What’s interesting out there today?

Open Thread, you pick.

Here’s a few to start off with.

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And remember folks, this is who our govt. is backing. We’re aiding them. Aid which they will use to further oppress people like these.

From FoxNews

“Libyan Islamists detained 48 Egyptian Christians in Benghazi last week,  torturing them and using acid to burn off tattoos of the cross, according to  family members.

The Christians, who are peddlers, were arrested by Islamist Salafists in  Benghazi, who said they had Christian icons at their marketplace stalls,  according to MideastChristianNews.  The men were later reportedly freed and await deportation, but their family  members back home told the Egyptian press they were abused while held, initially  on charges of proselytizing.

“When the residents of the village told me that he was imprisoned, I embraced  his sons and told them they would not see their father again,” Fardoos Salib,  the mother of Coptic farmer Atif Kamel, told Egyptian newspaper al-Watan.   “I prayed in the church, until God responded and he was released, as God  knows our conditions.””

Meanwhile, those responsible for the deaths of US citizens and an attack on a US Embassy sip drinks, walking free and unmolested.

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This one annoys me. I’d tell ’em to go pound sand, but probably in more colorful language. 😯

From Reuters

“A United Nations investigator called on the United States on Monday to publish its findings on the CIA’s Bush-era program of rendition and secret detention of terrorism suspects.

Ben Emmerson, U.N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, voiced concern that while President Barack Obama’s administration has rejected Central Intelligence Agency practices conducted under his predecessor George W. Bush, there have been no prosecutions.

“Despite this clear repudiation of the unlawful actions carried out by the Bush-era CIA, many of the facts remain classified, and no public official has so far been brought to justice in the United States,” Emmerson said in a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, which he will address on Tuesday.”

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Sure, it’s satire now, but you just gave them an idea. I can hear it now, “It’s for the kids!”

(Sigh) 😦

From CafeHayek.com

“In a bold effort to improve the educational fortunes of students who perform at academic levels significantly below the average of their peers, Congress has mandated a minimum grade to be assigned to each student in each course taught at any school in the country.  Starting in September, it shall be unlawful for any teacher, professor, or instructor charged with assigning course grades to assign to any student a grade lower than C-.”

“Sponsors of the Fair Academic Standards Act decry the injustice that occurs each time a student earns a low grade, such as a D or an F.  ”It’s impossible for students with ‘D’s and ‘F’s on their transcripts to succeed as they deserve in life,” remarked Sen. Bernie Franken, an Independent from Elitia.  ”This law ensures that no American will ever again suffer that hardship.”

Opponents of the Act worry that the requirement of a minimum grade will prompt schools to refuse to enroll students whose academic preparation or skills aren’t yet sufficient to enable them actually to earn good grades.”

Admit it, it’s not really a stretch to think this could be is coming.

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