The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

The Woke curriculum that is pushing out classical education is going to be the death of traditional academia in America. Add to it the ferocious censorship of anything remotely resembling heterogeneity of thought, and in many cases actual violence in response to any expression of political or social philosophy that does not embrace a ridiculous and anti-freedom litany of equity and BLM and trans-rights and anti-Israel/Zionism and anti-free-markets and post-modern analysis and the rest of the orthodoxy that passes for intellectualism on America's campuses, and you get a recipe for failure.

Fine. Have at it. But realize that your precious universities will lose a significant portion of the students who pay the bills and go to class and get jobs and donate to alumni funds. Because they are completely alienated by the insanity that passes for education.

Ah...they'll just expand access to those wonderful universities to "underserved segments of society." That is doublespeak for "dumbshits." Let us not pretend that it is anything other than a frantic scramble to exclude the people who succeed and include the people who have no business being on campus. You know...pathetic SAT scores and mediocre GPAs from awful high schools. These are the people who need remedial writing and math (arithmetic probably) classes...in college! But they are reliably leftist, and will accept the indoctrination without complaint.

Hillsdale College Sees 53% Increase in Applications as More People Reject Wokeness

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, enrollment in colleges across the nation has decreased by roughly 13%. While many colleges struggle to draw in students, many faith-based universities are seeing a boom in applications, championing the classical curriculum over woke ideologies.

"Seeing a boom" is a bit imprecise, but if there is a significant increase in enrollment in schools where the education is delightfully anachronistic...a classical liberal arts education, then it bodes well for America.

If I were hiring for positions that required reading and writing and thinking skills, I would prioritize these folks over anyone coming out of the leftist diploma mills.

Like the State University of New York System!

Recently, the State University of New York (SUNY) system will require all new students to take courses related to social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion beginning fall 2023.

Sadly, it used to be an excellent system, where New Yorkers could get a solid education for a reasonable amount of money.

The last time I checked, the population of New York state was decreasing, which may mean that the enrollment in its state universities is declining. I wonder if these sorts of changes has anything to do with it?

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

2 1

Posted by: Skip at February 07, 2023 11:00 AM (Pj9S8)

3 Nice Sponge, you got me

Posted by: Skip at February 07, 2023 11:01 AM (Pj9S8)

4 not sponge

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:01 AM (LvTSG)

5 I actually know a kid in my daughter's school that's going to Hillsdale. Not all THAT surprising knowing her parents, but surprising enough.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

6 BOING!

Day 4 of the flu. I'm sick of it!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 07, 2023 11:03 AM (gugbE)

7 Those classes in delusion, inequity, and exclusion will really pay off when one gets to the questionnaire section on the Starbucks employment application.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:03 AM (lTGtQ)

8 'Bout time

Posted by: Zeera. 'We want fun and we wanna get wasted!' at February 07, 2023 11:03 AM (L9NLB)

9 The College of Hard Knocks will see an enrollment explosion!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:04 AM (FVME7)

10 When protesting, be overly positive about the Junta. So positive that it is negative.
We love the Bidens so much.
Please become our king.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 07, 2023 11:04 AM (TuHpP)

11 College is a cult.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 07, 2023 11:05 AM (yQpMk)

12 "Get Woke, Go Broke" applies to Higher Education like it does everywhere else.

Of course, there is a downward spiral to this phenomena. They get woke, lose students, and decide they aren't "woke enough" and double down on insanity.

Idiots.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:05 AM (YIVH2)

13 Most of these schools are just selling their name and reputation. Once the fools they admitted get done soiling that they will close.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:06 AM (UuD2k)

14 I'm here

Posted by: Ciampino - One neutrino, teo neutrino, three at February 07, 2023 11:06 AM (qfLjt)

15 Hillsdale is building a brand. It has several dozen affiliated high schools offering a classical curriculum.

Posted by: mr tmz at February 07, 2023 11:07 AM (rJ48h)

16 I regret no sucking it up and sending Girl928 to somewhere like Hillsdale.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 07, 2023 11:07 AM (yQpMk)

17

I have developed a system to use a thermocouple on my gas stove to generate electricity to turn my wind turbine to generate electricity to shine bright lights on my solar panels!

I'm going to be rich!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at February 07, 2023 11:07 AM (xYo5N)

18 Remember when protesting was almost exclusively anti-government? I member.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:07 AM (UuD2k)

19 Eventually every Marxists Seminaries will be teaching straight Propaganda, even medical degrees will have 57 gender variety to learn

Posted by: Skip at February 07, 2023 11:07 AM (Pj9S8)

20 With what is available on the interboobs and technology today, kolleges are fast becoming obsolete and irrelevant, except for the scrap of foreskin they print the "diploma" on, which entitles the bearer to a career in government or science so they can feed at the public trough for the rest of their parasitic existence.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 07, 2023 11:07 AM (EIIsz)

21 This entire agenda of excluding the qualified and pushing for unqualified individuals into universities and jobs they cannot adequately fill is a wonderment. I can only surmise that those doing the pushing want the entire system to fail. Nobody is stupid enough to believe that handing out worthless diplomas and giving jobs to people based on their skin color or gender is going to magically make them worthwhile contributors.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:08 AM (lTGtQ)

22 I just heard someone talking this morning about Mao's "Four Olds", that he tried to erase during the Cultural Revolution:

Old Ideas, Old Culture, Old Habits, Old Customs.

When you realize that's the goal of all Communist takeovers, and you see what the left in the US (and West in general) is doing, it makes a frightening amount of sense. Even the unlimited migration...importing millions of foreigners, and not expecting them to assimilate, furthers these goals.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 07, 2023 11:08 AM (JCZqz)

23 7 Those classes in delusion, inequity, and exclusion will really pay off when one gets to the questionnaire section on the Starbucks employment application.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:03 AM (lTGtQ)
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You're looking at me aren't you ...

Posted by: Question No.4 at February 07, 2023 11:08 AM (qfLjt)

24 I have developed a system to use a thermocouple on my gas stove to generate electricity to turn my wind turbine to generate electricity to shine bright lights on my solar panels!

I'm going to be rich!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at February 07, 2023 11:07 AM (xYo5N)

You want a thermoelectric or Peltier device.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:09 AM (UuD2k)

25 21 This entire agenda of excluding the qualified and pushing for unqualified individuals into universities and jobs they cannot adequately fill is a wonderment. I can only surmise that those doing the pushing want the entire system to fail. Nobody is stupid enough to believe that handing out worthless diplomas and giving jobs to people based on their skin color or gender is going to magically make them worthwhile contributors.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:08 AM (lTGtQ)

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Or, we're in the "raid the treasury" stage of higher education. The spigot of unlimited student loans will come to an end at some point from some direction. Might as well get what you can while you can.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:09 AM (LvTSG)

26 My girlfriend, Fawn Liebowicz, was killed in a kiln explosion at Hillsdale.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 07, 2023 11:10 AM (flINI)

27 A faculty chair suggested offering "Diversity and Inclusion" as a course offering at Zod Imperial University. That faculty member is now engaged in more unsanitary, menial toil for the enterprise.

Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:10 AM (VPqzP)

28 Hire a kollidge kid while they still know everything.

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (AwYPR)

29 American Education System (RIP). Cause of death: virtue signaling.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (NFbv3)

30 Some place like Hillsdale needs to start a science and engineering college.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (uvymP)

31 The lock-downs ended up gutting the universities' international student body cash cow. So now they are trying to find replacements. I'm also not surprised they are grabbing at the low end either. If the student is funded entirely through government loans, the unis still get their money, and they can both charge it for less work and keep the students longer.

And any structure where the consumer does not have the ability (or care) to evaluate the alternatives, persuasive snake oil salesmen will always crowd out the good providers.

Posted by: Voyager at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (HGAEw)

32 I don't understand why red state governors and legislators don't put and end to the worst of the woke nonsense at their universities with funding restrictions and required freedom speech/religion protections. Yes, there would be lot of bitching and and moaning but their constituents and parents will thank them.

Posted by: Ripley at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (cUYo/)

33 4 year colleges have become virtually worthless. Better off going to a 2 year tech school.

Posted by: vic at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (sbuTN)

34 But realize that your precious universities will lose a significant portion of the students who pay the bills and go to class and get jobs and donate to alumni funds.

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Eh, most are funded by the State, and they won't let their ivory tower compadres go hungry, ever. Many also have enormous endowments that would keep them shitting in tall cotton, even with zero students.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (oINRc)

35 Hillsdale offers free online courses, BTW:
https://online.hillsdale.edu/

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at February 07, 2023 11:12 AM (24fqN)

36 go broke, get woke, croak

. . . Anyways . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:12 AM (xhaym)

37 I can only surmise that those doing the pushing want the entire system to fail.

Funnily enough, they all have Chinese names.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 07, 2023 11:12 AM (NFbv3)

38 I don't understand why red state governors and legislators don't put and end to the worst of the woke nonsense at their universities with funding restrictions and required freedom speech/religion protections. Yes, there would be lot of bitching and and moaning but their constituents and parents will thank them.
Posted by: Ripley at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (cUYo/)
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Isn't that what DeSantis is trying to do?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:12 AM (YIVH2)

39 Chinese balloon blots out sun:
https://tinyurl.com/2mkbu2r8

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (24fqN)

40 Good to see you Vic. You're right

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (flINI)

41 27 A faculty chair suggested offering "Diversity and Inclusion" as a course offering at Zod Imperial University. That faculty member is now engaged in more unsanitary, menial toil for the enterprise.

Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:10 AM (VPqzP)
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Well that's equity for you.

Posted by: Ciampino - One neutrino, two neutrino, three at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (qfLjt)

42 I suppose some people may be stupid enough to believe that handing out a devalued sheepskin or giving someone unqualified a job will magically make them qualified.

Sort of like the cargo cult in the SW Pacific in the 1950s. They saw people building runways on empty islands in 1943, and then magically, airplanes started arriving loaded down with goods. So, all one needs to do is build some runways to become better off in all ways.

