Politics turned Parody from within a Conservative Bastion inside the People's Republic of Maryland
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Maryland State of the State w/o the Wes Moore Gaslighting
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Things to do and not forget to do, when a Police Officer stops you Keep hands visible and in sight at all times. Stay polite and non-confrontational Cooperation means complying with lawful orders—not volunteering evidence. Do not argue roadside. Courts exist for legal disputes. Highways do not. The Four Core Phrases To Memorize “No, officer., Yes Officer” “I do not consent to searches.” “Am I free to leave?” !
So Dave are you Happy now? What about the carnage of American citizens killed by illegal criminal invaders, here is a start I am quite sure there are many more but lets start here! But you don't give a Eats Ass about them, do you!
Real families were forever changed. Killed in a home in Bowie, Maryland, her body was later thrown off of a bridge. A nursing student attacked while jogging, beaten with a rock, suffocated, and assaulted. A mother of five abducted while hiking on a Maryland trail and killed, bludgeoned with rocks, strangled, and her body hidden in a culvert. A young woman with autism was bound, assaulted, and strangled in her home (with the attack partially recorded on voicemail). Abducted assaulted and killed in Houston, Texas, her body was later found in a creek. Fatally shot during a random attempted robbery while driving in South Carolina. A high school student shot and killed in a drive-by after being confronted and mistaken for a rival gang member. So stop pretending you give a Rats Ass about "humanity." Your drooling Vegetable God's Open border policy DIRECTLY Lead to the Sexual Assault, Rape, Sexual Trafficking and Deaths of Tens of Thousands.
🤖Copilot FACT‑CHECK: Maryland Freedom Caucus Video by Lauren Arikan (Topic‑by‑Topic). Below, each section lists: What the speaker claims versus what the evidence shows and the verdict (accurate, misleading, or false).
1. ENERGY & BLACKOUTS.
>>Claim: Maryland homes “experienced blackouts this week” due to lack of in‑state energy production.
What the evidence shows: Maryland is part of PJM Interconnection, a 13‑state regional grid. Blackouts in PJM are extremely rare and usually caused by weather, not lack of generation.
No major news, PJM alerts, or Maryland state reports indicate statewide or regional blackouts in early 2026 caused by insufficient generation.
Maryland imports energy, but PJM maintains large reserve margins.
Verdict: Unsubstantiated / likely false. There is no evidence of blackouts caused by Maryland’s energy mix.
>>Claim: Only 8% of PJM’s load came from renewables at peak.
Evidence: PJM’s real‑time mix often shows single‑digit renewable percentages, because wind and solar are still a small share of PJM’s total capacity. This number is plausible.
Verdict: Plausible but misleading. It’s true renewables are a small share, but PJM’s reliability is not threatened by Maryland’s policies.
>>Claim: Marylanders are paying “$600–$800 a month” for electricity.
Evidence: Average Maryland residential electric bill: $150–$180/month (EIA data). $600–$800 would be 3–5× the state average. Could occur for a large home or business, but not typical.
Verdict: Misleading. Uses extreme outliers as if they represent typical households.
2. REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE (RGGI).
>>Claim: RGGI taxes Maryland producers and passes billions in costs to consumers.
Evidence: RGGI is a cap‑and‑trade program for power plant emissions. Maryland’s RGGI revenue is hundreds of millions, not billions. Funds are used for energy efficiency, bill assistance, and climate programs.
Verdict: Mostly false. RGGI does not impose “billions” in consumer costs, and Maryland’s revenue from RGGI auctions is far below that.
3. BUDGET & TAXES.
Claim: Maryland had a $3B deficit in 2025 and a $1.4B deficit in 2026.
Evidence: Maryland faced a structural deficit projected around $1.8B–$3B depending on the year and forecast. The numbers are in the right ballpark, though the speaker mixes structural deficits with annual budget gaps.
Verdict: Partially accurate but imprecise.
>>Claim: Governor Moore “taxed canoes.”
Evidence: Maryland increased some boat registration fees, including small craft. Canoes are included in the category of “vessels requiring registration.”
Verdict: Technically true but framed for effect.
4. EDUCATION (Blueprint for Maryland’s Future).
>>Claim: Maryland needs 15,000 new teachers but has only recruited 1,500.
Evidence: Maryland does face a teacher shortage, but the “15,000 needed” figure is not supported by state reports. The Maryland State Department of Education has not published a number that high. Recruitment numbers vary by district; 1,500 is not a statewide total.
Verdict: Mostly false. Numbers appear invented or exaggerated.
>>Claim: Maryland ranks at the bottom for business friendliness.
Evidence: Rankings vary. CNBC: Maryland is middle of the pack. Tax Foundation: Maryland is near the bottom for tax competitiveness. “Most business unfriendly state in the nation” is not supported by any major ranking.
