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Inconsistent
I have mixed feelings on the abortion issue. Medical science has blurred the lines of when a person becomes (and ceases being) a person. At least in my opinion, that is where disagreements over the abortion issue arise. I think both sides of the debate make valid points.
However, the law makes things even muddier. This guy here kicked a pregnant woman, causing her to miscarry. He is being charged with manslaughter, which means that the unborn child is considered to be a person. If it was the mother who decided to abort the pregnancy, then the unborn child is considered to be just a piece of tissue.
I think this is inconsistent, and the law shouldn’t have it both ways.
Rigging the vote
Happy to be Wrong
McAuliffe finally conceded, making the Virginia’s next Governor a Republican. That is great news, and proves that I was incorrect about this election. I still do believe that this means the Democrats will hold nothing back next November when it comes to holding on to Congress.
I guess time will tell.
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Spam
Due to a large number of comments on this blog that are actually attempts at selling pharmaceuticals, I am filtering comments. Any comment that gets caught in the filter will be moderated and reviewed before it appears. It will appear eventually, but not until I have a chance to review it.
Sorry for the inconvenience. The Russian spambots are getting ridiculous.
Failure of Education
War on Smart Kids
As a follow up to the post last month about the NYC school system eliminating gifted programs: Since the science is showing that white and Asian kids are smarter than Hispanic and black kids, the science must be racist.
Why is this so? Because we know that everyone is the same. Equality, doncha know. This means that we should ignore any test results that do not agree with this basic premise. We can’t let the facts get in the way of our preconceived results.
Therefore, the only thing left to do is eliminate gifted and honors programs. There, we fixed the problem.
Let’s get one thing straight: After I was tested and found to have an IQ of 144, I was in a gifted program when I was a kid. I was always good at test taking. By the time I was in the sixth grade, standardized testing showed that I was reading at the same level as a college senior. I could read 300 words per minute with 85% comprehension.
A big deal was made of the fact that I was supposedly smarter than 98% of the population. It also sucked.
What all of that meant to me was that I was put into a class for gifted students one hour per day. It also meant that one of my other teachers, who happened to be black, led the class in making fun of me for being smart. I was constantly called out by the teacher with things like “I thought you were supposed to be gifted. You don’t seem smart to me.” The other kids would get in on it, and it made my sixth grade year hell.
I learned that the best defense was to act stupid. I began failing all of my classes, fighting, and getting in trouble. I got kicked out of school and wound up in a private school for a few years. I didn’t enjoy school again until I was in college.
As a result, when my own kids were in school, they were tested and found to also be intelligent. The school wanted to put them into gifted programs. I wouldn’t let them. They tried telling me that I was wrong, telling me that my kids would benefit from it. No, they wouldn’t.
To this day, I still wonder why a person who is talented at playing a sport is so revered, but a person who is talented at intellectual pursuits is so hated. I know what its like to be discriminated against, and putting a child in a gifted program shouldn’t be a punishment.
Education
College vs. High School
By now, we have all heard about the disgusting and ridiculous situation with the porn that passes for learning materials in schools. My opinion on this is clear: this isn’t for children.
With that being said, there has been a growing trend in schools for more than a decade: dual enrollment or college level coursework being taught in high school. When you begin the course, the parents are told that the student is taking a college course that will result in the student receiving both high school and college credit.
Since the college (or other accredited entity that isn’t the high school) sponsors the course, it is the one that sets the standards. The standards for the course are the same ones as students taking the course on the college campus must follow. The high school has no say whatsoever in the curriculum or course content of dual enrollment classes. In fact, a dual enrollment teacher is not even permitted to discuss grades or student performance with parents, unless the student specifically gives permission in writing. Parents and students are made aware of this.
By signing up for this course, students are receiving an adult level education. For two of the seven years that I was a teacher, I was teaching a college level physics course. That is, the students could take an exam at the end of the year, and if they passed, they would get college credit for the course. Parents and students alike complained that my course was too difficult. They still expected that my course would be more of the same inane, easy courses taught at public schools, and simply having your name on the roster would be enough to pass the course. Hey, it even looks good on a college application!
That is why I support the teacher in this case. It was a college level course that was covering college (adult) level material. If you, as a parent, don’t feel that your child is sufficiently advanced and adult enough to handle adult level material (an R rated movie), then you shouldn’t sign them up for a college class.
Criminals
Broken Society
A black man and his kids get on a subway car. He tells the other passengers to get the fuck out of his way. One woman tells him to take a chill pill. He claims that this is a racist dogwhistle, and this is what happened next:
There are many people commenting that someone should have stepped in and beat the crap out of this guy. I disagree.
- Any man who stepped in would be accused of toxic masculinity.
- There is a chance he has a weapon, and since its illegal in NY, no upstanding citizen would
- Even if all other things are equal, he is black. That means he gets a free pass. Anyone who opposes him will see their life ruined by an SJW prosecutor
Ask Zimmerman or Kyle Rittenhouse what happens when you get involved.
Nope. I don’t care if I see a guy wearing a Jason mask and carrying a bloody machete come out of my neighbor’s house. Unless he is a threat to me and mine, I am not doing shit. I can’t provide for my family if I am in jail after having spent a quarter million bucks on my lawyer.
Me
USPS lost $$
I recently ordered some Gold Eagles. The company sent them USPS. The package tracking showed that it was making good progress, until it left a distribution center that is about 50 miles from my house on October 27 at 6:06 am. That is the last time it was tracked. The status now reads “In Transit, Arriving Late. Your package will arrive later than expected, but is still on its way. It is currently in transit to the next facility.”
I emailed the company that sold it. They are saying to wait a few more days, and if it still doesn’t arrive, they will file a lost package claim. It’s a reputable company that I have done business with before. It’s still maddening.
Rigging the vote
Election
The Virginia election takes place today. Every single poll is saying that the Republican, Youngkin, is going to beat Democrat McAuliffe.
No he isn’t.
Sure, if elections were still free and fair, the polls would be correct and Youngkin would win. This election isn’t about voting. It’s a referendum on the Democrats and their communist takeover. This means that Virginia’s urban districts will have a 110% voter turnout, because the Dems will cheat to whatever extent is required to make up any Republican margin.
This election will be a good indicator for next year’s mid term elections. If the Democrats have really gamed the system the way that I suspect that they have, this election will go to them, as will the elections next November. We will see Democrat supermajorities in both chambers of Congress.
If Youngkin wins the election, the cheating will be even worse. Extreme nationwide Democrat vote fraud in 2022 will become a certainty. Keep prepping. Things are going to get worse. Full pantry, full freezer, full magazines, full bank accounts.
Anti American left
Yes, you are
Portland residents ask the police, “Are we a lawless city?” Of course you are. What did you think would happen when you got rid of the police? Dumbasses.