Our betters are so much smarter than those savages...

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (lTGtQ)

43 I don't understand why red state governors and legislators don't put and end to the worst of the woke nonsense at their universities with funding restrictions and required freedom speech/religion protections. Yes, there would be lot of bitching and and moaning but their constituents and parents will thank them.
Posted by: Ripley at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (cUYo/)

Like DeSantis? Not many have that much support.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (xhaym)

44 Heard Chrisopher Rufo interviewed recently on Prager's radio show, discussing that he'd been recently appointed -- along with six others -- by Gov. DeSantis to the Board of Governors of New College of Florida in Sarasota in an effort to overhaul the leadership of the small, publicly funded, liberal arts college.

https://tinyurl.com/s3c9j3bj

Pull quote: "The other new appointees include Matthew Spalding, dean of the Washington, D.C., campus of Hillsdale College, a private college in Michigan known for its conservative and Christian orientations. An aide to the governor has said that Hillsdale, which says it offers a classical education, is widely regarded as the governor’s model for remaking New College."

Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (OZpoS)

45 My nephew graduated from SUNY Binghamton last year. His parents went to Jesuit Universities, both are raging leftists. He is the only normal person on that side of the family. He's very conservative and I'm glad he graduated before this nonsense started.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (D25PY)

46 Fine. Have at it. But realize that your precious universities will lose a significant portion of the students who pay the bills and go to class and get jobs and donate to alumni funds. Because they are completely alienated by the insanity that passes for education.
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I have not given so much as one thin dime to my college. Initially, this was because they screwed me over in a pretty shitty way.

Then, it was because that school was way too expensive. It was too much when I went, and is even more now. The board put out this big cost-control plan that was useless. I wrote a rebuttal and sent it to the alumni magazine. They did get back me, to tell me that they would not be publishing my rebuttal because their plan would work.

Then the wokeness. Always the wokeness. It's despicable and corrosive. When they solicit me for money, I say, "the College's values are diametrically opposed to my own. Every time the alumni magazine comes, I read more about how evil I am. do not willingly give money to people who want me dead."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:14 AM (t0OGg)

47 What if it takes you 4 years to finish a 2 year tech school? Or 6.

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:14 AM (UuD2k)

48 27 A faculty chair suggested offering "Diversity and Inclusion" as a course offering at Zod Imperial University. That faculty member is now engaged in more unsanitary, menial toil for the enterprise.
Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:10 AM (VPqzP

But undoubtedly more meaningful to the university.

Posted by: Fox2! at February 07, 2023 11:14 AM (qyH+l)

49 Grand Canyon University here in AZ promoted itself as a sound Christian school. Anyone here have any knowledge of it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2023 11:14 AM (tkR6S)

50 A faculty chair suggested offering "Diversity and Inclusion" as a course offering at Zod Imperial University. That faculty member is now engaged in more unsanitary, menial toil for the enterprise.
Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:10 AM

*pictures faculty chair now serving as am actual chair for Zod*

*nods approvingly*

*considers handing Zod a cushion to avoid contact with said filthy hippy*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 07, 2023 11:14 AM (Wnv9h)

51 Selective service for universities. "Your number has been selected. You will report for college in New Jersey on March 13, 2023. Bring clothing and food for three days. Failure to report is a Federal offense punishable by 30 years of penal servitude or hanging."

(Some kids will join before they're drafted, of course)

Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:15 AM (VPqzP)

52 the change in obtaining a college degree is remarkable

In 1982 I entered University of Houston after working for six years after high school. The economy at that time absolutely sucked and illegal immigration decimated my house framing company.

It cost me about $500/semester, half tuition and half books. Most of my classes started at 5pm or later because UH was a commuter school. I crammed that 4 year degree into 5 and graduated with a civil engineering degree.

My sons attended UT and A&M 15-20 years later and by the time they graduated it cost about $5,000 per semester.

I shudder to think what it costs now. I think STEM colleges should band together and eliminate a lot of the crap that most universities require.

Posted by: DanMan at February 07, 2023 11:15 AM (DB6tu)

53 The last time I checked, the population of New York state was decreasing, which may mean that the enrollment in its state universities is declining. I wonder if these sorts of changes has anything to do with it?
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It depends on who's moving. If it's parents with older teenagers, it could be a factor. If it's parents with adult children or no children, the population outflow doesn't matter (as far as enrollment, anyway). If it's parents with young children, it will matter but not for another several years.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:15 AM (t0OGg)

54 Sort of like the cargo cult in the SW Pacific in the 1950s. They saw people building runways on empty islands in 1943, and then magically, airplanes started arriving loaded down with goods. So, all one needs to do is build some runways to become better off in all ways.
Our betters are so much smarter than those savages...
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (lTGtQ)

John Dewey will return, and the students and prestige will return to the university system

Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:15 AM (xhaym)

55 Proud Family University

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 07, 2023 11:16 AM (63Dwl)

56 College is a cult.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 07, 2023 11:05 AM (yQpMk)

College is a breeding ground.

Texas A&M and Ohio State are cults.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

57 7 Those classes in delusion, inequity, and exclusion will really pay off when one gets to the questionnaire section on the Starbucks employment application.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Without the proper education in DIE classes, how will our universities be able to find qualified Assistant Deans of DIE? Each university needs at least 100 of them on the payroll.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at February 07, 2023 11:17 AM (gf7Ez)

58 54 Sort of like the cargo cult in the SW Pacific in the 1950s. They saw people building runways on empty islands in 1943, and then magically, airplanes started arriving loaded down with goods. So, all one needs to do is build some runways to become better off in all ways.
Our betters are so much smarter than those savages...
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (lTGtQ)

John Dewey will return, and the students and prestige will return to the university system
Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:15 AM (xhaym)

So instead of an Arthurian cycle we have a Deweyian one?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:17 AM (eYoxG)

59 I had a minor revelation about education the other day.

Unless you're a STEM or say premed major, you're wasting your time and money, cuz-

The job market is so jammed outside of college that the only jobs available for say the humanities or art or sociology or"studies" is in colleges creating other lame-ass sosh etc majors.

And those jobs are few and far between and now restricted by race and politics.

Mostly you're guaranteeing yourself a great career in Starbucks.

Sure, there's exceptions, but...

Posted by: naturalfake at February 07, 2023 11:17 AM (bbAYQ)

60 Hillsdale College Sees 53% Increase in Applications as More People Reject Wokeness

fantastic

And the best professors/teachers will go there as well. Universities will be left with what California now represents. Garbage, high taxes, crime and smart people fleeing. Only those with enough wealth to build a wall and have armed protection will stay for the "weather".

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (9qHsE)

61 So far as I can tell, Liberty University in Virginia is booming. Every time I pass through Lynchburg, it looks like it's grown some more.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (BTgKJ)

62 >"underserved segments of society." That is doublespeak for "dumbshits."

It's doublespeak for "non-whites," which is who they're really attacking on all fronts, let's be perfectly clear.

Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (0Uf+z)

63 The best thing that can happen to America's colleges and universities is to cut off the money spigot. Get rid of the nationalized student loan system and return it to private banks. End the student loan exemption in bankruptcy and let money get expensive. End government student aid. End the FAFSA system.

The colleges will, probably in the majority, go bankrupt. Good. It needs to happen. Education is important and we need colleges and universities. We do not need *these* colleges and universities. They need to be driven into bankruptcy so someone else can buy the ruins and rebuild.

This will happen at some point anyway. Even with lots of financial game-playing, it's catastrophically expensive - and it is decreasingly worth it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (t0OGg)

64 It doesn't matter if the kids learn a damned thing. The sheepskin doesn't say "X is qualified for Y" in most cases. In most cases, the sheepskin says "X accepted our programming. X is one of us. Give him a job at Starbucks and a bandana and a Molotov cocktail."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (oINRc)

65 Grand Canyon University here in AZ promoted itself as a sound Christian school. Anyone here have any knowledge of it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2023 11:14 AM (tkR6S)

My daughter graduated from there. It is Christian in mission, it located in the hood (west Phoenix) and does outreach to the local community. They have chapel every Sunday. Very popular school as they have not raised tuition in the last 12 years.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (OgrpQ)

66 >>54 Sort of like the cargo cult in the SW Pacific in the 1950s. They saw people building runways on empty islands in 1943

I like to think that that was a cruel prank played on the innocent locals by a couple of drunk, imaginative SeaBees.

Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (VPqzP)

67 My University library was so large they used a Logarithmic Dewey Decimal system.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (w9Wax)

68 My sons attended UT and A&M 15-20 years later and by the time they graduated it cost about $5,000 per semester.

I shudder to think what it costs now. I think STEM colleges should band together and eliminate a lot of the crap that most universities require.
Posted by: DanMan at February 07, 2023 11:15 AM (DB6tu)

Daughter applied to Texas State down in San Marcos. Housing for the first semester, on campus is required for freshmen, is $5500. That's $11,000 a year just for housing (w/ 7 to 8 meal plan). No classes or books involved yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

69 So instead of an Arthurian cycle we have a Deweyian one?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:17 AM (eYoxG)

I was in an Environmental Science class as part of an associates I never finished, and when they discussed rebuilding biotas to bring back wildlife, I stated I was planning on planting Ginkoes and Cycads in my yard to bring back the dinosaurs.

same thing, really.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (xhaym)

70 I think STEM colleges should band together and eliminate a lot of the crap that most universities require.

Posted by: DanMan at February 07, 2023 11:15 AM (DB6tu)

That's pretty much a tech school associate degree.

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (AwYPR)

71 I know this is OT/ but Dr. Jill is gonna "host" Bono, Paul Pelosi, Tyre Nichols mother and.. A Woman who almost "died" because of Texas strict abortion laws.. The aborted baby was unable to attend

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (bs+z0)

72 Funny, ain't it, how "Diversity and Inclusion" looks so much like perversity and exclusion?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (tkR6S)

73 Texas A&M and Ohio State are cults.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:16 AM (Zz0t1

And VMI, The Citadel, and Norwich.

