Education being censored????

Schoolkids protesting what they are being taught, or what they are not being  taught. Some "woman" wants the curriculum changed .... some things they should not know .... I assume she knows what is best for them.

School boards .... yes, these people, just as other elected officials are, "elected" by people with absolutely NO qualifications to determine what should happen in a school. It's much like plumbers designing space craft. I once was asked, and attended one meeting, to be on the board of our local Crimestoppers. One experienced, highly qualified police detective attended the meeting. There were maybe ten or so board members in attendance.

We talked of recent crimes, some new, some old, went in to detail on some, discussed them in detail. Then, at the end of the meeting, WE were asked to decide which one was the most important, which one to offer the reward. Now, here sat a qualified, experienced member of law enforcement, years of experience, and the decision was up to the shoe salesman, the realtor, a grocer and some other businessmen. When asked for my vote .... I suggested we leave it up to the policeman, to decide which one should take precedent.

I am sure, that Jefferson County, where this problem is, searched for, and found, a highly qualified, experienced, well educated administrator, to run the school system. Then, they put together a board, elected by, unqualified voters to tell him how to do his job. I NEVER understood that.

BOARDS are resume fillers, good material for a political brochure, ego feeders. Odd how many people are on boards of organizations they know absolutely nothing about ... often .... a person will serve on many boards ..... here, just check my resume.

In the above instance, how do they change textbooks to satisfy ...... her. Hitler had a good solution, just burn all the books and start over .... with ...... edited new ones.

WHY don't they just teach ...... what happened. At my old high school, they had a philosophy ... to teach students how to study .... how to think for themselves, HOW to study, HOW to learn, furnish the basics

.... "IF the student hasn't learned, the teacher hasn't taught"

Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General

Eric Holder Jr., the nation's first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system and 5 1/2 years of fights with Republicans in Congress.

Two sources familiar with the decision tell NPR that Holder, 63, intends to leave the Justice Department as soon as his successor is confirmed, a process that could run through 2014 and even into next year. A former U.S. government official says Holder has been increasingly "adamant" about his desire to leave soon for fear that he otherwise could be locked in to stay for much of the rest of President Obama's second term.

Holder already is one of the longest-serving members of the Obama Cabinet and ranks as the fourth-longest tenured AG in history. Hundreds of employees waited in lines, stacked three rows deep, in early February 2009 to witness his return to the Justice Department, where he previously worked as a young corruption prosecutor and as deputy attorney general — the second in command — during the Clinton administration.

But some of that early glow faded in part due to the politicized nature of the job and in part because of Holder's own rhetoric, such as a 2009 Black History Month speech where he said the country was "a nation of cowards" when it comes to discussions about racial tension.

Five years later, violence erupted between police and protesters in Ferguson, Mo., after a white policeman killed an unarmed black 18-year-old. And this time, the White House dispatched Holder to speak his piece, in effect jump-starting that conversation and helping to settle nerves in the frayed community.

Female UAE pilot 'leads strikes' on jihadists

Dubai (AFP) - A female pilot has led United Arab Emirates air strikes that targeted Islamic State jihadists in Syria as part of the US-led campaign against extremists.

Major Mariam al-Mansouri, 35, "led the squadron" of UAE fighter jets that participated in raids Tuesday against the extremists, an Emirati source familiar with the matter said.

The UAE did not confirm officially that a woman was among the pilots that conducted the raids.

Mansouri is reportedly the first female UAE pilot of a fighter jet. She graduated from Abu Dhabi's Khalifa bin Zayed Air College in 2007 and is veteran pilot of F-16 warplanes.

Washington has said the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan, took part in the strikes on the Islamic State, which has seized swaths of Iraq and northern Syria.

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday released photographs of eight airmen it said were involved in Tuesday's US-led operations.

Thursday Morning

On this day in history, something must have happened, but I am not going to check to see what it was. I do know we have had many of them.

What does the future of our country look like? Well, we have a plethora of terrorists who wish to see us all killed. They have the technology to put explosives in toothpaste, or to make shoes of explosive material, rumor has it they are making clothing out of explosives, but the problem has been the label, which says, "Dry Clean Only." They have blown up six dry cleaning facilities so far, so testing has been slow.

Explosive prosthetics are also being considered. Air Marshals at many airports have been accused of kicking the legs of boarding passengers while holding their fingers in their ears.

Yesterday I was talking with the meat department guy at Walmart, something I have often done. "You've been around a lot, who are the most interesting people you have met?" That takes some thought. Interesting, memorable, there are some other words ... none of which come to mind right now. The person I met, worked for, was a mentor, and after 82 years rises to the top, Don Eammelli, my Floor Boss at the Primm in Reno in the late 50's.

Don observed me, trained me, and as a mentor, promoted me, as a still young "kid" ... to a Boxman on a crap table. I was still in my 20's when he put me on the box. Someone came in to the club, on one occasions, walked over to the table, we shook hands. They had seen an article in the Las Vegas newspaper about  the "youngest boxman" in Nevada. Prior to this, I was relatively shy, yet, personable, but the promotion placed me at a new level in my life.

Don had the sharpest mind I have ever seen. I know at one time, in Steubenville, Ohio, he had his own band, and got his early training in the gambling industry in Steubenville, illegal, but booming. Don had his own "count" system in 21, made quite a bit of money, boughte t real estate, and had other ventures. He lost the lower portion of his leg in an auto accident. I helped him with maintenance on his houses and apartments. He was always in pain where his leg met the artificial one.

Don, in many ways, opened a door for me to a different way of life. So, he tops my list. He is gone, but I have talked with his daughter in Reno ... "Oh yes, Dad talked about you." Don Eammelli talked about me.

I met L. Ron Hubbard in Reno, Del Ray, a magician, actually, he and Don had many "moves" in common. I met Buster Keaton's son in Reno, he was building a town, worked some with him. I have met and/or seen many. Lincoln Fitzgerald, owner of the Nevada Club, hired me, gave me a chance, and I worked with him a few years, should have stayed, damned ADD kept me moving around.

Looking back, Don has probably had the biggest impact on my life. One of my "trainers" in Reno also had an impact. Bettye Johnson, at that time, introduced me to the "Nevada" life, and I rearranged my "sites" after getting to know her. I owe her a lot. Danny Fagan also took me under his wing and helped me.

I have worked for others, been associated with others, but, looking back, those who genuinely wanted to see me succeed, worked in the casinos, they helped me realize all I wanted to accomplish out there.

Gonna give some more thought to this .......................

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Walmart, they get'er done

After having spent some time in the back end of Walmart, and seeing the endless amount of product that comes and goes this is not hard to believe..... one that is not mentioned here, they have a computer operation that is second only to the Pentagon ..... About the Wal-Mart or Walmart ............. At the end of its second-quarter earnings release, Wal-Mart dropped a bomb on the business community. Henceforth, the big-box behemoth would no longer be called "Wal-Mart," but rather "Walmart" -- or, as they've put it on their signs -- "Walmart*." Although the star is optional, the hyphen, or lack thereof, is not: Wal-Mart is no more.


1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.

2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.

4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.

5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.

6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.

7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.

8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.

9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.

11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)

12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.