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We could use a bit of political optimism. I am very glad I'm not in charge of Mr. Trump's 2020 campaign (for many reasons). If you map the electoral vote by his current approval rating, it does not look at all good. The original piece is here, with lots of links to the data. Yes, it's a long time before the election; yes, many unforeseen things will occur, but still . . . . The usual suspects will soon chime in with 'Yeah, everybody thought Hillary would win too'; treat that with all the respect it deserves.
Trump's State-by-State Approval Ratings Should Scare the MAGA Out of Him
By Ed Kilgore
There has been a lot of discussion in political circles about Donald Trump's job-approval ratings, what they portend, and Trump's Electoral College strategy for 2020, which doesn't necessarily require a popular-vote plurality. But in the end, of course, the conjunction of the Electoral College with Trump's state-by-state popularity is where the deal will go down.
The online polling firm Civiqs has published a new set of state-by-state job-approval ratings for Trump as of August 11, and it shows how the president's overall standing (a 43 percent approval rating nationally, which happens to match the current RealClearPolitics polling average) might translate into electorate votes. It's not a pretty picture for the president, to put it mildly.
Civiqs shows the president's net approval ratios being underwater (i.e., negative) in 10 states he carried in 2016: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. If that were to represent how the 2020 elections turn out, Trump would have a booming 119 electoral votes. And it's not as though he's on a knife's edge between victory and defeat in all these Trump 2016 states where he's doing poorly: He's underwater by 12 points in Pennsylvania, 11 in Michigan, and nine in Arizona, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. And there's virtually no indication that states that narrowly went for Clinton in 2016 are trending in Trump's direction: His approval ratios are minus 18 in Colorado, minus 15 in Minnesota, minus 12 in Nevada, and minus 27 in New Hampshire. These are, by the way, polls of registered voters, not just "adults," so they should be a relatively sound reflection of the views of the electorate.
In case you just don't trust this particular pollster, the other publicly available survey of state-by-state presidential job approval is from Morning Consult, and its latest numbers (as of July) are pretty similar. They show Georgia and Texas as positive for Trump, and North Carolina as very close. But all the other "battleground states" are quite the reach for the incumbent.
If you credit these polls at all, Trump's reelection will require (1) a big late improvement in his approval ratings, which is possible but unlikely based on long-standing patterns during his polarizing presidency; (2) a campaign that succeeds in making the election turn on theoretical fears about his opponent rather than actual fears about a second Trump term, which won't be easy either; (3) a big Republican turnout advantage, which is less likely among the larger presidential electorate than it was in 2018; or (4) some diabolical ability to thread the needle despite every contrary indicator, which superstitious Democrats fear for obvious reasons.


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Hunter School of the Performing Arts
By placing the male form, in the metaphoric state of adolescence, in an environment with female connotations – the bathroom – I hoped to challenge cultural images of masculinity and femininity. Post-modernism allows for images of 'classic' gender roles to be readily available. Milk and honey: boys don't cry is an effort to challenge an artistic unbalance regarding male representation in the history of art. Working on the notion of being quietly subversive, Milk and honey: boys don't cry is a mirror opposite to works that empower the male voyeur, challenging audience expectations and responses according to personal history. The aural dimension of the work saturates the audience in the 'environment', creating a strong sense of intimacy.
The intimate act of bathing has been a favoured subject for a number of 19th and 20th century artists. Analyse the strategies that Rose Turner, Brett Whiteley and Edgar Degas have used to establish a feeling of intimacy in their works. Consider the relationship between the human form and the bath. Describe how the bath creates a 'frame within a frame' and the way it determines the composition of the image in each of these artworks. Examine how each of the artists uses line in their work and in what ways line can suggest the qualities and sensation of water. Consider the role of the audience in viewing these works.

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In my querying stage, I've recently gotten two envelopes back that were unopened. I checked their websites, and one of them has a notice on their page saying they're not taking submissions (mea culpa--I don't have internet at home and was relying on a book). Is it customary to just return the envelope to sender?
Would that it were and I had x-ray vision. Think of the extra time I could devote to swilling gin and pursuing Mr. Clooney.
I get 100 letters a week here at Snark Central. If there's only a 2% glitch rate, that means 2 people get weird ass responses, no responses, or letters from Killer Yapp asking for donations to the Squirrel Resettlement Fund.
When YOU get the error, all you see is your letter, you don't know you're the unlucky one or two out of a hundred.
Write again. Don't mention the glitch. You can call or email to ask if the agency is accepting queries, but please, I beg of you do not call to ask about your specific query.
I've barely recovered from aching ribs after a colleague related the following:
working busily on some tome on a Sunday, the telefono trills. In a fit of insanity, she answers:
Caller: Is this Agent Wurk O'Haulic?
AWO: Yes, hello.
C: I'm ..ah...calling, I'm calling to see if you got my query. (just a quick aside to remind you it's SUNDAY! He clearly expected a machine and to leave a message and that the agent would actually call back!)
AWO: I don't know. I don't keep track of query letters. We do respond to everything we receive.
C: Yes, I know, I got my letter back.
AWO: ...ah...ok...so, you know we got it.
C: Well, it was just my letter, there was no letter from you.
AWO: We respond with form letters to things we don't want.
C: There was no form letter even.
AWO: We email people when we want to see more pages.
C: But, did you even read this? Did you even see it?
AWO: I'm sorry, I don't recall specific queries.
C: Well, does this sound familiar? (and yes, dear readers, he begins reading his query letter aloud, to the agent, on the phone, on a Sunday afternoon).
Now, the best part of this story does involve facial expressions, which are sadly lacking in this rendition, but you're a novelist, you can fill in the blanks.
There are many things one can do when a querier reads the query letter over the phone just on the off chance you made a terrible mistake saying no the first time, and are suitably impressed by the diligence of this great and overlooked auteur. One of them is hang up. Another is ... not.
