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POTUS 45.18 - Who Run Derpertown? McMasterBlaster Run Derpertown.

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Those were all the authors we read. The Stranger was just not interesting at all.
 
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Kepler said:
It's only above 1% if you include tripe like self-help or investment books or Malcolm Gladwell or "Killing Lincoln."

It would be interesting (and impossible) to know what percentage of people over the age of 30 read any book that was previously assigned to them in a high school class. My guess is 1 in 10,000.
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Never assigned but my High School English teacher had a copy of Christine on her desk. I really appreciated English after that.
 
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Verbatim.

And the Comments are an InfoWars circle jerk.



A masturbation kit if you think Red Dawn was a documentary. And to be fair the infrastructure and comms part is sound -- if these dinks actually go violent at some point we'll need some sane people with communications and utilities skills to keep us safe while law enforcement hits the accelerator on Darwin.

These people are dangerous and delusional, but it is heartening that they are so very, very stupid.
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How thin is the line between these guys and terrorists?
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
How thin is the line between these guys and terrorists?
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They are the white racial version of ISIS, it seems. The desire is to have a white state, and by pretty much any means.

Or a white version of the Taliban, given they want to rule their country, too, based on who people are instead of equal laws.
 
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Reading about what happened after the rally in Phoenix and two things are clear. 1) This country is set for another Charlottesville to happen and soon. 2) The Police in many of these cities have no idea how to deal with the situation. I abhor violence, especially against cops and if people were throwing stuff at cops they deserve to have the book thrown at them. That said...you dont tear gas and pepper spray the whole crowd. At least in Virginia they were going after specific people, the cops in Phoenix were just indiscriminately (if the stories are true, and even the police account makes it sound as such) firing into the crowd after they were attacked. That isnt going to disperse the crowd, that is going to cause a riot.
 
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According to the police there the protesters threw gas first. Because teachers just have tear gas canisters that they bring to these things...
 
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So ... do technical manuals and journals, and industry trade publications, count as non-fiction?
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Those were all the authors we read. The Stranger was just not interesting at all.
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Like I said, try it again when you're older. It's not a shock that many of the great books have little to say to a 16-year old high school student. That's hardly on the book. :)

I wonder whether Tolkien is on the standard reading list, now. The books are well written and have always fascinated the A students, and after the movies even the B students have a way to get a foot hold at start climbing. And they are part of the culture so it's a good exercise in seeing that what they're reading is connected to the world, not just a homework assignment. Reading the original book will also get students thinking about how it is different from the movie, and how movies suppress / accentuate different aspects to make money and reach a different audience -- a very important lesson in self-protection against marketing.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
< looking down and thinking to self: "Keyboard. How quaint." >

"I canna’ change the laws of physics."
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I tried to find the "I am relaxing" clip but no dice. Thank you for nailing it first shot. :)
 
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Kepler said:
I tried to find the "I am relaxing" clip but no dice. Thank you for nailing it first shot. :)
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"NCC-1701. No bloody A, B, C or D."

"It's uhhh . . . it's uhhhh . . . it's green." <-- Scotty visits UND. ;) :D
 
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trixR4kids said:
According to the police there the protesters threw gas first. Because teachers just have tear gas canisters that they bring to these things...
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no doubt the professional protesters bought in by soros :D
 
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Handyman said:
Reading about what happened after the rally in Phoenix and two things are clear. 1) This country is set for another Charlottesville to happen and soon. 2) The Police in many of these cities have no idea how to deal with the situation. I abhor violence, especially against cops and if people were throwing stuff at cops they deserve to have the book thrown at them. That said...you dont tear gas and pepper spray the whole crowd. At least in Virginia they were going after specific people, the cops in Phoenix were just indiscriminately (if the stories are true, and even the police account makes it sound as such) firing into the crowd after they were attacked. That isnt going to disperse the crowd, that is going to cause a riot.
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"Now it has been suggested in some quarters that this is not enough. Well."
 
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Handyman said:
Reading about what happened after the rally in Phoenix and two things are clear. 1) This country is set for another Charlottesville to happen and soon. 2) The Police in many of these cities have no idea how to deal with the situation. I abhor violence, especially against cops and if people were throwing stuff at cops they deserve to have the book thrown at them. That said...you dont tear gas and pepper spray the whole crowd. At least in Virginia they were going after specific people, the cops in Phoenix were just indiscriminately (if the stories are true, and even the police account makes it sound as such) firing into the crowd after they were attacked. That isnt going to disperse the crowd, that is going to cause a riot.
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firing tear gas into a crowd that is throwing stuff at cops is a-ok.
firing bullets.... not so much :)
 
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