Firefighters let man’s house burn over unpaid fee (or You Get What You Vote For)

 

I thought I'd retired the above graphic after the American public woke up and elected a President with a brain. As we are about to find out here in Toronto, local elections are also very important! Watch this.... oh yeah, and don't vote for Rob Ford.

Fort Worth Police Chief: That Faggot Had It Coming

The following is from the website: slog.thestranger.com

posted by DAN SAVAGE on TUE, JUN 30, 2009 at 4:18 PM

Most residents of Fort Worth have never even seen the inside of a gay bar. Fort Worth's police chief Jeff Halstead is counting on that fact—counting on the average person's ignorance about gay bars and certain stereotypes about gay men—to get a half a dozen Forth Worth police officers off the hook for conducting a violent raid on a Forth Worth gay bar, the Rainbow Lounge, late last Saturday night. Seven men were arrested during the raid, which took place on the 40th anniversary of the raid on the Stonewall Inn that kick-started the modern gay rights movement, and one of those men—Chad Gibson—remains in intensive care with a brain injury. Gibson may not survive.

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Lame Apology

So, Fox 'News' has apologised. I cannot help but notice Greg Gutfucks pathetic attempt to apologise by saying his comments 'may have been misunderstood'. That is just a slap in the face. There was no way to misunderstand his bullshit. See for yourself in the last post. I had retired this graphic, but I guess I was a bit quick on that call.

From 680news.com >
FOX network apologized to Canadians after its news program mocked Canadian
military on a recent late-night talk show.
"Red Eye" host Greg Gutfield said
his comments 'may have been misunderstood' and in no way were meant to
disrespect 'the brave men, women and families of the Canadian military.'

U.S. reading skills, comprehension declining: study

The following is from CBC. CAAmericans are reading less and reading skills are deteriorating, especially among young people, according to a comprehensive U.S.-wide study of reading skills by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.
The study found only 52 per cent of Americans aged 18 to 24 read a book voluntarily in 2002, down from 59 per cent a decade earlier.
The slide is even sharper among younger readers — less than one-third of 13-year-olds read every day, down 14 per cent in the last 20 years.
At the same time, reading scores for American adults have deteriorated, even among well-educated people.

The study, To Read or Not to Read, is based on data collected from government, academic and foundation studies on reading and reading comprehension.
The sole bright spot was among nine-year-olds, whose reading scores have soared since the 1990s, with 54 per cent of them reporting they read every day for fun.
"I think there's been an enormous investment in teaching kids to read in elementary school," said NEA chairman Dana Gioia.
"Kids are doing better at nine and at 11. At 13, they're doing no worse, but then you see this catastrophic falloff … If kids are put into this electronic culture without any counterbalancing efforts, they will stop reading."

People who read are more likely to exercise, visit art museums, keep up with current events, vote in presidential elections and perform volunteer work, she said.