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Post by WLJ » Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:30 pm

As if we needed more evidence WHO's head is up it's ass

Okay, they're rethinking it, which is good. But how the F did they think in the first place that Mugabe would make a good goodwill ambassador????????

WHO chief now ‘rethinking’ Mugabe ‘goodwill ambassador’ post
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Post by WLJ » Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:36 pm

I can't tell what's satire anymore.

My liberal white male rage: What should I do about it?
https://www.salon.com/2017/08/26/my-lib ... -about-it/
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Post by WLJ » Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:31 am

Call me old fashion, but if you're pregnant it's a pretty good guess you're a woman.
The UK government objected to the term “pregnant woman” in a United Nations treaty, claiming the term “excludes” transgender people who give birth and should be replaced with “pregnant people,” reports said Sunday.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/23 ... eople.html
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Post by Dustin » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:41 am

WLJ wrote:Call me old fashion, but if you're pregnant it's a pretty good guess you're a woman.
The UK government objected to the term “pregnant woman” in a United Nations treaty, claiming the term “excludes” transgender people who give birth and should be replaced with “pregnant people,” reports said Sunday.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/23 ... eople.html
So I tell people that I'm pregnant instead of fat ?
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Dustin wrote:
WLJ wrote:Call me old fashion, but if you're pregnant it's a pretty good guess you're a woman.
The UK government objected to the term “pregnant woman” in a United Nations treaty, claiming the term “excludes” transgender people who give birth and should be replaced with “pregnant people,” reports said Sunday.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/23 ... eople.html
So I tell people that I'm pregnant instead of fat ?
You mean you're not pregnant?
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Post by iron369 » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:38 pm

WLJ wrote:Call me old fashion, but if you're pregnant it's a pretty good guess you're a woman.
The UK government objected to the term “pregnant woman” in a United Nations treaty, claiming the term “excludes” transgender people who give birth and should be replaced with “pregnant people,” reports said Sunday.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/23 ... eople.html
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iron369 wrote:
WLJ wrote:Call me old fashion, but if you're pregnant it's a pretty good guess you're a woman.
The UK government objected to the term “pregnant woman” in a United Nations treaty, claiming the term “excludes” transgender people who give birth and should be replaced with “pregnant people,” reports said Sunday.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/23 ... eople.html
We are no longer allowed to even be in possession of “Men working” signs for roadway advanced warnings. They must say “people working” or just “road work ahead”.
well do they actually have to be WORKING to put the sign up?? .......No

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Post by Dave1965 » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:49 pm

truth in advertising

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Dave1965 wrote:
iron369 wrote:
WLJ wrote:Call me old fashion, but if you're pregnant it's a pretty good guess you're a woman.
The UK government objected to the term “pregnant woman” in a United Nations treaty, claiming the term “excludes” transgender people who give birth and should be replaced with “pregnant people,” reports said Sunday.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/23 ... eople.html
We are no longer allowed to even be in possession of “Men working” signs for roadway advanced warnings. They must say “people working” or just “road work ahead”.
well do they actually have to be WORKING to put the sign up?? .......No
Nope but we couldn’t get the sign shop to make the”Couple guys sitting in a truck poking on their phones while your stuck in traffic “ fit on the orange 36” diamond signs. Go figure.
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iron369 wrote:
Dave1965 wrote:
iron369 wrote:
WLJ wrote:Call me old fashion, but if you're pregnant it's a pretty good guess you're a woman.
The UK government objected to the term “pregnant woman” in a United Nations treaty, claiming the term “excludes” transgender people who give birth and should be replaced with “pregnant people,” reports said Sunday.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/23 ... eople.html
We are no longer allowed to even be in possession of “Men working” signs for roadway advanced warnings. They must say “people working” or just “road work ahead”.
well do they actually have to be WORKING to put the sign up?? .......No
Nope but we couldn’t get the sign shop to make the”Couple guys sitting in a truck poking on their phones while your stuck in traffic “ fit on the orange 36” diamond signs. Go figure.
Of course I type this sitting in a truck on the side of the road poking on my phone.
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Father of newborn baby accused of selling heroin in maternity ward
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GREENSBURG, Pa. —
A man is accused of selling heroin in his girlfriend's hospital room the same day she had given birth to their child.
While conducting a traffic stop on North Main Street Thursday, police noticed drug paraphernalia in the car in plain view.

