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Dahobbs

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  1. The state of California decided that was his name. It seems like the real Kierans must have been involved in someway, but it isn't clear from the articles I've seen.
  2. I'm not as good at thread titles it seems.
  3. How so? I'm sorry if my meme offended you. I was just being snarky; it wasn't meant to be serious. But I don't think I'm misrepresenting what you've said, which is that schools can't work and must be worthless if kids are missing a few days here and there for thigs like trips to family vacations. That is just such an over exaggeration for what was being described by Hobbes (i.e., kid missing 5 days). Now, if we're talking about kids regularly missing 15-20% of school, yes, I can see that being very disruptive.
  4. Right, so you're missing perspective, which I what I said. When I was growing up people missed school here and there. It didn't cause class to collapse or start over. I missed school here and there. It wasn't a big deal.
  5. No burn intended. Homeschooling can be done well (it just often isn't). My nephews and niece were homeschooled until high school and are absolutely thriving. Your comment just doesn't make any sense to me. Teachers don't start over because kids miss a few days here and there. Students missing <10 days out of a year isn't going to cause schools to not "work" or be "worthless." That's just ridiculous.
  6. You'd have to show me the polls you're referring to. But if they are the ones that had things like Trump getting the majority of the youth vote, 25% of the black vote, or RFK getting 10% of the vote, then I ain't worried about that trash.
  7. This is sort of a separate issue. I think you're talking about the reporting on the kids missing 10% of school year. I'm talking about taking a child out of school here and there for a handful of days a year.
  8. I don't think RFK is stealing voters from Biden. Or at least he is stealing more voters for Trump than voters for Biden. The vast majority of people that would end up voting for RFK would have either voted for Trump or stayed home.
  9. We give plenty to our school that I'm sure more than makes up for the lost revenue from the missed days. But no, I'm not taking responsibility for the shit poor way our state funds our schools. I will however continue to advocate and vote for proper funding.
  10. Your statement is just very perplexing. Were you homeschooled? And I don't mean that in a negative way. I just have to assume that someone that thinks a kid missing class means the teacher starts the lesson plan over lacks some common life experience and perspective on how schools actually work.
  11. You think lesson plans start over every time a kid misses a class? You have in fact been to a school before, right?
  12. You think school doesn't work if kids miss 5 days?
  13. I forgot to add this part: after California convicted Woods, it also required him to use his "real name": Matthew Kierans. Like... what the fuck.
  14. This story is insane. Basically, Matthew Kierans stole the identity of William Donald Woods for over 3 decades. He even got married and had children using the stolen name. When the real Mr. Woods discovered the issue and approached a bank about someone using a stolen credit card, the bank thought he was the imposter and called the police. As a result of criminal investigation, the state of California forced him into a mental institution and then, after his release, convicted him of felony identify theft and served over a year sentence. After he was released from prison, he managed to prove that he was the real Mr. Woods thanks to DNA evidence and the work of detectives in Iowa. Kierans now faces a 33 year prison sentence. 1) The dude deserves a lot of money from LA police; 2) This is going to be a movie or Netflix series in the next 5 years, I'm sure of it. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/man-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-former-coworkers-identity-for-30-years/
  15. I attended good private schools for most of my childhood (except for 3 years at Oakhill Elementary). My wife also attended private school except in small town Texas. Let's just say us dating became eye-opening for her on things like evolution, history, etc. Were they absolutely terrible schools? Probably not. Were they indoctrinating kids? Absolutely. My son is at an excellent public school in Houston (dual-language immersion program), but we are having to fight it keep it as amazing as it is thanks to Texas politics.
  16. Yeah, this. We just went to Europe. Oldest (first grade) missed a couple of days after Spring break. I think he has missed something like 6 days this school year because of random trips we did. I don't see an issue with it at all. Obviously, once you're dealing with tests and quizzes and what not, you should schedule around those. Some days are ok to miss. Some days aren't.
  17. And those pennies are mostly being spent with US companies.
  18. Oh, so your post expressing disgust at those of us you want to use our own money to send weapons to Ukraine doesn't also imply that the US government shouldn't be sending military aid? Is there some moral distinction between individuals doing it and the government doing it? And your subsequent posts deriding the US government for supporting others militarily and committing wrongful acts in the past weren't meant to suggest that US shouldn't provide military aid to Ukraine? If your point wasn't that we shouldn't be spending money helping Ukraine militarily, then I honestly have no idea what idea you were attempting to express. Whatever it was, you did a horrible job mate.
  19. Yes, I agree, you are stupid. But, maybe you can explain how not providing military aid to Ukraine isn't in Russia's interest and doesn't indirectly support its invasion against Ukraine. For bonus points, explain why the US having done bad things in the past is at all relevant to this discussion.
  20. Is this a new sex thing?
  21. People who claim to be someone "of faith" are the worst. The least shocking thing is that they would adore one of the worst people in American history.
  22. Hard to tell anything from that story. Was the dog loose? Did the delivery driver go back to the car for a gun to shoot the dog after delivering the food? It is hard to imagine the dog in that picture was much of a threat, but pretty much any dog could do some real damage if it actually wanted to. That said, I can tell with 100% certainty that @cmontexas is a sad, scared little man.
  23. We get it, you support Russia invading Ukraine and killing its people. As to whether the US's past wrong actions means it is wrong to support Ukraine: it doesn't. We can have been wrong before and right now. Ukraine deserves to have its freedom. Russia is undeniably a bad actor here. The fact that the US hasn't been perfect in the past is completely fucking irrelevant.
  24. That's from four years ago. https://apnews.com/article/dfa5487806d779e0300f058eeaffe9e8
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