Society's Child

A converted school bus and a family of nine who travel the country 'unschools' kids on the road

Michelle Gant
Fox News
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC

A family of nine from Florida have taken to life on the road after converting a school bus into an RV they live in while traveling across the country.

Michelle and Steve Lawson bought the 265-square-foot "skoolie" in 2017 for $14,000 and spent $17,000 to convert it over the course of six months. It's now equipped with a king size bed along with two triple bunk beds and living areas to accommodate their large family.

The couple, along with their kids, Caleb, 16, Jacob, 13, Joshua 10, Matthew, 6, Liam, 5, Charlotte 2 and nine-month-old Owen, try to take at least one week-long adventure a month. The children are homeschooled and Steve and Michelle have a photography business, making it possible to spend so much time away from home.

The parents teach their kids with a method called "unschooling," where they decide what to learn based on real-life experiences.

"Life is learning and yes, 100 percent unschooling is the way to go. We believe that life is learning and the best way to learn is to do. Also, the big kids really help the little kids learn too, they are a huge help along the way," the couple told The Daily Mail.

Comment: Way to go!

The sticking point: Suspected drug smugglers try to drive over US-Mex border fence

CBS News
Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:19 UTC

Suspected smugglers who tried to use ramps to drive an SUV over a 14-foot-tall border fence had to abandon their plan when the Jeep became stuck on top of the barrier, authorities said Wednesday.

Agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border near the Imperial Sand Dunes in California's southeast corner spotted the Jeep Cherokee teetering atop the fence early Tuesday, Border Patrol spokesman Spencer Tippets said. The vehicle was perched about five miles west of the Colorado River and the Arizona state line.

The Jeep was spotted just after midnight, CBS Yuma affiliate KSWT-TV reports.

Two smugglers on the Mexican side of the border were trying to free the Jeep when the agents approached, Tippets said. They ran further into Mexico and escaped.

Comment: A validation? Even back in 2012, walls worked.

Syria: Double bomb blasts in Afrin leave 10 dead, 18 injured

Sputnik
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:49 UTC

As many as 10 people were killed and 18 others were injured in two bomb explosions in the Syrian city of Afrin, a source in the Free Syrian Army (FSA) told Sputnik on Sunday.

"Ten people were killed and 18 were wounded as a result of a detonation of two explosive devices near the Kawa ring. The first one targeted a bus close to the Saraya bridge in Afrin," the source said, adding that the FSA defused the third explosive device in the city.

Earlier it was reported that a bus departing from the station in front of the city's administration has exploded, killing at least 2 people; 13 more were injured, Turkey's NTV TV channel reported.

California Dept of Ed proposes new guidelines to teach kindergartners about '15 different genders'

Victor Skinner
EAGNEWS.org
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:34 UTC

California kindergartners could soon learn all about the "gender stereotypes" plaguing society, the importance of accepting transgender lifestyles, a kaleidoscope of 15 different genders to choose from, and other "health guidelines."

The California Department of Education's proposed Health Education Framework for K-3 students, which would be mandatory with no opt-out option for parents, promotes a decidedly liberal perspective on gender and sexuality many parents would likely disagree with, and some educators are speaking up, Christian Headlines reports.

Chapter three of the proposed guidelines encourages teachers to "discuss gender with kindergartners by exploring gender stereotypes and asking open-ended questions, such as what are preferred colors, toys, and activities for boys/girls, and then challenging stereotypes if presented.

Largest-ever group of migrant families tunnels under Yuma, AZ border fence

Rafael Carranza
AZ Central
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 03:51 UTC

© Courtesy of U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. Border Patrol officials in Yuma said 376 asylum-seeking migrants dug seven holes on Jan. 14 to tunnel under the existing border fence and turn themselves in to agents near San Luis, Arizona.

The largest single group of migrant families and minors ever recorded in the Yuma area tunneled underneath a border fence and voluntarily turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, according to Customs and Border Protection officials in Arizona.

A group of 376 migrants, composed almost overwhelmingly of Guatemalan families and children seeking asylum, breached the U.S.-Mexico border just before noon Monday, approximately 4½ miles east of the San Luis commercial port of entry.

Customs and Border Protection officials disclosed details of the incident on Friday, releasing videos and photos showing the migrants walking along the U.S. side of the border fence and waiting in line for agents to process them.

Agent Jose Garibay, spokesman for the Border Patrol's Yuma Sector, said that migrants, with the help of smugglers, dug seven holes in the sandy soil underneath the bollard-style fence and the metal plates welded to the bottom of the barriers.

Comment: Watch video: 376 illegal immigrants tunnel under border wall in Yuma, AZ.

Northern Ireland: Police make arrests in courthouse car bombing deemed a terrorist attack by the 'New IRA'

FRANCE 24
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 17:21 UTC

© AFP
The Police Service of Northern Ireland tweeted a photograph of a suspected car bomb outside a courthouse in Londonderry.

Police in Northern Ireland said Sunday they suspect Irish Republican Army dissidents were behind a car bombing outside a courthouse in the city of Derry/Londonderry. Two men in their 20s have been arrested.

The device was placed inside a hijacked delivery vehicle and exploded Saturday night as police, who had received a warning, were evacuating the area. There were no reports of injuries.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland posted a photograph of a vehicle in flames and urged the public to stay away.

