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Elite School Will Offer a Day Off for Students Distressed by Election

One of New York City’s elite private schools told families on Thursday that “students who feel too emotionally distressed” the day after Election Day will be excused from classes, and that psychologists will be available during the week to provide counseling.

In a section of an email to members of the school’s community headed “Election Day support,” Stacey Bobo, principal of the upper school at the institution, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, said that it “acknowledges that this may be a high-stakes and emotional time for our community.”

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Trump ordered the overthrow of the Venezuelan Maduro regime in 2019 — and the CIA botched it -report

For the world’s crummiest anti-American dictators, sometimes it’s not just the art of the deal for them in relations with President Trump. The left has criticized Trump for talking to dictators for deals, but now it’s obvious that Trump as president was willing to do more than just talk.

Actually, Trump could play as hard and dirty as the dictators do — no deals, pal — and in his first term, he did.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump, USA, Venezuela, WTF?

TMU’s med school told to clean up their racist and dangerously lax admissions standards

Ford demands TMU’s new med school educate qualified students ‘regardless of their race’

Premier Doug Ford is demanding Ontario’s newest medical school educate qualified individuals “regardless of their race or background,” amid backlash over the school’s plan to loosen academic qualifications and screen out prospective students by race or status.

Toronto Metropolitan University’s new medical school in Brampton is expecting more than 5,000 applicants for 94 spots, of which three-quarters will be designated for students who are Black, Indigenous, or from “equity-deserving” groups. The latter include those who identify as LGBTQ, disabled, poor, and “racialized people.” It has also loosened certain common academic requirements.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Affirmative Action", WTF?

Why postwar rationing helped boost the health of baby boomers

The rationing that lasted for almost a decade beyond the end of World War Two took its toll on British morale, but it may have had a long-lasting positive effect on the health of baby boomers, a study has found.

People born during the years when sugar and sweets were rationed, which lasted until 1953, grew up to have a 35 per cent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes and a 20 per cent lower risk of high blood pressure by the time they reach their fifties and sixties, researchers have discovered.

Carrot on a stick?

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Distraught Rosie O’Donnell ‘on verge of pills’ at prospect of a Trump victory

Actress Rosie O’Donnell has claimed she is on the verge of taking pills as she continues to worry that former President Donald Trump will beat Vice President Kamala Harris in this year’s presidential election.

The 62-year-old comedian shared her thoughts on the election in a lengthy rant posted to TikTok on Tuesday, in which she referred to the former president as an ‘orange dumpster fire’ and a ‘hate-rally manager.’

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Pollster Frank Luntz: Biden May Have Lost the Election for Kamala

President Biden’s recent remark labeling Trump supporters as “garbage” has rocked the 2024 race, and pollster Frank Luntz told CNN on Wednesday it could hand Donald Trump the election.

“The Harris campaign is trying to downplay the effect of those comments. Of course they are,” CNN’s Brianna Keilar noted on Wednesday. “But I wonder if you think that those comments are going to move voters.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024, WTF?

Mounties in B.C. raid ‘largest and most sophisticated’ drug lab in Canadian history

Mounties in British Columbia have discovered the “largest and most sophisticated” drug-production laboratory in Canadian history, federal investigators announced Thursday, describing the facility as a “super lab” operated by international organized criminals.

The facility, located east of Kamloops in the rural community of Falkland, was capable of producing several kilograms of methamphetamine, fentanyl and MDMA per week, David Teboul, an assistant commissioner with the federal RCMP in the Pacific region, announced at a news conference in Surrey.

I smell diversity.

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After Biden calls Trump voters ‘garbage,’ Harris campaign says women around Trump are weak, dumb

Two days after President Biden called former President Donald Trump’s supporters “garbage,” a top campaign surrogate for Vice President Kamala Harris implied women around the Republican presidential nominee were weak and dumb — though he later walked back his statement after it sparked widespread fury.

“Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever,” billionaire Mark Cuban said on ABC’s “The View” Thursday.

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