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Thousands Protest Tuition Hike at UC Berkeley

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:19:44 GMT

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Getty photo by Mark Ralston / November 19, 2009 ) College staff members are escorted by police officers from a vehicle blocked by students during a protest against an increase in student fees at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. The University of California Board of Regents approved a 32 percent tuition increase.

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After two days of marches, protests and rallies about 100 students at UC Berkeley have occupied Wheeler hall, a building on the Berkeley campus. The students moved into the building after the UC Regents voted to raise fees over 32%. Student and faculty supporters have surrounded the building.

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University of California students' walkout. Photo:UPI

According to KGO there have been at least 41 arrests, including one professor.

“They are using batons on them. They physically abused them and after that they arrested them,” said student Raul Hernandez, according to KGO.

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protesters who occupied a campus building to protest skyrocketing tuitions have been arrested and removed

John Ziegler: “AP Blows it in Palin Book Analysis”

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:59:23 GMT

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John Ziegler: “AP Blows it in Palin Book Analysis”

Second of all, Palin’s analysis of what really happened with the now infamous (and totally misunderstood) Couric and Gibson interviews could not be LESS whiny — it is instead full of fact-filled writing that finally provides the full story of what really happened in the way that only a book can do (my documentary, which I am told Palin handed to her collaborator and said “here, this is what happened” could only provide a foundation of understanding that is magnified in much greater detail in Going Rogue).

The bottom line is that the AP is either purposefully or out of their own profound unconscious bias, badly missing the most important points of Sarah Palin’s book. Considering the role the mainstream media played in creating the need for her to write this book in the first place, that should not be a big surprise.

John Ziegler: “AP Blows it in Palin Book Analysis”

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:59:23 GMT

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John Ziegler: “AP Blows it in Palin Book Analysis”

Is bicycling safer than driving?

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:43:24 GMT

clipped by: jklugman
clipper's remarks: On this forum, a participant misuses statistics to show that bicycling is safer than driving. These statistics do not prove anything about the inherent safety of either mode of transportation.

(the first comment is a sarcastic response by an anti-bicyclist commenting on a Philadelphia bicyclist who got critically injured by a car on a busy intersection).

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I am so confused. I just can't imagine why anyone would think that riding a bike in the city is dangerous. The bike rider's injurys may be serious but they can't be as bad as the poor guy driving the truck.

It isn't, compared to driving a car. 43,443 Americans were killed in auto accidents in 2005 versus 784 cyclists.

Tags: bicycling, teaching-statistics, statistics-teaching, rates, comparisons, denominator

How dangerous is cheerleading? No one knows.

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:31:39 GMT

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Cheerleading accounts for 65% of all female catastrophic injuries in high school and college, according to the University of North Carolina's National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the number of injuries from cheerleading accidents has more than quadrupled in 25 years. Another report put the number of cheerleader emergency room visits in 2007 at 26,786.

Risk-assessment experts say it's hard to get a handle on the perils of cheerleading. For one thing, nobody knows how many cheerleaders there are. Estimates say there are about 400,000 public high school cheerleaders, but the NCAA doesn't track participation (it's not considered a sport) and the number of cheerleaders on private teams isn't known.

Tags: teaching-statistics, statistics-teaching, denominator, percentages, social problem, social-problems

How dangerous is cheerleading? No one knows.

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:31:39 GMT

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Tags: teaching-statistics, statistics-teaching, denominator, percentages, social problem, social-problems

Air Force Vet Breaks Silence on What Hit Pentagon on 911

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:37:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another oddity he noted was the story of young Israeli citizens, in this country illegally, who had set up a tripod camera on the roof of the warehouse where they worked and trained their camera on the Twin Towers shortly before the attacks. Witnesses told police the boys celebrated the attacks by joyfully jumping and slapping hands. Police held the men overnight and they were returned to Israel the next day. All this was reported in the mainstream media, but the story was immediately dropped. How did these Israelis know where to be and when to film the Trade Center disaster?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzl3juBt2Z8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtorXLa2JrE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS89vNH-eeY

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Air Force Vet Breaks Silence on What Hit Pentagon on 9-11

A veteran Air Force mechanic called to help clean up the Sept. 11, 2001 explosion at the Pentagon says the U.S. government’s blaming a plane for the damage makes no sense. The evidence was staged, he said.

