TBoneTX

To reduce the cicada population, let's introduce billions of Copperheads everywhere!

It is, because, once again, leftists fail to consider consequences.

1. I monopolize this forum too much already. 2. Expend some effort in finding "more" posts; nothing in life is free (= Chrysanthemum status). 3. Those seeking a benefit are in no position to make demands. English-only outside the regional forums! Reported!!!

I'd have immediately given the student a grade of F and firmly explained the reasoning to both him and Mom. Then, I'd give the kid a specially prepared, much more difficult test, to give him the chance to earn the lowest possible D-minus. Again, mishandled. By return e-mail (cc: principal), I'd have diplomatically but firmly told off the mother and encouraged her to write her specific complaints to the principal, cc: me. Parent-teacher relationships are to be cultivated, but when one or the other crosses the line, the line must be clarified -- firmly and early.

"Gee -- I'm going to get my 11,493 boosters of poisonous Chinese spike protein to protect myself even further!"

It used to be a sex-offender crime to, uh, erect around schoolchildren. Probably a Soros D.A. up there.

When people fear the government, it's tyranny. When the government fears the people, it's freedom.

Wear anything that's comfortable and reasonably presentable -- something in between yardwork and tuxedo.

This is almost exactly what happened (in Texas) when Mrs. T-B. & I married. We asked the Justice of the Peace if we could take the marriage license to the courthouse ourselves, and he agreed. We went straight to the courthouse and ordered 7 marriage certificates. The clerk was surprised at that number, but she prepared them while we waited. Six of the certificates ended up elsewhere (our respective mothers, banks, AOS, et al.). We were fortunate to have avoided the delays from delivery, mailing, etc.

Several posts and replies have been removed for needling and provoking the OP. There are more diplomatic ways of asking for clarification and additional information, especially when someone is under stress already. VJ Moderation

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Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Got up at o'dark-Many to take Mini-B. to Band sectional at skool, yawn and we man. Breakfast (!!?) was a pack of Egg Bites from Costco, ingest we man. We unsuccessfully attempted a siesta, no zzz for we man. We consumed breakfast because of a noon-hour caucus, $ucce$$ful Bu$ine$$ Typhoon we man. Lunch was from Popeye's WUOC, financially savvy we man. We unsuccessfully attempted a siesta, blasted phone call (ignored) halfway through man. Took Uncle T-B. to doctor, chauffeur senior he man we man. Have much follow-up on senior he man's behalf, getting old stinks man. Din-din was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest we man. This was non-Two-Guys eve, propitious for schedule man. Mini-B. returned and paid us (!!?) for a new video game, amazing man. We sold the pack of Many warshcloths to ex-Mrs.-T-B. for $Many ($2+2+1), a >Many00% profit, $ucce$$ful Bu$ine$$ Typhoon we man. We are dead to the world, drag we man. We must get Mini-B. to skool early again for [censored] Band, give us a break man. We have itineraried 2 GSs, an MS, and an ES for Friday, itinerary we man. We should be able to complete all well in advance of Mini-B.'s Band concert, must attend we man. No party with the rubias again this eve, no cavort we man.

This is precisely what I do! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Study Finds Most Effective Food Safety Technique Just Eating It And Seeing What Happens AMHERST, MA—Shedding new light on the identification of foodborne illnesses, a study published Wednesday by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that the most effective food safety technique was just eating it and seeing what happens. "Whether you found a weird speck floating in your heavy cream or left your lasagna leftovers sitting out on the counter overnight, we found that in nine cases out of 10, [...] https://www.theonion.com/study-finds-most-effective-food-safety-technique-just-e-1851374869

China Offers To Send 100,000 Soldiers To Taiwan To Assist With Earthquake Cleanup BEIJING — In what the media hailed as an inspiring show of international diplomacy and compassion, China offered to send 100,000 soldiers to Taiwan to assist with earthquake cleanup. Following a devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake, the Chinese government graciously reached out to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to inform her that China had 100,000 soldiers ready and waiting to enter the country to help with rescue efforts. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/china-offers-to-send-100000-soldiers-to-taiwan-to-assist-with-earthquake-cleanup

'I Didn't Do That,' Insists Biden After Aides Ask Him Who Colored On The Wall Of The Lincoln Bedroom WASHINGTON, D.C.-When asked by the press who drew in crayon all over the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House this week, President Biden answered with an emphatic, "I didn't do that" before quickly shoving a handful of red and blue crayons in his mouth. "That's flagrant misinformation," remarked the President through a full mouth of colored wax. "Mrwighphrggedgh. I didn't do that." Whitehouse Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was quick to condemn the accusations, reminding members of the press that [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/i-didnt-do-that-insists-biden-after-aides-ask-him-who-colored-on-the-wall-of-the-lincoln-bedroom

Mexican Robots Surge Across Southern Border To Take New Fast Food Jobs In California TIJUANA — Shortly after confirmation that California would be instituting a new $20 minimum wage, reports began to flood in of Mexican robots surging across the southern border to take new fast food jobs. Continuing a long tradition of Mexicans journeying to the United States to find employment, robots from Latin American countries uprooted their lives to begin the arduous trek to California with hopes of obtaining lucrative positions at fast food restaurants. "We are moving to the U.S. to make a better life for our reproductions back home," said Roboto Martinez, a Mexican robot on its way to the Tijuana border. "We have heard [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/mexican-robots-surge-across-southern-border-to-take-new-fast-food-jobs

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Lunch was from BK with use of a gift card, rediscover latter financially savvy we man. A nice siesta followed, zzz we man. Din-din was "Hungry Man" boneless-chicken frozen din-dins, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. was tired and didn't want a movie night, oh well man. We have a midday appointment on Thursday, attend we man. In later afternoon, we take Uncle T-B. to the doctor, chauffeur senior he man we man. We must arise at o'dark-Many to take Mini-B. to Band sectional, long day man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort and embed ourself early we man.

