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Ohio school board head, who penned controversial race and equity resolution, resigns before being ousted by state senators

RT
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:34 UTC

The head of the Ohio Board of Education has resigned her position just before being voted out by the state Senate. Last year she drafted a resolution that became a flashpoint for a war over how race issues are taught at schools.

Laura Kohler announced her Friday resignation, saying she didn't have a way to keep her position and serve her full term. Another board member, Eric Poklar, is expected to be removed from his office by state senators in a vote later in the day. Both officials imperiled their positions over their support of a controversial resolution on race and equity in education, which critics said was pushing the so-called critical race theory (CRT) on public schools.

The three-page Resolution 20 was passed by the board weeks after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and advised the state education system to fight against racial inequality in various ways. Among other things, it provided for implicit bias training for Ohio Department of Education employees and contractors. That part was met with a strong pushback due to perceived CRT undertones behind the provision.

The CRT framework states that racism in the US is ingrained in certain institutions and benefits all white people. Those who don't hold racist views themselves should still be taught to see their privileges and change their behavior accordingly, the reasoning goes. Opponents say this viewpoint is racist itself and accuse CRT proponents of trying to change the public education system to indoctrinate children in accordance with its tenets under the guise of fighting racism and inequality.

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Wisconsin sheriff claims to have proof of election fraud

Asher Notheis
Washington Examiner
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 05:18 UTC

A Wisconsin sheriff claims to have found proof of election fraud in one of the most unusual places: a nursing home.

The Sheriff's Office of Racine County held a press conference on Thursday to reveal a deceased resident at a nursing home voted absentee in the 2020 election. The Ridgewood Care Facility resident, named Shirley, died on Oct. 9, 2020, a month before the election was held. Sgt. Michael Luell said:

"Shirley was on severe cognitive decline, physically she was on decline, and to some degree, she was giving up on life, unfortunately, in her last days. She didn't want to keep on current events. She didn't watch TV, didn't read, and was just at a low point before she passed."

The office investigated the issue further and found the nursing home had an unusual surge in votes from residents during the 2020 election. Of the 42 families with members in Ridgewood Care Facility, eight said their relatives did not have the cognitive ability to vote but allegedly still had ballots cast in their names.

Guantánamo prisoner details torture for first time: 'I thought I was going to die'

The Guardian
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:13 UTC

© AP
Majid Khan, who has admitted terrorist offences, says: ‘The more I cooperated and told them, the more I was tortured.’

For the first time, a Guantánamo Bay prisoner who went through the brutal US government interrogation program after the 9/11 attacks has described it openly in court, saying he was left terrified and hallucinating from techniques that the CIA long sought to keep secret.

Majid Khan, a former resident of the Baltimore suburbs who became an al-Qaida courier, told jurors considering his sentence for war crimes that he was subjected to days of painful abuse in the clandestine CIA facilities known as "black sites" as interrogators pressed him for information.

It was the first time any of the so-called high-value detainees held at the US base in Cuba have been able to testify about what the US has euphemistically called "enhanced interrogation" but has been widely condemned as torture. "I thought I was going to die," he said.

Assange fiancée says he's lost weight in British prison, looks unhealthy

Sputnik
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:03 UTC

assange october 2021 hearing head in hands

© Julia Quenzler/SWNS
October 27, 2021: Julian Assange briefly appeared at his court hearing via videolink. Observers said he appeared tired & heavily medicated, often with head in his hands.

Founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange, who is now awaiting trial in the British maximum security prison in Belmarsh, has lost a lot of weight and looks unhealthy, Assange's fiancée, Stella Moris, told Sputnik on Monday.

"I saw him in Belmarsh prison on Saturday morning, and he looked very unwell. He has lost a lot of weight. Even though I've seen him regularly, this time he was wearing a T-shirt and I could see how thin his arm was. I was very concerned," Moris said.

At the same time, she noted that Assange is a very strong-willed person and has family that visits and comforts him. He also draws extra strength from the public support he gets, Moris added.

'Very difficult years': Renowned philosophy professor Kathleen Stock quits Sussex University after harassment by trans activists

RT
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:07 UTC

Kathleen Stock, an acclaimed UK philosophy professor, has decided to leave the University of Sussex after transgender activists demanded that she be fired for "transphobic" statements.

"This has been an absolutely horrible time for me and my family. I'm putting it behind me now," the academic tweeted, announcing her departure after "a very difficult few years." Stock thanked the university for stating that bullying and harassment for legally held beliefs is unacceptable.

In a letter published on the university's website, Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell called Stock's departure "a loss to us all," thanking the professor for her tenure at Sussex.

'Inappropriate' Florida elementary school trip to gay bar angers parents

RT
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:52 UTC

A Florida school board member received backlash this week after she took an elementary school class on a field trip to a gay bar with suggestive menu items.

Broward school board member Sarah Leonardi posted photos of the school trip on Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday which showed the masked children sitting inside the rainbow-themed bar.

"I was SO honored to be invited to chaperone Wilton Manors Elementary's field trip to the incredible Rosie's! The students and I had a fun walk over and learned a lot about our community!" Leonardi wrote, before thanking the bar "for hosting this special field trip every year" - an indication that it was not the first time such a trip took place.

