Kosh's Shadow 8/10/2026 4:59:25 PM

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"Settler violence" incidents reported by UN includes terrorist attacks against Israelis

(And Jewish visits to the Temple Mount)

Time to get rid of the UN

vxbush 8/11/2026 6:19:32 AM

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A Michigan Doctor Just Proved Why Abdul El-Sayed Cannot Be Allowed to Enact Medicare for All

Quoting from the article: 

Now Michigan doctor and pro-Palestinian activist Nidal Jboor takes it a step further, calling for an escalation that will "take down" what he describes as "Jewish supremacists, Christian supremacists, and Christian evangelicals."

"It is time for us to pay back and stop the criminals, the perpetrators, the child murderers," Jboor said. "And we all know who they are. We all know who they are, whether they are in Israel, Tel Aviv, in Washington, in Germany, in Europe. We all name them. We all know them. They need to be locked up. They need to be taken out. They need to be neutralized."

The article notes how gleeful certain doctors were to suggest people who wouldn't take the COVID vaccine should be stripped of healthcare access. This guy is just taking the next step. 

Please tell me someone has contacted the appropriate licensing department to start the process to remove his license from him to practice medicine.

Kosh's Shadow 8/11/2026 7:30:43 AM

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In #2 vxbush said: Please tell me someone has contacted the appropriate licensing department to start the process to remove his license from him to practice medicine.

I believe he does not currentkt have a license to practice medicine

JCM 8/11/2026 7:48:21 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:

Way past time.

JCM 8/11/2026 7:50:38 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 2:

Gee whiz.... where have I heard that before? Let me think......

Problem is a majority won't have a goddam clue since education has been hijacked.

JCM 8/11/2026 8:15:44 AM

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CA doubling down on stupid, Newscum is coward.

Gov. Newsom punts on Diablo Canyon extension. That’s a relief | Opinion

It will be up to California’s next governor to decide whether to sign a bill extending the operating life of Diablo Canyon until 2045 — assuming such a bill makes it through the Legislature.

It should even be a question and they should have at least 20 reactors planned.

JCM 8/11/2026 8:35:55 AM

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They want the population ignorant.

NY 3rd-5th graders fail basic reading tests with more than half not even proficient:

Overall, just 48% of students in the testing grades, 4th-8th, rated proficient on the ELA

Over half are not literate.

Cost per student in NYC at least $38,000.

buzzsawmonkey 8/11/2026 10:21:41 AM

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Reply to JCM in 7:

So, "proficient" now means "bare-minimum functional skills" instead of "adept and capable?"  How we have fallen/are falling.  One would think that we could achieve student incompetence at a far lower price than $38,000 per capita.

JCM 8/11/2026 10:49:10 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 8:

Give a kid from 1926 with an 8th grade education over a college grad today.

Kosh's Shadow 8/11/2026 11:10:00 AM

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Reply to JCM in 7:

But the students will be able to tell to vote for (D) - which letter is still better than their grades.

buzzsawmonkey 8/11/2026 11:34:56 AM

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In #9 JCM said: Give a kid from 1926 with an 8th grade education over a college grad today.

As I pointed out on another site a while back, getting a high-school diploma was a major achievement until very recently, relatively speaking; the big explosion in college admissions and diplomas is something which began perhaps in the late '50s, and didn't really get going until the early-mid '60s.  Prior to that, simply being a high-school graduate was a major credential when seeking employment.  

I have a number of old elementary-school textbooks, some going back to the 1880s, which I've picked up at flea markets over the years.  The 19th-century math texts would probably be a challenge to many if not most of today's high-school grads; the elementary-school (well, possibly at what would today be called "junior high" level) English texts, containing essays and short stories, would certainly challenge today's high school, and possibly freshman college English, students.   I also have a slim volume somewhere about "how to start and run a business at a profit" from the first quarter of the 20th century, geared towards people with the lower level of formal education that was then common---which means that they read as if geared towards today's college-graduate adults. 

I'm trying to figure out what the hell to do with them, as I've no kids of my own to give them to, and I think they would be a useful reference archive somewhere or other.  If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to them.

vxbush 8/11/2026 12:12:22 PM

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In #11 buzzsawmonkey said: I'm trying to figure out what the hell to do with them, as I've no kids of my own to give them to, and I think they would be a useful reference archive somewhere or other.  If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to them.

I have to admit, I'm tempted to ask for them, as I love seeing these textbooks and comparing them to today's. I have a math book used in a country school that covered K-early high school math. the lack of set theory in the textbook is stunning for any math instructor who has used today's textbooks. (I blame Bourbaki.)

JCM 8/11/2026 12:42:28 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 11:

Don't let the AI companies get their paws on them....

JCM 8/11/2026 12:45:40 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 11:

Had a very similar discussion with a co-worker this very morning. About how new college grads don't know "anything". By that they have no knowledge outside of their major. The tradtional liberal arts education, which include history, philosophy, broad introduction to physical sciences, logic, rhetoric, languages, writing. All gone.

buzzsawmonkey 8/11/2026 1:16:10 PM

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In #13 JCM said: Don't let the AI companies get their paws on them....

Hell, no.  These are going to a good people home, when they go.