Speech

The two most common ways to shut down speech is to call it disinformation or misinformation but there is also a third way. The University of Virginia wants to cancel a speech by Mike Pence saying it would threaten student safety. The Washington Post editorial board wrote Wednesday that bipartisan efforts to cancel or silence former Vice President Mike Pence were "unwarranted."

Putin to lose

When Putin first invaded experts said he would overrun Kiev in a few days and no one worried about Putin going nuclear. The West's strategy on Ukraine is and as been do not let Putin lose. The tide of battle has turned and Zenlensky is asking for arms to drive the Russians out and the West is afraid he might win and if so will Putin resort to nuclear war. So the West is dragging their feet on giving Zenlensky the weapons he is asking for while the world witnesses war crimes. Perhaps if enough innocent people die the Russian people will rise up against Putin. That seems to be the best the West is hoping for while they wait and watch.

Schools and families

If you had to select one problem that is most responsible for the test score gap between whites and Blacks it would be education. A close second would be lack of fathers in the home. These two problems have been around for many years and have become worse since the 1970's. The question then arises why hasn't something been done about it. The answer is slavery. Anytime anyone wants to talk about schools and home life they are shut down by those who say the root cause is slavery and thus the conversation shifts away from school to what happened all those many years ago and not much can be done about slavery. It all started with a 700-page report that said something surprising: family background, not schools, explained most of the yawning gap between the achievement of America’s white and black students. The number of Black single mom families increased from 25% to 70% since 1970. That is when the government started to replace dads with programs. It has destroyed the Black family. So now they want the teachers to take up the slack and be the family. Teachers thus can't spend as much time on the 3-R's that is needed. Full circle.

Mining nickel

President Biden said today he will offer government assistance to companies to help mine for minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese. Yahoo! Next he needs to add rare earth metals to the list. Of course a much better course of action would be thorium nuclear power but that is not on the agenda. I am not sure if people in Washington even know what that is.

New ways

The other day I told a teacher that I was a chalk and blackboard kind of guy. I later realized that I am turning into and old fogey. A week ago I discovered that some countries are aborting downs babies. Then yesterday I found out that first graders are being taught about transsexualism. Now today I find out that government now authorizes sex change surgery for children. I don't have intimate knowledge about these things but I suppose in time I will adjust to the new ways but for now it is a little overwhelming. What is coming next week. Just use your imagination.

Senate bill

The house approved legislation to suspend normal trade relations with Russia in 424 to 8 vote but the plan was held up in the senate by Rand Paul. He objected to the way an addendum to the bill concerning the presidents power to define what constitutes a human rights violation. Two things. First what was that doing in the bill. This happens on a regular basis in Washington. A very popular bill is brought forth but someone wants to add their little extra. The bill was changed to be more specific about what constitutes a human right and Paul withdrew his objection. Second. Paul actually read the bill before voting.

Ukraine and war

When Putin first invaded experts said he would overrun Kiev in a few days and no one worried about Putin going nuclear. The West's strategy on Ukraine is and as been do not let Putin lose. The tide of battle has turned and Zenlensky is asking for arms to drive the Russians out and the West is afraid he might win and if so will Putin resort to nuclear war. So the West is dragging their feet on giving Zenlensky the weapons he is asking for while the world witnesses war crimes. Perhaps if enough innocent people die the Russian people will rise up against Putin. That seems to be the best the West is hoping for while they wait and watch.