"They are destroying statues that the entire world considers to be masterpieces," Matsuura said.
"And this is being done in the name of an interpretation of the Muslim faith that is not recognized anywhere else in the world.""
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Afghan Taliban Begin Destruction of Ancient Buddha Statues | Common Dreams
Afghan Taliban Begin Destruction of Ancient Buddha Statues | Common Dreams:
"Koichiro Matsuura, chief of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), said he had convened an emergency meeting of members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to try to stop the destruction.
"They are destroying statues that the entire world considers to be masterpieces," Matsuura said.
"And this is being done in the name of an interpretation of the Muslim faith that is not recognized anywhere else in the world.""
"They are destroying statues that the entire world considers to be masterpieces," Matsuura said.
"And this is being done in the name of an interpretation of the Muslim faith that is not recognized anywhere else in the world.""
SNAP: Protester bursts into angry tears as NYPD protects Trump Tower - The American MirrorThe American Mirror
SNAP: Protester bursts into angry tears as NYPD protects Trump Tower - The American MirrorThe American Mirror
"New York’s Finest are putting themselves between the residents of Trump Tower and the unhinged liberal activists seeking to wreak havoc.
"New York’s Finest are putting themselves between the residents of Trump Tower and the unhinged liberal activists seeking to wreak havoc.
One woman burst into angry tears because police were seeking to move protesters away from the building.
As police moved the malcontents down the sidewalk, with tears in her eyes, the woman shouted, “Have a f*cking backbone!”
As she was walking away, she turned back and yelled, “You roll your eyes because you’re f*cking weak!” unable to maintain her snowflake composure.
“Because you know you’re wrong. Because you think you’re a man you can roll your eyes at a f*cking young woman. Roll your eyes! Your shield doesn’t f*cking protect you!” she screamed.
Meanwhile, agitators didn’t appreciate this officer’s sarcasm.
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Portland State Professor: Higher Obesity Rates Among Minorities Is 'Racial Injustice' - Breitbart
Portland State Professor: Higher Obesity Rates Among Minorities Is 'Racial Injustice' - Breitbart:
"A professor at Portland State University argued in a recent journal article that the higher obesity rate amongst American minorities is a racial injustice.
Rachel Sanders, a political science professor at Portland State University, argues in a recent journal article that the higher obesity rate amongst minorities is a racial injustice because it perpetuates “white superiority.”
As long as America’s basic structure remains racially unjust, discourses that racialize obesity contribute to a racial project of preserving white normativity, derogating black femininity, and rationalizing racial disparities in health, wealth and life chances..."
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Rachel Sanders, a political science professor at Portland State University, argues in a recent journal article that the higher obesity rate amongst minorities is a racial injustice because it perpetuates “white superiority.”
As long as America’s basic structure remains racially unjust, discourses that racialize obesity contribute to a racial project of preserving white normativity, derogating black femininity, and rationalizing racial disparities in health, wealth and life chances..."
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Criminal charges sought for protesters who toppled Confederate statue in North Carolina | Fox News
Criminal charges sought for protesters who toppled Confederate statue in North Carolina | Fox News:
"When protesters, angry over the deadly incidents in Virginia this weekend, decided to take down a nearly century-old statue of a Confederate soldier in North Carolina on Monday, law enforcement stood back and watched.
At no time did officers with the Durham Police Department or deputies with the Durham County Sheriff’s Office intervene as activists brought a ladder up to the statue and used a rope to pull it down, according to multiple media reports."
At no time did officers with the Durham Police Department or deputies with the Durham County Sheriff’s Office intervene as activists brought a ladder up to the statue and used a rope to pull it down, according to multiple media reports."
Racists, rapists, murderers: Four statues of liberals untouched by protesters - The American MirrorThe American Mirror
Racists, rapists, murderers: Four statues of liberals untouched by protesters - The American MirrorThe American Mirror:
"Left-wing mobs are okay with memorials to racists, accused rapists and murders — as long as they’re liberals.
"Left-wing mobs are okay with memorials to racists, accused rapists and murders — as long as they’re liberals.
As agitators move from Southern town to Southern town to tear down and uproot Confederate relics, four statues in American city stand safe fro, progressive harm.
Former West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd stands tall. He’s so well respected, he was named “West Virginian of the 20th Century.”
When he died in 2010, the New York Times acknowledged, “A former member of the Ku Klux Klan, he filibustered against the 1964 Civil Rights Act…”
Brutal Soviet dictator Vladimir Lenin remains untouched near Seattle, Washington..."
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Michigan City Indoctrinates Kids in Lefty Protest Tactics but Won’t Let a Conservative Farmer Sell His Vegetables - Acculturated
Michigan City Indoctrinates Kids in Lefty Protest Tactics but Won’t Let a Conservative Farmer Sell His Vegetables - Acculturated:
"It is the best of times, it is the worst of times.
