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July, 2024 archive

But She Just Wanted a Hug . . . . 0

Florida Woman.

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QOTD 0

Kenneth Clark:

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.

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Borderline Disorder 0

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Documented Devolution? 0

Does evolution work backward?

Exhibit One:

At Psychology Today Blogs, Bence Nanay discusses a study that found that macaque monkeys’ social ties and level of social tolerance increased with the scarcity of resources.

I rest my case.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Submerged frolics.

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“The Death Loop” 0

Sam and the crew talk with Elie Mystal about the Supreme Supremacist Court’s double-talk about bump stocks.

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Hysterical Over-Reactors 0

Methinks Grung_e_Gene makes some good points.

Honest to Betsy, we seem to have forgotten that substance should surpass superficiality.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society,”
Suffer the Children Dept.
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NBC News has a wonder about the perils of politeness. Here’s the question:

Why does America keep allowing toddlers to shoot themselves?

Follow the link for their answers.

You know my answer: Too many guns, too much stupid.

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Establishmentarians 0

Truthout tracks their attempts public schools into pulpits for proselytizing. Here’s a bit of their report:

According to Gill (Allison Gill, vice president of legal and policy at American Atheists, Inc.–ed.), the many attacks on public schooling are meant to dismantle public education, a longstanding goal of conservative individuals like former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos whose American Federation for Children has funneled millions of dollars to candidates and incumbents who support an anti-public education agenda. Groups, including the Alliance Defending Freedom, First Liberty Institute, Heritage Foundation and Moms for Liberty have also jumped onto this bandwagon.

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John G. Azzopardi:

Experience can be merely the repetition of same error often enough.

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