Via Twitchy:
We’ve done quite a few posts on the Chicago Teachers Union. All the way back in December, the union tweeted that “the push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny.” Union members in January refused to go back to the classrooms Monday until the buildings were safe. A couple of weeks later, the union voted to teach from home Monday rather than return to school.
And in a really bizarre twist, teachers a couple of days later posted a video of interpretive dances to “express their desire to feel safe” upon returning to classrooms.
Have they been moved to the front of the line for vaccinations? We’re not sure, but we’d put money on it.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 8:31 pm | Comments
Via NY Post:
The Wisconsin cop who shot Jacob Blake in August is back on the job after returning from administrative leave.
Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey returned to duty on March 31, Police Chief Daniel Miskinis said in a statement Tuesday.
The white officer was not charged for shooting Blake seven times during a domestic dispute. Blake was armed with a knife and Sheskey believed he would be stabbed, prosecutors found.
Police brass said the officer was following departmental policy when he shot Blake in the back, leaving him paralyzed.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 8:02 pm | Comments
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I’ve only been saying this for a year…
Via MSN:
The photos of Clearwater Beach, Fla., went viral last spring: people crowded on the sand, seemingly unconcerned about the deadly new contagion coursing across the world. Local officials, accused of fueling a public health crisis, quickly shut 35 miles of county beaches and left them closed for weeks.
What a difference a year makes. The beaches were even busier this year, but officials say there were no talks of closure. There was also far less outcry.
And with good reason, according to many scientists and public health experts, who say that the outdoor spaces now warming under spring sun should be viewed as havens in the battle against a stubborn virus and restriction-induced fatigue. For more than a year, the vast majority of documented coronavirus clusters have been linked to indoor or indoor-outdoor settings — households, meatpacking plants, nursing homes and restaurants. Near-absent are examples of transmission at beaches and other open spaces where breezes disperse airborne particles, distancing is easier, and humidity and sunlight render the coronavirus less viable.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 7:06 pm | Comments
Via Politico:
President Joe Biden proposed a potential meeting “in the coming months” with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a call between the two leaders on Tuesday.
Biden suggested a summit meeting “in a third country,” according to a summary of the call released by the White House. It did not include Putin’s reaction to the offer.
It was one of several topics raised during the conversation, according to the readout. The White House said that Biden “emphasized the United States’ unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” amid rising tensions between that country and Russia.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 6:00 pm | Comments
Via NPR:
Kim Potter, the Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, has resigned. Potter had served 26 years on the force before the fatal encounter Sunday where officials said she mistakenly fired her handgun instead of her Taser.
Police Chief Tim Gannon, who on Monday released the body camera footage and characterized the shooting as an “accidental discharge,” has also stepped down.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott announced the resignations at a news conference Tuesday.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 5:33 pm | Comments
Via Reuters:
MOSCOW, April 13 (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday called the United States an adversary and told U.S. warships to stay well away from Crimea “for their own good”, calling their deployment in the Black Sea a provocation designed to test Russian nerves.
Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and two U.S. warships are due to arrive in the Black Sea this week amid an escalation in fighting in eastern Ukraine, where government forces have battled Russian-backed separatists in a conflict Kyiv says has killed 14,000 people.
“The United States is our adversary and does everything it can to undermine Russia’s position on the world stage,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was cited as saying by Russian news agencies.
“We do not see any other elements in their approach. Those are our conclusions,” the agencies quoted him as saying.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 5:33 pm | Comments
Via Yahoo:
Apr. 13—SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s gubernatorial campaign has paid at least $62,500 as part of a settlement with a former staff member who had accused her of sexual mistreatment during a staff meeting, according to documents filed Monday.
The payments went to a law firm representing James Hallinan, a spokesman for Lujan Grisham during her 2018 general election campaign.
The five monthly payments of $12,500 are outlined in a campaign finance report filed late Monday by Lujan Grisham’s campaign with the Secretary of State’s Office. They are listed as legal expenses, with one payment a month from November through March.
It wasn’t clear Monday how many payments might also be made in future months as part of the settlement agreement.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 5:00 pm | Comments
Rob | April 13, 2021 4:31 pm | Comments
Poor choice of words…
Via NY Post:
President Biden once spoke admiringly about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “absolutely enormous balls” — and illustrated his remarks with an indecent gesture, according to a report Tuesday.
The incident, which reportedly took place before an official event in Rochester in 2015, was recounted to the New York Times Magazine by a Cuomo aide who spoke at the time with Biden, then the nation’s vice president.
“Can I tell you my favorite thing about the governor?” Biden reportedly said.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 4:04 pm | Comments
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Thousands of kids living under bridge like common trolls thrilled to hear.
Via WAPO:
When Vice President Harris visited a woman-owned yarn shop in Alexandria last month, she mentioned a little-known fact about herself that left the fiber arts community a bit giddy.
The new vice president is a crocheter.
“I was raised by a mother who said ‘I am not going to let you sit in front of that television doing nothing.’ And so I have crocheted more afghans than I can tell you,” Harris said while visiting the store. “And our daughter is a knitter.”
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Rob | April 13, 2021 3:00 pm | Comments
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Via Breaking 911:
BRANFORD, CT — Police in Branford were taking on gunfire in a residential neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
Police responded to a call of shots fired around 12:30 p.m. local time near Main Street and Cherry Hill.
Roads in the area were closed and a SWAT team was called in. Video from the scene showed officers taking cover as a flurry of gunfire is heard.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 2:29 pm | Comments
Satirical or true?
Via BabylonBee.com:
U.S.—Media organizations across the country announced today they are relieved to be covering the good kind of riots again, now that people are looting Targets for justice again instead of protesting their government.
“It was pretty rough there for a while,” said Rachel Maddow. “We had to cover the dark days of the violent insurrection. But now that people are stealing Nikes to protest racial injustice, we can return to feel-good reporting about the good riots that are happening.”
“It’s just the Spring of Love around here!” she added happily.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 2:00 pm | Comments
Tell Liberals it cures COVID, they’ll believe anything.
Via The-Sun:
The implants built by California-based Neuralink will one day allow those with physical disabilities to control a computer with their thoughts.
The company released a video last week of a brain-chipped monkey apparently playing video games with its mind.
Similar technology could make its way to human test subjects by the end of the year if the start-up meets a previous prediction from Musk.
The billionaire Tesla boss tweeted in February: “Neuralink is working super hard to ensure implant safety & is in close communication with the FDA.
“If things go well, we might be able to do initial human trials later this year.”
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Via NYP:
Minnesota police arrested more than 50 protesters and looters during the second night of violence over the deadly shooting of Daunte Wright — with a TV reporter forced to flee on-air amid an apparent volley of shots.
Police made the mass arrests as hundreds defied a 7 p.m. curfew in Brooklyn Center, attacking riot police who responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash grenades.
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Rob | April 13, 2021 12:03 pm | Comments
Via Hot Air:
If there’s one thing that unites activists the political left and the political right, it’s … grift. From ultra-nationalists to Marxists, eventually someone figures out how to use organizing to get rich. This time around it’s the turn of Black Lives Matter activists, who are shocked, shocked to find their founder and leader Patrisse Khan-Cullors buying up high-end real estate with seven-figure price tags:
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Rob | April 13, 2021 11:36 am | Comments
