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Oregon says students don't need to prove mastery of writing, math to graduate: Cites 'harm' to students of color

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© Sean Meagher/The OregonianBut can they read?
Oregon high school students won't have to prove basic mastery of reading, writing or math to graduate from high school until at least 2029, the state Board of Education decided unanimously on Thursday, extending the pause on the controversial graduation requirement that began in 2020.

The vote went against the desires of dozens of Oregonians who submitted public comments insisting the standards should be reinstated, including former Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan. Backlash against the lowered standard had already delayed the vote, originally slated to take place in September.

Opponents argued that pausing the requirement devalues an Oregon diploma. Giving students with low academic skills extra instruction in writing and math, which most high schools did in response to the graduation rules, helped them, they have argued.

Comment: The madness isn't confined to Oregon: The longterm ramifications are dire:

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Oldest Orthodox Christian church in Gaza damaged by 'Israeli strike' - officials

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© noor/XSt. Porphyrios, the oldest Orthodox Christian church in Gaza City, before and after.
The Palestinian authorities have blamed Israel for the bombing of the St. Porphyrios church

The oldest Christian church in Gaza was damaged in an Israeli airstrike on Thursday evening, according to the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Unconfirmed reports from the site said at least two people were killed and more buried under the rubble of the adjacent meeting hall. A follow-up report by the Gaza media office updated the death toll to at least 18.

In a statement on Friday, officials expressed the "strongest condemnation of the Israeli airstrike [on] its church compound in the city of Gaza," and called the targeting of churches and the shelters they operate "a war crime that cannot be ignored."

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs blamed "occupation warplanes" for the explosion, saying Israeli aircraft bombed the church, which is located in the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City. A woman and a girl died and "dozens of people" were injured, the ministry said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Comment: The IDF seems like its going to brazen it out:


and this will be their fall-back: "The church is fine, okay? Sorry (not) about the women and children."





Roses

RT correspondent loses five family members in Gaza hospital attack

Saed Swerki
Four more of Saed Swerki's relatives have died over the past week.

RT Arabic's Saed Swerki held back tears on Wednesday evening as he reported from the Gaza City hospital, where hundreds perished the evening prior, five of them his own relatives.

As Swerki reported live from the Ahli Arab Hospital, he revealed that his family members - a cousin and her children - were among those killed on Tuesday evening. The exact number of casualties from the explosion is still being established, though the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has claimed at least 450 have died and over 1,000 were wounded.

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Cow

Russian official wants ban on vegetarianism for children

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An ombudswoman has claimed that diets lacking animal proteins should be outlawed for minors.

Vegetarianism and raw food diets should be legally banned for minors in Russia as they can lead to serious illness or even death, Irina Volynets, the children's rights commissioner for the Republic of Tatarstan, has told RIA Novosti.

In an interview published on Wednesday, Volynets said a proposal on the issue had already been submitted to the State Duma and the heads of the relevant committees.

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Black Magic

'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson denies ever calling for lockdown but admits 'stepping outside' his SAGE advisory role

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© The Daily MailProfessor Neil Ferguson's modelling in March 2020 for then Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested 510,000 people in the UK would die due to Covid without drastic action
Britain's Covid lockdown architect today denied ever calling for the first national stay-at-home order.

Professor Neil Ferguson's terrifying March 2020 models warned that 500,000 Brits would die unless tougher action was taken to curb the virus's spread.

It spooked Boris Johnson into adopting draconian restrictions that saw the country told they 'must stay at home'. Vaccines — considered the only safe route out of the pandemic — were still months away from being deployed.

But Professor Ferguson, who quit his role as a SAGE adviser two months after being caught breaking social distancing rules to meet his married lover, today insisted he didn't tell officials to plunge the country into a lockdown.

He told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that the situation was 'a lot more complex'.

Comment: One man's academic hubris managed to cripple the economy of an entire country that was already in bad shape. Now that country is being treated to a shuck-and-jive act, trying to dodge the consequences of his actions.


Attention

New United Nations report signals need for mud and grass huts by 2050

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© ScreenshotFrom dust to dust, Mud huts: Abodes of the future
It's all a big 'conspiracy theory' that by 2050 we shall be living in mud and grass huts, eating a meat-free diet and giving up most forms of personal transport. Maybe we might not believe it if global elites stopped writing copious reports detailing all these lifestyle changes, which are said to be needed to move to Net Zero. The latest such report comes from the United Nations, which sets out a collectivist global vision of primary building materials consisting of mud bricks, bamboo and forest "detritus".