Verdict: Misleading. Maryland scores poorly on taxes but not overall business climate.
>>Claim: Maryland has “some of the highest out‑migration numbers.”
Evidence: Maryland has net out‑migration, but, It is not among the top 5 states losing population and States like NY, CA, IL, and LA lose far more.
Verdict: Misleading.
6. CRIME.
Claim: Crime has gone down nationwide since Donald Trump took office.
Evidence: Crime trends are national, not tied to a single administration. Violent crime began falling in 2022, before Trump’s 2025 inauguration. The FBI’s 2023–2024 data shows declines across most categories.
Verdict: False causal claim. Crime dropped before Trump took office.
>>Claim: Overdoses “have all but disappeared.”
Evidence: Overdose deaths remain near historic highs nationwide. No state has seen overdoses “disappear.”
Verdict: False.
7. IMMIGRATION & VOTING.
Claim: An “illegal immigrant” named Ian Roberts is a registered voter in Maryland.
Evidence: This refers to a viral misinformation story from 2024. The individual was not registered to vote; the claim was debunked by the Maryland State Board of Elections, local news fact‑checks, and court records.
Verdict: False.
>>Claim: Maryland is registering undocumented immigrants to vote.
Evidence: Maryland allows driver’s licenses for undocumented residents. It does not allow them to vote in state or federal elections. Some municipalities allow non‑citizen voting in local elections only.
Verdict: False.
8. ICE, DOXING, AND STATE BILLS.
>>Claim: Maryland Democrats are trying to “ban cooperation with ICE” and “make doxxing ICE agents easier.”
Evidence: Maryland has considered sanctuary‑style bills, but none “ban cooperation.” No bill exists that “allows doxxing ICE agents.” Some bills restrict sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities — the opposite of doxxing.
Verdict: Mostly false.
9. EDUCATION OUTCOMES.
>>Claim: Maryland graduates students who “don’t know how to read.”
Evidence: Maryland has literacy challenges, especially in Baltimore City. However, the claim that graduates “don’t know how to read” is rhetorical, not supported by statewide data.
Verdict: Exaggerated / rhetorical.
OVERALL SUMMARY.
The video mixes: Some real issues (structural deficits, high energy costs, teacher shortages). With exaggerations (energy bills, business rankings, out‑migration). And outright falsehoods (overdoses disappearing, illegal voters, ICE doxxing, crime tied to Trump). The overall pattern is political framing with selective or distorted facts.🛑
My Verdict: Freedom Caucus delegate Lauren Arikan is the one doing the gaslighting.
Maryland does not impose $billions in energy costs? How about $trillions?
Maryland's energy targets, driven by the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, aim for a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2031 and net-zero emissions by 2045. Key goals include a 50% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) by 2030, with 14.5% from solar, and expanding offshore wind to 1,200 MW by 2030.
Net zero = energy supplies in 2045 if net zero green energy policies are enacted.
ps - In 2025, Harford County Public Schools significantly outperformed Baltimore City Public Schools in reading, with 60.2% of Harford students proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) compared to 31.2% in Baltimore City. While both districts saw improvements in literacy, Harford maintained a higher proficiency, and Baltimore City continued to work on closing the gap, achieving 3.5% growth.
Many of the New York City Democrats are already complaining about Mayor Mamdani, say that ‘What he is alrady doing has been nothing but a horrible mess’ Even some Democrats in leftist New York City (NYC) are complaining about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s latest moves, including his push for even higher taxes on the city’s wealthiest residents. “These six weeks have been a horrible mess,” an unnamed Democrat on the NYC Council told the New York Post, referencing the six weeks since Mamdani was inaugurated. “With his way of handling the snow operations, with the safety of homeless New Yorkers during freezing weather, and now with the budget, Mayor Mamdani continues to show he doesn’t know how this works,” the Democrat added.
The reference to the weather was, in fact, a reference to Mamdani’s massive mishandling of Winter Storm. Did anyone really expect anything else? He ha already proved to be the disaster he was predicted to be. And he’s only been in office for less than a month and a half. Give this idiot a year or two, and New York City will be a Ghost Town!
Baltimore City consistently spends more per student than Harford County, with recent data showing Baltimore City among the highest spenders in Maryland and the nation (over $18,000–$23,000 per student), driven by higher student needs. Harford County Public Schools spend approximately $15,119 per student.
The spending gap between city and county schools has persisted since at least the 80's, when my kids entered the school system. Why haven't they caught up? One reason. Demographics.
🤖g00gle AI Overview: Research indicates that while performance gaps on standardized IQ and academic tests exist between racial minority children (particularly Black and Hispanic) and white children, these differences are primarily driven by socioeconomic disparities, environmental factors, and educational inequity rather than inherent ability. Studies show that controlling for factors like poverty, maternal education, and home environment can significantly reduce or eliminate these gaps.
Key Findings on Intelligence and Minority Children...
