Ahh Kentucky. And people wonder why the state’s aggregate IQ drops by a measurable amount when I cross the Ohio River to go to work in the mornings. Stories like this just depress me. Kentucky’s Senate Republicans pushed successfully in 2009 to tie the state’s testing program to national education standards, but three years later, …
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“Sí Se Puede” On POTUS’s DREAM Deferral
So yes, it turns out that President Obama can do something about deportation, the DREAM act, and undocumented students. President Obama will announce a new immigration policy this morning that will allow some undocumented students to avoid deportation and receive work authorization. Under the president’s “deferred action” executive order, students in the U.S. who are …
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Quaint Island Customs
I picked up this coaster at a bar last night and I have no idea what the flip side means (click to embiggen). Can someone more familiar with the Island code clue me in? Here’s today’s Netroots schedule for those of you playing along at home. K-thug is on at 9.
WONKETTE EXCLUSIVE: Breitbart Was A Pimp; O’Keefe Just a Whore
For serious. Hat tip to commentor Egg Berry, and much applause for Wonketteers Matthew Phelan and Liz Farkas: … Very independent citizen-journalist James O’Keefe and his equally self-funded co-star in the ACORN stings, Hannah Giles, got real paid shortly after finishing their videos in the early fall of 2009, according to depositions taken three weeks …
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Symptoms Of A Syndrome
On a day where President Obama spoke about Trayvon Martin’s murder and said the following: “All of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how does something like this happen,” President Obama said Friday morning following a White House Rose Garden ceremony when asked about the 17-year-old’s death. The president called the shooting …
Open Thread – Chook the lyrebird
A belated posting. I wanted to embed video but apparently the corpse of Steve Jobs doesn’t want me to be able to do that either so, if you’d like to hear the clever birdy, you’ll need to go here or search for “chook the superb lyrebird” on the Googles. 29 December 2011: Adelaide Zoo’s much …
Lemurs on Newt
Anne Laurie has already mentioned the Pets on Newt 2012 (#maynotbeitsactualname) website. You may not know it is now up and running. I stumbled upon it today and need to share it with you, because I am a vengeful old cow. I will excerpt the relevant parts, for those of you who don’t want to …