We're still laughing about that down at the watering hole but it's not the kind of hilarity you want surrounding your name, trust me on that.


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Thursday, November 09, 2006
Exploring Family Ties
Once upon a time a man and woman were henpecked by a non-family member to back a scheme to obtain power and wealth. The man and woman kept putting the non-family member off because they were embroiled in a struggle with a group of squatters who had taken up residence on their land. After a few years the man and woman were able to provide the necessary financial backing to the non-family member and the scheme was put into motion.
Soon the man and woman entered into an agreement with a neighbor across the way regarding their youngest daughter. She would marry the neighbor's oldest son. Unfortunately the young man died leaving the daughter distraught and in a difficult situation. Thankfully the young man's brother stepped in and married the daughter instead. Everyone though he was probably a better match anyway.
The non-family member and his scheme finally began to pay off. The man and woman began to grow quite wealthy with power and property. They were glad they had finally listened to the non-family member.
Though their daughter seemed happily married, the young man became disenchanted with his bride when she failed to produce a male heir. A little girl had been born, but any other children had been still born or died soon after being born. Tragedy strikes when the daughter is set aside by the young man for a much younger girl. Unfortunately her mother and father were both dead at this time and no one else came to her aide with enough force to help her.
The young man causes quite a scene in his attempts to divorce the young girl, but she would not agree to it. Members of their church family and town began to take sides. Finally the young man simply declares he's divorced and marries another woman. Many people are appalled at the young man's audacity. He announces he doesn't care what people think. Unfortunately the second wife also has a problem producing a male heir and gives the young man another daughter. The second wife also runs afoul of the law, ends up in jail, and loses her life. The young man eventually grows to be an old man and marries many more times.
Eventually the young man's daughters who have different mother's take their turn running the family business. The daughter of the wife who was simply set aside takes her turn first since she was the eldest. She failed in her running of the family business miserably even though she had a like-minded partner with her husband and first cousin who just happened to be also be the great-grandson of the original man and women this story started with.
Advance in time a bit……..the second daughter (her mother's head was cut off) has now taken over her father's family business due to the first daughter's death. She is a very powerful woman. Many men would like to marry her. She has her pick from several candidates. Even her half-sister's widow wants to marry her.
Is this a plot outline for the latest reality show? A script from Desperate Housewives?
A southern family tree (see my maternal line line here)?
No, this is a tangled web of royal family connections that play an integral part in the early settlement of North America.
If you haven't already guessed my story involves Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. The non-family member doing the henpecking is Christopher Columbus. The squatters refer to the eventual ouster of Muslims from Spain….a period called the Spanish Reconquista. Ferdinand and Isabella's youngest daughter, Catherine of Aragon, travels to England and marries Authur Tudor, however, he dies soon after the marriage. Arthur's brother, Henry, steps up to the plate and marries Catherine. Things are great until Catherine seems unable to produce a male heir. Henry and Catherine's daughter is Mary. Henry turns his back on the Pope in order to be rid of Catherine so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Unfortunately Anne also has a problem producing a male heir (Henry would have never considered it was his problem) and Henry soon was rid of her as well. Henry and Anne's only living child was Elizabeth. Once Henry goes on to the great beyond his daughter Mary takes the throne. She marries Philip II of Spain, great-grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella. When Mary dies her widow then tries to court her half-sister Elizabeth for a time.
Sure, I could simply have kids read the text where it discusses the Protestant Reformation, Queen Elizabeth I, and the Spanish Armada (fairly heady subjects for a nine year old, don't you think?). I could ignore those topics and also ignore the backstory since it isn't part of the standards for fourth grade.
I could, but I don't. I feel that by sharing the family connections between the ruling families of England and Spain I build prior knowledge, increase interest, and create a foundation of understanding behind the driving force behind many royal decisions. The kids begin to conjecture on their own why Philip II launched the Armada. Perhaps he was mad because Elizabeth had turned him down? Perhaps he was mad because he had lost any hope of England becoming a Catholic nation again? Perhaps he was a little peeved that Elizabeth began allowing her "Sea Dogs" to attack the treasure laden ships enroute from New Spain?
Kids become animated and react to my story at each little twist and turn. It sure beats simply ignoring details because they aren't in the state curriculum, reading the text, and answering the lesson questions.
Update: Tudor History has posted a great link regarding two men who were beheaded during the reign of Elizabeth I simply because they were Catholics. Using facial reconstruction procedures we can now see what the men looked like. See the whole article from Tudor History and their link to the British news story here. This fits into my follow up discussion with my classes today as we dicussed the reigns of Henry VIII, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. One student correctly advised, "Gee, they just kept flip-flopping between being Protestant and Catholic."
Long happy sigh…….someone was listening and even better…they inferred.:)
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I am in awe of your storytelling abilities! I know that stories are more beneficial than the bare facts, but I have not developed the memory to keep the stories straight or details interesting. Did your ability develop over time or is it a natural ability?
- EHT said...
ms.q, you have no idea how much I needed to hear that tonight. Thank you!
To answer your question I'm not really sure. I have always been a history nut so the content has never been too much of a problem. Making it intesting is something I have to work at. I think the ingredient that makes the content most interesting to students is your own enthusiasm. They know I know the material and they know I absolutely love it. Over time I have tried to amass a toolbox of coincidences, interesting connections, etc. that can serve as motivators to hook students.
You are awesome. Kids love stories. Adults love stories.
I just returned from a two-week trip with my kids to France. They loved the history, because their aunt (an AP European and world history teacher who is currently teaching in Paris) could tell them all kinds of cool stories.
For example, the assassinatin of the Duke of Guise in the chateau of Blois. She told them the story of the three Henrys, about how the Protestants and Catholics were literally at each other's throats, and how the King Henry (moderate Catholic) wanted Henry of Guise (wacko Catholic extremist) dead. But in the end, Henry the King was also killed by a crazy monk, which then led to the end of the Valois Kings and the ushering in of a distant cousin, Henry of Navarre (a Protestant...gasp!) who then was crowned Henry the IV.