Posted by: Fox2! at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (qyH+l)

74 Sure, there's exceptions, but...
Posted by: naturalfake at February 07, 2023 11:17 AM (bbAYQ)

We need egg farmers.
Ranches raising beef, pig, lamb, etc.

Would be hard due to land being snatched up, and profit margins shrinking due to policies and regulations.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (9qHsE)

75 32 I don't understand why red state governors and legislators don't put and end to the worst of the woke nonsense at their universities with funding restrictions and required freedom speech/religion protections. Yes, there would be lot of bitching and and moaning but their constituents and parents will thank them.
Posted by: Ripley
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Cutting funding dollar for dollar for student loan defaults by graduates from said university would send a nice signal.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at February 07, 2023 11:20 AM (gf7Ez)

76 "My girlfriend, Fawn Liebowicz, was killed in a kiln explosion at Hillsdale."

Your girlfriend? She was going to make a pot for me.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 07, 2023 11:20 AM (76Foq)

77
The best thing that can happen to America's colleges and universities is to cut off the money spigot.

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Both Parties drink deeply from that spigot, homey. Why do you think Bush was so friendly to the colleges?

Are you going to ask the GOP to quit soaking its beak in that bottomless well? I mean, you can, for what it's worth. Which is nothing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:20 AM (oINRc)

78 Sir, your catalog request will be forwarded to the location of your document, at the Biden Family Garage.

Posted by: National Archives at February 07, 2023 11:20 AM (w9Wax)

79 Who are all these poor dears having to sit in restaurants at a table, like idiots, not getting served? That's just unamerican, darn it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 07, 2023 11:20 AM (9UlRk)

80 75 Cutting funding dollar for dollar for student loan defaults by graduates from said university would send a nice signal.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at February 07, 2023 11:20 AM (gf7Ez)

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A statutory limit on the proportion of administrators to students.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:20 AM (LvTSG)

81 >>X is one of us.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (oINRc)

Google gobble, we accept her, one of us, one of us.

Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:21 AM (VPqzP)

82 I suppose some people may be stupid enough to believe that handing out a devalued sheepskin or giving someone unqualified a job will magically make them qualified.

Sort of like the cargo cult in the SW Pacific in the 1950s. They saw people building runways on empty islands in 1943, and then magically, airplanes started arriving loaded down with goods. So, all one needs to do is build some runways to become better off in all ways. ...
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:13 AM (lTGtQ)
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There's a bit more to it than that, though "college degree == employment opportunity" is at the point of received wisdom and default position. There are a ton of reasons for it, from the WWII GI bill, the Vietnam War, the Chevron decision, etc. It isn't quite fair to label it as cargo cultism, but nowadays it might be a distinction without a difference because the causal factors were pretty long ago and the default position is just believed automatically.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:21 AM (t0OGg)

83 When it comes to output in response to a particular request:

Zoltar > Ouija >>> Chat GPT >>>> Diverse College student

Posted by: Muldoon at February 07, 2023 11:21 AM (ykeLU)

84 VMI is a fake Hollywood college, like Faber or Villanova.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 07, 2023 11:21 AM (yQpMk)

85 The lock-downs ended up gutting the universities' international student body cash cow. So now they are trying to find replacements. I'm also not surprised they are grabbing at the low end either. If the student is funded entirely through government loans, the unis still get their money, and they can both charge it for less work and keep the students longer.

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Isn't it time to provide free, federally-subsidized college to illegal aliens, as reparations for all of America's past sins against their ancestors?

/

Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:21 AM (OZpoS)

86 Both Parties drink deeply from that spigot, homey. Why do you think Bush was so friendly to the colleges?

Are you going to ask the GOP to quit soaking its beak in that bottomless well? I mean, you can, for what it's worth. Which is nothing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:20 AM (oINRc)
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Yup, of course. I said that it would fix the problem, not that it would be done.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:22 AM (t0OGg)

87 There's a bit more to it than that, though "college degree == employment opportunity" is at the point of received wisdom and default position. There are a ton of reasons for it, from the WWII GI bill, the Vietnam War, the Chevron decision, etc. It isn't quite fair to label it as cargo cultism, but nowadays it might be a distinction without a difference because the causal factors were pretty long ago and the default position is just believed automatically.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:21 AM (t0OGg)

All the professions have additional credentials these days so there is a bit of a disconnect. The degree is no longer treated as a guarantee.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:22 AM (eYoxG)

88 Texas A&M and Ohio State are cults.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

Do you mean THE Ohio State University?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 07, 2023 11:22 AM (XIJ/X)

89 VMI is a fake Hollywood college, like Faber or Villanova.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 07, 2023 11:21 AM (yQpMk)

Knowledge is Good.

Posted by: Archer at February 07, 2023 11:23 AM (gmo/4)

90 Zoltar > Ouija >>> Chat GPT >>>> Diverse College student
Posted by: Muldoon at February 07, 2023 11:21 AM (ykeLU)

Haz sad.

Posted by: Magic 8-ball at February 07, 2023 11:23 AM (tkR6S)

91 I know this is OT/ but Dr. Jill is gonna "host" Bono, Paul Pelosi, Tyre Nichols mother and.. A Woman who almost "died" because of Texas strict abortion laws.. The aborted baby was unable to attend Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (bs+z0)

What's the agenda? Hammer control?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 07, 2023 11:23 AM (/5LmF)

92 Those classes in delusion, inequity, and exclusion will really pay off when one gets to the questionnaire section on the Starbucks employment application.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:03 AM (lTGtQ)

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Heh. Stealing that ...

Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:23 AM (OZpoS)

93 My University library was so large they used a Logarithmic Dewey Decimal system.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (w9Wax)

Mine used he Overendown system.

"Over... over... down... over... there ya go. "

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 07, 2023 11:23 AM (9UlRk)

94 Do you mean THE Ohio State University?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 07, 2023 11:22 AM (XIJ/X)

No, the other one.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 07, 2023 11:23 AM (yQpMk)

95 Texas A&M and Ohio State are cults.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:16 AM (Zz0t1

And VMI, The Citadel, and Norwich.
Posted by: Fox2! at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM

Pssst...your folks pay our tuition, too.

- The Service Academies

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 07, 2023 11:23 AM (Wnv9h)

96 The best thing that can happen to America's colleges and universities is to cut off the money spigot.

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Then what will we do with all the seats we have been building to put butts in?

/America's colleges and universities

Posted by: Muldoon at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (ykeLU)

97 All the professions have additional credentials these days so there is a bit of a disconnect. The degree is no longer treated as a guarantee.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:22 AM (eYoxG)
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But many of the professional credentials have a degree as a prerequisite. Not all of them, but a lot of them. In my industry (high tech), anyone can go study and take the test and a certification. For now, anyway. It is not that way in all industries. The college degree is still required to get started on the professional credentialing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (t0OGg)

98 You want to get hired by me? Serve in the military in a meaningful capacity or GTFO of my office.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (M5z+9)

99 Expect faith based universities to become infested with parasitic progressives very soon. Sad but true.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (17s+e)

100 What does the "N" on the Nebraska Cornhusker helmet stand for?

Nowledge.

Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (VPqzP)

101 A statutory limit on the proportion of administrators to students.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:20 AM (LvTSG)

And a legal guarantee that a typical degree with a typical course load can be completed in four years.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (XIJ/X)

102 What's the agenda? Hammer control?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 07, 2023 11:23 AM (/5LmF)

I guess they are supposed to represent America's victims/best at the State of Confusion speech tonight

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (bs+z0)

103
It will be weird when most people do quit attending colleges, which I think will be pretty soon... then these bloated institutions will be kept running on tax money, through various schemes, with their ivy-covered brick buildings empty but for a handful of Party faithful.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (oINRc)

104 American Education System (RIP). Cause of death: virtue signaling.

Virtue signaling exists as a status boost for AWFLs. Make performative feminism toxic and the whole problem collapses.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (ZGrMX)

105 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion.

"KJP is what happens when all that matters for a hire is the person’s race, gender & sexuality."

Affirmative Action Poster Child

And did anybody mention Kamala?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (FVME7)

106 Funny, ain't it, how "Diversity and Inclusion" looks so much like perversity and exclusion?
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Inversity and diclusion.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (lf83v)

107 from the sidebar:

Isn't this insurrection?
Trans Lives Matter occupies Oklahoma capitol to protest bill criminalizing genital mutilation of minors [CBD]

No. H8er.
(snark)

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (hWiTk)

108 Recently, the State University of New York (SUNY) system will require all new students to take courses related to social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion beginning fall 2023.

They've basically taken Heinlein's idea of moral history from Starship Troopers and reversed it - now teaching evil instead of good.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (lc5cP)

109 Fawn Liebowitz didn't kill herself.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (lf83v)

110 Expect faith based universities to become infested with parasitic progressives very soon. Sad but true.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (17s+e)
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Most already are. You can probably count the decent colleges and universities in this country on two hands. Maybe one.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (t0OGg)

111 Interesting interview of African economist:

"For God's Sake, Please Stop the Aid!"

https://tinyurl.com/3c73szy9

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (UuD2k)

112 ... ridiculous and anti-freedom litany of equity and BLM and trans-rights and anti-Israel/Zionism and anti-free-markets and post-modern analysis and the rest of the orthodoxy that passes for intellectualism on America's campuses ...

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Prager often says that most of today's college graduates get a BA, MA, and/or PhD in Ingratitude.

To that I would add Nihilism.

Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (OZpoS)

113 While they may say otherwise, I doubt serious students want to go to a woke, leftist school. They may say so, but they probably understand they won't get an education there, just indoctrination.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (d2bW3)

114 underserved segments of society.
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Open up more bars in those communities, that'll solve the undeserved problem.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (fs1hN)

115 I don't think serving in the military is an indicator for anything anymore.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (76Foq)

116 103
It will be weird when most people do quit attending colleges, which I think will be pretty soon... then these bloated institutions will be kept running on tax money, through various schemes, with their ivy-covered brick buildings empty but for a handful of Party faithful.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (oINRc)

Like the collapse of the old Roman religion.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (eYoxG)

117 Yeah, Bono fell off his bike. Boo hoo.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (lf83v)

118 Old and busted: Dormitories.
New hotness: Tenements.

Cabrini Green University Rayful Edmonds School of Slingin' Weed.

Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (VPqzP)

119 You want to get hired by me? Serve in the military in a meaningful capacity or GTFO of my office.

Posted by: Marcus T at

?

Posted by: 101st Screaming Trannies at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (tDhhX)

120 Isn't this insurrection?
Trans Lives Matter occupies Oklahoma capitol to protest bill criminalizing genital mutilation of minors [CBD]

No. H8er.
(snark)
Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (hWiTk)

Oh, sure, NOW you care, pig-eaters.

Posted by: Abu bin Boubi at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (9UlRk)

121 27 A faculty chair suggested offering "Diversity and Inclusion" as a course offering at Zod Imperial University. That faculty member is now engaged in more unsanitary, menial toil for the enterprise.
Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:10 AM (VPqzP)

He lost his faculties?

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (hWiTk)

122 "Free College" = Taxpayer Funded Commie Indoctrination

The Demonic Left is always trying, have to give them that.

Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (1FYus)

123
Do you mean THE Ohio State University?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 07, 2023 11:22 AM (XIJ/X)

Yes. You graduate from there, odds are you stay in the Columbus area in little OSU sects throughout the region and support each other like some over egoed Amish community.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

124 I know this is OT/ but Dr. Jill is gonna "host" Bono, Paul Pelosi, Tyre Nichols mother and.. A Woman who almost "died" because of Texas strict abortion laws.. The aborted baby was unable to attend Posted by: It's me donna

I saw a commercial for an interview with Mooch in which she discusses her battle with depression.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (FVME7)

125 So I'm looking at the various posting on twitter for Biden's upcoming SOTU and it is interesting.

The right is hammering Biden for Bidenflation, the collapsing economy, the deficit, and on and on.

What does the left say in his defense? Outside of the occasional "its Trump's fault!" they mostly are just quoting the names of the bills passed under his presidency.

Which is about as weak a praise as one can imagine.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (lc5cP)

126 I don't think serving in the military is an indicator for anything anymore.

It's an indicator for your ass-cherry being popped.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (ZGrMX)

127 If it was teach whatever you want and let the market decide, I would have fewer complaints. Making me loan the money for this shitshow and then demanding the debt be forgiven? Cthulu Ximself could be strolling the quad and I wouldn't feel sorry for them.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (cupoy)

128 But many of the professional credentials have a degree as a prerequisite. Not all of them, but a lot of them. In my industry (high tech), anyone can go study and take the test and a certification. For now, anyway. It is not that way in all industries. The college degree is still required to get started on the professional credentialing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (t0OGg)
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Yep. Where I work, we turn out engineers. Many of them will want to go on and become Professional Engineers. Like doctors and lawyers, there are several pre-requisites. The first is having a 4-year degree from an accredited engineering program.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (YIVH2)

129 >>>To that I would add Nihilism.

Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA

Agreed wholeheartedly.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (d2bW3)

130 Turning state schools into theology schools is a bad idea.

Posted by: Puddihead at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (fWTJL)

131 Fawn Liebowitz didn't kill herself.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (lf83v)

Everyone knows the kiln did it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

132 Make upper education fund the loans for students. Make those loans have statue under bankruptcy laws. No federal savior dollars.

Watch upper ed. get the shit together the very next day.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (17s+e)

133 111 Interesting interview of African economist:

"For God's Sake, Please Stop the Aid!"

https://tinyurl.com/3c73szy9

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (UuD2k)

Shikwati: Huge bureaucracies are financed (with the aid money), corruption and complacency are promoted, Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent. In addition, development aid weakens the local markets everywhere and dampens the spirit of entrepreneurship that we so desperately need. As absurd as it may sound: Development aid is one of the reasons for Africa's problems. If the West were to cancel these payments, normal Africans wouldn't even notice. Only the functionaries would be hard hit. Which is why they maintain that the world would stop turning without this development aid.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (eYoxG)

134 I saw a commercial for an interview with Mooch in which she discusses her battle with depression.

She woke up one day and realized she'd married Barack?

Posted by: Ian S. at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (ZGrMX)

135
I doubt serious students want to go to a woke, leftist school.

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Maybe. Maybe not. Doesn't matter what they want. There might be half a dozen colleges in the US that aren't hard to the Left. Like so far into left field that they're in the parking lot.

If you go to college, it's a woke college.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (oINRc)

136 Well, Mark Steyn had his British TV show canceled on GBNews. Essentially because station management folded to the British TV censor known as "OfCom". Mark didn't want to go to re-education sessions have his scripts edited by this censor. So stories of vaccine injuries and deaths, of police ignorig groomer gangs running a teenage sex trade,;and incompetent British police solving less than 5% of crimes-- well, these can be replaced by images of NHS nurses dancing and British cops doing the Macarena.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (oDhVq)

137 56 That’s THE Ohio State University!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (+rTCi)

138 Interesting interview of African economist:

"For God's Sake, Please Stop the Aid!"

https://tinyurl.com/3c73szy9
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:25 AM (UuD2k)
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Not a new observation or argument. This has been fairly obvious for a long time. I even wrote junior econ paper on it when I was in college.

Foreign aid, if it is to exist at all, should take the form *only* of emergency or crisis response (like when we send an aircraft carrier to provide water and electricity and distribute food after a typhoon).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (t0OGg)

139 >>He lost his faculties? Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (hWiTk)

The Canal, it will not dig itself.

Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (VPqzP)

140 107 from the sidebar:

Isn't this insurrection?
Trans Lives Matter occupies Oklahoma capitol to protest bill criminalizing genital mutilation of minors [CBD]

No. H8er.
(snark)
Posted by: m
_______________

Sorry, but "Trans Lives Matter" + "occupies" + "Oklahoma capitol" just doesn't compute, even out of order on the same page in different paragraphs.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (gf7Ez)

141 He lost his faculties?
Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (hWiTk)

AND his left nut.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)

142 One thing every governor in every state should so is levy taxes on university based on the tuition they charge.

This will force them to lower the costs which in turn forces them to fire the bureaucrats.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (lc5cP)

143 71 Dr. Jill is gonna "host" Bono, Paul Pelosi....
Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2023 11:19 AM (bs+z0)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (hWiTk)

144 Good for Hillsdale. I hope they do not lose their soul.

Posted by: Emmie at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (Emce2)

145 Shikwati: ... and at some point, this corn ends up in the harbor of Mombasa. A portion of the corn often goes directly into the hands of unsrupulous politicians who then pass it on to their own tribe to boost their next election campaign. Another portion of the shipment ends up on the black market where the corn is dumped at extremely low prices. Local farmers may as well put down their hoes right away; no one can compete with the UN's World Food Program. And because the farmers go under in the face of this pressure, Kenya would have no reserves to draw on if there actually were a famine next year. It's a simple but fatal cycle.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (eYoxG)

146 What does the left say in his defense? Outside of the occasional "its Trump's fault!" they mostly are just quoting the names of the bills passed under his presidency.

Which is about as weak a praise as one can imagine.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 07, 2023 11:27 AM (lc5cP)
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So signing documents is now considered an "achievement" of the FJB presidency?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (YIVH2)

147 At the university where I don't teach anymore except when I need beer money, they have a particularly strong Nursing School and Business School. This has helped to keep the woke bullsh*t at bay. But it has been a retrograde operation at best.
Enrollment has been dropping (due to previous woke actions)with a slight plateau this last year. But what is killing them is the increase in non-returns after the freshmen and sophomore years. Parents, who pay the astronomical cost of the school are pissed.) Consequently they are looking at yet another set of layoffs. And publicly at least, they refuse to recognize why.
I laugh at their foolishness.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (anj39)

148 Underserved spell checked to undeserved. Which I think is what progs think is how you would describe the communities that are opposite of underserved.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (fs1hN)

149 Well, Mark Steyn had his British TV show canceled on GBNews. Essentially because station management folded to the British TV censor known as "OfCom".

Saw that. He had one of the highest rated nightly news shows in the UK.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 07, 2023 11:30 AM (ZGrMX)

150 She woke up one day and realized she'd married Barack?

Never marry a man with a penis smaller then your own

Posted by: Big Mike Obama at February 07, 2023 11:30 AM (lc5cP)

151 On a bright note, Harvard has a new, historic first and totally woke president. She will be doing for Harvard what her peers have been doing to cities and institutions around the country. I'm guessing massive crime wave on campus will be her main achievement.

Posted by: Ripley at February 07, 2023 11:30 AM (cUYo/)

152 So signing documents is now considered an "achievement" of the FJB presidency?
______

Cue the "Look at Us, We're Walking" music from the old Jerry Lewis Telethons.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 07, 2023 11:30 AM (lf83v)

153 Yep. Where I work, we turn out engineers. Many of them will want to go on and become Professional Engineers. Like doctors and lawyers, there are several pre-requisites. The first is having a 4-year degree from an accredited engineering program.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
===

Never got my PE. Let my design history, over 50 machines and instruments, do the talking. Also having a PE makes you the liable one in a company when the fecal matter hist the rotating blade device.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:30 AM (17s+e)

154 That’s THE Ohio State University!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 07, 2023 11:28 AM (+rTCi)

I refuse to cater to the mental instabilities of those that are so broken.

Plus, what, is there 7 more where you need to differentiate from them?

Asinine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

155 Some place like Hillsdale needs to start a science and engineering college.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM (uvymP)

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When is Elon Musk finally going to launch his Texas Institute of Technology & Science (TITS)?

Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM (OZpoS)

156 148 Underserved spell checked to undeserved. Which I think is what progs think is how you would describe the communities that are opposite of underserved.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (fs1hN)

Good joke material, however.

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM (hWiTk)

157 I don't think serving in the military is an indicator for anything anymore.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (76Foq)

In olden times, hiring a Navy vet with A/B school would get you a pretty good t-shooter/maint.guy.

