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BREAKING NEWS: Evangelical christian and daughter of missionaries, disowned by Newt Gingrich for heresy.
Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist, evangelical christian and daughter of missionaries, disowned by Newt Gingrich Gingrich ditched a chapter from his new book on environment just a few days after Hayhoe’s participation in the book came to Limbaugh’s attention. Katharine Hayhoe,[...]
December 11th, 2011 - 11:18 pm § in America
Romney Bets, Was Right, Loses Bet.
So Romney Bet $10,00 That Perry Had Misquoted Him. Romney was right but loses bet. Bettors at Intrade, the political futures market, are betting against Mr. Romney. Read more by Nate Silver Meantime, from ABC Factchecking: Rick Perry: “I’m listenin’ to you, Mitt, and I’m hearin’ you say al[...]
November 15th, 2011 - 5:02 pm § in Uncategorized
Higher Ed in Iraq, after Bush
from the chronicle of higher education: By Ursula Lindsey Amman, Jordan Does the government of Iraq spend less on higher education now than Saddam Hussein did? Are most Iraqi academics suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder? Do female academics in Iraq need more support? These and other issue[...]
November 8th, 2011 - 9:49 am § in America
BREAKING NEWS: Early Polls Look Bad For the Repricans
OHIO: (D) Sherrod Brown 49% (R) Josh Mandel 34% NEVADA: (D) Shelley Berkley 45% (R) Dean Heller 45% WISCONSIN: (D) Tammy Baldwin 44% (R) Tommy Thompson 46% The Dems have have come from behind to statistical ties in NV and WI,and are m[...]
October 15th, 2011 - 6:34 am § in China
SLIPPERY SLOPE: Middle class China turns to private health insurance
By Linda Pressly Reporter, BBC News 18 July 2011 excerpts Over half of all healthcare in China is paid for by the consumers themselves Healthcare – and how you pay for it – is one of life’s big worries. In China few people have private health insurance but the market is growing. Po[...]
October 13th, 2011 - 9:31 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Tenure
Florida Governor Rick Scott Takes Aim at Tenure Lisa Roney from Academe Blog I am a tenured associate professor at one of the largest (though, let me emphasize, not one of the highest ranked) public universities in the U.S. How can I explain why it is that this often makes me want to cry? Don’t[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Bachmann Preaches
Huff Post — If you thought evangelical preaching needed longer hair, tattoos, nu-metal drumming, and a ton of hate speech directed at gays, then Bradlee Dean is your guy. He’s very much Rep. Michele Bachmann’s guy. Bachmann, whose district covers Dean’s suburban Minnesota hea[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Reprican Reaction to The President’s Effort to Create Jobs
with color coded repartee from the Washington Post, excerpted “Seven birdies, five bogeys,” Boehner reported to Biden. “You’re kidding me!” the vice president said. “I missed a four-foot, straight-on birdie on the last hole,” Boehner said of another round. Whoa!” the vice presi[...]
Romney’s Loss in Florida.
Herman Cain Wins Florida Straw Poll Ahead Of 2012 (VIDEO) This year’s race to be the nominee of the Republican Party seems more like a Hollywood movie than reality. Imagine the casting calls! Hermann Cain, a very successful business man and a black guy , won the straw poll in Fla! Is Cain [...]