Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

The Dumbest Thing I’ve Read All Day: 08/31

We’ve all heard the old Pacifist canard: “No one actually ‘Wins’ when it comes to war”. It’s old hat and, if I may say so, slightly boring. But the twist put on it in this post by Professor of Management at the … Continue reading

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The Dumbest Thing I’ve Read All Day: 08/30

Why can’t being this stupid be at least a little bit painful? Joe Huffman finds a Los Angeles Times opinion columnist, Mark Kurlansky, who has just about had it with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and promotes the idea … Continue reading

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I must be missing something

Can I get a helping hand here, please? Some public universities in Ohio are including in a six-question form inside the applications for employment. The questions are: Are you a member of an organization on the U.S. Department of State … Continue reading

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Mo Money! Mo Money! Mo Money!

That is the only reply the American Left has when the topic of why American schools are failing not only to educate the students properly, but society in turning out a substandard product. Other than the nose-high world of “Art”, I … Continue reading

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Watermelons from the Past

I’m sure most of you remember the story about a Bellevue, Washington Community College instructor using ‘Condoleeza Rice drops a watermelon off a roof’ as part of a mathmatics question from a couple months back. I didn’t comment on it … Continue reading

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Science Friday

I wanted to post this yesterday, but ran out of time, so we’ll do this today. On Wednesday, Raging Dave at the 4 Right Wing Wackos blog posted about GE finding a way to manufacture hydrogen on the cheap, bringing … Continue reading

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Rude Measurements

I got an email or two asking about the measurements I used in my post yesterday about happenings at work. If you’d like to follow me below the fold, I shall instruct. Keep them handy for your next review or … Continue reading

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Because It Is True

Raging Dave at the 4 Right Wing Wackos blog did me the favor of linking to my little diatribe on how the eco-socialist cult has destroyed the recycling industry. In his post, he notes the term I use to describe them. I … Continue reading

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Misplaced Priorities

The Seattle School District is broke. They mismanaged their money to the extent where they are having to close some schools. They spent even more money over a period of several months to try and figure out a list of … Continue reading

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Is this Diversity?

They’re forming a Prayer in School Blue Ribbon Committee in the Seattle School District that will look into, well, letting the students pray while at school. Don’t go fallin out of your chairs just yet, this committee will only be trying … Continue reading

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