In the News II

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Clarence Thomas just started accepting new bribes today to determine how he should rule on the inevitable 10 commandment case.

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The private school, which is affiliated with a local megachurch where former President Donald Trump held a campaign rally this month, recently broke ground on a new wing that will feature modern, airy classrooms and a pickleball court. It’s a sign of growth at a school that has partnered with a Trump-aligned advocacy group, and advertises to parents by vowing to fight “liberal ideology” such as “evolutionism” and “gender identification.”

Just a few miles away, the public Paradise Valley Unified School District is shrinking, not expanding. The district shuttered three of its schools last month amid falling enrollment, a cost-saving measure that has disrupted life for hundreds of families.

One of the factors behind Dream City’s success and Paradise Valley’s struggles: In Arizona, taxpayer dollars that previously went to public schools like the ones that closed are increasingly flowing to private schools – including those that adopt a right-wing philosophy.

Arizona was the first state in the country to enact a universal “education savings account” program – a form of voucher that allows any family to take tax dollars that would have gone to their child’s public education and spend the money instead on private schooling.

A CNN investigation found that the program has cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than anticipated, disproportionately benefited richer areas, and funneled taxpayer funds to unregulated private schools that don’t face the same educational standards and antidiscrimination protections that public schools do. Since Arizona’s expanded program took effect in 2022, according to state data, it has sent nearly $2 million to Dream City and likely sapped millions of dollars from Paradise Valley’s budget.

Quote: OnceDear

"If you want to respect the rule of law you've got to start from the original law given, which was Moses," [Governor] Landry said during the bill-signing ceremony.
Thus confirming that the intention was to impose religion. Does your country not have a constitution with an opinion on that?

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Quote: OnceDear

"If you want to respect the rule of law you've got to start from the original law given, which was Moses," [Governor] Landry said during the bill-signing ceremony.
Thus confirming that the intention was to impose religion. Does your country not have a constitution with an opinion on that?

First Amendment: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ...."

Landry is looking for a fight. Can't see the Supreme Court siding with him.

Prayer in public schools was banned by the Supreme Court in 1962.

Our Mayor Adams commented on that last year, saying ‘When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools’.

If it was allowed today, they would have to include readings from The Koran, The Vedas , The Tripitaka and possibly more.

That will change once Islam becomes the dominant religion in the US.

Michigan is leading the way.

"Dearborn has implemented a policy which fully accommodates student-led prayer in all the schools, as well as unexcused absences for students who leave early on Fridays for Jumu'ah prayers."

Quote: Tanko

Quote: OnceDear

"If you want to respect the rule of law you've got to start from the original law given, which was Moses," [Governor] Landry said during the bill-signing ceremony.
Thus confirming that the intention was to impose religion. Does your country not have a constitution with an opinion on that?

First Amendment: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ...."

Landry is looking for a fight. Can't see the Supreme Court siding with him.

Prayer in public schools was banned by the Supreme Court in 1962.

Our Mayor Adams commented on that last year, saying ‘When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools’.

If it was allowed today, they would have to include readings from The Koran, The Vedas , The Tripitaka and possibly more.

That will change once Islam becomes the dominant religion in the US.

Michigan is leading the way.

"Dearborn has implemented a policy which fully accommodates student-led prayer in all the schools, as well as unexcused absences for students who leave early on Fridays for Jumu'ah prayers."

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A Russian court sentenced an American soldier Wednesday to three years and nine months in a penal colony after finding him guilty of theft and threatening to kill his Russian girlfriend, state media reported.

Prosecutors said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, stole 10,000 rubles ($120) from his girlfriend Alexandra Vashchuk and grabbed her by the neck, which she considered a threat to her life, Interfax reported. The sentencing took place at Vladivostok’s Pervomaisky District Court, in Russia’s far east.

Quote: ams288

Clarence Thomas just started accepting new bribes today to determine how he should rule on the inevitable 10 commandment case.

Quote: New York Times

Those who think Justice Thomas may be guilty of corruption may not realize just how difficult the court itself has made it to prove such a case. Now only the most ham-handed officials, clumsy enough to engage in a direct quid pro quo, risk prosecution.

Quote: OnceDear

Thomas is utterly shameless on the bribes he accepts. He sets the precedents that his peers are happy to follow.

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Supreme Court rules against convicted drug mule who claimed no knowledge of drugs in car

Quote: rxwine

I”m not sure I like or even understand this ruling. Seems like anyone could possibly end up in jail on barely convincing evidence that you probably knew. If I’m reading it right.

For such a serious crime, without decent evidence, I’d rather see them side with the accused. I don’t think there was any visual evidence of drugs in the car she could see, but an assumption the cartels won’t give so many drugs to a “blind mule.” That’s too weak for me to convict someone.