Did Black People Own Slaves? (42% of Freed Slaves did)
William Ellison's fascinating story is told by Michael Johnson and James L. Roark in their book, Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South. At his death on the eve of the Civil War, Ellison was wealthier than nine out of 10 white people in South Carolina. He was born in 1790 as a slave on a plantation in the Fairfield District of the state, far up country from Charleston. In 1816, at the age of 26, he bought his own freedom, and soon bought his wife and their child. In 1822, he opened his own cotton gin, and soon became quite wealthy. By his death in 1860, he owned 900 acres of land and 63 slaves. Not one of his slaves was allowed to purchase his or her own freedom.
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Georgia teacher pulled from classroom for anti-Obama rant
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A Georgia teacher was yanked from the classroom after telling students President Obama was an anti-Christian Muslim, school officials said.
Parents complained in February that teacher Nancy Perry tried to persuade the middle schoolers Obama is lying about his religious beliefs and it was wrong to support him.
“If your parents voted for Obama, they're evil and I don't see how your parents could vote for someone that's Muslim,” Perry allegedly said, parent Jimmie Scott told WMAZ.
The idea that Obama is a closeted Muslim, born in Kenya remains a popular conspiracy of critics on the far right wing, even though the claims have long been debunked.
When the disgusted parents met with Perry, she tried to defend her loony position with “propaganda from the Internet,” Scott told the station.
Perry’s husband, who is a school board member, also attended the meeting, Scott said.
Perry won’t teach the rest of the year and will then retire, Dublin City Schools Superintendent told reporters in a statement.
Georgia school teacher Nancy Perry was yanked from the classroom after telling students President Obama wasn’t a Christian, school officials say. WMAZ
Georgia school teacher Nancy Perry was yanked from the classroom after telling students President Obama wasn’t a Christian, school officials say. The district will also remind staff members its not their place to try to persuade students about religious or political beliefs, Ledbetters said.Leave a comment:
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Swedish Priest Apologises for Gay Comments
A Swedish priest who claimed that gay people have a psychological disorder that can be cured has apologised after his comments outraged gay rights campaigners.
Priest Ingvar Fogelqvist, who was preaching at the Catholic parish of Arkeangeln Sankt Mikael in the southern town of Vaxjo, said in a confirmation class in front of 2,000 worshippers that gay people had a “psychological disorder that could be cured”, but claimed other types of homosexuality were incurable.
Fogelqvist told the students in attendance that gay people, and people who suffer from health problems or impotence, should not be permitted to live a “normal” family life, claiming that, according to the Church’s vision, they could not marry because they are not suitable.
Unsurprisingly, the foolish priest sparked outrage among the town’s gay community and beyond, with the country’s biggest gay organisation, RFSL, noting that such remarks could cause problems for younger generations.
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A Scientific Model Of What A Zombie Apocalypse Would Look Like (And Where Not To Hide)
The best spots for riding out a zombie apocalypse are sparsely populated areas of Montana and Nevada, which remain untouched even four months, according to a new study by researchers at Cornell University who have developed a statistical model for simulating the spread of a fictional zombie epidemic. As The WSJ reports, with real-life applications to modeling viral outbreaks, Cornell offer dire warnings for those who live in Scranton, PA - with northeastern Pennsylvania as the U.S. location most at risk of being overrun by the undead.
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Coming Soon to NY: Ice Age Ice Cubes
An abandoned solar energy factory in Glomfjord, Norway is being repurposed.
Norway’s Renewable Energy Corp. filed for bankruptcy in 2012 and closed its solar manufacturing plant.
Starting this fall, the former solar factory will be used to ship black refrigerated boxes containing ice cubes cut from the Svartisen (“black ice”) Glacier to upscale bars and restaurants in New York, London and Dubai.
Svartisen, which is located on the country’s northwestern coast, is Norway’s second largest glacier and the lowest one in mainland Europe.
Geir Olsen, who founded Svaice last November with a 250,000 kroner grant from Nordland County, hopes to ship 16 million boxes of the glacial ice cubes (“remains of the last ice age”) annually.
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Man Can’t Sue Applebee’s for Burns He Got While Praying Over Fajitas
According to a new court ruling
A New Jersey man who was burned by a plate of hot fajitas while dining at Applebee’s can’t sue the restaurant over his injuries, according to an appellate court.
Hiram Jimenez took the chain restaurant to court because he said his waitress failed to alert him that his meal was hot. After being served, the court ruling says he bowed his head to pray over the crackling plate, and some oil popped and burned his face. Jimenez says he then panicked and knocked the plate in his lap, causing more burns, none of which resulted in scars, according to court records.
He filed suit seeking damages on the grounds that he suffered “serious and permanent” injuries “solely as a result of (Applebee’s) negligence when he came in contact with a dangerous and hazardous condition, specifically, ‘a plate of hot food’.”
A trial judge dismissed the suit, finding Applebee’s had no duty to warn Jimenez “against a danger that is open and obvious” like a sizzling hot plate of fajitas. Jimenez appealed, but an appellate panel confirmed the lower court ruling, saying Applebee’s can’t be held responsible because the hot food posed an a risk that should be “self-evident” and thus “approached with due care.”
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CDC Finds Troubling Rise in Teen Suicide Method
More teens who are killing themselves are choosing suffocation and strangling, government researchers reported Thursday. And more young women are committing suicide.
It's a troubling trend and it's not clear what's driving it, the team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
"The data don't allow us to determine why," said the CDC's Thomas Simon, a suicide expert who helped lead the study. "Is it social media? Is it conventional media? Is it access to other methods?"
What CDC is very worried about is giving troubled a teens a "how-to" guide for how to commit suicide, but the agency also wants parents, teachers, friends and others to be aware of the risks. When media report on certain suicide methods, often officials see a rise in suicides afterwards, using the method described.
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More Americans Believe in Witches, UFOs Than Support FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal
Matthew Berry, chief of staff to Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai, pointed out that only nine percent of Americans support the commission’s plan to regulate the Internet. “More Americans believe in witches (21%) than support Pres. Obama's Internet regulation plan as it stands (9%),” Berry Tweeted on Friday.
Berry was referring to the findings of a poll conducted over the weekend that found that only nine percent of Americans support the “net neutrality” regulations set for a vote next Thursday. The study was conducted by Hart Research Associates, a Democratic polling firm.
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The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 332-page net neutrality plan, proposed by Democrats on the commission, will pass if the five-member body’s three Democrats vote in unison as expected. However, the FCC has prohibited release of the plan until after its passage.
In addition to the finding that only nine percent of Americans are in favor of the net neutrality regulations currently before the commission, Hart’s polling found that 79 percent of Americans believe the “exact wording and the details of the plan” should be made public before the commission votes on it.
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Brazil priest falls in grave while praying at burial
A Roman Catholic priest fell into a grave while praying at the burial...
A police statement...said...as he was praying over the coffin at a cemetery near Brasilia, the ground suddenly gave way and he and three others...fell into the grave.
The priest was not immediately available for comment but the G1 news portal quoted him as saying the incident "ruined the moment.
The priest was not immediately available for comment but he was quoted as saying the incident "ruined the moment".
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IDK, its such major news, parades have been on going here in the eu about it... and It triggered of a war of the sexes too. The unics are bummed as their not included...
sorry for hijacking your thread btw.Leave a comment:
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LOL, yep, only in america though, where all totally sane acrose the pond honest.
In othernews 90% of a&e visits are due to iceland frozen pasties! man my mouth is gonna feel chard in the morningLeave a comment:
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NASA Bombing of the Moon may create conflict with ET's, UFO's
Sunday, 21 June 2009
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