The point of the story is not the history, but
1) the way my sister told it...full of intrigue, swashbuckling, and literall backstabbing
2) the fact that we were actually in the room where it happened (okay, probably not possible for most field trips from the US, but cool anyway)
3) they way my 11 and 8 year-old boys ate it up.
The facts of history are fun! Now my boys understand how huge an upheaval the Protestant Reformation was, because Kings and Dukes would literally kill to ensure the "wrong" folks didn't get control of the monarchy.
Kids love history. Why don't we teach it more?
- EHT said...
Mark, the trip to France sounds fabulous. I'm so glad your children got to live history. French history is full of so much intrigue.
You're right, the facts of history are fun if they are told in a fun way.
I'm going to update this post soon with a link I found today from the blog, Tudor History. It discusses some folks whose heads were seperated from their bodies because they forgot to change their religion as the monarch changed......
I get so angry when I hear a young person tell me that history is boring. To me, that means the teacher failed at making history come alive. I wish we could make copies of you and send you nation wide. (Of course I also know there are others who teach like you, but I also know you and the others are in the minority.)
Keep up the good work!
- EHT said...
Gee Deke, I say let's make copies of me so I could get all the red tape paperwork and grading that NCLB has dropped in lap plus keep up with my writing....thanks for the kind words.


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DeKALB – U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Batavia, held his second tele-town hall meeting about health care reform Monday night, alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
While Foster took the lead on most constituents' questions, Sebelius spoke on behalf of President Obama's perspective when a caller's question focused on federal policy.
The two spoke from Washington, D.C.
The most lengthy, elaborate answers came in response to questions about tort reform, paying for a health care plan, possible increases in taxes, and changes to Medicare.
Foster told callers he would sign national health care legislation only if it covers those with pre-existing conditions, cuts medical and health insurance costs for families and small businesses, and is affordable and paid for through legislation without passing debt on to future generations.
When a caller from Algonquin asked whether Democrats are "serious about tort reform in the bill," Foster laid out three issues he finds important in regard to tort reform. These included legislation that caps the amount of money a jury can award for non-economic damages, defensive medicine on the part of doctors and lowering the rate of medical accidents.
"The way to lower malpractice rates is to lower the rate of [medical] errors," Foster said.
He said better technology should be incorporated to streamline medical practices, communication between doctors and patients should improve and leaders should find a way to reduce frivolous lawsuits.
Sebelius said Obama had asked her to work on tort reform.
"The president takes this pretty seriously," Sebelius said.
A caller from Yorkville asked how much taxes would increase if national health care reform is approved, and followed up with a question about how much further the country will be driven into debt because of it.
"Part of the money that goes into covering every man, woman and child is money we're already spending," Foster said.
He said his preference would be to increase tax rates for the top 1 percent of earners in the U.S. That would include individuals who make $270,000 per year or more or families making $350,000 or more per year, he said.
Later, a caller from DeKalb, who identified herself as a senior citizen who relies on prescription drugs, said she worries about drug companies charging more and more for drugs that are available for lower prices in other countries, such as Canada.
Sebelius explained that certain drugs used to treat cancer and other specialized diseases are unavailable in generic forms. Speeding up the process by which these drugs become available as more affordable generics would go a long way in making certain drugs more affordable, she said.
Shannon O'Brien, communications director for the congressman, said nearly 80,000 households were invited to participate in the phone conference, and that 11,000 people had tuned in by about 8 p.m.
During Foster's first tele-town hall, held Sept. 2, 15,000 people tuned in at some point during the hour-long conference call, O'Brien said. She added that of those 15,000 people, the highest number of people tuned in at a given time was about 2,600 people and that the average caller remained on the line for 20 minutes.
Sebelius joins in on Foster's second tele-town hall phone conference
DeKALB – U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Batavia, held his second tele-town hall meeting about health care reform Monday night, alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.


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Chris and race
Race is a thing that Chris has shown a variety of feelings for; unfortunately, they are not always in a positive light.
It is believed by some that Chris's racist tendencies can be traced at least partially to his Southern U.S. heritage. However, certain other factors seem to imply that the rest of his worldview on race comes from stereotypes depicted by popular culture. In some cases, however, Chris seems to be completely unfamiliar with even the stereotypes.
His racism probably comes from several sources: his parental upbringing, television, naïveté, and complete ignorance of everything that isn't him. When called out for behavior others find racist, Chris will react in much the same way he does when people call him sexist: vehemently deny that he hates anyone while sticking to his established stance and insisting other people are misunderstanding him.
- 1 Blacks
- 2 Asians
- 3 Native Americans
- 4 Jews
- 5 Hispanics
- 6 Other white ethnicities/cultures
- 7 Parental influence
- 8 Chris's ethnic background
- 9 Chris and stereotypes
- 10 Not a racist?
- 11 Minority characters in Sonichu
- 12 Sources
- Main article: Niggos
Chris demonstrates many instances of intolerance and racism, both intentional and unintentional, towards black people in particular, hence his use of the words "nigger" and "niggos".
Note how most of the Jerkops in the comic are black.
In the comics, Chris portrays Punchy Sonichu as a kung fu master with slanty eyes, raised in a dojo. When a fan criticized this stereotyping, Chris claimed that Punchy was "NOT of Asian origin".[1] Outside of the comic, Chris also misattributes the origin of kung fu to Japan, when in actuality it comes from China. He does a racist impression of a Chinese person, and claims Japanese and Chinese people sound the same.[2] In a leaked series of e-mails, it is shown that Chris simply does not seem to know that China and Japan are not the same, as he calls the Japanese account Chinese, failing to realize that they are separate countries with different languages, writing systems and currencies.
