Left, do NOT trust your leadership...

To the left, none of us over here in rational land hate you. Certainly not me. We APPRECIATE a lot of the efforts you make. Police brutality for example. Good job with the protests. It's already made a difference. Police in Baltimore don't look for any crime anymore. They only come when you call. Crime is up but hey, your leadership knows best and at least all those poor folk aren't caught up in the system, right? They have all the time in the world to rob, pillage, intimidate, sell drugs to kids, groom some young hos to pimp, squat in people's houses, take old people's welfare checks... all those great colorful things that happen when you just let people be people in the city.

You are, however, going too far with the "trust everything a woman says". Girls are VERY often "whatever means necessary". Ask any rational woman, they have more than one crazy friend that resembles this. Ever seen three guys step back from a chick fight?

You are going too far with the racism thing. I grew up in the 90's and racism was a thing of the past to anyone other than our parents and a few idiots. Feigned racism, sure, some dudes still tossed nigger around too much but most white people were over that shit. Your leadership is lying to you. Only in the last 10 years, since the emergence of the victim mentality, has racism gone through the roof. And a LOT of that is white racism. When there is a lot of white racism, what's going to go up? Of course. It doesn't take one of these douchebag leftist professors who never left their ivy halls to throw out a wild ass guess as to what's going to happen when you push an animal in a corner. If you feel like you need to STOMP some shit out...Africa has some really horrible activity going down. STOP THAT. China is killing Christians and forcing them to become atheists by gun. Women are abused, raped, FAR BEYOND DISRESPECTED, at incredible rates if you just LEAVE THE UNITED STATES.

What I'm saying is, it's not that bad here. We need to fix some shit but we don't need to be acting like we need to burn the place down and everybody right of Oprah is evil. Because your leadership lost a game and their asshole didn't get into office, they are pushing you to push the rest of us. They NEED chaos. They NEED him to go, or THEY lose TRILLIONS. They've been taking money from America and funneling it through third world countries for decades. They send family there, or like Biden, marry into a rich shipping family from there and THEN take their family there, on government jets, and work it like the West Indies Trading Company. Every day Trump is President we get more of our independence back and your leadership just tells you "waste your energies on resisting". Resisting WHAT? The success of your country? Does that even make any fuckin SENSE?

That Thomas Sowell quote...

As I prepare for bed I am frustrated with my country and worried about my people. I ran across this post. It's one of my favorite quotes from Mr. Sowell because he is actually incorrect here. They tried to use the natives as slaves first. Black folk would work once you dominated them enough. Natives would not work, so white people first hired the Iriquois to start a genocide and eventually damn accomplished an annihilation. You see, to the natives, their culture was more important than the pain you could inflict or their own life. It wasn't PRIDE in their culture that drove them to do this, it WAS their CULTURE that they found even more important than themselves. Well, I AM THE NATIVE NOW, and my culture is also more important than my self. It's a culture that INCLUDES that genocide because we MUST remember the shitty things we've done and that we are capable of. They are right. White people ARE crazy, angry, over dominating assholes. That's why we put up monuments remembering both sides of our cultural conflicts because HAVING those conflicts is PART of our culture. American privelege is that we are designed to step on the throat of every motherfucker in our way. THAT is OUR culture. I can attest to this because I LITERALLY taught it to my children and my nephews. The nephews laugh. I can further attest to this because I know what I've caged inside my ENTIRE life. I keep the world safe from me. I am my own safety. What happens when a whole lot of very well trained people like me decide it's too much...that they've been pushed too hard...that their culture is NOT that flexible?

Free in America...