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM (AwYPR)

158
Never marry a man with a penis smaller then your own
Posted by: Big Mike Obama at February 07, 2023 11:30 AM (lc5cP)

Looks like you made a mistake, then.

Posted by: Reggie Love at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)

159 When is Elon Musk finally going to launch his Texas Institute of Technology & Science (TITS)?
Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM (OZpoS)
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Not a moment too soon.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM (t0OGg)

160 I keep hearing about all these women people in the military. I haven't found them in any of the NCO's I know or have seen. Also not in t most of the field grades, especially infantry.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM (M5z+9)

161 If universities had to front the loan for degrees, they would be much more attuned to the value those degrees bring in the job world. They aren't foolish enough to put their endowments on the line for gender studies degrees.

They could also revoke the degrees for non-payment on the loans.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM (lTGtQ)

162 159 When is Elon Musk finally going to launch his Texas Institute of Technology & Science (TITS)?
Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM (OZpoS)

=======

I am a fan of TITS.

They have an excellent dairy program.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM (LvTSG)

163 *woke.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM (M5z+9)

164 When is Elon Musk finally going to launch his Texas Institute of Technology & Science (TITS)?

TITS OR GTFO

Posted by: Hiring managers everywhere at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM (lc5cP)

165
Saw that. He had one of the highest rated nightly news shows in the UK.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 07, 2023 11:30 AM (ZGrMX)

"He's reaching too many people. We must do something!"

- - British Government Overlords

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)

166 You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than at a university.

Posted by: Archer at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM (gmo/4)

167
UN/US food transfer payments are a severe impediment to third-world development. It's been a known problem for decades. It hasn't changed, and it won't, because nobody gives a fuck about them. Not here, not there, not anywhere.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM (oINRc)

168 =======

I am a fan of TITS.

They have an excellent dairy program.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM (LvTSG)

Tits are fun!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (Zz0t1)

169 Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:23 AM (OZpoS)

Just being punctilious here but I believe mine was Perversity, Iniquity and Confusion

Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (E93y6)

170 >>>If you go to college, it's a woke college.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Yeah, you're probably right. Glad I got out of college before my school went woke.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (d2bW3)

171 I really don't like TITS. Couldn't we cover them up or something?

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (lc5cP)

172 Enrollment has been dropping (due to previous woke actions)with a slight plateau this last year. But what is killing them is the increase in non-returns after the freshmen and sophomore years. Parents, who pay the astronomical cost of the school are pissed.) Consequently they are looking at yet another set of layoffs. And publicly at least, they refuse to recognize why.
I laugh at their foolishness.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:29 AM (anj39)
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We have a similar problem for different reasons. Students often leave after they've failed calculus, then go and take calculus at a junior college. They may or may not come back. Our math department is freaking out because the Chancellor is seriously pissed off about this. If students can successfully navigate the math courses (which are deliberately made more difficult than they need to be), there is a very good chance they'll complete their degree.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (YIVH2)

173 If Musk's college was real, this busty bikini brunette would be hunting for one of its graduates:
https://is.gd/isUEkZ

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (t0OGg)

174 There's a bit more to it than that, though "college degree == employment opportunity" is at the point of received wisdom and default position. There are a ton of reasons for it, from the WWII GI bill, the Vietnam War, the Chevron decision, etc. It isn't quite fair to label it as cargo cultism, but nowadays it might be a distinction without a difference because the causal factors were pretty long ago and the default position is just believed automatically.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

You left out why I couldn't get a job at McDonald-Douglas computer systems when I graduated with straight As in programming in 1979.
The PTB decided it was exclusionary to rely on IQ tests so you had to have a 4 year degree to get a job.
Business has, finally only now, started to recognize this requirement as an impediment to hiring good workers.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (zLy2p)

175 You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than at a university.

Posted by: Archer at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM (gmo/4)

*The Joe Biden Administration has entered the chat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (Zz0t1)

176 When is Elon Musk finally going to launch his Texas Institute of Technology & Science (TITS)?
Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM (OZpoS)

=======

I am a fan of TITS.

They have an excellent dairy program.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:32 AM

The football cheers are gonna be lit!

Gimme a "T"...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (Wnv9h)

177 The people I've seen from Hillsdale have been very impressive. Articulate, smart, passionate and hard working.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (M5z+9)

178 A Woman who almost "died" because of Texas strict abortion laws.

*******

Sponsored (no doubt) by Obstetricians for Reproductive Justice.

https://obstetriciansforreprojustice.org

"We are a multicultural OBGYN-led organization that works to share the stories of the real-time harm happening to patients and providers in post-Roe America. "

Posted by: Muldoon at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (ykeLU)

179 Like the collapse of the old Roman religion.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (eYoxG)

One of the things that was pointed out to me recently was that Constantine's monetary reforms were funded by seizing the treasuries of the various pagan cults. This was permissible when Constantine adopted Christianity.

Since things often come around, I think various universities should not brag so loudly about their endowments since nothing attracts a bureaucrat like money they can take for their own use.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (xhaym)

180 173 If Musk's college was real, this busty bikini brunette would be hunting for one of its graduates:
https://is.gd/isUEkZ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (t0OGg)

========

Weird indention in her right elbow.

3/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (LvTSG)

181 https://is.gd/isUEkZ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (t0OGg)

Oh.......oh my.......

*turns into a lump of jelly*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)

182 What does the "N" on the Nebraska Cornhusker helmet stand for?

Nowledge.
Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (VPqzP)

Could be a thread winner right here.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (anj39)

183 I was not in the military, but I would think that, at a minimum, it teaches you time management, gear management, life skills above the average.

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (hWiTk)

184 As soon as college went from "higher learning" to "what you did after high school," the benefit was lost.

What once was a great way to steal thousands of dollars from young, directionless minds has now become a great way to steal thousands of dollars and indoctrinate young, directionless minds.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (KbCG3)

185 A Woman who almost "died" because of Texas strict abortion laws.

That story was already debunked.

Posted by: Archer at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (gmo/4)

186 179 Like the collapse of the old Roman religion.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (eYoxG)

One of the things that was pointed out to me recently was that Constantine's monetary reforms were funded by seizing the treasuries of the various pagan cults. This was permissible when Constantine adopted Christianity.

Since things often come around, I think various universities should not brag so loudly about their endowments since nothing attracts a bureaucrat like money they can take for their own use.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (xhaym)

It may well already be too late. I and many others already are fully on board with seizing their endowments.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (eYoxG)

187
Were I in a position to hire folks, I'd restrict interviewing either to ex-military (field experience preferred) or trade school / associate degree folks. You'd have to learn what I'd want from you, so a full four year degree represents a waste of your time and money that you failed to appreciate up front when you enrolled.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (pNxlR)

188
Weird indention in her right elbow.

3/10

Would not bang.

Hey wanna go get some Zimas and watch a little Netflix?

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 07, 2023 11:35 AM (lc5cP)

189 "Let my design history, over 50 machines and instruments, do the talking."

Way to go! I had a similar career. I let my work speak for my abilities. Subsequently, not once in my entire career did anyone ask for any credentials.
Of course, that changed once I started part time professor stuff. Then I had to find my old sheepskins.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 07, 2023 11:35 AM (jTmQV)

190 171 I really don't like TITS. Couldn't we cover them up or something?
Posted by: Barack Obama
___________

Cut 'em off!

Posted by: Insurrectionists at the Oklahoma Capitol at February 07, 2023 11:35 AM (gf7Ez)

191
I think various universities should not brag so loudly about their endowments since nothing attracts a bureaucrat like money they can take for their own use.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (xhaym)

LOL, I hope it happens, and it likely will. I hope they take every fucking penny and spend it on free crack entitlements. "Hunter's Kids," or somesuch.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:35 AM (oINRc)

192 If Musk's college was real, this busty bikini brunette would be hunting for one of its graduates:
https://is.gd/isUEkZ

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (t0OGg)
===

With Double Ds.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:35 AM (17s+e)

193
"We are a multicultural OBGYN-led organization that works to share the stories of the real-time harm happening to patients and providers in post-Roe America. "
Posted by: Muldoon at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (ykeLU)

"If you don't murder the babies, you're murdering women."

I just can't understand this concept in any way, shape or form.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

194 188 Hey wanna go get some Zimas and watch a little Netflix?
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 07, 2023 11:35 AM (lc5cP)

======

Effeminate man. Boring talker. Ego-centric.

0/10.

Would not shake hand.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:36 AM (LvTSG)

195 That story was already debunked.

Posted by: Archer at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (gmo/4)

Yet Dr. Jill is having her as a "guest" at Joes "speech"

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2023 11:36 AM (bs+z0)

196 My BIL's daughter went UNC ashville and spent 4 years taking useless "woke" Classes. When she graduated she could not get a job. She went to BIL And wanted to go back and take more classes. He declined.

Posted by: vic at February 07, 2023 11:36 AM (sbuTN)

197 https://is.gd/isUEkZ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (t0OGg)

Oh.......oh my.......

*turns into a lump of jelly*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
***

And not a tattoo anywhere...that we can see.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:36 AM (anj39)

198 193 "If you don't murder the babies, you're murdering women."

I just can't understand this concept in any way, shape or form.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

==========

"Women should never be inconvenienced for anything ever, especially regarding their own actions."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:36 AM (LvTSG)

199
Nowledge.
Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (VPqzP)

The ledge you need when you're ready to jump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)

200 We have a similar problem for different reasons. Students often leave after they've failed calculus, then go and take calculus at a junior college. They may or may not come back. Our math department is freaking out because the Chancellor is seriously pissed off about this. If students can successfully navigate the math courses (which are deliberately made more difficult than they need to be), there is a very good chance they'll complete their degree.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (YIVH2)

One of my calc courses (II, I believe) was "experimental" and completely worthless. Not a single thing it taught was useful in the real world. I had to learn all that stuff myself in for my other courses. Calc III was pretty good tho.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:37 AM (UuD2k)

201 You left out why I couldn't get a job at McDonald-Douglas computer systems when I graduated with straight As in programming in 1979.
The PTB decided it was exclusionary to rely on IQ tests so you had to have a 4 year degree to get a job.
Business has, finally only now, started to recognize this requirement as an impediment to hiring good workers.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (zLy2p)
++++
The Chevron decision had a lot to do with that. Testing (not necessarily IQ) could result in disparate impact and is therefore racist. The college degree requirement was adopted as a proxy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:37 AM (t0OGg)

202
And not a tattoo anywhere...that we can see.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:36 AM (anj39)

No, but on her, I might make an allowance. Might.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

203 I'd like to see the numbers relating to engineering degrees, real engineering not woke engineering. See, in a couple decades the last of the classically taught engineers are going to retire or die. That leaves the woke generation(s) of DEI trained craftsmen and engineers to maintain and rebuild the country's infrastructure.

