12 year old black boy suspended for staring at white girl, which is apparently still something that happens in America in 2015.

Courtesy of Fox 19: 

A 12-year-old boy is suspended from school for 'staring' at another student. It happened in September of 2014 at St. Gabriel Consolidated School in Glendale. The parents filed suit in Hamilton County Common Pleas court to try and get the suspension erased claiming the school didn’t give their son due process. 

A Judge denied the claim, which means as of now the suspension of the 12-year-old stands. “The perception is he intimidated her,” said Candice Tolbert, his mother. 

“My son stared at a girl who was engaged in a staring game,” she said. “She giggled the entire time,” she said from her Liberty Township home. 

Court paper shows the female student "felt fearful.” The incident happened on a Monday. The school was notified by the girl’s parents on Tuesday. They allegedly notified the Tolbert’s son on Tuesday, but did not tell the Tolbert’s until Wednesday. By that time, their son had already written an apology letter, which the parents said they were unaware of until notified by the school. 

In the letter, the 12-year-old wrote, “I never knew she was scared because she was laughing.” It also read, “I understand I done the wrong thing that will never happen again. I will start to think before I do so I am not in this situation.”

When asked if she considered the actions of the school and the judge to be racist, the boy's family said they are not ready to "pull out the race card,"

Well here let me do it on their behalf.

There is NO fucking way that a white 12 year old boy in Ohio would be suspended for staring at a classmate during a staring contest. So of course this is racist!

In fact the white kid could have been standing on a desk staring down at the girl with one finger pointed at her as if to curse her for all eternity and he still would not have missed a single day of class.

And reading that letter from the boy saying that he knows he "done wrong" and it "will never happen again" is heartbreaking.

So even if this young man goes back to school, will he ever feel able to look at his white classmates, or girls ever again?

I think this family has quite a case for a discrimination lawsuit on their hands, and I hope they sue not only the school district but this judge for everything they have.

ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling taken off the air for anti-Islamic tweet. Schilling accepts responsibility and consequences. Sarah Palin finds it unacceptable.

Did Curt Schilling @gehrig38 delete this tweet b/c the numbers were off or b/c it was a horrible thing to tweet? pic.twitter.com/rK86wyZPmm

— Arash Karami (@thekarami) August 25, 2015

Courtesy of Vox: 

The argument here is pretty clear, even if the numbers are pure nonsense, but just so it's not lost: Schilling is saying that the religion of Islam is akin to Nazi Germany, and that the world's 1.6 billion Muslims are responsible for the actions of a tiny minority of extremists in the same way that Nazi-era Germans were complicit in Nazi crimes. 

Putting aside the many obvious ways this is breathtakingly bigoted and hateful, let's briefly go through the motions of why it is also wrong. Muslims are by far the number-one victims of extremist groups such as ISIS: They are the most likely to be killed by ISIS, and they are the most likely to actively fight ISIS. Nazi-era Germans, on the other hand, overwhelmingly supported and fought for the Nazi regime. So in fact the relationship between Nazi-era Germans and Nazi crimes is the exact opposite of the relationship between Muslims and ISIS.

In response to the tweet ESPN suspended Schilling: 

ESPN has taken baseball analyst Curt Schilling off the air after he sent a tweet equating Muslim extremists with Nazis in Germany. 

"Curt's tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company's perspective," ESPN said in a statement. "We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration."

And Schilling himself admitted that he made a bad decision.

I understand and accept my suspension. 100% my fault. Bad choices have bad consequences and this was a bad decision in every way on my part.

— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015

There you go, over and done.

Not so fast. The peanut gallery had not been heard from yet.

Courtesy of the head peanut:  

ESPN IS A JOURNALISTIC EMBARRASSMENT 

ESPN - what happened to you? Your intolerant PC police are running amok and making a joke out of you! 

By picking and choosing who they'll tolerate and who they'll try to destroy, ESPN has zero credibility as a sound and reasonable media outlet. They suspended former major league great Curt Schilling because of his tweet: 

"Only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How'd that go?" 

ESPN reacted about as fast as a Schilling pitch, wimpering, "Curt’s tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company’s perspective. We have removed him from his current assignment... pending further consideration.” 

Two points - well, three, because Curt's a pretty conservative/independent guy. 

One - there's been crude, rude bile spewing from the once-great sports network for years now. Trust me. I know. My name and reputation's been in it. One ESPN affiliate's on-air rant featuring their misogynist, animalistic "analysts" grunting and giggling through an entire x-rated celebration of violence against women didn't even draw a chirp from ESPN's wussified leaders. Look it up; I don't want to have to recount it. (Here I'll do it. After all it's my job.) ESPN radio affiliate in Las Vegas got its kicks out of convicted rapist Mike Tyson describing the next rape he'd want to see. (Warning, graphic language throughout that Sept. 20, 2011 broadcast.) 

Two - Schilling's tweet - was he wrong? No! In fact his stats were too generous in estimating Muslims' attitudes. Reports show it's 88% of Egyptian Muslims favoring DEATH for anyone who leaves Islam. The majority of Muslims in many other places share the sentiment. In America, these views could be correctly described as “extreme.” The difference between Hitler’s army and the genocidal maniacs of ISIS is that the jihadists don’t have as much power… yet. 

