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The first test of a project backed to spray millions of tonnes of chalk into the stratosphere, in an attempt to 'dim the sun' and cool the Earth, could happen in June. Harvard University experts will test the system by sending a large balloon 12 miles above the Swedish town of Kiruna and have it drop 2kg of chalk dust into the stratosphere. The aim of the estimated $3 million mission, backed by billionaire Bill Gates, is to have the chalk deflect a portion of the sun's radiation, stop it from hitting the surface, and cool the planet. The idea...

An off-duty police officer has repeatedly washed away Black Lives Matter messages written in chalk at Hillcrest Elementary.... 463 Shares Advertisement Off-duty officer washed away Hillcrest Elementary students' BLM chalk art 463 Shares WBALUpdated: 8:23 AM EDT Jun 18, 2020 David Collins I-Team Reporter Hillcrest Elementary School student chalk display Hillcrest Elementary School student chalk display SOURCE: WBAL-TV\David Collins SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Your Email Address SUBMIT Privacy Notice CATONSVILLE, Md. — An off-duty police officer has repeatedly washed away Black Lives Matter messages written in chalk at...

On April 23rd, Students for Life announced that it is “launching a brand-new initiative: The National Pro-Life Neighborhood Chalk Day & Contest!” In an email sent to Live Action News, Students for Life noted that “there’s a fun new trend Americans are participating in while many are under ‘Shelter in Place’ orders… using the end of driveways and other publicly viewable areas to chalk messages for passersby!” On Friday, May 1st, 2020, individuals are invited to chalk a pro-life message on their sidewalk, driveway, etc., take a picture, upload it to Facebook and/or Instagram, and tag #StudentsforLife and #ProLifeChalkDay. Those...

November 19, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – It’s November 7 in South Dakota. The night is well below freezing. The Augustana University Republican and Life Runners clubs have teamed up and spent the evening chalking the sidewalks with messages defending the right to life. These messages included Bible verses, statistics, and blunt proclamations in the hopes of stirring up a discussion on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) campus. A discussion was what they got, but not before things began “slipping” toward madness and mayhem. The pro-life messages were meant to be seen, and they were. Unfortunately, pro-abortion students didn’t respond with principled...

I know the title is confusing, you probably think you know who I’m talking about but in fact, this is an art post. I was inspired by the art work contained in yesterday’s comments: from Son of Sobieski’s fine skeletor street art to Claire’s little granddaughter’s hand drawn and painted cartoon characters. So I’m just going to drop this lesson in optical illusion here for you to study. It seems a very helpful skill to have in today’s climate. So get your paper, pens, crayons (I’m talking to you Jetti) and rulers out so you too can practice the fine...

DePaul University students, don't fear! There will be no more political "chalking" at your school. Apparently, someone wrote - with chalk - on a campus sidewalk last week: "Make DePaul Great Again." The message sent students and staff into a tailspin. The xenophobia! The bigotry! The racism! "While these chalk messages are part of national agendas in a heated political battle, they appeared on campus at a time of significant racial tension in our country and on college campuses. DePaul is no exception," DePaul's vice president for student affairs Eugene Zdziarski wrote in a campus-wide email obtained by Campus Reform....

The governing bodies for fraternity and sorority life at Ohio University (OU) have collectively denounced the drawing of a message supporting Donald Trump on campus because it was “offensive” to Hispanics and didn’t promote “inclusion.”In a joint letter sent out to students affiliated with Ohio’s Greek Life, the student-led executive councils said that they have made a concerted effort to include everyone in this year’s Greek Week activities, but an illustration of a wall — captioned “Build That Wall!” — on a part of campus specifically designed for free expression have jeopardized those efforts.While not identifying specifically who drew the...

Since the Claremont Colleges are a very short distance from Upland, I wanted to get a first hand look at the terror the little snowflakes have been feeling because of the horrific Trump chalking. I am pleased to report that after spending about 25 minutes slowing cruising around the group of campuses (or is it campi), I saw no sign of fear permeating the area. No long lines in front of psych department of Student Health Services. No signs of frightening Trump chalking. (The Dreamers probably cleaned up the chalk._ No one cringing in fear. It was my first visit...