China's central planners intervene to ramp up coal production, causes prices to fall by half

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:34 UTC

Having soared to record highs just weeks ago, Chinese coal futures extended their declines on Friday, down more than 50% in a little over a week as Beijing unleashed its latest verbal crackdown as saying prices have further to fall, an attempt to ease the energy crunch, according to Bloomberg.

Thermal coal futures on Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange dropped 7.5% Friday to 973 yuan ($152) a ton, the lowest since early September.

China's top economic planning body, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), announced on its official WeChat account Friday that production costs for coal miners are much lower than current spot prices for the fuel, suggesting coal prices have more room to fall. NDRC cited initial results from a survey of top firms in all producing regions.

Comment: Unlike in the West, it seems there are some benefits to having central planners that aren't yet completely ponerized: In China, back in June, amidst spiking commodity prices, it gave billions to its farmers in an attempt to alleviate the burden during harvest time; more recently it cracked down on internet shopping giant Alibaba over its monopolistic practices. That said, it looks like it may be too late for their largest and most indebted property developer, Evergrande, which, even with the state intervention, is predicted to collapse; albeit in a slow and controlled manner which is hoped to lessen the impact on the economy: China's real estate crisis explained

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Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Why You Should Question Media Reports About China 'Causing Covid' And 'Invading Taiwan'

Lap dances and a 'Man Pageant': Kentucky school's homecoming leads to 'disciplinary action'

Billy Kobin and Chris Kenning
The Courier Journal
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:36 UTC

© Nema Brewer, via Twitter
Photos of a "Man Pageant," costume day and lap dances Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2021, during Hazard High School's homecoming week.

The superintendent of Hazard Independent Schools said "appropriate disciplinary action has been taken" after photos surfaced showing students giving lap dances to staff and wearing scant clothing Tuesday as part of Hazard High School's homecoming week festivities in Eastern Kentucky.

Students and staff took part in a "Man Pageant" and "Costume Day" on Tuesday, according to Hazard High School's Facebook page.

Photos that were subsequently taken down from the athletics department's Facebook page showed students in underclothing giving lap dances to faculty and staff, including Hazard High School Principal Donald "Happy" Mobelini, who is also mayor of the Perry County city.

AT&T accused of coercing white employees to conform to 'diversity & inclusion programming' or face penalties

RT
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:46 UTC

Telecommunications giant AT&T is allegedly pressuring its white employees to embrace 'critical race theory' and become active allies for black rights activists. Those who don't are said to be penalized.

The explosive claim comes from Christopher Rufo, a prominent opponent of critical race theory (CRT) and its increasing acceptance as the basis for fighting racial injustices in the US. CRT views US society as inherently racist and beneficial to white people, including those who are not consciously racist themselves. Advocates say the situation can only be fixed if white people are taught about their privileges and start to actively fight against systemic racism.

According to a 'senior employee' at AT&T, cited by Rufo, the company's equity and diversity policies have embraced that viewpoint and require white employees to adhere to it. Participation in programs that are supposed to address race inequality is mandatory at AT&T, the source claimed.

Comment:

Apparently AT&T didn't get the memo:

UK mortgage costs set to spike to levels last seen during the financial crash of 2008

The Guardian
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:06 UTC

© Joe Giddens/PARupert Jones and Phillip Inman
The Liberal Democrats said the data indicated payments on a £211,000 mortgage could rise by more than £500 a year.

Homeowners face the biggest rise in mortgage costs since the financial crisis, with the amount of interest they pay set to jump by 13% in 2023, data from the government's independent forecasting unit suggests.

Politicians and analysts seized on a table "buried" in a report published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) alongside the budget, which stated that mortgage interest payments were set for their biggest rise since at least 2008.

The Liberal Democrats said the data indicated that householders with the average mortgage of £211,000 could see their payments go up by more than £500 a year, while the investment firm AJ Bell said some people with larger mortgages could have to pay more than £1,000 extra a year.

Comment: It's likely that they have no idea what the financial markets will really look like because it seems that the establishment are gradually losing the ability to rig them as they have for many years, and, considering the dire state of economies following the destructive lockdowns, there are many more variables which threaten to destabilise them. What is however notable, and perhaps ominous, is that the last time we saw a similar hike there was a global economic crash.

Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: World on the Brink - Mass Acceptance of Tyranny Augurs Doom

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Society's Child

Ohio school board head, who penned controversial race and equity resolution, resigns before being ousted by state senators

Wisconsin sheriff claims to have proof of election fraud

Guantánamo prisoner details torture for first time: 'I thought I was going to die'

Assange fiancée says he's lost weight in British prison, looks unhealthy

'Very difficult years': Renowned philosophy professor Kathleen Stock quits Sussex University after harassment by trans activists

'Inappropriate' Florida elementary school trip to gay bar angers parents

China's central planners intervene to ramp up coal production, causes prices to fall by half

Lap dances and a 'Man Pageant': Kentucky school's homecoming leads to 'disciplinary action'

AT&T accused of coercing white employees to conform to 'diversity & inclusion programming' or face penalties

UK mortgage costs set to spike to levels last seen during the financial crash of 2008

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