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People have a long history of repackaging repugnant policies to make them more palatable, and even to fool the unwary into supporting those policies. Slavery was repackaged as "states rights". It's a lot easier to convince people that states should be free to enact policies they decide is in the best interests of their citizens, than it is to convince them to support slavery. So you create a couple of degrees of separation; now you're not talking about buying and selling people, you're talking about states being free from Washington bullying. Similarly, in the 1960s the California Realtor's Association found their practice of adding racial covenants to property deeds under attack from civil rights advocates (see this article for example). Realtors found that they could drive up property values by adding restrictions to deeds to make white-only developments and whole neighborhoods. It got to the point that in many communities there were literally no homes that non-whites were allowed to buy. This was supported by the courts; in one case the California Supreme Court ruled that a black family could not be blocked from buying a property, but they could not live on the property due to the covenants. When the Federal government moved to block racial covenants, the realtor's association responded by repackaging the issue as "freedom to do as you wished with your own property". Now they could talk about freedom and property rights, and leave segregation out of the conversation altogether. They pushed an amendment to the California constitution to protect the "right" to enforce racial covenants, which passed with over 60% of the vote pretty much because it was sold as a personal freedom issue not one of legally enforced segregation. Although the California amendment was later voided as in violation of Federal law, the many all-white communities established under the system remain almost entirely white to this day. The lesson was learned well by Regan as Governor, and persists strongly today in Republican Party tactics to fight efforts to combat Covid, poverty, voting rights, or anything else they decide to adopt as a wedge issue. Now we see censorship and efforts to "whitewash" (a perfect word to describe the effort) history repackaged as an effort to protect children from feeling badly about how various racial groups have been treated. Never mind that doing that robs students of any hope of being able to understand why the country has many of the problems that it has. If you can't talk about slavery or Jim Crow or the California Realtor's Association, how do you explain the vast differences in average wealth between white and black (or hispanic) families, or incarceration rates, or any of the other structural issues that fall along racial lines? All you are left with is that non-whites have less wealth, or are more likely to be incarcerated, because they are lazy, or stupid. I see evidence that the same repackaging is happening for religious issues. In the Supreme Court both Thomas and Alito have written about same sex marriage and abortion as being offensive to people with strongly held religious (IOW fundamentalist Christian) beliefs. They seem to be setting up a new constitutional right: the right to never be offended by other people "living in sin". "Freedom of religion", I fear, will soon be twisted to mean that no-one can do anything that might offend someone else's religious scruples. You don't have to pass laws that say everyone has to believe in fundamentalist Christianity, if you can pass laws that say that everyone has to behave just like fundamentalist Christians.

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If you can't dazzle them with brilliance; baffle them with bullshit?

So Florida just banned CRT, like several other states. But they didn't just ban CRT, they banned anything that can make "an individual . .feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin." Which means that: Teaching anyone about the Holocaust is now banned if there are German students in the class. After all, if a student is distantly related to the people who ran those concentration camps, they could feel discomfort or guilt by being reminded that their family participated in that. Now, there is an exception for "training or instruction" - it is allowed provided that "is given in an objective manner without endorsement of the concepts." However, since pretty much all teachers describe the Holocaust as "bad" (and in fact endorsing its termination) that provision does not apply. Teaching about 9/11 is now banned if there are Muslims in the class. Muslims were targeted after 9/11 as the perpetrators, and thus they will feel discomfort by being reminded that they were blamed for the attack. And again, most teachers consider what the 9/11 terrorists did to be "bad" which is not objective at all. Teaching about the Vietnam War is now banned if there are Vietnamese in the class. After all, depictions of what the Viet Cong did could reasonably be assumed to cause Vietnamese students distress. Teaching about the Civil War is now banned if there are Southerners in the class. No one wants to hear about how their families were insurrectionists - and losing insurrectionists at that. What's left that is safe to teach in history class? What's left that will not offend the special snowflakes in Florida? Perhaps the history of sugar cane in . . nope, that doesn't work. The Revolutionary War? Nope. I know! The history of Star Wars. Since that's entirely fictional, no one could reasonably be affected.

