeting that, at least in theory, was meant to sell his "Build Back Better" plan. Instead, it was an example of why the people who control Joe Biden try to keep him on the closed set they built across the street from the White House. There was some policy: he has no answer about the border crisis, no answer about gas prices, and no answer about inflation. There was a point where he insulted Americans who DON'T think the government should mandate they stick needles in their arms. It was a reboot of his last town hall meeting and a lot of the same bullplop.
Purveyors of hate!-----Parents outraged over 'privileged' sign at high school football game
"Melissa Swanson, a North Carolina mother, explains why she believes the sign was aimed at 'white, rich' individuals at her child's Catholic school."
"...But please don’t sacrifice homeschool freedom..."
Melanie Kurdys --From a homeschool friend.
"A lot of people strongly suggest vouchers to get kids out of the public school system.
They want the “money to follow the child” to a private school, or even for homeschooling...
- No, you do NOT need vouchers to homeschool.
- Whatever made you leave the public system, leave it completely. 100%.
- Don’t drag it into your home for freebies.
An entire generation of homeschoolers worked very hard to get where we are today.
...And they did this for complete autonomy in home education.
Homeschooling is different BECAUSE it’s private.
Homeschooling is different BECAUSE it’s private.
I cannot stress this enough.
We have numerous options in outstanding curriculum, complete freedom in our schedules, and no strings.
It will only stay this way IF THE GOVERNMENT STAYS OUT...Read all!
https://boropulse.com/.../why-school-choice-is-a-trap.../
It will only stay this way IF THE GOVERNMENT STAYS OUT...Read all!
- Read these two articles before you try to “help” homeschoolers with government funds:
https://boropulse.com/.../why-school-choice-is-a-trap.../
BOROPULSE.COM
Another poll shows that President Biden's job approval is under water - TheBlaze
Another poll shows that President Biden's job approval is under water - TheBlaze:
Amid a sea of low poll numbers, yet another survey is showing that President Joe Biden's job approval rating is under water.
The CNBC All-America Economic Survey found that only 41% approve, while 52% disapprove. The poll involved 800 Americans, was conducted Oct. 14-17, and has a 3.5% margin of error.
The numbers mark a shift against the president compared to a July survey in which 48% approved and 45% disapproved, according to the outlet.
Make no mistake. This is about "legalizing" the IRS as a political weapon against their political opponents!-----The $10,000 IRS Tax Dragnet - WSJ
The $10,000 IRS Tax Dragnet - WSJ
- Treasury wants to snoop on bank accounts to trigger more audits.
...Democrats say banks will only have to report total annual inflows and outflows, not discrete transactions.
But nearly all Americans spend more than $10,000 a year.
The real political goal here is to create a mechanism for triggering audits—probably through an algorithm—so the IRS can rifle through all of a taxpayer’s business and other financial records...Read all.
The real political goal here is to create a mechanism for triggering audits—probably through an algorithm—so the IRS can rifle through all of a taxpayer’s business and other financial records...Read all.
Marine veteran who stopped the armed convenience store robber got even more awesome yesterday - American Thinker
Marine veteran who stopped the armed convenience store robber got even more awesome yesterday - American Thinker By Thomas Lifson
"You've probably already seen the viral video from Yuma, Arizona, where a Marine Corps veteran stopped an armed, black-clad pair of robbers attempting to rob a convenience store.
Yesterday, he was on Fox News and was interviewed by Dana Perino, who spoke for many of us when she said she'd like to buy him a beer.
What followed was not what she expected...Must hear his final response!!!
Connecticut Dems push cartoon depicting parents at school boards as horror villains and get immediate blowback - TheBlaze
Connecticut Dems push cartoon depicting parents at school boards as horror villains and get immediate blowback - TheBlaze:
The Connecticut Democratic Party is getting online blowback after they pushed a cartoon representing parents at school boards as horror movie monsters and villains.
Parents across the country have taken to confronting their local school boards over various issues including critical race theory, transgender bathroom access, and mandates for masks or vaccines.
Harriett Lublin-- #cantmakeitup"FTA: Biden claimed that he'd been spending his time viewing damage done by hurricanes and floods, as well as "traveling around the world," before saying that his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, had gone to the border "and looked into those places."
Menwhile: CNN Opinion @CNNOpinion:
"FTA: Biden claimed that he'd been spending his time viewing damage done by hurricanes and floods, as well as "traveling around the world," before saying that his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, had gone to the border "and looked into those places."
Biden on the border: “I’ve been there before and I haven’t — I mean, I know it well. I guess I should go down. But the whole point of it is I haven’t had a whole hell of a lot of time to get down.”
On top of an incredibly light schedule, Biden has gone to Delaware 25X as POTUS.
Menwhile: CNN Opinion @CNNOpinion:
"Biden showed that he is in full command of the complicated facts and the nuances of the many moving parts of the legislation," writes @FridaGhitis
Katie Pavlich @KatiePavlich
Reminder: Biden has never visited the border. Ever."
FOXNEWS.COM
Joe Biden pummeled by critics for claim about visiting border: 'Easy one to fact-check'
History for October 24
History for October 24 - On-This-Day.com
Rafael Trujillo (Rafael Leïnidas Trujillo Molina) 1891
- 1648 - The Holy Roman Empire was effectively destroyed by the Peace of Westphalia that brought an end to the Thirty Years War.
- 1836 - Alonzo D. Phillips received a patent for the phosphorous friction safety match.
- 1929 - In the U.S., investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as "Black Tuesday."
- 1939 - Nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE.
- 1948 - The term "cold war" was used for the first time. It was in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee.
- 2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that gave police the power to secretly search homes, tap all of a person's telephone conversation and track people's use of the Internet.
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Nolte: Fake Fact Checkers Smeared Rand Paul as Liar over 'Gain of Function'
Nolte: Fake Fact Checkers Smeared Rand Paul as Liar over 'Gain of Function':
And, of course, our government has spent the last 18 months lying to us about this funding, including twice under oath at the hands of serial liar Anthony Fauci. Of course, our utterly corrupt media have aggressively done everyone in their waning power to push this lie — just like they pushed the lie that Trump conspired with Russia to win the 2016 election, just like they pushed the lie that the Hunter Biden laptop was a Russian plant and that the lab leak theory surrounding the origins of the coronavirus was both ludicrous AND racist, and, and, and…
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