In a radical departure from their earlier stance, both Russia and China have joined with the EU and the United States in calling for UN action regarding Iran and its wayward nuclear program. For some time the Russians and the Chinese have opposed involving the United Nations in the stalemate, opting instead to call for another try at diplomacy.
Thomas Murphy, a UPS delivery driver in the city of Chicago was beaten nearly to death by a gang of malcontents from a nearby school. Perhaps most troubling is the fact that this gang of youths, numbering 15 to 20 teens, were not high schoolers but, middle school students, meaning their maximum age would be around 13 years old.
Apparently the only thing separating the learned from the ignorant is the variable X. In Los Angeles, like most communities around the country, students are required to pass Algebra in order to advance scholastically and subsequently receive a high school diploma. For most students around the country, such a requirement has no lasting impact as Algebra is no more complicated than playing with blocks in kindergarten. Not so in the LA Unified school district. Algebra is such a difficult subject for some LA students that many students fail the course countless times, only to drop out of high school after persistent failure.
A 120-foot-long rope is cut into 3 pieces. The first piece of rope is twice as long as the second piece of rope. The third piece of rope is three times as long as the second piece of rope. What is the length of the longest piece of rope?
A) 20 feet
B) 40 feet
C) 60 feet
D) 80 feet
Show your work:If you cannot figure out with relative ease that the answer is C, please stop reading and proceed to the nearest Sylvan learning center and refrain from reproducing.
3t + 2t + t = 120
6t = 120
t = 20
Largest piece: 60
If there is one thing we at the Phalanx can’t abide, its revisionist history. People who look upon the Japanese as innocent victims in WWII or holocaust deniers are nothing more than ignorant buffoons attempting to advance a sinister agenda. One of the earliest revisionist movements began in the late 19th century, as southern Civil War veterans, still smarting over their devastating defeat at the hands of the North, sought to recast their role in history.The prevailing ideas entertained by him [Thomas Jefferson] and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error. It was a sandy foundation, and the government built upon it fell when the "storm came and the wind blew."
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition.
Alexander Stephens
Vice President, Confederate States of America, March 21, 1861 (http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=76)
The media and leftist politicians have tried ceaselessly to portray the US and its economy in the most negative light possible. Consistently, leftist politicians, contrary to factual evidence, have berated the US economy as faltering with devastating job losses and stagnate growth. The leftist media, for their part, have continuously published slanted polls to drive the message home. The ultimate goal is to convince the American people that America is on the wrong track and who’s to blame for that? Obviously the president and his allies in the Congress.
It seems the Russians have revived a deal, proposed last year, to enrich uranium in Russia, to supply Iran’s nuclear energy needs. In the past Iran has balked at such a proposal, but now, as opposition to a nuclear Iran intensifies, the nation seems more willing to entertain the notion. The Chinese, who also hold considerable influence on the UN Security Council, have also voiced their support for the proposal, anything to avoid a disruption of oil supplies from Iran. Under this proposal Iran could continue to pursue the development of nuclear power to supply its “energy needs” and the crucial step of enrichment (a major stepping stone toward weapons development) would take place in Russian territory, presumably this step will forestall fears that Iran is enriching uranium to develop nuclear weapons.
It is not uncommon for people, institutions and even nation-states to harbor deep seeded hatred and resentment for the successful, likely attributable to their own personal failures as individuals. For some time now the EU, has been ruthlessly going after Microsoft Corporation on a host of charges stemming from the argument that Microsoft is “abusing its monopoly” in the area of personal computing. The supposition is laughable. Microsoft is NOT a monopoly. A fundamental tenet of economics holds that a monopoly characterizes a market environment in which there is only one source for a good or service, and thus no market competition for the supply of that good or service. This supposition does not apply to the desktop computer market, nor has it ever, since Microsoft entered that arena in the mid-1970s and with the first production of Windows in 1985, Microsoft has always been one of many players in a crowded field. For years users had a plethora of OS choices.
To hear a story of a 16-year-old child demanding $100 for beer, one should immediately conjure up images of someone on a direct path toward a maximum-security prison in the not too distant future. Its bad enough that a 16-year-old would be drinking in the first place, but who are we kidding, quite a few teens imbibe on a regular basis, but $100 worth of beer? That’s more like submersion.
Prior to his election defeat earlier this week, Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, attempted to blame the US for increased crime in the US, after all Canada is a bastion for civility, where crime is unheard-of and people never resort to violence as a means of solving disputes, or so we have been lead to believe. As it turns out Canada is no stranger to crime, in fact it seems Canada’s rate of violent crime is twice that of the United States.