In his real-life dealings, Chris seems to have a positive or at least a neutral view toward Asians. He has stated that he would not exclude Asian women from his Love Quest, and at one point believed Emily to be part-Asian. However, he also said that meeting her was like having a Pretty Girl Sailor Moon character leap out of his television; a real Asian woman probably wouldn't be pleased to be imagined as animu wank fodder. It is also possible that Chris's view of "white" is simply "a person who isn't black".
Chris also mentioned receiving a graduation gift from Reverend Shin C. Kang (sp?) of Korean Hope Presbyterian Church of Richmond in the church audio.[3]
"Turdijerk" from "Off-Target" has a vaguely South Asian appearance and the name may also be based on a stereotype of an Indian accent.
Ching Chong
In the Captain's Log, Stardate April 28th, 2009, Chris presents us sincere apologies for having scared a small Chinese girl that Ivy tutored in art. The child, known only as Ching Chong (程鍾 Chéng Zhong), is now traumatized due to her witnessing a video of Chris drinking his own "navy" while innocently browsing Encyclopedia Dramatica. Chris never made a follow-up on the girl and never asked why her name was a known racial slur towards ethnic Asian communities. Chris also never questioned how a young child could make it all the way to the Christian Weston Chandler pages on Encyclopedia Dramatica without encountering something else as scarring, if not more so along the way. In the Wedding Comic, Ching Chong is seen as a flower girl.
- Main article: Japanophilia
Native Americans
- Main article: Cherokian Clan
As stated in the main article, despite claiming to have at least one Cherokee ancestor, Chris is completely ignorant of Native American culture. However, unlike other minorities, Chris's opinions and representation of Native Americans are a misguided expression of "pride" for his "heritage".
In Sonichu #2: Episode 7, Chris tries to tie in his "Cherokian" heritage with Sonichu lore. He depicts Cherokee characters in his work as white-skinned and blue-eyed, and wearing Ancient Roman-style armor (Joseph Smith would be proud). The Wasabi Clan unsurprisingly also bear no resemblance to Native Americans.
Chris has also embodied his ignorance of Native American culture in a physical form. For a brief time, Chris blurred his gender roles and began to collect and customize My Little Pony dolls. One of the dolls he crafted was the infamous "Cheroki-Chan", a Native American pony. While there is nothing overtly racist about this abomination, it is probably not how Native Americans want to be represented. In the end Cheroki-Chan is just another Mary Sue for Chris, and pales in comparison to Chris's most infamous portrayal of Native Americans.
In a shocking display of ignorance, Chris attempted to emulate what he perceives as "Native American culture" in a War Paint Video. In this video Chris wears water-washable paint (and a "muscle bra") and wields a plastic gun in an attempt to frighten trolls into submission. True Cherokee historically wore breechcloths and leggings most of the time prior to adopting modern styles, and there is little evidence to suggest they owned muscle bras. They also notably did not go to war with toy guns, but instead with bows and arrows, which Chris lacks the strength to use.
In a Facebook post, Chris announced that the prostitute whom he hired to be his virgin-taker was part Cherokee, a fact from which he seemed to derive a disproportional amount of pleasure despite the vague implications of incest.[4] It is almost certain that the prostitute mentioned this because Chris did first, believing she would be interested.
|I hope that God will forgive you for being so heartless and cruel Michael Snyder!... JEW!
Chris displays open antisemitic tendencies, many of which are believed by Christorians to stem from his fondness for South Park. A similarly fat, privileged, entitled character in the show displays similar tendencies, and given Chris's tendency to copy mannerisms and things from even the shittiest things he's watched, it's entirely possible that this is, in fact, the original source (Chris has shown before that he has never been able to comprehend the satire and pro-tolerance undertones of shows like South Park and Family Guy, even using quotes from Family Guy in an attempt to justify his homophobia).
Regardless of where it comes from, Chris has a long history of veiled antisemitism. In "A Sonichu and Rosechu Christmas", Chris describes how Jews living in CWCville celebrate Hanukkah. On December 12, members of the CWCville Jewish diaspora set up "Menorah candles" (the "Haunaka" Menorah candelabrum has seven candles in it, while the traditional menorah used on Hanukkah in real life, called a Hanukkiah, has nine) instead of Christmas Trees, with dreidels lying under them. Since the candle-related symbolism is very much present in real-life Hanukkah rituals, it's in good taste to give CWCville Jews anything candle-related as a gift. e.g., when Sonichu's daughter Cerah Rosey baked cookies for her friends, she decided to make her Jewish friend Kevin a candle-shaped one. Because Jews surely love to be distinguished from other people on any occasions based solely on their faith, and would take deep offense in receiving a normal nothing-special-shaped cookie as a gift! Also, because apparently Hanukkah is the only Jewish holiday, and so candles (especially single ones not on menorot) are super-important to Jews!
Cerah also makes the flavor vanilla, just in case poor Kevin had any nut/chocolate allergies. Instead of simply asking if he's allergic, she just assumes it. Because Jews are sickly Melvins with many allergies, you see.
On 25 November 2009, Chris was presented in the Mailbag with a drawing of a fan made Jewish Sonichu character named Harvey Bulbastein. The character had a large nose and seemed to show a liking for money, evident by him holding a bill in his hand and being the owner of the CWCville bank.[5] Chris thanked the mailer for sending him the drawing and said he would consider incorporating the character into his comics, suggesting that the anti-Semitic tone evident in the drawing went over Chris's head. On 18 February 2009, while conversing with Julie, Chris was asked by her to imitate a Jewish person. Chris decided to imitate Mort Goldman,[6] a stereotypical Jewish character from Family Guy.
Near the beginning of Chris's latest (unsuccessful) attempt to be unbanned from the The GAMe PLACe, he casually pointed out that Michael Snyder was probably Jewish, using his last name as a point of reference ("Snyder" is a very common German last name, meaning "to cut"). Of course with Chris being the idiot he is, it ended with him angrily calling Snyder a Jew. Given the use of the word as an insult, and Chris using it in context with other words denoting a type of sin it shows just how tolerant he is of other religions. In a later video (100 2178), Chris appears to restrain himself from calling Snyder a "greedy Jew".
