Middle school teacher faces rape, sodomy charges over accusations of years-long sexual abuse of 12-year-old boy

Another Me Too event! Gender equality and the battle of the sexes!

Middle school teacher faces rape, sodomy charges over accusations of years-long sexual abuse of 12-year-old boy | Blaze Media "The alleged child sex abuse of the student reportedly started in 2015."

In trade war with the US, China holds a lot more cards than Trump may think − in fact, it might have a winning hand. Really!

This article is written by a "Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Auburn University" [Alabama] with a Chinese sounding name, i.e. Linggong Kong. He calls himself  "an expert on U.S.-China relations"

Is the author a darling and a mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China at a U.S. university? You bet! The language used by this Ph.D. student clearly identifies him as steeped in socialist rhetoric! His arguments are not very convincing!

"He who laughs last? Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are engaged in a tariff standoff." (Label under image at the beginning of this article)

"... But the U.S. president may well have been smarting from Beijing’s apparent willingness to confront U.S. tariffs head on. ...

While many countries opted not to retaliate against Trump’s now-delayed reciprocal tariff hikes, instead favoring negotiation and dialogue, Beijing took a different tack. It responded with swift and firm countermeasures. ...

And as an expert on U.S.-China relations, I wouldn’t expect China to. Unlike the first U.S.-China trade war during Trump’s initial term, when Beijing eagerly sought to negotiate with the U.S., China now holds far more leverage.

Indeed, Beijing believes it can inflict at least as much damage on the U.S. as vice versa, while at the same time expanding its global position. ...

Crucially, the importance of the U.S. market to China’s export-driven economy has declined significantly. In 2018, at the start of the first trade war, U.S.-bound exports accounted for 19.8% of China’s total exports. In 2023, that figure had fallen to 12.8%. The tariffs may further prompt China to accelerate its “domestic demand expansion” strategy, unleashing the spending power of its consumers and strengthening its domestic economy.

And while China entered the 2018 trade war in a phase of strong economic growth, the current situation is quite different. Sluggish real estate markets, capital flight and Western “decoupling” have pushed the Chinese economy into a period of persistent slowdown.

Perhaps counterintuitively [???], this prolonged downturn may have made the Chinese economy more resilient to shocks [???]. ...

Trump’s tariff policy against China may also allow Beijing a useful external scapegoat, allowing it to rally public sentiment and shift blame for the economic slowdown onto U.S. aggression [???]. ..."

In trade war with the US, China holds a lot more cards than Trump may think − in fact, it might have a winning hand

A Chinese communist agitator at a U.S. university? Do we need to deport him? Maybe not! 😊 Voltaire: “I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.”

Longest human transplant of pig kidney fails after only 4 months

Bad news, but no reason to despair!

"Towana Looney, a 53-year-old grandmother from Alabama who received a kidney from a gene-edited pig on 25 November 2024, had it removed last week after the organ suddenly stopped functioning. The 4 months and 9 days Looney spent with the kidney set a new record for a pig organ in a human, but it is yet another setback for the long-struggling field known as xenotransplantation."

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Punishing Heat in southern U.S. Prisons not due to climate change. Really!

Still better than capital or corporal punishment or? Pardon my inexcusable sarcasm!

Another hit piece by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health!

This tender loving care for incarcerated criminals!

This time, they don't blame Climate Change, but lack of A/Cs in prisons of Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. All states governed by Republican governors. You get the picture!

Surprisingly, they don't even mention the usual disparate effects this may have on black v. white prison inmates or that most black prisoners are only there for reasons of a racially biased law enforcement and judiciary. What a glaring omission! Pardon my sarcasm!

"... 

No air conditioning:

In Florida: Roughly three-quarters of prisons lack AC. 

In Texas: Over two-thirds of prison beds have no AC.

In Georgia and Alabama, many prisons also operate without complete AC.  ...

Dangerous in different ways: Not only are the overheated conditions inhumane, advocates say, they are also dangerous—leading to increased agitation and decreased vigilance among both guards and inmates. ..."

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Alabama Top Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are "Children". Will it Affect IVF? with Palki Sharma

Lot's of hysteria and alarmism about this court ruling! To reduce this issue exclusively to IVF (In vitro fertilization) is regrettable! When does human life begin? At conception?

Alabama mayor and pastor commits suicide after news article exposes his online 'fantasy' life as 'Transgender Curvy Girl'

A little bit of a bizarre story! A man with quite a bit of a double life. Supposedly, his wife knew about it.

Why did he not come clean in public before his citizens and parish. Why could he in the end not admit to it?

That he reportedly committed suicide with a hand gun in front of police officers was certainly a very bad choice! "By Friday, some had asked police to conduct a welfare check. Officers went in the direction of his home that evening but discovered Copeland driving en route. They pulled Copeland over on Lee Road 275, just north of Yarbrough's Crossroads, with no other reason than to assess his wellbeing. 

Sadly, Copeland's subsequent actions confirmed everyone's worst fears regarding his mental state. He exited his vehicle, grabbed a handgun, and fatally shot himself in front of the officers."

Alabama mayor and pastor commits suicide after news article exposes his online 'fantasy' life as 'Transgender Curvy Girl' | Blaze Media

Married female Christian school teacher in Alabama arrested for sex acts with adolescent male students

Another Me Too event! Welcome to the darker side of the age of gender equality!

"... Chrystal Frost, a 35-year-old married mother of three, resigned from her teaching position at the Crenshaw Christian Academy on Aug. 24. ...
Frost had sent a nude photo of herself to a student. ... teen student on Aug. 29. He reportedly informed police that his teacher sent him an obscene photo and that he had sex with Frost. The teenager allegedly told police that he met Frost on at least four occasions ... The student allegedly "dropped a PIN for her to locate" him to have sex. ...
police found another underage student who claimed to have sexual relations with Frost. The 16-year-old student claimed that Frost sent him a photo of her breasts on social media. She then allegedly asked the boy if he knew of a place to have sex, according to the police report. ..."

Christian school teacher arrested for sex acts with students - TheBlaze

Biden commemorates Bloody Sunday in Selma

Another pathetic act by the senile and demented 46th President! He likes it safe and nostalgic! Did he rant about lynching again? Or did he stand close behind to and touch some girl again?