Police and army bomb-disposal experts remained at the scene on Sunday.

Comment: From RT: The area was put on lockdown and nearby buildings were evacuated.

Police have arrested two people in connection with the attack:

Police say they have now arrested two individuals. Law enforcement officials also announced that the main line of inquiry is that the New IRA, an alliance of republican militant groups that have conducted similar attacks in Londonderry, is responsible for the attack.

According to law enforcement, those responsible for the assault "have shown no regard for the community or local businesses" and "care little about the damage to the area and the disruption they have caused." No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb, which authorities have described as "crude."

Police received a warning after the delivery van was hijacked. Authorities were then tipped off that a device had been left in the courthouse. Law enforcement immediately began to evacuate the area, with the bomb detonating about 15 minutes later.

© Reuters / Clodagh Kilcoyne
A forensic officer takes a photograph of the scene of a suspected car bomb in Londonderry, Northern Ireland January 20, 2019.

'SNL' roasts BuzzFeed over discredited Trump-Cohen report

Daniel Chaitin
The Washington Examiner
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 17:06 UTC

'Ya'll are BuzzFeed. You do memes and lists'

Saturday Night Live mocked BuzzFeed News for its bombshell report last week claiming lawyer Michael Cohen told special counsel Robert Mueller that President Trump ordered him to lie to Congress about his business dealings in Russia.

In the show's first episode of 2019, "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che knocked the BuzzFeed report that earned a rare statement from Mueller's office disputing its claims.

Comment: BuzzFeed has a long history of dodgy reporting. Cohen is the latest.

LAPD detective exposes revenge porn extortion plot by fellow officer

Bill Hutchinson
ABC News
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:08 UTC

A veteran Los Angeles police detective who investigated sex crimes alleges she became a victim of "revenge porn" perpetrated by a fellow officer who she had been in an extramarital affair with, and that it turned violent and left her vulnerable to extortion when she broke off the relationship.

Detective Ysabel Villegas, who has served for 30 years in the Los Angeles Police Department, went public this week with the seamy allegations against Officer Danny Reedy.

"He released intimate photos of me, extorting me. He was extorting and harassing me, and then released the photos in November because I broke up with him in August. It was revenge to ruin my reputation and embarrass me in front of our peers," Villegas alleged in an application for a permanent restraining order against Reedy.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Blancarte granted Villegas' restraining order on Tuesday, saying her claims against Reedy were "some of the most serious allegations that I've ever had to read in this courtroom."

Compelled speech: California state senator announces that only 'gender neutral' pronouns will be permitted during committee hearings

Amanda Prestigiacomo
The Daily Wire
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC

Hannah-Beth Jackson California gender neutral

California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson - another gender ideologue

California knows no bounds when it comes to radical LGBT activism. On Thursday, State Senator and Senate Judiciary Committee chair Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) announced that only "gender neutral" pronouns will be permitted during committee hearings.

"Our first order of business is to approve the committee rules. I'd like to note - in respecting the fact that we are now a state recognizing the non-binary designation as a gender - he and she, we are now merging them so we are using what my grammar teacher would have had a heart attack over: we are using the phrase 'they' and replacing other designations so it's a gender neutral designation: 'they,'" announced the Democrat. "Basically, that's the primary reforms and revisions to the committee rules."

"In the spirit of gender neutrality for the rules of this committee, we now designate the chair as 'they,'" Jackson corrected the record.

Comment: Humpty Dumpty deserved to fall: Standing up to compelled speech and 'velvet' totalitarianism

Finnish study confirms Jordan Peterson's take on Nordic feminism and gender equity in employment

Sputnik
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:43 UTC

Canadian psychology professor and online guru Jordan Peterson has often referenced the "Scandinavian paradox", citing stark gender differences in "progressive" Nordic countries despite their commitment to equality. A recent Finnish study gives fuel to the embattled thinker's standpoint, citing welfare state as one of the underlying reasons.

A fresh analysis called "Glass Ceiling Paradox" by Finnish think-tank EVA has addressed the issue of low proportion of female managers in Finland, despite the Nordic country potentially offering more equal opportunities compared to its less "feminist" peers.

In Finland, the proportion of women in senior positions is 32 per cent, which is below the OECD average, the report stressed. This is still a far cry from 44 per cent in Latvia, an OECD member state, which, unlike Finland and its fellow Nordic countries, seldom gets any praise for its gender equality.

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Society's Child

A converted school bus and a family of nine who travel the country 'unschools' kids on the road

The sticking point: Suspected drug smugglers try to drive over US-Mex border fence

Syria: Double bomb blasts in Afrin leave 10 dead, 18 injured

California Dept of Ed proposes new guidelines to teach kindergartners about '15 different genders'

Largest-ever group of migrant families tunnels under Yuma, AZ border fence

Northern Ireland: Police make arrests in courthouse car bombing deemed a terrorist attack by the 'New IRA'

'SNL' roasts BuzzFeed over discredited Trump-Cohen report

LAPD detective exposes revenge porn extortion plot by fellow officer

Compelled speech: California state senator announces that only 'gender neutral' pronouns will be permitted during committee hearings

Finnish study confirms Jordan Peterson's take on Nordic feminism and gender equity in employment

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