DNC, Hillary Clinton Campaign helped pay Fusion GPS for anti-Trump dossier - Washington Times:
"The Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign helped pay for opposition research that resulted in the salacious intelligence dossier that contained allegations about Donald Trump’s connections to Russia, the Washington Post reported Tuesday."
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Michigan Dems pushing bills to address 'literacy crisis' | MLive.com
Michigan Dems pushing bills to address 'literacy crisis' | MLive.com:
"Saying Michigan is facing a "literacy crisis," a group of Democrats in the state House of Representatives are pushing legislation that would pump more dollars into programs they say will help the state's youngest learners read better.
The six-bill package would expand the number of children eligible to participate in Michigan's state-funded preschool program, take additional steps to identify and support kindergarten students who are behind in reading, and increase funding for health and early childhood education professionals to conduct home visits designed to prepare young children for school.
Rep. Darrin Camilleri, a Democrat from Wayne County who's among the lead sponsors of the bills, said it's unclear how much the legislation would cost. It's important, though, that the bills are considered because "these are really good ideas to address the literacy crisis we have here in Michigan," he said..."
"Saying Michigan is facing a "literacy crisis," a group of Democrats in the state House of Representatives are pushing legislation that would pump more dollars into programs they say will help the state's youngest learners read better.
The six-bill package would expand the number of children eligible to participate in Michigan's state-funded preschool program, take additional steps to identify and support kindergarten students who are behind in reading, and increase funding for health and early childhood education professionals to conduct home visits designed to prepare young children for school.
Rep. Darrin Camilleri, a Democrat from Wayne County who's among the lead sponsors of the bills, said it's unclear how much the legislation would cost. It's important, though, that the bills are considered because "these are really good ideas to address the literacy crisis we have here in Michigan," he said..."
Canada: Immigrant Found Not Guilty Of Raping Wife Because He Thought He Was Allowed To | Daily Wire
Canada: Immigrant Found Not Guilty Of Raping Wife Because He Thought He Was Allowed To | Daily Wire:
"Multiculturalism without assimilation has serious implications for a society, particularly one which wishes to appease assaults on their native culture and values under the guise of tolerance.
This takes shape often in the realm of women's rights.
In one such example of this, a Canada man, an immigrant from the Middle East, was found not guilty of raping his wife because he was under the impression that he could have sex with her whenever he wanted, even when it was nonconsensual.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Smith acknowledged that numerous occasions of sexual intercourse between the couple were indeed nonconsensual, but said he could not convict the husband because of the lack of criminal intent, or mens rea..."
Read on!
"Multiculturalism without assimilation has serious implications for a society, particularly one which wishes to appease assaults on their native culture and values under the guise of tolerance.
This takes shape often in the realm of women's rights.
In one such example of this, a Canada man, an immigrant from the Middle East, was found not guilty of raping his wife because he was under the impression that he could have sex with her whenever he wanted, even when it was nonconsensual.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Smith acknowledged that numerous occasions of sexual intercourse between the couple were indeed nonconsensual, but said he could not convict the husband because of the lack of criminal intent, or mens rea..."
Read on!
GAO Relies On Steyer-Funded Climate Study | The Daily Caller
GAO Relies On Steyer-Funded Climate Study | The Daily Caller
"Congressional auditors released a report on the “potential economic effects of climate change” that relied heavily on research funded, in part, by a foundation tied to the Democratic Party’s single largest political donor.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a major report on the future impacts of global warming. Sens. Maria Cantwell of Washington and Susan Collins of Maine asked GAO to do the report.
GAO’s report relied on interviews with 26 unnamed experts and two studies to make its recommendation that federal agencies use information on future global warming to “take an initial step in establishing government-wide priorities to manage such risks.”
The media is already trumpeting the report as a repudiation of the Trump administration.
The Associated Press claimed “Climate change already costing U.S. billions, GAO report says,” and The Los Angeles Times reported Trump’s inaction on climate change carries a big price tag, federal report finds.”
However, one of the studies GAO relied, called the American Climate Prospectus, was funded in part by the the Risky Business Project, which is in turn backed by a foundation founded by former hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer.
