In honour of Memorial Day:
(CHT Sheldon.)
In honour of Memorial Day:
(CHT Sheldon.)
The New York State report found students as young as nine years old subjected to sudden, painful, repeated electric shocks for refusing to follow staff directions, failing to maintain a neat appearance, stopping work for more than ten seconds, getting out of seat, interrupting others, nagging, swearing, whispering and slouching in chair, and ‘moving conversation away from staff. …
These devices are much stronger than police stun guns (1-4 milliamps), says Gregory Miller, former teacher at JRC. … In McCollins case, school staff used the powerfully painful electric shock device (45 – 91 milliamps, at 66 volts) on McCollins over the course of seven hours for not taking off his coat in class. After his “therapy” was over, McCollins was admitted to a nearby childrens hospital ….
(More.)
The Smith-Amash NDAA Amendment is far too small a step, but its better than nothing.
At BHL I linked to Kevin C.s response to the Obama campaigns Life of Julia sleme.*
(*Sleme = slimy meme.)
I think its sweet that our mass-murdering, civil-liberties-shredding President has finally (for the second time) evolved all the way to the Dick Cheney level of enlightenment on gay marriage. Im sure thatll be a great comfort to Bradley Manning.
Check out two recent interviews, one with Charles and Gary and one just with Charles.
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