If Chris's antisemitism was veiled before, it becomes extremely apparent in an email he sent to Katie Bay while impersonating Samantha Thaddeus. While talking about Michael Snyder, he refers to him as a "son of a bitch Jew" and a "pigheaded, stubborn Jew".
Chris finally apologized for insulting Michael on 31 March 2018, after a 23andMe test confirmed that he himself has Ashkenazi ancestry. He characterized this as a "surprise."[7]
Aside from his rather tenuous grasp on the Spanish language, Chris has created a somewhat racist caricature in the form of Espanolic. It's a Grass-type Pokémon that resembles an anthropomorphized sombrero in front of what appears to be the flag of Bolivia or Ghana, and its main attack is confusing its enemies with its "strange language". Its evolved form, Vegaton, has an attack called "Spanish Fly", that puts its enemies to sleep.
Hilariously enough, Nintendo would later create similar Pokémon named Lombre and Ludicolo, which, despite being obvious stereotypes, were handled far more tactfully than Chris could hope to do.
So far, the only Hispanic character in the comics is Heather Iglesias, the lesbian nanny of Sonichu and Rosechu's children, and then Chris's
self-cest children. Chris is probably trying to be inclusive here, but he isn't creative or intelligent enough to think of anything besides a stereotypical occupation for Hispanic women. It also does not help her sentences are random mixes of Spanish and English – and no, not by throwing in a random word or two of Spanish into her sentences, but switching from English phrases to Spanish midway in her sentences (which appear to be Google-Translated).
It may also be notable that oftentimes, Chris refers to Hispanic people as being "Spanish". While not totally inaccurate, the word "Spanish" is usually reserved for people actually from Spain, whereas "Hispanic" is used for peoples from countries that predominantly speak Spanish (a good comparison would be referring to people from the USA as "English").
Chris has shown in the past a willingness to befriend and date Hispanics.
Other white ethnicities/cultures
Chris has not shown outright malevolence towards other white cultures, but is often offensively ignorant of their customs and nations. In Tito Got No Luck Against We Brits, Irish and Scots!, Chris plays an Irish song while wearing a kilt and pretending to be Scottish, then mentions a shillelagh. His interactions with PandaHalo revealed that he knew almost nothing about Australia or Australians, climactically thinking Panda had died in the Black Saturday fires which happened almost a thousand kilometres from where she claimed to live. He holds the bizarre notion that Leonard Bearstein misinterpreted his name because he was British (certainly told to him by his parents, as he was too young to think that way).
Julie claimed to be from a fictional country in Eastern Europe, as did her brother Max. Chris hardly asked any questions about this non-existent country, nor did he (or Bob) question the fact that both Julie and Max spoke with American accents. There are of course many other relevant cultures and ethnicities, but owing to Chris's total failure to understand abstract descriptions of places he hasn't been to physically, he is either unaware of or indifferent to their existence.
Parental influence
Given that his father Bob Chandler grew up in the southern United States before the civil rights movement and has claimed to have acquaintances in the Ku Klux Klan activity growing up, perhaps he had some racial prejudices that were passed on to Chris. In a 2010 prank call, Bob said "I've seen crosses burning, fella. I've seen 'em. And you don't wanna see it." Of course, he was being constantly bothered by prank callers, and may have just made comments to intimidate them into stop calling him. Chris claims he got a slightly racist joke from Bob.
Barb has not been publicly observed to hold racist opinions, but, as with so many subjects, seems to have done nothing to correct Chris's opinions about it, meaning she is at least guilty of being passive about racism. It is possible that she may have some prejudices not revealed to the public - the Michael Snyder anti-Jew paranoia, for instance, was very unlikely to have been abstractly contrived by Chris, and Barb was an enthused participant.
Also, both Bob and Barb graduated from racially segregated high schools (and in Bob's case, a racially segregated college), suggesting that they experienced racism head-on during their childhoods. Although this does not necessarily mean that they were racists during their younger years, they do seem to have ludicrous hillbillyish ideas about foreign cultures, such as believing and telling Chris that Leonard Bearstein misinterpreted his name because he was English (even though Christopher is an English name), and Bob being unfazed by a purported Eastern European speaking English fluently with an American accent. In the same vein, they have both expressed anti-LGBT sentiments, a prejudice usually accompanied by racism. Also, Chris himself is very racist, and he frankly had to learn it from somewhere.
Chris's ethnic background
Influenced by his parent's claims, Chris has long asserted that he is of primarily English descent, with some Cherokee heritage on Bob's side. However, in March 2018 Chris posted the results of a DNA test from 23andMe to determine his ancestry[8], which showed that he was of 100% European genetic background, with slightly over half of this being British and most of the rest from across northwestern Europe. While these results are certainly not completely accurate, it is unlikely that any legitimate DNA test would fail to detect any Native American genetic background in someone who is even 1/16 or 1/32 (as Chris has claimed at various points) Cherokee.
The test also indicated that Chris had less than 0.1% Ashkenazi ("ash-KEN-azi") Jewish ancestry. Bizarrely, despite this being the smallest amount that the test considered worth reporting (equivalent to less than a single Jewish ancestor ten generations ago), Chris was fascinated by this result and declared that he was "Fully Observant of [his] Jewish ancestry". This discovery about himself also led Chris to apologize for his past anti-Semitic remarks. However, he also felt the need to publicly declare that he did not intend to convert to the Jewish faith.
Even more strangely, Chris later commented that "[his] report links [his] Ancestry to Africa", despite the fact that the actual report says that he has zero current African ancestry. Chris arrived at the conclusion by looking at his paternal haplogroup lineage, which does indeed begin in Africa. But that doesn't make him special; all humans can trace their ancestry back to Africa in prehistoric times, but this is probably beyond Chris's wit.
