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School Dumps Security Guards For Art TeachersMy opinion of the public "education" system is not exactly the highest, but when a public school does something right, I feel it should be applauded.
Such is the case with Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School in Roxbury, Mass., which experienced incredible academic results after dumping its security guards for art teachers:The school was plagued by violence and disorder from the start, and by 2010 it was rank in the bottom five of all public schools in the state of Massachusetts.
That was when Andrew Bott — the sixth principal in seven years — showed up, and everything started to change.
"We got rid of the security guards," said Bott, who reinvested all the money used for security infrastructure into the arts.
In a school notorious for its lack of discipline, where backpacks were prohibited for fear the students would use them to carr

Debating Rape Culture With Linkara And ChickLast night, I was involved with my first heated Twitter debate, and ironically enough, it was with two of my favorite internet reviewers: Linkara and Nostalgia Chick.
Lewis, Lindsay, in the slim chance either of you are reading this, I mean no ill-will towards either of you. I enjoy your reviews immensely.
However, you two should stick to reviewing comic books and movies. Political commentary is not your forte.
Anyway, the entire debacle started when Lindsay tweeted this:@Linkara19 @krameralex95 Who fuckin cares if women are like... in any way oppressed... I mean they can vote and hold office.And herein lies the problem I have with feminists: we have a fundamental difference in what constitutes "oppression."
To me, people suffer "oppression" when they are systematically den

Second Grader Suspended For Pop Tart GunFirst, you hear about a kindergartner getting suspended for playing with a pink soap bubble gun, and you think to yourself, "How can it get any worse than that?"
Then, you hear about the fifth-grader getting suspended for playing with a torn piece of paper like a toy gun.
"Okay, that was pretty :iconfluttershysqueeplz:ing stupid," you say, "but it can't get any dumber than that. What could possibly be dumber than that?!"
Well, just recently, a second-grader was suspended for shaping a "pop tart" into a gun and playing with it.
Oh yes, those toaster pastries may look

CISPA Is Dead--For Now!
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If you've been trying to maintain faith in humanity, the past few weeks have not been the best time to do so, what with the Boston bombing, the Texas plant explosion, the ricin letters, the MIT officer's shooting, the 4/20 shooting, and all the while, our politicians exploiting these tragedies to push for more "security" and less liberty.
But take heart, comrades! With all the crap that's hit the fan within the past few weeks, some good has come of it.
Just recently, the Senate shelved CISPA, or the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act, which passed the House last week. So not only did the Senate manage to curb draconian gun control legislation, but it's now curbed draconian internet surveillance legislation. I'm star

Homelessness On The Rise In NYC Under BloombergHow do you know a politician like Michael Bloomberg is lying? He claims he cares about the poor and homeless!
The NYC mayor recently drew criticism following his remark that "nobody's sleeping on the streets" in response to concerns about shelters turning people away.
Now he faces even harsher criticism in light of a report that reveals that homelessness in his city has increased 19 percent since last year and 61 percent since he took office over a decade ago:A new report reveals the number of people living in homeless shelters has surpassed 50,000 people a night-- a record high for the city and a 19 percent jump from last year.
And although the rise is a reflection of a broader national trend, the Coalition for the Homeless believes the problems facing New York City are much more al

Government Starves The PoorIt's bad enough that a veteran who was brave enough to nearly die for our country is forced to scavenge through garbage cans for his next meal; but what's worse is that he was ticketed for doing so!In March, a Houston police officer ticketed a homeless man for digging through trash in search of food. James Kelly, a 44-year-old Navy veteran, was cited for "disturbing the contents of a garbage can in [the] downtown business district." The rule cited was a 70-year-old anti-scavenging statute that's been revised over the decades to expand the types of containers protected from, in the law's original language, "molesting."
HPD defended the ticket at first, explaining in a statement, "It is a violation for anyone to remove any contents … placed for collection of garbage, trash or recyclable material. An officer has probable cause to issue such a citati

States: Our Final RefugeTwo states are currently involved with nullification bills to offset unconstitutional federal laws.
Indiana introduced a bill that "voids" all federal acts, orders, laws rules, and regulations made by the federal government that goes against the Constitution, and will make it so that any person or law enforcement that attempts to enforce these "void" federal laws will be charged with a Class D felony.
Meanwhile, the Michigan House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill nullifying the indefinite detention provision within the National Defense Authorization Act, thus prohibiting state law enforcement from enforcing it.
Many have argued that these nullification bills are themselves unconstitutional because they v

