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Washington DC, Beefing Up the Failed AIDS Prevention Program

~ Pharmer

D.C. to begin using more-expensive Trojan condoms in HIV prevention program. ………. because people were whining that the Durex brand wasn’t good enough.   Some of these  delusional denizens of DC, screaming for better freebies,  also complained about the size.  Pharmer suggests that they instead discontinue the hallucinogens.

Recall that the Harvard AIDS prevention project  produced data which shows  that the condom distribution  programs do not prevent or reduce transmission of the virus at the population level, so Washington DC,  the HIV  capital of the United States, where  3 percent of residents have the virus, is likely to remain as such.

DC Chancellor Claims Laid-off Teachers Abused Kids

~ Pharmer

Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of Washington DC schools stated in an interview that some of the 266 teachers laid off in October had abused kids sexually, or hit them. The prior reason given for the layoffs was budget cuts.

The Feb 2010 issue of Fast Company quoted the chancellor as follows: “I got rid of teachers who had hit children, who had had sex with children, who had missed 78 days of school.”
The difficulty is that this quote does not mesh with the absence of police reports about these supposed infractions, and the Teachers Union also claims no knowledge.
Michelle Rhee, who seems to have been unable to lift Washington DC schools out of the mire of low performance and high dropout rate, has some explaining to do.

If the statement is wrong, then the reputations of teachers have been ruined. If the statement is correct, then those teachers not guilty of abuse are smeared by the actions of those involved, while the abusers themselves have escaped criminal prosecution.

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