Ed. Why is this funny? It is funny to ME because the National Lampoon grew out of my college humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon. Only Harvards (what we call ourselves) could pull off creating a national commercial success out of a college prank pub. Still not funny? Well, the nationalization [...]
Posts Tagged ‘humor’
Let WGU manage the Huskies!
Now that Western Governors Washington is a Washington state university, why not ……? Imagine, without a need for faculty to annoy the athletes, their graduation rates would be wonderful! Imagine, for far less than the cost of athletic scholarship, WGU mentors could assure us that every at[...]
April 7th, 2011 - 1:55 pm § in Uncategorized
Epidemic of Atherosclerosis Hits Upper Class Ancient Egyptians, Scientists Wonder Why this is Not Mentioned as a Biblical Plague?
Written by Egypt News Monday, 04 April 2011 Researchers have long known that ancient Egyptians suffered from plaque build-up in the arteries that supply the heart, but the latest finding suggests that the syndrome may be more prevalent, and mysterious, than previously thought. “Commonly,[...]
Florida State Bill Would Require Teaching Of ‘Non-Evolution’
“Why do we still have apes if we came from them?” The Huffington Post Nick Wing First Posted: 03/17/11 01:56 PM Updated: 03/17/11 04:00 PM Florida GOP State Senator Stephen Wise is drawing fire with a legislative proposal that would require schools in the Sunshine State to dramaticall[...]
Walker Backs Down, Says It’s All a Mistake
MADISON, March 31 (AP) -- Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced at a press conference that he is unilaterally withdrawing the controversial budget legislation that has spawned a labor uprising in his Capitol. Governor Scott Walker caves to unions A contrite Gov. Scott Walker announces he[...]
April 1st, 2011 - 12:32 am § in Uncategorized
Economy Improving, Price of Turner Oil is Up!
Turner oil breaks artist record A Turner masterpiece of a view over Rome sells for £29.7m at Sotheby’s in London, breaking the artist’s record at auction.[...]
March 31st, 2011 - 11:35 pm § in Politics
Presidential Perks: The President’s New Yacht
Ed. Imagine the Husky Lady in the Montlake Cut on game days! Well, not really for the the new Udub Prexy … but maybe a good idea? How about Paul Allen giving one of his yachts to the new Prexy? Here is a precedent we could follow: by Evgeniya Chaykovskaya Moscow News The boat […][...]
Lysenko: The Rad Right Charges Academe with Lysenko-ism.
Ed. A couple of weeks ago, The AVE published a story from OSU claiming that the University was silencing students because of the scientific claims of their father, a climate change denialist. The image from the right is of an academic establishment mimicking the Roman Church’s persecution [...]