Jun 20 2018
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My new hobby is trolling trolls in David Hogg’s mentions.
Feb 01 2016
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“ It’s impossible to consider Reagan’s presidency without confronting the centrality of his appeals to racism. He opened his presidential campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the city most famous for the murders of civil rights workers Chaney, Schwerner, and Goodman. His speech made an appeal to “states’ rights”, a code word for segregation and racial oppression since the earliest days of the Civil Rigjhts Movement (not to mention the Civil War). His announcement was an explicit message to any who would hear that he would support the aims of the racist South. In this way, Reagan’s presidency can be understood as the culmination of Nixon’s Southern Strategy. You will note that today’s Republicans also make their appeals to “states’ rights”, particularly when it comes to policies like hatred of and discrimination against gay people or policies to prevent black people from voting.
Nov 24 2015
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I read the comments.
Nov 15 2015
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The finding that children living in poverty hear fewer than a third of the words heard by children from higher-income families has significant implications in the long run. When extrapolated to the words heard by a child within the first four years of their life these results reveal a 30 million word difference. That is, a child from a high-income family will experience 30 million more words within the first four years of life than a child from a low-income family. This gap does nothing but grow as the years progress, ensuring slow growth for children who are economically disadvantaged and accelerated growth for those from more privileged backgrounds.
In addition to a lack of exposure to these 30 million words, the words a child from a low-income family has typically mastered are often negative directives, meaning words of discouragement. The ratios of encouraging versus discouraging feedback found within the study, when extrapolated, evidences that by age four, the average child from a family on welfare will hear 125,000 more words of discouragement than encouragement. When compared to the 560,000 more words of praise as opposed to discouragement that a child from a high-income family will receive, this disparity is extraordinarily vast.
Sep 16 2015
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Spotted in front of the Skyscraper, Sept. 4, 2015.
Way more #broccoli action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMzwOtug2LM&feature=youtu.be
Aug 27 2015
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Truck strikes 4-year-old child in Winona, driver beaten, creates tension in neighborhood
If you hit a kid with your truck, get beat up by people who warned you to slow down near kids, and then have what appears to be your underage girlfriend to talk to the press, you might be a redneck.
Yes, you’re a redneck, Ryan Kauten.
May 31 2015
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May 29 2015
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“Scheduled Downtime” in the middle of a work day.
And, the next time May 29th falls on a Thursday is 2025.
Mar 31 2015
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“ Brompton Man probably earns over £200,000 per year as a senior manager in a media company like the BBC, or by overseeing some politically correct department of a government-funded quango.