It's bad now, but it's going to get much, much worse.

Try finding someone who can repair or work on something built prior to 1970. And while you can train yourself to do some of the work, there are bridges, buildings, aircraft, ships, electrical grids, manufacturing plants, etc. that will need educated people to run and maintain them.

Good luck with the woke generation being able to deal with that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 07, 2023 11:37 AM (Q4IgG)

204 Texas Institute of Technology & Science (TITS)?

********

Among the Athletic Department the women's succor team is particularly notable.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 07, 2023 11:37 AM (ykeLU)

205 >>>If Musk's college was real, this busty bikini brunette would be hunting for one of its graduates:
https://is.gd/isUEkZ

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

YUMMAY!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 07, 2023 11:37 AM (d2bW3)

206 And not a tattoo anywhere...that we can see.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:36 AM

In a spirit of full enquiry, I'd volunteer for a closer examination.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 07, 2023 11:38 AM (Wnv9h)

207 Oh yeah from the weekend:

Mannix Redhead in her underwear, or Memorex?

tinyurl.com/nha7r8r3

Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:38 AM (E93y6)

208 I went in the Corps in 69, got out in 76. In 1976 you could go to a State U, like Youngstown, and have beer money left over from your VA check. Live at home, or have a little part time job and you were gold. Imagine the concept of a debt free education.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 07, 2023 11:39 AM (lz5hY)

209 183 I was not in the military, but I would think that, at a minimum, it teaches you time management, gear management, life skills above the average.
Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM (hWiTk)

Military takes some people that would be complete f'k-ups for 5-10 years of the prime of their life and teaches them skills they should have got at home, but didn't.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:39 AM (UuD2k)

210 When is Elon Musk finally going to launch his Texas Institute of Technology & Science (TITS)?
Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA

His University of Taking Names and Kicking Asses is going strong.

Disclose.tv@disclosetv
NOW - UN Secretary-General: "We'll call for action from everywhere with influence on the spread of 'mis- and disinformation' on the Internet."

Elon Musk@elonmusk
Replying to @disclosetv
The UN is more likely to cause, rather than prevent, disinformation

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That's right. Musk has declared war on the entire world. And those damn Martians better watch their step!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:39 AM (FVME7)

211 Never marry a man with a penis smaller then your own
Posted by: Big Mike Obama
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True.

Posted by: Pete Buttiegeg at February 07, 2023 11:39 AM (fs1hN)

212 43 I don't understand why red state governors and legislators don't put and end to the worst of the woke nonsense at their universities with funding restrictions and required freedom speech/religion protections. Yes, there would be lot of bitching and and moaning but their constituents and parents will thank them.
Posted by: Ripley at February 07, 2023 11:11 AM

DeSantis has reallyed the way, and some states are starting to follow. Iowa is pushing more and more "red" legislation at the state-level, in education and all sorts of other areas. Governor Reynolds gave the 2022 Republican response to the SOTU, and I think she has aspirations for higher office. Even our DU friends have noticed, while bitching about DeSantis:

Covid Kimmy in Iowa is already getting the legislature to cut/paste these to Iowa In an effort to bolster her veep chances next time around, Reynolds and the rethug legislature are taking those laws and trying to ram them through Iowa's state house.

Given the heavily gerrymandered maps of Iowa at both the state and federal level, she and the other facsists will succeed.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at February 07, 2023 11:39 AM (JCZqz)

213
Imagine the concept of a debt free education.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 07, 2023 11:39 AM (lz5hY)

Go to college. Sell fentanyl to Logan and Dakota. Done.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:39 AM (oINRc)

214 So glad the busty bikini brunettes are back. The bikinis were probably bored just folded up in the dresser waiting for the summer season. ( No; I didn't click)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 07, 2023 11:39 AM (DgBcT)

215 The Chevron decision had a lot to do with that. Testing (not necessarily IQ) could result in disparate impact and is therefore racist. The college degree requirement was adopted as a proxy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:37 AM (t0OGg)
===

They shouldn't use a stopwatch or the weight you can lift is sports because that is racist too, right? RIGHT?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (17s+e)

216 Debunked is unfortunately a synonym for Conspiracy Theory

In other words it has lost all meaning

Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (E93y6)

217 A friends kid wanted to go to UNC so they went for a visit. He told the kid he's not paying for that shit. He said they might as well call it Woke U. There is this impression with some people up North that if you head south the colleges are less woke. Nope.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (M5z+9)

218 So far as I can tell, Liberty University in Virginia is booming. Every time I pass through Lynchburg, it looks like it's grown some more.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (BTgKJ)

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I was aware of it's existence from back in the day having been founded by Jerry Fallwell in the early 70's.

Two years ago, an old high school friend and BYU alum invited me to join him for a home football game. Turned out it was against Liberty University, and I was stunned. I said "They have a major college Division I football program?"

Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (OZpoS)

219 The ~~Chevron~~ Griggs decision had a lot to do with that. Testing (not necessarily IQ) could result in disparate impact and is therefore racist. The college degree requirement was adopted as a proxy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:37 AM

FIFY

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (Wnv9h)

220 I was not in the military, but I would think that, at a minimum, it teaches you time management, gear management, life skills above the average.

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM

Yep, you start learning that stuff on day one in Boot Camp.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (uNylN)

221 212 Covid Kimmy in Iowa is already getting the legislature to cut/paste these to Iowa In an effort to bolster her veep chances next time around, Reynolds and the rethug legislature are taking those laws and trying to ram them through Iowa's state house.

Given the heavily gerrymandered maps of Iowa at both the state and federal level, she and the other facsists will succeed.
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at February 07, 2023 11:39 AM (JCZqz)

========

Those damn gerrymanderings that just give senate and governor races to Republicans!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (LvTSG)

222 Grand Canyon University here in AZ promoted itself as a sound Christian school. Anyone here have any knowledge of it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2023 11:14 AM (tkR6S

My all-time favorite professor (math) went there. Also, we visited 20 years ago with daughter. I have no idea if they have remained sane.

Posted by: Emmie at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (Emce2)

223 Mannix Redhead in her underwear, or Memorex?

tinyurl.com/nha7r8r3
Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:38 AM (E93y6)

Probably digital or so filtered it is basically a cartoon

Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:41 AM (xhaym)

224
There is this impression with some people up North that if you head south the colleges are less woke. Nope.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (M5z+9)

Yup. It's a guild system, and unless you have a hammer-and-sickle tramp stamp, you need not apply.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:41 AM (oINRc)

225 DEI=Communism/Technocracy

Be Good Slaves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 11:41 AM (zZu0s)

226 >>>Mannix Redhead in her underwear, or Memorex?

tinyurl.com/nha7r8r3

Posted by: ...

Mmmmm... redhead. *drools*

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 07, 2023 11:41 AM (d2bW3)

227 Probably digital or so filtered it is basically a cartoon

Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2023 11:41 AM (xhaym)

Good eye, it's AI generated

Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (5yNCI)

228 When is Elon Musk finally going to launch his Texas Institute of Technology & Science (TITS)?
Posted by: ShainS

FYI, I founded the first on in Texas.

Posted by: Sam Houston at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (w9Wax)

229 We have a similar problem for different reasons. Students often leave after they've failed calculus, then go and take calculus at a junior college. They may or may not come back. Our math department is freaking out because the Chancellor is seriously pissed off about this. If students can successfully navigate the math courses (which are deliberately made more difficult than they need to be), there is a very good chance they'll complete their degree.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (YIVH2)

Mathematics is mostly a service faculty for the other STEM majors. Scarcely any student takes introductory calculus with the intent of pursuing a doctorate in mathematics. Universities need to greatly improve the teaching of mathematics. And I don't mean dumbing down the course material; I mean smarten up the teachers. The profs who teach the 100 and 200 level math courses should be hired solely on their teaching ability, and not on their research output (if any). And they had better be able to deliver a lecture in good plain-spoke English, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (tkR6S)

230 "Military takes some people that would be complete f'k-ups for 5-10 years of the prime of their life and teaches them skills they should have got at home, but didn't."

Amen. And in this age with the ongoing wars, getting shot at and IED'd give you perspective you might not otherwise have.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (M5z+9)

231 FIFY
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (Wnv9h)
++++
Huh. I thought it was Chevron. Thanks.

/me goes to do some reading.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (t0OGg)

232 If students can successfully navigate the math courses (which are deliberately made more difficult than they need to be), there is a very good chance they'll complete their degree.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (YIVH2)

That's another reason the University were I don't work anymore except for beer money has been able to hold the woke back a bit. They have a great Army ROTC program. They discovered that ROTC cadets, particularly the scholarship students, have about a 98% graduation rate. So those students get free room and board and frequently tuition scholarships to cover what the ROCT money doesn't. Essentially a full ride.
They also become good (dues paying) alumni.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (anj39)

233 157 I don't think serving in the military is an indicator for anything anymore.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 07, 2023 11:26 AM (76Foq)

In olden times, hiring a Navy vet with A/B school would get you a pretty good t-shooter/maint.guy.
Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2023 11:31 AM
I bid on and got a job as an operating engineer in a boiler/generator plant due to Navy training. I was already employed by the company as a shift lead mechanic. The manager who interviewed me was a BTC(SW) Ret. He asked me me where I got my boiler experience. I said, well started with BT3&2, then BT1&C, and by the way I'm an EO1 drilling reservist. Navy, it's not just an adventure.

