top of the heap to third world status in one generation
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not true,go to hawaii or alaska
weed is damn sure cheaper than here. trade you a % of gas cost for a % of weed prices...
54% 0f the vote? Nope.
Biden Harris pelosi numbers seem accurate.
Why the Christian idea of hell no longer persuades people to care for the poor
Hell-themed Halloween attractions play on people’s fears. The early depictions of hell were meant to use fear as a moral guide to help others.
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Poor student achievement and near-zero accountability: An indictment of Illinois’ public education system
Poor student achievement and near-zero accountability: An indictment of Illinois’ public education system – Wirepoints Special Report | Wirepoints
The data Wirepoints presents in this report represents an absolute dereliction of duty by those who run Illinois’ public schools. Just 7% of Rockford’s black, 16% of Decatur’s white, and 11% of Elgin’s Hispanic 3rd-graders can read at grade level.
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This report focuses on Decatur School District 61 because it’s arguably the poster child for the education system’s failures. Just 9 percent of Decatur’s 3rd-grade students can read at grade level. And every year the district graduates hundreds of students who are grossly unprepared for either college or a career.
It’s the same story everywhere
Decatur may be the poster child for the education system’s failures, but it’s far from the only example. The same story of poor student achievement and near-zero accountability can be seen across the state.
Take, for example, reading proficiency for black 3rd-graders in 2019. In Rockford, just 7 percent were proficient. In Dolton SD 149, 7 percent. In Cahokia, 5 percent. In Peoria, 8 percent.
Same for Hispanic 3rd-graders. In Elgin, just 11 percent could read at grade level. In Waukegan, 16 percent. In Aurora East, 13 percent. Harvard SD 50, 9 percent. And it’s not just minorities who are failing. Just 15 percent of white 3rd-graders in East Alton could read at grade level. In Quincy, 28 percent. In Mount Vernon, 25 percent. And in Plano, 11 percent.
Chicago Public Schools outcomes, while higher, still leave only a quarter of the district’s 330,000 kids able to read or do math at grade level.
too many people have realized that hell is right here on earth with us. is there anything worse than waking up one morning to realize that your children (whom you've worked your ass off for) have grown up to be self-centered sociopaths, or that your wife (whom you would have cheerfully died fighting to protect) no longer has any more interest in you than she has for last weeks newspapers, which she doesn't read anyway... a friend of mine had this happen. his wife said she was tired of being married & took him for "her half" of all he had worked for. he told me "if i had killed her instead of marrying her, i'd have been out of jail years ago, and been much happier..." she cheated on him long-term with a neighbor "because you're always at work!" after she'd been on him to "work all of the overtime you can get, because we need the money..."Why the Christian idea of hell no longer persuades people to care for the poor
Hell-themed Halloween attractions play on people’s fears. The early depictions of hell were meant to use fear as a moral guide to help others.
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How the FBI Destroyed the Careers of 41 Women in TV and Radio
At the dawn of the Cold War era, dozens of progressive women working in radio and television were placed on a media blacklist and forced from their industry. Carol Stabile explores this shameful period in American history.
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A bacterium found on a remote Pacific island first became the obsession of a Punjabi microbiologist. It then became a wonder drug that gave hope to millions around the world — A new story from India to the world, each week on FiftyTwo.in
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How Can the New Cold War with Russia End?
A new Cold War with Russia does not bode as well as the previous one. It will not end victoriously with a “unipolar moment.” It might not end at all.
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We have yet to deal with China and Taiwan, to come on the horizon as Ukraine fizzles out.
Geoff Young: Peace Candidate Who Wants to Abolish CIA Wins Democratic Primary in Kentucky - CovertAction Magazine
Geoff Young came of age politically as a student at MIT in the mid 1970s where he took political science courses with Noam Chomsky and Louis Kampf that opened his eyes to the evils of U.S. imperialism and to the U.S. government’s contempt for international law. Now, decades later, Young stands a...
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Another tankie.Geoff Young: Peace Candidate Who Wants to Abolish CIA Wins Democratic Primary in Kentucky - CovertAction Magazine
Geoff Young came of age politically as a student at MIT in the mid 1970s where he took political science courses with Noam Chomsky and Louis Kampf that opened his eyes to the evils of U.S. imperialism and to the U.S. government’s contempt for international law. Now, decades later, Young stands a...
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Another ill informed comment from someone who has yet to learn how to correctly use the language.