Small change in Nebraska election law could throw the presidential election to Trump Yesterday, Nebraska's Republican governor endorsed legislation that could affect the presidential election and reinstall Donald Trump in the Oval Office. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/small_change_in_nebraska_election_law_could_throw_the_presidential_election_to_trump.html

What about asking Ukraine for the necessary funds? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Too Expensive': Biden Cancels Plan to Refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that, for now at least, it was abandoning plans to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after the president drained the emergency supply to its lowest levels since the 1980s in a transparently political move to artificially push gas prices down. In a realization that Americans have been making regularly since Biden and his failed "build back better"-turned-"Bidenomics" agenda came to power, the White House has seemingly realized prices are just too darn high to fill the government's emergency supply. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/04/03/biden-cancels-plans-to-refill-strategic-petroleum-reserve-n2637317

Years ago, I had a girlfriend who escaped Czechoslovakia with her family and went to Canada. She said that, in school (taught only in English), she cried for 6 weeks and then caught on. She would agree wholeheartedly with this piece. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Teach Migrant Children English -- Bilingual Ed Is a Scam New York City, Denver, Chicago and other cities are urgently recruiting bilingual education teachers as the children of migrants enroll in school. Bilingual ed will doom most of these kids to failure. All too often it's an educational ghetto, producing dropouts who can't speak English and face a lifetime of poverty. Non-English-speaking students should be given intense instruction in English when they first arrive at school and then mainstreamed to classrooms where students are taught only in English. The educational establishment says stressing English competency is "xenophobic." [...] https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2024/04/03/teach-migrant-children-english-bilingual-ed-is-a-scam-n2637280

Biden and Xi Hold First Call Since 2022, China Promptly Deploys Ships and Warplanes Around Taiwan [...] Communist Chinese Dictator Xi Jinping has zero respect for besieged President Joe Biden — and fears the cognitively declining president even less. The latest example of proof of the above rings clear as a bell. Biden and Xi held their first phone since July 2020 on Monday. Within hours, dozens of Chinese warplanes and multiple naval vessels were reported around Taiwan, the largest coordinated display (implied threat) of 2024. At least 30 planes and nine ships were detected in Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) by the country's Ministry of National Defense (MND). [...] https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/04/03/biden-and-xi-hold-first-call-since-2022-china-promptly-deploys-ships-and-warplanes-around-taiwan-n2172245

Israel Intercepts Arms Shipment From Iran to Gaza On Wednesday, Fox News presented a video of an arms shipment reportedly intercepted by Israeli forces. The video was not accompanied by any narration or indeed any audio, but reportedly shows a cache of weapons and explosives headed for Hamas in Gaza, and supplied by Iran. The video displays a wide range of arms and munitions, including mines, hand-thrown grenades, and other explosives, rocket-propelled grenade launchers (the infamous RPG-7 of Cold War infamy) what appear to be a variety of sidearms including Glock and Beretta pistols, and interestingly, what look to be AR-15 platform rifles, although whether they are the M-16/M4 version that has the full-auto or 3-shot burst capability is not discernible. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/04/03/israel-intercepts-arms-shipment-from-iran-to-gaza-n2172249

Interesting. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parents Under Investigation for Raising an Independent Seven-Year-Old [...] This brings us to the story of the Widner family in Canton, Georgia. Reason notes that the Widners homeschool their three kids. Back in August of 2018, the kids were on the swim team at the local YMCA. One day after practice, the kids were walking home when the youngest, seven-year-old Jackson, stopped at the local grocery store because it handed out free cookies. Fair enough. Jackson's presence as an unaccompanied minor raised some eyebrows and he was detained until the police could respond. Jackson refused to tell the cops anything since he had been taught not to talk to strangers. The police were able to deduce that he had been at the YMCA. They also told the boy that he was guilty of a serious infraction. Jackson took the opportunity to inform the police that he would go home if they just left him alone. Instead, the officers brought Jackson home and gave his father, Glenn, a stern talking-to. Glenn was told, "You just can't raise kids like that anymore—it isn't safe." Glenn disagreed and had the stats to back up his assertion. But the stats were not enough to keep the cops from calling CPS. [...] https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2024/04/03/parents-under-investigation-for-independent-7-year-old-n4927861

Hello, Wisconsin! Cheeseheads Seem to Be Waking Up [...] I was wondering what had hit these people, these Biden-voting people, and turned them into normies again. One of the wokest states in the union went ahead on Tuesday and voted AGAINST Zuckerbucks (!) AND letting anyone other than election officials touch anything to do with running an election. [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/04/03/hello-wisconsin-cheeseheads-seem-to-be-waking-up-n3785887

Yes -- and these deaths were considered regrettable but necessary in bringing those enemies to their knees.