Test Score Gaps: African American and Hispanic children often score lower than white children on tests of reading, math, and general intelligence, a gap that often appears before kindergarten.
Environmental Factors: A major portion of the disparity is explained by socioeconomic status (SES). Lower-income children, regardless of race, often face disparities in brain development related to language and memory, which are heavily influenced by environmental factors.
Impact of Environment: Studies show that when accounting for poverty, neighborhood conditions, and family resources, racial gaps in IQ are largely eliminated.
Cultural Bias: Differences in exposure to information can influence test results. When opportunity for learning is equal, gaps are significantly reduced. Underrepresentation: Minority children are consistently underrepresented in gifted-and-talented programs. However, research suggests that when black students are taught by black teachers, they are more likely to be placed in gifted programs.
Interventions: Environmental interventions, such as improved school resources, better nutrition, and, in some cases, early education, can bridge these gaps, proving they are not based on immutable genetic differences. In summary, research widely attributes observed intelligence score differences to inequalities in opportunity, resources, and socioeconomic status, not innate intelligence differences. 🛑
I trust the (real) science. You trust the racist pseudoscience (produced by racist Turds like Charles Murray).
I *DID* pick a topic. The topic was the video the blog author chose. My comment addresses the claims made in the video the blog author chose. It's not my fault you aren't paying attention (explaining your idiotic comment).
Interventions: Environmental interventions, such as improved school resources, better nutrition, and, in some cases, early education, can bridge these gaps, proving they are not based on immutable genetic differences.
Nobody said that IQ was "immutable" 30-40% of IQ is environmental (Flynn Effect). It's the hard 60-70% that is Hereditable that maintains the white-minority gap. Want to equalize racial IQs? interbreed to eliminate genetic differences.
Nietzsche, "On the Future of Our Educational Institutions"
"For centuries it has been an understood thing that one alluded to scholars alone when one spoke of cultured men; but experience tells us that it would be difficult to find any necessary relation between the two classes to-day. For at present the exploitation of a man for the purpose of science is accepted everywhere without the slightest scruple. Who still ventures to ask, What may be the value of a science which consumes its minions in this vampire fashion? The division of labour in science is practically struggling towards the same goal which religions in certain parts of the world are consciously striving after,—that is to say, towards the decrease and even the destruction of learning. That, however, which, in the case of certain religions, is a perfectly justifiable aim, both in regard to their origin and their history, can only amount to self-immolation when transferred to the realm of science. In all matters of a general and serious nature, and above all, in regard to the highest philosophical problems, we have now already reached a point at which the scientific man, as such, is no longer allowed to speak. On the other hand, that adhesive and tenacious stratum which has now filled up the interstices between the [41]sciences—Journalism—believes it has a mission to fulfil here, and this it does, according to its own particular lights—that is to say, as its name implies, after the fashion of a day-labourer.
"It is precisely in journalism that the two tendencies combine and become one. The expansion and the diminution of education here join hands. The newspaper actually steps into the place of culture, and he who, even as a scholar, wishes to voice any claim for education, must avail himself of this viscous stratum of communication which cements the seams between all forms of life, all classes, all arts, and all sciences, and which is as firm and reliable as news paper is, as a rule. In the newspaper the peculiar educational aims of the present culminate, just as the journalist, the servant of the moment, has stepped into the place of the genius, of the leader for all time, of the deliverer from the tyranny of the moment. Now, tell me, distinguished master, what hopes could I still have in a struggle against the general topsy-turvification of all genuine aims for education; with what courage can I, a single teacher, step forward, when I know that the moment any seeds of real culture are sown, they will be mercilessly crushed by the roller of this pseudo-culture? Imagine how useless the most energetic work on the part of the individual teacher must be, who would fain lead a pupil back into the distant and evasive Hellenic world and to the real home of culture, when in less than an hour, that same pupil will have recourse to a newspaper, the latest novel, or one of those learned books, the very style of which [42]already bears the revolting impress of modern barbaric culture——"
What you wrote is what someone who subscribes to scientific racism would believe. You previously confirmed that, as a racist, you believe this BS. Did you do your part and interbreed to eliminate genetic differences?
Really? Race nonessentialist believe that IQ makes whites "superior" in some fashion like racists do? I suppose it does make for superior lawyers, but superior plumbers? Superior NFL running backs? Superior soldiers? I doubt it. But hey, you believe that race makes for superior morality. So how aren't you a race supremacist? You appear to have more in common with moral and ethical racism than I do with scientific racism.
Minus: Race nonessentialist believe that IQ makes whites "superior" in some fashion like racists do?
I would think they would not. But you aren't one.
Minus: I suppose it does make for superior lawyers, but superior plumbers? Superior NFL running backs? Superior soldiers? I doubt it.
Being more intelligent is always an asset. You think otherwise?