Acknowledging privilege doesn't mean giving up things you need. It doesn't mean giving up most of what you want but don't need. But that smug sense of satisfaction that you did it all? Yeah, that has to go. As does the feeling that others could do just as well as you did, if you can. Back in the 70's I put myself through a private college for the last two years. Yes, private. And came out with minimal loans. My level of sympathy for anyone not either disabled or raising a family who said they couldn't afford college was zero. However, the advantages that I did have didn't occur to me: I'd already started, had a guarantee of being able to return and was familiar with the atmosphere and how to navigate financial aid in a much easier climate I came from a family with a strong sense of college, and knew that if things didn't work out it'd be OK and they'd support me Finding a good-paying job was easy. Through no hard work of my own, I was an intelligent, good-looking 19-year-old woman with bilingual skills in Houston. Not to mention that I was a student at the name school in town I still think that too many people are unwilling to return to college-level living standards for things they care about, but then what's considered standard now is so much more than I had when I was a kid it's not even funny. And we were relatively well off (especially when we were overseas). Wendy P.

My charity with these people expired some time ago. If they want to get sick and die to make a political statement, let them.

Blevins is just trolling and spamming this thread with non Cooper stuff for attention. It will never end. He is incapable of reason or self awareness. His case knowledge is poor. Anybody who gets a moderate understanding of the case knows KC does not fit the evidence. Blevins lies about people to discredit them. He refuses to admit when he is proven wrong. He threatened to damage the Cooper Conference. Blevins is just toxic for the Cooper case overall. He exists in his own world that people do not want to be a part of. I just did a really big media interview and to come back here to be reminded of the toxic environment of spam, lies, personal attacks and denial of facts from Blevins makes me not want to post anything... I put him on ignore but he posted lies about me knowing I had him on ignore.. So, if Blevins actions get the thread shut down, so be it. I am done always having to correct that trolls misinformation. I have a really good (non suspect) TBAR theory that I considered posting, Tom Kaye thought it important enough that it should be a part of the Cooper case discussion. I am actually shocked that nobody ever came up with it before. It fits the flightpath, Cooper's LZ and the spring diatoms. It is complex to explain in a forum, opens up many avenues for further research and would take a lot of work to post it but I just don't care, maybe I'll save it for another format or another time. Since Blevins has made this thread into his personal social page I am just not interested in posting anything. But, I will report Blevins lies and spam every time he posts it. He has nothing to say about Cooper, at least not anything accurate. My research is almost done,, I am expecting some final documents within months.. I have so much information there is no way it can be posted here in this format anyway.. I might have over 5000 files of information. It has become overwhelming. I'll be exploring other ways, maybe videos or podcasts.. or some media that have contacted me. The hard part is distilling all the information into a presentable form.. for both Cooper newbies and experts. That is a massive project that I never wanted to do. So, go ahead Blevins, the thread is all yours tell us amateurs all about Cooper.

Yeah I would love to come on here more since this is the only place you frequent fly and I consider you one of the top sleuths involved with the NORJAK investigation buttt it’s always cluttered with very long winded personal posts by RMB. Nothing personal here Robert but I just don’t think the content is valuable or pertinent to the investigation. Please don’t take this the wrong way… I don’t mind you being here and weighing in on NORJAK related topics of discussion but the constant camp out promotions, airing out personnel drama with vortex members and unrelated personal stories is all very distracting on what’s supposed to be a thread discussing the case. I think it would be best for the future of this thread that you keep all that stuff I just mentioned over on the ABOS website… perhaps re open the forum you once had or make a bulletin board. Anyway… just my two cents, hope you don’t take this personally RMB.

This is threatening to become a major event. Borders are closing down and governments are nervous. And now Trump has decided that putting Pence "in charge" of US preparedness is a good way of nailing his VP's coffin lid shut. What are you going to do when it comes into your town? I'm a little concerned as a frequent border crosser for work. As authorities struggle to figure out the best approach many are over reacting and causing economic damage in a futile effort.

