HONG KONG (Reuters) – Vietnam will soon have a credible naval deterrent to China in the South China Sea. China has claimed all the waters beyond the immediate coasts of Vietnam and Philippines, including using oil platforms to build structures within chains of off shore islands claimed by th[...]
Archive for September, 2014
September 17th, 2014 - 1:49 am § in Misc.
CHINA: Vietnam responds to Chinese Imperialism in South “China Sea”
September 17th, 2014 - 12:13 am § in Misc.
Ferguson’s municipal courts = modern slavery
From a report written by lawyers who represent poor people in Ferguson’s municipal courts: “[T]he current policies adopted by the municipal court system lead to the impression of the courts and municipalities [in St. Louis County] as racist institutions that care much more about collecti[...]
Does the UW Offer Too Few Sports Opportunites for Huskies?
We hear a lot about the income from the UWs pre-professional sports being used to pay for less valuable varsity activities. I happened to look at the Harvard Gazette tonight. Odd but it seems that Harvard’s AD, with far less income than the Huskies, supports a lot more sports than we have.[...]
September 16th, 2014 - 9:49 pm § in America
HUMOR: How the DMV Undermines Democracy, Part II
by Keith Humphreys,The Reality-Based Community ……A I left the California DMV office in late August with a 30-day temporary license plate and the mandate to get a smog check. I was told to mail proof of said smog check and my other paperwork to the DMV. I accomplished this within a week a[...]
September 16th, 2014 - 8:53 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Beware of Investor-Run Alternative For-Profit Law Schools
Private equity firms have been investing in private, for-profit, law schools in a big way. These “alternative” law schools (my terminology) are remarkably cheap to run, remarkably profitable, and churn out graduates with dubious employment prospects. Bottom line: Don’t get ca[...]
September 16th, 2014 - 11:06 am § in The Ave Scene
THE Ave Challenge: What is a fair wage for a University President?
Lets start at the top: How much do you think Drew Faust, President of Harvard, earns? $250,000 $500,000 $900,000 $1,500,000 $3,000,000 $5,500,000[...]
September 16th, 2014 - 8:33 am § in Misc.
Mice Get Human Gene. Become Smart
FoxP2 may define Humanity, 500,000 year old gene FoxP2, a “transcription factor, has a mutation that occurred more than half a million years ago in our African Ancestors, and could be the key to the most distinctive feature or our race: language. Foxp2 was first identified in a group of fa[...]
Russia Warns Of “Unfortunate Consequences” Over Ethnic Tension In Baltic States
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania fear Moscow will follow the Crimean model and exploit the countries’ Russian-speaking minority. Nato ready to respond.[...]
September 15th, 2014 - 12:42 pm § in Environment, Misc.
If You Are Anticoal … BOYCOTT AUSTRALIA!
I wonder how many liberals drink fine wines from Australia and then demonstrate against UW coal exports? Explore more visuals like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.[...]
“The one thing we don’t do yet – we don’t graduate any Cougar doctors” WSU Regent Mike Worthy
Should WASU have its own medical school? WSU Regents have voted to seek accreditation for its own medical school. This is resulting in an embarrassing “food fight” over a trivial sum of $24 million dollars funding from the 2015 legislative session at a time when the state budg[...]