Quote of the Day.
“George Bush is feeding the terrorists’ hatred towards us.” Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
I would have worded it thusly: “George Bush may take credit for decimating terrorists by killing them, and that really pisses ‘em off”…See what a difference a few words make? I’m sure that’s what she meant.
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THE EDUCATION MESS
Australia’s Left falls foul of teachers’ unions: “Latham’s policy that good teachers in bad schools be paid more is a good idea. It is recognition from the Labor Party that market forces apply in education as they do in all walks of life…. The great myth of education policy in this country [...]
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THE EDUCATION MESS
Australia’s Left falls foul of teachers’ unions: “Latham’s policy that good teachers in bad schools be paid more is a good idea. It is recognition from the Labor Party that market forces apply in education as they do in all walks of life…. The great myth of education policy in this country [...]
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Speaking of Wal-Mart. . .
Chicago is currently experiencing its own whoas in battling the behemoth corporation of consumerism. Wal-Mart had plans to open a store on the West Side. For those who don’t know, Chicago being the murder capital of the country, the West-Side is the epicenter of that particular problem. [...]
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Sharper Image Ionic Breeze Quadra Quackery.
The commercials are ubiquitous, and the pricey units have been found to be ineffective as an air cleaner in the October 2003 edition of Consumer Union, a nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports.
Sharper Image decided to sue CU and in turn the group filed a motion to strike the lawsuit under [...]
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Skanky Chicks, Geeky Late Nights, Chapin Nation.
These two really are postergirls for this site.
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McDonalds: Shareholders are Loving It.
My fiancee says I always go there. I go 5 days a year when we have our institute days. She’s right though in a way, as I went two of the last three Thursdays, due to poor planning from my goofus-toothus boss. The Standard addresses their amazing comeback [...]
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Defending Wal-Mart.
Well, I’m glad someone does because that store has the most incredible prices I’ve ever seen. This is true even though I haven’t been in one since 1998 when I moved downtown full-time. Here, Wal-Mart comes under attack as slavery mongers when they attempt to save a bleak, crime infested area of [...]
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Free Howard Stern!
And leave “under God” in the pledge as well. No, Common Sense didn’t write this article. Law School and chewing gum have proven to be major obstacles to him defending Howard. It’d be easy to confuse its authorship with him though as the writer says he is a “libertarian hedonist.” [...]
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There Are No Frivolous Drugs and Big Pharma is Producing Glorious Things.
The Blogger Lord Glen Reynolds appears here in a piece concerning drugs and their benefits in TCS.
Likewise, although drugs that relieve depression are viewed by some as being frivolous — standing in the path of the “authentic” existence that intellectuals always seem to [...]
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