Minus: But hey, you believe that race makes for superior morality.
I do not.
Minus: So how aren't you a race supremacist? You appear to have more in common with moral and ethical racism than I do with scientific racism.
A "race supremacist" is someone who believes no race is superior? This is another of your absurd redefinitions that most people would strongly disagree with. Including me.
Moral Racism (Individual & Societal): Concerns the personal morality of treating others with dignity. It identifies racism as a failure of moral character, promoting unjustified hate or inferiorization.
Ethical Racism (Institutional & Structural): Refers to the ethical flaws in systems that produce unfair outcomes, even without explicit prejudice. It focuses on the injustice of social arrangements, such as police violence or unequal healthcare, that marginalize specific groups.
"You appear to have more in common with..." = bullplop.
You're co-opting terms again and applying them to White people, right? Except this isn't happening in regards to Whites. If it was I'd be strongly opposed.
You're the one that thinks white people who don't ONLY affirm all other races but the white race are racist and that blacks and hispanics and asians are "perfect just the way they are".
Sometimes statistical inequities actually reflect personal capabilities, cultures and deeds. Those outcomes are "just", not the effects of discrimination. In other words, they're perfectly fair... like the demographics of US prisons or the American Physics community.
Minus: There's only one race that you're ever critical of!
I've never been critical of any race. That would be stupid. I'm critical of individuals, or groups individuals voluntarily join. What race someone is born isn't a choice and there is a wide diversity of opinions among people of the same race. I criticize White Supremacists not based on them being White, but on believing White people are superior.
WHY would I criticize "Black Cracker Culture" when it is a thesis? You are correct. I have never done this. Because I'm not going to treat a thesis as an established fact. I get why you do. You like it when Black scholars criticize the Black community. "See, I'm not racist. This Black authority/scholar agrees with me". Nevermind that the Black authority/scholar you cite is one opinion among many. For the record, I don't know a lot about this thesis, but I suspect it is flawed. I do know there are other opinions within the Black community.
Here are the major categories of disagreement, summarized clearly.
1. Historians: Professional historians argue that Sowell’s “Black Redneck” thesis: A. oversimplifies the diversity of African American cultures. B. Ignores the role of enslavement, forced family separation, and systemic exclusion. C. Cherry‑picks anecdotes rather than using rigorous historical methodology. D. Misrepresents Scots‑Irish culture and its influence.
Historians generally see his argument as ahistorical and unsupported by primary sources.
2. Sociologists. Sociologists critique Sowell for: A. Treating culture as static rather than dynamic. B. Ignoring structural factors like housing discrimination, policing, and labor markets. C. Attributing outcomes to “culture” without demonstrating causal mechanisms. D. Using stereotypes as evidence.
They argue that his thesis reverses cause and effect: what he calls “cultural traits” are often responses to structural conditions, not inherited traditions.
3. Critical Race Theory scholars. CRT scholars disagree with Sowell on foundational grounds: A. CRT emphasizes systems, institutions, and power, not inherited culture. B. They argue that Sowell’s thesis individualizes or culturalizes problems that are actually structural. C. They see his argument as a way of deflecting attention from racism by reframing disparities as cultural failings.
To a CRT scholar, Sowell’s thesis is not just wrong — it’s methodologically incompatible with CRT itself.
4. Black Studies scholars. Scholars in African American Studies argue that Sowell: A. Ignores African cultural continuities. B. Erases the agency and creativity of Black communities . C. Treats Black culture as derivative rather than autonomous. D. Relies on outdated or debunked cultural pathology narratives.
Many see his thesis as a modern version of the old “culture of poverty” argument.
5. Economists. Even among economists, Sowell’s cultural claims are not widely accepted because: A. They are not grounded in economic modeling. B. They rely on anecdotal evidence. C. They lack empirical testing.
Economists generally respect Sowell’s work on markets, not his cultural theories.
So what’s the bottom line? Sowell’s argument is a thesis, not a fact. It is highly contested across multiple academic fields. Many scholars reject it as unsupported, oversimplified, or ideologically motivated.🛑
I don't see why I need to examine this thesis in more depth, when it has been disputed and refuted by so many others. I don't waste time investigating every disproven theory that exists.
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Things to do and not forget to do, when a Police Officer stops you
Keep hands visible and in sight at all times.
Stay polite and non-confrontational
Cooperation means complying with lawful orders—not volunteering evidence.
Do not argue roadside. Courts exist for legal disputes. Highways do not.
The Four Core Phrases To Memorize
“No, officer., Yes Officer”
“I do not consent to searches.”
“Am I free to leave?”
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So Dave are you Happy now?
What about the carnage of American citizens killed by illegal criminal invaders, here is a start I am quite sure there are many more but lets start here! But you don't give a Eats Ass about them, do you!
Real families were forever changed. Killed in a home in Bowie, Maryland, her body was later thrown off of a bridge.
