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'Competence downshift': Study explains how white liberals patronize minorities

Valerie Richardson
The Washington Times
Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:01 UTC

White liberals present themselves as less competent when addressing minorities, while conservatives use the same vocabulary no matter what the race of their audience, according to a newly released study.

Yale and Princeton researchers found that white Democratic presidential candidates and self-identified liberals played down their competence when speaking to minorities, using fewer words that conveyed accomplishment and more words that expressed warmth.

On the other hand, there were no significant differences in how white conservatives, including Republican presidential candidates, spoke to white versus minority audiences.

"White liberals self-present less competence to minorities than to other Whites - that is, they patronize minorities stereotyped as lower status and less competent," according to the study's abstract.

Cydney Dupree, assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management, said she was surprised by the findings of the study, which sought to discover how "well-intentioned whites" interact with minorities.

"It was kind of an unpleasant surprise to see this subtle but persistent effect," Ms. Dupree said. "Even if it's ultimately well-intentioned, it could be seen as patronizing."

Comment: From the study:

White liberals may indirectly express a patronizing form of bias in their responses to outgroup members by drawing on negative status/competence stereotypes about Blacks. That is, with the best of intentions-seeking to affiliate with a Black interaction partner-White liberals may unwittingly draw on negative stereotypes, dumbing themselves down in a likely well-meaning, "folksy," but ultimately patronizing, attempt to connect with the outgroup.

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French policemen decide to relieve themselves against the wall of the Qatari embassy

RT
Sat, 01 Dec 2018 15:38 UTC

Qatar won't be happy to learn that a group of French cops decided to pee against the wall of its embassy in Paris during a break from their protest policing duties, as spotted by an RT reporter.

The embarrassing moment was captured on Saturday as authorities in France's capital were busy dealing with Yellow Vest protesters demonstrating across the city. More than 100 people have been arrested in the protests against Emmanuel Macron's fuel reforms.

Four police wearing riot gear lined up to take a leak against the black fence surrounding the embassy, while another policeman appeared to be keeping watch.

US Marshal killed outside Tucson home, suspect arrested

Anita Snow
Associated Press
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC

A deputy U.S. marshal serving a fugitive arrest warrant against a man accused of stalking a female police sergeant after she seized a handgun and ammunition from him last year has been shot and killed outside a Tucson house.

The suspect had recently visited the Tucson Police Department, where he confronted the sergeant in person, then filed an online complaint about last year's seizure of his weapon, demanding that she and other officers be "arrested" and warning against the possibility of a "shootout at the OK Corral," authorities said.

Chase White, 41, was shot while serving the warrant Thursday night. White died later at a hospital, the U.S. Marshals Service said Friday. He had a wife and four children ranging in age from 7 to 14 and had been scheduled to start a deployment of up to three years with the Air Force Reserve on Monday.

The suspect, Ryan Phillip Schlesinger, was arrested after an hour long standoff at the home.

The 'global warming' storytellers have just revealed their hand

Tom Luongo
Gold, Goats 'n Guns
Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC

There's a moment near the end of Ayn Rand's mostly brilliant Atlas Shrugged where she details the unveiling of various government-funded boondoggles whose development we track as the story unfolds.

All of them end in tragedy and mass death. From trains asphyxiating their passengers to sonic weapons killing spectators, the hubris and ineptitude of the rentier class which took over the U.S. government was on display in all its glory.

So, every time I see some hare-brained idea in service of a politically-motivated lie I just look at my wife, shake my head and say, "Act III, Atlas Shrugged, hon."

The latest is the patently insane idea of dimming the sun by dispersing sulfate particles into the atmosphere to reflect and absorb some of the energy coming from it to slow the rate of global warming.

I would hope, at the very least, they are thinking of something thoroughly inert like barium sulfate, but they aren't. They are talking about injecting SO2 into the atmosphere. Another word for SO2 is SMOG. This is the very compound we have been regulating power plants to not emit.

Comment: Whether out of greed, ignorance or the need to acquire control of some kind (or all these), the global warmists continue propagating their narrative against all facts and reasoning to the contrary. They will continue to do so right up until the ice is pressed firmly up their noses.

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Those in US who call for detente with Russia are branded Putin's puppets - The Nation's chief-editor tells RT

RT
Sat, 01 Dec 2018 13:17 UTC

A protest against Donald Trump in New York City in 2017

Any person calling for a better relationship between the US and Russia nowadays risks being branded an agent of the Kremlin, Katrina vanden Heuvel, the editor and publisher of The Nation magazine told RT.

Many establishment people in the US, who have been traumatized by Donald Trump's election as well as domestic political debate over the ties between the two nations, got hurt, the veteran staff member of the progressive US publication told RT's Sophie Shevardnadze.

"Trump was a shock to the American system, and I think for many Americans, particularly Democrats, I am sad to say. Instead of looking deeply into themselves and looking at their own pathologies and problems that America has, the financial crisis, the inequality, the disinformation, the dark money, the suppression of the vote, it's easier to blame others," she said.

Since Russia was blamed for imposing Trump on the country, he and Russian President Vladimir Putin got intertwined in the minds of many, and opposing one means automatically opposing the other.