You, and the poorest person in America, are free to let all those people overpay you 350% for your wonderful product that you designed, built, made ridiculously famous, etc. I, and most of us, put other priorities before being that successful. However, that's more freedom than 90% of the world enjoys at this time in history, and we (the USA) made the WORLD this way, getting better every day. ;o) Also, any American has the freedom to become a CEO instead of a line worker. (The line worker is actually the free-er of the two, if you ask me.) Then, Workers wages have not been totally stagnant. We get much more for our money in some cases, we just pay a little more for the Mustang. But the truth is those wages have been balanced and kept in line with the economy. That's called a stable economy and you can rely on it year in, year out in America. Nobody is ever gonna come turn this libya into a bomb zone. You make more money when you garner more skill or recognize a more profitable role you can fulfill, or graduate to business ownership. It's a complex a system yes but it's FAR from oppressive. Then, on top of that we've added professional politician to the possible career path options, entertainment of ANY kind is overpaid. Advertising, JESUS CHRIST, don't get me started. There is freedom every where you look in America. It's a great age to be alive. I only wish I was better at taking advantage of it. ;o) Oh to make a quarter MILLION. But no, I have two more years of my last son in high school and I moved back to Lansing JUST for this. Work life balance for now. Makin serious dough starts in a few years when I can be absent.

Found a Michigan government rag...

Bridge: You’ve spent a year traveling the state talking about education. Has that experience made you more optimistic or more pessimistic about Michigan schools?

Wilcox: When I’m working with teachers and students, I’m very optimistic. But to be totally truthful, when I’m at the federal or state level, I sometimes feel less optimistic, because things tend to move slower in those realms. It’s hard to see the impact you’re having.

Tank: True dat.

Bridge: The State Board of Education gets a lot of criticism. There’s been rumblings about moving from an elected board to a board appointed by the governor. What’s been your experience serving on the board as teacher of the year?

Wilcox: Regardless of where they stand politically, you have people in that room who passionately care about education. The trouble is getting them aligned sometimes. The current state board has four Democrats and four Republicans. They tend to stick together with their parties when it comes to voting.

I sometimes wish that we would make it more about the students and less about politics. It’s not about voting with the other people who are in your party, it’s about voting the way that’s best for students in the state of Michigan. That goes for both parties.

I would advocate that there be several teachers in that group and giving them voting rights.

Tank: First, putting four teachers up there is just loading it with democrats. That's silly. If your reasoning isn't making it past party lines maybe you should look at the reasoning. Otherwise, agreed.

Bridge: You were in Washington, D.C. recently with the other state teachers of the year. You met with Betsy DeVos. Did you get a chance to talk to her?

Wilcox: The elephant in the room was school choice, because that’s one of her biggest platforms. I like to hold up East Kentwood High School as the right way to do schools. If you properly fund schools, you have kids who are poor, who come from single-parent families, and they have access to the best curriculum and the best teachers, that’s what public education is all about. That’s why we created public education, so that every family and every kid has the opportunity to be successful.

(I told her that) the concern I have about school choice is there are certain families who will have the resources and do the research to be able to utilize school choice, and what would that leave behind? Students who are naturally already disadvantaged in the system are now being further disadvantaged by the system of choice we have set up.

Tank: Phrased another way, "why do we let intelligent parents send their kids to good schools when there are all these other parents that don't give a shit. We need to hold those other kids back and make them eat the same shit that all the other kids are eating. Poorly managed, poorly secured, poorly aimed, and poorly executed, across the board. If you're in East fuckin Kentwood, I could see how that wouldn't make sense to you.

Bridge: School choice increases the opportunity gap?

Wilcox: Absolutely.

Tank: Here's the thing I dislike about the 12 years goold Mr. Wilcox has been teaching. Every year they get more and more wrapped up in supporting the elite smarties, supporting the elite dummies, and then the rest they leave to unmotivated mediocrity because they weren't special in ANY way. Not too smart, not too dumb...no attention at all. There is no OPPORTUNITY gap but they sure are filling the mediocre category with a bunch of white kids that feel like if they don't scream and cry nobody really cares about them.

Bridge: Where do you stand on standardized testing?

Wilcox: Within this year, I’ve changed my ideas about standardized tests. I think we’re putting too much emphasis on it. I don’t think we want to remove it, it’s a great accountability measure for schools. But if it’s the only accountability, then the schools and the teachers are going to narrow their focus toward that content, and in doing so, we’re doing a disservice to our students.