In East Lansing, Michigan, it isn’t quite Dickens, but it’s a veritable tale of two cities.
For liberals, it is the best of times, and the city will be supportive at every turn, but for conservatives, it is the worst of times, and the city will punish you for your beliefs.
It is the worst of times for Steve Tennes, a Catholic farmer in Charlotte, Michigan, some twenty miles outside of East Lansing.
While weddings are sometimes held at his Country Mill farm, as a practicing Catholic, he refers same-sex weddings to other nearby farms.
In a Facebook post he said, “It remains our deeply held religious belief that marriage is the union of one man and one woman and Country Mill has the First Amendment Right to express and act upon its beliefs.”
The City of East Lansing disagreed.
When they caught wind of his decision to exercise his religious freedom, they said he could no longer sell his produce at their farmers’ market, where he had been selling since 2010..."
"It is the best of times, it is the worst of times.
In East Lansing, Michigan, it isn’t quite Dickens, but it’s a veritable tale of two cities.
For liberals, it is the best of times, and the city will be supportive at every turn, but for conservatives, it is the worst of times, and the city will punish you for your beliefs.It is the worst of times for Steve Tennes, a Catholic farmer in Charlotte, Michigan, some twenty miles outside of East Lansing.
While weddings are sometimes held at his Country Mill farm, as a practicing Catholic, he refers same-sex weddings to other nearby farms.
In a Facebook post he said, “It remains our deeply held religious belief that marriage is the union of one man and one woman and Country Mill has the First Amendment Right to express and act upon its beliefs.”
The City of East Lansing disagreed.
When they caught wind of his decision to exercise his religious freedom, they said he could no longer sell his produce at their farmers’ market, where he had been selling since 2010..."
Trump: Obama Knew About Russian Interference Three Years Ago But Did Nothing
Trump: Obama Knew About Russian Interference Three Years Ago But Did Nothing:
"A new report by Politico reveals that the Obama administration was made aware of Russian attempts to meddle in Western elections as early as 2014 but chose to do nothing.
President Barack Obama and senior officials were reluctant to act on the information because the administration did not want to botch a peace deal in Syria involving the Russian government."
President Barack Obama and senior officials were reluctant to act on the information because the administration did not want to botch a peace deal in Syria involving the Russian government."
Op-ed: Writer warns most studies 'show whatever someone wants them to' - The College Fix
Op-ed: Writer warns most studies 'show whatever someone wants them to' - The College Fix:
"There seems to be an academic study for everything these days, and many seem like a total waste of time.
A Brown University researcher was awarded a $5 million grant to discover frat boys drink more than their classmates and a 2016 study found business travelers enjoy their trips more when they wait less time in line.
Then researchers draw hard conclusions from this. Rather than a study of human nature, behavioral science is, Mr. Ferguson observes, “the study of college kids in psych labs.”
"There seems to be an academic study for everything these days, and many seem like a total waste of time.
Take for an instance a 2016 study that delved into a “feminist glaciology framework for global environmental change research.”
...Other studies state the obvious.
Who would have thought?
...“Hands down, the two most dangerous words in the English language today are ‘studies show,’ he writes.
From the article:
The world is inundated with the manipulation of flighty studies to prove some larger point about mankind in the name of behavioral science.
Pop psychologists have churned out mountains of books proving some intuitive point that turns out to be wrong.
It’s “sciencey,” with a whiff of (false) authenticity.
... Andrew Ferguson of the Weekly Standard studied behavioral economic studies and discovered many are done by grad students observing their peers doing trivial tasks. Then researchers draw hard conclusions from this. Rather than a study of human nature, behavioral science is, Mr. Ferguson observes, “the study of college kids in psych labs.”
'Opposing weightism' can earn students academic credits at UNH
'Opposing weightism' can earn students academic credits at UNH
"The University of New Hampshire is currently seeking unpaid interns to “advance fat acceptance as a key social justice issue” in society, offering 4 academic credits for 150 hours of work.
Interns will be expected to plan “fat-positive social events,” create “policy to end discrimination on the basis of weight,” and work with other student diversity groups on campus to “advance fat acceptance as a key social justice issue.”
The University of New Hampshire is currently seeking unpaid interns to “advance fat acceptance as a key social justice issue” in society.
The “People Opposing Weightism” (POW!) group, which formed under the UNH Women’s Studies department in 2013, is seeking student interns willing to work 150 hours during the upcoming semester to fight against “weight bias, fatphobia, and body-policing,” according to the program’s website.
"Applicants should be...supportive of efforts to end fatphobia and weightism."..."
