Dave Rubin: We let the inmates run the asylum

Michigan’s Broken System For Rating Teacher’s Classroom Effectiveness

Michigan’s Broken System For Rating Teacher’s Classroom Effectiveness

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  Southwestern Classical Academy, a high school in Flint Community Schools, has among the lowest student test scores in the state of Michigan.
  
• The average (mean) SAT score of students attending this high school in the Flint district was 764.5 in 2018-19, the last year for which test results have been released. By comparison, the average SAT score for students in the Detroit Public Schools Community School District came in at 847.6. The statewide average was 985.1.
• A report card compiled by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which adjusts raw test scores to reflect students’ socioeconomic backgrounds, gave the school building an F.

There were 33 teachers at Southwestern Classical Academy in the 2020-21 year. In annual assessments that schools must perform under state law, 17 were rated “highly effective” and 15 were rated “effective.” 

One teacher was rated “minimally effective.” No teacher was considered “ineffective.”... link

Lunch video-----The Whiteness of Wokeness

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Fauci warns covid won't be eradicated, people need to assess personal risks. - TheBlaze

Fauci warns covid won't be eradicated, people need to assess personal risks. - TheBlaze: 

Dr. Anthony Fauci had a very different message for Americans on Sunday – one they likely haven't heard from the White House chief medical adviser. Fauci conceded that Americans should assess their own personal risk levels for potentially being infected by COVID-19 because the virus is not going to be eradicated.

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INCREDIBLE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Capitol Police ALLOW Protesters to Enter Side Door – WILL BE USED IN COURT – “Dream Team” of Lawyers Including Alan Dershowitz Set to Defend January 6’ers

INCREDIBLE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Capitol Police ALLOW Protesters to Enter Side Door – WILL BE USED IN COURT – “Dream Team” of Lawyers Including Alan Dershowitz Set to Defend January 6’ers

"A trusted source exclusively released the video below to The Gateway Pundit. Tightly edited with markers and commentary narration, it is meant to be presented in court to defend Brady Knowlton and Patrick Montgomery. 

Both men are facing felony charges for “Obstruction of an Official Proceeding” on January 6th.
This new video will indisputably exonerate Brady Knowlton, Patrick Montgomery and all the rally-goers seen entering these doors by any reasonable jury or fair judge.
See video of Capitol Police Officers letting Trump Supporters in The Capitol...See all!

What if...

 

Liberals' Latest Reasoning Behind a Student Loan Debt Bailout Is Beyond Laughable

Liberals' Latest Reasoning Behind a Student Loan Debt Bailout Is Beyond Laughable
"...Democrats and Joe Biden specifically must cancel all student debt. 

If they do that, it will energize the 18-30 demographic which was key in the 2018 midterms. 

Yeah, okay—that’s just not going to happen. 

First, Democrats don’t have the votes. 

Second, Democrats don’t have the votes. 

And third, Democrats don’t have the votes. 

• ...Generations of Americans who have been able to obtain a higher education degree have worked through school and paid off their loans. 
• We’re just going to offer a college loan bailout for the most privileged in the country because they whine about how little they’re being paid post-college. 

Too bad. 

Most don’t make six figures out of the gate. 

Second, that goes double if you focus on ‘woke’ degrees...."

#1 This day1967-----Frank & Nancy Sinatra ~ Something Stupid (1967)

Ready to riot??-----Activists march alongside Patrick Lyoya’s family 5 days after man was killed in Grand Rapids police traffic stop

Activists march alongside Patrick Lyoya’s family 5 days after man was killed in Grand Rapids police traffic stop

• Activists march alongside Patrick Lyoya’s family 5 days after man was killed in Grand Rapids police traffic stop  link

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Local activists held a march on Saturday afternoon, April 9, in response to the death of Patrick Lyoya, 26, who was killed during a traffic stop by a Grand Rapids police officer five days earlier.
Hundreds of supporters, starting at nonprofit Amplify GR’s offices, marched through the city’s Boston Square neighborhood with members of Lyoya’s family. 
The Lyoya family left the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2014 to come to the United States to escape the violence there.
“I knew that they came to America it was going to be safe, and there’s no safety here,” Lyoya said...link

