2012 archive
Student Athletes 0
The Raleigh News and Observer has a long article about the efforts of a UNC staffer to blow the whistle on the corruption eating away at college sports and about how she couldn’t get anyone to listen to her. A nugget.
They were largely filled with athletes. Other records have identified two other no-show classes – and suggest the classes go back at least a dozen years and were known within the support program as an easy path for athletes.
Take off your team sweatshirt, remove your fan flag from the garden, and read the rest.
If you think UNC is the only place this is going on, you haven’t been following the game.
Special Thanksgiving Week Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Tomorrow 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals, on Tuesday instead of Thursday because of the holiday. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.
When: Tuesday, November 20th, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street
Virginia Beach, Virginia (Map)
More here.
Makeover Magic 0
Republicans: Watch what they do, not what they say.
Case in point:
This is good advice from a former Rhodes scholar. Yet this is the same Bobby Jindal who signed a bill that his right-wing legislature passed encouraging the teaching in Louisiana schools of creationism alongside evolution. And when the crazy birthers threatened to require a candidate to present a copy of a birth certificate to get on the ballot, Governor Jindal said he would sign such a measure.
More stories of mysterious magickal makeovers and why Republican Botox can’t hide the wrinkles at the link.
Facebook Frolics 0
Be careful what you “like”:
The pair were due to appear in court later in the day charged under the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, said Police Inspector Shrikant Pingle in the town of Palghar north of Mumbai.
“The two women will be produced in a local court later this afternoon. They are being charged for hurting religious sentiments,” he told AFP.
It’s the Message, Not the Medium 0
Romney lost the election not because he failed to convey the Republican message, but because he succeeded.
He conveyed, displayed, even portrayed it most accurately..
Is the Crazy Train Losing Passengers? 0
Rachel Maddow wonders whether the Republican Party is jettisoning its crazies. The relevant part starts about at about the 4:26 mark, following a summary of the big stories of the week.
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Jettisoning?
Nah. Just putting them back on the shelf for a while.
Via Raw Story.
Junque Sales 0
Buried in a larger story about small stockholder protests over Target’s opening on Thanksgiving Day:
It’s a competition to see who can bamboozle you out of your bucks the soonest.
Dammit, if I’m staying up past midnight, it’s gonna be to go to some place a damn sight more interesting than some coookie-cutter department store.
Metamorphosis 2
From the San Francisco Chronicle, one of the recommended retoolings for the Republicans:
Shorter version: Become Democrats.
Ain’t gonna happen. At least no time soon.
Retooling the message means retooling the party; otherwise, you get something like “compassionate conservatism,” an empty phrase, a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal, signifying nothing.
The party base is too deeply invested in the hatin’ and party poobahs are too deeply beholdin’ to wingnut welfare.
Facebook Frolics 0
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The sales information that advertisers receive is anonymous, said Baser. “You would see the number of people who bought shoes,” he said, using the example of an online shoe retailer. But marketers would not be able to get information that could identify the people, he added.
Remember that, when you drill back far enough, at some point the information is no longer anonymous. Facebook knows who clicked what. In fact, with their persistent cookies, they can know even if you are not logged in to Facebook.