...Steyer was the single largest political donor in the 2016 election cycle, contributing more than $91 million to Democrats and liberals, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP).
Steyer gained notoriety funding anti-fossil fuel campaigns, starting with his opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Steyer also founded NextGen Climate Action, which was created to making global warming a top tier election issue..."
"Congressional auditors released a report on the “potential economic effects of climate change” that relied heavily on research funded, in part, by a foundation tied to the Democratic Party’s single largest political donor.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a major report on the future impacts of global warming. Sens. Maria Cantwell of Washington and Susan Collins of Maine asked GAO to do the report.
GAO’s report relied on interviews with 26 unnamed experts and two studies to make its recommendation that federal agencies use information on future global warming to “take an initial step in establishing government-wide priorities to manage such risks.”
The media is already trumpeting the report as a repudiation of the Trump administration.
The Associated Press claimed “Climate change already costing U.S. billions, GAO report says,” and The Los Angeles Times reported Trump’s inaction on climate change carries a big price tag, federal report finds.”
However, one of the studies GAO relied, called the American Climate Prospectus, was funded in part by the the Risky Business Project, which is in turn backed by a foundation founded by former hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer.
...Steyer was the single largest political donor in the 2016 election cycle, contributing more than $91 million to Democrats and liberals, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP).
Steyer gained notoriety funding anti-fossil fuel campaigns, starting with his opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Steyer also founded NextGen Climate Action, which was created to making global warming a top tier election issue..."
The Hillary, Obama Russia Scandal The Press Doesn't Want You To Know About | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD
The Hillary, Obama Russia Scandal The Press Doesn't Want You To Know About | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:
"In other words, while top Obama administration officials were deciding whether to hand over control of one-fifth of the nation's uranium supplies to Russia, the FBI had piles of evidence that officials at Rosatom were flagrantly violating U.S. laws and possibly compromising national security. The FBI also had evidence that officials had directed millions of dollars to Hillary Clinton's family charity, creating a clear conflict of interest.
But as the Hill notes, none of this information was made public before the Obama administration approved the sale."
"In other words, while top Obama administration officials were deciding whether to hand over control of one-fifth of the nation's uranium supplies to Russia, the FBI had piles of evidence that officials at Rosatom were flagrantly violating U.S. laws and possibly compromising national security. The FBI also had evidence that officials had directed millions of dollars to Hillary Clinton's family charity, creating a clear conflict of interest.
But as the Hill notes, none of this information was made public before the Obama administration approved the sale."
Bias Response Teams Thwarted in Their Goal of a Sensitive Campus by the First Amendment - Reason.com
Bias Response Teams Thwarted in Their Goal of a Sensitive Campus by the First Amendment - Reason.com:
"The Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice released a first-of-its kind study on bias response teams, a relatively new invention in the ever-expanding world of college free speech management.
Interviews with administrators who police and discipline students who have used insensitive language or display insensitive attitudes reveal their frustration with the free speech guarantees that prevent them from punishing students.
The First Amendment, some of them say, constrains them from creating sensitive, inclusive communities.
The study is strangely hand-waving and feel-good, concluding, with little evidence, that bias response teams "created a safer, more welcoming campus community."
And it fails to fully address the cost at which all this inclusivity comes..."
Read on!
"The Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice released a first-of-its kind study on bias response teams, a relatively new invention in the ever-expanding world of college free speech management.
Interviews with administrators who police and discipline students who have used insensitive language or display insensitive attitudes reveal their frustration with the free speech guarantees that prevent them from punishing students.
The First Amendment, some of them say, constrains them from creating sensitive, inclusive communities.
The study is strangely hand-waving and feel-good, concluding, with little evidence, that bias response teams "created a safer, more welcoming campus community."
And it fails to fully address the cost at which all this inclusivity comes..."
Read on!
History for October 25
History for October 25 - On-This-Day.com
Georges Bizet 1838, Pablo Picasso 1881, Richard Byrd 1888
Marion Ross 1928 - Actress ("Happy Days"), Bobby Knight 1940 - Basketball coach, Helen Reddy 1942
1415 - In Northern France, England won the Battle of Agincourt over France during the Hundred Years' War. Almost 6000 Frenchmen were killed while fewer than 400 were lost by the English.