A nursing student attacked while jogging, beaten with a rock, suffocated, and assaulted.
A mother of five abducted while hiking on a Maryland trail and killed, bludgeoned with rocks, strangled, and her body hidden in a culvert.
A young woman with autism was bound, assaulted, and strangled in her home (with the attack partially recorded on voicemail).
Abducted assaulted and killed in Houston, Texas, her body was later found in a creek.
Fatally shot during a random attempted robbery while driving in South Carolina.
A high school student shot and killed in a drive-by after being confronted and mistaken for a rival gang member.
So stop pretending you give a Rats Ass about "humanity." Your drooling Vegetable God's Open border policy DIRECTLY Lead to the Sexual Assault, Rape, Sexual Trafficking and Deaths of Tens of Thousands.
So get the hell off your high horse and STFU
🤖Copilot FACT‑CHECK: Maryland Freedom Caucus Video by Lauren Arikan (Topic‑by‑Topic). Below, each section lists: What the speaker claims versus what the evidence shows and the verdict (accurate, misleading, or false).
1. ENERGY & BLACKOUTS.
>>Claim: Maryland homes “experienced blackouts this week” due to lack of in‑state energy production.
What the evidence shows: Maryland is part of PJM Interconnection, a 13‑state regional grid. Blackouts in PJM are extremely rare and usually caused by weather, not lack of generation.
No major news, PJM alerts, or Maryland state reports indicate statewide or regional blackouts in early 2026 caused by insufficient generation.
Maryland imports energy, but PJM maintains large reserve margins.
Verdict: Unsubstantiated / likely false. There is no evidence of blackouts caused by Maryland’s energy mix.
>>Claim: Only 8% of PJM’s load came from renewables at peak.
Evidence: PJM’s real‑time mix often shows single‑digit renewable percentages, because wind and solar are still a small share of PJM’s total capacity. This number is plausible.
Verdict: Plausible but misleading. It’s true renewables are a small share, but PJM’s reliability is not threatened by Maryland’s policies.
>>Claim: Marylanders are paying “$600–$800 a month” for electricity.
Evidence: Average Maryland residential electric bill: $150–$180/month (EIA data). $600–$800 would be 3–5× the state average. Could occur for a large home or business, but not typical.
Verdict: Misleading. Uses extreme outliers as if they represent typical households.
2. REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE (RGGI).
>>Claim: RGGI taxes Maryland producers and passes billions in costs to consumers.
Evidence: RGGI is a cap‑and‑trade program for power plant emissions. Maryland’s RGGI revenue is hundreds of millions, not billions. Funds are used for energy efficiency, bill assistance, and climate programs.
Verdict: Mostly false. RGGI does not impose “billions” in consumer costs, and Maryland’s revenue from RGGI auctions is far below that.
3. BUDGET & TAXES.
Claim: Maryland had a $3B deficit in 2025 and a $1.4B deficit in 2026.
Evidence: Maryland faced a structural deficit projected around $1.8B–$3B depending on the year and forecast. The numbers are in the right ballpark, though the speaker mixes structural deficits with annual budget gaps.
Verdict: Partially accurate but imprecise.
>>Claim: Governor Moore “taxed canoes.”
Evidence: Maryland increased some boat registration fees, including small craft. Canoes are included in the category of “vessels requiring registration.”
Verdict: Technically true but framed for effect.
4. EDUCATION (Blueprint for Maryland’s Future).
>>Claim: Maryland needs 15,000 new teachers but has only recruited 1,500.
Evidence: Maryland does face a teacher shortage, but the “15,000 needed” figure is not supported by state reports. The Maryland State Department of Education has not published a number that high. Recruitment numbers vary by district; 1,500 is not a statewide total.
Verdict: Mostly false. Numbers appear invented or exaggerated.
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(Continued from prior comment).
5. AFFORDABILITY & OUT‑MIGRATION.
>>Claim: Maryland ranks at the bottom for business friendliness.
Evidence: Rankings vary. CNBC: Maryland is middle of the pack. Tax Foundation: Maryland is near the bottom for tax competitiveness. “Most business unfriendly state in the nation” is not supported by any major ranking.
Verdict: Misleading. Maryland scores poorly on taxes but not overall business climate.
>>Claim: Maryland has “some of the highest out‑migration numbers.”
Evidence: Maryland has net out‑migration, but, It is not among the top 5 states losing population and States like NY, CA, IL, and LA lose far more.
Verdict: Misleading.
6. CRIME.
Claim: Crime has gone down nationwide since Donald Trump took office.
Evidence: Crime trends are national, not tied to a single administration. Violent crime began falling in 2022, before Trump’s 2025 inauguration. The FBI’s 2023–2024 data shows declines across most categories.
Verdict: False causal claim. Crime dropped before Trump took office.
>>Claim: Overdoses “have all but disappeared.”
