More maddening and epic stupidity from the language cops who are trying to erase the very notion of “gender” from the English language. The American Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has issued guidance on the proper terminology when speaking or writing about the act of breastfeeding.
WTF?
wtf
AOC rips ‘talking inferiority complex’ Tucker Carlson for mocking rape fears
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back at Tucker Carlson late Friday after the Fox News host mocked her for recently saying that she feared she would be raped during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
In an interview released earlier in the week, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, said that she was scared at the time that pro-Trump rioters might rape or kill her after breaching the Capitol building.
Tucker just trivialized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's genuine fear of being raped on January 6: "Get a therapist, honey" pic.twitter.com/Wn96huBWOE
— Kat Abu (@abughazalehkat) August 13, 2021
I’M SHOCKED!
WTF?
Publishers withdraw more than 120 #GibberishPapers on #ComputerScience; Computer-generated nonsense, most of the fake papers have authors with #Chinese affiliations https://t.co/4b6gRsM6N8
— davrola (@davrola) August 14, 2021
When it rains it craps – Update
Last night….
Computer fritzed or not can’t be sure. May be the the graphics card could be the monitor but I have no way of knowing.
I dug out an old box to test the monitor. Soon as I plugged it in – Zap! It fried.
Now I am working on my old and very slow laptop and hoping it stays alive long enough to get this mess sorted out.
Anyone know how I might be able to test the monitor without being hooked up to a computer? It has power but does not present any menus for calibration etc.
Update – I am only marginally ahead of where things stood last night and still hoping it is simply a monitor problem.
To that end I have purchased a new one which I will pick up when the local Bestbuy opens at 11 am.
They have a nice enough looking BenQ on sale for 250 bucks, that’s with 150 off, hope it performs as well as the reviews say it does.
I am praying it is not a graphics card issue as it seems all AMD cards are sold out locally and am wondering if like all things chip related the “industry shortages” have also impacted their production. My main box runs on AMD not Intel.
My decrepit laptop is holding up so far, 1 of 3 USB ports operable. I did try hooking up my laptop to the old monitor via a HDMI cable last night to no avail. Maybe it is the monitor but given the state of my laptop I can’t be certain the HDMI connector isn’t also fritzed. It’s also AMD and is simply not suited as the daily workhorse at any rate.
If it’s not the monitor at least I’ll have a backup for the future.
The trans takeover of schools
Teachers in Scotland are being told to ‘affirm’ the trans identities of four year olds.
‘Trans’ is a magic word. It is impervious to science, common sense and even to concerns about the safeguarding of children. The Scottish government has now released guidance entitled Supporting Transgender Pupils In Schools, which instructs teachers to affirm, unquestioningly, children’s trans or non-binary identities from the age of four.
Bryn Mawr College Professor Declares America a “Failed Experiment” Created Just “For White People”
Chanelle Wilson is an assistant professor of education and director of Africana Studies at the affluent all-women’s Bryn Mawr College. She is the author of a new book on teaching critical race theory and anti-race practices at universities. On a recent podcast, Wilson offered a glimpse into those teachings which include the “fact” that America is a failed experiment that has done nothing for any group other than white people.
‘Fact-checking’ site Snopes admits multiple PLAGIARISM cases by its own co-founder and CEO
Snopes bills itself as “the internet’s definitive fact-checking resource” and a beacon of truth against “misinformation.” However, the website’s co-founder has just been caught publishing dozens of plagiarized articles.
David Mikkelson co-founded Snopes in 1994, and the website has become a key player in the online information wars in recent years. Its supporters see it as a bastion of level-headed truth against an onslaught of partisan “misinformation,” while its detractors see it as yet another biased liberal outlet masquerading as a neutral ‘fact-checker’.
Cheezus.Cuomo impeachment probe suspended after governor resigns despite ‘credible’ evidence of wrongdoing
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie will “suspend” the impeachment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying that the probe was unneeded after the scandal-scarred executive announced his intention to resign, even though it had found evidence of misconduct.
“[T]he Assembly will suspend its impeachment investigation upon the governor’s resignation taking effect on August 25,” Heastie said in a statement released by his office Friday, in a decision that he said was backed by his fellow Democrats, who control the chamber.
That sure smells like a fix.
‘Gender unicorn’ trans toolkit tells Colorado teachers to keep kids’ identity confusion from parents if child is over 11
The second-largest school district in Colorado has reportedly informed teachers to use a “gender unicorn” to understand transgender students and not tell parents if their children are showing gender confusion at school.
Jefferson County Public School district is using a toolkit called ‘Toolkit for Supporting Transgender & Gender Expansive/Nonconforming Students’ to educate teachers on how to handle the thorny issue of gender confusion among students.
WTF?
Furious road rage suspect hurls ax into woman’s windshield after first ‘chasing her off the freeway and blocking her escape’
WATCH: Video was just released of a driver, reportedly already wanted for crimes, hurling an ax at a driver in a road rage incident in Shoreline, WA.
This incident happened on July 27 and he was arrested three days later after an investigation. pic.twitter.com/z7mgeVNhZt
— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 12, 2021
BLM could not be reached for comment as they were attending a real estate investment course
🚨Graphic Footage: An employee at a Los Angeles shoe store was fatally shot in broad daylight over a pair of sneakers.
This is Newsom’s California. pic.twitter.com/tuTTJRzfel
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) August 12, 2021
‘My boys are not monsters’: Mother of two brothers charged with shooting dead Chicago cop Ella French is arrested as she livestreams her attempt to barge and kick her way into hospital room
The mother of accused Chicago cop killers allegedly kicked a hospital security guard in the groin and wrestled with police officers during her arrest after she barged into the hospital where one of her sons is being treated.
In one of three first-person Facebook live videos – posted under the name ‘Marsia Outofthebox Braidy’ – a woman is heard telling nurses, ‘I want to see my son. Emonte Morgan.’
The woman in the video is presumably Evalena Flores, 41, whos outfit and appearance in the videos match the mugshots. Police said the videos are ‘of interest to our investigation.’
I’m told this is the mother of the brothers who killed Ella French. She stormed into the hospital in an attempt to see her sons: pic.twitter.com/E9SCiVSymk
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) August 11, 2021