They didn't only sell books. "Learning styles" have convinced teachers to do all sorts of things that may not help (and may even be detrimental to) education.
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They didn't only sell books. "Learning styles" have convinced teachers to do all sorts of things that may not help (and may even be detrimental to) education.
So... Not quite 3 Scaramuccis?
What American characteristics? Guns? Jingoism? Low math scores?
DC is just the first step, the one he can most easily justify since it's not a state. In his speech he mentioned LA, Chicago, and NYC. How long before were all loving under martial law, with military tribunals supplanting trials?
Loved this article, Rex. The scary thing is it makes more sense than most MAGAs.
Trump thinks doing more unconstitutional things like taking over cities with federal troops based on lies about what's happening with crime and zero understanding of law enforcement will make people forget he's hiding the Epstein files.
Well, don't assume now... She could just be a liar. (Or both racist and a liar)
I'm perfectly okay with red states becoming redder if they change their platform to genuinely support the Constitution rather than the bigot and corporate-interest version of it.
This seems like it's not really unusual for MAGA
Rep.Gabe Evans (R-CO): immigrants should come here the right way, like my grandfather! (Grandfather came illegally, loved for over 10 years and was charged with attempted burglary) www.axios.com/local/denver...
I want really able to get past the utter stupidity of his first sentence. I then tried to choose to believe he's not a complete idiot, but failed. Maybe I could succeed if I found out he was getting money for spreading this crap. Then I could believe he's greedy instead of stupid.
Umm. This was a really uninteresting post, so....
Maxwell has already been convicted of perjury and a "significant pattern of dishonest conduct". No one should believe her. Even if she says what they want to hear.
While I largely agree, one thing Maxwell has shown is that she's not dumb. She's alive because she's worked things carefully. I wouldn't be surprised if she has evidence and some sort of "dead man's switch" to release it.
definitive evidence that the deal is terrible
president.columbia.edu/news/resolut... I.e., we were bullied into it Reading the agreement, there are some disturbing elements, especially regarding the powers of the resolution monitor, Bart Schwartz. Who, by the way, will likely be making at least over 1 million per year at Columbia's expense.
Releasing the MLK files is such a transparent attempt at distraction your need to be a MAGA to fall for it.
It's usually pretty easy to figure out who the Christians are.
I mean... Fucking seriously? Christians, do you really think this shit? Oh well, let's forgive him because he accomplished or bigoted desires to exclude immigrants and cream religious education down people's throats?
His supporters might be thinking, "Ahh, he hates eloquent people of color and hates seeing them in positions of power, just like I do" Ok ..I cleaned their internal dialogue somewhat.
I was going to say maybe she misspoke and references Latinos without intending to include all of them- but she actually started the number?! So she assumes all Latinos are criminals and noncitizens!?
So, I CAN say there's no evidence for a deity because I don't believe any of it is evidence for a deity.
Alaska is 7th highest in the % of people who are going to lose coverage
So dreams would also be "evidence" -- a dream of someone's dead uncle being resurrected could be evidence that he was actually resurrected. Or it could be nothing if the person didn't believe it. That seems like a pretty frivolous definition, but you do you,😉
To be fair... I suspect it happens often. All those times we hear of an attack with no casualties at all? It's likely planned -- an effort to appease hard-liners on the attacker's side that they're really doing something, without a risk of actual reprisal. Trump is just the first one to admit it.
Well of course. Biden wanted to commit the heinous crime of student loan forgiveness. What a monster!
Sounds like Mark's not their conscience. Mark's better than their conscience.
These are your neighbors, your friends that hide monetary problems, the disabled, the disfranchised, the people that through no fault of their own have problems. The Repukes, worshipping a convicted felon, are making the poorest even worse off. It sickens me.
Extremely generous of the notes to call it a "parody" account, when it's really just a fountain for lies they later want to claim were "just jokes, really!" to avoid legal accountability.
So, anything that anyone believes is evidence, is evidence? Is there any standard around knowing that it's that particular information that persuaded someone? Many are persuaded as to the truth of the Bible prior to reading it, in those cases the scripture didn't persuade them.
