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• Closing the achievement crap

  
  DetentionSlip.org — Authority: 102
  Germantown High School (Tennessee) principal Ted Horrell recently apologized to parents and students for describing the schools black students as "less smart" than their white counterparts based on the state report card. Ok Ted, how about some remedial Educational Assessment 101...achievement tests and intelligence ...
  5 hours ago

• The Wise Guys admit it - after 3 months

  
  monkeyshine nutworks — Authority: 411
  Remember the post TRAI should be renamed ITIAT, where I had highlighted the stupid, short-sighted moves of the Telecom Ministry/Department/Regulator to restrict 100 SMS per day per SIM card? Apart from the idiocy of restricting SMS numbers even for personal use, I had explicitly highlighted that Medium and Small ...
  4 days ago

• A National Eccentricity Index

  
  idiolect — Authority: 98
  Ive been wondering if it would be remotely possible to measure the amount of eccentricity in a culture. In particular, Im wondering about the historical trend in number of people who are "characters" - ie the distinctly usual. Anecdotally, Ive been told that 60 years ago there were more people who marched to the beat ...
  5 days ago

• IQ tests are racist, except when they’re used to “prove” that people with “socially conservative ideologies” are racist and intellectually inferior.

  
  Fausta's Blog — Authority: 117
  Taranto correctly came to the above conclusion by reading about the Live Science article, Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice . Here in Princeton I have met several liberal geniuses who, when they find out I’m a capitalist libertarian (and definitely not what they consider liberal), are ...
  6 days ago

• The useful idiots of the past and who are the useful idiots of today; Tony Benn?

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 119
  A few weeks ago I heard a very interesting radio programme on BBC Radio 4 about the useful idiots who propagandised on behalf of Communist Russia in order to protect the name of Communism: refers to Western journalists, travellers and intellectuals who gave their blessing – often with evangelistic fervour – to ...
  1 week ago

• Meep meep!

  
  WNBTv - will not be televised — Authority: 416
  Cmon, guys. Its my turn to drive! We are sincere in our empathy for those of you who found something, anything else to occupy your Monday evening instead of the recursive loop as described by the alternating drivers of the GOP clown car. We certainly wish we had fired up and listened to some music instead. ...
  1 week ago

• Why Somalians?

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 119
  One of the noticeable features of immigration under the last labour government was the appearance of Somali men, women and children all over London. It always struck me as odd as Somalia had no real connection with the UK, it was never part of the British Empire for example. Historically Kenyans (especially Kenyan ...
  1 week ago

• Gothams over dependence.

  
  Experts Guide To Idiocy — Authority: 92
  I employed the artistic talents of my good friend and band-mate Fraser for this accurate representation of how molly coddled Commissioner Gordon from the Batman franchise is. (If you dont know who Commissioner Gordon is you probably need to stay in more) For more Poke fun making, sneaky grins and humour that ...
  1 week ago

• Brain Damage–Is Religion Wrecking People’s Thinking?

  
  biblioblography — Authority: 98
  Cross posted @ the Atheist Oasis (Hat tip to Religion Gone Crazy for this) Theres someone in my head but its not me. And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes Ill see you on ...
  1 week ago

• Why I Love The Republican Party!

  
  Blogging Blue — Authority: 596
  Because you just can not make these stories up! 1. As many of you know, BloggingBlue went dark yesterday to protest SOPA. Well it turns out that one of the authors of this insane bill, Rep. Lamar Smith (R- Texas), was caught violating his own bill. Isn’t it funny when a Republican calls for a law against ...
  1 week ago

• Regulatory Czar wants to use copyright protection mechanisms to shut down rumors and conspiracy theories

  
  Watts Up With That? — Authority: 695
  Guest Post by Alec Rawls As Congress considers vastly expanding the power of copyright holders to shut down fair use of their intellectual property, this is a good time to remember the other activities that Obama’s “regulatory czar” Cass Sunstein … Continue reading →
  1 week ago

• Tea Party Intruders: Kids Edition (Update)

  
  Blogging Blue — Authority: 596
  I posted the other day About the Tea Party Intruders, a group of unvetted , anonymous people that the Big government Wisconsin republicans have unleashed on the people of Wisconsin, especially those who signed the recall petitions(as is their Constitutional right)! The plan is to put every name who signed the ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Hampshire Republicans hate their women

  
  CaroLINES — Authority: 121
  New Hampshire lawmakers want to ensure that women have no health services and also provide better protections for perpetrators of domestic violence . In a press conference today,  House Speaker Bill OBrien (R-Mont Vernon) said "We have to make sure that women, especially poor women, cannot gain access to any ...
  2 weeks ago

• Limits to Idiocy? Posted by John Stossel

  
  INTERMEX FINANCIAL — Authority: 436
  Today I was shocked to see the new Mercedes Benz advertising campaign: Daimler Great. Mercedes goes Communist? It had something to do with a new web application that is supposed to make it easier for people to car pool. Car pools-sharing-Communism-Che Guevera and Revolution...get it? And Che is so good looking! I ...
  2 weeks ago

• ME!

  
  Experts Guide To Idiocy — Authority: 92
  I decided this post would be a little more about me why I started this blog and what its for. Im Dan, Yes you probably knew that. Im 25 Ive been married for 5 years (6 in June) to a wonderful enduring wife, Becky. I am not neuro-typical, Im generally described as weird and I embrace it. I tend to think too much about ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rebuttal

  
  WNBTv - will not be televised — Authority: 416
  In response to Andrew Sullivan’s latest essay regarding President Obama: “…How would you have reacted in 2008 if any Republican ran promising to do the following? (1) Codify indefinite detention into law; (2) draw up a secret kill list of people, including American citizens, to assassinate without due ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bummer: Shifting Climate May Be Linked To Pandemics

  
  Pirate's Cove — Authority: 624
  Everybody panic! ( HuffPost Politics ) A shifting global climate pattern could portend a flu pandemic, and possibly an opportunity to stop the virus early, a study suggests. The link, according to researchers, is weather’s influence on the migratory patterns of wild birds, the primary pool for human flu. And ...
  2 weeks ago

• My Thoughts on SOPA & PIPA

  
  The International House of Spicer — Authority: 112
  Ive made my stance on copyright infringement and "piracy" clear in the past. A person who creates art and entertainment has rights to that created work. There is a moral and legal obligation to protect those rights. A creative person puts a lot of hard work and time into their creation, and so they have the right ...
  2 weeks ago

• SOPA Post

  
  Brendan Calling — Authority: 94
  I’m too lazy to figure out how to black out my site to protest the thoroughly idiotic and destructive SOPA and PIPA bills, which would allow the government, and more importantly the corporations who really run the world like Comcast and Time Warner, to censor the Internet. Instead, I’ll just tell you this: if you ...
  2 weeks ago

• What A Surprise!

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 121
  Metro (the only regional government of its kind in the USA, and for good reason) "runs" the Oregon Zoo, Oregon Convention Center, Portland Centers for the Performing Arts and Portland Expo Center. Collectively, these four entities lost nearly $19 million last year. Hey, theyre government-run, so what do you ...
  2 weeks ago

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