Public Schools’ New Critical Race Theory Window Dressing: Social-Emotional Learning

Public Schools’ New Critical Race Theory Window Dressing: Social-Emotional Learning
"Progressives in public education establishments nationwide are packaging the tenets of critical race theory into a concept they call social-emotional learning.
In Michigan, teachers unions and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Michigan Department of Education are advancing an effort that incorporates the progressive project of indoctrinating students into accepting claims of institutional racism under the banner of student mental health and wellness.
The Michigan Department of Education has created its own social-emotional learning website stating, “MDE feels Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)” is critical “to support the healthy, safety and wellness of all students.”...Read all.

False idols...everywhere!

 

Pete Buttigieg tries to take down DeSantis - TheBlaze

Pete Buttigieg tries to take down DeSantis - TheBlaze: 

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joined Joy Behar, Sara Haines, and Ana Navarro on 'The View" this week to talk about Florida’s new “Parental Rights in Education” law — which he absurdly claimed "will kill kids" — before going on to add inflation and high gas prices to his list of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' crimes.

For the Sake of Our Children, Abolish the Department of Education

For the Sake of Our Children, Abolish the Department of Education link

• I don’t know if there’s a more reactionary, superfluous arm of the U.S. government than the Department of Education.

"...One of the great illusions—great lies, actually—is that the more you spend on education, the better it is. 

Of course, you need to spend a certain amount, but at a certain point, the reverse is true.
Money becomes an instrument of control, with the government withholding it if you don’t go along with their diktats. 

Further, fancy buildings don’t make a child smart. 

Never have...Read all.

AM Fruitcake

History for April 13

History for April 13 - On-This-Day.com

Thomas Jefferson 1743 - 3rd U.S. President

• 1861 - After 34 hours of bombardment, the Union-held Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates.
• 1949 - Philip S. Hench and associates announced that cortizone was an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.
• 1959 - A Vatican edict prohibited Roman Catholics from voting for Communists.
• 1976 - The U.S. Federal Reserve introduced $2 bicentennial notes.
• 1981 - Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke received a Pulitzer Prize for her feature about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy." Cooke relinquished the prize two days later after admitting she had fabricated the story.
• 1999 - Jack Kervorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, MI, to 10 to 25 years in prison for the second-degree murder of Thomas Youk. Youk's assisted suicide was videotaped and shown on "60 Minutes" in 1998.
• 2002 - Venezuela's interim president, Pedro Carmona, resigned a day after taking office. Thousands of protesters had protested over the ousting of president Hugo Chavez.

Elon Musk Decides NOT to Join Twitter's Board of Directors - Louder With Crowder

Elon Musk Decides NOT to Join Twitter's Board of Directors - Louder With Crowder: 

Elon Musk buying a simple ownership stake in Twitter is turning into an episode of "Days of Our Lives." Now, we wake up to Twitter CEO Parag "Stefano DiMera" Agrawal announcing Musk will NOT be joining Twitter's board of directors. No, I don't think the story is going to end there.

The way we were-----The Great Syphilis Pandemic's True Origins | The Syphilis Enigma | Timeline

An ABANDONED Southwest Detroit Neighborhood: Delray, Detroit, Michigan 5K.

Freedom Of Movement | Global Liberty Media - The Counter Narrative

Freedom Of Movement | Global Liberty Media - The Counter Narrative link

"...If you have gas money, plane or train fare, or the time to walk, you can go wherever you want. 

 But this freedom is under a bit of an attack. 

 Let me explain.

• Big government planners, those that want to run most of your lives, envision a US where the majority of the population lives within its large cities, or suburbs of them. 
• Where personal transportation isn’t needed or desirable. Movement is limited to public transportation methods: bus, commuter train, trolley, subway, etc. 