1854 - The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians. He took his troops into a valley and suffered 40 percent caualties. Later it was revealed that the order was the result of confusion and was not given intentionally.
1870 - The first U.S. trademark was given. The recipient was the Averill Chemical Paint Company of New York City.
1917 - The Bolsheviks (Communists) under Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power in Russia.
1955 - The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company.
1960 - The Accutron watch by the Bulova Watch Company was introduced.
1962 - American author John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
1983 - U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean nations invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens after a recent coup within Grenada's Communist (pro-Cuban) government.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
7 Uranium One Facts Every American Should Know - Breitbart
7 Uranium One Facts Every American Should Know - Breitbart:
"Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration find themselves at the center of an explosive scandal involving the transfer of 20 percent of all U.S. uranium to Russia via the sale of the Uranium One company, just as nine foreign investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation to help grease the wheels.
Here are the seven facts about the Uranium One deal you need to know:"
"Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration find themselves at the center of an explosive scandal involving the transfer of 20 percent of all U.S. uranium to Russia via the sale of the Uranium One company, just as nine foreign investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation to help grease the wheels.
Here are the seven facts about the Uranium One deal you need to know:"
The European Refugee Crisis, How Trump Wants To Prevent It Here, And Why Our Courts Are Acting Both Wrongly and Dangerously | Daily Wire
The European Refugee Crisis, How Trump Wants To Prevent It Here, And Why Our Courts Are Acting Both Wrongly and Dangerously | Daily Wire:
"According to the Telegraph, London is now more dangerous than New York City. According to crime statistics, crime across the U.K. was up 13%, with much of it in London. Rape, robbery and violent offenses have surged dramatically. Figures like these have risen in many European countries, with Sweden becoming “Europe’s rape capital,” Germany’s steep rise in violent and political crimes, and Paris’s frequent terror attacks.
With that information, among much more, Trump, like most of us, drew an easy conclusion from a common denominator — the spread of radical Islam, especially through Europe’s ever-increasing number of Muslim refugees taken in per year."
"According to the Telegraph, London is now more dangerous than New York City. According to crime statistics, crime across the U.K. was up 13%, with much of it in London. Rape, robbery and violent offenses have surged dramatically. Figures like these have risen in many European countries, with Sweden becoming “Europe’s rape capital,” Germany’s steep rise in violent and political crimes, and Paris’s frequent terror attacks.
With that information, among much more, Trump, like most of us, drew an easy conclusion from a common denominator — the spread of radical Islam, especially through Europe’s ever-increasing number of Muslim refugees taken in per year."
Brickbat: No Surgery for You - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Brickbat: No Surgery for You - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"The United Kingdom's National Health Service has imposed an indefinite ban on non-urgent surgery for smokers and the obese.
Smokers will have to give up smoking for at least eight weeks before their will be scheduled for surgery, and the obese will have to lose weight."
"The United Kingdom's National Health Service has imposed an indefinite ban on non-urgent surgery for smokers and the obese.
Smokers will have to give up smoking for at least eight weeks before their will be scheduled for surgery, and the obese will have to lose weight."
Remember When Eastern Michigan University Erupted In Protest Over Racist Graffiti? It Was A Hoax. | Daily Wire
Remember When Eastern Michigan University Erupted In Protest Over Racist Graffiti? It Was A Hoax. | Daily Wire:
"In September, Eastern Michigan University erupted in protests after racist graffiti — red, white, and blue spray-painted "KKK" and the "leave n*****s" — was discovered on school property on three different occasions.
"In September, Eastern Michigan University erupted in protests after racist graffiti — red, white, and blue spray-painted "KKK" and the "leave n*****s" — was discovered on school property on three different occasions.
According to university police, the racist incidents appear to have been a hoax, allegedly perpetrated by a 29-year-old black man named Eddie Curlin.
On Monday, Curlin, a former EMU student, was arraigned in Washtenaw County District Court on three counts of malicious destruction of property, four counts of identity theft and one count of using computers to commit a crime, according to MLive.com.
The first apparently staged incident was committed at the end of September in the Julia Anne King Hall courtyard.