The Leftists going nuts over #TheChalkening really need to chillax and remember the benefits of free speech. #TheChalkening is a bunch of college students putting up pro-Donald Trump messages on college campuses because they know it makes the skin crawl of those who don’t support him. It all started after Emory University students started flipping out over the Trump 2016 messages being scrawled on multiple sidewalks and walls on campus. Via The Emory Wheel (emphasis mine): “I’m supposed to feel comfortable and safe [here],” one student said. “But this man is being supported by students on our campus and our...

How long before 7-day waiting periods for chalk purchases and "chalk-free zones"? #TheChalkening #Trump2016— Milo Yiannopoulos ✘ (@Nero) April 2, 2016

Today, our young people are captives of a system that is turning them into sniveling cowards afraid to debate and face the challenges of the real world Another week, another campus threatened by the dangerous slogan, “Trump 2016.” Last week, the students of Emory University in Atlanta needed counseling and mental health evaluations after noticing their campus was polluted by disgusting chalk markings. The offensive words included “Trump,” “Trump 2016,” and “Vote Trump” and they were found on concrete steps and even, heaven forbid, the sidewalk. Immediately after noticing the horrific chalk graffiti, 50 students demanded a meeting with Jim...

Go to link. Trump chalking happening across the country.

I see the Saudi government is planning to amp up the penalty for homosexual behavior after it observed an increase in “perverts” displaying “sins and obscenities” on social media in the otherwise Sunni Kingdom. In a land where “acting gay” is already illegal, the current punishments for first-time offenders - fines, prison terms and whippings - have proved to be inadequate deterrents.  From now on they will be executed. UK Express — Saudi law makers could impose the death penalty on gay people who show their sexuality in public and on social media, according to reports. And don’t even think...

Last week, a group of about 50 students at Emory University claimed that at an outbreak of pro-Donald Trump sidewalk chalk around campus was “triggering,” racist and damaging to their psychological well-being. Emory president James Wagner then legitimized the complaints, describing words such as “Vote Trump” and “Build the wall” — chalked on cement — as “perceived intimidation.” Over the weekend, students involved in Emory’s Young Americans for Liberty chapter responded to the wailing and gnashing of teeth by the $59,444-per-year private school’s social justice warriors with a new, bigger, better political message in support of Trump, reports Inside Higher...

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - A judge found enough evidence to convict a Richmond mom who is charged with vandalism, but he's delaying a final disposition until she performs community service hours. 29-year-old Susan Mortensen allowed her daughter to draw on rocks on Belle Isle with chalk. Mortensen will now serve 50 hours of community service in order for the judge to dismiss her charge. In court, NBC12 learned a little more about the confrontation between Mortensen and Officer Stacy Rogers, who saw her daughter writing on the rocks. Outside the courthouse, people support Susan Mortensen with their own chalk on...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police believe that sidewalk chalk may have promoted a shooting on Thursday that left one man injured and another in jail. The shooting occurred at about 4 p.m. in front of a home on Sestos Drive, located on the city's south side. According to police, four children were using chalk to draw on a sidewalk when Jeffrey McDowell, 59, came out of his home and told them to stop,

A 6-year-old Park Slope girl is facing a $300 fine from the city for doing what city kids have been doing for decades: drawing a pretty picture with common sidewalk chalk.

A twin-engine seaplane lost one of its wings before it crashed off Miami Beach into the city's main shipping channel killing at least 19 people on board, a US federal safety official said on Tuesday. Mark Rosenker, acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, told a news conference the breaking apart of the aircraft could be seen in video footage of the Grumman G-73T Turbine Mallard, filmed in its final moments on Monday above water. "What I've seen is a separation of a wing from the aircraft and, as a result, the aircraft crashing. I can't tell you why,"...

Which one is the real guy here? On the right?...or on the left?

Meaningful Art in a Meaningful Universe: the Fallacies of Abstractionist Ideology by Frederick Turner HUMAN BEINGS TAKE A NATURAL DELIGHT IN FORM and pattern. Our eyes and visual cortex are designed to pick out shapes and hints of half-hidden presences, and to recognize the colors, textures, and fine details of natural objects. These are the necessary skills of a hunter-gatherer species, adapted to follow the obscure tracks of fleeing prey, to resolve the outline of a camouflaged animal in hiding, to remember and find again a nutritious berry, root, or herb. Nature rewards the exercise of such skills, which...