Quote by Magical_felix

The Republican senator from Okie challenged a witness to a physical fight during a hearing today too lol, fucking morons.

Fucking thugs.

Quote by WellMadeMale

Just happened: https://www.rawstory.com/fani-willis-trump-2666265686/

“These confidential video recordings were not released by the State to any party other than the defendants charged in the indictment, pursuant to the discovery process as required by law,” the filing said.

“The release of these confidential video recordings is clearly intended to intimidate witnesses in this case, subjecting them to harassment and threats prior to trial, constitutes indirect communication about the facts of this case with codefendants and witnesses, and obstructs the administration of justice, in violation of the conditions of release imposed on each defendant.”

To this end, the prosecutors said they would no longer share video depositions directly with opposing counsel and would instead only let lawyers representing defendants view the depositions and take notes.

Happened 4 days ago: Lining up and using GOP proxies to harass the courts -- https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4305179-former-prosecutor-on-elise-stefaniks-ethics-complaint-ny-fraud-trial/

A former federal prosecutor went after Rep. (R-N.Y.) on Friday, saying her ethics complaint against the judge presiding over former New York business fraud trail is “irresponsible.”

“She knows better,” told MSNBC on Friday. “And that is really — this idea that it’s constantly a step too far and it’s now normalized where you have somebody in Congress doing that and the judge is just doing his job.”

Trump and his minions have been attacking all the people associated with the four separate trials he's undergoing. This is how Roy Cohn taught Trump to behave when he's being investigated and in particular, when he or his company have been indicted.

More stuff and whatnot about Trump being a criminal.

Jesus Tyrone Henry Christ. Another thread about Trump being a criminal. Moved to the already existing thread about Trump and his crimes.

Quote by Just_A_Guy_You_Know

I'll predict today that the ultimate winners of the next election will be the political consulting and marketing firms.

Add my therapist to this list, and you're spot-on.

Quote by Magical_felix

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Proud boy traitor Zachary Rehl breaks down crying as he's sentenced to a brutal 15 years in prison after being convicted of leading an angry, violent mob and laying siege to the Capitol on January 6th. Rehl was head of the Philadelphia chapter of the Proud Boys, a violent fascist militant organization fanatically devoted to Donald Trump. Multiple members of the group have now been convicted for their seditious actions. Speaking in court today, Rehl whined that he let politics take over his life and it caused him to "lose track of who and what mattered most." Like the rest of these traitors, Rehl would not be singing this mea culpa tune if the coup had succeeded. They just know that they have to feign remorse now that the consequences are piling up. Rehl went on to call January 6th a "despicable day." Before the Capitol siege, he called for "firing squads" to be unleashed on "the traitors that are trying to steal the election." Afterward, he called the deadly day a "good start" but said the rioters should have been armed. "I’m done with politics, done with peddling lies for other people who don’t care about me," he claimed in court as he broke down in tears. The judge applied a terrorism enhancement to Rehl's sentencing guidelines. He received the third longest sentence to date for January 6th crimes.

https://twitter.com/OccupyDemocrats/status/1697374444577325174

Thoughts and prayers. Who woulda thunk fanaticism and blind loyalty to a person and not the best interests of the people had consequences?

Quote by Tantaleyes

The migrant crisis is making waves! It got noisy in the Windy City on Tuesday night. The mayor and his people are trying to avoid having a ballot measure about keeping Chicago a sanctuary city. It didn’t go according to plan.

Locked and moved to immigration thread, which was also locked 3 days ago...for the second time.

Please let's not clog up the Think Tank with the same threads that end the same way for the same reason because of the same people. Thanks.

Moved to Think Tank.

Quote by RowanThorn

I know in a two-party corporate dictatorship this is a radical concept, but people could vote for someone else. Perhaps someone not preselected by the billionaire class?

It's a chicken and egg situation. This won't work until the two-party system is dismantled, but the two-party system won't be dismantled until a strong alternative that can earn the vote of a jaded (rightfully so) populace presents themselves.

Know of any?

Quote by MC1982

I wouldn't vote for either Biden or Trump with any enthusiasm.

I think we're all in the same boat.