In red, white, and blue colors, "KKK" and "leave n*****s" was spray-painted on a wall..."
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On Monday, Curlin, a former EMU student, was arraigned in Washtenaw County District Court on three counts of malicious destruction of property, four counts of identity theft and one count of using computers to commit a crime, according to MLive.com.
The first apparently staged incident was committed at the end of September in the Julia Anne King Hall courtyard.
In red, white, and blue colors, "KKK" and "leave n*****s" was spray-painted on a wall..."
Read it all!
Hate speech was found on the side of #EMU's King Hall this morning. Follow the #EasternEcho for updates. http://www.easternecho.com/article/2016/09/graffiti-hate-speech-on-emus-king-hall …
Canada Wants The United States To Help Them Police Illegal Immigration | Daily Wire
Canada Wants The United States To Help Them Police Illegal Immigration | Daily Wire:
""We have asked them to go back upstream and examine the pattern of these travel documents being issued and how come the people to whom they were issued appear to have had no intention of staying in the United States, but were simply using the documents as vehicles to get into the United States and then make a beeline for the Canadian border," Goodale told the CBC.
That's right. Canada is worried that the United States is being too lenient in issuing travel visas because they say the U.S.' generosity has ended up causing them problems — even though Canada has been selling itself to the international community as a country with "open arms.""
""We have asked them to go back upstream and examine the pattern of these travel documents being issued and how come the people to whom they were issued appear to have had no intention of staying in the United States, but were simply using the documents as vehicles to get into the United States and then make a beeline for the Canadian border," Goodale told the CBC.
That's right. Canada is worried that the United States is being too lenient in issuing travel visas because they say the U.S.' generosity has ended up causing them problems — even though Canada has been selling itself to the international community as a country with "open arms.""
Important reading for virtue-signaling electric car-drivers
Important reading for virtue-signaling electric car-drivers
"One of the most comforting fantasies common to affluent liberals is that they are "saving the world" by driving an expensive rechargeable electric car.
In fact, they are doing the opposite, with their desire to signal their virtue causing intense human suffering on the part of some of the most powerless people on the planet.
"One of the most comforting fantasies common to affluent liberals is that they are "saving the world" by driving an expensive rechargeable electric car.
In fact, they are doing the opposite, with their desire to signal their virtue causing intense human suffering on the part of some of the most powerless people on the planet.
...My worries about rechargeable electric cars center on the toxic raw materials needed to manufacture powerful lithium-ion batteries, which are the most expensive component of electric vehicles.
For one thing, when a battery is spent (and they do wear out after a certain number of recharges), recycling the heavy metals and other ingredients is expensive, dangerous, and absolutely necessary. Putting these batteries in a landfill is the last thing any decent human being wants, but it is far, far cheaper than properly disposing of the time bomb that is a lithium-ion battery.
For one thing, when a battery is spent (and they do wear out after a certain number of recharges), recycling the heavy metals and other ingredients is expensive, dangerous, and absolutely necessary. Putting these batteries in a landfill is the last thing any decent human being wants, but it is far, far cheaper than properly disposing of the time bomb that is a lithium-ion battery.
Of all the raw materials necessary for these batteries, probably the most problematic is cobalt.
All the smug, affluent drivers of Teslas, Nissan Leafs, and BMW i3s (the most popular models in Berkeley) need to think about how the cobalt in their batteries got to the factory.
The U.K. Daily Mail reports:
All the smug, affluent drivers of Teslas, Nissan Leafs, and BMW i3s (the most popular models in Berkeley) need to think about how the cobalt in their batteries got to the factory.
The U.K. Daily Mail reports:
Read on!Almost every big motor manufacturer striving to produce millions of electric vehicles buys its cobalt from the impoverished central African state [i.e., the Democratic Republic of the Congo]. It is the world's biggest producer, with 60 per cent of the planet's reserves.The cobalt is mined by unregulated labour and transported to Asia where battery manufacturers use it to make their products lighter, longer-lasting and rechargeable..."
