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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2023 7:53:10 GMT -6
My 6th grader had a lockdown drill last week and the principal sent a message out about preparing the students for it and when I got to the sentence about how the students should "prepare to evade or engage" it took my breath away. After the drill we were talking about it and she said that even though she knew they had a drill, when the announcement came on that it wasn't a drill, she said she about "shit her pants" (she did ask for permission to curse, lol) and talked about how she would fight back, and it took all my willpower to not just cry. I'm sorry. My kid missed last year's drill because she was out sick. It's awful to think of our children carrying the trauma for having to rehearse for these horrible events. This year her classroom is away from the rest of the school (it's the former music room, I guess they ran out of space? In any case I really hate that my first thought was that her class would be.much harder to find in the event of a shooting. How fucked up is it that that's where my brain first went. This was my exact thought when I found out my elementary kids' classrooms were way far away from the main entrance
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2023 7:56:47 GMT -6
I know the conversation about libraries becoming discipline centers has already been brought up. Here's more on that, brought to you by the teachers being forced to comply. Direct link because tapa upload is sucky http://instagram.com/p/CwfeAyGuhIl Whomever came up with all this knows nothing about education and human development. Or children. Or. People.
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Post by iruntodrink on Aug 31, 2023 8:12:31 GMT -6
Mitch McConnell had another “freezing” episode today during a speech in KY. An aide had to escort him away. I don’t like the man, but this is really sad. Like Feinstein, he should step down and take care of his health. The irony of it being when he was asked about running in 2026 😬😬😬 www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8Y99LJM/ exactly. I felt it was panic.
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Post by iruntodrink on Aug 31, 2023 8:18:11 GMT -6
Random question - a coworker was telling me that she's rekindling a relationship with her estranged brother who told her he "wasn't an American citizen" anymore and that he's a "citizen of no country" or something along those lines. He apparently showed her an official looking ID with a seal but it didn't sound like a state ID or passport. He told her he wasn't bound by "American law" but "common law" and there is more than one constitution but it's not talked about, and that's the one he follows. I told her that would all be news to me and to take it all with a grain of salt. It sounds like Michigan Militia type shit.
Does anyone know what he would be talking about??
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2023 8:20:07 GMT -6
I just adore MVP and First Doug
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Post by elle on Aug 31, 2023 8:48:12 GMT -6
Random question - a coworker was telling me that she's rekindling a relationship with her estranged brother who told her he "wasn't an American citizen" anymore and that he's a "citizen of no country" or something along those lines. He apparently showed her an official looking ID with a seal but it didn't sound like a state ID or passport. He told her he wasn't bound by "American law" but "common law" and there is more than one constitution but it's not talked about, and that's the one he follows. I told her that would all be news to me and to take it all with a grain of salt. It sounds like Michigan Militia type shit. Does anyone know what he would be talking about?? Sounds like Sovereign Citizen type ish to me. link
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Post by willow on Aug 31, 2023 8:49:45 GMT -6
Random question - a coworker was telling me that she's rekindling a relationship with her estranged brother who told her he "wasn't an American citizen" anymore and that he's a "citizen of no country" or something along those lines. He apparently showed her an official looking ID with a seal but it didn't sound like a state ID or passport. He told her he wasn't bound by "American law" but "common law" and there is more than one constitution but it's not talked about, and that's the one he follows. I told her that would all be news to me and to take it all with a grain of salt. It sounds like Michigan Militia type shit. Does anyone know what he would be talking about?? Google Sovereign citizen. That’s what this is. It’s nonsense and many people who are into conspiracy theories or extreme politics believe this. We see them in court every so often and they are intransigent.
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Post by iruntodrink on Aug 31, 2023 9:04:22 GMT -6
Random question - a coworker was telling me that she's rekindling a relationship with her estranged brother who told her he "wasn't an American citizen" anymore and that he's a "citizen of no country" or something along those lines. He apparently showed her an official looking ID with a seal but it didn't sound like a state ID or passport. He told her he wasn't bound by "American law" but "common law" and there is more than one constitution but it's not talked about, and that's the one he follows. I told her that would all be news to me and to take it all with a grain of salt. It sounds like Michigan Militia type shit. Does anyone know what he would be talking about?? Google Sovereign citizen. That’s what this is. It’s nonsense and many people who are into conspiracy theories or extreme politics believe this. We see them in court every so often and they are intransigent. thank you! That's exactly what I was assuming and she couldn't remember what he was calling it.
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Post by downwarddog on Aug 31, 2023 9:15:30 GMT -6
McConnell's camp is claiming that he just "temporarily felt light headed".
Sure Jan.
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Post by iruntodrink on Aug 31, 2023 9:23:31 GMT -6
Random question - a coworker was telling me that she's rekindling a relationship with her estranged brother who told her he "wasn't an American citizen" anymore and that he's a "citizen of no country" or something along those lines. He apparently showed her an official looking ID with a seal but it didn't sound like a state ID or passport. He told her he wasn't bound by "American law" but "common law" and there is more than one constitution but it's not talked about, and that's the one he follows. I told her that would all be news to me and to take it all with a grain of salt. It sounds like Michigan Militia type shit. Does anyone know what he would be talking about?? Sounds like Sovereign Citizen type ish to me. linkUgh...
