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  1. Race-neutral rules for credit scoring and mortgage underwriting? Not good enough:

    President Obama intends to close “persistent gaps” between whites and minorities in everything from credit scores and homeownership to test scores and graduation rates.
    His remedy — short of new affirmative-action legislation — is to sue financial companies, schools and employers based on “disparate impact” complaints…Under this broad interpretation of civil-rights law, virtually any organization can be held liable for race bias if it maintains a policy that negatively impacts one racial group more than another — even if it has no racist motive and applies the policy evenly across all groups.

    The whole article at Investors dot com here.

  5. And … Right on cue …
    UN to “escalation of violence” in Gaza”
    From the Propagandist:
    Hamas fires 120 lethal rockets on to Israeli territory, indiscriminately threatening innocent civilians in a broad swathe of territory north of Gaza… as they and their jihadist allies have been doing on and off for years.
    Actually closer to 800 for the year 2012…
    The United Nations does nothing.
    Israel launches a pinpoint strike that kills a known terrorist with blood on his hands.
    The United Nations considers an emergency session at Egypt’s request, to discuss the

  6. Caught in the spam filter? Really?
    Hamas fires 120 lethal rockets on to Israeli territory, indiscriminately threatening innocent civilians in a broad swathe of territory north of Gaza… as they and their jihadist allies have been doing on and off for years.
    The United Nations does nothing.
    Israel launches a pinpoint strike that kills a known terrorist with blood on his hands.
    The United Nations considers an emergency session at Egypt’s request, to discuss the

  8. Welcome to our home! See anything you like?

    More than a quarter of all criminal suspects arrested in London are foreign nationals with around half coming from the EU, Scotland Yard revealed today.
    Intelligence also shows around 1,400 foreign suspects are classified as “high harm offenders” with links to gangs, violence, sex offences or burglary.
    The figures emerged as Scotland Yard revealed details of a joint operation with the UK Border Agency to target the 200 foreign nationals arrested every day in the capital.

  12. Why are socialists afraid to admit they are??
    **Jeremy Segal (aka RebelPundit) on beat for EAG News is freaking awesome. He’s trying to interview people in the march for the Chicago Teachers Union and they constantly curse him and tell people not to talk to him. Of course they are marching, not in support of veterans on Veterans Day, but to protest school closures. My favorite is the one black guy near the end who stops talking as soon as Segal mentions the international socialist conferences where he saw the guy at earlier.**
    http://www.therightscoop.com/nsfw-chicago-teachers-union-forgets-the-veterans-on-veterans-day/

  14. Boots, thanks for posting that video. How much you want to be everyone last one of those kooks voted for Obama.
    I’m buying gold…

  16. Re: ol`Hank!
    Good song. My favorite is “Cold Cold Heart.” There was a movie made about him back a few years ago. He was played by George Hamilton. I believe it was named: “Your Cheatin` Heart.”
    It`s on Youtube, however the copyright police have removed the sound.
    Thanx!!

  20. “CBC head says BBC havoc wouldn’t happen here
    Toronto Star – ‎3 hours ago‎
    The venerable British Broadcasting Corporation is suffering a meltdown as top management resigns and public trust is at an all-time low.”
    “CBC must prepare for life after hockeyOttawa Citizen”
    “In Depth:CBC goes on a programming diet for the winterGlobe and Mail”

  21. “Some Liberals may balk at supporting the candidate of a party that, under Ms. Chow’s husband Jack Layton, wiped the floor with the Liberals in downtown Toronto in the 2011 election.”
    “Is Olivia Chow the one to drive Ford from office?”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/is-olivia-chow-the-one-to-drive-ford-from-office/article5324218/
    …-
    “He came on a bicycle. I escorted him down and he went away on his bike.”
    http://www.torontosun.com/2011/04/29/layton-found-in-toronto-bawdy-house-former-cop

  23. Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
    Vote Ex-Liberal Bob Rae*.
    “China’s struggling solar energy equipment makers may see light at the end of the tunnel now”.
    …-
    “Subsidies Offer Ray of Hope for Solar Industry”
    “Rooftop power stations are in line for government support that could ultimately help the entire solar sector”
    “China’s struggling solar energy equipment makers may see light at the end of the tunnel now that the government has agreed to subsidize small solar power stations and a major power distributor is offering access to the grid.
    Moreover, several sources told Caixin, the government led by the National Energy Administration (NEA), an arm of the powerful National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), plans to roll out additional solar industry stimulus policies at an accelerated rate.
    The program’s ultimate goal, sources say, is to raise domestic demand for solar panels and help manufacturers that have found it increasingly difficult to sell products abroad.”
    http://english.caixin.com/2012-11-15/100461017.html
    *Mo’s Canadian nephew.

  28. Oh oh oh…umm here’s a tip that’ll make most of your brains explode. Tesla Model S = Motor Trend Car of the Year. I guess we do need those darn sparky cars. Now to brand Motor Trend as a liberal rag…I know, how else could it be? Considering 11 judges unanimously chose the model S and all…
    “The mere fact the Tesla Model S exists at all is a testament to innovation and entrepreneurship, the very qualities that once made the American automobile industry the largest, richest, and most powerful in the world. That the 11 judges unanimously voted the first vehicle designed from the wheels up by a fledgling automaker the 2013 Motor Trend Car of the Year should be cause for celebration. America can still make things. Great things.”