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"The University of New Hampshire is currently seeking unpaid interns to “advance fat acceptance as a key social justice issue” in society, offering 4 academic credits for 150 hours of work.
Interns will be expected to plan “fat-positive social events,” create “policy to end discrimination on the basis of weight,” and work with other student diversity groups on campus to “advance fat acceptance as a key social justice issue.”The University of New Hampshire is currently seeking unpaid interns to “advance fat acceptance as a key social justice issue” in society.
The “People Opposing Weightism” (POW!) group, which formed under the UNH Women’s Studies department in 2013, is seeking student interns willing to work 150 hours during the upcoming semester to fight against “weight bias, fatphobia, and body-policing,” according to the program’s website.
"Applicants should be...supportive of efforts to end fatphobia and weightism."..."
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NY schools to use vaping, bullying detectors
NY schools to use vaping, bullying detectors:
"NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - Smoking and vaping are banned in all New York schools.
Now schools are testing technology that can smoke out offenders.
The new technology inside a little box may play a big role in holding students who break the law accountable.
"If we get a spike above the line then we know if there's an incident occurring," Digital Fly CEO Derek Peterson said. "And we notify the officials."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in July banned the use of e-cigarettes on all public and private school grounds.
If you use a vape pen on school property, school officials can find out.
"If someone is inside the bathroom and they vape, it will contaminate the air, our sensor will pick it up and it will alert somebody in real time, 'Hey, there's a problem here, your air is contaminated, somebody could be vaping, somebody could be smoking, send somebody to check it out,'" Digital Fly software developer Billy Schweigert said.
The device, called Fly Sense, can detect gas and moisture in the air indicating vaping is taking place.
A spike in the data means something is suspicious. Peterson said the device then sends an alert to a cellphone.
The device has another sensor to track peaks in sound levels to also determine if bullying or fighting is possibly happening..."
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"NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - Smoking and vaping are banned in all New York schools.
Now schools are testing technology that can smoke out offenders.
The new technology inside a little box may play a big role in holding students who break the law accountable.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in July banned the use of e-cigarettes on all public and private school grounds.
If you use a vape pen on school property, school officials can find out.
"If someone is inside the bathroom and they vape, it will contaminate the air, our sensor will pick it up and it will alert somebody in real time, 'Hey, there's a problem here, your air is contaminated, somebody could be vaping, somebody could be smoking, send somebody to check it out,'" Digital Fly software developer Billy Schweigert said.
The device, called Fly Sense, can detect gas and moisture in the air indicating vaping is taking place.
A spike in the data means something is suspicious. Peterson said the device then sends an alert to a cellphone.
The device has another sensor to track peaks in sound levels to also determine if bullying or fighting is possibly happening..."
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Ingraham on Mob Toppling NC Confederate Statue: How Long Before They Show Up at Monticello, Mt Vernon? Are They Going to Start Burning Books? - Breitbart
Ingraham on Mob Toppling NC Confederate Statue: How Long Before They Show Up at Monticello, Mt Vernon? Are They Going to Start Burning Books? - Breitbart:
"Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham, editor of LifeZette, denounced protesters removing a statue of a Confederate soldier in Durham, North Carolina, a day earlier.
Ingraham warned there could be other symbols from the past that could go next if this trend were to continue."
"Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham, editor of LifeZette, denounced protesters removing a statue of a Confederate soldier in Durham, North Carolina, a day earlier.
Ingraham warned there could be other symbols from the past that could go next if this trend were to continue."
Protesters in Atlanta Tear Down ‘Peace Monument’ After Mistaking It for Confederate SymboI
Protesters in Atlanta Tear Down ‘Peace Monument’ After Mistaking It for Confederate SymboI:
"Protesters vandalized and attempted to take down the Peace Monument in Piedmont Park in Atlanta on Sunday, mistaking it for a pro-Confederate statue.
The protesters were marching in response to the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday where one woman died after being deliberately hit by a car, and two law enforcement personnel were killed when the helicopter they were in crashed.
“The Atlanta march traveled from Woodruff Park to Piedmont Park Sunday, where some damaged the Peace Monument, erected in 1911,” a blog on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website said.
“The sculpture features an angel standing above a Confederate soldier, guiding him to lay down his weapon...”"
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"Protesters vandalized and attempted to take down the Peace Monument in Piedmont Park in Atlanta on Sunday, mistaking it for a pro-Confederate statue.The protesters were marching in response to the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday where one woman died after being deliberately hit by a car, and two law enforcement personnel were killed when the helicopter they were in crashed.
“The Atlanta march traveled from Woodruff Park to Piedmont Park Sunday, where some damaged the Peace Monument, erected in 1911,” a blog on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website said.
“The sculpture features an angel standing above a Confederate soldier, guiding him to lay down his weapon...”"
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