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The mom is going on about how it's gambling but I bet if her daughter was able to redeem the coupon she wouldn't have made a fuss about it. Also how is this even newsworthy? Must be a really slow day.
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It's awful we prevent children from gambling, or injecting hormones and voting. - 2019.
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With obesity rising I think this is a good thing. Does it suck that she doesn't get her free fries? Sure, but at least she won't be a fat bitch who lives off welfare and will probably die from diabetes in a year or two.
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Colombian teacher changes her name to Abcdefg Hijklmn Opqrst Uvwxyz
The 36-year-old, who lives in the Colombian capital Bogota, has a habit of regularly changing her name and prior to the latest change was known as Ladyzunga Cyborg.
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I don't know if it warrants its own thread, but this is becoming it's own "gate" of sorts but without the autistic faction-off effect others do. Apple is deleting feedback and also banning accounts that have been used to report a widespread issue in regards to the usual water damage and data recovery processes. They are flat out saying independent repair are a scam and that, in fact, data recovery is impossible. This is also denying that forensics exist for computer storage and had existed for decades. Apple is lying by omission to prevent you from being given back your personal property.
I don't know if it warrants its own thread, but this is becoming it's own "gate" of sorts but without the autistic faction-off effect others do. Apple is deleting feedback and also banning accounts that have been used to report a widespread issue in regards to the usual water damage and data recovery processes. They are flat out saying independent repair are a scam and that, in fact, data recovery is impossible. This is also denying that forensics exist for computer storage and had existed for decades. Apple is lying by omission to prevent you from being given back your personal property.
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Apple doesn't like it when google is getting too much attention for being evil, so they are stepping up their game in response I see...
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If this isn’t the craziest, most heartbreaking story you’ll read today, you truly have a heart of stone. After struggling with infertility, a woman who is now pregnant with quadruplets—two boys and two girls—is considering the unthinkable. She wants to abort her baby boys.
Known only on Reddit as “PlaneGanache,” the mother shared her story, filed under “Am I The A**hole?” asking if she is in the wrong for wanting to keep her daughters but kill her sons.
The irony is truly bitter that after years of fertility and the monumental cost of in vitro, this mother fails to recognize the unspeakable blessing of not only one, but four little lives now taking up residence in her womb, and, just after going through such lengths to bring them into being, she is considering terminating some of those lives to tailor-make her family.
It’s beyond sick.
“Fast forward. We find out we’re pregnant and we are super happy, like over the moon ecstatic,” she continued. “We couldn’t wait for the 12 week mark to tell people, and started working on a nursery right away.”
At a follow-up ultrasound, she and her husband learned that they were expecting identical twin girls and two fraternal boys, each one perfectly formed and healthy.
“Four. That’s insane,” she declared.
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Understandably, the couple’s extended family was rightfully upset when they announced the plan, as anyone in their right mind should be upset that killing half of them is even being considered, especially on the basis of their gender!
While PlaneGanache’s story would be nearly impossible to verify, it still serves to highlight the heartbreaking reality that the vast majority of abortions are elective and for selfish reasons like family size preference. The truth that many don’t realize is, within our abortion-loving medical community, women carrying multiples are frequently encouraged to abort one or more of their babies for just about any reason the doctor can cook up.
Seeking an abortion because of your body size (seriously?), budget size, or desired family size is selfish and shortsighted, plain and simple. None of us, not this woman, nor her children, have any guarantee of comfort, happiness, or even waking up the next morning. To make an irreversible decision because of these insignificant factors is unthinkable for any mother to consider.
To end a child’s life for any reason should be anathema, but there’s something especially startling and infuriating when it’s done for pure convenience.
Mother Blessed With Quadruplets Plans on "Choosing" to Only Have the Girls ⋆ Activist Mommy
To end a child’s life for any reason should be anathema, but there’s something especially startling and infuriating when it’s done for pure convenience.activistmommy.com
I'm pro abortion and babies are gross, but that seems fucked up.
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A five foot woman having quadruplets could flat out fucking die and even if not is going to have shit happen to undercarriage that makes the firebombing of Dresden look like a rash. Complications could kill not only her but all the fetuses. It's pretty routine to cull in that situation.
And you need some criterion for it. It's not like she decided to have a litter.
And you need some criterion for it. It's not like she decided to have a litter.
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It's not the first time. I remember reading about a woman who aborted her identical twin boys and kept the girl who was their fraternal triplet. In that case the selfish dumbass complained that she'd have to move from Manhattan to the suburbs if she had three kids, which just wasn't happening.
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I hope none of the babies live. Better to die in the womb than to be raised by a ridiculous piece of shit that will only make their lives miserable.
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Fury as Zimbabwe judiciary spend $155k on handmade wigs from London
Zimbabwe’s judiciary splurging $155,000 on powdered wigs from the UK while many of its courtrooms are in disrepair and nearly two thirds of the population live below the poverty line has sparked outrage.