Evidence: Overdose deaths remain near historic highs nationwide. No state has seen overdoses “disappear.”
Verdict: False.
7. IMMIGRATION & VOTING.
Claim: An “illegal immigrant” named Ian Roberts is a registered voter in Maryland.
Evidence: This refers to a viral misinformation story from 2024. The individual was not registered to vote; the claim was debunked by the Maryland State Board of Elections, local news fact‑checks, and court records.
Verdict: False.
>>Claim: Maryland is registering undocumented immigrants to vote.
Evidence: Maryland allows driver’s licenses for undocumented residents. It does not allow them to vote in state or federal elections. Some municipalities allow non‑citizen voting in local elections only.
Verdict: False.
8. ICE, DOXING, AND STATE BILLS.
>>Claim: Maryland Democrats are trying to “ban cooperation with ICE” and “make doxxing ICE agents easier.”
Evidence: Maryland has considered sanctuary‑style bills, but none “ban cooperation.” No bill exists that “allows doxxing ICE agents.” Some bills restrict sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities — the opposite of doxxing.
Verdict: Mostly false.
9. EDUCATION OUTCOMES.
>>Claim: Maryland graduates students who “don’t know how to read.”
Evidence: Maryland has literacy challenges, especially in Baltimore City. However, the claim that graduates “don’t know how to read” is rhetorical, not supported by statewide data.
Verdict: Exaggerated / rhetorical.
OVERALL SUMMARY.
The video mixes: Some real issues (structural deficits, high energy costs, teacher shortages). With exaggerations (energy bills, business rankings, out‑migration). And outright falsehoods (overdoses disappearing, illegal voters, ICE doxxing, crime tied to Trump). The overall pattern is political framing with selective or distorted facts.🛑
My Verdict: Freedom Caucus delegate Lauren Arikan is the one doing the gaslighting.
Too Much To Read Dervish Z Sanders.
Pick a Topic and Stick to it, and don't run all over the p;lace
Maryland does not impose $billions in energy costs? How about $trillions?
Maryland's energy targets, driven by the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, aim for a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2031 and net-zero emissions by 2045. Key goals include a 50% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) by 2030, with 14.5% from solar, and expanding offshore wind to 1,200 MW by 2030.
Net zero = energy supplies in 2045 if net zero green energy policies are enacted.
ps - In 2025, Harford County Public Schools significantly outperformed Baltimore City Public Schools in reading, with 60.2% of Harford students proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) compared to 31.2% in Baltimore City. While both districts saw improvements in literacy, Harford maintained a higher proficiency, and Baltimore City continued to work on closing the gap, achieving 3.5% growth.
Many of the New York City Democrats are already complaining about Mayor Mamdani, say that ‘What he is alrady doing has been nothing but a horrible mess’
Even some Democrats in leftist New York City (NYC) are complaining about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s latest moves, including his push for even higher taxes on the city’s wealthiest residents.
“These six weeks have been a horrible mess,” an unnamed Democrat on the NYC Council told the New York Post, referencing the six weeks since Mamdani was inaugurated.
“With his way of handling the snow operations, with the safety of homeless New Yorkers during freezing weather, and now with the budget, Mayor Mamdani continues to show he doesn’t know how this works,” the Democrat added.
The reference to the weather was, in fact, a reference to Mamdani’s massive mishandling of Winter Storm.
Did anyone really expect anything else? He ha already proved to be the disaster he was predicted to be. And he’s only been in office for less than a month and a half. Give this idiot a year or two, and New York City will be a Ghost Town!
2 of every 3 Baltimore City School graduates are functionally illiterate.
Baltimore City consistently spends more per student than Harford County, with recent data showing Baltimore City among the highest spenders in Maryland and the nation (over $18,000–$23,000 per student), driven by higher student needs. Harford County Public Schools spend approximately $15,119 per student.
The spending gap between city and county schools has persisted since at least the 80's, when my kids entered the school system. Why haven't they caught up? One reason. Demographics.
Minus: One reason. Demographics.
Your explanation (as a White Supremacist) is that dumb minority kids are to blame. That's no surprise at all.
Trust the Science, Derv...
🤖g00gle AI Overview: Research indicates that while performance gaps on standardized IQ and academic tests exist between racial minority children (particularly Black and Hispanic) and white children, these differences are primarily driven by socioeconomic disparities, environmental factors, and educational inequity rather than inherent ability. Studies show that controlling for factors like poverty, maternal education, and home environment can significantly reduce or eliminate these gaps.
Key Findings on Intelligence and Minority Children...
Test Score Gaps: African American and Hispanic children often score lower than white children on tests of reading, math, and general intelligence, a gap that often appears before kindergarten.
Environmental Factors: A major portion of the disparity is explained by socioeconomic status (SES). Lower-income children, regardless of race, often face disparities in brain development related to language and memory, which are heavily influenced by environmental factors.
