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So what does President Sargent have to say for himself?

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

ABC NEWS
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College Presidents Cashing In, Study Says
Dozens of Presidents at Public Universities Reel In More Than $500K, Despite General Shortage of Funds
By JOEL SIEGEL
Nov. 17, 2008
The number of college and university presidents taking home eye-popping paychecks continues to climb even as more and more students have trouble paying their tuition bills.
Fifty-nine presidents of public universities […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Education |

Obama leads by 7 in final Quinnipiac Poll of Ohio–Columbus Dispatch

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

How many times have we seen polls provided by Quinnipiac University? Today another poll crossed the wires and I decided to learn more about this very influential Connecticut school.
I must warn you that I’ve spun most of this into a web of jokes and it is only for comedic purposes and has no relationship to […]

Posted in 2006 Election, Education, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Voting |

Republicans Try To Use Oxford Don To Smear Barack Obama–Sunday Times headline, November 2, 2008

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

The Sunday Times
November 2, 2008
The Republicans accuse Obama of ‘palling around’ with Ayers
Sarah Baxter in Washington
The Republicans have made a last-minute attempt to prevent Barack Obama’s ascent to the White House by trying to recruit an Oxford academic to “prove” that his autobiography was ghostwritten by a former terrorist.
With two days before the election, Obama […]

Posted in Republicans, Great Britain, Education, Movies, Politics, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Sleaze |

“Palin Claims The Vice President Is ‘In Charge Of The U.S. Senate’”–Think Progress Headline

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

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Think Progress
October 21, 2008
Yesterday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the network by a third grader at a local elementary school about what the Vice President does, Palin erroneously argued that the Vice President is “in charge of the […]

Posted in Education, Vice-Presidency, Sarah Palin |

It’s Halloween-time and the living is grisly…

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

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Associated Press

Former UCLA exec pleads guilty to body trafficking
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By ROBERT JABLON – 11 hours ago

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This is a UCLA Police booking photo of Henry Reid, the director of the University of California, Los Angeles willed body program, released Monday, March 8, 2004, after his arrest for allegedly selling body parts. Reid pleaded guilty, Friday Oct. 17, […]

Posted in Business, Education, Medicine, Sleaze |

I wonder what the Emory board is going to do?

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Could there also be a relationship between big oil, coal and gas
and a few of the nay-saying scientists of Global Warming?

N’ahhh!!

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Emory acknowledges past issues with professor, launches investigation
By CRAIG SCHNEIDER, ALISON YOUNG
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Emory University officials said Saturday that a prominent psychiatric researcher has been accused several times in […]

Posted in Business, Education, Health, Medicine, Global Warming, Georgia, Sleaze |

You cannot blame a man for trying to leave the office neat for the next person.

Monday, September 8th, 2008

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Think Progress
Historians: Stop Bush/Cheney From Destroying Presidential Records
“Thirty-two of the nation’s leading historians have sent letters to congressional leaders calling on them to stregthen the Presidential Records Act (PRA). The effort, led by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and joined by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the National […]

Posted in Congress, administration, Law, Bush, Education, Movies, Democrats, USA |

Just as the NFL season opens with radio commercials for point spread gurus, so does election season welcome the Republican attempts to prevent citizens from voting.

Monday, September 8th, 2008

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
Sept. 3
Warning for College Student Voters
Last week, Virginia’s Montgomery County, home to Virginia Tech, issued a press release regarding proper protocol for college students registering to vote. In interviews with Inside Higher Ed Tuesday, it was described by turns as “unsubstantiated,” “chilling,” and (more generously) as not “incredibly encouraging or friendly.”
It reads, in […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ohio, Education, Elections, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Voting |

SAT Scores Remain At Lowest Level In Nearly A Decade–AP headline; Neanderthals Were Not ‘Stupid,’ According To New Research–Agence France-Presse headline

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

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The stories are here and there.

Imafes: (test) madrasi.info; (Neanderthal) AFP/file

Posted in Education, USA, Anthropology |

“When the federal government started making schools gun-free zones, that’s when all of these shootings started.”–Superintendent, Harrold , Tx. school district, to the Fort Worth Star Telegram.

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Is he saying that all of those nuns were carrying heat in the 1950s?

ocal6.com
EDUCATION
School District Allowing Teachers To Carry Guns
Employees Must Have License To Carry Concealed Handgun
POSTED: 7:55 am EDT August 16, 2008
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HARROLD, Texas — The tiny Harrold, Texas, school district will allow teachers and staff members to carry concealed firearms when they return to […]

Posted in Education, Texas, Guns |

ABC News says the mayor of Gloucester, Mass denies the existence of a pregnancy pact by 17 high school girls.

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

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Images: (Title) via shillpages.com; (Top two) Village of the Damned via reelstreets.com (third) eindiders.com (Fourth) Village of the Damned via koreanfilm.org

Posted in Education, Movies, Massachusetts |

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