Under the guise of ‘lowering carbon emissions’, these folks would love to limit autos (and maybe even plane travel) to the very important and very wealthy (them)...Read all.

What if...-----'Red Dawn': A Movie for Our Time - Intellectual Takeout

'Red Dawn': A Movie for Our Time - Intellectual Takeout  link

"The other day I was revisiting the 1984 flick Red Dawn when I had one of those revelations that leave me feeling a bit stupid and more than a bit stunned.           

The film’s storyline is pretty simple: It’s the Cold War, and Russia, Cuba, and Nicaragua launch an attack on the United States....      

As I rewatched Red Dawn, so many scenes matched the circumstances of the last few years that the movie seemed almost prophetic in its message. 

What if we are now undergoing our own “Red Dawn,” except this is an invasion without machine guns and war planes, but with the same ideas of destruction and conquest of the American Republic in mind?..."

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Dallas Airport Deploys Giant Robots to Catch Unmasked Travelers

Dallas Airport Deploys Giant Robots to Catch Unmasked Travelers: 

As air travel is getting back to pre-pandemic levels and airports are getting busy, travelers are still having to mask.

While many public areas are getting more lax about masks, the Dallas Love Field airport now has robots watching travelers.

“Yes, those 7-foot-tall machines at Dallas Love Field are watching you. They want to make sure you’re wearing a mask if you’re boarding a flight or not parking too long at the curb if you’re picking up a returning traveler,” The Dallas Morning News reported Friday.

Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia

The end of civilization-----US Passport Applicants Can Select Gender ‘X' Starting Monday

US Passport Applicants Can Select Gender ‘X' Starting Monday  link

• TSA agents will also receive new instructions on screening intended to make it less invasive...
  

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Soros family quietly bankrolls committees supporting 'defund the police' candidates | Fox News

Soros family quietly bankrolls committees supporting 'defund the police' candidates | Fox News: 

George Soros has made targeting the criminal justice system a focal point of his efforts in recent years. The deep-pocketed funder has pushed nearly $30 million into district attorney races across the country, often entering Democratic primaries and backing the most progressive candidate in the field.

Pissing your money away-----Memphis Airport Reinstalls Photo of Asian Elvis Tribute Artist After Outcry | PetaPixel

Memphis Airport Reinstalls Photo of Asian Elvis Tribute Artist After Outcry | PetaPixel:

"These artists represent an ever-evolving arts community that meaningfully contributes to the rich cultural fabric of this city. Whether viewers are enjoying the details of a photograph or taking in an expansive mural, the collection offers an introduction to the many sides of Memphis; for those who call the city home… Inherent in the selected works is a sense of Memphis’s rich history as a place rooted in activism and civil rights, art, and music, and the continuation of that sacred legacy today. – UrbanArt Commission"

THIS is child abuse!

Since J. Edgar Hoover founded it, the FBI has never really been a law enforcement agency. It’s a clearing house for kompromot and intimidation.

Since J. Edgar Hoover founded it, the FBI has never really been a law enforcement agency. It’s a clearing house for kompromot and intimidation.  link
"Following the death of Stalin, the Soviet secret police pivoted from heavy-handed mass arrests to a subtler, but still sinister, system of mass spying and accumulation of “kompromot,” or compromising material, on its citizens. 

The Soviets maintained control by prioritizing spying on religious figures, political activists, journalists, and public officials. 

We’re now finding out that the FBI in America has a similar program of mass surveillance of similar targets. 

And, as with the Soviets, much of the spying has nothing to do with investigating crime.

• According to a Justice Department internal audit report, the FBI maintained an active caseload of 24,584 cases during the 18 months between January 2018 and June of 2019. A grossly disproportionate share of those cases involved surveillance of influential Americans such as candidates for office, public officials, journalists, religious leaders, and political activists. When the FBI targets an individual wielding high social influence, it categorizes the case as “sensitive.”