Yesterday, we were a bit shorthanded here. Pat took the day off for her birthday, and SoINeedAName’s computer suffered the Blue Screen Of Death so he was just able to post a short comment from his phone. Never a dull moment!
Cartoon –
Short Takes –
Black Girl Dies by Suicide in Utah School District Rife With Racism
Quote – A 10-year-old Black girl who was a student in a Utah school district that had been the subject of a federal racism investigation hanged herself over the weekend, leaving her family distraught over what they say were unanswered calls to address bullying. The girl’s mom, Brittany Tichenor, said she had contacted the Davis School District “multiple times” to discuss how her daughter Isabella was mistreated by her peers after starting fifth grade just months ago. Through sobs, Tichenor described during a news conference the relentless teasing that her daughter—one of just a few Black students at the Foxboro Elementary School—had endured without much help from school administrators.
Click through for background and story – if you can stand to. Rest in peace, sweet Izzy.
Crroks and Liars – Wait Until You Hear Why Cop Didn’t Render Aid To Ahmaud Arbery
Quote – Former Officer Ricky Minshaw was asked by prosecutor Larissa Ollivierre how Ahmaud Arbery appeared when he arrived at the scene. Minshew said he was face-down and looked “unresponsive to his surroundings, he appeared to be deceased.”
Click through for a little more and a video.
KSL (Salt Lake City) – District investigates after teacher turns Veterans Day talk into message against vaccine, socialism
Quote – “It was just basically full of anti-Asian rhetoric talking about how people getting free handouts like food from the grocery store is anti-American and for lazy people….” The parent also claimed Law expressed his support for the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, D.C., and that the “government telling us we should get vaccinated is the government being a bully and we need to fight back against the bullies.”
Click through for the whole disturbing tale. The station will not back up Linked in’s claim that he attended the Air Force Academy, but it’s certinly not impossible. The AFA has a long and notorious history of denyong church-state separation.
Food for Thought –
11 Responses to “Open Thread for November 11, 2021”
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Comment from Mitch –
‘Toon: Paving the way for WWII.Utah: Apparently unrelenting bullying in what I believe to be a very consciously religious state…where it did not get addressed!
C&L: There is always an excuse. Nonetheless, he was there, alone, with the guys who had just shot Ahmoud.
KSL: “Talk to someone who has escaped a socialist country. Ask them about how corrupt the government is, how they control your life, how they harm and kill innocent children.” Corrupt government? You want to see “corrupt government?” Just look at the Trump presidency!!! Any totalitarian gov’t is, and has been massively corrupt. And Trump was on the way, bigly! More good old Idaho, huh?
FFT: Holy Cow!!
Mitch
OH! I hope Nameless’s computer starts working. What a great 2 days for me. Good food, and memories to add w/birthday and Veteran’s March, and visitation at the cemetery for our Veterans. I always get choked up with Missing Man Formation overhead.
Cartoon: A good day indeed.
DB: When will this stop????!! A 10 year old child hung herself. My god, how horribly sad. Absolutely heartbreaking.
C&L: How pathetic that a police officer didn’t render aid to a dying man. Imho, he doesn’t deserve the job he has.
KSL: Inappropriate conversation to students. The teacher knew that…and said it anyway.
FFT: Yikes!
THIS JUST IN: “The Bucks – First NBA champions to visit White House in 5 years, ending the Trump-era hiatus. ~ President Joe Biden ~
2. “Presidents are not kings, and plaintiffs are not President(s).” ~ Judge Tanya Chutkam ~
3. “Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai got married on 11/10/12. *pb*
4. “Stacey Abrams has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.” ~ CTA ~
5. “People unvaccinated by choice in Singapore no longer can receive free Covid-19 treatment.”
~ Mariam Berger ~
OOPS!
TJI #3 – date should be written as 11/10/21
I’m so glad all went well. You deserve the best.
TJI #1 – I always did think basketball players had class.
TJI #2 – Yes, WASN’T that nice. Such a nice way to explress “Who TF does he think he is?”
TJI #3 – I wish her every happiness.
TJI #4 – Good. She qualifies.
TJI #5 – Good. I hope they don’t have any trouble collecting.
For all you do,
You deserve the BEST too, Joanne!
Thank you!
You do more than you probably think yourself.
TJI#1: Glad to see them get recognized.
Plus two days of celebrating Veteran Day. Like I mentioned yesterday I thank you and Joanne 
plus all others who served our country. Bless you! 
TJI#2: Wise words.
TJI#3: I too wish her the very best with her marriage.
TJI#4: Great news. Well deserved.
TJI#5: Good for Singapore. I honestly with the U.S and other countries would follow suit.
Glad you had a Wonderful Birthday, Pat.
Thank you, Colleen for your heartfelt KUDOS.
Sure do appreciate you.
Again, Thank you!
Cartoon: Good news.
Utah School: Bless her heart. Sick of hearing of these awful acts of violence, racist bulling that end up causing young ones to commit suicide. School have to start listening more to these kids and that goes for the parents too. If the child goes to their parents, they need to demand that the school, school district listens and does something about it,
C&L: Stinking cop. He had no right to just assume that he looked dead and not do something to revive him.
KSL: Shame on these teachers. No right changing subjects like that. Discipline them.
Food for Thought: WTF???
Hope you enjoyed your special day, Veteran Day. Like I mentioned yesterday I thank you, Pat and all others who served our country. Bless you all.
Take care. Thanks Joanne
DB: So sad and incomprehensible when one so young is driven to end the misery of their life by killing themselves. Those school administrators should suffer the consequences of their apathy for the rest of their lives but most likely won’t. You need a conscience to have something like this on it.
C&L: This cop’s lack of response to a young man dying from gunshot wounds is appalling but this trial isn’t about him but the three white men who were responsible for putting those bullets in Ahmaud Arbery. The defence should not be given the chance to lay the blame for Arbery’s death on this cop no matter how bad and possibly bigotted his judgement of the situation was.
KSL: There’s no limit to what Trumpkins won’t do to make themselves heard. They will abuse any opportunity to spew their delusional hatred in the firm belief that it is their god-given right to do so and there will be no consequences for doing so.
FFT: That cartoon is worth looking at all its imaginative details. For instance, it took me a while before I noticed the 5 Supreme Court Justices, the 1,000 Clueless Democrats who don’t know it’s a war and that the TFG figure was sold separately. Brilliant.
Isn’t it. I think he undercounted the incels and the Republican elected officials, though.