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* The real reason progressives hate religion
* Balto. police commissioner fired
Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake fires Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts
I don’t like this. But I am best to “accept the things I cannot change.”
I have supported both Commissioner Batts and the mayor in everything they’ve done so far. An possible exception: in hindsight, it may have been unwise to shut down the subway Monday afternoon, April 26, as this rendered high school students at Mondawmin Mall unable to leave the area.
I have not studied the various calls for Batts’ resignation, but note that they come from many different directions. That doesn’t, in itself, give any of them merit.
The F.O.P. does not currently appear to me to be a friend of the people.
Reblogged 2021-11-25.
* A landmark study
Stress in low-income families can affect children’s learning
I am very excited about this.
This is, as far as I know, the first study to attempt to measure the degree of chaos in the home.
The researchers in an earlier-mentioned study (Related: Poor children have smaller brains) speculated that “poor families tend to live more chaotic lives, and that stress could inhibit healthy brain development.” The current study seems to indicate that it is directly so.
As of this writing, my hypothesis has become as follows: the chaos of a growing child’s environment causes comparatively more resources to be devoted to the limbic system and less to the cerebral cortex, resulting in a body with reduced capacity to learn.
Related: A MUST-READ CONCERNING JUSTICE AND POVERTY
Related: Chaos overwhelms the poor
Related: Wisdom teaching in poor black homes
(Reblogged 10/13/16, 11/18/21.)
* This is how you become a white supremacist
* A martial arts movie I liked
* In West Baltimore, open carry is now.
* A job at Popeye’s won’t get me my own place.
* A solution for homelessness?
* A third phase has begun.
Saturday 2015-05-02
A third phase has begun, with yesterday’s filing of charges against the six officers involved in Freddie Gray’s arrest; but perhaps more importantly, with the press conference given by the Gray family’s attorney, Billy Murphy, that afternoon. I will attempt to link here to, or embed, a complete video of that press conference; or, alternatively, copy the complete transcript here.
Wednesday 2015-05-20
Media coverage of gang violence sure looks different when the perpetrators are white
There has been no “gang violence” in Baltimore in 2015, so this article is attempting to compare two completely dissimilar events. The article also actually says nothing about “media” coverage, as that term is normally understood; its focus is on social media responses, something very different.
34 Murdered in Baltimore Since Freddie Gray Died
“Black lives matter:” the message hasn’t gotten through.
Friday 2015-05-22
Yesterday afternoon I was able to look at a hard copy of the day’s Baltimore Sun. A front page article reported that there had been 22 shootings “Tuesday and Wednesday” in the Western [Police] District alone. I am unable to link here to the article, because the Sun website says I’ve exhausted my free views for this month. But again:
“Black lives matter:” the message hasn’t gotten through.
Reblogged 2021-09-23.
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