Chris and stereotypes
Chris's views of cultures besides Southern white Christians can also be traced to the television he watches. The typical Adult Swim cartoon includes gratuitous use of stereotype-based humor. Chris takes The Boondocks' satire of black stereotypes at face value. He also portrays nearly every person of African descent that appears in Sonichu with bald heads and either round, bulging eyes or glasses that resemble such. Finally, he does an impression of the stereotypical black accent, which he apparently confuses with the Jamaican accent, in Mumble 4.
His exposure to anime fuels his misguided views on East Asians. Asians, in his views, excel at random-access humor and martial arts.
Chris, despite claiming Cherokee ancestry, doesn't seem to know what a Native American even looks like, as he portrays the Ancient leader of the Cherokee Clan as an overtly European person wearing Greco-Roman garb. He also tramples all over their actual rituals and culture simply to implement the Anchuent Prophecy into his comic. Chris most likely has no idea what kind of rituals took place in Native American culture. If he did, he would know that some tribes slit their cocks to please their gods.
Not a racist?
|And I am NOT racist, and I like Jews.
|Chris, in response to a rejected mailbag email
|Blacks...are good people too.
|Chris, in the disclaimer for his Mr. Popo video
Chris does not want to be considered a racist. He claims to respect blacks as equals, saying that in CWCville "they can even vote", but at best he merely tolerates their existence so long as they stay away from him. Or if they can help him get his inane and idiotic video game made. Also of note, every single black person in Sonichu is depicted as a villain, a criminal or otherwise undesirable. However, he does genuinely like two black people: Kenan & Kel.
He did mention more than once that the reason he doesn't want black girls (but any other race is okay) is because he thinks God told him that his future daughter Crystal must be white, too. In an IRC, Chris said he has no problem with dating an Asian. Later, in Mailbag 35, he wrote he would date "Asian, Native or Hispanic women, as well as women of all other countries" (except the ones being black).
Realistically, Chris's racism doesn't stem from white supremacy, or anything cerebral - it's simply a phobia of people and cultures he doesn't understand. Like most things in his life, Chris has no real knowledge and bases everything off what he's seen on TV, so Chris's perception of minorities is only what the TV shows him, since encountering them in real life is something that rarely occurs.
Improved race relations?
—Chris, code-switching in solidarity with the niggas
An image leaked on 26 September 2009 showing Chris having sex with three young ladies, including an African American woman. In the Captain's Log of 10 October 2009, Chris clarified that the woman with whom he's performing sexual intercourse is "Half And Half" (mixed ancestry). This proves to us that, even if he's ready to touch the genitals of a black woman, he is unable to imagine the sexual intercourse with someone not sharing white ancestry. In fact, there's evidence that shared ancestry may be a turn-on for Chris.
It seems that the futility of his Love Quest has led Chris to lower his ridiculously high standards even further, as he did with fat chicks (which he dropped for Sarah Jackson), and red heads (as he did with Ivy).
Nope, no improved race relations
If anyone had any misconceptions that Chris had evolved into some sort of post-racial autistic, they should be aware that he ended Sonichu Day by calling Tito a "nigger" in "Chris Drops the N-Bomb" and in the Surfshack Tito E-mails, making him an official racist. (The repercussions of this event included Jack Thaddeus removing his ads from CWCipedia and Mao taking over the site for a short time, leading to a massive amount of vandalism.) He later performed a song in blackface for his sweetheart Jackie.
In the new pages of Sonichu #11 which were uploaded in 2015 Blake is mistaken as black, being wished a "happy Kwanza, brother" from an African American, and goes on an angry rant about how his skin in not "sunburn color", he is black because of a mutation. Keep in mind that 2015 is a year in which Chris became more openly "supportive" towards the LGBT community (but not necessarily supportive to race minorities). Given this, it is not unreasonable to assume that Chris is still racist towards black people.
In Sonichu #12, Heather once again makes an appearance, switching from English to Spanish randomly throughout conversations – saying "tres", but then saying "two" in the exact same sentence. Her sentences also make absolutely no sense, compared to Chris's previous writing. In one sentence, she says "Russel y Cynthia, me le amo". "Me le amo" translates literally as "I love me to him", with "him" and "me" indirect and direct objects, respectively. She later says "they love their mama con sus corizones". Chris misspells "corazones", apparently trying to say, "they love their mama with all their hearts", which would be better rendered as "ellos aman a su madre de todo corazòn".
Altogether, her sentence appears to be talking about how his offspring got away from her at the festival and the children love the colors. She mentions how Chris is there with his family and how she loves the kids, but they love their "mother" (Chris) dearly, and how she does her best for the kids, ending with a poor translation of "it's okay, I love them".
Whether this poor speech was intentional or Chris thought it would be interesting to have a "bilingual" character isn't known, but the latter is far more likely, given Chris's poor understanding of the Spanish language.
Minority characters in Sonichu
Chris attempts to add in characters of various races and religions with decidedly mixed results. Many of his non-white characters are one-dimensional or barely relevant but then again so is every white one who isn't Chris in his world full of rainbow hedgehogs.
- Kevin (Jewish, good but immature)
- Ancient leader of the Cherokee Clan (
PalefaceNative American, lawful good)
- Wasabi Rival (
CaucasianNative American, evil)
- Queen of the Cherokian Clan - (
white-washedNative American, good, probably the whitest of all Native American characters in the comics as she's not only blue-eyed but also blonde)
- B-Manajerk (black, evil)
- Barack Obama (half-black, half-arab)
- Blake (black, evil turned good)
- CADD Chef (black, evil)
- Florance Fisher (black, good)
- Jerkhief (black, lawful evil)
- Occasionally other Jerkops are shown to be black as well. No other minorities are apparent.