For that price I was expecting something finer. They look like curly carpet remnants. Is that sisal?
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Shitty bait article puts that in the opening line with 0 context. It's not like she's doing it because she hates boys, wtf
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https://goodschoolhunting.org/2019/04/teachers-unions-oppose-bill-make-sex-students-crime.html
Yesterday at a hearing for a bill (HB 5817) that would make sex between school employees and students a crime—even after they’ve turned 16, the legal age of consent in Rhode Island—both teachers’ unions made their objections known. NEA RI didn’t have anyone testify but Pat Crowley did sign in to the hearing and note his opposition to the bill. I suspect the NEA also submitted written testimony. James Parisi of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) did testify—in fact, we sat beside one another, each offering our very different opinions on the bill.
As it currently stands, Rhode Island is one of a few states where it is perfectly legal for teachers and other school employees to have sexual relations with their students once they turn 16. It’s literally a dirty little secret—almost no one seems to be aware of this loophole in the law and yet it leaves high school students without any protection from those who would sexually abuse them after their 16th birthday. We are also a state who, after a year long investigation by USA Today, received a grade of D for how well we track and share information about teachers who are also alleged abusers.
Parisi expressed that the UFT’s opposition to the bill lies mostly in the fact that it singles out school employees. He wonders why “store managers” aren’t included? Last time I checked, children aren’t, by law, in the custodial care of store managers from kindergarten through 12th grade. He wondered why clergy and the legislature weren’t also included in the bill but again, unless their role as clergy and legislators includes custodial responsibilities of children, his examples aren’t logical in this context. If the member of the clergy also teaches at a school, then yes. If the legislator is also a high school basketball coach, then yes.
In all honesty, to a small extent, his point is well taken. There is no reason why the protection of children shouldn’t extend to all adults who are in positions of authority or acting “in “loco parentis” when they are with minors. Plenty of states have that broader language written into their consent laws. But to equate a store manager with an 11th grade teacher or school bus driver is patently absurd and insulting to parents who think this bill is a long over due slam dunk.
Parisi also claims that this isn’t really a problem here and that the loss of one’s current job and state teaching license is punishment enough. I’m sorry, what? Just because he has somehow decided this isn’t an issue doesn’t mean that we should continue to be a state where sex between teachers and students is legal. And Parisi, and every other person employed by a teachers’ union, are well versed in the very grim reality that sexual predators move from district to district and state to state—termination and loss of licensure are not sufficient deterrents and certainly do not protect children. Sure—it may help us get rid of abusers but I hope we aren’t ok with sending people who harm our students off to other states where they can hurt the children there. In a 2018 report, NPR’s Erin Logan says this:
“That cycle — abuse, dismissal, rehire and abuse again — is one that experts and researchers say is far too common across the nation. It has long been known as “passing the trash,” and despite years of efforts to make policies to keep it from happening, no one really knows how often it does.”
We don’t have to reinvent the wheel because plenty of states have language that protects students, under the law and if we can broaden it even more in the future, then great. But we currently have a bill on the table that at least does the job of addressing the issue in our schools.
Here are a few examples of how other states do it so much better than we do by including a clause about people in positions of authority:
The video of our testimony in front of the house judiciary committee begins here at [1:22:13] —unfortunately, most members of the committee were gone by the time Mr. Parisi and I testified. I assume they are members of other committees that had hearings happening at the same time, which was the case for my representative, Alex Marszalkowski, who sponsored the bill I was there to support. It’s too bad that attendance was so sparse because I would have enjoyed the opportunity to speak about this with more than just the handful of legislators who were left in the room. I am confident that most, if not all, would have been surprised to learn that it is perfectly legal for teachers and school employees to have sex with students once they’ve turned 16. Hopefully, they will get up to speed, watch the testimony, and ask their constituents how they feel about being one of only a few states that appears to believe that sex between students and teachers should not be a crime.
Note: In my testimony, I make reference to public schools and public employees—mostly in the context of union pushback and compulsory education laws—but in hindsight I realize that it might have sounded like I was implying that the law would only apply to public school employees. That is NOT the case. It would cover all school employees (and vendors and volunteers) in all kinds of schools.
Here is the one year investigation by USA Today that I reference in my testimony. The graphic above showing how poorly we track disciplinary actions against teachers can be found at the USA Today link as well.
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Good to know the union's top priorities are in order.
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How hard is it to wait til graduation to do one of your teachers? In some areas of the states, it's illegal even if you're above the age of 18 to have sex with your teacher while you're a student (unless legally married). There are situations where this may be mutual and genuine, but they're far outweighed by the exploitative.
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Time for a career change.
As a Rhode Islander i can say that there are definitely less than 3 teachers in the entire state worth fucking.
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Ah, so this is the "socialization" people keep insisting homeschoolers need.
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And yet the clown world meme is racist. All you can do is cry or honk.