Source: A hydra-headed scourge | The Economist
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#IStandWithAhmed: Obama joins supporters rallying around Texas teen | Technology | The Guardian
‘Cool clock, Ahmed’ tweets president as Mark Zuckerberg also joins outpouring of support for student arrested Monday for bringing homemade clock to school
#IStandWithAhmed: Obama joins supporters rallying around Texas teen | Technology | The Guardian
Isn’t yelling, “Fire!” in a crowded theater illegal? Why isn’t the teacher/principal in jail?
Texas teen detained over clock offered Space Camp scholarship
A 14-year-old Muslim boy who was detained after teachers at his school deemed a homemade clock he brought in to be suspicious has garnered a lot of support around the world.
Sweet!
Israel calls Iceland capital’s boycott ‘pure hatred’ – Yahoo News
A volcano of hatred
Israel calls Iceland capital’s boycott ‘pure hatred’ – Yahoo News
Not unlike the toxic feces that Israel spew every time it’s racist government talks about anyone who is not an Israeli Jew? Sow hatred, reap hatred.
Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers
Persistent gender bias too often disrupts the learning process at the heart of becoming a leader. Here’s how to correct the problem.
Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers
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The One Word Men Never See In Their Performance Reviews
There’s one adjective that’s never used to criticize men, yet it shows up at an alarming rate in women’s performance reviews.
The One Word Men Never See In Their Performance Reviews | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
grrr
The Confidence Gap – The Atlantic
Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here’s why, and what to do about it.
The Confidence Gap – The Atlantic
hmmmm
14-year-old arrested after homemade clock is mistaken for bomb, prompts #IStandWithAhmed on Twitter
Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested Monday after a teacher mistook a clock he made for a hoax bomb. Outraged Twitter users have responded to his arrest and suspension with #IStandWithAhmed.
14-year-old arrested after homemade clock is mistaken for bomb, prompts #IStandWithAhmed on Twitter
sighhh
Black Kids Get Less Pain Medication Than White Kids in ER
Black children with acute appendicitis are less likely than white children to get painkillers in the emergency room, researchers found.
Black Kids Get Less Pain Medication Than White Kids in ER – NBC News
WTF??????!
It is so freaking embarrassing to be a white American sometimes!
Kamilah Brock Spent 8 Days in a New York Mental Health Facility Because She Owned a BMW
“I just woke up to them taking my clothes off.”
Kamilah Brock Spent 8 Days in a New York Mental Health Facility Because She Owned a BMW
The officers and facility staff who participated in this farce need to be arrested and charged with kidnapping and assault. The doctor who penned her diagnosis should immediately be stripped of his license and she should sue the hospital into ruins for aiding and abetting the police in committing some very serious crimes.
Texas student Ahmed Mohamed talks about his arrest
Texas student Ahmed Mohamed, 14, talks about how he was arrested after showing his teacher a homemade digital clock because school officials thought it might be a bomb.
Texas student Ahmed Mohamed talks about his arrest – LA Times
Any officers. school officials, and teachers involved in this tragedy should be charged with a hate crime.
Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak 188 engineer
The NTSB refuted the charge that Brandon had been checking his cell phone at the time of the crash. It verified Brandon’s account that his phone had been tucked away in his bag. The story barely made a dent in the news.
Do you remember Amtrak 188? The mystery of the crash has yet to be solved and the nation’s infrastructure—including railways—keeps crumbling, but the media’s attention has effortlessly flitted to a host of other things….
My friend Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak 188 engineer | Bleader | Chicago Reader
The coverage of this incident, like government’s treatment and handling of Amtrak and trains in general, was and continued to be irresponsible, sensationalized, without any basis in fact or reasoned analysis, embarrassingly incompetent, and just a complete and utter shit-show.
Debunking The Trolley Tragedy of 1957
What happens when news stories about abandoned sites are published without fact checking? A bizarro tale of Seph Lawless, fraud, and a journalistic train wreck. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America
Debunking The Trolley Tragedy of 1957
An anecdote about what is wrong with modern “journalism.”
Beijing banned cars for 2 weeks and the sky turned perfectly blue. Guess what happened the next day?
After all the planning and preparation that went into China’s inaugural Victory Day parade, it was nice to see it all pay off … for a day, anyway.
Beijing banned cars for 2 weeks and the sky turned perfectly blue. Guess what happened the next day?
Sigh….
Using Behavioral Science Insights to Better Serve the American People
Start composing the right wing 1984 memes now…
North Carolina Lawmaker Posts Photo Calling Obama an ‘Islamic Son of a Bitch’
North Carolina Lawmaker Posts Photo Calling Obama an ‘Islamic Son of a Bitch’ | Foreign Policy
Ignorant and inbred much there, cracker? Stupid is as racist does, you deceitful anti-american piece of shit.
Muslim 9th Grader Ahmed Mohamed Arrested For Bringing Homemade Clock To School
A ninth-grade student in Irving, Texas, was arrested and sent to juvenile detention Monday after bringing a homemade clock to school, according to The Dallas Morning News. Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old
Muslim 9th Grader Ahmed Mohamed Arrested For Bringing Homemade Clock To School
Jail the teachers for hate crimes and sue the municipality into bankruptcy. any residence that is not vocal against this horrible mistake is complicit and deserves to loose their town anyways.
This heartbreaking photo drives home why Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest was such a travesty – Vox
Let’s count the ways Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest was a horrible mistake.
: This heartbreaking photo drives home why Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest was such a travesty – Vox
This makes me ashamed to be white and ashamed to be American.
Irving teen is arrested for building a clock
Irving police and school officials have scheduled a press conference this morning in response to overwhelming social media blowback over the story of MacArthur High freshman Mohamed Ahmed’s arrest Monday.
I hope his family sued the school district so hard it crumbles into fascist, racist dust. Seriously, I hope they bankrupt the entire town.
Cuomo and Christie Say States Can Pay Half of Hudson Rail Tunnel Project
In a letter to President Obama, the governors urged the federal government to pledge grants to cover the rest of the $20 billion work.
Cuomo and Christie Say States Can Pay Half of Hudson Rail Tunnel Project – The New York Times
hmmmm
