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On Fri, 5 Sep 2025 13:54:10 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

>On 2025-09-05 13:47, LeftistDon'tMatter wrote:
>> On Fri, 5 Sep 2025 12:35:18 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2025-09-05 12:15, LeftistDon'tMatter wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 5 Sep 2025 11:38:38 -0500, super70s
>>>> <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2025-09-05 14:35:20 +0000, Chris Voigtlander said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/5/2025 7:00 AM, super70s wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2025-09-05 12:16:54 +0000, -hh said:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 9/5/25 00:40, Governor Swill wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 08:41:10 -0400, -hh
>>>>>>>>> <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 9/3/25 18:38, pothead wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-09-03, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-09-03 15:07, pothead wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-09-03, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...to we Canadians, anyway.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.tradingplatforms.co.uk/research/the-worlds-smartest-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nations-ranking-intelligence-in-2025/>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Canada: 10th.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The US of A: Didn't crack the top 20.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> By IQ, Canada was 11th and the US...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...25th.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In fact, there isn't a single metric there that has the US ahead of Canada.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And Florida...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...ranks 13th in IQ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...13th from last.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-iq-by-state>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> And how much money is the Teacher's Union and DOE getting each year?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Obviously they are failing and have been failing for a long time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Isn't it great that you know all the answers?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I see 2 agencies getting tons of money and I see students who are not learning.
>>>>>>>>>>> There is nothing more to know.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The DoE doesn't teach students.  Nor does it fund teachers Unions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We are wasting money that obviously isn't helping students learn.
>>>>>>>>>>> Common sense.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nope. So much for pothead's attempt to logic correlation into causality.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> American kids don't need education or life preparation.  They're
>>>>>>>>> entitled.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Only the MAGAs are entitled.
>>>>>>>> Everyone else needs to lower their head, bow, and leave the country.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -hh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The right wants to use taxpayer money for vouchers instead of letting
>>>>>>> those mostly already well off families fund their kids' private
>>>>>>> education themselves.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My red state instituted vouchers last year and they don't even bother
>>>>>>> to track how much income families receiving vouchers have.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So I don't need any lectures on wasteful education spending from the right.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't see any reason why there should be government owned and
>>>>>> operated schools. When we provide housing assistance to needy people,
>>>>>> we don't force them to live in government barracks — we give them
>>>>>> Section 8 vouchers and they go find a privately provided residence.
>>>>>> When we give food assistance, we don't force people to shop in
>>>>>> government commissaries — we give them SNAP and EBT cards and they shop
>>>>>> in commercial grocery stores like everyone else. When we provide
>>>>>> assistance for medical care, we don't force people to government
>>>>>> clinics — we give them Medicaid and they go to private providers like
>>>>>> everyone else.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Schools should be no different.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure privatize everything even schools, then you're accountable to no
>>>>> one except the stockholders who are concerned foremost with profits and
>>>>> not education.
>>>>>
>>>>> Private prisons are some of the most mismanaged and violent prisons we have.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> According to the leftist loonies, anyway...
>>>
>>> According to just about everyone who doesn't own a private prison:
>>>
>>> <https://time.com/5884104/prison-violence-dont-see/>
>>>
>>> <https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice/private-prisons-are-problem-not-solution>
>>>
>>> <https://eji.org/news/prisoner-abuse-in-private-prison-transport-industry/>
>>>
>>> <https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/bja/181249.pdf>
>>>
>>> <https://systemicjustice.org/article/private-contracts-in-public-prisons-how-corporate-power-allows-for-the-exploitation-of-incarcerated-people-and-their-loved-ones/>
>>>
>>> <https://www.vox.com/2016/8/12/12454410/private-prisons-violence-investigation>
>>>
>>> <https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2016/e1606.pdf>
>> 
>> <chuckle> Leftist sources say...
>
>George W Bush's DoJ is a "leftist source", now?

Not leftist, but pretty weak kneed...

>But keep ignoring the facts.