Nope - according to the American Library Association’s bill of patron rights, only the parents can dictate what a child can or cannot read, and patrons’ records are private unless there is a subpoena (or if the Patriot Act is involved). Librarians are gently explaining this to Mr. Thaker, I am sure.
Blue Pen Is a Nasty Woman; Nevertheless, She Persisted.
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This is the next astroturf project from the likes of the Koch brother et. al. like the Tea Party movement. It is easy as fuck to get elected to a school board with little to no money and it is easy to get the crazies to “save the children”
i would say “hope they have an ethical librarian at that school” but hell, they probably don’t have a librarian to fight against this horrific nightmare of a man. I hate him so much.
Shelter Cat Update.
I doubt people will see this as I’m grey on this account but I find it so sad that SNS has come to this . 28 minutes up and zero comments , last week the comment section was so sparse . This used to be a thriving community but because of Kinja not caring about it’s commentators and not fixing the many, many issues…
Sign-in to your library’s web site using your card number and look under periodicals.
If you’re old enough/judged responsible enough to drive a vehicle on public roads, you’re old enough/responsible enough to face adult charges for vehicular crimes.
Shelter Cat Update!
the reporter said that they thought Cohen shouldn’t perform that song any more. It’s Rufus Wainwright’s song now. But, it’s Cohen’s song!
Stop Staring at My Tits
Forget that...try telling the kids that Hugh Laurie did ANYTHING before he was House.
“Sausage time!”
Gretna Green prepares for its greatest moment.
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They say it’s a dating show, but once you get there they ship you off to Portugal to fight Napoleon.
Shelter Catstravaganza!
Intelligent design choices are for girls.
You need to find an ally. A big, powerful, soft-spoken goon of an ally.
Shelter Cat Update!
It should probably be pointed out somewhere that on this issue, the American Catholic Church is also turning against the Vatican, who have repeatedly cautioned them not to do this. But US Catholicism has increasingly embraced this whole “more Catholic than the Pope” thing - the big instigator of this ‘excommunicate…