I believe the term I’m looking for is called ‘whoosh’

Rest in Peace Brother - Hope you got your money back plus interest. I want my money back I want my money back It's all or nothing And nothing's all I ever get Every time I turn it on I burn it up and burn it out It's always something There's always something going wrong That's the only guarantee That's what this is all about It's a never ending attack Everything's a lie and that's a fact Life is a lemon And I want my money back And all the morons And all the stooges with their coins They're the ones who make the rules It's not a game it's just a rout There's desperation There's desperation in the air It leaves a stain on all your clothes And no detergent gets it out And we're always slipping through the cracks Then the movie's over, fade to black Life is a lemon And I want my money back I want my money back I want my money back What about love It's defective It's always breaking in half What about sex It's defective It's never built to really last What about your family It's defective All the batteries are shot What about your friends They're defective All the parts are out of stock What about hope It's defective It's corroded and decayed What about faith It's defective It's tattered and it's frayed What about your gods They're defective They forgot the warranty What about your town It's defective It's a dead-end street to me What about your school It's defective It's a pack of useless lies What about your work It's defective It's a crock and then you die What about your childhood It's defective It's dead and buried in the past What about your future It's defective And you can shove it up your ass Oh, I want my money back (Life is a lemon) I want my money back (Life is a lemon, life is a lemon) It's all or nothing And nothing's all I ever get Every time I turn it on I burn it up and burn it out It's a never ending attack Everything's a lie and that's a fact Life is a lemon And I want my money back And we're always slipping through the cracks Then the movie's over, fade to black Life is a lemon And I want my money back I want my money back Back, back, back, back I want my money back I want my money back (Life is a lemon)

As usual, that is not what that article, nor the underlying court case says. I would suggest focusing on reading comprehension prior to getting to difficult subjects like 1 + 1.

It always worked for me on essay questions... Wendy P.

Question asked and answered.. People don't like you and will not get involved with anything you do. can you follow that? obviously not.. Let me spoon feed you the meaning of the above, ok, ready? Nobody wants to get involved with you or anything you do, you with me? that means events, working with you on anything surrounding Cooper. why, because your an ass and has nothing to do with Cooper. it's your personality, lies, and other dirty tricks you pull. nobody cares what you do. sure some in the background might but you keep wanting approval and help from those who are active on these sites. it's just not going to happen. why the hell do you think anyone would support you? your behavior is childish and full of drama. you play victim to every fault. In closing...the above means exactly what it reads. nobody wants anything to do with you, Robert. that means the UFO trips as well. you can't force people to like you. Are we clear?

Got the replacement. The fabric is smooth and non-sticky on BOTH sides. What a concept!

Hi folks, This action tells me that there are some rational minds in Idaho: Idaho sends cease and desist letter, $6k bill to MyPillow CEO over bogus election fraud claims - oregonlive.com Jerry Baumchen

Reading comprehension is important. You should try it instead of inventing straw-men.

Mathematics and physics make a lot of people uncomfortable.

I think this is the best one yet.

This article didn't say African Americans are underrepresented in combat arms, it says they are underrepresented in the leadership positions of combat arms branches. I often wonder if you can state your name without fucking it up.

Maybe he believes that with a sufficient passage of time some tall person will ask him for help getting something off the bottom shelf thereby proving the point once and for all.

Só let me get this straight — it’s perfectly OK to question the qualifications and route to power or wealth of women and minorities — just in the interests of fact. But questioning the qualifications and route to power of the people already ensconced (lighter in skin and greater testosterone) is getting into CRT and “privilege.” Don’t you fucking understand that being born into a group that’s over-represented in the power structure is an advantage? Kind of like additional height if you’re a basketball player or political candidate. It’s completely unearned. That doesn’t mean you should deny it, just realize that it’s an advantage. Wendy P.

Yeah the current trolls just don't have the same class. Edit: their general literacy is much improved however....

The best thing to do is to have no expectations. Just show up and take it one 10 minute session at a time. Don't worry about what you learn or don't learn in your trip. A relaxed and fun environment will lend itself to the best learning. No matter what progress you have flying in that damn tunnel is the most fun you can ever have!