WSJ: Boycotting Medical Schools, Diversity, And Merit

TaxProf Blog--WSJ: Boycotting Medical Schools, Diversity, And Merit--Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

"A growing number of medical schools have announced that they will no longer share data with U.S. News & World Report. 

These schools claim that the magazine’s annual rankings hinder their ability to increase diversity.
Such claims aren’t supported by evidence.

• ...Even a casual reader of the news knows perfectly well that increasing diversity means exactly that—admitting students with lower scores... 
• If all these students had equally high scores, and schools could promote racial diversity without lowering standards, we wouldn’t be having this debate, right?

 

AM Fruitcake--Hypocrisy edition.

 

History for February 28

History for February 28 - On-This-Day.com

Svetlana Allilueva 1926 - Author, daughter of Russian leader Joseph Stalin

• 1849 - Regular steamboat service to California via Cape Horn arrived in San Francisco for the first time. The SS California had left New York Harbor on October 6, 1848. The trip took 4 months and 21 days.
• 1854 - The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery opponents began the new political group.
• 1885 - AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) was incorporated. The company was capitalized on only $100,000 and provided long distance service for American Bell.
• 1940 - The first televised basketball game was shown. The game featured Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh from Madison Square Gardens in New York.
• 1953 - In a Cambridge University laboratory, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA.
• 1979 - Mr. Ed, the talking horse from the TV show "Mr. Ed", died.
• 1993 - U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, TX. The ATF had planned to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal firearms charges. Four agents and EIGHTY SIX, including CHILDREN Davidians were killed and a 51-day standoff followed.

Erin Brockovich slams Biden administration on East Palestine - TheBlaze

Erin Brockovich slams Biden administration on East Palestine - TheBlaze: 

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich torched the "frustrating" response by the Biden administration to the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. Brockovich appeared on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Friday, where she accused the government of hiding ominous details from the American people following the disastrous train derailment in East Palestine.

WSJ Report: Lab Leak Most Likely Source of Global Coronavirus Pandemic

WSJ Report: Lab Leak Most Likely Source of Global Coronavirus Pandemic:
The coronavirus pandemic most likely began with a laboratory leak, a U.S. Energy Department classified intelligence report now before the White House and key Congress members sets out.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday the Energy Department’s revised assessment of the pandemic’s origins is based on fresh intelligence noted in an update to a 2021 document by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines’s office.

The way we were-----The Sinking of White Star Line’s RMS Republic

Facts are stubborn things

"Facts are stubborn things--Dr. John Robson looks at 

• claims that climate change was causing the Great Lakes to fall and would continue to, 
• until it caused them to rise and would continue to, and 

concludes that the Great Lakes are rising and falling as they always have.

For a transcript of this video including links to some of the sources, please visit http://www.climatediscussionnexus.com...

Major media banning him! For telling the truth!

 

"Because a Pangolin Kissed a Turtle" - Robert W Malone MD, MS

"Because a Pangolin Kissed a Turtle" - Robert W Malone MD, MS

• The lab leak cover-up just got even more twisted
• Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says

U.S. agency’s revised assessment is based on new intelligence
"OK - so the Department of Energy has joined the FBI in determining that the virus was a lab escape. 

Wait - what? According to the WSJ, the FBI MAY HAVE MADE THAT ASSESSMENT IN 2021! 

Who knew?
“The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the COVID pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress.
The shift by the Energy Department, which previously was undecided on how the virus emerged, is noted in an update to a 2021 document by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines’s office...

DeSantis Proposes Human Smuggling Crackdown, Mandatory E-Verify, Ban on Driver's Licenses for Illegal Aliens

DeSantis Proposes Human Smuggling Crackdown, Mandatory E-Verify, Ban on Driver's Licenses for Illegal Aliens: 

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has issued a set of proposals to crack down on illegal immigration across the state of Florida, blasting President Joe Biden for “reckless … open border policies.”

"No End In Sight"

"A few weeks ago the press said there was no end in sight to the California drought.  Now California has record snowpack.

Blowing Holes in Seymour Hersh's Pipe Dream

Blowing Holes in Seymour Hersh's Pipe Dream

"I would like to preface this post by stating that I will not be making any conclusions on who is responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline explosions in this piece. 