Impact of Environment: Studies show that when accounting for poverty, neighborhood conditions, and family resources, racial gaps in IQ are largely eliminated.
Cultural Bias: Differences in exposure to information can influence test results. When opportunity for learning is equal, gaps are significantly reduced.
Underrepresentation: Minority children are consistently underrepresented in gifted-and-talented programs. However, research suggests that when black students are taught by black teachers, they are more likely to be placed in gifted programs.
Interventions: Environmental interventions, such as improved school resources, better nutrition, and, in some cases, early education, can bridge these gaps, proving they are not based on immutable genetic differences.
In summary, research widely attributes observed intelligence score differences to inequalities in opportunity, resources, and socioeconomic status, not innate intelligence differences. 🛑
I trust the (real) science. You trust the racist pseudoscience (produced by racist Turds like Charles Murray).
I *DID* pick a topic. The topic was the video the blog author chose. My comment addresses the claims made in the video the blog author chose. It's not my fault you aren't paying attention (explaining your idiotic comment).
Studies show that controlling for factors like poverty, maternal education, and home environment can significantly reduce or eliminate these gaps.
Sure they can, as they're all correlates of heredity and IQ. Talk about reverse correlation-causation...
Interventions: Environmental interventions, such as improved school resources, better nutrition, and, in some cases, early education, can bridge these gaps, proving they are not based on immutable genetic differences.
Nobody said that IQ was "immutable" 30-40% of IQ is environmental (Flynn Effect). It's the hard 60-70% that is Hereditable that maintains the white-minority gap. Want to equalize racial IQs? interbreed to eliminate genetic differences.
...and stop feeding the Black kids Pop Cracker Culture. It keeps 'em stupid.
...it undo's all the beneficial "environmental" effects of Early Education, and creates today's "Idiocracy".
Nietzsche, "On the Future of Our Educational Institutions"
"For centuries it has been an understood thing that one alluded to scholars alone when one spoke of cultured men; but experience tells us that it would be difficult to find any necessary relation between the two classes to-day. For at present the exploitation of a man for the purpose of science is accepted everywhere without the slightest scruple. Who still ventures to ask, What may be the value of a science which consumes its minions in this vampire fashion? The division of labour in science is practically struggling towards the same goal which religions in certain parts of the world are consciously striving after,—that is to say, towards the decrease and even the destruction of learning. That, however, which, in the case of certain religions, is a perfectly justifiable aim, both in regard to their origin and their history, can only amount to self-immolation when transferred to the realm of science. In all matters of a general and serious nature, and above all, in regard to the highest philosophical problems, we have now already reached a point at which the scientific man, as such, is no longer allowed to speak. On the other hand, that adhesive and tenacious stratum which has now filled up the interstices between the [41]sciences—Journalism—believes it has a mission to fulfil here, and this it does, according to its own particular lights—that is to say, as its name implies, after the fashion of a day-labourer.
"It is precisely in journalism that the two tendencies combine and become one. The expansion and the diminution of education here join hands. The newspaper actually steps into the place of culture, and he who, even as a scholar, wishes to voice any claim for education, must avail himself of this viscous stratum of communication which cements the seams between all forms of life, all classes, all arts, and all sciences, and which is as firm and reliable as news paper is, as a rule. In the newspaper the peculiar educational aims of the present culminate, just as the journalist, the servant of the moment, has stepped into the place of the genius, of the leader for all time, of the deliverer from the tyranny of the moment. Now, tell me, distinguished master, what hopes could I still have in a struggle against the general topsy-turvification of all genuine aims for education; with what courage can I, a single teacher, step forward, when I know that the moment any seeds of real culture are sown, they will be mercilessly crushed by the roller of this pseudo-culture? Imagine how useless the most energetic work on the part of the individual teacher must be, who would fain lead a pupil back into the distant and evasive Hellenic world and to the real home of culture, when in less than an hour, that same pupil will have recourse to a newspaper, the latest novel, or one of those learned books, the very style of which [42]already bears the revolting impress of modern barbaric culture——"
What you wrote is what someone who subscribes to scientific racism would believe. You previously confirmed that, as a racist, you believe this BS. Did you do your part and interbreed to eliminate genetic differences?
Really? Race nonessentialist believe that IQ makes whites "superior" in some fashion like racists do? I suppose it does make for superior lawyers, but superior plumbers? Superior NFL running backs? Superior soldiers? I doubt it. But hey, you believe that race makes for superior morality. So how aren't you a race supremacist? You appear to have more in common with moral and ethical racism than I do with scientific racism.
Minus: Really?
Yes.
Minus: Race nonessentialist believe that IQ makes whites "superior" in some fashion like racists do?
I would think they would not. But you aren't one.
Minus: I suppose it does make for superior lawyers, but superior plumbers? Superior NFL running backs? Superior soldiers? I doubt it.
