You Won’t Believe What Common Core Testing Looks Like on Long Island

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independentsentinel.com  "One school district in Suffolk County, Long Island had a parent-teacher conference in which every teacher said the same thing. ‘We are no longer teachers, we are your child’s guides.’
"Under the new regulations, they said, they cannot be referred to as teachers any longer, they are only the child’s guide. The child is no longer an individual either, only part of a team, they explained.
"Collectivism at its best!"

As usual, the program is promoted by those who want the federal government taking over more and more of state functions.

A case can be made for Common Core;  Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice   "According to a recent analysis of the Common Core standards there are two justifications for states adopting the standards (Brookings Study of Common Core):"....

'Common Core' In Jeopardy As More States Withdraw   "According to Politico, now that the new math and language tests that are tied to the Common Core national academic standards are almost ready, state officials have found that the exams are too long, too expensive, and require a higher level of computer technology than is often available. Perhaps first and foremost, however, states are fighting back against the standards as a federal intrusion into an area that has historically been reserved for them."
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"In addition, the House has just passed the Student Success Act (SSA), a proposal sponsored by GOP Reps. John Kline (MN) and Todd Rokita (IN), to rewrite the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law.
"The Heritage Foundation reports that the SSA would eliminate the federal mandate known as Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for reading and math proficiency, and thereby allow states to design their own accountability systems."

Newsday; McShane: Implementation of Common Core is a recipe for disaster

Yoki Lin, left, 9, and Juliana Rios, 8, work together as a team during a

 common core math lesson at JFK Intermediate School in Deer Park.

Jay Leno debuts on Carson, 1977

Jay Leno's first Johnny Carson appearance, 1977

 

House Hearing Room Bursts Out Laughing at Obama's ‘Red Line’ on Continuing Resolution

Obama Threatens Senate Democrats: He'll Shut Gov't If They Delay Obamacare  "President Barack Obama is threatening Senate Democrats that if they approve a continuing resolution to fund the government past Monday that also delays Obamacare for one year, he will veto that resolution and shut down the government.

Cartoonist tony Branco has seen this all before

CNS News  "The ensuing exchange between Rogers and McGovern on Obama’s veto threat caused the committee chamber to burst into laughter.

Rogers: “Would the gentleman yield?

 McGovern: "I happily yield."
 
Rogers: "You say the president has threatened to veto the bill?"

 McGovern: "No, he hasn’t threatened. He said he absolutely will veto."
 
Rogers: "He’s drawn a red line has he?"

 McGovern: "Yep."

"At this point, the small hearing room—which was largely filled with committee members, other members of Congress who had come to testify and congressional staff—burst into laughter. Rep. McGovern then stated his belief that the president was serious about his then-just-issued veto threat. “And, you know what,” said McGovern, “I think he’s very serious about this.”  

Oh, and there is no domestic spying program

Netanyahu to Rebut Iran ‘Sweet-Talk’ in Speech to UN

Bloomberg  "Israel’s prime minister and his allies expressed concern that President Barack Obama’s phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani may signal that efforts to halt Iran’s nuclear program will stall.
“ 'I will tell the truth in the face of the sweet-talk and onslaught of smiles,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters as he boarded his plane for the U.S., where he will meet Obama and speak before the United Nations. Netanyahu landed in New York early today and will visit the White House tomorrow.
...."Netanyahu has expressed skepticism about the motives behind Rouhani’s initiative and suggested Iran is trying to buy time to develop the capability to make a nuclear weapon. Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian needs such as electricity."

CNN Translates Obama’s Phone Call with Rouhani   " Leftist British-Iranian journalist Christiane Amanpour interviewed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani last week and, relying on Rouhani’s translator, made the president of the Jew-hating and Holocaust-denying Iranian government sound so incredibly “moderate” ...

President Rouhani [Amanpour's Translation:] I too am glad we can talk.  [Actual Translation:] I too am glad we can talk while we finish building our nuclear weapons.

 

Legendary Journalist, Seymour Hersh calls Obama a Liar. Feels the press enables him

Examiner.com  "Since the 60s, Seymour Hersh has been the bain of presidents from both parties. Seymour broke the My Lai story, was hired by the New York Times to cover Watergate and ended up breaking the invasion of Nixon invasion of Cambodia, and more recently, broke the story Abu Ghraib story. The Republican party once said he was, "the closest thing American journalism has to a terrorist". So what does Mr Hersh think of number 44? He thinks he is a serial liar and the press are a quivering mass of sycophants."

I repeat:  He thinks Obama is a serial liar and the press are a quivering mass of sycophants.

More on this:  "When it comes to Obama, the American media's unrequited crush on the president has turned them into useless fanboys and water carriers:"....

Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media
"Seymour Hersh has got some extreme ideas on how to fix journalism – close down the news bureaus of NBC and ABC, sack 90% of editors in publishing and get back to the fundamental job of journalists which, he says, is to be an outsider."

HuffPo: Hersh callsAmerican media pathetic



 

Sebelius asks for Obamacare Videos: This one is going viral!

"Poor Kathleen Sebelius. She just can’t get a break. When she offered $30,000 in prizes for Obamacare videos, is this what she had in mind?"
Western Free Press

Hat tip to Ronald Kirby at Guardian Eagles on Facebook

How to tell if your dog is involved in a sex scandal...

Hat tip to Jerry Bentley, Lompoc, CA

Are the seeds of civil war in America being sown?

