I came across this is little story today, it's not breaking news. I suspect that a member of the housekeeping staff knows something about the bomb threat that required the sweep for weapons.
According to police in Secaucus, the bomb threat — which later was determined to be bogus — was called in to Hudson Regional Hospital on July 18. During a search, bomb detection dogs led investigators to an unlocked office closet containing dozens of firearms.
Among the weapons were 11 handguns and 27 rifles or shotguns, according to police. The closet also contained a .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine that was determined to be an assault rifle, and a 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine.
The arrested the guy the next day.
What the heck do you think this guy was doing? It sounds very ominous that he was keeping those weapons there.
Heard Montana's Senator Testa: US would love to retrieve this Chinese balloon in one piece rather than gathering hundreds pieces scattered over miles. US spy satellites tracking its every moves gathering data. More info to come.
I don't like the idea of the US gov spying on Americans either but I guess the Patriot Act opened many more doors.
Yes, I believe the Chines have been collecting data via TikTok. I read on another site, that likely wouldn't meet your standards, that the US military was likely blocking any data collection by the balloon(s), and were hoping to capture it intact. Blowing it out of the sky would have make retrieval unlikely.
The United States shot down a Chinese spy balloon on Saturday that had spent the last week traversing the country, American officials said, an explosive end to a drama that put a diplomatic crisis between the world's two great powers onto television screens in real time.
The balloon, which spent five days traveling in a diagonal southeast route from Idaho to the Carolinas, had moved off the coast by midday Saturday and was over the Atlantic Ocean. The Federal Aviation Administration had paused departures and arrivals at airports in Wilmington, N.C., and in Myrtle Beach and Charleston in South Carolina, which the agency said was meant to "support the Department of Defense in a national security effort.”
Show me the evidence this is being done. Prove to us that this is even a real problem. With your reasoning, you can assume that CRT ideology is being introduced into Sunday school classes...just because YOU say it is. If the Tucker Carlsons of the world make this stuff up to sell their advertiser's products, why do you believe it's true?
I made no claim that it's being done because I said so. I could say that it doesn't mean it isn't because you said so.
The type of content that was initially included and then removed by DeSantis was in line with CRT. Hence he had it removed. So there's evidence right there.
As I said before. The ideology or tenents of CRT can be intergected into almost everything. It's an "idea" for lack of a better word.
One does not need to suscripbe to everything in Mein Kampf to have Nazi ideals. I'm sure you would agree.
A comparison would be like if a school was teaching eugenics but not "master race" then someone said that Mein Kampf was being taught in k to 12. Then people said, "there's no evidence that Mein Kamph is being taught". Which would be true because there is far more in that book than just these 2 examples.
However the ideals are being taught. So no, the actual course, complete with a syllabus and grade break down is not being taught, but the ideals are. This is a common disingenuous claim from the far left and deflection at best.
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"For example, NBC News published an article titled, "Teaching critical race theory isn't happening in classrooms.” Similar claims were aired by the PBS News Hour, the New York Times, Salon and various regional news outlets (while, in the UK, the Guardian stated firmly, "CRT is not being taught in K-12 schools, which teach students from five to 18 years old”). A New York Times article asserted, "Education leaders, including the National School Boards Association, deny that there is any critical race theory being taught in K–12 schools.” Such articles often supported this claim by asserting that CRT is solely a legal theory—taught only in higher education—as an "advanced scholarly framework ... focused on race inequality and the law.”"
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The confusion in these articles has presumably resulted partly from how people are defining the term CRT. Some people are using it to refer only to the full academic legal theory, while others are using it as shorthand for the elements of that theory that are being taught to children as facts. Another source of confusion is that many journalists—and even many teachers—are simply unaware that the concepts being taught are CRT tenets—and that they have been introduced into K–12 education by CRT scholars who specialise in teacher training (so-called CRT educators).
Yes, I believe the Chines have been collecting data via TikTok. I read on another site, that likely wouldn't meet your standards, that the US military was likely blocking any data collection by the balloon(s), and were hoping to capture it intact. Blowing it out of the sky would have make retrieval unlikely.
Yes the Chinese are collecting data via TicTok and have been. That is why Trump wanted to ban the app which was still in legal process and Biden dropped it. I hope that we were blocking data collection from the balloon but like I said I don't hold out much hope from this administration based on all their previous (in)actions. IMO the Chinese were doing this for some purposes which can't be anything good!!
