Friday, September 20, 2024

News and Views: September 20, 2024

There are many, many more instances of liberals in America demanding censorship in one way or another while giving ample justifications for their desired oppression, whether the subject of contention is electoral fraud, the COVID farce, sexual mutilation, or illegal immigration. The most frequent acts of censorship are, ironically, in universities. I have collected hundreds and hundreds of such instances to perhaps be listed another time. Intellectuals have given convoluted arguments as to why voting is a danger to democracy.
  As can be seen, the totalitarian virus has spread unchecked. It has spread to such a degree that some Americans are demanding the Constitution should be trashed, the Supreme Court has got to be purged, and, that elections are a threat to democracy. And, yes, they are Democrats.
   Twenty years ago, if anyone had voiced a desire for dictatorial powers as the above, the repercussions would have been debilitating for the would-be commissar, but we have now been desensitized to such obscenities.

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As regal and majestic as all of this sounds, “divine” rule was actually nothing more than a tool to help establish legitimacy and maintain power for the ruling elites. Who could be a more powerful ally in demonstrating that an individual or a group should have more power than God (or the gods)?
   Using armies and weapons to keep subjects from questioning authority or revolting could be expensive. It was cheaper to do so through or with the assistance of religious beliefs. If one could convince a man that his king was acting in the stead of God, the threshold of abuse he would accept before revolting would be much higher than if the king were just a man.

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IDF strikes 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers amid fears of expanding war in Lebanon The airstrikes comes after nearly 50 people were killed and more than 5,000 injured in a sophisticated, coordinated attack that saw pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah militants detonate simultaneously. The pagers exploded Tuesday, with the walkie-talkies detonating the next day. Image

Report: Hezbollah Hiding Heavy Death Toll From Exploding Devices, Leadership of Elite Radwan Terror Force Decimated  In an apparent warning to Hezbollah, the IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi declared that Israel’s armed forces may have more unpleasant surprises up their sleeves for the Iranian proxy terrorist group.
   “We still have many capabilities that we have not yet activated,” Lt. Gen. Halevi assured Wednesday. “Every time we work on a certain stage, the next two stages are already ready to advance. At each stage, the price for Hezbollah must be high,” he warned.

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Special ed is failing: With no time to meet diverse needs, teachers lower expectations  If the teacher gives students the answers the day before the test, students don't learn to study. If the teacher allows retakes, students don't learn to allocate their time. If the class moves so slowly the teacher can't cover the material, students are unprepared for the next grade. "What do children learn when their world bends for them?," asks Dissident Teacher. "What happens to the kids for whom the world used to bend when they enter a world that no longer will?"



  • Two-thirds of fourth and eighth graders aren’t proficient in reading, according to the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a.k.a. “The Nation’s Report Card.” 
  • Absenteeism nearly doubled between 2019 and 2023. 
  • Between 2018 and 2023, American students’ math scores dropped 13 points, reaching the lowest U.S. levels since international comparison records began in 2003. 
  • An independent assessment in 2023–24 shows eighth graders would need a full year to catch up to pre-pandemic levels—which is basically impossible.
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UK: The covid vaccine witch hunt continues as another dissenting doctor is punished The UK is not alone in its efforts to stifle free speech with eminent doctors being similarly sanctioned in Canada, Australia, and most recently the USA. Whistleblowing in academia is no easier.
  If public confidence in the medical profession has fallen, rather than blaming dissenters for speaking out against the prevailing message, perhaps doctors need to take a hard look at their unquestioning acceptance of the ‘Safe and Effective’ message and ask themselves why is covid continuing, why are their vulnerable patients being recommended for another booster every six months, and yet why are they apparently busier than ever?
  Many of the doctors currently being hounded for speaking out on social media are the same doctors who are repeatedly thanked by members of the public for their honesty and integrity and especially for their efforts to support the vaccine injured, often ignored and disbelieved by others.

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