The scene at the Pentagon “doesn’t look right,” the airman said. “There was only a piece of engine and sections of landing gear on the ground. It was like they were placed there. Where were the wings? Tail section? We expected to find a lot of debris but there was very little.”

There were “two massive engines” from planes that had, according to the government, penetrated the Pentagon “but the holes were too small” for that to be true, the airman said. The holes in the Pentagon were of the size made by Predators—the remote-controlled spy planes used in Iraq and Afghanistan—he said.

His “first instinct” is still with him. The airman told AMERICAN FREE PRESS: “We attacked ourselves to set up the invasion of Iraq.”

Tags: 911

How to Put a Baby Elephant to Sleep

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:29:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't worry, it's not that other meaning!

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How To Put A Baby Elephant To Sleep

The author (right) with the baby elephant “Faa Mai” in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Azriel Cohen delves into the world of animal communication with The Elephant Whisperer in Northern Thailand.

A decade ago, if you would have talked to me about communicating with animals I would have said you were nuts.

Unexpectedly over the last few years, my studies and work in the field of conflict resolution has led me to theories that link conflict between humans to conflict between humans, animals, and the natural world.

When you communicate with an animal you will likely experience a “zone” that is unlike what you normally feel in communication with humans. The closest experience might be the non-verbal awareness of holding a baby or being with a lover.

It is an embodied physical experience. In this space we are tuned into our sensations. Our intuition guides us.

American Heritage- Slavery, Democrats, amendments, KKK

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:14:01 GMT

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American Heritage- Slavery, Democrats, amendments, KKK

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D9-P2-1:00
African American history is a procession of progress, mostly during Reconstruction period. 0:53
First civil right act was the 13th amendment, where 100% Republicans voted to end slavery and only 23% Democrats voted to end slavery. 1:09
The 11 states of the south that wanted to secede (separate) to preserve slavery. 1:28
Slavery was the cornerstone of the Confederacy. 1:58
Confederates didn't want the freed slaves to be citizens of their states---which resulted in the creation of the 14th amendment. 2:25
Not a single democrat voted for the passing of the 14th amendment, which stated that a free slave is a citizen of that state. 3:20
Black's right to vote was given by the 15th amendment. 4:10
All 7 first Blacks voted into Congress were Republicans. 4:25

Congress had to pass 23 civil rights laws to assure equal treatment to Black citizens. 6:40

Tags: education, american, freedom, heritage, kkk, politics, civil rights

The End-Game for Leftists

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:07:00 GMT

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Concessions to the fantastic demands of statists lead to more dissatisfaction and anger, and increasingly fantastic demands.

Intolerance of divergent opinions, hatred toward "non-believers", the obsession to dominate and control every aspect of others' lives, and a dogmatic attitude guided by emotion rather than logic, are some examples.

The statist philosophy, whether Islamic or otherwise, appears to condone and even embrace the concept of eliminating the members of the opposition by murdering them. While the left projects hatred, racism, and evil on the conservative end of the spectrum, it is they who actually exhibit these attributes.

The end game of the left is the abortion and eugenic elimination of the "undesirables", the euthanasia of the old and infirm, and the genocide of those who disagree. Its objective is the purity of socialist thought. And it is pure evil.

American Heritage- Slavery, Democrats, amendments, KKK

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:14:01 GMT

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American Heritage- Slavery, Democrats, amendments, KKK

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Congress had to pass 23 civil rights laws to assure equal treatment to Black citizens. 6:40

Tags: education, american, freedom, heritage, kkk, politics, civil rights

Challenge to Global Warming Skeptics

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:10:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Time to put your money where your mouth is.

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The rules of the challenge are as follows:

1. For each day that the high temperature in your hometown is at least 1 degree Fahrenheit above average, as listed by Weather Underground, you owe me $25. For each day that it is at least 1 degree Fahrenheit below average, I owe you $25.
2. The challenge proceeds in monthly intervals, with the first month being August. At the end of each month, we'll tally up the winning and losing days and the loser writes the winner a check for the balance.

3. The challenge automatically rolls over to the next month until/unless: (i) one party informs the other by the 20th of the previous month that he would like to discontinue the challenge (that is, if you want to discontinue the challenge for September, you'd have to tell me this by August 20th), or (ii) the losing party has failed to pay the winning party in a timely fashion, in which case the challenge may be canceled at the sole discretion of the winning party.

Tags: global warming, nate silver, fivethirtyeight, conservatives