- Punchy (East Asian, good)
- Silvana (black, evil [said to turn good])
- Turdijerk (Indian?, drawn with tan skin, evil)
- Constable Louis Perez (black, TRUE and HONEST police officers)
- Inos (black, tobacky smoker)
- Heather Iglesias (Hispanic, lesbian, good,
never seendebuts in Sonichu #12)
- Bill Schwartz (possibly Jewish, worked for Giovanni but later on changed sides)
- Ching Chong (Asian, appeared in the Wedding Comic as a flower girl)
- PHI Spring Break reporter (Black, appears in Sonichu #8) - despite only appearing in one panel, Chris manages to make her into a stereotype, addressing the audience as "sistas and brothas".
In the Mailbag, when Chris is confronted about the lack of minorities in his comic he claims that all of his Electric Hedgehog Pokémon are considered "minorities" in CWCville, implying that he completely missed the point of the question. Despite being minorities, the Electric Hedgehog Pokémon group never experiences discrimination nor prejudices in the comic; that's saved for another minority in CWCville.
Chris would probably not tolerate human versions of these characters being anything but white.
, Chris tolerated a Niggo Bubbles and Indian Magi-chan renditions in July 2020.
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In 2008, accountant and amateur photographer Lee Jeffries was in London to run a marathon. On the day before the race, Jeffries thought he would wander the city to take pictures. Near Leicester Square, he trained his 5D camera with a long, 70-200 lens on a young, homeless woman who was huddled in a sleeping bag among Chinese food containers. "She spotted me and started shouting, drawing the attention of passersby," Jeffries says. "I could have just walked away in an embarrassed state, or I could have gone over and apologized to her." He chose the latter, crossed the street and sat with the woman. The eighteen-year-old, whose complexion indicated she was addicted to drugs, told Jeffries her story: her parents had died, leaving her without a kit home, and she now lived on the streets of London.
This experience had a profound effect on Jeffries, sharpening the focus on the subject matter of his street photography—the homeless—and defining his approach to taking pictures. He didn't want to exploit these people or steal photographs of them like so many other photographers who had seen the homeless as an easy target. In an effort to make intimate portraits, Jeffries would try to connect with each person on an individual basis first. "I need to see some kind of emotion in my subjects," Jeffries says. "I specifically look at people's eyes—when I see it, I recognize it and feel it—and I repeat the process over and over again." Jeffries tries to keep the contact as informal as possible. He rarely takes notes, feeling it immediately raises suspicion, and prefers to take pictures while he is talking with his subjects to capture the "real emotion" in them. "I'm stepping into their world," he says. "Everyone else walks by like the homeless are invisible. I'm stepping through the fear, in the hope that people will realize these people are just like me and you."
Self-taught and self-funded, Jeffries has used vacation time to travel to Skid Row in Los Angeles three times, as well as Las Vegas, New York, London, Paris and Rome, to continue his project. The way that Jeffries processes his images and the heavy use of shadow and light within his pictures is a direct reference to the religious overtones he felt while photographing the beggars and homeless in Rome. The underexposure in camera and process to dodge back light where he wants it—although done in a digital environment—relate more to the traditions of analog printing. The effect of the subjects on the photographer is equally heavy: "When I'm talking to these people, I can't then leave that emotion, so when I get back to my computer so emotionally involved, sometimes I will start to cry when processing the image," Jeffries says.
The photographer's passion has become his life mission. He uses his photography to draw attention to and raise funds for the homeless, posting the images to Flickr and entering the work into competitions. Over the past three years Jeffries has placed third, second and second in an annual Amateur Photographer magazine award contest, and has won separate monthly contests which come with a camera as a reward. Each of the half dozen cameras he's won has been donated to raise funds for charities, including homeless and disability organizations. The proceeds from Jeffries's Blurb book, which features homeless portraits, go to the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles and the photographer allows any charity to use his images free of charge. Jeffries also runs the London and New York marathons to raise money for Shelter, a U.K. housing charity. He's committed himself at a more personal level too, buying lunch for a man who had lost his fingers and toes to frostbite or taking a woman with a staph infection to the hospital when she was sick. Jeffries estimates he has given thousands of dollars to these individuals, but what he has given them in terms of a sense of dignity and outpouring of concern is immeasurable.
Jeffries's powerful portraits are getting noticed. He recently won Digital Camera magazine's Photographer of the Year award. There has been an explosion of interest in the last two to three months as the images have been shared across the web, spreading virally via Flickr, Facebook and Twitter, and more recently, appearing on blogs and in mainstream media including the Independent and Guardian. A book is slated to be published next month by Yellow Korner. The increased exposure is welcome news for a man whose self-funded journey can be difficult. "I can't change these people's lives," he says. "I can't wave a magic wand but it doesn't mean I can't take a photograph of them and try to raise awareness and bring attention to their plight."
Lee Jeffries is a photographer based in Manchester, England. See more of his work here.


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The Charleston Battery defeated the Houston Dynamo Reserves, 1-0, on Sunday morning at BBVA Compass Stadium. Jamaican forward Dane Kelly scored in the 35th minute as the USL Pro club secured a road win.
With the new partnership between Major League Soccer and USL Pro, the game counts for the Dynamo Reserves in the MLS Reserve League standings and the Battery in the USL Pro standings.
The Dynamo Reserves are now 3-1-0 on the season while the Battery improve to 6-2-0.
Charleston's game-winner began on a set piece 35 yards from goal. A short free kick was played to Emmanuel Adjetey, who sent a cross toward the back of the box. Kelly met the cross with a first-touch finish into the far side of the net for his third goal of the season.
Dynamo goalkeeper Erich Marscheider made several saves to keep the deficit at one goal. First, a long strike from Mike Azira in the 71st minute was stopped by the second-year goalkeeper. Six minutes later, he made an excellent save, using his left foot to stop a well-hit shot from Charleston forward Heviel Cordoves.
Houston came close to equalizing in stoppage time. A Dynamo defender struck a shot from 30 yards that was deflected past the post for a corner kick.
The Dynamo Reserves return to action on June 2 at the Columbus Crew Reserves, a day after the Dynamo first team meets the Crew.