The leopards need a gym
So what is the definition of evidence you're using?
Or it could be evidence that I'm mentally disordered. Or simply that I like to joke.
Beyond parody. www.nydailynews.com/2024/10/31/t...
I've had a lot of Christians tell me that "shall not kill" is not in the Bible -- only, "shall not murder", and since they're not subject to the jurisdiction that outlaws killing people from other countries, they're fine doing so. I mean it's where you're supposed to get slaves, so....
I'm a sorcerer. There, I said it. Does that constitute evidence that I am, in fact, a sorcerer?
And perhaps most frighteningly, he's not even a lock for, "most incompetent Cabinet member".
Nick Fuentes? Russell Vought? Steve Bannon? It's tough. There are a lot who are close, but it's hard to really top Miller.
I'm impressed you accurately note the definition of terrorism. It certainly applies to a lot of what Trump does. And if we stretch the "violence" to any illegitimate attack -- for example, trying to remove funds or accreditation from certain colleges to cow all the others....
Carbajal: "Do you think political allegiance to Trump is a requirement for serving our nation?" Hegseth: "Congressman, you know what a silly question that is" Pete, we already know what your answer is, which is why you're terrified to answer honestly.
Liberating California from democracy....
Noem says she will "liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and this mayor have placed on this country" You know, I really thought the governor and mayor were elected. So Noem is trying to liberate California from democracy? The GOP has no principles.
Well yes, of course you can't. The first one is strawmanning. The second is Gish gallop.
Even if Trump were a good person; this is why lack of background and experience matters. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
In this era we know who has the whip of sharp rhetoric and principled reason. And it's not the GOP.
Oh yes, by all means I don't really blame... well, I don't blame the young ones. By the time you reach a reasonable age, though, unless you're still believing in Santa and the elves you really have the mental wherewithal that you wouldn't believe the alleged miracles of the Bible.
I had gone to Sunday school from 10-13 years old, and I didn't think for a moment that anyone thought any of the stories were real until college.
It would be pretty damn ironic if Pete disqualified himself from his own post. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
That would be a pretty fucking disgusting thing to say even if she had a medical degree.
"We were always at war with Eurasia" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I love John Oliver -- he's absolutely awesome. I remember taking a plane flight maybe ten years ago and just watching a stream of his videos and thinking how amazing he was at just taking a long topic and delving into it.
Saw someone on LinkedIn crowing about judges being arrested. What kind of nut cheers on the downfall of democracy? The kind that files this storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... pro se lawsuit that gets dismissed and during which the judge warns her not to send harassing letters.
After decades of saying, "it's not a gun issue, it's a mental health issue", #1 in school shootings and #50 in access to mental health -- they're either trying to prove that poor mental health means more school shootings and holding themselves up as a negative example, or they just like shootings.
@ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social Nailed it. 🎯🎯🎯 thank you for sharing this!!!Let’s make it viral!!!
As someone who committed to NYC from Jersey for many years, I'm not a fan of congestion pricing. However, I'm even less a fan of dictators who once claimed to support the Constitution and believe in local authority overriding state law.
The unfathomable incompetence in the Trump era www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Hey, those cheap Chinese goods are going to be luxury items once tariffs costs are factors in!
Charity for who? DeSantis' wife's charity takes in almost a million dollars, gives out $40k. Don't worry though, it's not small donors. Seems a lot of the donors are corporations who seem to win a lot of business from Florida after making donations. www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
RFK vs doctors www.health.com/rfk-jr-cod-l...
Jesus' tomb was supposed to be a cave. Claiming an empty hole in the ground proves an omnipotent/omniscient eternal deity on some other existential dimension is personally interested in our sex lives pretty much tracks with my feeling on most Christian apologetics.
Biden "ignoring" a court order: giving student loan forgiveness Trump ignoring a court order: sending people legally in the country to foreign death prisons MAGAts *seriously* want you to believe these are equivalent!
