Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

What we’re up against

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Alaska

Some very cool cartograms show the misleading nature of the standard red-vs-blue map by increasing and decreasing size based on electoral-college votes and county-level returns population. For example, this one: Note the San Francisco Bay Area has enough voting weight … Continue reading →

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Higher Education’s Crash is Like the Death of Hollywood’s Studio System

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Alaska

Used to be the most Hollywood’s stars could aspire to was a “tenure” slot at one of the major studios. Then things changed. A lot. The parallel sounds about right to me.

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Why The Next Lawsuit Will Destroy Obamacare

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Alaska

This is the sort of legislative-drafting fuckup that the Calguns guys have become masters at exploiting.

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I’m Having Trouble Hearing Frank Oz in a Liverpool Accent

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Alaska

Clicky to embiggen.

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Only half clever

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Phil Kadath

The left considers themselves quite “clever”. They say the reason right-wing folks can’t get a show like The Daily Show is because the right can’t be smart & funny at the same time (aka: clever). The video below is what … Continue reading →

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Yes, the brainwashing is intentional

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Phil Kadath

If you haven’t read it as of yet, take a click on over to Zombie’s place and read his post about the seminar he sat in on the U.C. Berkeley campus titled: “Teaching as a Subversive Activity” Yes, it is … Continue reading →

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Zombie Safe House Design Winners

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Alaska

Interesting.

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Samantha Mathis is the New Dagny Taggart

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Alaska

…for Atlas Shrugged Part 2, which is filming now with significant cast changes. More on Samantha’s casting here. The second film of the trilogy is expected to be longer due to audience feedback, incorporating more of the plot details from … Continue reading →

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Surprise! The Poor(er) have been getting Rich(er)

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Alaska

The study, published in the National Tax Journal in 2009, and largely ignored by the mainstream press, found considerable mobility between income groups during the period 1987 to 2005 for the vast majority of workers. Using a sample of individuals … Continue reading →

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Griggs v. Duke Power = Source of Our Tuition Misery?

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Alaska

Huh. Hadn’t thought of the issue this way, but it makes sense to me if only because in hiring, considering a college degree as a proxy indicator for competence is exactly what I do: Academia. What a scam. In 1971, … Continue reading →

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