Smith College’s ‘Queer Studies’ program seeks to ‘destabilize normative sexuality’ - The College Fix
Smith College’s ‘Queer Studies’ program seeks to ‘destabilize normative sexuality’ - The College Fix:
"...Program also looks to ‘destabilize systemic oppression,’ promote ‘resistance’
An area of study at an elite all-women’s college has the stated goal of “recognizing and disrupting notions of normative sexuality and gender.”
Smith College’s “Queer Studies” program, part of the school’s Study of Women and Gender department, also instructs students to “consider the historical and theoretical foundations of queer studies as well as the potential consequences…of a queer studies critique.”
“Queer studies,” the program’s website states, “forwards theories that deepen understandings of pleasure, loss, performativity, embodiment, visuality, representation, and resistance.”
Various courses offered under the area of study include “The Queer 90s,” “Oral History and Lesbian Subjects,” “Queering Don Quixote” and “Immigration and Sexuality.”
"...Program also looks to ‘destabilize systemic oppression,’ promote ‘resistance’
An area of study at an elite all-women’s college has the stated goal of “recognizing and disrupting notions of normative sexuality and gender.”
Smith College’s “Queer Studies” program, part of the school’s Study of Women and Gender department, also instructs students to “consider the historical and theoretical foundations of queer studies as well as the potential consequences…of a queer studies critique.”
“Queer studies,” the program’s website states, “forwards theories that deepen understandings of pleasure, loss, performativity, embodiment, visuality, representation, and resistance.”
Various courses offered under the area of study include “The Queer 90s,” “Oral History and Lesbian Subjects,” “Queering Don Quixote” and “Immigration and Sexuality.”
House also probing Obama-era Uranium One deal, DeSantis says | Fox News
House also probing Obama-era Uranium One deal, DeSantis says | Fox News:
"When asked by Fox News if a criminal investigation would be coming, DeSantis responded: “It could be criminal.” He cited statutes of limitations that may limit prosecutions of any crimes that may arise from the 2010 deal.
The Senate Judiciary Committee last week said it started an investigation into the matter, including whether federal agencies knew the FBI was looking into possible corruption before the deal was approved."
"When asked by Fox News if a criminal investigation would be coming, DeSantis responded: “It could be criminal.” He cited statutes of limitations that may limit prosecutions of any crimes that may arise from the 2010 deal.
The Senate Judiciary Committee last week said it started an investigation into the matter, including whether federal agencies knew the FBI was looking into possible corruption before the deal was approved."
What Harvey Weinstein tells us about the liberal world | Thomas Frank | Opinion | The Guardian
What Harvey Weinstein tells us about the liberal world | Thomas Frank | Opinion | The Guardian
"Let us now consider the peculiar politics of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer.
Today Weinstein is in the headlines for an astonishing array of alleged sexual harassment and assaults, but once upon a time he was renowned for something quite different: his generous patronage of liberal politicians and progressive causes.
This leading impresario of awful was an enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. He was a strong critic of racism, sexism and censorship.
He hosted sumptuous parties to raise money for the fight against Aids.
In 2004 he was a prominent supporter of a women’s group called “Mothers Opposing Bush”.
And in the aftermath of the terrorist attack against the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, he stood up boldly for freedom of the press.
Taking to the pages of Variety, Weinstein announced that “No one can ever defeat the ability of great artists to show us our world.”
To call this man a hypocrite is to state the obvious.
This champion of women is now accused of sexual harassment on an epic scale.
This defender of the press was excellent at manipulating it and on one memorable occasion is said to have physically roughed up a reporter asking tough questions.
...Countless people who should have known better are proclaiming their surprise at Harvey Weinstein’s alleged abuses.
But in truth, their blindness is even more sweeping than that.
They are lost these days in a hall of moral mirrors, weeping tears of admiration for their own virtue and good taste."
"Let us now consider the peculiar politics of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer.
Today Weinstein is in the headlines for an astonishing array of alleged sexual harassment and assaults, but once upon a time he was renowned for something quite different: his generous patronage of liberal politicians and progressive causes.
This leading impresario of awful was an enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. He was a strong critic of racism, sexism and censorship.
He hosted sumptuous parties to raise money for the fight against Aids.
In 2004 he was a prominent supporter of a women’s group called “Mothers Opposing Bush”.