Well, so are his male appointees, so...
My apologies for any overstep; I would have commented on your pinned post instead (where it might be more appropriate), but could not. Anyway, I'll look into your books. Thank you!
Looking at your pinned post I find the idea behind your world fascinating; I'm wondering if you make the world racially diverse even though the cultures are based on African cultures? (many SF authors often jam other races - human or alien - into white molds, so a change could be intriguing)
I see you have a PhD; are you a scientist? If so, are you recording the times along with dates and temperature? Seems like it could have some interesting implications if this is a sign of changing behavior.
Meanwhile they're firing teachers for supporting students. www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2...
I don't think Americans so much "oppose" the name change as they think it's a useless vain distraction by the current occupier of the WH. And the FL governor.
Florida being Florida... www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2...
Great choice. Was going to pick this one originally.
How exactly are people going to be incentives to build factories in the US when buying raw materials from overseas is going to be subject to absurd tariffs?
Sometimes there are amusing headlines -- looks like the next heist movie will involve organic eggs rather than Faberge eggs! apnews.com/article/eggs...
Link for those accidentally putting ".com" on the end and wondering why nothing's there www.fiftyfifty.one
GOP lie #43: "we like immigrants as long as you come legally" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Except... They mainly don't feed off good news. They feed off anger and hatred, and all they have to do is point the finger at liberals/Democrats/minorities/women/atheists/immigrants/LGBT+. I fear we may be going down an extremely dark hole.
My wife still clings to the idea that to be better informed she should watch FOX news (though mostly she watches Bloomberg TV.
Good cartoon, but misses the reality: "I was just following orders" is what they say when being prosecuted for war crimes -- not when they're actually committing them.
Thank you -- so, somewhere between "pretty bad" and"catastrophic"
"best case" meaning that's the minimum that prices will go up, correct? Is there a "worst case" 😱 and "most likely case"?
Bloomberg TV: Trump leading the US to becoming Ming China, and "centuries of decline and humiliation"
Who could have predicted it? Well... Anyone paying attention
Well, we have matching tattoos... Of all the gods
Ryan Walters claiming atheists are "bullying" kids, even though he's trying to enforce school prayers and mandatory religious displays. 28% of Oklahomans aren't Christians. ffrf.org/news/release...
Hey, Japan Food Corporation didn't do anything wrong (yes, that's what this actually is)
Gained weight looking at this....
Watching Bloomberg TV -- the dollar is getting weaker due to the tariffs, which wasn't even one of the expected negative outcomes. Theb administration wants to move right on to tax cuts for billionaires.
Fascitheokakistocracy?
To anyone halfway intelligent and unbiased it doesn't look like competence, anyway. I've seen a disturbing number of social media posts from those with the intellectual depth of a plate which praise Leavitt effusively for "going from memory". The disaster is invisible to them.
It's pretty clear that she'll refrain from pursuing crimes she should prosecute; I worry even more about "crimes" she does decide to prosecute.
Well, come to think of it, Pam Bondi is certainly corrupt, so the fact that she might have a little bit of competence may make her worse than Gaetz in some respects.
Unbelievable that feckless Rubio is SoS. Could you even imagine if Gaetz had also been AG? I've always said Trump doesn't know how to pick employees, but it seems almost like he's deliberately picking the least qualified.
Big bird might be the best reader. He's certainly the most moral one there.
Not originally mine, but pretty good
Wow, just WOW!! Looks like orange Slim Shady is at it again…👇 What. The. Actual. Fuck. ✨
What will he do when a compromised SCOTUS says it's fine for Trump to imprison American citizens in secret Salvadoran camps?
"my mother-in-law wouldn't complain" [note: not everyone has a son-in-law they can call to be wired 100 thousand overnight]
He's a fucking billionaire. The reason his MIL wouldn't complain is because she doesn't need the check at all. That he could think at all that people couldn't simply be desperate because without the check they wouldn't be eating is beyond his ability to imagine.
Same energy? "It's not a problem with guns, it's mental health" Them they cut funding for mental health