As a white person, I have no problem with children learning about slavery, the Klan and lynching, redlining, poll taxes, the mass incarceration of persons of color, and segregation.
I think that one political party, the Republicans are attempting to remain in power via voter disenfranchisement and gerrymandering.
I do think that there is a problem with policing in our country and that persons of color, especially black men, are targeted. Do I think all police are corrupt? No, but I think too many are.
As a white person, I have no problem with children learning about slavery, the Klan and lynching, redlining, poll taxes, the mass incarceration of persons of color, and segregation.
I think that one political party, the Republicans are attempting to remain in power via voter disenfranchisement and gerrymandering.
I do think that there is a problem with policing in our country and that persons of color, especially black men, are targeted. Do I think all police are corrupt? No, but I think too many are.
I have no issues with your first paragraph either.
Where I take issue is telling children, especially young children that the color of their skin determines if they are an oppressor or a victim. Or that a person who has a certain skin color is somehow guilty for crimes committed by people that look like them, who they didn't even know.
The dark history of racism and other topics can be taught and should be taught to children. However it should be done as factual and void of political agenda. Age appropriate should be considered as well. Telling a young child the gruesome details of the atrocities such as lynching hanging etc who are not phycologically mature enough can cause significant harm.
Telling young black children that police are out to kill them for fun isn't the answer either. But educating all children/young adults about proper behaviors when confronted by police may save their lives. Promoting values and morals from parents to minimize the risk that some children could go on to commit crime. This will help reduce the chance that they encounter one of these bad officers to almost 0.
Telling young black children that police are out to kill them for fun isn't the answer either. But educating all children/young adults about proper behaviors when confronted by police may save their lives. Promoting values and morals from parents to minimize the risk that some children could go on to commit crime. This will help reduce the chance that they encounter one of these bad officers to almost 0.
You honestly believe that there is a black or brown parent that hasn't had "the talk" with their child? Do you have any evidence at all, that a lack of values and morals led to the deaths of Freddy Gray or Tyre Nichols? You insist on placing blame for bad cop behavior on the victims. What do you base that on?Let me guess, you probably blame the victims of rape on what they were wearing.
You honestly believe that there is a black or brown parent that hasn't had "the talk" with their child? Do you have any evidence at all, that a lack of values and morals led to the deaths of Freddy Gray or Tyre Nichols? You insist on placing blame for bad cop behavior on the victims. What do you base that on?Let me guess, you probably blame the victims of rape on what they were wearing.
Okay. I said nothing of the sort. I did not remotely come close to blaming any victim of any crime. And deflecting to suggesting that I would blame rape victims is inappropriate.
Are you suggesting that the people you mentioned didn't get the talk?
I was simply saying some universal education on the subject with children and youth could help prevent some tragedy. It might be worth finding put what is included in the talk as well. For everyone, not just " black and brown" parents.
However I did say that parenting in a way in which a child will be less likely to have encounters. Is one way to go about it.
Really you could disagree with me and say why. You don't need to make a personal attack like suggesting I would blame a rape victim or any victim because I have a different opinion than you.
Really you could disagree with me and say why. You don't need to make a personal attack like suggesting I would blame a rape victim or any victim because I have a different opinion than you.
Saying that educating the victim will decrease their likelihood for assault is blaming them. Have you at any point suggested that educating law enforcement that they should not administer so blows to a suspect as to cause death? That would go a long way to prevent tragedy.
I have no issues with your first paragraph either.
Where I take issue is telling children, especially young children that the color of their skin determines if they are an oppressor or a victim. Or that a person who has a certain skin color is somehow guilty for crimes committed by people that look like them, who they didn't even know.
The dark history of racism and other topics can be taught and should be taught to children. However it should be done as factual and void of political agenda. Age appropriate should be considered as well. Telling a young child the gruesome details of the atrocities such as lynching hanging etc who are not phycologically mature enough can cause significant harm.
Telling young black children that police are out to kill them for fun isn't the answer either. But educating all children/young adults about proper behaviors when confronted by police may save their lives. Promoting values and morals from parents to minimize the risk that some children could go on to commit crime. This will help reduce the chance that they encounter one of these bad officers to almost 0.
You have absolutely no evidence that young children are being taught what you claim. This is just manufactured by far right people who fell for conspiracy theory quality of the "news." Teachers aren't sadists except in your world.
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I don't like the idea of the US gov spying on Americans either but I guess the Patriot Act opened many more doors.