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Over 150 have been arrested for interfering with ICE operations in Minnesota
Our take: This is a good start. We think there are many things that need to be reviewed that are happening in Minneapolis. One of the things that needs no review is allowing people to interfere with law enforcement activities, block traffic, or stop random people and demand they identify themselves and what they do for work. Those are all crimes, and dangerous ones. We need to be arresting people that do this. If they do it more than once, we need to keep them detained. This is a good start. Local authorities need to do their job, and much of this chaos goes away.
COURTESY: MSN
Law firm offers to evict Billie Eilish from her home after her “stolen land” statement at The Grammys
Our take: Billie Eilish is young. She doesn’t have much life experience yet. She’s getting quite a bit right now. After deciding to claim that “no one is illegal on stolen land” during her Grammy acceptance speech, the fallout has been swift and severe.
Many showed up at her multi-million dollar mansion in Glendale demanding entrance since it was on stolen land and she didn’t really own it. Now, a legal firm has capitalized on the opportunity, offering to represent the tribe that claims to have “first” owned the land in evicting Eilish from the property. Maybe next time she will accept her award, thanks those close to her, and sit back down. No one wants to hear completely out of touch celebrities lecture them about things they both know nothing about and would not support at all if it affects them in any way.
COURTESY: YAHOO
Woman asks the internet if she is the asshole for not letting her friend spend the night after missing the train because she had an early exam the next day
Our take: Your friend calls you at 11pm and says they missed their train an need a place to sleep. Would you welcome them in or tell them you had an early exam the next day and you could not accommodate them? Apparently this woman thinks it’s cool to let her friend spend the night at the train station. She needs to look up the definition of the word “friend” in the dictionary.
COURTESY: MSN
Tip of the day – How to think critically
Use “Wasted” Time.
All humans waste some time; that is, fail to use all of their time productively or even pleasurably. Sometimes we jump from one diversion to another, without enjoying any of them. Sometimes we become irritated about matters beyond our control. Sometimes we fail to plan well, causing us negative consequences we could easily have avoided (for example, we spend time unnecessarily trapped in traffic, though we could have left a half hour earlier and avoided the rush). Sometimes we worry unproductively. Sometimes we spend time regretting what is past. Sometimes we just stare off blankly into space.
The key is that the time is “gone” even though, if we had thought about it and considered our options, we would never have deliberately spent our time in the way we did. So why not take advantage of the time you normally waste by practicing your critical thinking during that otherwise wasted time? For example, instead of sitting in front of the TV at the end of the day, flicking from channel to channel in a vain search for a program worth watching, spend that time, or at least part of it, thinking back over your day and evaluating your strengths and weaknesses. For example, you might ask yourself questions like these:
When did I do my worst thinking today? When did I do my best? What, in fact, did I think about today? Did I figure anything out? Did I allow any negative thinking to frustrate me unnecessarily? If I had to repeat today, what would I do differently? Why? Did I do anything today to further my long-term goals? Did I act in accordance with my own expressed values? If I spent every day this way for 10 years, would I at the end, have accomplished something worthy of that time?
It would be important, of course, to take a little time with each question. It would also be useful to record your observations so that you are forced to spell out details and be explicit in what you recognize and see. As time passes, you will notice patterns in your thinking.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“You cannot change what you refuse to confront.” – John Spence