Mississippi vs. Critical Race Theory

Posted on March 21, 2022 by The Political Hat

     Yet another state has prohibited the teaching of racism and banned any mandates to require students accept racial inequality: Mississippi. SB 2113 says, in part:

SECTION 1. The following shall be codified as Section 37-13-2, Mississippi Code of 1972:

     37-13-2. (1)   No public institution of higher learning, community/junior college, school district or public school, including public charter schools, shall direct or otherwise compel students to personally affirm, adopt or adhere to any of the following tenets:

         (a) That any sex, race, ethnicity, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior; or

         (b) That individuals should be adversely treated on the basis of their sex, race, ethnicity, religion or national origin.

     (2) No public institution of higher learning, community/junior college, school district or public school, including public charter schools, shall make a distinction or classification of students based on account of race, provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the required collection or reporting of demographic information by such schools or institutions.

     (3) No public institution of higher learning, community/junior college, school district or public school, including public charter schools, shall teach a course of instruction or unit of study that directs or otherwise compels students to personally affirm, adopt or adhere to any of the tenets identified in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section.

     (4) No funds shall be expended by the State Department of Education, any entity under the Department of Education’s jurisdiction or purview, a school district, public charter school, community/junior college, the Mississippi Community College Board, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or a public institution of higher learning for any purpose that would violate the provisions of this section.

     (5) The provisions of this section shall be severable, and if any provision of this section or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section.

     This isn’t “racism”, it is how you fight racism.

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News of the Week (March 20th, 2022)

Posted on March 20, 2022 by The Political Hat

 

News of the Week for March 20th, 2022


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Firing Line Friday: New Insights on the Russian Revolution

Posted on March 18, 2022 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.

     With the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, it would be wise to look back on Russian history, including the Russian Revolution which happened over a century ago, as did William F. Buckley, Jr. and Richard Pipes who examined then new insight on the Russian Revolution.

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Sexy Summer Camp: Drugs, Masturbation, & Witchcraft

Posted on March 18, 2022 by The Political Hat

     Far too many people would call you a monster for not having your kids placed in these monsters’ hands. From Christopher Rufo:

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Quick Takes – Seattle Madness: Handing Over Police Building To BLM Rioters; Magical Floating Indians; Segregated School Board Meetings

Posted on March 17, 2022 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.

     The focus this time: There is nothing more dangerous than a combination of insane and evil.

     First, a little mood music:

     Carrying on…

     The “CHAZ/CHOD” autonomous zone that had been set up in Seattle was not in defiance of the elected officials of Seattle, but cam with their blessing. Even the Mayor of Seattle did her part to help out:

“Former Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan’s administration drafted legislation in June 2020 that would have transferred the police department’s East Precinct building to a Black Lives Matter organization, the Seattle Times reported on Sunday.

“The legislation was drafted by the Department of Finance and Administrative Services around the same time that protesters calling to defund the police converged on the East Precinct in the wake of riots over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.”

     And yes, it was at the request of the then Mayor’s office:

“FAS spokesperson Melissa Mixon said the mayor’s office requested the draft.

“‘The Durkan administration directed FAS—in its capacity as the city’s real estate and facility management agency—to outline the process to transfer the East Precinct to BLMSKC,” Mixon told the Times.’”

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Modern Education: Cat Anus And Vaseline

Posted on March 16, 2022 by The Political Hat

     Sure, schools in America can’t teach science, promote classic literature, or even prevent violence, but oh how thy can learn about how funny it is to joke about anally raping a cat with the help of vasoline.

     This is the type of joke you might expect rambunctious teenagers or college kids to make amongst themselves. Coming from a teacher, it’s more than a bit on the creepy side.

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Criminalizing Child Mutilation In Idaho

Posted on March 16, 2022 by The Political Hat

     It is a sad thing that not allowing people to permanently physically and chemically mutilate a child in service of transgender ideology is considered controversial, or that special legislation to specifically outlaw that vile act.

     Yet here we are with Idaho legislators standing up to protect children. House Bill 675 reads, in part:

(2) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, whoever knowingly engages in any of the following practices upon a child that circumcise, excise, infibulate, or mutilate the reproductive organs and parts of a child, for the purpose of attempting to change or affirm the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex, shall be guilty of a felony:

(a) Performing surgeries that sterilize or mutilate, including castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, metoidioplasty, orchiectomy, penectomy, phalloplasty, clitoroplasty, vaginoplasty, vulvoplasty, ovariectomy, or reconstruction of the fixed part of the urethra with or without metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, scrotoplasty, or the implantation of erection or testicular prostheses;

(b) Performing a mastectomy;

(c) Administering or supplying the following medications that induce profound morphologic changes in the genitals of a child or induce tran sient or permanent infertility:

(i) Puberty-blocking medication to stop or delay normal puberty;

(ii) Supraphysiological doses of testosterone to a female; or

(iii) Supraphysiological doses of estrogen to a male; or

(d) Removing any otherwise healthy or nondiseased body part or tissue.

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The Ides Of March

Posted on March 15, 2022 by The Political Hat

I hear a tongue shriller than all the music
Cry “Caesar!” Speak, Caesar is turn’d to hear.

Soothsayer:
Beware the ides of March.

Caesar:
What man is that?

Brutus:
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.

     A little mood music:

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The Great Lakes Are People Too

Posted on March 14, 2022 by The Political Hat

     Lakes and rivers, much like mountains and moons, are increasingly declared to have rights, enforced through the courts by others, but now the state of New York is considering a sweeping bill that directly impacts private property rights.

     AB 3604 not only declares that the Great Lakes have rights but that they are “unencumbered by legal privileges vested in property” and declares “emancipation [of the Great Lakes] from all claims of vested property rights”. Oh, and these “rights” extend to “The Great Lakes, and the watersheds that drain into the Great Lakes and their connecting channels”.

     This isn’t really about Gaia, but of using the government to achieve utopian “green” ends by the few by violating the rights of the many.

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Happy Pi Day!

Posted on March 14, 2022 by The Political Hat

     Happy π Day everyone!

     Here is a song based on Pi.

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