Between the soda and donuts

Merciful storekeeper changes robber's mind, religion -- Hmm.

TVs make drones.

TV Interferes With Infants' Language Development

Television reduces verbal interaction between parents and infants, which could delay children's language development, says a U.S. study that challenges claims that certain infant-targeted DVDs actually benefit youngsters.

The researchers studied 329 children, aged 2 months to 48 months, and found that for each additional hour of television exposure, there was a decrease of 770 words (7 percent) heard from an adult by the children. The study also found that the more hours spent watching television, the fewer vocalizations infants made when adults talked to them.

The social scientist in me shakes her head at this comment: I will argue that this study is erroneous. I have 20 grandchildren all of which have watched children's TV shows and Disney/cartoon dvd's as a routine part of their day. There is not a one of them that has ANY speech problems. I think our family is large enough to be able to have a good sampling of development of children.

Seriously?

Head Of Anti-Sotomayor Group: Hispanic Voters "Think Just Like Everyone Else . . . Not Like African Americans" -- thanks, supergee

speaking uncomfortable truths

My respect for Roger Simon just went up several notches. Read the whole thing.

Sonia Sotomayor must dummy up

How come the only racism that bothers some people is reverse racism?

People of color have been oppressed for centuries in this country, and while progress has been made, it has come slowly.

But Sonia Sotomayor makes one speech suggesting that her background as a Latina might actually give her superior insight or wisdom to a white man, and there is an explosion — an eruption! a volcano! — of indignation.

She is a reverse racist! She has dared to suggest that a nonwhite woman could ever be superior in any way, under any circumstances, to a white man. So how can she now sit on the Supreme Court (a court that for most of its existence has resembled a country club board)?

[...] Why? I don't get it. Why was her word choice poor if "she was simply saying that her life experiences" gave her "information about the struggles and hardships" of people?

We all know why. If you are not white, you have to be careful what you say. You cannot hint that you may actually know more than white people.

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Burn armed robbers, says Guinea crime chief

Car loses all four wheels on highway

sign of the times

One in nine Americans on food stamps, USDA says