Seattle’s (former?) Capitol Hill neighborhood

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About that word, “insurrection.”
In 2020, the country on fire, Josh referred to it several times in this thread.
Somehow, career politicians+mainstream media just didn’t pick up on it.

An insurrection that takes over a police station is not a “few protesters”.
The left and Democrats need to get their act together and control their radical fringe.

Or, don’t, hey, I don’t care. It’s your politics, not mine. I think armed insurrections are a bad idea. Really bad.
Bad crooked police departments are bad too, but armed insurrections are even worse.

For the record, I expressed my disapproval of the Bundy affair whilst saying there were legitimate grievances that needed to be heard.

Same thing I’ve said about these protests. Legitimate grievances need to be heard.

An armed insurrection in Seattle (of mostly white people) is not something I approve of.
To be frank, it’s a hijacking of a movement to raise awareness of police brutality, and really plays into the hands of a politician like Trump.

.. The CHAZ situation is becoming rather serious, with acts of violence (or should we say vigilante law enforcement?) perpetrated against an anarchist who was spraypainting. There are also allegations of sexual assaults happening within the CHAZ, much like happened at OWS.

This is great optics for Trump, so if you want him to win re-election, keep burying your head in the sand and say everything is fine. Most of America is deeply disturbed by open anarchy and insurrection, although personally I am not. This plays into the hands of a candidate who wants to run on a law and order platform.

Once car windows are getting smashed, people will want to vote for Republicans or for a center-right Democrat.

“Widespread vandalism and looting during BLM protests will cost the insurance $2 BILLION after violence erupted in 140 cities in the wake of George Floyd's death”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... LLION.html

“NY Times ignores 18 deaths, nearly $2 billion in damage when bashing GOP bills targeting rioters”
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ny-times- ... -gop-bills

“How 2020 protests changed insurance forever”
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/ ... e-forever/

Oddly rewarded:
“All this,” yet BLM is oddly rewarded by being promoted in gov schools, coast to coast. On Public property. At taxpayer expense.
This is priceless promotion money can’t buy. The speed of this boggles my mind. Are gov schools now so fragile, any popularized policy can just run rampant? No filters in place, at all? Fast-track Social media to classroom: BOOM.

Oddly convenient memories about violence+destruction?

Activists armed with law degrees can now quickly plunder the Public Treasury, evidently at-will.
Prepare: all evidence points to more+worse. At speed.

This is NOT the only example. It’s an easily recognized example.

The difference in response to months+years of violence+destruction versus “a few hours in DC” is GLARING. Not acceptable.

[Josh]

And whilst this is happening, people like Ken tell us that CRT isn't real or isn't being taught in public schools.

Sure.

[temporal1]

And whilst this is happening, people like Ken tell us that CRT isn't real or isn't being taught in public schools.
Sure.

you’re a fast reader.

Virginia / “Youngkin signs executive orders banning critical race theory, lifting mask mandate in Virginia public schools”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... ry-lifting

[Josh]

And whilst this is happening, people like Ken tell us that CRT isn't real or isn't being taught in public schools.
Sure.

you’re a fast reader.

Virginia / “Youngkin signs executive orders banning critical race theory, lifting mask mandate in Virginia public schools”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... ry-lifting

And one of the school districts is already defying him.

Parents who go to school board meetings are branded as "terrorists", "insurrectionists", and "traitors". Biden calls them out by name in his speeches.

The will of the voters who elected Youngkin means nothing to these people of the liberal-left. They demand nothing less than absolute tyranny.

Democrats want people like us rounded up and put in camps; 1/3 of them want to take our children away from us; they want to lock us in our homes with ankle monitors so we can't leave. This is the fact of the modern liberal-left, the Democrat, the "progressive".

[temporal1]

And whilst this is happening, people like Ken tell us that CRT isn't real or isn't being taught in public schools.
Sure.

you’re a fast reader.

Virginia / “Youngkin signs executive orders banning critical race theory, lifting mask mandate in Virginia public schools”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... ry-lifting

And one of the school districts is already defying him.

Parents who go to school board meetings are branded as "terrorists", "insurrectionists", and "traitors". Biden calls them out by name in his speeches.

The will of the voters who elected Youngkin means nothing to these people of the liberal-left. They demand nothing less than absolute tyranny.

Democrats want people like us rounded up and put in camps; 1/3 of them want to take our children away from us; they want to lock us in our homes with ankle monitors so we can't leave. This is the fact of the modern liberal-left, the Democrat, the "progressive".

i’ll be surprised if Gov Youngkin lives through 4 years in office.
i saw how a “Republican” governor was maltreated in Illinois for 4 years - altho he consistently voted with Chicago Dems throughout. Even on for-profit corporate abortion!

Nope. Not good enough. Gots to have that “D” or, you’re OUT.

It’s possible, Virginia is hotter than Chicago for lib-left. They may do more than hound him to death.

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Seattle is Dying | A KOMO News Documentary
12,477,219 views · 3 years ago

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Vancouver, BC, Canada is so close to Seattle .. in many ways.

AARON GUNN / Vancouver is Dying | Full Movie / 55min

Description:

What is happening to the city of Vancouver?

