What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
Children need to be exposed to risky play. For ‘helicopter parents’, this might be difficult – but kids need to learn to manage danger themselves.
[A] parliamentary report states that society’s risk-averse attitude to young people’s lives affects everything from school-based activities to the design of play areas, where eliminating any potential danger or cause for future litigation is the highest goal. Risk perception is like a muscle that needs to be developed and flexed.
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An article on Chinese state media that said Taiwan’s new leader Tsai Ing-wen has an “extremist style” because she is single prompts outrage online.
Tsai Ing-wen ‘extremist because single’ article riles social media – BBC News
hmmmm
While I’m on my royals kick…
And as a side note: Man alive, the mayor of London…. Somebody deserves a swift, hard punch in the jaw!!! So, so, freaking disrespectful! As an American that offends me. What a total fucking douche-bag ass-wipe. So if Obama is half some country he never lived in, what does being English make you, Mr. Mayor? A little French and half German? Asshole. Obama is a Kenyan and whatever-the-hell-his-mother’s-brand-of-European-ancestry-is AMERICAN. 100%. Douche-nozzle.
Yeah, yeah, yeah… More of my royal watcher postings!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what makes these people any different than any non-royal? Well, frankly, nothing. Life is not an evenly just place. Some people get better dealt better and more lucrative hands than others. Which is not to say we shouldn’t strive for equality or raising people up; quite the opposite! It is just to say that is where we start. What each person does with his or her hand matters just as much as the luck of the draw.
To be clear, I have no nostalgia for actual (i.e non-figurehead/ceremonial) rulers being chosen by birth or – even worse – by violent military clashes between clans. I do think that having a visible monarchy in some parts of the world is a valuable legacy and window into our collective past though. It’s like an ever present history lesson or something…
If we can assume for the moment, that there is and should be a British monarchy, isn’t it nice that Diana’s sons are leading the monarchy into the future with such a keen eye for ways to improve conditions for those less fortunate than themselves? (Seriously, wouldn’t it be nice if ALL scions and heirs to great wealth and power acted that way!!!)
OK, all of my justify and posturing out of the way, Harry comes off as such a mensch here… Finding ways to serve the military that he is prevented from making his career in that very few others would have the ability or inclination to carry out….
Can you just imagine a world where people like Paris Hilton and Ivanka Trump shared the same sense of duty? Sigh…
Anyways…
Good on you, Prince Harry! What a wonderful way to continue your service to the military. Not to mention what a nice continuation of all the work your mum did…
Oh, and the actual mic drop video with the Queen is a hoot.
This picture of father holding his sick son has fiercely divided opinion on social media.
Is this picture disgusting or beautiful? – BBC News
Our society is so fucked up.
House votes against Confederate flags … and LGBT protections
The Daily 202: The culture wars, they are a changin’
sigh… Well, at least they didn’t affirm protection for that flag of a failed insurrection.
A year ago, Southern Republicans in Congress protected display of the Confederate flag. Yesterday’s fight ended on a very different note.
Congress’ fight over Confederate Flag takes an unexpected turn | MSNBC
hmmmm
Who is awarded tenure in the competitive environment of contemporary colleges and universities is one of the more hotly contested issues in academe today.
Denied Tenure at Dartmouth, Aimee Bahng Feels Diversity Efforts Ring Hollow – Higher Education
sigh….
Full-time employees will be offered six months of paid maternity and paternity leave.
Cuyahoga County village offers 6-month parental leave
Very cool!
India Ross slayed Bey’s 2015 sequin dress.
You Have To See This Badass Prom Dress Inspired By Beyonce’s Met Gala Gown
I’ve sen a lot of hate on the face space over this dress. (Strangely enough though, half of the posts used the exact same wording. “I think it’s sad when young ones today can’t/won’t be themselves but must emulate someone other than their parents like we did years ago! The dress is without class mainly because it damn near shows everything… I remember years ago the saying was the less you show the more appealing you are!!”)
Blah, blah, blah… Haters. Emulate what exactly? The amount of skin hippies showed int eh late sixties?
This young woman realized her idea and it looks fabulous. The haters need to get a grip on themselves.
Two Polynesian men who sued a Salt Lake City bar where they said they were refused service because of their ethnicity have agreed to settle their lawsuit for about $2,500 each.
Polynesians refused service at Utah bar settle case – Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL
I hope if the bar ever has a problem like this again he gets whacked by the courts so hard that he loses his business.
In early August 1968, just weeks after Bobby Kennedy was killed, my father and I took a walk through the fields of my great-grandmother’s house and plotted my career. We didn’t know that at the time.
Dear Bernie Bullies, I’m So Over You by Connie Schultz | Creators Syndicate
Exactly.
Yuri Kochiyama and her family were rounded up by the American government and forced to live behind barbed wire during World War II. Her brief friendship with Malcolm X inspired her activism.
Not Just A ‘Black Thing’: An Asian-American’s Bond With Malcolm X : Code Switch : NPR
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At 5, the girl identified as S.A. entered the Texas foster care system. Within months, she reported being raped by an older child. She was moved more than 45 times, including to psychiatric hospitals, and missed several chances for adoption because of paperwork delays. At 18, after aging out of the system, she walked into traffic and was hit by a car. At last report, she was living in a homeless shelter.
Ruled ‘broken,’ Texas foster care system faces long overhaul – The Washington Post
Sigh…
A teacher who came out as a transgender man at a Catholic high school in San Francisco has been allowed to keep his job by the order of the nuns that runs the school.
California Catholic school lets transgender teacher keep job – The Washington Post
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The congregation that worships at the nation’s oldest synagogue prevailed Monday in a bitter legal fight that threatened its existence, as a federal judge ruled it may now control its own destiny and decide what to do with a set of ceremonial bells worth millions.
Judge: Congregants can take control of oldest US synagogue
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The case was brought by religious groups that objected to having to provide insurance coverage for contraception for their female employees.
Justices, Seeking Compromise, Return Contraception Case to Lower Courts – The New York Times
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A common reader response to our look back at the shocking 1985 bombing of the MOVE compound in West Philadelphia: “Never heard of it.”
Why Have So Many People Never Heard Of The MOVE Bombing? : Code Switch : NPR
Sigh…
Groceries stores bring people together, provide jobs, and attract retail. #chicago #community #grocery
Why You Need to Support Your Local Supermarket | Idea Forge
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Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson on Friday became the first woman to lead a top-tier U.S. warfighting command when she took over as leader of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command in Colorado.
Gen. Lori Robinson becomes first woman to lead top-tier U.S. combat command
Go, girl!
A federal judge in Arizona has ruled that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio intentionally violated the judge’s orders to end profiling of Latinos 19 times, a decision that raises the possibility he could face criminal charges.
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Behind the $34 billion industry making its way to your church.
The Divine Rise of Multilevel Marketing | Christianity Today
So weird!
Source: HUMANS OF NEW YORK
For the uninitiated…
If you are a fan of getting your heart ripped out while simultaneously have your faith in humanity restored you need to check out the photography blog called Humans of New York. The photography and interviews from outside the United States are especially touching and evocative. Brandon has an incredible eye for the common threads of humanity that connect us all.
The legislation would allow the remains of women who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, in the 1940s to be buried in the veterans cemetery.
Congress Approves Arlington Cemetery Burials For Female WWII Pilots : The Two-Way : NPR
Finally.
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