  30. Of buck bangers “and in feeling as though you’re making a difference,”.
    >>> “according to a new national survey.”
    …-
    “Taxman revokes status of three charities”
    QMI Agency
    …-
    ““If you know what you want to achieve, you’ll get so much more bang for your buck – both in terms of seeing an impact and in feeling as though you’re making a difference,” Ricker said.”
    “Charitable giving is on the rise in Canada, according to a new national survey.”
    http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Charitable+giving+rise+Canada/7547704/story.html

  34. Tories LOVE spending, even as they overshoot the deficit by 5 billion dollars.
    OTTAWA – A gluten-free bakery in Alberta received more than $1 million in federal money Wednesday as government MPs scattered across the country to announce funding for more than 50 initiatives the Conservatives say are the most “important government spending.”
    Other highlights include a $90,000 cheque to a Quebec club for snowmobile grooming machines. This was the second funding announcement for the machines in Quebec in two days – on Tuesday $108,885 was handed over. Tennis court upgrades in Saskatchewan netted $22,900 from the government purse.
    http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/politics/archives/2012/11/20121114-192119.html
    Please ET come by and tell us how this is really vital infrastructure investment and then fly off on some tangent about how deficits = investment = surpluses or something. I’m sure you can rationalize the plot to Prometheus.

  35. So, Ogabe won’t rush to judgement on the Petraeus affair, but he knew immediately that Benghazi was caused by spontaneous movie critics.
    ————————————————–
    Obama also said he would refrain for now from judging whether he should have been told earlier than last Wednesday about the probe involving his CIA chief.
    “I am withholding judgment with respect to how the entire process surrounding General Petraeus came up. We don’t have all the information yet,” Obama told a White House news conference.
    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2012/11/14/20356436.html

  36. Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Education is developing new “outcome-based” curicullum and a new marking system to go with it. This 4 point crap system is going to take all motivation out of trying to achieve anything worthwhile in our schools. It is about 1 silly step away from splitting all marks between all students. I encourage all to look into it. Maybe it’s time for charter schools in Saskatchewan.

  38. Bigg Green Oil.
    “Given this year’s weather disasters, “it’s hard to stand up and say global warming is a hoax,” he said.”
    …-
    “Carbon Fee From Obama Seen Viable With Backing From Exxon”
    “Exxon Mobil Corp. is part of a growing coalition backing a carbon tax as an alternative to costly regulation, giving newfound prominence to an idea once anathema in Washington.”
    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-15/carbon-fee-from-obama-seen-viable-with-backing-from-exxon.html

  39. GB
    The best thing I ever did for my kids’ education is getting her out of the Saskatoon Public School System(SPSS). She now attends a Charter School in the Phoenix area, and it truly is apples and oranges compared to the SPSS. She was an ‘A’ student her entire life until she came to Arizona. In Arizona she got a swift kick in the butt her first year, especially in math and English. Now I’m happy to say she is achieving A’s again because of a lot of hard work. It was a “swift kick in the butt” because the students at her school are at least 1 year(probably 2 years) ahead of the kids in the same grade (8) in the SPSS, especially in Math and English. Furthermore, they use “traditional” teaching methods including phonics, word and sentence structures, essay writing for English. In math they must memorize math formulas and tables; and, they are not allowed to use calculators. I believe that using calculators in Saskatchewan elementary schools is gravely hurting the students, but I digress. At my daughter’s school they don’t bother with the “new and improved” teaching methods, they regularly fail students, hand-out zeros, they shame students that under achieve. On top of that, they spend next to NO CLASS TIME on frivolous escapades such as art, music and so on. Those things you must do on your own time, by joining clubs before and after school( you must be passing all classes to qualify). Finally, they recognize achievement, as the top math student in 2011-12 received a full scholarship to ASU for her first year; a grade 8 student! All of that said, the most significant difference is they will kick a student out of the school if they cannot “keep up” to make room for someone who can. This is quite different from the SPSS’s ‘race to the bottom’.
    I reckon if my kid returned to the SPSS she would have to be moved-up at least one or two grade levels. The SPSS is an embarrassment, and the expectations for the students is embarrassing. If your kids are in this school system, they are being robbed of a decent education. Get them out somehow! Unfortunately, I didn’t know how little was actually being taught to my kids in the SPSS relative to other students abroad; but I am glad to now see the truth of things. I suspect most kids graduating from the SPSS will not be able to compete abroad because of the poor quality of education they are receiving; and, my kid was at an ‘achieving’ school, which makes it all the more shocking.
    Finally, I always was suspicious of the SPSS because of the unavoidable comparison between my kid’s academic education and her athletics. In past years I’ve said at sda that “the teachers at school never challenge my kid nearly as much as her softball and basketball coaches who demand perfection, and accept no excuses”. Well, I’ll tell you what; I can now say that my kid is challenged as much, if not more at the Ward Traditional Academy in Tempe than she is by her club team basketball coach. And that is saying quite a bit, considering the ramp-up in athletic competition is at least a factor of 2X more competitive than what she was used to in Saskatchewan.

  40. Indiana, Thanks for your post. I enjoyed reading it and good luck to your daughter.
    I was fortunate to get my kids into an exceptional school in BC called the University Transitions School, which seems similar to your Traditional Academy. My kids were challenged greatly as the school program of “radical acceleration” took its toll. But they both were able to complete 4 and 5 years of high school in two years, while earning acceptance to UBC studies at just 15 years old.
    My daughter recently told me that her first year at UBC is easier than her final year of high school. She is kicking a$$.
    I suggest to anyone interested to google University Transitions School. A tiny school (20 per year) and not for everyone, but it is amazing and publicly funded. I wish there were more like it.
    If you make it to their website, please leave some positive comments as they need support to stay funded.

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