Bobby Jindal’s Common Core lawsuits have cost Louisiana at least $830,000 | NOLA.com
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Fabricated Cop Shootings Add Fuel to Fabricated “War on Police”
Police are blaming the War on Police for incidents that have left officers shot, but are turning out to be fabricated.
Fabricated Cop Shootings Add Fuel to Fabricated “War on Police” – PINAC
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Chemicals in our environment have an impact on our bodies? No shit, Sherlock….
Another factor is our exposure to certain kinds of chemicals that affect the endocrine system and metabolic processes, Kuk told the Atlantic. Plastic packaging, pesticides and substances known as persistent organic pollutants (mostly synthetic toxins that tend to bioaccumulate through the food web) may be impacting the way our bodies process food and store fat.
Increased use of prescription drugs may also play a role, Kuk told the Atlantic. According to the Centers for Disease Control, spending on prescription drugs doubled between 1999 and 2008, the last year of the York University study. Among adults (the subjects of the study), antidepressants were the most commonly used drug — and many, many, many studies have linked antidepressants to weight gain. But they’re not the only culprits: Allergy medications, steroids and pain medications can also affect weight.
It’s gotten harder to lose weight and not for the reasons you think – The Washington Post
No shit, Sherlock….
Pope Francis and Kim Davis
I wondered if coverage like this was a tad reactionary:
After first refusing to confirm or deny it, the Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis met with the Kentucky clerk Kim Davis at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, where Davis’s attorney — who made the news public after the pope’s trip ended — said Francis told her to “stay strong.” We don’t yet know all the details of how the meeting came to pass, but the optics of it are bad no matter what. This simple encounter completely undermines all the goodwill the pope created in downplaying “the gay issue” on his U.S. trip. The pope played us for fools, trying to have it both ways. He’s an artful politician, telling different audiences what they want to hear on homosexuality.
Seems it was.
“Pope Francis met with several dozen persons who had been invited by the Nunciature to greet him as he prepared to leave Washington for New York City. Such brief greetings occur on all papal visits and are due to the Pope’s characteristic kindness and availability. The only real audience granted by the Pope at the Nunciature was with one of his former students and his family.”
…The meeting “should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects,” said a press statement from the Vatican
Source: Vatican: Pope’s Kim Davis meeting not meant to support her position – The Washington Post
Police killings of Native Americans
America’s dark little secret: Native Americans dying at hands of police at higher rates than any other minority group
Police killings of Native Americans out of control
Where is a white people face-palm meme when you need it?
Oh, ‘Murica….
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Iranian husbands standing up for their wives
Husbands in Iran are taking pictures of themselves declaring their commitment to female equality – and thousands are sharing their messages on Facebook.
Why are Iranian husbands standing up for their wives? – BBC News
Why? Because sometimes humans are good.
Alabama Demands Voter ID–Then Closes Driver’s License Offices In Black Counties
What happens when a state with a tough voter ID law suddenly makes it much harder for minorities to get driver’s licenses? We are about to find out in Alabama. Facing a budget crisis, Alabama has shuttered 31 driver’s license offices, many of them in counties with a high proportion of black residents. Coming after the state recently put into effect a tougher voter ID law, the closures will cut off access — particularly for minorities — to one of the few types of IDs accepted.According to a tally by AL.com columnist John Archibald, eight of the 10 Alabama counties with the highest percentage of non-white registered voters saw their driver’s license offices closed. “Every single county in which blacks make up more than 75 percent of registered voters will see their driver license office closed. Every one,” Archibald wrote.
Alabama Demands Voter ID–Then Closes Driver’s License Offices In Black Counties
Fuckers.
Education Secretary Duncan stepping down – POLITICO
He doesn’t have immediate plans lined up for life after the administration.
Education Secretary Duncan stepping down – POLITICO
He didn’t haven’t plans to improve public education in this country either, so, what? More of the same bubbling bullshit for Arne?
It is about time you left, you shit-stain.
You had a chance to help a generation of young people and you decided to put teachers and schools in an expensive, discriminatory (Oh no? Check the test scores of schools who can’t afford the exact right books to prepare for the draconian tests that are so popular now!) and economic caste barrier solidifying stranglehold. You’re great at spin but you suck at education. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass, you fuck-wit reject.
The simple idea that could transform US criminal justice
The idea behind procedural justice is that people are far more likely to obey the law if the justice system does not humiliate them, but treats them fairly and with respect. That begins with the way judges speak to defendants.
The simple idea that could transform US criminal justice | Tina Rosenberg | US news | The Guardian
This is wild. Seems like it could really save the taxpayers money too.
When a bank goes out of its way to avoid minorities
A handbook for modern redlining.
What it looks like when a bank goes out of its way to avoid minorities – The Washington Post
This ladies and gents is what red-lining looks like.
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The Pope and Kim Davis: Seven Points to Keep in Mind
Popes meet lots of people for lots of reasons. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Pope Francis also met Mark Wahlberg, and that does not mean that he liked “Ted.”
The Pope and Kim Davis: Seven Points to Keep in Mind | America | Papal Visit 2015
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Everything We Know About Kim Davis’ Alleged Meeting With The Pope
Kim Davis allegedly had a secret meeting with Pope Francis in Washington, D.C. last week, but there isn’t much evidence available to verify it.
Everything We Know About Kim Davis’ Alleged Secret Meeting With The Pope | ThinkProgress
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What The Pope Really Said About Kim Davis
“Conscientious objection must enter into every juridical structure because it is a right, a human right,” Francis said.
What The Pope Really Said About Kim Davis | ThinkProgress
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Tom Brady Is Dumb
Tom Brady has casually endorsed his friend Donald Trump for president. Tom Brady is an idiot.
Who is the fucking idiot? The football player making the offhand remark or the blogger who reacts as if he is a statesmen? I’m leaning towards the latter.
It’s not a lack of self-control that keeps people poor
Does the definition of self-control – choosing long-term over short-term outcomes – even make sense for people who are short on time, money or both?
It’s not a lack of self-control that keeps people poor
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Maine mayor wants to publicize names, addresses of welfare recipients
Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald wants the names and addresses published of “every individual on the dole.”
Maine mayor wants to publicize names, addresses of welfare recipients – The Boston Globe
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Brooklyn Public School Battle: Progressives Are Opposing Integration
Rich liberals feel differently when their own children’s education is at stake.
Brooklyn Public School Battle: Progressives Are Opposing Integration | National Review Online
I’m finding the coverage of this fascinating. Not for what is being said -it is all pretty straight forward- but rather what does not enter the conversation.
Rich whites are racist sometimes, perhaps without even knowing that they are doing it. No big news there. People like the school they have, as it is now, better than the alternative. No big shocker there either.
Pride, ignorance, fear of the other, fear of change, wanting the best for ones children… Emotive, sensitive issues like this lend themselves to black and white (you don’t have to pardon the pun but I couldn’t resist) analysis.
Hypothetically speaking, I wonder how all parties would be reacting and what they would be saying about each other if race was somehow not part of issue and it was a given fact that the education at one school is dramatically better than what is offered at the other.
