HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, WAR ON MEN EDITION: Occidental Professor Danielle Dirks: He fit the profile of a rapist because he “had a high GPA in high school, was his class valedictorian, was on [a sports] team, and was ‘from a good family.’”
If I had a valedictorian son, I’d send him someplace that didn’t view that as a suspicious characteristic. And if I were in charge of admissions/recruiting at Occidental College, I’d be very unhappy with Prof. Dirks’ statements.
OF COURSE, ELIZABETH WARREN WAS PROFITING FROM STUDENT DEBT FOR PRETTY MUCH HER ENTIRE PRE-SENATE CAREER: Senate Democrats go back to student loans in populist push.
There’s a big GOP opportunity here if they’re smart enough to take it. So, probably not. . . .
SHOCKER: Judges Uphold Absolute Immunity For Judges. Well, it’s a judge-made doctrine to begin with. There’s no basis for it in the Constitution, and it smacks of self-dealing . . . because that’s what it is. Any judicial immunity should be legislative in origin only.
WASHINGTON POST: Americans Beginning To Doubt Obama’s Competence. That whole “Like A Boss” thing the Dems were peddling a couple of weeks ago? He’s like Dilbert’s boss.
THAT’S ALL? A “CAUTION?” False rape claim girl given caution for wasting police time.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU DO, IT’S NEVER ENOUGH: Hillary To New York Times: Your Coverage Is Not Favorable Enough.
WAPO: Attention, politicians: We see you deleting those Bergdahl tweets.
To be fair, it’s obviously a debacle now. It wasn’t obviously a debacle when it was first announced. But that’s no excuse for airbrushing.
SLATE: Obama promised to close Guantánamo. Why is he releasing dangerous detainees and ignoring the rest?
Obama called signing statements an “abuse” when George W. Bush used them to “advance sweeping theories of executive power,” as Charles Savage puts it in the New York Times. Now he’s using signing statements to make his own power grab. It’s another version of Obama’s disappointing switch on surveillance, from the candidate who said “no more illegal wiretapping of American citizens” to the president who says that the National Security Agency’s mass data sweeps are legal because they were presented to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a rubber stamp.
Presidents tend toward overreach. Congress isn’t good at pushing back. Each president who usurps more authority for his office makes it easier for the next one to do more of the same. This will be a part of Obama’s legacy that darkens over time.
But it’s Guantánamo that looms largest and blackest now.
It’s almost like he’s dangerously incompetent, and/or doesn’t have the United States’ best interests at heart. And “looms largest and blackest?” I’m sure that’s some sort of racism, implicating white women’s fears of large African-American men.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: University of Minnesota Provides $2.2 Million Lifeline to Law School to Help Close $3 Million Budget Deficit Caused by 18% Enrollment Decline.
21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Bus Sex Teen Cops Plea In Queef Beef Case. Or maybe this one should be tagged K-12 Implosion.
BOSTON GLOBE: How Small Business Is Picking Up The Tab For ObamaCare.
NEWS I HOPE YOU CAN’T USE: 5 Financial Lessons From A Parent’s Last Days.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Kirstie Allsopp to Young Women: Skip College, Have Babies. “At the moment, women have 15 years to go to university, get their career on track, try and buy a home and have a baby. That is a hell of a lot to ask someone. As a passionate feminist, I feel we have not been honest enough with women about this issue.”
STEPHEN GREEN: The Bergdahl Deal: Why?
PRIDE: Brazil’s Prostitutes Are Preparing For The World Cup. “There is still much prejudice though, especially from housewives because their husbands come to us.”
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MORE SHOES YET TO DROP IN OBAMA’S BERGDAHL FIASCO? Military sources tell James Rosen: Further allegations pending against Bergdahl. See, this is what happens when you tell the military to “suck it up and salute.”
TOM MAGUIRE: Nobody Could Have Seen This Coming. “Now if you are thinking there is a connection between this children’s crusade and Obama’s June 2012 executive action deferring prosecution of young illegals, well, you don’t have what it takes to report for the Times.”
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: NASA Is About to Test a Mega-Parachute at the Edge of Space.
The key to a successful Mars landing is the same thing that matters in landing on any planet: You have to slow down before you hit the ground.
That’s why scientists are testing a new supersonic parachute that they hope will advance the technology needed to land heavier-than-ever spacecrafts—like the kind that will eventually carry humans to the Red Planet. This week, NASA engineers are gathered at Hawaii’s Pacific Missile Range Facility to launch their new Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), a complex package of devices including an inflatable flying saucer and a huge parachute designed for Mars landings. The name of the test vehicle is Keiki o ka honua, or “child from earth” in Hawaiian.
Baby steps.
HEY, THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: Why People Once Thought Mice Grew Out of Wheat and Sweaty Shirts.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Roadmap To Physical Immortality: The End Of Death In 7 Easy Steps.
POLITICS: Woman who voted for every Austin, TX tax increase discovers that now she can’t afford to live there. “I have voted for every park, every library, all the school improvements, for light rail, for anything that will make this city better. But now I can’t afford to live here anymore. I’ll protest my appraisal notice, but that’s not enough. Someone needs to step in and address the big picture.”
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