The occupants of the car said they purchased the heroin from a man, later identified as Cody Hulse, in a room at Excela Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg. The room was in the maternity center.
Police and hospital security went to the room and spoke with Hulse, who admitted to having heroin in his pocket and delivering it to people who were in the room.
Police said a zip bag in Hulse's pocket had 34 bags of suspected heroin, needles, rubber bands, a spoon and empty bags. There was one bag of suspected heroin as well as four empty bags in his wallet, police said.
Hulse's girlfriend and girlfriend's mother both said they did not know he had heroin in the room.
Hulse's girlfriend had given birth to their child the same day.
Hulse is charged with delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of children.
He is being held in the Westmoreland county Prison.
The hospital issued the following statement Friday:
“We appreciate the efforts of the City of Greensburg Police Department. Excela Health’s Security team works cooperatively with local and state law enforcement on an ongoing basis to help insure our healthcare is delivered in a safe environment for patients, visitors and employees.”
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Post by WLJ » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:50 am

They don't mention the price but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they were north of $1,000

These High-Fashion ‘Thong Jeans’ Leave Little To The Imagination
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Post by rustynuts » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:12 pm

WLJ wrote:They don't mention the price but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they were north of $1,000

These High-Fashion ‘Thong Jeans’ Leave Little To The Imagination
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/th ... d35bc99820
Ten dollars at Walmart and a pair of scissors will get you the same thing.

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Post by WLJ » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:16 pm

This takes the cake

White privilege bolstered by teaching math, university professor says
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/24/wh ... -says.html
By Robert Gearty, Fox News

A math education professor at the University of Illinois says the ability to solve geometry and algebra problems and teaching such subjects perpetuates so-called white privilege.
Rochelle Gutierrez laid out her views on the subject in an article for a newly published anthology for math educators titled, “Building Support for Scholarly Practices in Mathematics Methods.”

“School mathematics curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean Theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans," she says, according to Campus Reform.

She also says that addressing equity in mathematics education will come when teachers can understand and negotiate the politics outside the classroom.
“On many levels, mathematics itself operates as whiteness. Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as white,” she writes.
Further, she says mathematics operates with unearned privilege in society, “just like whiteness.”
Mathematics itself operates as Whiteness.
- Rochelle Gutierrez
Gutierrez did not respond to an email from Fox News Tuesday seeking comment.
University of Illinois interim Provost John Wilkin told Fox News that Gutierrez is an established and admired scholar who has been published in many peer-reviewed publications.
“As with all of our faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Prof. Gutierrez has the rights of academic freedom necessary to pursue scholarship and research on important subjects and to reach conclusions even if some might disagree with those conclusions,” he said.
He added, “The issues around equity and access in education are real – with significant implications to our entire educational system. Exploring challenging pedagogical questions is exactly what faculty in a world-class college of education should be doing.”
In the book Gutierrez points out that mathematics operates as a proxy for intelligence, but asks, “are we really that smart just because we do mathematics?”
“As researchers, are we more deserving of large grants because we focus on mathematics education and not social studies or English?”
'WITNESSING WHITENESS' INFLUENCING LESSONS FOR CHILDREN AT ST. LOUIS SCHOOL
Gutierrez says evaluations of math skills can perpetuate discrimination against minorities, especially if they do worse than their white counterparts, Campus Reform reported.
“If one is not viewed as mathematical, there will always be a sense of inferiority that can be summoned” because the average person won't necessarily question the role of mathematics in society, she writes.
According to the website, Gutierrez adds that there are so many people who “have experienced microaggressions from participating in math classrooms… [where people are] judged by whether they can reason abstractly.”
NEW YORK PUBLIC COLLEGE OFFERING COURSE CALLED 'ABOLITION OF WHITENESS'
Her solution is a call for teachers to develop political "conocimeinto," or knowledge, to better prepare them in deciding on what learning opportunities work best for their students.
The book, published by Information Age Publishing, is a collaborative effort among more than 40 educators who teach mathematics methods courses for prospective pre-K‐12 teachers.
Fox News' Caleb Parke contributed to this report.
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Post by rustynuts » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:48 am

I have never associated mathematics with being white. Never.

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Post by Dave1965 » Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:20 am

I think perhaps that professor should consider the ancient Egyptians use of math in constructing lots of large structures.

For those who might not recall, Egyptians could claim African American status if they came to the US.