Rightist in America are falling all over themselves with joy, after 12 years of Liberal Party rule in Canada, the Conservatives are again in power, though at the helm of a minority government, thus requiring a junior party, such as the Bloc Quebecois or the New Democrats. The Conservatives have gone through a period of significant hemorrhaging over the past decade. The Conservatives briefly split into two factions, the Alliance (previously the Reform Party) and the original Progressive-Conservative Party, only recently reunited to form a solid front against an increasing corrupt Liberal government, first under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and then Paul Martin. Not only have the Liberals labored under a lingering cloud of corruption, but to distract voters from their ongoing failures they have sewn the seeds of anti-Americanism, not unlike their European counterparts, in a pitiful attempt to maintain their hold on power.
According to Welsh busybody, Cliff Arnall, a health psychologist at the University of Cardiff, today is the worse day of the year. By Dr. Arnall’s calculations during the month of January people are brought down by the weather and the fact that they have accumulated massive debts during the holidays. He also argues that by this point people are beginning to break their New Year’s resolutions and thus feel like failures. Such factors come to a head by January 23rd and thus today has been deemed the worse day of the year.W+ (D-d) x TQ
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M x NA
In a recent NBA game in Chicago, Antonio Davis of the New York Knicks, stormed into the stands, when, by his account, his wife was threatened by a fan. For his antics, Davis was suspended for 5 games. Meanwhile the fan that supposedly threatened Kendra Davis has charged that it was he who was threatened by Ms. Davis and he further refutes claims that he was drunk.
Earlier this week, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin noted that his city would again be a chocolate city, so all you of the vanilla or caramel persuasion, it would be advised to head north. After much fallout, however, mayor Nagin apologized, not once but twice, saying all were welcome in New Orleans.
What is going on in France these days? Recently the French government has been uncharacteristically bellicose with regard to the Iranian crisis. Calling an end to diplomatic negotiations with Iran and calling for tough action to confront the Iranian threat (though the tough action they propose is still rather timid), now the French are threatening to use nuclear weapons? Earlier today, the French government made it clear in no uncertain terms that France stood ready to respond to any terrorist attack with the use of nuclear weapons.
Some of us believe that debate and political discussion is healthy in a representative form of government. In Venezuela, however, there is one subject that is beyond debate or discussion and that subject is the country’s leader, Hugo Chavez. Apparently to criticize the Mussolini of Latin America is to destabilize the country, or so Chavez would have us believe. That certainly sounds like “democracy” to me.
Don’t let anyone tell you that the GOP is not in the hip pocket of wealthy developers. Last year the GOP proposed legislation in the Georgia legislature that would have given developers carte blanche to seize land through eminent domain, not for the purpose of public works projects such as bridges, roads and schools, but for private development projects. After much outcry across the state, the GOP tabled the idea. Then came the controversy Supreme Court ruling last summer, which gave local communities the authority to seize land under the auspices of eminent domain and turn it over to private developers.
The Martin Luther King holiday is a time for reflection on the struggles of our civil rights era past, but sadly it is also a time for race baiting politicians to score political points and this year is no exception. New York Senator, Hillary Clinton used the backdrop of the King holiday to attack the Bush administration as one of the worst in history. The senator also likened the US House of Representatives to a “plantation” which squelches opposing views. “We have a culture of corruption, we have cronyism, we have incompetence,” Clinton noted in a speech to a mostly black audience in New York. The one truth about politicians is the fact that without exception, most are hypocrites at heart. The fact that any person with the name Clinton can stand up in public and decry corruption is laughable. Furthermore, for a Democrat to complain that dissent is not tolerated is equally hilarious. No Political Party in history has done more to undermine political debate and discussion, castigating their opponents as evil and deriding those with differences of opinion. Even members of their own party, who don’t tow the party line, are left out in the political wilderness.
Last week we brought you the story of Jessica Bradley, an Atlanta teen who was asked to leave Covenant Christian Academy after the school administration learned of an inappropriate sexual relationship. Last week we noted that Jessica had been expelled, in reality, it seems young Jessica was simply asked to withdraw. Not that there is much difference.
In a move that should come as no surprise, the tyrannical regimes of Russia and China have made it known that they oppose taking a hard-line regarding Iran and its nuclear program. Russian President Putin is opposed to the use of sanctions as a means of coercing Iran and even opposed to taking the matter before the UN Security Council. While we at the Phalanx have been arguing for some time that neither sanctions nor the UN can or will do anything to restrain Iran, Russia’s Putin is motivated by other factors, namely money. Let us not forget that Russia is primarily to blame for this crisis in the first place. They have sold Iran nuclear technology as well as advanced weapons systems. Russia and China are favorite suppliers of tyrannical, despotic, authoritarian regimes around the world.