Wednesday, August 19, 2015

The Stupid... It BURNS!!!

The author invites constructive critique commentary on this idea. [More]
Long walk... short pier...?

We're the Only Ones with Stopping Power Enough

A state trooper accused of forcing female motorists into sexual acts in exchange for dropping traffic charges used Craigslist to offer "traffic stop sex," according to records released Monday that highlight the women's fear of reporting him. [More]
Hey, I may have come up with a new slogan...

[Via Florida Guy]   

Controlled Opposition

So, Wilkinson and Litt, old co-conspirators from the Clinton DOJ scandals, are working -- supposedly -- on opposite sides now. [More]
Mike gives reasons not to get our hopes up.

Blue Privilege

The link for the following is a couple years old, but I hadn't seen it before:
“A hostile campus climate has been the norm for Students of Color in this class throughout the quarter as our epistemological and methodological commitments have been repeatedly questioned by our classmates and our instructor,” the group’s letter reads. The statement accuses “the professor” (it does not identify Rust by name) of correcting “perceived grammatical choices that in actuality reflect ideologies” and “repeatedly questioning the value of our work on social identity and the related dynamics of oppression, power and privilege.” The “barrage of questions by white colleagues and the grammar ‘lessons’ by the professor have contributed to a hostile class climate,” it continues. [More]
Insist on proper grammar in a college course: You're a racist.

My wife showed me a paper she got points taken off of from her undergraduate days, from a class taught by an instructor who would have agreed. Written in red, in the margin next to a sentence about the Tigris and Euphrates was the question "What about Tanganyika?"

I dunno, what about it?

Apparently, while her ancestors were painting themselves blue and living in caves, East Africa had spaceports or something.

Above a reference to "early hominids" was the correction "You mean humanoids."

See, my guess was right! Spaceports!

No wonder "Sunshine" wants us dead.  Sounds like we deserve it.

Escaped Mental Patient Captured

And returned to the madhouse that drove her insane with its experiments... [More]

Redefining the Term

Lash’s mother-in-law, Jessica Huffman, told the station he was a hero. [More]
With all due respect, how, exactly?

The Great Firewall

Chinese police arrest 15,000 for Internet crimes [More]
See, I told you guys to kill Jingjing and Chacha while you had the chance.

Oh, but I forget: Having guns is a "human rights violation."