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Thank you. ACLU staffer fumes at University for accepting Nick Sandmann [as a student], calls it a 'stain' on the school. An American Civil Liberties Union official in Kentucky chastised Transylvania University over the weekend for accepting Nicholas Sandmann as a student, calling the move a "stain" on the institution. Sandmann made headlines back in January 2019 when a Native American activist stood in front of the teen and began chanting in his face during a pro-life rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Sandmann, who was wearing a MAGA hat at the time and is a sup

Almost no Scouts are exposed to The Patrol Method from what I have seen here since 1981 or seen from out-of-council units at summer camps in seven states during that period. And I looked, asked, and discussed what I saw and heard. "Andy" agreed with this observation, as did the employee in change of training at National in 2014. I have no idea why, for example, agreeing on a menu for a weekend campout should be "traumatic," especially with adults as teachers and coaches - unless the adults and the kids are especially incompetent for some reason(s). If the pancakes are burned, there

The Ministry of Truth in action: "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." "Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Ежо́в, tr. IPA, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈɫaj jɪˈʐof]; 1 May 1895 – 4 February 1940) was a Soviet secret police official under Joseph Stalin who was head of the NKVD from 1936 to 1938, during the height of the Great Purge. He presided over mass arrests and executions during the Great Purge. Yezhov eventually fell from Stalin's favor and power and was arrested and confessed to a range of anti-Soviet activity, later claiming

Almost no Scouts are exposed to The Patrol Method from what I have seen here since 1981 or seen from out-of-council units at summer camps in seven states during that period. And I looked, asked, and discussed what I saw and heard. "Andy" agreed with this observation, as did the employee in change of training at National in 2014. I have no idea why, for example, agreeing on a menu for a weekend campout should be "traumatic," especially with adults as teachers and coaches - unless the adults and the kids are especially incompetent for some reason(s). If the pancakes are burned, there

Almost no Scouts are exposed to The Patrol Method from what I have seen here since 1981 or seen from out-of-council units at summer camps in seven states during that period. And I looked, asked, and discussed what I saw and heard. "Andy" agreed with this observation, as did the employee in change of training at National in 2014. I have no idea why, for example, agreeing on a menu for a weekend campout should be "traumatic," especially with adults as teachers and coaches - unless the adults and the kids are especially incompetent for some reason(s). If the pancakes are burned, there

Please share. i thought either they don't know what it is or don't think it is important any more, as they wrote off the outdoor Program in 1971. What possibilities am I missing? The advancement rules are pretty clear, and systematically ignored. I have repeatedly heard Scouts sharing insights into who is the easiest merit badge counselor for a given badge. Not especially great "preparation for life." Could be kids stay around at mills to get "Eagle" on their resume, even if not earned (a good moral lesson?). Also advancement has been accepted by "professionals" as

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) today announced 330,882,751 recreation visits in 2017 – almost identical to the record-setting 330,971,689 recreation visits in 2016. While numbers were steady, visitors actually spent more time in parks during their 2017 visits compared to 2016. Increased attendance at parks, 1.5 billion visits in the last five years, also means aging park facilities are incurring further wear and tear. President Trump has proposed legislation to establish a Public Lands Infrastructure Fund that would help address the $11.6 billion maintenance backlog in the N

The Topic Drift Police may arrive directly. Yes, more could be done than what BSA effectively advocates by misstatements and omissions, but not easily. All the good words about Scouting methods are still there - scattered about - if one knows what they mean taken together. However, decades have passed since they were combined in any coherent message - no chapter, no article, no check-list. And the descriptions of methods are routinely contradicted by BSA statements by the unknowing "professionals": "Patrols are one component of what we call youth-run, or youth-led, troop." No,

Avoiding the "gay issue," the co-ed "issue," the LDS "issue," and the Black Lives Matter Issue: Was deemphasis of the outdoor program beneficial for BSA? For Scouting? Was deemphasis on the Patrol Method and creation of the "troop method" ("Patrols are one component of what we call youth-run, or youth-led, troop." https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/18-110.pdf 02/20/19 (updated March 2006) beneficial for BSA? For Scouting? Was toleration of advancement mills beneficial for BSA? For Scouting?

Change is inevitable. Change is not necessarily improvement, even when the change is returning to what previously worked.

On one site, the advocates of ACAB and "send the monkeys back" exchanged "pleasantries" at length. It was like watching drunks in a fist fight in the street. I suppose catharsis has some value - for some.

"this"?

FROM THE BSA BOOK-OF-THE -MONTH CLUB SELECTION FOR SCIENCE FICTION: "5. If a commercial product is to be sold, will it be sold on its own merits and without reference to the needs of Scouting? All commercial products must sell on their own merits, not the benefit received by the Boy Scouts of America. The principle of value received is critical in choosing what to sell." BSA February 2, 2017

Like most, I am limited by my experience. I saw a good deal of name-calling and raw hate, not to mention "spin."

Having this forum go the way of the "comments" section of on-line "news" site would be sad.

dis·cus·sion noun the action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas. What is another word for discussion? debate conversation chat confab

The Council COULD cause the SM and/or the troop to lose registration. That is considerable power. In theory. But it would negatively impact revenue. Ohio has the death penalty, but has not actually enforced it in fifty-seven years. Theory vs. reality.

Politely, give the Chartering organization a reasonable time under the circumstances to cause the SM to follow the rules. If that fails, find another troop that follows the rules if one exists. Neither BSA nor the council is at all likely to do anything, regardless of the Scout Law. See Eric Hoffer - the three stages of a great cause.

I will await the decision of the moderators.

I found many "rain" pictures for a slide show eight years ago, but they all seem to have been removed. Could be the Photobucket fiasco. So here's one for the memories.

I will await the decision of the moderators.

"A California district attorney is requiring her prosecutors to consider looters’ “needs” when weighing criminal charges against them. The new mandate, set forth by Contra Costa County District Attorney Diane Becton, makes it tougher to prosecute looting cases in the county....I Investigators must now consider “was this theft offense substantially motivated by the state of emergency, or simply a theft offense which occurred contemporaneously to the declared state of emergency?,” according to the policy reported by local outlet East County Today. In making that determination, they

"The U.S. Marshals Service recovered [39] ... missing children in Ohio in a two-week stretch as part of an ongoing operation.... 'Over the weekend U.S. Marshals rescued dozens of missing children across Ohio, many of whom were being trafficked.' Gov. Mike DeWine said during a Tuesday news conference. 'Operation Safety Net' is still in its first two weeks and is ongoing, according to the Marshals Service. It's being carried out in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies around northern Ohio." BLM: "Defund the police."

I will never feel what it is like to be a Black person in America - or Asian, Indian , Irish, Appalachian, Jew, Hindu, Romani, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, Catholic, or Gay. I have tried to learn as well as I can from friends, co-workers, roommates, and fellow Scouts and Scouters, some of whom fall into each of these categories. I did my thesis on right-wing groups, most of which hate anyone different and positively yearn for race war. Like the ACLU, to which I once belonged, and like most "media" outlets, BLM is a fundamentally political organization. It takes positions on politi

Green Bay Wisconsin. 09/01/2020. Out on a $10,00 bond for pointing a loaded rifle at a policeman and two counts of battery of a policeman (biting and kicking) at a "demonstration" a month or so ago, ANTIFA "Commander Red" ( Matthew Banta, a 23-year-old from Neenah, about 40 miles south of Green Bay) was released this time on a $2,500 bond on multiple counts, including two felony violations of the terms of his previous bail, which the Court failed to revoke. He was carrying a loaded flame thrower to a "demonstration," as well as possessing smoke bombs and commercial fireworks. Say