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Archive for September 27th, 2012
September 27th, 2012 - 6:05 pm § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: Limbaugh helps Romney
Limbaugh “We Do Have Victims In This Country, And They Are Victims Of Barack Obama”[...]
September 27th, 2012 - 3:13 pm § in Misc.
MORE WGU
Unfortunately before I understood how valuable an education was, I was past the point where I could drop everything and go to school. I have sporadically attended traditional brick and mortar institutions but had difficulty working 50 plus hours a week, going to school and raising a family. I have b[...]
September 27th, 2012 - 1:35 pm § in Misc.
SCIENCE
History has been made! Parents with kids with a very rare disease created their own charity and that paid off! In 2003 geneticists identified a mutation in lamin A that causes children to die in their teens of what appears to be greatly accelerated aging. Now, a clinical drug trial showed impr[...]
September 27th, 2012 - 1:11 pm § in Misc.
ROMEYISMS: The Republican Platform Proposes Fewer Republican Congresional Districts
Republicans support “changing the way that the decennial census is conducted, so that citizens are distinguished from lawfully present aliens and illegal aliens.” I actually like this one. Each 700,000 people get to select one representative to Congress. The Congressional Districts w[...]
How to Fund a Major University
A serious challenge faces all of us at the UW. What are we going to be? How do we attract new, young faculty competitive enough to eventually win a federal grants or stimulate their students to greatness? The desperate reaction to Washington state’s cuts to higher education have led, rig[...]
September 27th, 2012 - 3:31 am § in America
COMMENTARY by SMS: Are we witnessing the rise of Islamic Demcracy?
The AP reported yesterday that Egypt’s new president Mohammed Morsi gave a very strong speech at the UN dedicating himself and his country to the end of the Syrian dictatorship. The first leader elected by the Muslim Brotherhood in an open election called on all nations to join an effort to st[...]
Is Mitt Romney playing Richard III?
Human remains discovered in search for King Richard III A team from the University of Leicester is today (Wednesday September 12) announcing a dramatic development in the search for King Richard III. The search, which has entered a third week, has uncovered evidence of human remains — the fir[...]
College Athletics … Wealthy Private, Rockefeller Univeristy Competes Toe to Toe With Big Time NCAA Conference School
Down a goal to No. 2/3 Minnesota (13-2-0, 8-2-0 WCHA) with 2:22 to play in the third period, the No. 9/9 Rockefeller women’s hockey team, The Ladies, (5-3-0, 5-2-0 ECAC) earned a power play opportunity after a checking call landed the Gophers’ senior defenseman Anne Schleper in the pena[...]