While I have my suspects, all publicly available information regarding the explosions is circumstantial and there is none that conclusively points to a specific culprit. 

The purpose of this post is to debunk the claims made in Seymour Hersh’s Substack post titled “How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline” using publicly available information.
In this post I do not take any stance on any of Seymour Hersh’s past articles or viewpoints, be they his Pulitzer Prize story in the 1970s and his recent work. 

• This post will solely focus on the claims made in the recent Substack post...

Lunch video-----How is South Africa doing since the end of Apartheid?

Noon-toon

 

Now That Tucker Has It, Media Are Interested in the Full Jan. 6 Video

Now That Tucker Has It, Media Are Interested in the Full Jan. 6 Video: 

We all know what’s going on here… The fake media are terrified the full context might prove what some people have been saying is true: that the Capitol Police did indeed open the doors to some of the same protestors facing legal action for trespassing. Who knows what else the video could show? Considering how corrupt the fascist F.B.I. has become, nothing would surprise me anymore.

The fake media also know Tucker will tell the truth, so…

The fake media want access to this video so it can fabricate its own narratives to blunt the impact of Tucker’s upcoming exclusives.

Important read!-----Childish (CULTISH) Beliefs Drive Energy and Agricultural Agendas

Childish Beliefs Drive Energy and Agricultural Agendas - Paul Driessen

"Many eco-activists (and too many legislators, regulators, judges and journalists) have trouble thinking beyond slogans. 
They apparently believe declaring ecological emergencies, repeating clever mantras, and issuing proclamations and mandates will create a fossil-fuel-free, organic farming utopia. In their dreams.

• Since 1950, American farmers increased per-acre corn yields by an incredible 500% – and other crop yields by smaller but still amazing amounts, while using less land, water, fuel, fertilizers and pesticides. Their exports helped slash global hunger and malnutrition...
• Long-lasting herbicides control weeds that would otherwise steal moisture and nutrients from crops, while enabling farmers to utilize no-till farming that avoids breaking up soils, reduces erosion, further retains soil moisture and preserves vital soil organisms...

Instead, this planet-saving, life-saving progress is under assault – by well-meaning or ideologically driven, ill-advised or ill-intended ... but all well-funded ... organizations that demand natural gas bans, “more Earth friendly” agriculture and a return to “traditional farming lifestyles.”...

#1 Movie this week 1997-----Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition 1997

JUST IN: "OVER 30 MILLION LETHAL DOSES"

JUST IN: "OVER 30 MILLION LETHAL DOSES" - Phoenix DEA, Tempe Police Seize OVER 4.5 Million Fentanyl Pills, 140lbs Fentanyl Powder 3,000 Lbs of Meth, 130kg cocaine in Joint Operation | The Gateway Pundit

...“Last year nationwide, we lost 107,622 lives to drug poisonings with fentanyl being the primary drug,” said Phoenix DEA Special Agent in Charge Cheri Oz.
“The drug cartels are putting fentanyl in all of their illicit drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and fake pills, which they disguise to look legitimate, like pharmaceutical pills.

• It is trickery.
• It is deception.
• It is death.”...

#1 This day 1967-----Ruby Tuesday Rolling Stones 1967

Tucker Carlson: The Deep State Removed Nixon, The Most Popular President Ever, To Cover Up CIA's Murder Of JFK | Video | RealClearPolitics

Tucker Carlson: The Deep State Removed Nixon, The Most Popular President Ever, To Cover Up CIA's Murder Of JFK | Video | RealClearPolitics
"...In fact, if any president could claim to be the people's choice, it was Richard Nixon. 

Richard Nixon was re-elected in 1972 by the largest margin of the popular vote ever recorded before or since. 

• Nixon got 17 million more votes than his opponent. 
• Less than two years later, he was gone. 

He was forced to resign and in his place, an obedient servant of the federal agencies called Gerald Ford took over the White House.
How did that happen? 

Well, it's a long story, but here are the highlights and they tell you a lot...

But, but, but they assured us it was caused by our SUVs, warm homes, gas stoves!

 

Texas university system pauses DEI policies after 'tremendous attention nationally' - TheBlaze

Texas university system pauses DEI policies after 'tremendous attention nationally' - TheBlaze: 

"When a state agency adjusts its employment practices based on factors other than merit, it not following the law," Pate explained. "Rebranding this employment discrimination as 'DEI' does not make the practice any less illegal."

