Shock! Miserable public schools graduate illiterates who flunk out of college!-----‘Support us’: Minority students to GVSU

'I didn't feel like I had any support': Black students create task force to boost retention at GVSU

ALLENDALE, Mich. (WOOD) — Students, faculty and community members are working toward making Grand Valley State University more inclusive after many raised concerns about challenges that Black students are facing, including declining retention.
According to data from GVSU’s website, the fall-to-fall retention rate for new undergraduate African American full-time students in 2022 was 54.1%, the lowest of any ethnicity...

• “When I get here, there’s too many students, which feels like a money grab, to have so many students,” said one student...
• “They can definitely start teaching teachers just a little bit about their ignorance and how to speak to us as students,” said Jermira McCall. 
• “Definitely have more student events that are for Black people, led by Black people.”

Lunch video-----6 Myths About Globalization, Trade, Jobs, and "Buy American"

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'He is an evil man': Biden blasted for 'spitting in the face of Christ' | WND | by Bob Unruh

'He is an evil man': Biden blasted for 'spitting in the face of Christ' | WND | by Bob Unruh: 

In a statement, she joined top Catholic theologian Cardinal Gerhard Muller, who has condemned Biden's open defiance of Catholic church teachings, even though he claims to be a faithful Catholic. Muller has spoken against Biden's "open support" of abortion and other actions deemed immoral by the church.

"...in private but not in public..."

 

Obama/Biden's "Quantitative Easing" did same to US-----Turkey's inflation climbs to 68.5% despite continued rate hikes

Much of the inflation in recent months stems from a significant increase to the minimum wage that Turkey’s government mandated for 2024. - Natasha

"The minimum wage for the year rose to...100% hike from the same period a year prior...
Exercising tight control over the central bank, Erdogan for the last few years refused to raise rates, calling them “the mother of all evil” and insisting, against economic orthodoxy, that lowering rates was the way to cool inflation. 

This was despite declining foreign currency reserves and a rapidly weakening Turkish lira, which has lost some 82% of its value against the dollar in the last five years.

When you have a weak "leader".

 

“Misinformation Experts” are almost all left wing and they want to censor you!

The “Misinformation Industry” has been caught with its pants down — accidentally finding, then burying, the information that nearly everyone in their own industry “leans left”. - By Jo Nova

• This is a field that generated headlines about how conservatives are more susceptible to believing misinformation, and conservatives consume more Facebook disinformation. 
• It would be awkward then if the whole field turned out to be leftist academics, and they tried to hide that, which is exactly what just happened.
• The leading “journal” on misinformation surveyed 150 of its own academic experts, then forgot to mention that one of the most striking and significant results from their own survey was that being a “Misinformation Expert” was a left wing phenomena.

Bjorn Lomborg noticed the statistics on their self-admitted political leanings buried in an appendix..
When asked what we should do about misinformation, the correct answer, of course, is “explain why it’s wrong”. 

But the experts didn’t even think of that — instead they suggest nine ways to hide information and the vast majority of the pool of “experts” were happy with nearly all of them — deplatform, silence, moderate and censor away!..

#1 This day 1964-----Can't Buy Me Love- The Beatles (Official Video)

China's military expanding on a 'scale not seen since WWII

WSJ Opinion: U.S. Defense Response to Indo-Pacific Security Threat Too Slow: 

"In his final appearance before the House Armed Services Committee on March 20, 2024, Navy Admiral John Aquilino repeatedly referenced the need to 'speed up' the U.S. defense effort in the Indo-Pacific, with China's military expanding on a 'scale not seen since WWII,' and growing cooperation between China, Russia and Iran setting up a new 'axis of evil.' 

They lied to you!

 

JK Rowling dares police to arrest her for violating new 'hate crime' law protecting trans people: 'DELIBERATELY DEFIANT' | Blaze Media

JK Rowling dares police to arrest her for violating new 'hate crime' law protecting trans people: 'DELIBERATELY DEFIANT' | Blaze Media: 

Passed in 2021, the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act broadens an existing law prohibiting the "stirring up of hatred," which was outlawed in the United Kingdom in 1986. But that law banned only acts that stirred up "racial hatred." The new law, which only applies to Scotland, "introduces new offences for threatening or abusive behaviour which is intended to stir up hatred based on prejudice towards characteristics including age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity and variations in sex characteristics," according to the Scottish government. In honor of the new law, Rowling, who lives in Scotland, posted a social media thread that seemingly violates the new law.

A half-truth is a LIE!-----NBC News @NBCNews - The Sunshine State isn't always as sunny as it may seem.

It's what they DON'T tell you!
"NBC News @NBCNews - The Sunshine State isn't always as sunny as it may seem. 

Hundreds of thousands of new residents have flocked to Florida with the promise of beautiful weather and no income tax. 

But nearly 500,000 left in 2022, according to the most recent Census data.

They came for Florida’s sun and sand. They got soaring costs and a culture war.

From nbcnews.com 9:45 AM · Mar 31, 2024

MSNBC's Eric Michael Garcia took the same tack, tweeting, "Nearly 500,000 left in 2022, according to the most recent census data." That is indeed like claiming that a restaurant is losing customers by only counting the people who have paid their checks and walked out the door because more than 700,000 moved to Florida in 2022. It's the second-fastest growing state after Texas.

AM Fruitcake

 

History for April 3

History for April 3 - On-This-Day.com 

William M. (Marcy) "Boss" Tweed 1823 - Political boss, known for his Tweed "Ring" that stole millions of dollars from New York City

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• 1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
• 1882 - The American outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward. There was later controversy over whether it was actually Jesse James that had been killed.
• 1946 - Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
• 1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
• 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
• 1986 - The U.S. national debt hit $2 trillion. (now $34.6 TRILLION!)
• 1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 9,000 for the first time.

