The really sad thing is that the loudly caring voice of empathetic Dem “centrists” does nothing to ease the pain of the minorities whose plights Dem leaders like to bemoan.
I don’t think business as usual is much more feasible or probable as secession by blue States. Cheato will spend the next four years making sure he is never brought to account, I.e. remains Ruler for life.
There are problems with our educational system. But the MAGA definition of "bias" is teaching anything that MAGA doesn't approve of. As with most of MAGA, it's jumping from the frying pan to the fire.
The idea that your perception of yourself is any less removed from the reality of what you are than that of a fat person, an anorexic or anyone else, is itself an exercise in creating/maintaining the gulf between perception and reality of oneself.
Per PZ...
This suggests that a person who has a self-image of themselves as an angel also has the biological reality of being an actual fucking angel... therefore angels and gods are real. A person who has a self-image of themselves as overweight also has the biological reality of being actually overweight, therefore anorexics should be on severe diets. A person who has a self-image of themselves as Joan of Arc reincarnated has the biological reality of being Joan of Arc. After all, it's in their brains, right? And brains can't possibly be wrong about self-image or belief...
This is beyond stupid. PZ needs to smoke less crack or something. Seriously. You can't possibly be taking this seriously, can you? Because the implication of THIS being true is that if Joe wakes up on Sunday and feels that his fluctuating gender has changed, and Joe is now Jenny... that Jenny has now spontaneously developed a uterus, fallopian tubes, cervix, and a complete rearrangement of his internal organs, and his penis, testicals, prostate, etc. have magically atrophied overnight and disappeared.
PZ's "explanation" is magical thinking on a scale that should make Tolkein proud. It's damned near biblical.
This is delusional.
Lead with? They were independent actions, not a queue. The hush money case is simply the one he was least able to obstruct. And what was weak about it? The payment existed. The campaign reporting laws required them to be reported, they weren't. The law exists specifically for going after those who cover up improper financial transactions, what's so wrong about using it to go after someone who did exactly that. I do have a problem with it being civil, though.
Once again, a case where there's no way he could have been convicted had he not incriminated himself in defending himself. Before he came along my position was that long ago rapes were virtually certain not to be provable--but twice now we have had high profile defendants who have convinced me of their guilt. The women didn't prove to me that they were raped, the defendants convinced me that they raped the women. He even brags about grab them by the pussy--that is at a minimum sexual assault and if there's any penetration that's rape.
That's a problem with the 14th. I don't like what Colorado did, but the 14th doesn't define a standard of proof. It needs fixing. That can only be fixed by a constitutional amendment or by SCOTUS yeeting it as insufficiently defined.
Peaceful dissolution is as ridiculous a concept as the Libertarian Party. California was purchased *cough* from Mexico by the US Government, as was most of the county in the Louisiana Purchase. The domain over the land is undoubtedly Federal.
It must be nice to arbitrarily decide what you will and won't think that matters when it comes to Constitutional Law.
Even Massachusetts would have issues with a "peaceful" separation from the country, internally. Outside, the Red States need the Blue States. Much in the way the Blue States need the Red States. People aren't going to stand by and watch one half or more of the national GDP leave.
I know. Too bad they don’t know that. We subsidize them.
No, they don’t.
In fairness, Mexico stole it first.
Yup. Realistically, you have to--but inspect your priests. And compare what they say to what other priests say, especially hostile priests.
It's worse than that--the important stuff is actually understood at a one in millions level. Most of us can only apply what the few developed. It's always been that way--look at the scientific greats of history. Much of it is obvious once it's been explained, but to figure it out in the first place takes a very unusual mind.
In many cases verification isn't all that hard--just compare what both sides say. But it's still harder than believing the answer you want.
Yup, which is why the scientific community works--the people trust that the fakes won't stand the test of time. Unfortunately, it's not so reliable in the shorter term, it takes time for the fakes to be exposed.
Great thing about EuroChristians colonialism.
1) You'll notice the inclusion of *cough* in my statement.
The point was that the US purchased it, which gives the Federal Government domain over it. The State of North Dakota didn't buy itself from the United States. It is just a border.
I think each case needs to be looked upon within its own context and how it flows with the rest of Constitutional Law. You can't flip off 19th Century Constitutional Law and justify such a decision by referencing Dobbs.
As long as we don't want to eat and heat our homes, you might have a point.
You are calling for whimsical fantasy.
I understand. MAGAs suck. But so do left-wing radicals. This is a thread about the "Dem Post Mortem" which is about where the Democrats went wrong, not only during the 2024 campaign but more generally in recent years . A circle jerk about how much MAGAs suck (and which most of us agree with on here) is not really relevant to this exercise, nor is it helpful to improving the Democratic Party.
California Tries to Close the Gap in Math, but Sets Off a BacklashEducation Week said:
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MAGAs are being nominated to several Cabinet positions in Trump's Administration. RFK Jr as the fucking HHS Secretary. Granted, a good deal of his bullshit has more Venn overlap with the far left, but the Democrats would never have put him in charge of a food stand, let alone the Department of Health and Human Services!
I can only speak to what I've seen with my nieces and my daughter and math is more involved and better suited for critical thinking than it was 25 years ago. And 25 years ago, it wasn't that bad.
The shifting of smart kids outside of classrooms isn't thought of being a great idea anymore. That doesn't mean the school doesn't enrich the talented in reading and/or math. I can attest to that personally / anecdotally.
This doesn't say what you think it says. It means Carlos is going to count apples. Amy is breaking bananas up into dozens. Ahmed is on a train going from Albany, NY to somewhere better than Albany, NY.
You are reading too deeply into some of this. They aren't getting rid of Calculus. They are allowing the kids that aren't going to be doing the harder maths, to focus on other maths. This isn't about supplanting calculus with word problems on cultural appropriation.
People have been conquering each other's territories since time immemorial. That's neither unique to European societies nor to Christian ones.
No disagreement here, but this is not the thread for this. There is already a thread on Trump's appointments, and several on the aftermath of the Trump victory more generally. This thread is about "Dem Post Mortem", i.e. analyzing where Dems went wrong and how things can be fixed for 2026 and 2028.
I do not see much evidence of that. I do some tutoring on the side, and critical thinking skills are lacking. For most students, if they have not seen the very same problem before, they struggle to apply the concepts they have learned to a problem that is differently stated. And don't get me on the overuse of calculators. I've even caught one student type in "*1" because the equation had a factor that happened to be 1. Just to be sure, I guess.
What do you mean "shifting ... outside of classrooms"? They'd still be in classrooms, but it is a good idea for students to take classes based on ability, rather than lumping everybody in the same classrooms. Whetehr or not that is fashionable in certain circles or not.
What do you even mean by this example?
I did not say they were getting rid of it. Although they might, just like they tried getting rid of 8th grade algebra. But they are certainly deemphasizing it and instead emphasizing inserting leftist politics into math class.