Quote by Ironic

Actually, Harvard does seem to have a real antisemitism problem. I wouldn't have expected it.

And another. Locked due to Ironic & ElCoco's meandering/pedantic behavior.

Being that this is the second time this thread has been locked, it won’t be unlocked again.

Quote by Ironic

It's sad when people who don't know what they're about try to act like they do. For example, felix is pretending the immigration rules were the same then as they are now.

Great. Another thread locked because Ironic & ElCoco engage in the same filibustering tactics when their "logic" is challenged.

Quote by Tantaleyes

We all have opinions, but it's the company's HR department that makes the decision.

Being that this thread isn’t about HR departments, you’ll have to take up this mantle elsewhere. Thanks.

Quote by Tantaleyes

Since it's not standardized the employer can't rely on the HS diploma. It's like the issue had here when the employer couldn't assume the student did the work needed to move from grade to grade.

They'll develop their own tests.

The graduation requirements are still standardized. Obtain the right amount of credits by earning the minimum grade required in each glass, which is earned by sufficiently assignments that follow the same curriculum. If one falls short somehow, this is when supplemental demonstrations become a factor. Tests aren’t the only way to standardize things.

Quote by Ironic

You're wrong.

From the linked page, "Students in the K–12 system will not be held to an academic graduation standard for another four years."

That's why a prospective employer can't assume those capabilities in job applicants with an Oregon HS diploma.

Per the state of Oregon Essential Skills Graduation Requirement:

“SB 744 applies to the assessment of Essential Skills requirements for receiving a Regular or Modified Diploma and does not suspend the local performance assessment requirements for students in grades 3-8 and at least once in high school. Though not related directly to assessment, it is important to note that the education plan, education profile, and extended application graduation requirements remain in place, as well.”

The state of Oregon did not alter or remove the existing requirement in state law that students still have to obtain at least 24 credits, including English, math, and science, in order to get a diploma. Though less standardized, it’s still a substantial form of proof of basic academic competency. Additionally, if students need to further demonstrate competencies in these areas in order to receive a diploma, they’re asked to provide additional work such as writing samples and subject-related projects to supplement their course work.

Prospective employers can rest assured that any graduate has demonstrated their competency and proficiency using any combination of the above to earn their diploma.

Quote by Ironic

Oregon's decision to remove proficiency in reading, writing, and math for graduation means a prospective employer can't assume those capabilities in job applicants who have an Oregon HS diploma.

This is incorrect.

The students still have to demonstrate proficiencies in these areas in order to obtain an Oregon HS diploma. They've just suspended the use of standardized testing to demonstrate these proficiencies.

Quote by Ironic

Not only does that make sense, but they're also possible to enact, unlike the chances of a constitutional amendment.

If your plan in this thread is to keep meandering about red flag laws, please start another thread. The filibustering act between you and the same parties has grown stale. Thanks.

Quote by Magical_felix

Oh so it's just another way to do anything but ban assault rifles.

Yep. Which is funny because the red flag law is more unconstitutional than banning assault rifles.

Quote by Magical_felix

He was actually on a list already and had been to a mental facility before the shooting. Talked about hearing voices and threatened to do a mass shooting… but like, the constitution or whatever.

Yeah, but after his mental health stint, he was cleared to re-enter society according to medical and legal terms (because that's how mental health holds/releases work), meaning he was no longer a red flag. Crisis averted and all that, no need to even keep an eye on him.

That's the loophole to the whole red flag thing.

Quote by noll

What productive proposal do you have?

Scroll above. He wants to lobby for more good guys with guns to stop shooters, despite the fact that this shooter was once a good guy with a gun.

Not only that, red flag laws are supposed to take away guns from people who shouldn't have them. Only problem with that is that people become red flags after the damage has been done. Case in point: The guy who's the topic of this thread only became a red flag once he went on a mass shooting spree. Before that, he was an upstanding citizen of no concern who even taught gun safety. Womp womp.

Quote by ElCoco

Maybe someday, when you try to get into a university, you'll wish your standardized test scores were high like mine were.

Not only is this one of the saddest things I've ever read on the internet, it's also irrelevant to the topic at hand. Please stay on track. Thanks.