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Post by WLJ » Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:30 pm

Go to the comments section for a classic right-wing nutjob vs left-wing nutjob pissing match.
Both are making my head hurt.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/1 ... -cover-up/

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rustynuts wrote:
WLJ wrote:They don't mention the price but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they were north of $1,000

These High-Fashion ‘Thong Jeans’ Leave Little To The Imagination
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/th ... d35bc99820
Ten dollars at Walmart and a pair of scissors will get you the same thing.
Dumpster diving is free.
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WLJ wrote:This takes the cake

White privilege bolstered by teaching math, university professor says
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/24/wh ... -says.html
By Robert Gearty, Fox News

A math education professor at the University of Illinois says the ability to solve geometry and algebra problems and teaching such subjects perpetuates so-called white privilege.
Rochelle Gutierrez laid out her views on the subject in an article for a newly published anthology for math educators titled, “Building Support for Scholarly Practices in Mathematics Methods.”

“School mathematics curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean Theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans," she says, according to Campus Reform.

She also says that addressing equity in mathematics education will come when teachers can understand and negotiate the politics outside the classroom.
“On many levels, mathematics itself operates as whiteness. Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as white,” she writes.
Further, she says mathematics operates with unearned privilege in society, “just like whiteness.”
Mathematics itself operates as Whiteness.
- Rochelle Gutierrez
Gutierrez did not respond to an email from Fox News Tuesday seeking comment.
University of Illinois interim Provost John Wilkin told Fox News that Gutierrez is an established and admired scholar who has been published in many peer-reviewed publications.
“As with all of our faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Prof. Gutierrez has the rights of academic freedom necessary to pursue scholarship and research on important subjects and to reach conclusions even if some might disagree with those conclusions,” he said.
He added, “The issues around equity and access in education are real – with significant implications to our entire educational system. Exploring challenging pedagogical questions is exactly what faculty in a world-class college of education should be doing.”
In the book Gutierrez points out that mathematics operates as a proxy for intelligence, but asks, “are we really that smart just because we do mathematics?”
“As researchers, are we more deserving of large grants because we focus on mathematics education and not social studies or English?”
'WITNESSING WHITENESS' INFLUENCING LESSONS FOR CHILDREN AT ST. LOUIS SCHOOL
Gutierrez says evaluations of math skills can perpetuate discrimination against minorities, especially if they do worse than their white counterparts, Campus Reform reported.
“If one is not viewed as mathematical, there will always be a sense of inferiority that can be summoned” because the average person won't necessarily question the role of mathematics in society, she writes.
According to the website, Gutierrez adds that there are so many people who “have experienced microaggressions from participating in math classrooms… [where people are] judged by whether they can reason abstractly.”
NEW YORK PUBLIC COLLEGE OFFERING COURSE CALLED 'ABOLITION OF WHITENESS'
Her solution is a call for teachers to develop political "conocimeinto," or knowledge, to better prepare them in deciding on what learning opportunities work best for their students.
The book, published by Information Age Publishing, is a collaborative effort among more than 40 educators who teach mathematics methods courses for prospective pre-K‐12 teachers.
Fox News' Caleb Parke contributed to this report.
Well if her theory is correct how is it that she is teaching the class w that last name ?

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Post by WLJ » Sat Oct 28, 2017 10:38 am

Well you knew this was coming
“The plaques in our sanctuary make some in our presence feel unsafe or unwelcome," leaders said, a reference to the fact that Washington was a slaveholder.
"Some visitors and guests who worship with us choose not to return because they receive an unintended message from the prominent presence of the plaques.”
George Washington's Church Says Plaque Honoring First President Must Come Down
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Eireguy wrote:
WLJ wrote:This takes the cake

White privilege bolstered by teaching math, university professor says
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/24/wh ... -says.html
By Robert Gearty, Fox News

A math education professor at the University of Illinois says the ability to solve geometry and algebra problems and teaching such subjects perpetuates so-called white privilege.
Rochelle Gutierrez laid out her views on the subject in an article for a newly published anthology for math educators titled, “Building Support for Scholarly Practices in Mathematics Methods.”

“School mathematics curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean Theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans," she says, according to Campus Reform.