Posted by: Eromero at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (MF3yS)

234 McDonald-Douglas

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Come for the hamburgers; stay for the aerospace engineering.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (FVME7)

235 And they had better be able to deliver a lecture in good plain-spoke English, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (tkR6S)

Idk, my Chinese prof talking about parallelograms was pretty funny.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:43 AM (UuD2k)

236

the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity.

The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. ... we must ... be alert to the ... danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite

So sayeth Ike

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 07, 2023 11:44 AM (63Dwl)

237 Huh. I thought it was Chevron. Thanks.

/me goes to do some reading.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM

Chevron is the foolish deference to administrative agency decisions case. We cite both a lot.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 07, 2023 11:44 AM (Wnv9h)

238 226 >>>Mannix Redhead in her underwear, or Memorex?

tinyurl.com/nha7r8r3

Posted by: ...

Mmmmm... redhead. *drools*
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 07, 2023 11:41 AM (d2bW3)

I'll just stand in for MP4 and mention the lack of tattoos but the belly button stud.

Still, solid effort from Ellipses. +1

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 11:44 AM (zZu0s)

239 One of my toughest, best professors was Chinese (real China, not mainland). You could barely understand a word she said, but she was super-smart.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:44 AM (oINRc)

240
Idk, my Chinese prof talking about parallelograms was pretty funny.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:43 AM (UuD2k)

My Asian TA in my Electrical Engineering class lost me when he told me to "throw logic out window" when I couldn't fathom the voltage at a point which in reality would've lit a fire.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

241 Nowledge.
Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:24 AM (VPqzP)

The ledge you need when you're ready to jump.
Posted by: Sponge

When you need your ledge and you need it now,
call JG Wentworth at 1-800-666-JUMP.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (SZVQq)

242 There is this impression with some people up North that if you head south the colleges are less woke. Nope.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM (M5z+9)
++++
Yeah, that is a false impression. The universities - and most of the public schools - are monasteries. They are institutions that pursue their own ends regardless of their surroundings, and they are all populated by people of their particular cloth.

You can be in a deeply conservative town in a deeply conservative county in a deeply conservative state and the university next door will still be crawling with wokists working manfully to pump out hordes of glassy-eyed woke automata.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (t0OGg)

243 I bid on and got a job as an operating engineer in a boiler/generator plant due to Navy training. I was already employed by the company as a shift lead mechanic. The manager who interviewed me was a BTC(SW) Ret. He asked me me where I got my boiler experience. I said, well started with BT3&2, then BT1&C, and by the way I'm an EO1 drilling reservist. Navy, it's not just an adventure.

Posted by: Eromero at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM
(MF3yS)

Fk'n Snipe.

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (AwYPR)

244 My Asian TA in my Electrical Engineering class lost me when he told me to "throw logic out window" when I couldn't fathom the voltage at a point which in reality would've lit a fire.
Posted by: Sponge

F it! 480 volts. Full send!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (SZVQq)

245 Dolley got elected to the HOA board last night.

So, I guess we're immune from HOA fines now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (LvTSG)

246 221
Those damn gerrymanderings that just give senate and governor races to Republicans!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:40 AM

We would have voted for state-wide office, but we knew our votes for local representatives were gerrymandered to irrelevance, so why bother? Our votes were suppressed, man. If you put all the Dems (or a racial minority) into one district, you're diluting our state-wide opportunities! If you spread them out into lots of districts where they're outnumbered, you're diluting our state-wide opportunities!

Posted by: Said no one ever at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (JCZqz)

247
When you need your ledge and you need it now,
call JG Wentworth at 1-800-666-JUMP.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (SZVQq)

877 - JUMP - NOW

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

248 Chevron is the foolish deference to administrative agency decisions case. We cite both a lot.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 07, 2023 11:44 AM (Wnv9h)
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D'oh. Right. Crossed wire. Both catastrophically bad decisions.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (t0OGg)

249 So our food supply is being tainted even more? We know about horomones and such.

This is all getting very surreal.

Eggs May Hold the Key to a New COVID-19 Treatment (Multiple studies published in the last two years indicate that eggs from chickens immunized against SARS-CoV-2 could be used to create effective treatments against COVID-19 in humans.)

WTH?

Many farmers have suspected the feed.
Hens Go From No Eggs to Dozens After Chicken Farmer Ditches 'Tainted' Feed
Farmer says nine days after he changed feed he "went from getting zero eggs" to getting close to two dozen.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (9qHsE)

250 Imagine the concept of a debt free education.

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Well, I guess it true. You get what you pay for.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (FVME7)

251 The Chevron decision had a lot to do with that. Testing (not necessarily IQ) could result in disparate impact and is therefore racist. The college degree requirement was adopted as a proxy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Okay. I will submit that the test were aptitude tests which in the end are IQ tests .

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (0FZZq)

252 If I went to TITS, I would intentionally get Ds and Fs in every subject.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (+rTCi)

253 245 Dolley got elected to the HOA board last night.

So, I guess we're immune from HOA fines now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (LvTSG)

Yay!

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (hWiTk)

254 My college, was one of the top 4 in the USA for engineering when I graduated. My graduating class had 22 mechanical engineers, don't know the EEs, CEs, and NEs numbers but suffice it that they were small numbers. I rent a house out to the same college engineering students. out of the four, 3 are environmental engineers and 1 is an electrical engineer.

3-1 environmental engineers. They are not builders, they are regulators and retarders. Things are not going well.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (17s+e)

255 Dolley got elected to the HOA board last night.

So, I guess we're immune from HOA fines now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (LvTSG)

Now, get a lawyer and sue the town for guardrails outside your front easement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

256 246 We would have voted for state-wide office, but we knew our votes for local representatives were gerrymandered to irrelevance, so why bother? Our votes were suppressed, man. If you put all the Dems (or a racial minority) into one district, you're diluting our state-wide opportunities! If you spread them out into lots of districts where they're outnumbered, you're diluting our state-wide opportunities!
Posted by: Said no one ever at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (JCZqz)

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Meh.

People are saying that about voting stemming from problems with federal races which have been gerrymandered in a way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (LvTSG)

257 Mathematics is mostly a service faculty for the other STEM majors. Scarcely any student takes introductory calculus with the intent of pursuing a doctorate in mathematics. Universities need to greatly improve the teaching of mathematics. And I don't mean dumbing down the course material; I mean smarten up the teachers. The profs who teach the 100 and 200 level math courses should be hired solely on their teaching ability, and not on their research output (if any). And they had better be able to deliver a lecture in good plain-spoke English, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2023 11:42 AM (tkR6S)
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I fully agree that the lower-level math courses (Algebra through Differential Equations) should be taught by instructors who are extremely skilled in teaching these subjects, not researchers who are trying to recruit math majors. To be fair, many of them are taught by Teaching Professors, not researchers. But the recitations sections are taught by TAs who have no clue how to teach.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (YIVH2)

258 A more regular and sfw girl. Also AI:

https://tinyurl.com/4728v5ra

For emerging technology, I thing they are getting surprisingly good.

Will be great for generating art reference photos though it's hard to beat the real thing.

Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:47 AM (MfAC2)

259 It doesn't matter if the kids learn a damned thing. The sheepskin doesn't say "X is qualified for Y" in most cases. In most cases, the sheepskin says "X accepted our programming. X is one of us. Give him a job at Starbucks and a bandana and a Molotov cocktail."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (oINRc)

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"Yo, homie, workin' as undercover agent provocateurs for the FBI has better benefits than Starbucks!"

Posted by: ShainS -- I'm a Freeborn Man of the USA at February 07, 2023 11:47 AM (OZpoS)

260 They are moving from Bed Bath to Beyond as 150 more stores closing

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:47 AM (RHGPo)

261 One thing that is fascinating about the past is that there seemed to have been far more... infrastructure in place for a town or city. Dept stores used to have lunch counters where they made fresh food. You had the milk man delivery of various dairy items. You had not only the businesses that the citizens frequented but all the ancillary businesses that depended on the foot traffic. This kind of thing created a way for people to interact. Young people to meet other young people.

We have created a society that is... very remote. It does not feel balanced. Also prone to natural disaster and lack of community spirit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 11:48 AM (zZu0s)

262 They bought the ticket. They knew the risks. I say let 'em crash.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 07, 2023 11:48 AM (xJRmK)

263 Many farmers have suspected the feed.
Hens Go From No Eggs to Dozens After Chicken Farmer Ditches 'Tainted' Feed
Farmer says nine days after he changed feed he "went from getting zero eggs" to getting close to two dozen.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (9qHsE)

True, My Daughter has chickens that haven't layed in months so she changed feed to local mix and now they are laying

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2023 11:48 AM (bs+z0)

264 They are moving from Bed Bath to Beyond as 150 more stores closing
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:47 AM (RHGPo)

And they'll never figure out that cancelling My Pillow because TRUMP!!!!! was the cause.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

265 https://is.gd/isUEkZ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:33 AM (t0OGg)

I'd like to seize her endowments, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2023 11:48 AM (tkR6S)

266 Dolley got elected to the HOA board last night.

So, I guess we're immune from HOA fines now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (LvTSG)
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She now faces a common dilemma and she has three choices:
1. Honestly and fairly discharge the duties of the office.
2. Kick back and go with the flow to make friends with the "in" crowd.
3. Manipulate the office and play favorites to skim off a bunch of graft while building her own influence and power network.

If she chooses door #3, make an emergency fund in case it hits the fan, but otherwise just get ready for your move to the Beltway.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:48 AM (t0OGg)

267 I always like telling the military story of a Gunny in my last outfit. The Corps was cracking down on non HS grads without a GED. He goes to training, takes a GED with no prep and maxes it. Then he took a CLEP and maxed that. They sent him to Auburn with his bumfuck GA eight grade education and he got a degree and a set of bars in about two years under the NESEP (Naval Enlisted Scientific Education Program). You just never know what hides under that dumb yokel exterior.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (lz5hY)

268 258 Wearing only an apron is sfw? Hmmmm. Very non-intrusive work environment.

