Editor’s Note: We apologize for the above graphic. This is the second time in the last few months where our graphics guy said “you want a graphic for what? Are you nuts?” There is just no good graphic image that we could come up with other than this.
Marc Schack is a paraeducator at Shady Grove Middle School in Montgomery County, Maryland.
We had not heard of the term “paraeducator” before, but according to Wikipedia:
Paraprofessional educators generally assist teachers in the classroom, supervise students outside of the classroom, or provide administrative support for teaching.[2] Job duties range from filling teaching positions to supplementing regular classroom curriculum with additional enrichment activities for students. Other positions include classroom aides, special education aides, school library technical assistants, and tutors.
(We suppose the term “teacher’s aide” was not technical or important enough sounding.)
Here are some of the highlights from the bill as described in the article:
Section 1005 of the bill offers “socially disadvantaged” farm owners total debt forgiveness of up to hundreds of thousands of no-strings dollars per farmer. But white men needn’t apply. The bill’s definition of “socially disadvantaged,” drawn from elsewhere in federal law, limits aid to racial groups who faced historic discrimination.
You may have read last week that Hasbo decided to end “Mr. Potato Head” and instead just go with “Potato Head.”
The outcry from people shook the foundation of the toy world – especially as Hasbro was still making Mrs. Potato Head. (Furthermore, think about the children of the couple …. the tator tots.)
Hasbro has changed its mind and Mr. Potato Head will remain.
Hold that Tot – your main spud, MR. POTATO HEAD isn’t going anywhere! While it was announced today that the POTATO HEAD brand name & logo are dropping the ‘MR.’ I yam proud to confirm that MR. & MRS. POTATO HEAD aren’t going anywhere and will remain MR. & MRS. POTATO HEAD pic.twitter.com/6I84KrxOLQ
It hard to imagine whose half baked idea it was to end Mr. Potato Head in the first place. No matter what, the mashing together of toys and woke-ness is never a good thing. Whoever approved it should be stuffed and fried.
CALGARY — Early rising Albertans with an eye to the sky got a treat Monday morning.
A massive, but short-lived fireball streaked across the sky at 6:24 am.
Seconds later what lit up the sky was lighting up social media as people started reviewing their security cameras and dashcams and posting the video they caught.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package early Saturday — the sixth COVID bill passed since the pandemic began a year ago.
The vote around 2 a.m. ET was 219-212.
Two Democrats voted against their party’s plan: U.S. Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Kurt Schrader of Oregon. Both lawmakers also opposed a $3 trillion bill last May that ultimately failed.
Golden issued a statement defending his decision.
“During challenging times, the country needs its elected leaders to work together to meet the most urgent needs in their communities,” Golden said, according to The Associated Press. “This bill addresses urgent needs, and then buries them under a mountain of unnecessary or untimely spending.”
Republicans contend that the bill is essentially a “wish list” for Democrats: (more…)
California Assembly Members Evan Low and Cristina Garcia have fixed all the myriad issues in the golden state of California and are proposing a bill that would require stores to only have unisex areas for children – no “boys” or “girls” sections.
They are serious about this as well. For stores with over 500 employees, the fine for not complying would be $1000 a day.
Last week, Assembly Members Evan Low (D–Cupertino) and Cristina Garcia (D–Los Angeles) introduced a bill that would require retailers to offer their toys and childcare products in a gender-neutral format.
Brick-and-mortar shops would have to display the majority of their products and clothing aimed at children in one undivided, unisex area on the sales floor. They’d also be barred from putting up signage that would indicate whether a product was intended for a boy or girl. (more…)
We haven’t done one of these in awhile but this letter to the editor at the Florida Today newspaper caught our eye.
Guns, God and a well-regulated militia
Mr. Piowaty’s letter of Feb. 18 makes a statement that obfuscates the main issue of the Second Amendment.
“A well regulated militia” is the key opening clause that you people want to overlook. Who regulates all these gun owners who think themselves a militia? As explicitly stated in Art. 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, ” … reserving to the States respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the Militia …” It couldn’t be clearer.
Can you imagine what those yahoos who broke into the Capital would have done if they had carried guns?
And, just what are your God-given rights? Guns didn’t exist when Jesus walked the earth and assault guns didn’t exist when the Constitution was written. (more…)
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