When you talk about standardized test, primarily what you’re measuring is content. And the more I think about it, ultimately, I just want my students to go out in the world and be successful. Content is just a small part of that. Creativity, collaboration and communication are just as important or more important to their later success. That’s not being measured right now on our standardized tests.

So what other accountability measures can we have to measure these other things? I know it’s harder, that’s why we don’t do it. But if we really want to value students being able to communicate and collaborate, let’s figure out a way to measure that. Because if you start to measure teachers and schools that way, guess what happens in classrooms – more of that stuff.

Tank: REALLY? After watching it RUIN hundreds of schools across the country for over a decade and you FINALLY come to this decision? Why is Mr. Wilcox teacher of the year again? Walking a party line or being a poster boy?

Bridge: It seems there’s another school shooting every month. What do you think about the solutions offered, such as arming teachers or hardening schools?

Wilcox: More security guards, metal detectors and bullet proof glass is completely the wrong approach. How does that make kids if they come into a school and have to pass through a metal detector and go past a security guard, and we have to do these active shooter drills, what kind of feeling does that give kids about school and the world? That’s concerning to me. School is supposed to be a safe place. I know the school-hardening folks think they are making schools safer, and I just don’t think that’s how these things play out.

Do we want kids thinking, “Man, there could be someone coming to shoot up my school?” That shouldn’t be on kids’ radar. I can worry about that as an adult, but kids shouldn’t worry about it. This school hardening thing is putting it right in their faces, they can’t ignore it.

And ultimately, that’s going to impact their learning in schools.

Tank: It teaches them the real world. They look too much like Christians and the whole world, including California and New York, HATE Christians. Welcome to a need to be on your guard. Welcome to a need for security. What you THINK doesn't matter because you aren't doing your reading. Do your reading Mr. Wilcox. Really, think it will impact them as much as their entire school caring more about standardized test results and funding then teaching any INDIVIDUAL child?

OMG funny shit...

OMG funny - https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral/videos/534262183634794/

Facebook swallowed my soul...I told you so...

Long ago I prediced facebook would swallow people's souls. I have confirmed this. I spend too much time there now and I care too much about it. Here is one of the things I put over THERE and not HERE!

https://www.dailywire.com/news/30053/kanye-tweets-about-democrats-being-party-slavery-amanda-prestigiacomo

Links

So, I've been doing the Facebook alternative lately, since nobody hears me here. ;o) But I find it doesn't save things as well as I like...

IQ scale...
https://iq-research.info/en/average-iq-by-country


Chicago kill tracking...
https://heyjackass.com/

Saving this because Digg is basically collecting everybody's wrong opinions...

I'm saving this here so in a year, after everything is fine DESPITE the tarriffs...I'll have it here...Digg, collecting everybody being wrong about Trumps trade decisions...

STEEL YOURSELVES

What Will The Real-World Effects Of Trump's Tariffs Be? Here's What's Going On

 Benjamin Goggin Mar 2 2018, 12:18 PM

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On Thursday, President Trump announced that he would impose harsh new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, taxing each by 25% and 10% respectively. President Trump says that that the move is in the interest of American jobs and the economy, but is that really the case? Here's what you need to know.

Trump Argues That The Tariffs Are In The Interest Of National Security, But They May Go Against It

The Trump Administration argues that the tariffs will address a trade deficit that undermines nationals security, but putting tariffs on military allies could create other national security issues.

The Trump administration is on more uncharted ground by basing the tariffs on national security concerns — Section 232 of a law enacted in the Cold War. The argument is that with domestic metals production undermined, the United States is left vulnerable in the event of conflict that disrupts trade flows.

Expect furious lobbying in the days ahead to try to persuade the president to exclude military allies’ metals from the tariffs. Defense Secretary James Mattis has warned that tariffs should be targeted so as not to damage relationships with allies, but it appears the president did not heed that advice.

[The New York Times] 

The Tariffs Will Affect Prices Of Everyday Items

The US is heavily reliant on foreign steel and aluminum for the production of everyday items. 90% of aluminum used in the US comes from other countries, while a third of steel used domestically is sourced from abroad. The tariffs will undoubtedly affect prices of everyday items.

