On to lighter subjects…
A member on the organic farmers’ list posted a message about helping a bee that is on the ground. If they’re on the ground, that doesn’t necessarily mean they are dead or dying–it probably means they are dead tired from gathering pollen and are resting. You can help it by mixing up a little sugar water to help it regain its strength.
Just thought I’d pass this along–
Well, now…CNN still has some chops:
The former video of Elliot Rodger has been made “private” now, so one cannot view his rant on how deserving he is of women’s attention and sex. One cannot see the blatant sense of entitlement. Nor his viewing women as objects for his personal pleasure.
I love that CNN explored this topic–one that women deal with on a daily basis, but has been ignored by mainstream media…well, ANY media, be it liberal or conservative. Women’s concerns, up to now, have been ignored or if any attention is given to it, their concerns are belittled to be insignificant. Elliot Rodger is a product of the rape culture–I’ll take what I want if she won’t give it to me willingly.
My other posts on rape culture:
A father is harassed after his daughter is not only raped, but bullied afterwards.
Promoting rape culture in popular media. And...joking about raping others….
The police ask “why didn’t you try to get away?” when she is beaten within an inch of her life.
In India.
In France.
In Australia.
Native American women, who, until very recently, could be raped without retribution.
Boasting about rape on social media.
They’re only raping prostitutes…
The alleged abuse of Terry Richardson….and how he’s allowed to get away with his predatory behavior by those that employ him and even praise him.
Lastly, the alleged abuse of Dylan Farrow by Woody Allen.
“I’m not wax.”
Classic. 🙂
It just boggles the mind how someone out enjoying a natural park scene can trash the place. Makes no sense to me at all.
A TV? Really? Next time, stay home to watch your stupid TV…and trash your own place, not the Earth.
They always go for the educated and the journalists first…when, as is quoted, they are “illegitimate”. They are not elected by a majority vote, therefore, they are illegitimate.
Oh…and there was a protest against GMO’s and Monsanto Saturday…
This is probably one of the best posts so far bluntly telling the real $tory behind the corporate takeover of public education, via Charters.
Why are Common Core math problems like this? $$$$$$$$$$
2+2=4 cannot be copyrighted, sold, and re-sold.
The CCSS formatted math being published in print and online is copyrighted, sold and re-sold.
It’s not about kids, parents, teachers or schools. It’s all about the money.
As a matter of fact making and copyrighting lousy CCSS products online or in print is much more lucrative than producing good ones. Next year school districts nationwide will have to upgrade to the “improved” products – lots of money for an update. (Sound familiar?)
Of course next year the product may have a different label on it – FCAT, FLAT, ISAT, USAT, Pearson, Beersome, etc. It doesn’t matter. It’s all profit to the multinational investors and the fund managers. And it’s all poison for our children.
Even affluent and middle class parents are being scapegoated for the Common Core math that children are having trouble…
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They must eliminate playgrounds, too. Too much fresh air (minus chemtrails), physical exercise, creative play are detrimental to Common Core.
A satire from Susan Ohanian. She has bureaucratese jargon down pat.
An excerpt:
“It has come to the attention of the US Department of Education, Bill and Melinda Gates Substation that there has been recent unauthorized activity preceding the above referenced Common Core test. You have been identified as the for-hire person responsible for the classroom containing the following unauthorized materials
construction blocks;
finger paints and paper;
sand table;
play house with kitchen utensils and costumes;
piano;
improper ratio of fiction and non-fiction books. (See Guidelines 723.94A)”
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“Through the work of our research partners and poll results showing the skills most in demand from the Fortune 500, the US Department of Education, Bill and Melinda Gates Substation has determined that the activities resulting from these materials is in violation of Part 276, of the CCSS Pre-Test Plan for Preparing Workers for the Global Economy, Sections 218.27634 to 218.27686 of…
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