'FBI violated American citizens' 4A rights 278,000 times': Bureau blasted over attempt to put gloss on Section 702 | Blaze Media

'FBI violated American citizens' 4A rights 278,000 times': Bureau blasted over attempt to put gloss on Section 702 | Blaze Media: 

The FBI is attempting to rehabilitate the public image of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as Congress has until April 19 to reauthorize it. The bureau recently posted a video to X that features FBI Director Christopher Wray attempting to put a gloss on Section 702 as part of this monthslong campaign. The bureau's timely propaganda did not escape the attention of critics on X, where the post received a community note that read, "The FBI violated American citizens' 4A rights 278,000 times with illegal, unauthorized FISA 702 searches."

The way we were-----"Countdown To Looking Glass" (1984) Cold-War USSR Nuclear Attack Film

OMG!!Frail Joe Biden LOCKS UP inPhiladelphiaToday at Campaign Event.

John F. Di Leo - I don't want to scare all of you people...

The Dali is not a big ship by today's standards. It's an average sized ship.

"I don't want to scare all of you people who are sitting at home planning on ways to protect our bridges from crashes - either accidental of intentional... but please keep this in mind:
The Dali is not a big ship by today's standards. 

It's an average sized ship...

• The Dali is a 10,000 TEU containership, meaning that when fully loaded, it holds about 10,000 twenty foot containers...
• The new ships are about 20,000 TEUs, double the size and capacity of the Dali. 
• Some are even bigger...

Where am I going with this?...

Only to say that, no matter what precautions you hope for, it's critical to remember that ships keep on getting bigger, and there's no reason to assume we've hit the maximum size yet...
I don't believe there's a way to secure a bridge like the Key Bridge against a crash with the size of containerships today or in the future.
I think we just just say, no more bridges outside of containership ports. Period.

We simply can't afford to keep throwing tax dollars we don't have at every crazy desire and hoping we can engineer our way out of it somehow.

The Value of Trump - The Last Refuge

The question then becomes, ‘who gives us the best opportunity to save ourselves‘? The overwhelming answer is President Donald J Trump. - | Sundance
"A very elegant outline is worth reading...

By TL Davis – […] “The people want a secure border. They want their veterans to be taken care of instead of illegal aliens. They want fiscal responsibility that will lead to an end to inflation. They want a budget that does not devalue their currency. They want their children to grow up without being force-fed communism and abnormal sexuality from kindergarten on. They want to be left alone to raise their families and enjoy the fruits of their labor, but the communists will never allow that, so they must be defeated and driven back into the holes from which they’ve sprung.”

“Like it or not, the only way to begin that long, arduous battle is to use Trump as your bludgeon. He is not the answer to your problems, but he is their most-feared enemy and necessarily your biggest weapon... (please read full essay)

...The question then becomes, ‘who gives us the best opportunity to save ourselves‘?  

The overwhelming answer is President Donald J Trump...

WSJ marks anniversary of Russia's detention of Gershkovich | Blaze Media

WSJ marks anniversary of Russia's detention of Gershkovich | Blaze Media: 

The Wall Street Journal marked the grim one-year anniversary of reporter Evan Gershkovich's detention in Russia by leaving a large blank space on "the front page of a special section wrapping" Friday's paper. "HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE," text blared above the gaping visual void.

City's Chatbot Gives Bad Legal Advice

Why are taxpayers funding this hate-filled moron?!!-----U. Oregon professor to lecture on ‘surplus’ white nationalism and its ‘climate obstruction’

Pulido will incorporate “three historical moments” — the Tea Party, Donald Trump’s presidency, and the “war on ‘wokeness’” — into the thesis. - DAVE HUBER

"...For the professor, who according to her faculty page

• “works at the intersection of geography and critical ethnic studies, especially Chicanx Studies,” 
• surplus white nationalism is defined as “the excessive energy and power of white nationalism that cannot be contained or selectively controlled...
• Pulido contends this racial component is part of the GOP’s climate obstruction — that its actions go beyond just doing the bidding of fossil fuel companies.
• Pulido’s lecture likely is related to her current work surrounding “hegemonic forms of racism and nationalism – especially around climate change and cultural memory.”...

Lunch video-----The Biggest Medical Scandal Of Our Time | Michael Shellenberger | EP 435

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ICE Official: Release of Safety Threats Without Our Knowledge Is 'How It Is with Most of These Sanctuary Jurisdictions'

ICE Official: Release of Safety Threats Without Our Knowledge Is 'How It Is with Most of These Sanctuary Jurisdictions': 

During portions of an interview with Fox News National Correspondent Bill Melugin aired on Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons said that he can’t deal with every public safety threat due to a lack of resources and commented on an accused child rapist being released without ICE being notified by saying, “in Massachusetts, that’s how it is with most of these sanctuary jurisdictions.”

More bailouts on the way?!!

 

Pandemic school closures, 4 years later | The North State Journal

NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS ARE STILL BATTLING THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWN

"...Cooper and Cohen relied heavily on CDC guidance, as did the Toolkit, yet that guidance would come into question a little under two years later when a Congressional committee found the CDC had allowed the American Federation of Teachers to rewrite key portions of school reopening guidance that had kept most schools closed. In some cases, the CDC had used AFT’s suggestions nearly verbatim...

• North Carolina students were later estimated to be 15 months behind. 
• Students with special needs in the state were hardest hit as remote instruction failed to meet their needs. 
• Two years after the closures, those students were showing a steep decline in academic performance and increased behavioral issues...

This had to go to court?!!

#1 This day 1962-----Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel HQ (1962)