Florida lowers bar for 4th grade state writing exam
Since 70 percent of 4th graders outright failed the state writing exam, the Florida Department of Education lowered expectations and lowered the passing grade. Their reasoning – and I’m not kidding – is students were confused because many probably did not know what a camel was.
Smith & Wesson closes Shooting Sports Center in Springfield (Update)
Smith & Wesson’s Shooting Sports Center in Springfield, Mass. has shut down their civilian range indefinitely as it takes time to review their policies after four patrons lied on a liability release indicating they were not felons when they were.
Infuriating: Another example of gun-grabbing government theives
This man never should have been arrested or harassed by the Washington, D.C. police. Never. There is a serious issue for people when it comes to the lawful transportation of firearms from when traveling through different states, and it must be dealt with immediately.
US urged to cut nuclear arsenal, then maybe China will talk arms control
During the Reagan administration, the phrase used was “trust but verify.” If we agreed to reduce our nuclear weapon footprint, the USSR would do the same, but Reagan demanded verification of reductions. A “influential” panel has suggested if we just reduced the number of nuclear weapons, China might come to the table and talk.
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Florida lowers bar for 4th grade state writing exam
Since 70 percent of 4th graders outright failed the state writing exam, the Florida Department of Education lowered expectations and lowered the passing grade. Their reasoning – and I’m not…
Smith & Wesson closes Shooting Sports Center in Springfield (Update)
Smith & Wesson’s Shooting Sports Center in Springfield, Mass. has shut down their civilian range indefinitely as it takes time to review their policies after four patrons lied on a liability release…
Infuriating: Another example of gun-grabbing government theives
This man never should have been arrested or harassed by the Washington, D.C. police. Never. There is a serious issue for people when it comes to the lawful transportation of…
US urged to cut nuclear arsenal, then maybe China will talk arms control
During the Reagan administration, the phrase used was “trust but verify.” If we agreed to reduce our nuclear weapon footprint, the USSR would do the same, but Reagan demanded verification…
Catholic school will no longer require or offer health care insurance to students
Well, sort of kind of. This is the first step Franciscan University of Steubenville has taken to reduce costs and avoid the ObamaCare mandates specific to contraception. Franciscan is a very…
Media-types agree: They will support Obama during presidential debates
Of course they will. The strategy at the debates will be to structure the questions to put President Obama in a better position to attack Romney concerning his business experience….
US Government: We have a lot of oil
Bury. Heads. In. Sand. Well, I guess the Obama administration is burying their own heads in the oil shale deposits in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. The US Government Accounting Office…
Obama administration uses Underwear Bomb2 for politics
Remember how the left was absolutely livid when known-CIA employee Valerie Plame was “outed” by “someone” in the Bush administration? We’ve got a much more serious situation now, since the Obama administration outed a real undercover…
You mean I have to spel gud? Update
Yesterday, the State of Florida released the results of the state’s mandatory writing test for fourth, eighth and tenth graders. The scores were so shocking that the State Board of…
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