What was racist about the psychologist’s comments. FBI crime data clearly shows black males commit crime at a much higher rate then white males.

Careful how you spin your stats. From Wikipedia’s “Race and crime in the United States”:

Racial inequality in the American criminal justice system is mostly caused by a racial imbalance in decisions to charge criminal defendants with crimes requiring a mandatory minimum prison sentence, leading to large racial disparities in incarceration.” {emphasis mine}

Perhaps it’s better to look, instead of through the lens of racism, rather to consider his statements with respect to his view of his role in the system.

The main premise of the entire educational system has to be that people can change. They can learn. How, in good conscience, can an educator be taken seriously when they’ve already conceded that changing one’s behavior is not possible? What, exactly, does he think his job is if it’s not to find ways to trick, if you will, young people into trying to aquire new knowledge leading to what will hopefully be beneficial new behaviors?

He shouldn’t be fired for being a racist. He should be fired for acknowledging that he’s not willing to try to do his job.

The Amnesic Incognito Live System or Tails is a Linux distribution aimed at preserving privacy and anonymity. It is the next iteration of development on the Incognito Linux distribution. It is based on Debian, with all outgoing connections forced to go through Tor. The system is designed to be booted as a live cd or usb and no trace is left on local storage unless explicitly told to.

No data saved during use, all memory wiped at shutdown, Tor network used by default.

On the same side Radley links to: Google outs an anonymous blogger

Google FORCED to out an anonymous blogger. TIFIFY

Two years ago. Thanks for the news flash, Dana.

Mother Jones is more disappointed the government didn’t waste money on high speed rail then they are with wasting money on war projects.

Leaving aside standard libertarian qualifiers about theft, force, etc, I have to agree with Mother Jones to a degree here. Having public transportation does raise the quality of life among the people near it. Making advanced weapons makes the quality of life go down for anyone on the receiving end.

If the government is going to steal our money and spend it, I’d rather they build 500 public transportation systems than a single new fighter jet. Add to that, these politicians are BRAGGING that they rejected the transportation system that costs 1/2 of one percent of a project they are championing.

Mother Jones is not the group you should be pissed at.

To quote Leslie Nielsen:

“Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That’s *my* policy.”

I can also see LARP-ers getting the short end of the stick on this…

“Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!” *tear gas*….

Boondoggle: a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

~Dwight D. Eisenhower, From a speech before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 16, 1953
34th president of US 1953-1961

Reading that made me think of the book/movie “The Pentagon Papers”. I thought the movie was pure comedy until I read the book…then it just became depressing.

If there are any programers who visit this site, I’m sure you’ve run into situations where management has asked for some software developement that sounds easy to them but is actually very difficult to produce.

Reminds me of the cartoon here:

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2005/03/on-software-engineering.html

Mother Jones is more disappointed the government didn’t waste money on high speed rail then they are with wasting money on war projects.

There oughtta be someone in the NYS Assembly/Senate who is well versed in reading comprehension in such a manner that they would understand their oath(s) of office and the documents upon which they swore said oath:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the office of

United States Bill Of Rights

First Amendment – Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

The Constitution Of The State Of New York

Article I Bill Of Rights

8. Freedom of speech and press; criminal prosecutions for libel

There we have it both the US and NYS constitutions clearly acknowledge the peoples inalienable right(s) to free speech/press.

I live in NYS and the Assembly/Senate are really good at deferring todays problems to future generations and renaming roads and bridges.

If the NYS Assembly/Senate were to close it’s doors today the people of NYS would never notice the differnece (the exemption being there would be fewer statist parasites stealing their earnings under the guise of taxation and the destruction of their livelyhoods through excessive licensing and regulation would cease).

NYS Assembly/Senate = boobus-americanous

John does plan to challenge the ticket in court, mainly because it carries a hefty fine. It could cost him $500 once you add the fine plus court costs.

John says he has always had a deep admiration for Cleveland police, and he isn’t trying to start trouble, but that’s a lot of money for helping out someone less fortunate.
I hope this incident cures him of that “admiration” thing.

On the same side Radley links to: Google outs an anonymous blogger

Google FORCED to out an anonymous blogger. TIFIFY

Saw your comment @40 come in after I posted mine. I think we are in agreement on the burgers question.

On the same side Radley links to: Google outs an anonymous blogger