Houston Dynamo Reserves (3-1-0) vs. Charleston Battery (6-2-0)
Sunday, May 19, 2013 – BBVA Compass Stadium
MLS Reserve League
Scoring Summary:
Charleston: Dane Kelly 3 (Emmanuel Adjetey 1) 35
Houston Dynamo – Erich Marscheider; Brian Ownby, Anthony Arena, Mike Chabala; Alex Dixon, Luiz Camargo, Warren Creavalle; Bryan Salazar (Elo Ozumba* 76), Brian Ching (Irvin Ramirez* 86), Jason Johnson
Subs not used: Jose Rodriguez*, Louis Thomas*
Charleston Battery: Odisnel Cooper; Mark Wiltse, Colin Falvey, Taylor Mueller, Emmanuel Adjetey; Amadou Sanyang (Shawn Ferguson 84), Jarad van Schaik, Mike Azira; Jose Cuevas (Zach Prince 63), Nicki Paterson, Dane Kelly (Heviel Cordoves 72)
Subs not used: Kevin Klasila, Austin Savage, John Wilson
*Academy player
Disciplinary Summary:
HOU: Brian Ownby (caution) 55
CHA: Jared van Schaik (caution) 59
Referee: Armando Villareal
Referee's assistants: Greg Boles, Chris Gordon
Fourth official: Jeremy Weed


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Last Updated: Oct 04, 2016
What is a Wi-Fi hotspot and what can I do with it?
Wi-Fi hotspots are locations where a Wi-Fi capable device can access the Internet.
What do I need to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot?
You usually need the password from the Wi-Fi hotspot provider.
If the hotspot doesn't require a password when you first set it up, it's not a secure network.
Sprint doesn't recommend connecting to an unsecured Wi-Fi signal.
What types of devices can access a Wi-Fi hotspot?
Wi-Fi capable devices include mobile devices such as your Samsung Galaxy S® 4, tablets, netbooks, laptops and desktop PCs.
Where can I find a Wi-Fi hotspot?
You can find Wi-Fi hotspots at public places like shopping centers, cafes, hotels or airports.
What is an SSID?
SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the public name of a wireless network.
Does it cost more to connect my Samsung Galaxy S 4 to a public Wi-Fi hotspot?
Public Wi-Fi hotspots may be free or they can require a fee or a paid subscription. Before you access a Wi-Fi hotspot, be sure you understand the provider's terms and conditions of use.
Can I use my Samsung Galaxy S 4 as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot?
Yes, you can share your Sprint data connection with up to 8 other Wi-Fi capable devices at the same time.
Set up your Samsung Galaxy S 4 as a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Does using my Samsung Galaxy S 4 as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot drain my battery?
Using your Samsung Galaxy S 4 as a personal and portable Wi-Fi hotspot can increase battery consumption.
You can also take steps to conserve your battery.
Does it cost more to use my Samsung Galaxy S 4 as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot?
Yes. You can add the mobile Wi-Fi hotspot feature to your Samsung Galaxy S 4. The cost depends on the add-on you choose.


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One Big Bottle: 10 Barrel Brewing Apocalypse IPA
The brews we're sipping, one by one.
Every time I find myself in a Whole Foods out west, I fall into a fit of beer-jealousy. The beers you West Coasters can buy! At the grocery store! I picked up a little Russian River Consecration and this guy, a bomber of 6.5% ABV IPA from a Bend Brewery I've been hearing good things about.
The scent is candied orange and caramel, but the flavor is not as sweet as you expect after a whiff. Bready malt serves as the backbone (think multigrain toast), with hints of sage and lavender, and a swirl of earthy caramel notes. It's creamy but it has real bitterness on the finish. This beer is filled with baked-orange flavor, but some might wish for more snappy brightness. If you like your IPA to hint at orange marmalade, this is the beer for you.
Pair with grilled shrimp and avocado salad.
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Wisconsin mascot bill passes Assembly, Senate moves discussion to November
Assembly Republicans passed a contentious bill Tuesday that would make it harder to strip public schools of American Indian mascots, sending the proposal on to the Senate despite Democrats' complaints that the measure is racist.
Democrats railed against the bill for 2 ½ hours on the Assembly floor, taking turns blasting it as an ugly step backward in race relations.
"Indians are real people. They're not mascots," said Rep. Nick Milroy, D-South Range. "Stand up for human rights and human dignity."
The bill comes as the Mukwonago Area School District is fighting a state Department of Public Instruction order to drop its "Indians" nickname and logo depicting an American Indian man in a headdress. District officials say they've used the nickname for more than 80 years; their lawyers say it could cost around $100,000 to change it.
The bill's author, Rep. Stephen Nass, R-Whitewater, represents most of Mukwonago in the Assembly. He defended the bill on the floor, saying the current process for ordering schools to drop their nicknames is too slanted toward complainants and doesn't give districts a fair chance to defend their beloved monikers.
"What's on the books right now is basically an outright ban," Nass said. "Right now the school district is guilty."
Under current state law, DPI must hold a hearing on a school's race-based nickname if the agency receives a single complaint about it. The school must prove the nickname doesn't promote discrimination at a hearing. DPI then decides whether the name must go.
Republicans control the Assembly 57-39, making passage all but certain. The final vote was 52-41. Nass released a statement after the vote declaring victory.
"We reformed a flawed politically correct law by replacing it with a fair process to address any potential inappropriate use of Indian logos, mascots and team names," he said. "No longer will the mere existence of an Indian logo, mascot and team name automatically be construed as a violation of state law."
Republicans control the Senate 18-15, making passage likely in that chamber. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, initially announced he planned to convene on Wednesday morning to take up the bill. But his spokesman later sent an email to reporters saying the chamber would take up the measure in November. Fitzgerald said in a telephone interview Democrats wouldn't give him the two-thirds vote he would have needed to bring the bill up on Wednesday.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker hasn't taken a position on the measure yet. His spokesman didn't immediately return a message from The Associated Press seeking comment Tuesday evening.