LIBTARD SMASH!
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I recently stumbled across the funniest YouTube video, and I am seriously LMFAO over it! I kid you not: I had to pause the video multiple times just to catch my breath I was laughing so hard.
Throughout this libtard's temper tantrum, I was half-expecting him to transform into the Incredible Hulk. He didn't. But his rage still managed to provide unintentional comedy gold.
And why is this relatively unknown YouTube libtard declaring war on half the country? Because the welfare reform in his state of Alabama (which he claims is more conservative than North Korea!) is forcing him to get a job rather than suckle off the teat of the welfare state. Oh the humanity!
VIDEO: I've Had It With Conservatives!
If you're feeling depressed today, by all means, watch this video. The bouts of uncontr

Freedom In The 50 States P.O. LibtardsThe Mercatus Center, a libertarian think-tank, released its analysis of the 50 states and where they rank in personal and economic freedom.

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The freest state in the union, surprisingly enough, was North Dakota, which scored exceptionally well on fiscal and regulatory policy with low taxes and government debt--it's high government spending none withstanding.
While the freest state may come as a shocker, the two least freest states should come as no surprise.
The least freest state? New York.
No! Really?! The state where Michael "Big Brother" Bloomberg is mayor over an anti-soft drink, anti-gun, anti-smoking, anti-formula feeding, :iconfluttershysqueeplz:-t

Open Letter To Tiffany WillisDear Tiffany Willis,
You argue in your recent article 10 Facts That Prove America Is Becoming More Liberal that Americans are becoming more "liberal" because more are supporting issues such as same-sex marriage, drug legalization, and immigration reform.
My first question for you, then, would be how do you define "liberal"? Do you define it by the classic definition or the modern definition? Are you a "classic liberal" or a "progressive liberal"?
I ask this because liberalism, as a philosophy, has changed over time. When it first originated, "liberalism" was about individual rights, limited government, and laissez-faire capitalism. In this sense, the Founding Fathers and other enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke, Adam Smith, and John Stuart Mill were "liberal"—that is, they were "classic liberals."
However, as times changed, so did liberalism. With the introduction of

Public Education = IndoctrinationI know this is probably going to shock you all, but video footage was recently leaked of a far-left radical college professor acting like a far-left radical college professor. Shocking, I know!
In the 15-minute video complication, videotaped by a University of California student, political science professor Darry Sragow is shown going on multiple tirades against the Republican party, calling them "losers," "racists," and "old white guys."
"The Republican Party," he said, "is the last vestige of angry old white people."
The professor went so far as to suggest utilizing illegal tactics to suppress Republican votes. One teacher assistant even suggested stationing Black Panthers at polling locations to intimidate Republican voters.
The entire video can be viewed in its entirety below, though those with high blood press

14 Wounded In Texas College StabbingAt least 14 people were wounded yesterday during a stabbing spree at a Texas community college carried out by a knife-wielding 20-year-old student, who has since been charged with the attack.
Clearly this isolated incident highlights the problem of America's lack of knife control. Only by passing common sense knife legislation can we prevent another tragedy like this from happening again.
I propose background checks for knife purchases, and that knife owners be placed in a national knife registry. Anyone wishing to buy a knife must first receive extensive knife training. Civilians are to be restricted to purchasing butter knifes. Anything sharper are strictly off-limits.
Of course, knowing the rampant knife culture in this country, a reactionary organization will surely rear its head, probably naming itself the National Knife Association, and obstruct this legisl

CISPA Explained With Sock PuppetsNothing explains complicated hundred-page legislation than sock puppets! Sock puppets make learning anything easier!

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If you haven't done so already, contact your senators! We must stop CISPA in the Senate. The future of internet freedom is at stake.

Arguing With IdiotsWe all have our addictions. For some, it's smoking. For others, it's drinking. And for many others, it's porn. For me, it's arguing on the internet—the most fruitless endeavor since Sisyphus rolling a boulder up a hill.