She also says that addressing equity in mathematics education will come when teachers can understand and negotiate the politics outside the classroom.
“On many levels, mathematics itself operates as whiteness. Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as white,” she writes.
Further, she says mathematics operates with unearned privilege in society, “just like whiteness.”
Mathematics itself operates as Whiteness.
- Rochelle Gutierrez
Gutierrez did not respond to an email from Fox News Tuesday seeking comment.
University of Illinois interim Provost John Wilkin told Fox News that Gutierrez is an established and admired scholar who has been published in many peer-reviewed publications.
“As with all of our faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Prof. Gutierrez has the rights of academic freedom necessary to pursue scholarship and research on important subjects and to reach conclusions even if some might disagree with those conclusions,” he said.
He added, “The issues around equity and access in education are real – with significant implications to our entire educational system. Exploring challenging pedagogical questions is exactly what faculty in a world-class college of education should be doing.”
In the book Gutierrez points out that mathematics operates as a proxy for intelligence, but asks, “are we really that smart just because we do mathematics?”
“As researchers, are we more deserving of large grants because we focus on mathematics education and not social studies or English?”
'WITNESSING WHITENESS' INFLUENCING LESSONS FOR CHILDREN AT ST. LOUIS SCHOOL
Gutierrez says evaluations of math skills can perpetuate discrimination against minorities, especially if they do worse than their white counterparts, Campus Reform reported.
“If one is not viewed as mathematical, there will always be a sense of inferiority that can be summoned” because the average person won't necessarily question the role of mathematics in society, she writes.
According to the website, Gutierrez adds that there are so many people who “have experienced microaggressions from participating in math classrooms… [where people are] judged by whether they can reason abstractly.”
NEW YORK PUBLIC COLLEGE OFFERING COURSE CALLED 'ABOLITION OF WHITENESS'
Her solution is a call for teachers to develop political "conocimeinto," or knowledge, to better prepare them in deciding on what learning opportunities work best for their students.
The book, published by Information Age Publishing, is a collaborative effort among more than 40 educators who teach mathematics methods courses for prospective pre-K‐12 teachers.
Fox News' Caleb Parke contributed to this report.
Well if her theory is correct how is it that she is teaching the class w that last name ?
Can SHE be more racist? People good at moth and ones that invented it are white so nobody should do it" bwhahahaha. Please please please kill yourselves, seriously please suffocate yourselves at home so you are easily cleaned up and the world can be better for it.

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Eireguy wrote:
WLJ wrote:This takes the cake

White privilege bolstered by teaching math, university professor says
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/24/wh ... -says.html
By Robert Gearty, Fox News

A math education professor at the University of Illinois says the ability to solve geometry and algebra problems and teaching such subjects perpetuates so-called white privilege.
Rochelle Gutierrez laid out her views on the subject in an article for a newly published anthology for math educators titled, “Building Support for Scholarly Practices in Mathematics Methods.”

“School mathematics curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean Theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans," she says, according to Campus Reform.

She also says that addressing equity in mathematics education will come when teachers can understand and negotiate the politics outside the classroom.
“On many levels, mathematics itself operates as whiteness. Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as white,” she writes.
Further, she says mathematics operates with unearned privilege in society, “just like whiteness.”
Mathematics itself operates as Whiteness.
- Rochelle Gutierrez
Gutierrez did not respond to an email from Fox News Tuesday seeking comment.
University of Illinois interim Provost John Wilkin told Fox News that Gutierrez is an established and admired scholar who has been published in many peer-reviewed publications.
“As with all of our faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Prof. Gutierrez has the rights of academic freedom necessary to pursue scholarship and research on important subjects and to reach conclusions even if some might disagree with those conclusions,” he said.
He added, “The issues around equity and access in education are real – with significant implications to our entire educational system. Exploring challenging pedagogical questions is exactly what faculty in a world-class college of education should be doing.”
In the book Gutierrez points out that mathematics operates as a proxy for intelligence, but asks, “are we really that smart just because we do mathematics?”
“As researchers, are we more deserving of large grants because we focus on mathematics education and not social studies or English?”
'WITNESSING WHITENESS' INFLUENCING LESSONS FOR CHILDREN AT ST. LOUIS SCHOOL
Gutierrez says evaluations of math skills can perpetuate discrimination against minorities, especially if they do worse than their white counterparts, Campus Reform reported.
“If one is not viewed as mathematical, there will always be a sense of inferiority that can be summoned” because the average person won't necessarily question the role of mathematics in society, she writes.
According to the website, Gutierrez adds that there are so many people who “have experienced microaggressions from participating in math classrooms… [where people are] judged by whether they can reason abstractly.”
NEW YORK PUBLIC COLLEGE OFFERING COURSE CALLED 'ABOLITION OF WHITENESS'
Her solution is a call for teachers to develop political "conocimeinto," or knowledge, to better prepare them in deciding on what learning opportunities work best for their students.
The book, published by Information Age Publishing, is a collaborative effort among more than 40 educators who teach mathematics methods courses for prospective pre-K‐12 teachers.
Fox News' Caleb Parke contributed to this report.
Well if her theory is correct how is it that she is teaching the class w that last name ?
Also if all thr people that are good at it are all whote then you must suck as a teacher if you aren't churning out minorities as equals. Stop blaming everyone but yourselves for the problems you believe exist.

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