Up until a short time ago, I wouldn't have considered a topic such as this, relegating it to the fringiest of the fringes. But when thoughtful writers such as Alan Caruba write on this subject, I begin to see the signs around us in a new light. Signs such as threats of racial violence, vengeance being promoted against those with opposing political views and the entire pro-Obama entertainment industry aligning to ridicule them with slander and profanity; leftists destroying the reputations and businesses of Americans who do not hold to liberal standards

And, yes, I do blame this president for many things he says to stir anger toward those of us who express fear over his policies; I blame Obama for the things he does not say to calm the angry divisions that are growing more bitter with time.  Tunnel Dweller

Alan Caruba;  A Very Angry America   ..."What is one to make of a White House senior advisor, Dan Pfeiffer, who compared Republicans to arsonists, hostage-takers, and suicide bombers? The Majority Leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, told Republicans that “There’s no need for conversations” telling them to send over a continuing resolution without defunding Obamacare. He has called Tea Party members of the House “anarchists.”...

Senator Says Politics Have Reached Civil War Levels

It's dangerous. It's very dangerous. I believe, Mr. President, we are at one of the most dangerous points in our history right now. Every bit as dangerous as the break-up of the Union before the Civil War.

Mitt Romney saw it when he told Obama to ‘Take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago’

Walmart Shooter Picked Victims By Race  "A man who shot four people near a Greenville Walmart in June picked out his victims because they were white, according to several indictments handed down against him."

H/T to Freedom Fighter's Journal

 Pat Condell on Liberals (Apologists for evil) "Islamo-nausea"?

NBC Launches Week of Programming to 'Help' Obamacare Succeed. (Will resume anti-fracking dramas later)

Weekly Standard  "NBC announced today that it would be launching a week of programming to help Obamacare get off its feet, according to a press release sent out by the network. The law has been widely opposed by all Republicans and supported by most Democrats, including President Obama.
"The headline of the press release reads:

NBC News Launches “Ready or Not, the New Healthcare Law,” a Multi-Screen Experience to Help Americans Get the Most Out of the Affordable Care Act
Dr. Nancy Snyderman Answers Most Pressing Questions Across Social and Via New Video Series #AskDrNancy

Interactive Tools and Resources Help Audience Navigate New Healthcare Benefits and Marketplaces

"The NBC release says it will help explain how to enroll in Obamacare, a service no doubt to President Obama who has himself been barnstorming the country to try to boost enrollment in the program. "....

Read This Comment From A Washington Post Article About Jesus

American Glob  "The Washington Post has a new article called 5 Myths About Jesus. It’s the only type of Jesus related article liberals like – the kind that deconstruct beliefs about Jesus.
"Here’s a real comment on the article, emphasis is mine…

One thing we know about Jesus: He believed in helping the poor, feeding the masses, and free healthcare for all. Republicans who claim to be Christians should take note.

"Got that Christian Republicans? Jesus believed in free healthcare for all. Argument settled. I wonder how Jesus would have felt about abortion?"....

"It’s stunning and at the same time not at all surprising that after eagerly consuming an article which seeks to disprove accepted ideas about Jesus, a liberal’s takeaway is that Jesus would definitely have supported ObamaCare.

"As conservatives who oppose ObamaCare, this is what we’re up against.
We are debating the mentally ill."

Nicolai Sennels: Psychology: Why Islam creates monsters

Jihad Watch  "Nobody is born a mass murderer, a rapist or a violent criminal. So what is it in the Muslim culture that influence their children in a way that make so relatively many Muslims harm other people?

"As a psychologist in a Danish youth prison, I had a unique chance to study the mentality of Muslims. 70 percent of youth offenders in Denmark have a Muslim background. I was able to compare them with non-Muslim clients from the same age group with more or less the same social background. I came to the conclusion that Islam and Muslim culture have certain psychological mechanisms that harm people's development and increase criminal behavior."
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"Here criticism, no matter how true, is seen as an attack on one's honor, and it is expected that the honor is restored by using whatever means necessary to silence the opponent. Muslims almost never attempt to counter criticism with logical arguments; instead, they try to silence the criticism by pretending to be offended or by name-calling, or by threatening or even killing the messenger."

Syria: Longtime Muslim Neighbors Joined al-Qaeda Rebels Against Christians  ..."Hanna says that before the war reached Maaloula this month, both Christians and Muslims agreed that the town must remain a place of peace. “There was a kind of coexistence between us,” Georgios agrees. “We had excellent relations. It never occurred to us that Muslim neighbours would betray us."

KENYA story of heroism by a Muslim girl who didn’t respond when the terrorists asked “Who is Muslim?”

From a comment to this post:

This reminds me of the air-crew of that Air-France Airbus-300 that got hijacked to Entebbe by Communist (East-German) and Moslem (“Palestinian”) terrorists: they equally ALL insisted on staying with the Jewish captives, who were facing death at the hands of those terrorist-captors and/or Idi Amin Dada’s troops (fellow-Moslems!) – and sharing their fate!!!

You may have grown up with them — find out what became of your favorite child TV stars

AARP: Gee, Wally, Where Are They Now?

Keith Thibodeaux from I LOVE LUCY: The drumming prodigy, billed on the sitcom as Richard Keith, was “Little Ricky,” pint-sized sidekick to dad Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz). Thibodeaux later played in a band called David and the Giants. Now 62, he runs Ballet Magnificat!, his wife’s Christian ballet company.

Also here.