Quote by ElCoco

With this Congress????

I asked for any practical or realistic ideas. That means ideas that have a chance of becoming real.

You said practical or realistic. Banning assault rifles is practical. The only thing making it unrealistic are shit politicians.

Quote by ElCoco

Do you have any practical or realistic ideas you think will reduce the number of mass shootings?

Yep. Banning assault rifles.

Tots & pears. Oh, and definitely more good guys with guns to stop this guy who was once a good guy with a gun until he wasn’t.

Quote by Buz

A lot of standardized tests are bunk anyhow.

Yep. I promise no college, trade school, job, etc. cares about whatever state-level standardized test high schoolers have to take to graduate. Most private schools don't require them at all. Many colleges are doing away with the GRE, SAT, ACT, etc. exams as required for entry into their programs because statistically and generally speaking, they’re just not an indicator of how well someone is going to perform academically. Plus lots of them have been found to be biased against, you guessed it, marginalized communities. What ends up happening when standardized test become, well, the standard for curriculums is that school districts focus on teaching students how to pass the test instead of finding more productive ways to demonstrate learning outcomes and actually maintain them post-graduation.

I took the ACT and SAT with no prep, and scored just enough to have the minimum scores to be accepted into my top 3, so I didn't try for a higher score, which is what others often do to get closer to their desired outcome. Neither of them were my peak academic performances. There are people I know for a fact who were higher academic achievers than me (and I’m a fucking high academic achiever myself), some even tutored me, but just weren’t the best test-takers, so actually scored lower than me. The standardized tests mean fuck-all.

Titties.

Quote by DanielleX

Is this about equity or equality?

Equity that hopefully moves towards justice.

Holy misrepresentation of information.

They've found that some of the ways they were implementing assessments were discriminatory in nature, so they're seeking to correct that. Quote from the article: "“We haven’t suspended any sort of assessments,” state board member Vicky López Sánchez, a dean at Portland Community College, said during a recent board of education meeting. “The only thing we are suspending is the inappropriate use of how those assessments were being used. I think that really is in the best interest of Oregon students.”

They're not suspending all requirements, just standardized testing as a requirement for graduation. They're even still administering standardized tests, but not using them as the benchmark for whether or not a student graduates, being that they found them to be discriminatory, and don't improve outcomes after graduation. They're moving towards better ways to assure that students are prepared post-graduation, and not just passing arbitrary tests that are unequally yoked, and have no bearings on their preparedness/success going forward. There's still an evaluative process in those areas that takes place for graduation, meaning there are still requirements for graduation. Just not discriminatory/irrelevant ones.

Quote by Chryses

Try NEWS reporting organizations that are not American.

Here are two examples: BBC World News, Aljazeera

Quote by Ironic

With links to your sources, and that aren't owned by American or even Western billionaires.

But print journalism has gone.

Newspapers and magazines that are now owned by billionaires:

• The Washington Post; owned by Jeff Bezos

• The Boston Globe; owned by John Henry

• The Star Tribune; owned by Glen Taylor

• Los Angeles Times; owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong

• Time; owned by Marc Benioff

• The Atlantic; owned by Laurene Powell Jobs

• Fortune; owned by Chatchaval Jiaravanon

• Murdoch family media empire includes: cable TV channel Fox News (not a print source, but still notable), and newspapers The Times of London, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post

Mind you, these aren't all of them, just the major ones. There are many others, proving in large that the majority of major print news media is indeed owned by billionaires.

Source found here. I found this all by typing the following into Google: print journalism owned by multi billionaires.

Please stop wasting people's time with demanding easily accessible sources to widely known information in order to sidestep engaging with information that challenges your views. It’s a shit tactic. Thanks.

Quote by Chryses

That is unnecessary. If the data and the analysis are valid, there is no need for a provocative title. Let the thing speak for itself. Note that the criticism has focused on people and social conventions, not the data or the analysis.

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Nah, there was criticism of the data as well. What’s notable is titling a discussion paper “To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions?” and then not including any data about greenhouse gas emissions in the statistical model…you know, the standard by which data is collected and analyzed.