Catherine Austin Fitts: 'We are living with maximum uncertainty'

Greg Hunter
USA Watchdog
Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC

Financial expert Catherine Austin Fitts has said for years that the economy was not going to crash, but be on a "slow burn." How long can they make this heavily indebted game last? Fitts says, "Our problem as investors is we don't know. If you look at all the information we need to make an intelligent assessment, we don't have access to that information. I have said many times this is a military question. Who has the biggest weapons and who has the ability to deliver force and control? So, we are living with maximum uncertainty. . . . Clearly, we are headed into a new currency world that's part of a new control system, but the answer is we don't know when. My fear with many, many commentators is they are underestimating the power and endurance of the system. I am always getting yelled at because people think I am pro-empire. I am not saying I am pro-empire or I am for the things they are doing to keep it going."

Fits adds that things are so uncertain that "the old system could go five years or five months."

Painfully misguided: "Vegan Mondays" is now law In Berkeley, California

Cait Corcoran
One Green Planet
Wed, 19 Sep 2018 08:00 UTC

This past Thursday, Berkeley, California became the first city ever to declare "Green Mondays." This new law requires vegan-only food to be served at events and city meetings once a week. The campaign will be working alongside Green Monday U.S., an organization that encourages residents to slow down climate change by consuming plant-based foods.

Kate Harrison, a council member who helped author the Green Monday resolution, explains, "I'm not asking people to give up meat, I'm asking us to all think about what it is that we do every day, how we can reduce our meat consumption."

Comment: The push from the mainstream to try and get more and more people to adopt veganism to 'stop climate change' is so woefully misguided it's pathetic. It's simply driving an increasing number of people to compromise their health for absolutely no good reason. It won't stop climate change, it is not more green. It's only encouraging the populace to become malnourished while feeling that they're helping the planet.

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RT France reporter shot in the face during police crackdown on Yellow Vest protesters in Paris

RT
Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:33 UTC

RT France reporter Lucas Leger says he was hit by a "police shot" in the face during the mayhem in downtown Paris as riot police were trying to disperse the Yellow Vest protesters.

Leger, who is covering the standoff, posted a selfie with a wound on the right side of his cheek.

Smoking banned in Scotland's prisons, E-cigs given out for free instead

BBC
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:00 UTC

Tobacco sales ceased last week

Scotland has introduced a smoking ban in prisons as part of an effort to help inmates quit.

It is estimated about 72% of Scottish prisoners smoke regularly, although sales of tobacco ceased in last week in preparation for the ban on Friday.

Comment: Many things are banned in prisons, but they're still widely available.

Vaping is still allowed and the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has offered e-cigarette kits free of charge to prisoners who want them.

Comment: Ahh, vaping, the 'healthy' alternative: Vaping damages DNA and may increase cancer risks, says study

The SPS chief executive said the ban would bring "significant improvements".

Comment: Any objective data to back up that spurious statement?

The date of the ban was announced following a major report into prison workers' exposure to second-hand smoke in July 2017.

Comment: Contraband is big business in prison and so tobacco will just become another item for smugglers, and at rates that will require prisoners to engage in shady activity in order to be able to afford them. Making more work for already overstretched wardens in the process.

However it's no surprise to see this legislation enacted, because councils in the UK are considering threatening tenants with homelessness if they don't comply with their no smoking policies. All in the name of 'health promotion', of course.

Now, where have we seen this duplicitous behaviour before? Anti-smoking campaigns aren't new: The Nazis' forgotten drive to eliminate tobacco from the Reich

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And check out SOTT radio's: The Health & Wellness Show: The Truth about Tobacco and the Benefits of Nicotine

Declining Empire: Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy

Mike Stobbe
AP News
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:50 UTC

© David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File
In this Oct. 22, 2018 file photo, a fentanyl user holds a needle near Kensington and Cambria in Philadelphia. Suicides and drug overdoses helped lead a surge in U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. U.S. health officials released the latest numbers Thursday, Nov. 29. Death rates for heroin, methadone and prescription opioid painkillers were flat. But deaths from the powerful painkiller fentanyl and its close opioid cousins continued to soar in 2017.

Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live.

Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S. deaths in 2017, or nearly 70,000 more than the previous year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. It was the most deaths in a single year since the government began counting more than a century ago.

The increase partly reflects the nation's growing and aging population. But it's deaths in younger age groups - particularly middle-aged people - that have had the largest impact on calculations of life expectancy, experts said.

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Society's Child

'Competence downshift': Study explains how white liberals patronize minorities

French policemen decide to relieve themselves against the wall of the Qatari embassy

US Marshal killed outside Tucson home, suspect arrested

The 'global warming' storytellers have just revealed their hand

Those in US who call for detente with Russia are branded Putin's puppets - The Nation's chief-editor tells RT

Catherine Austin Fitts: 'We are living with maximum uncertainty'

Painfully misguided: "Vegan Mondays" is now law In Berkeley, California

RT France reporter shot in the face during police crackdown on Yellow Vest protesters in Paris

Smoking banned in Scotland's prisons, E-cigs given out for free instead

Declining Empire: Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy

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