Lucianne.com News Forum - 'This is NOT this child's fault. He is NOT a threat': Mental health advocate...

Lucianne.com News Forum - 'This is NOT this child's fault. He is <br/>NOT a threat': Mental health advocate <br/>launches defense of 6'6" thug, 17, who <br/>had to be dragged off unconscious female <br/>teaching aide who he knocked out for confiscating <br/>his Nintendo Switch

'This is NOT this child's fault. He is
NOT a threat': Mental health advocate
launches defense of 6'6" thug, 17, who
had to be dragged off unconscious female
teaching aide who he knocked out for confiscating his Nintendo Switch - Daily Mail (UK), by Alyssa Guzman

Original Article - Posted By: ladydawgfan, 2/25/2023 11:14:37 PM

"A mental health advocate has launched a furious defense for the 6'6" boy, 17, who attacked and knocked a teaching aide unconscious after she took his Nintendo Switch away from him. Sue Urban - whose 17-year-old son Nicholas graduated from Matanzas High School before taking his own life - has responded to the incident where a 17-year-old special needs student, who weighs 270 pounds, attacked his teaching aide on Tuesday. Neither the student nor the teaching aide's names have been released publicly. 'This is not this child's fault. He is not a threat,' Urban said in an emotionally Facebook Live. 'This is a mental health issue." - Must read comments at original!!

AM Fruitcake--Look a squirrel!

 

History for February 27

History for February 27 - On-This-Day.com

Elizabeth Taylor 1932 - Actress ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?")

• 1801 - The city of Washington, DC, was placed under congressional jurisdiction.
• 1827 - New Orleans held its first Mardi Gras celebration.
• 1933 - The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, was set afire. The Nazis accused Communist for the fire.
• 1951 - The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, limiting U.S. Presidents to two terms.
• 1974 - "People" magazine was first issued by Time-Life (later known as Time-Warner).
• 1981 - Chrysler Corporation was granted an additional $400 million in federal loan guarantees. Chrysler had posted a loss of $1.7 billion in 1980.

Watch: Reporter Has to Finish Sentence for Biden as He Speaks Complete Nonsense

Watch: Reporter Has to Finish Sentence for Biden as He Speaks Complete Nonsense: 

It’s not enough that President Joe Biden told reporters Friday he has no intentions of visiting the town of East Palestine, Ohio, where a train derailment has turned into a potential environmental disaster.

It’s that he can’t even make the announcement without a reporter finishing one of his sentences.

The way we were-----Saturday Morning Cartoons

It's all bullsh*t.

"I’m not shocked they’re triggered over Ronald Dahl books. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory showed the consequences of gluttony, arrogance, and being spoiled….and promoted the idea of being selfless and humble. Matilda was a story about an unhinged school administrator and parents getting their comeuppance for abusing kids. These stories are a condemnation of all the lefts favorite activities...

Media covers for another brain-damaged democrat-----Shock Report: Sen. Fetterman Was Hospitalized Because He Was Unable to Take Care of Himself | The Gateway Pundit

Shock Report: Sen. Fetterman Was Hospitalized Because He Was Unable to Take Care of Himself | The Gateway Pundit

"Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is much worse than he, his wife and staff are telling the public. 

It is only through whispered leaks to the media that the public learns the truth and that is only after events prove the lies. 

He has a bad heart, which wasn’t disclosed until his debilitating stroke last May.

The stroke was much worse than his campaign let on until his one debate in late October. 

He’s battled depression all his life, but that wasn’t disclosed until ten days ago when he was hospitalized for clinical depression...

Also: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/02/25/biden-cant-remember-if-hes-talked-to-east-palestine-mayor-amid-toxic-train-derailment-n2619962

They're not backing down!-----Biden Admin Proposes to Block Half of Current Gas Range Models

Biden Admin Proposes to Block Half of Current Gas Range Models

• ...If the new regulation is finalized, only half of gas cooking tops will be able to meet the new standard, i.e., half of the products currently on the market will be blocked.
• ...Only 4 percent of the gas cooking tops in 2027 could meet the EL 2 standard if the new standard was not implemented, according to DOE’s projection in the previous analysis...

The new rule would be effective three years after it’s adopted.