Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) says Obama’s Ebola czar, Ron Klain, is “off to a bad start” and thinks the Surgeon General should coordinate the response. “Why not have the surgeon general head this up?” Chaffetz asked Wednesday on Fox News. “I think that’s a very [...]
Archive for October, 2014
October 23rd, 2014 - 9:40 pm § in Politics
Republican Congressman Blasts Surgeon General’s Ebola Response
October 23rd, 2014 - 9:11 pm § in Misc.
Amazon Stock Drops As Investors Run Out Of Patience With Bezos
Amazon’s stock fell nearly 11% in Nasdaq after-hours trading after the company reported a larger-than-expected loss for last quarter after the stock market closed Thursday, and even worse, issued weak forward sales guidance. When people looked at their nasdaq brokers in south africa, they imme[...]
October 23rd, 2014 - 7:22 pm § in Politics
Brown-Skinned GOTV Volunteer Delivers Box Of Absentee Ballots; Crazy Arizona Republicans Go Nuts
Gotta love this story from Daily Kos, originally reported by The Daily Dot, an online newspaper based who knows where — everywhere, I guess. This story contains all the delectable elements of rightwing psychosis that make conservatives so much fun: Paranoia, delusion, racism, love of violenc[...]
October 23rd, 2014 - 10:59 am § in Schools & Colleges
Who Decides What is Academic Freedom?
A College Administration Decides What is Proper Academic Free Speech: Students complained of racial harassment during Shannon Gibney’s “Intro to Mass Communications” class. Part of her curriculum included a lesson on “structural racism.” When the male students complained about Gibney’s [...]
October 23rd, 2014 - 7:52 am § in Schools & Colleges
Univ. of North Carolina Credited Athletes For Fake Classes
A simmering academic cheating scandal exploded over the University of North Carolina like a nuclear bomb airburst when it was revealed this morning that athletes were systematically steered into fake classes by athletic department advisers to maintain their sports eligibility. Over a period of 18 ye[...]
October 23rd, 2014 - 7:12 am § in Misc.
Libyan Revolution Day
Libya’s new leaders declared liberation on Sunday Oct. 23, 2011 [...]
BRANDEIS: A Failure of Honor as a Pakistani woman is stoned to death
The politically correct administration at Brandeis must share in the blame for this “honor” killing. A 25-year-old pregnant Pakistani woman was stoned to death in front of a courthouse last July, She was killed by her father and brothers because she had insulted the family by [...]
October 22nd, 2014 - 3:56 pm § in America
It’s Really Happening: America’s Middle Class Is Vanishing
America is experiencing not only income inequality, but also wealth inequality, which isn’t surprising. What’s shocking is how far it has gone. The post-World War 2 gains made by the middle class have been completely eradicated, and U.S. wealth distribution is now back at 1940s levels,[...]
October 22nd, 2014 - 9:35 am § in Misc.
Canadian Parliament Is Attacked; One Shooter Reportedly Killed; Wounded Soldier Has Died
Witnesses reported between 30 and 50 shots being fired inside Canada’s in-session Parliament in a probable terrorist attack by an apparent jihadist in the Canadian capital of Ottawa this morning. A soldier guarding Ottawa’s war memorial outside was wounded and later died, but there are[...]