And in the aftermath of the terrorist attack against the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, he stood up boldly for freedom of the press.
Taking to the pages of Variety, Weinstein announced that “No one can ever defeat the ability of great artists to show us our world.”
To call this man a hypocrite is to state the obvious.
This champion of women is now accused of sexual harassment on an epic scale.
This defender of the press was excellent at manipulating it and on one memorable occasion is said to have physically roughed up a reporter asking tough questions.
...Countless people who should have known better are proclaiming their surprise at Harvey Weinstein’s alleged abuses.
But in truth, their blindness is even more sweeping than that.
They are lost these days in a hall of moral mirrors, weeping tears of admiration for their own virtue and good taste."
Prof: Algebra, geometry perpetuate white privilege
Prof: Algebra, geometry perpetuate white privilege:
"A math education professor at the University of Illinois argued in a newly published book that algebraic and geometry skills perpetuate “unearned privilege” among whites.
Rochelle Gutierrez, a professor at the University of Illinois, made the claim in a new anthology for math teachers, arguing that teachers must be aware of the “politics that mathematics brings” in society.
“Are we really that smart just because we do mathematics?”
“On many levels, mathematics itself operates as Whiteness.
...Gutierrez also worries that algebra and geometry perpetuate privilege, fretting that “curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans."
Math also helps actively perpetuate white privilege too, since the way our economy places a premium on math skills gives math a form of “unearned privilege” for math professors, who are disproportionately white..."
- Gutierrez worries that algebra and geometry perpetuate privilege because "emphasizing terms like Pythagorean theorem and pi" give the impression that math "was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans."
- She also worries that evaluations of math skills can perpetuate discrimination against minorities, especially if they do worse than their white counterparts.
"A math education professor at the University of Illinois argued in a newly published book that algebraic and geometry skills perpetuate “unearned privilege” among whites.
Rochelle Gutierrez, a professor at the University of Illinois, made the claim in a new anthology for math teachers, arguing that teachers must be aware of the “politics that mathematics brings” in society.
“Are we really that smart just because we do mathematics?”
“On many levels, mathematics itself operates as Whiteness.
...Gutierrez also worries that algebra and geometry perpetuate privilege, fretting that “curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans."
Math also helps actively perpetuate white privilege too, since the way our economy places a premium on math skills gives math a form of “unearned privilege” for math professors, who are disproportionately white..."
Computer software perpetuates 'systemic racism,' prof finds
Computer software perpetuates 'systemic racism,' prof finds
"According to Education Professor Noah Golden, software can be harmful because it can reduce students and schools to numbers that can be used to justify policy positions.
Golden previously wrote in 2014 that data can be used to discount students' “identities” and “cultural practices.”
A Chapman University professor recently argued that computer software helps perpetuate “systems of privilege and oppression” against minority children.
Noah Golden, an education professor, published an article last Friday on the role of technology in education, lamenting that computer software is often used in the “testing and classification” of minority students.
“Software plays a central role in maintaining separate and unequal educational opportunities for marginalized youth,” Golden said, explaining that this is especially concerning in public schools.
Software, used during an era of high stakes testing, “converts lived realities, learner strengths, and communal needs into a number, cluster grouping, or other data points,” which can “produce or reproduce systems of privilege and oppression...”
"According to Education Professor Noah Golden, software can be harmful because it can reduce students and schools to numbers that can be used to justify policy positions.
Golden previously wrote in 2014 that data can be used to discount students' “identities” and “cultural practices.”
A Chapman University professor recently argued that computer software helps perpetuate “systems of privilege and oppression” against minority children.
Noah Golden, an education professor, published an article last Friday on the role of technology in education, lamenting that computer software is often used in the “testing and classification” of minority students.
“Software plays a central role in maintaining separate and unequal educational opportunities for marginalized youth,” Golden said, explaining that this is especially concerning in public schools.
Software, used during an era of high stakes testing, “converts lived realities, learner strengths, and communal needs into a number, cluster grouping, or other data points,” which can “produce or reproduce systems of privilege and oppression...”