Who is responsible for the surge in violent crime?

And is the introduction of a “safe supply” of toxic drugs, including heroin and cocaine, really the solution the city needs?

Here's what you need to know

Politics Explained | Season 3 | Episode 1

This video actually offers some ANSWERS to the drug problem, which they view as the more important problem (over housing)!
They point to measures taken in PORTUGAL that have had positive, tangible results.

i have no idea who Aaron Gunn is, nor if there is any connection with this video and the one above / “Seattle is Dying.”

i just keep hoping people will stop voting for it.

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SEATTLE SCHOOLS

”Seattle Public Schools sues TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and others, seeking compensation for youth mental health crisis”
https://www.geekwire.com/2023/seattle-p ... th-crisis/

.. Seattle-based law firm Keller Rohrback, which represented the district in the JUUL lawsuit and filed the brief on its behalf in the Google case, also represents SPS in the new suit against the social media giants.

The lawsuit cites President Joe Biden’s statement in his 2022 State of the Union address that “we must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they’re conducting on our children for profit.”

The suit says the school district “brings this action to do just that.”

Oddly, Twitter is not mentioned by name in this report.
Oddly, no irony about gov national experiments conducted on “our” children for partisan politics.

Likewise, no mention of the obvious:
parents+schools could choose not to allow or subject their children/students to these devices - taking the lead from tech billionaires who do not allow and/or restrict their own children from them. PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

[Ken]

SEATTLE SCHOOLS

”Seattle Public Schools sues TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and others, seeking compensation for youth mental health crisis”
https://www.geekwire.com/2023/seattle-p ... th-crisis/

.. Seattle-based law firm Keller Rohrback, which represented the district in the JUUL lawsuit and filed the brief on its behalf in the Google case, also represents SPS in the new suit against the social media giants.

The lawsuit cites President Joe Biden’s statement in his 2022 State of the Union address that “we must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they’re conducting on our children for profit.”

The suit says the school district “brings this action to do just that.”

Oddly, Twitter is not mentioned by name in this report.
Oddly, no irony about gov national experiments conducted on “our” children for partisan politics.

Likewise, no mention of the obvious:
parents+schools could choose not to allow or subject their children/students to these devices - taking the lead from tech billionaires who do not allow and/or restrict their own children from them. PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

1. Kids don't use Twitter. At least not very much. They use TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Discord, SnapChat and other sites.

2. And many public schools do indeed ban cell phones in class. The school I currently teach at doesn't allow cell phones in the classroom. This is an increasingly common school policy across the country. But they still have them the other 18 hours/day. This is a very typical public school cell phone policy that most schools seem to be adopting: https://mountainviewhs.fcps.edu/resourc ... %20teacher.

3. In addition, most if not all schools block access to social media sites through school WiFi and on school devices. My daughter's school is in a weird cell phone pocket where cell coverage is extremely sporadic. So if kids have their cell phones out at lunch they pretty much have to use school WiFi to get them to work and then access to social media is blocked. On their phones and also school devices like Chromebooks. Some kids are clever about using VPNs but most don't.

[Szdfan]

SEATTLE SCHOOLS

”Seattle Public Schools sues TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and others, seeking compensation for youth mental health crisis”
https://www.geekwire.com/2023/seattle-p ... th-crisis/

.. Seattle-based law firm Keller Rohrback, which represented the district in the JUUL lawsuit and filed the brief on its behalf in the Google case, also represents SPS in the new suit against the social media giants.

The lawsuit cites President Joe Biden’s statement in his 2022 State of the Union address that “we must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they’re conducting on our children for profit.”

The suit says the school district “brings this action to do just that.”

Oddly, Twitter is not mentioned by name in this report.
Oddly, no irony about gov national experiments conducted on “our” children for partisan politics.

Likewise, no mention of the obvious:
parents+schools could choose not to allow or subject their children/students to these devices - taking the lead from tech billionaires who do not allow and/or restrict their own children from them. PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

1. Kids don't use Twitter. At least not very much. They use TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Discord, SnapChat and other sites.

2. And many public schools do indeed ban cell phones in class. The school I currently teach at doesn't allow cell phones in the classroom. This is an increasingly common school policy across the country. But they still have them the other 18 hours/day. This is a very typical public school cell phone policy that most schools seem to be adopting: https://mountainviewhs.fcps.edu/resourc ... %20teacher.

3. In addition, most if not all schools block access to social media sites through school WiFi and on school devices. My daughter's school is in a weird cell phone pocket where cell coverage is extremely sporadic. So if kids have their cell phones out at lunch they pretty much have to use school WiFi to get them to work and then access to social media is blocked. On their phones and also school devices like Chromebooks. Some kids are clever about using VPNs but most don't.

My school banned cellphones in class this year, which did help. I'm about to teach a unit where I'll be asking my 9th graders to reflect on their technology consumption. When I taught the unit last year, I had students track their smart phone usage for a week and some students were on their phone 60-80 hours a week.

Parents aren't much of a help. They're the ones who have their kids the phones and when the school banned cellphones, the administration got push back from parents who were upset that they weren't able to call or text their kids during class.

I've asked my students how many of their parents are glued to their phones when they get home from work. It was almost all of them.