Both metals are crucial raw material for autos, airplanes and appliances made in the United States. The construction, oil and utility industries use them for beams, pipelines and wires, as well as cans for food and drinks...

The tariffs by themselves will probably make ordinary items produced with aluminum — think beer cans and baseball bats — more expensive, assuming the companies that make them decide to pass the cost of the tax on to customers. History shows that's generally what happens.

[CNN Money]

The Move Could Slow Growth And Jobs

The new tariffs may save some jobs in the US steel industry, but they are also likely to slow economic growth and eliminate jobs in industries that rely on steel and aluminum.

If other countries hit core U.S. industries such as aerospace, that would ding growth. American consumers, the driving force of the U.S. economy, could also get angry if prices of many items jump... the jobs saved in one industry could be offset by jobs lost in other industries if prices rise and buyers dry up for items such as cars. Former president Barack Obama put a tariff on Chinese tires in 2009, but it backfired, many economists say. Obama touted the 1,000 jobs saved, but the Peterson Institute says that more than 3,000 jobs were lost in other industries.

[The Washington Post]

It's Unlikely That The Tariffs Will Have Their Desired Effect

Steel jobs in the US have greatly declined in the last 100 years, but Jeffry Bartash argues in MarketWatch that Trump's tariffs are unlikely to upend the trend, which he says are largely due to technological advances in steel production and recycling.

[A] stream of technological advances have spawned huge increases in productivity, allowing steelmakers to do more with fewer workers.

Steelmakers also gather up and reform scrap metal more than ever, a form of recycling that also requires fewer workers...

Higher tariffs have encouraged other US manufacturers to seek out cheaper substitute materials to avoid the higher cost of steel that often results. Or they’ve tried to pass the cost onto customers. And in the worst-case scenario they’ve had to reduce production or layoff workers to cope with higher steel prices.

[MarketWatch]

History Shows That Tariffs Generally Don't Help 

Charles Hankla argues in The Conversation that history shows that tariffs are generally counter-productive for the economy. 

Lawmakers, already in a protectionist mood, responded to the pain of the Great Depression by passing the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which raised duties on hundreds of imports.

Meant in part to ease the effects of the Depression by protecting American industry and agriculture from foreign competition, the act instead helped prolong the downturn. Many U.S. trading partners reacted by raising their own tariffs, which contributed significantly to shutting down world trade.

[The Conversation]

Most presidents have used quotas to help the steel market. In 2002, George Bush imposed tariffs on imported steel and was forced to rescind them.

Most presidents, including Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan, have used quotas — limits on the amount of steel that can be imported in a given timeframe — to help bolster the US steel industry. For instance, Johnson set a limit for steel imports of 5.75 million tons in 1969.

More recent presidents have also attempted to bolster the steel industry as well...Perhaps the most analogous case to Trump's broader tariff comes from President George W. Bush in 2002. Bush attempted to institute tariffs on steel products, ranging from 8% to 30%. After just over a year, Bush was forced to rescind the tariffs due to international backlash and negative economic consequences.

[Business Insider]

And Trading Partners May Retaliate Against American Industries — Particularly In Swing States

Reports over the last few weeks have said retaliation could take the form of tariffs on exports that hurt Republican states in particular, and put pressure on the GOP to get Trump to remove the tariffs. For example, tariffs or other restrictions could be imposed on exports of motorcycles made by Harley Davidson, which is headquartered in House Speaker Paul Ryan's home state. Kentucky bourbon has also been the subject of speculation, to hit Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's state. "The plan seems to be, let's go after Trump's allies, red states, make them pay a price," said one trade expert in Washington to wanted to remain anonymous.

[Washington Examiner]

Apart From Trade, Trump's Decision May Have Big Reverberations In The White House

President Trump announced the tariffs after a chaotic period of debate between his chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn, and trade hawk and adviser Peter Navarro. Politico reports that Cohn may leave his post as a result of the decision:

One person close to Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive, said he wouldn’t be surprised if he eventually left the chaotic and deeply exhausting administration as a result of the decision. A second person close to Cohn described it as a brutal blow that violated one of the NEC director’s core beliefs—that protectionism is economically backward and won’t lead to increased prosperity.