Doug Jones Headed Soros-Funded Project to Transform Federal Prosecutors into Social Justice Warriors
Doug Jones Headed Soros-Funded Project to Transform Federal Prosecutors into Social Justice Warriors:
"Among other things, Jones’ project called on federal prosecutors to reduce or avoid sentences for drug offenders, make decisions about seeking jail time on individual cases based upon federal incarceration levels and use their pulpits to “spread change” and work with outside “community organizations” to root out the “causes of violence.”
One section of the report seeks to put U.S. Attorneys in the role of social justice warriors "
"Among other things, Jones’ project called on federal prosecutors to reduce or avoid sentences for drug offenders, make decisions about seeking jail time on individual cases based upon federal incarceration levels and use their pulpits to “spread change” and work with outside “community organizations” to root out the “causes of violence.”
One section of the report seeks to put U.S. Attorneys in the role of social justice warriors "
Memory Lane-----PIERS MORGAN still dread Hillary Clinton in the White House | Daily Mail Online
PIERS MORGAN still dread Hillary Clinton in the White House | Daily Mail Online:
"Hillary looks unstoppable but there are still 20 reasons I dread the day she walks into the White House (and free sex from Madonna is just one of them)
By Piers Morgan for MailOnline-PUBLISHED: 15:48 EDT, 21 October 2016 | UPDATED: 17:27 EDT, 21 October 2016
"Hillary Clinton is now red-hot favourite to become the first female President of the United States.
Virtually every poll has her with a commanding lead over Donald Trump.
Of course, it’s not over yet.
Misery: Hillary has held many high powered positions in government over the years but performed none of them particularly well +6
Misery: Hillary has held many high powered positions in government over the years but performed none of them particularly well
The polls might be as hopelessly wrong as they were about Trump’s chances of winning the Republican nomination.
(The world’s No1 electoral prediction expert Nate Silver gave the tycoon a 2% chance of achieving that target..)
There might well be a large number of people in the bowels of Middle America preparing to vote for him whilst pretending not to when asked.
...Here are 20 reasons why I think Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a terrible President.
1) I don’t trust her. The email scandal just about summed up her complete inability to tell the truth. An expert lawyer who became Secretary of State with multiple BlackBerries but didn’t have a clue how emails or servers work or what constitutes classified material? Oh pur-lease, Madam Pinocchio, do you think we’re all completely stupid?
2) She’s greedy. I mean properly, outrageously, snout-in-the-trough avaricious. A woman who for decades has exploited her political status to fill her boots with tens of millions of dollars, fuelled by $200k-a-pop speeches from her Wall Street chums like Goldman Sachs..."
Much more in this year old column!
"Hillary looks unstoppable but there are still 20 reasons I dread the day she walks into the White House (and free sex from Madonna is just one of them)
By Piers Morgan for MailOnline-PUBLISHED: 15:48 EDT, 21 October 2016 | UPDATED: 17:27 EDT, 21 October 2016
"Hillary Clinton is now red-hot favourite to become the first female President of the United States.
Virtually every poll has her with a commanding lead over Donald Trump.
Of course, it’s not over yet.
Misery: Hillary has held many high powered positions in government over the years but performed none of them particularly well +6
Misery: Hillary has held many high powered positions in government over the years but performed none of them particularly well
The polls might be as hopelessly wrong as they were about Trump’s chances of winning the Republican nomination.
(The world’s No1 electoral prediction expert Nate Silver gave the tycoon a 2% chance of achieving that target..)
There might well be a large number of people in the bowels of Middle America preparing to vote for him whilst pretending not to when asked.
...Here are 20 reasons why I think Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a terrible President.
1) I don’t trust her. The email scandal just about summed up her complete inability to tell the truth. An expert lawyer who became Secretary of State with multiple BlackBerries but didn’t have a clue how emails or servers work or what constitutes classified material? Oh pur-lease, Madam Pinocchio, do you think we’re all completely stupid?
2) She’s greedy. I mean properly, outrageously, snout-in-the-trough avaricious. A woman who for decades has exploited her political status to fill her boots with tens of millions of dollars, fuelled by $200k-a-pop speeches from her Wall Street chums like Goldman Sachs..."
Much more in this year old column!
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