According to the UN, the world needs to move to "regenerative material practices" using "ethically produced" low carbon earth and bio-based building materials. Examples include mud bricks, timber, bamboo and agricultural and forest detritus. The report harks back to the middle of the last century when the vast majority of cultures built large buildings and cities out of indigenous earthen, stone and bio-based materials, including timber, cane, thatch and bamboo. Contrasting modern concrete, steel and glass buildings, it observes that "massive mud buildings have been maintained for centuries with their structures intact".

The UN's recently published report, 'Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future', draws on a wide variety of international authors. Heavily involved are Yale University and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, the latter operation drawing financial support from the green activist Laudes Foundation and the British Government. The report is one of a number that have appeared recently that have started to lay out the hard changes that will need to be made in less than 30 years if 80% of the world energy produced by fossil fuel is banned under Net Zero. The construction sector is said to account for 37% of human-caused emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide. Making progress on reducing this will require drastic measures with the report stating that materials such as concrete, steel and aluminium will be used only when "absolutely necessary".

Eye 1

IDF elite force retakes military post overrun by Hamas, rescuing 250 hostages and killing 60 Hamas fighters

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Israel's armed forces have released dramatic footage of the moment elite troops retook control of a checkpoint overrun by Hamas, and freed 250 hostages.

Video from body cameras worn by members of the Flotilla 13 elite unit was released on Thursday evening. The naval commando unit - the equivalent of the U.S. Navy SEALS - is specialized in counter terrorism.

Bodies are seen on the floor of one darkened room. It is not known if they were hostages or terrorists.

Yoda

Conscience and courage: Josh Paul, veteran State Department official, QUITS agency after Biden backs America sending military assistance to Israel in war with Hamas

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© LinkedInJosh Paul worked in the State's bureau overseeing arms transfers for more than a decade, expressed disapproval over the amount of US military assistance provided to America's Middle East ally and resigned because he couldn't do anything about it
A veteran State Department official resigned from the agency Tuesday after Joe Biden reaffirmed America's commitment to support Israel in its war against Hamas.

Josh Paul, who worked in the State's bureau overseeing arms transfers for more than a decade, expressed disapproval over the amount of US military assistance provided to America's Middle East ally and resigned because he couldn't do anything about it.

He shared his lengthy two-page resignation letter on LinkedIn, citing a 'policy disagreement' concerning 'continued lethal assistance to Israel,' which received mixed reactions.

His resignation coincided with President Joe Biden's visit to Israel, during which he pledged a substantial $100 billion aid package.

Light Saber

MMA star Khabib Nurmagomedov calls it: Gaza hospital attack was 'genocide'

Retired MMA star Khabib Nurmagomedov
© AFP / Ethan MillerRetired MMA star Khabib Nurmagomedov, of Dagestan
Khabib Nurmagomedov, the Russian former undefeated UFC champion, has claimed the missile strike that devastated a hospital in Gaza late on Tuesday was an act of "genocide."

"Bombing a hospital full of children and refugees is not a pathway towards peace," Nurmagomedov, 35, wrote in a message on Instagram on Wednesday. "This is genocide."

He added that "no one deserves to be bombed just because they were born where they were born," along with posting a broken heart emoji and the flag of Palestine.

Comment: Funny how an everyday person can say clearly what politicians of every stripe are dancing around.


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CNN reporter who "confirmed" fake beheaded Israeli babies story promoted Libya intervention propaganda in 2011

Sara Sidner
12 years before Sara Sidner helped pave the way for ethnic cleansing in Gaza, she generated "mass hysteria" about rape to justify NATO's Libya intervention

On the morning of October 11, CNN correspondent Sara Sidner announced on air that allegations that Hamas militants had beheaded forty Israeli babies in the Kfar Aza kibbutz were true.

"We have some really disturbing new information out of Israel. The Israeli prime minister spokesman just confirmed babies and toddlers were found with their heads decapitated in Kfar Aza in southern Israel after Hamas attacks in the kibbutz over the weekend," she declared. "That has been confirmed by the prime minister's office."

Meanwhile, reporters on the ground refuted Sidner's dubious claim.

Israeli journalist Oren Ziv, who visited Kfar Aza in the aftermath of the attack, tweeted about the beheaded babies allegation, saying that "During the tour we didn't see any evidence of this, and the army spokesperson or commanders also didn't mention any such incidents."

Comment: So all it takes is one ambitious, unscrupulous, well-timed news reader to say exactly the thing that will trigger millions towards an agenda of domination and carnage.

See also: No, Hamas did not behead 40 babies at an Israeli kibbutz last Saturday