Being more intelligent is always an asset. You think otherwise?
Minus: But hey, you believe that race makes for superior morality.
I do not.
Minus: So how aren't you a race supremacist? You appear to have more in common with moral and ethical racism than I do with scientific racism.
A "race supremacist" is someone who believes no race is superior? This is another of your absurd redefinitions that most people would strongly disagree with. Including me.
Moral Racism (Individual & Societal): Concerns the personal morality of treating others with dignity. It identifies racism as a failure of moral character, promoting unjustified hate or inferiorization.
Ethical Racism (Institutional & Structural): Refers to the ethical flaws in systems that produce unfair outcomes, even without explicit prejudice. It focuses on the injustice of social arrangements, such as police violence or unequal healthcare, that marginalize specific groups.
"You appear to have more in common with..." = bullplop.
You're co-opting terms again and applying them to White people, right? Except this isn't happening in regards to Whites. If it was I'd be strongly opposed.
You're the one that thinks white people who don't ONLY affirm all other races but the white race are racist and that blacks and hispanics and asians are "perfect just the way they are".
Sometimes statistical inequities actually reflect personal capabilities, cultures and deeds. Those outcomes are "just", not the effects of discrimination. In other words, they're perfectly fair... like the demographics of US prisons or the American Physics community.
In other words, Jews aren't screwing the goyem out of Nobel Physics prizes.
Minus: You're the one that thinks white people who don't ONLY affirm all other races but the white race are racist...
I don't think that.
Minus: ...and that blacks and hispanics and asians are "perfect just the way they are".
No. I don't think anyone is prefect. I think all humans have flaws.
Really? When was the last time you turned the lens of Critical Race Theory on Black Cracker Culture? Answer- Never.
There's only one race that you're ever critical of!
Minus: There's only one race that you're ever critical of!
I've never been critical of any race. That would be stupid. I'm critical of individuals, or groups individuals voluntarily join. What race someone is born isn't a choice and there is a wide diversity of opinions among people of the same race. I criticize White Supremacists not based on them being White, but on believing White people are superior.
WHY would I criticize "Black Cracker Culture" when it is a thesis? You are correct. I have never done this. Because I'm not going to treat a thesis as an established fact. I get why you do. You like it when Black scholars criticize the Black community. "See, I'm not racist. This Black authority/scholar agrees with me". Nevermind that the Black authority/scholar you cite is one opinion among many. For the record, I don't know a lot about this thesis, but I suspect it is flawed. I do know there are other opinions within the Black community.
🤖Via Copilot...
Who disagrees with Sowell, and what do they say?
Here are the major categories of disagreement, summarized clearly.
1. Historians: Professional historians argue that Sowell’s “Black Redneck” thesis: A. oversimplifies the diversity of African American cultures. B. Ignores the role of enslavement, forced family separation, and systemic exclusion. C. Cherry‑picks anecdotes rather than using rigorous historical methodology. D. Misrepresents Scots‑Irish culture and its influence.
Historians generally see his argument as ahistorical and unsupported by primary sources.
2. Sociologists. Sociologists critique Sowell for: A. Treating culture as static rather than dynamic. B. Ignoring structural factors like housing discrimination, policing, and labor markets. C. Attributing outcomes to “culture” without demonstrating causal mechanisms. D. Using stereotypes as evidence.
They argue that his thesis reverses cause and effect: what he calls “cultural traits” are often responses to structural conditions, not inherited traditions.
3. Critical Race Theory scholars. CRT scholars disagree with Sowell on foundational grounds: A. CRT emphasizes systems, institutions, and power, not inherited culture. B. They argue that Sowell’s thesis individualizes or culturalizes problems that are actually structural. C. They see his argument as a way of deflecting attention from racism by reframing disparities as cultural failings.
To a CRT scholar, Sowell’s thesis is not just wrong — it’s methodologically incompatible with CRT itself.
4. Black Studies scholars. Scholars in African American Studies argue that Sowell: A. Ignores African cultural continuities. B. Erases the agency and creativity of Black communities . C. Treats Black culture as derivative rather than autonomous. D. Relies on outdated or debunked cultural pathology narratives.
Many see his thesis as a modern version of the old “culture of poverty” argument.
5. Economists. Even among economists, Sowell’s cultural claims are not widely accepted because: A. They are not grounded in economic modeling. B. They rely on anecdotal evidence. C. They lack empirical testing.
Economists generally respect Sowell’s work on markets, not his cultural theories.
So what’s the bottom line? Sowell’s argument is a thesis, not a fact. It is highly contested across multiple academic fields. Many scholars reject it as unsupported, oversimplified, or ideologically motivated.🛑
I don't see why I need to examine this thesis in more depth, when it has been disputed and refuted by so many others. I don't waste time investigating every disproven theory that exists.
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