[Politico]

Finally! A SMART Teacher!

Here's a facebook post that needs to be read:

https://www.facebook.com/kellygraley/posts/10156224702772958

Okay, I’ll be the bad guy and say what no one else is brave enough to say, but wants to say. I’ll take all the criticism and attacks from everyone because you know what? I’m a TEACHER. I live this life daily. And I wouldn’t do anything else! But I also know daily I could end up in an active shooter situation.

Until we, as a country, are willing to get serious and talk about mental health issues, lack of available care for the mental health issues, lack of discipline in the home, horrendous lack of parental support when the schools are trying to control horrible behavior at school (oh no! Not MY KID. What did YOU do to cause my kid to react that way?), lack of moral values, and yes, I’ll say it-violent video games that take away all sensitivity to ANY compassion for others’ lives, as well as reality TV that makes it commonplace for people to constantly scream up in each others’ faces and not value any other person but themselves, we will have a gun problem in school. Our kids don’t understand the permanency of death anymore!!!

I grew up with guns. Everyone knows that. But you know what? My parents NEVER supported any bad behavior from me. I was terrified of doing something bad at school, as I would have not had a life until I corrected the problem and straightened my ass out. My parents invaded my life. They knew where I was ALL the time. They made me have a curfew. They made me wake them up when I got home. They made me respect their rules. They had full control of their house, and at any time could and would go through every inch of my bedroom, backpack, pockets, anything! Parents: it’s time to STEP UP! Be the parent that actually gives a crap! Be the annoying mom that pries and knows what your kid is doing. STOP being their friend. They have enough “friends” at school. Be their parent. Being the “cool mom” means not a damn thing when either your kid is dead or your kid kills other people because they were allowed to have their space and privacy in YOUR HOME. I’ll say it again. My home was filled with guns growing up. For God’s sake, my daddy was an 82nd Airborne Ranger who lost half his face serving our country. But you know what? I never dreamed of shooting anyone with his guns. I never dreamed of taking one! I was taught respect for human life, compassion, rules, common decency, and most of all, I was taught that until I moved out, my life and bedroom wasn’t mine...it was theirs. And they were going to know what was happening because they loved me and wanted the best for me.

There. Say that I’m a horrible person. I didn’t bring up gun control, and I will refuse to debate it with anyone. This post wasn’t about gun control. This was me, loving the crap out of people and wanting the best for them. This was about my school babies and knowing that God created each one for greatness, and just wanting them to reach their futures. It’s about 20 years ago this year I started my teaching career. Violence was not this bad 20 years ago. Lack of compassion wasn’t this bad 20 years ago. And God knows 20 years ago that I wasn’t afraid daily to call a parent because I KNEW that 9 out of 10 would cuss me out, tell me to go to Hell, call the news on me, call the school board on me, or post all over FaceBook about me because I called to let them know what their child chose to do at school...because they are a NORMAL kid!!!!!

Those 17 lives mattered. When are we going to take our own responsibility seriously?

How to help some folk out of the ghetto with that soros money...Work In Progress

Only in States where eviction laws are decent. Out in one month, not 12.

Help them buy a house far from the ghetto.
Require them to maintain it.
Watch the house. If maintenance isn't done, a Dad figure is engaged to come teach the children how to do it.
Remind them that if they take care of it and just come up with x dollars per month, they can buy it. To stay in it they have to maintain it. Repeated offenses will result in eviction.
Watch the house. If maintenance isn't done, a Dad figure is engaged to come teach the children how to do it.
Remind them that if they take care of it and just come up with x dollars per month, they can buy it. To stay in it they have to maintain it. Repeated offenses will result in eviction.

And they tell us there isn't some conspiracy around twitter...bullshit.

Candace Owens goes from left to right in no time flat...listen to this. I haven't heard anything so specific. A representative of Twitter calls her from the antiharassment arm. "You're going to ruin everything", she says.