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Post by sewf on Aug 31, 2023 9:43:12 GMT -6
I'm sorry. My kid missed last year's drill because she was out sick. It's awful to think of our children carrying the trauma for having to rehearse for these horrible events. This year her classroom is away from the rest of the school (it's the former music room, I guess they ran out of space? In any case I really hate that my first thought was that her class would be.much harder to find in the event of a shooting. How fucked up is it that that's where my brain first went. This was my exact thought when I found out my elementary kids' classrooms were way far away from the main entrance DD's classroom is right off of the main entrance, and this situation was one of my first thoughts. I am both glad and worried that they are literally across the street from a police station (though who knows what the police would actually do, unfortunately).
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Post by cnf on Aug 31, 2023 11:56:14 GMT -6
This was my exact thought when I found out my elementary kids' classrooms were way far away from the main entrance DD's classroom is right off of the main entrance, and this situation was one of my first thoughts. I am both glad and worried that they are literally across the street from a police station (though who knows what the police would actually do, unfortunately). My classroom is right by the main entrance. It makes me feel... not safe.
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Post by AmyG on Aug 31, 2023 11:58:52 GMT -6
DD's classroom is right off of the main entrance, and this situation was one of my first thoughts. I am both glad and worried that they are literally across the street from a police station (though who knows what the police would actually do, unfortunately). My classroom is right by the main entrance. It makes me feel... not safe. Yeah right by the entrance seems scary and way in a far corner also seems unsafe. Shouldn't be like that. Both should be safe.
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Post by nelzie on Aug 31, 2023 12:13:50 GMT -6
Both of my girls classrooms are right next to exits that aren't the main door. Which really scares me after Uvalde.
My second grader had not really a drill but her gym teacher told them where they would go if someone broke into the school. He said he keeps popcorn and m&ms back there for them. A kid asked what happens if the bad guy gets to them and she said the teacher said they wouldn't have to worry because by then the good guys would be there. Which we all know means nothing anymore.
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Post by sweetpea on Aug 31, 2023 14:45:11 GMT -6
I guess there's a brand new law that Georgia Rs enacted to try to remove Fani Willis. Brian Kemp came out against them from trying to use it. Good for him on this
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Post by Minerva on Aug 31, 2023 15:06:02 GMT -6
DD's classroom is right off of the main entrance, and this situation was one of my first thoughts. I am both glad and worried that they are literally across the street from a police station (though who knows what the police would actually do, unfortunately). My classroom is right by the main entrance. It makes me feel... not safe. I’m away from the side entrance and near a locked back door. It is sad, but telling that one of the first things I thought about upon seeing my room for the first time was that we could hide in the interior science storage room and chemical room, both of which have extra locks on them.
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Post by cnf on Aug 31, 2023 17:40:05 GMT -6
My classroom is right by the main entrance. It makes me feel... not safe. I’m away from the side entrance and near a locked back door. It is sad, but telling that one of the first things I thought about upon seeing my room for the first time was that we could hide in the interior science storage room and chemical room, both of which have extra locks on them. Yeah. The room I was in before (same building, moved rooms) had two interior rooms with locks, one with windows that let out into the back parking lot. That room felt safe. Now it's main office, chorus room, me. Whenever we have active shooter drills my first thought is always, if this was real my room would be one of the first to get shot up. My students and I would be completely fucked. It's a whole lot of feelings.
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Post by enchanted on Aug 31, 2023 19:37:44 GMT -6
I guess there's a brand new law that Georgia Rs enacted to try to remove Fani Willis. Brian Kemp came out against them from trying to use it. Good for him on this The bare minimum, but relieved he did.
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Post by enchanted on Aug 31, 2023 19:38:42 GMT -6
I'm sorry, cnf. I hate that this is even something you have to think about.
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Post by elle on Aug 31, 2023 19:59:36 GMT -6
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Aug 31, 2023 21:50:37 GMT -6
McConnell looks really frail in the videos of his freeze. He’s lost a lot of weight. I feel like medically something big is being covered up.
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Post by byjove on Sept 1, 2023 5:14:33 GMT -6
💪💪 amazing!
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Post by dc2london on Sept 1, 2023 10:06:56 GMT -6
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Post by downwarddog on Sept 1, 2023 10:10:32 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Sept 1, 2023 10:32:52 GMT -6
Which would make sense given his head trauma/concussion. I mean, the video certainly looked like a seizure.
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Post by sewf on Sept 1, 2023 14:27:54 GMT -6
Thought you all would appreciate this 😂
Someone in my neighborhood group asked for recommendations for pest control. Someone responded with "Fani Willis".
I love my blue bubble.
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Post by enchanted on Sept 1, 2023 16:24:20 GMT -6
I've seen several headlines about the multi-year sentences several P.r.oud Boys leaders are getting for their participation on Jan. 6.
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Post by elle on Sept 2, 2023 10:07:51 GMT -6
Well this is a complete shock. /s
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Post by PandaWatch on Sept 2, 2023 13:26:33 GMT -6
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Post by cnf on Sept 2, 2023 17:08:58 GMT -6
I've seen several headlines about the multi-year sentences several P.r.oud Boys leaders are getting for their participation on Jan. 6. Pezzola got 10 years. He's local to me so it's been all over the local news.
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