I don't know what compels me to argue. I guess it's this naive notion that, if you encounter someone with an incorrect belief and you provide them logic, reason, and evidence to the contrary, that they will abandon their belief. If that were the case, the world wouldn't be plagued with birthers, truthers, anti-vaccers, Keynesians, and other idiots with blatantly incorrect beliefs. You can lead an idiot to knowledge but y

No, Vox, You ARE Misogynistic!I know you all are probably getting tired of me ranting about Vox Day, but by Celestia's royal mane, I can't help it! I simply can't tolerate how this woman-hater gets away calling himself a "Christian libertarian" when he's clearly neither "Christian" nor "libertarian."
And I don't know which is worse: his misogyny, or the pseudo-intellectualism he uses to defend it. Take for instance the faulty reasoning he uses to explain why women shouldn't have the same rights as men

ecause women are collectively more short-sighted and more self-centered than men, giving them an equal voice in society is tantamount to a slow-motion execution for any society. This is not theoretical, it is observable, as the equalitarian societies of Europe are already demographically in demise and in the process of losing their democracies and their property rights.
I understand that many people believe women's rights ar

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Proud To Be A Democrat: Proof You Can't Fix Stupid

by ~BlameThe1st, Feb 18, 2013, 6:33:50 PM
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Republicans are often belittled as the stupid party--and in many cases, they are--but if this letter to the editor from a "proud democrat" is any indicator, the Democrats have their fair share of stupid:

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For those who can't read the print in the image above, here is the text of the letter:

Beaufort, N.C.

Jan. 17, 2013

TO THE EDITOR:

Republicans and "so-called" conservatives are at it again. They are claiming that the Constitution gives people the right to have guns without the permission of the government. If that were true, then how could New York and Chicago have laws against it?

We Democrats are sick and tired of Republicans constantly using the Constitution to cover up their true plans, which are to make us all afraid of everyone else. Our great president came from a civilized part of the country where there is strict gun control, and he is only trying to bring the benefits of that more modern way of living to the rest of us. I don't know the exact statistics, but I'm quite certain that Chicago is a lot safer that Morehead City, when it comes to gun violence.

But do Republicans and conservatives listen to the voice of reason? No, of course not. All they want to do is whine and complain about how gun control and wealth redistribution violate the Constitution, as if the Constitution were all that great, anyway. There are a lot of things that need to be changed about the Constitution, I'd say, and President Obama needs to change it.

So far, this letter is your typical anti-gun, anti-Republican, pro-Obama screed. Nothing exceptionally out of the ordinary--until you get to the next paragraph (emphasis mine):

The Republicans are just trying to stand in the way, because the president is black. They even dared to question whether he was born in this country. I think all this demonstrates that the Constitution needs to be amended when it comes to the qualifications for being president. Right now, it says that a person has to be 35 years old and be a natural born citizen. Well, that is obviously unfair because there are a great many otherwise qualified people who cannot run for president because their mothers had to have a C-section. But because the Constitution was written a hundred years ago, nobody even thought of the discrimination that would result from a doctor having to deliver a baby in this unnatural way. Now that we Democrats are in control of the government, that's just one more thing we should change in our drive to make life fair.

Please withhold my name because I don't want to get crank calls.

PROUD TO BE A DEMOCRAT

If you require me to explain to you everything wrong in that paragraph, chances are you probably need to go back to school--preschool that is!

I feel dumber having read that. I may have even lost a few brain cells. I'm going to have to read some Ludwig Von Mises and Murray Rothbard in order to regain my intelligence. I hope I still remember how to read!

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~FlipswitchMANDERING Mar 1, 2013

AHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAH!!!!!!!!!!!

This is so funny!

~BlameThe1st Mar 7, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

~Orion--13 Feb 19, 2013

Pretty sure that's a 'Moby' - someone pretending to be what they are not.

Too full of tropes and stereotypes to be real; fails the smell test.

And I'm a libertarian. LOL

Orion

~BlameThe1st Feb 20, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Well, that's clearly a possibility.

~snufflenuffle Feb 19, 2013 Student General Artist

Thank you very much for providing the links to Ludwig von Mises' works! I was going to Google them up myself. You saved me a lot of trouble

~BlameThe1st Feb 19, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Welcome!

~bttlrp Feb 19, 2013

"I'm going to have to read some Ludwig Von Mises and Murray Rothbard in order to regain my intelligence."

Good luck. I mean that very sincerely.

~BlameThe1st Feb 19, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Thanks! And I mean that very sincerely!

~bttlrp Feb 19, 2013

Just a friendly warning idk how intelligence can be gained or regained by way of Rothbard but whatevs

~BlameThe1st Feb 19, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Judging by your previous comments to me, I'm sure you don't.

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