By denying the accuracy of Schilling’s tweet, ESPN shows its weakness as it buys into the propaganda of ISIS and other terror organizations, helping mislead the public about the very real threat of terrorism. It shows once again that ESPN would rather concentrate on liberal global politics instead of report well on our beloved sports. 

From those of us who used to LOVE the network (to the point of addiction, some would confess!), I say to ESPN - you are awful in this. Stick to sports.

 - Sarah Palin

So ESPN should stick to sports? Well you Sarah Palin should stick to....uh...what is it that you know something about again?

So to sum up, according to Sarah Palin, Margaret Sanger should be vilified for all time for her support of eugenics, despite all of the good she has done since. However Curt Schilling should not have to miss a single game due to his insensitive remarks about those who belong to the largest religion in the world.

Could not be more clear.

Texas fourth grader suspended for threatening to magically make a fellow student disappear.

One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them; One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Courtesy of Raw Story:  

A fourth grader in Kermit, Texas was suspended for making “terroristic threats” after allegedly telling a classmate that he had a “magic ring” that could make the boy disappear, the Odessa American reports. 

According to Kermit Elementary School officials, 9-year-old Aiden Steward told a classmate that he possessed a magic ring forged in Mount Doom — a fictional location from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Hobbit and Lord of the Rings series. 

Aiden’s father, Jason, told The Daily News that his family had just watched The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies earlier that week, and that his son “didn’t mean anything” when he told his classmate he was in possession of the “one ring to rule them all.” 

“Kids act out movies that they see. When I watched Superman as a kid, I went outside and tried to fly,” he said. 

“I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence,” he added. “If he did, I’m sure he’d bring him right back.” 

Kermit Elementary Principal Roxanne Greer told the Odessa American that she could not comment on the suspension, because “all student stuff is confidential,” but Steward said that she told him that any and all threats to a child’s safety — including magical ones — would be taken seriously by the school.

So to be clear, in Texas guns good, magic bad.

What can actually cause you harm is considered safe, and what can never cause you harm is something to be feared.

I think I just invented the new Texas state motto.

GLAAD releases statement in response to news that Phil Robertson's suspension by A&E is now over.

Courtesy of the LA Times:

GLAAD is not pleased with A&E's decision reversing the suspension of Phil Robertson from "Duck Dynasty." 

"Phil Robertson should look African American and gay people in the eyes and hear about the hurtful impact of praising Jim Crow laws and comparing gay people to terrorists," the organization said in a statement. "If dialogue with Phil is not part of next steps then A+E has chosen profits over African American and gay people – especially its employees and viewers." 

GLAAD was of course one of the first groups to speak out about Robertson's homophobic remarks and inspired A&E to temporarily suspend him.

Clearly A&E has done the math and are convinced that they stand to lose more viewers and advertisers by keeping Robertson off the show, and angering the Biblically homophobic, than they do by allowing him back on the show and angering the gay and progressive community.

I would stop watching the program to demonstrate my irritation at this decision accept for the fact I have never been so hard up for entertainment that I lowered my standards to watch it even once.

I mean once you've seen Deliverance once.

In response to the pepper spraying of non-violent, SEATED protesters last Friday, two UC Davis campus police officers have been suspended. But is that enough? Updated!

As I am sure many of you are aware that the UC Davis pepper spraying incident has gone viral on the internet and has resulted in a firestorm of protests from people all around the world and the demand for the removal of UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi.

Here is the video just to bring you up to speed.

In response the University has suspended two of the officers involved:

Two campus police officers from the University of California, Davis, campus have been caught on video using pepper spray on Occupy protesters. The incident occurred on Friday and the video was posted on YouTube. 

The university announced today that the two officers have been put on administration leave in light of the video. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi said in the statement: "I spoke with students this weekend, and I feel their outrage. I have also heard from an overwhelming number of students, faculty, staff and alumni from around the country. I am deeply saddened that this happened on our campus, and as chancellor, I take full responsibility for the incident.” 

"However, I pledge to take the actions needed to ensure that this does not happen again," she said. "I feel very sorry for the harm our students were subjected to and I vow to work tirelessly to make the campus a more welcoming and safe place." 

Katehi also went on to say that a task force consisting of faculty, students and staff will be chosen this week. She has set a 30 day deadline for the task force to report on the events surrounding the arrests, including communication between the police and the administration.

Apparently yesterday Chancellor Katehi held a press conference which resulted in a rather strange, and fascinating confrontation with students of UC Davis:

Katehi held a press conference on Saturday to address the incident. Students began to surround the building in protest and she reportedly refused to leave amid safety concerns. 

Finally, the students cleared a path for her to exit. As she walked back to her car, surrounded by students, some began to ask her questions, which she mostly brushed off "Chancellor, do you still feel threatened by the students?" someone asked. 

She replied, "no" and a companion said that "we've asked for it to be a silent, respectful exit." 

Words fail to describe this scene between the students and their Chancellor, so here let this video to give you a clearer idea.
I actually got a chill watching that.

So what do you think?  Is the suspension of the two officers enough, or should the Chancellor also lose her job for ordering the removal of the students through force with little consideration for their safety?

And will these images be enough to FINALLY convince the police around the country that liberally firing pepper spray into the faces of non-violent Americans is NOT acceptable in this country?

Update: If you want to help see justice prevail, perhaps you would like to sign faculty member Nathan Brown's petition requesting that Chancellor Katehi resign.