Posted by: Emmie at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (Emce2)

269 255 Now, get a lawyer and sue the town for guardrails outside your front easement.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

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She learned an added wrinkle last night. There's an effort to expand the highway a tenth of a mile from our house, and it's been in development for years. In order to get it done, a lot of eminent domain needs to happen on little houses that black families have owned for a very long time. There's a lot of outside money that's poured into preventing that plan from happening.

If they do certain things on the curve outside our house, it makes justifying the highway expansion harder, for some reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (LvTSG)

270 Now TJM is sleeping with a member of the Boys on the Board!

He might be catching hell from the Boys Downtown!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (zZu0s)

271 Hens Go From No Eggs to Dozens After Chicken Farmer Ditches 'Tainted' Feed
Farmer says nine days after he changed feed he "went from getting zero eggs" to getting close to two dozen.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (9qHsE)

What's your problem?

Posted by: Bill Gates at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

272 If Musk's college was real, this busty bikini brunette would be hunting for one of its graduates:
https://is.gd/isUEkZ

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
***

She is now on my list of Mannix's Ten Best.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (anj39)

273 There are fuck ups everywhere. We've all seen them. However I've yet to meet a person in the military in a skills, support or infantry MOS that wasn't worth hiring. One of the hardest working SOB's we have is a signal corps dude.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (M5z+9)

274 You can be in a deeply conservative town in a deeply conservative county in a deeply conservative state and the university next door will still be crawling with wokists working manfully to pump out hordes of glassy-eyed woke automata.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM (t0OGg)
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That's a pretty good description of my university.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (YIVH2)

275 Bruce Springsteen likes to boast about his working class roots, but fans are now abandoning The Boss in droves as ticket prices for his upcoming tour have soared as high $5,000.

In a sign of how bad things have gotten, the Bruce Springsteeen fanzine Backstreets has announced it is shutting down operations after 43 years, with its publisher and editor-in-chief saying fans have lost interest because they can no longer afford to buy tickets.

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (RHGPo)

276 258 A more regular and sfw girl. Also AI:

https://tinyurl.com/4728v5ra

For emerging technology, I thing they are getting surprisingly good.

Will be great for generating art reference photos though it's hard to beat the real thing.
Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:47 AM (MfAC2)

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She has at least 6 fingers on her right hand

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (LvTSG)

277 You want to get hired by me? Serve in the military in a meaningful capacity or GTFO of my office.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Now, when you say 'meaningful'...does that leave the REMF's out? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (EvGP3)

278 258 A more regular and sfw girl. Also AI:

https://tinyurl.com/4728v5ra

For emerging technology, I thing they are getting surprisingly good.

Will be great for generating art reference photos though it's hard to beat the real thing.
Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:47 AM (MfAC2)

Nice and tasteful. +1 for sideboob.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (zZu0s)

279 For emerging technology, I thing they are getting surprisingly good.

Will be great for generating art reference photos though it's hard to beat the real thing.
Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:47 AM (MfAC2)
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It's on the internet, therefore it will be used for generating deviant pornography.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (t0OGg)

280 3-1 environmental engineers. They are not builders, they are regulators and retarders. Things are not going well.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:46 AM (17s+e)

I have an Env Eng degree, but I started out working in nuclear power operations. Engineers end up in weird places. The fundamentals are often more important than the specialty.

Env Eng are popular because of job security. They help industry comply with govt regs, and there is no shortage of those.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (UuD2k)

281 WTH?

Many farmers have suspected the feed.
Hens Go From No Eggs to Dozens After Chicken Farmer Ditches 'Tainted' Feed
Farmer says nine days after he changed feed he "went from getting zero eggs" to getting close to two dozen.
Posted by: artisanal ette

It's all over preparedness and self sufficiency sites on Facebook. People started noticing that Tractor Supply feed had their chickens laying zero eggs. When they switched, hens started laying eggs again.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (SZVQq)

282 266 If she chooses door #3, make an emergency fund in case it hits the fan, but otherwise just get ready for your move to the Beltway.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:48 AM (t0OGg)

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From HOA to Senate in less than 4 years: a primer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (LvTSG)

283
If they do certain things on the curve outside our house, it makes justifying the highway expansion harder, for some reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (LvTSG)

You're doing what you can to prevent the eviction of blacks by the racist city council.

Win / Win.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

284
I hear a radio static like noise.

Posted by: John Fetterman at February 07, 2023 11:51 AM (vwCZJ)

285 The Boss in droves as ticket prices for his upcoming tour have soared as high $5,000.
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Supporting those beehives on his 'farm' is expensive.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 07, 2023 11:51 AM (EvGP3)

286 283 You're doing what you can to prevent the eviction of blacks by the racist city council.

Win / Win.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

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We want the expansion. It would end up greatly reducing the amount of traffic on our road.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:51 AM (LvTSG)

287 218 So far as I can tell, Liberty University in Virginia is booming. Every time I pass through Lynchburg, it looks like it's grown some more.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 07, 2023 11:18 AM (BTgKJ)

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I was aware of it's existence from back in the day having been founded by Jerry Fallwell in the early 70's.

Two years ago, an old high school friend and BYU alum invited me to join him for a home football game. Turned out it was against Liberty University, and I was stunned. I said "They have a major college Division I football program?"
Posted by: ShainS

And it's a decent football team at that. May have been the only D1 school in VA to make it to a bowl game this past season. ODU may have been the other, can't remember.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 07, 2023 11:51 AM (sAmhv)

288 She has at least 6 fingers on her right hand

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (LvTSG)

Ha! AI has a disturbing amount of trouble with hands, feet (sorry Wolfus), and limbs. It's emerging

Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:51 AM (SmaR4)

289 3-1 environmental engineers. They are not builders, they are regulators and retarders. Things are not going well.

Environmental engineering is the earth science of physics.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 07, 2023 11:51 AM (eOEVl)

290 She has at least 6 fingers on her right hand
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (LvTSG)
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And most of the fingernails - but not all of them - on that hand are painted, but none of the fingernails on the other hand are.

That engine needs some tuning, methinks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:52 AM (t0OGg)

291 268 258 Wearing only an apron is sfw? Hmmmm. Very non-intrusive work environment.
Posted by: Emmie at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (Emce2)

One of my favorites in that genre was one from kbdabear of a gal in only an apron. Bottle redhead. Holding a ... grilling thing for doing sausages or whatever over a campfire?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 11:52 AM (zZu0s)

292
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She has at least 6 fingers on her right hand
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (LvTSG)

And chose not to pain all the nails.

However, I will note that I never got to the hands, so I would've NEVER noticed that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:52 AM (Zz0t1)

293 >>Posted by: John Fetterman at February 07, 2023 11:51 AM (vwCZJ)

Some people: "Kaiser blade."
Others: "Sling blade."

Posted by: ZOD at February 07, 2023 11:52 AM (VPqzP)

294 Public education has a pre-requisite: A common set of values and standards. We do not have that with the left half of this country.
The more separated we are from their pathology, the better position we will be in to resume classical education as we know it.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 07, 2023 11:52 AM (YohY1)

295 A woman who was breathing and alive was delivered to a New York funeral home after being pronounced dead at an area rehabilitation and nursing center.

The incident took place on Long Island after the 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Waters Edge Rehab and Nursing Center in Port Jefferson, the Suffolk County Police said.

The woman was transported to the O.B. Davis Funeral Home in Miller Place around 1:30 p.m., where it was determined she was breathing at 2:09 p.m., police said.

The woman was then transported to a local hospital, officials said.

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:52 AM (RHGPo)

296 284
I hear a radio static like noise.

Posted by: John Fetterman at February 07, 2023 11:51 AM (vwCZJ)

LOL I did not understand and then glanced at the nic.

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM (hWiTk)

297 "We can't hire you at McDonald-Douglas. But we can go halfway, and hire you at McDonalds."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM (NFbv3)

298 ++++
And most of the fingernails - but not all of them - on that hand are painted, but none of the fingernails on the other hand are.

That engine needs some tuning, methinks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:52 AM (t0OGg)

The younger generations wear 2 different socks or shoes, paint the nails different colors and put streaks of whatever in their hair.

The addition of multiple digits to one hand is more alarming than the painted nails.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)

299 How are the Historically LGBTQ+ Colleges and Universities doing? We really should funnel them some money.

Posted by: t-bird at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM (CaJIi)

300 The last time I checked, the population of New York state was decreasing, which may mean that the enrollment in its state universities is declining. I wonder if these sorts of changes has anything to do with it?

Well, that and the lack of quality in-state salsa manufacturing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM (a3Q+t)

301

Griggs vs Duke Power

https://tinyurl.com/shvrj9ws

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM (63Dwl)

302 185

'A Woman who almost "died" because of Texas strict abortion laws.'

Even if true, liberal abortion laws are ALWAYS accompanied by death.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (YohY1)

303 300 The last time I checked, the population of New York state was decreasing, which may mean that the enrollment in its state universities is declining. I wonder if these sorts of changes has anything to do with it?

Well, that and the lack of quality in-state salsa manufacturing.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM (a3Q+t)

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I thought they had the only real bagels on earth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (LvTSG)

304 The younger generations wear 2 different socks or shoes, paint the nails different colors and put streaks of whatever in their hair.

The addition of multiple digits to one hand is more alarming than the painted nails.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)
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I've seen girls with different kinds of nail polish, but never one that did most of one hand in a single style but then just didn't bother with the rest.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (t0OGg)

305 It's all over preparedness and self sufficiency sites on Facebook. People started noticing that Tractor Supply feed had their chickens laying zero eggs. When they switched, hens started laying eggs again.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM

Sadly for female humans, they can't undo the damage from the Vax.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (HK5Lu)

306 Jill Biden's State of the Union guests include Tyre Nichols' parents, Bono, Ukraine ambassador, Paul Pelosi

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (RHGPo)

307 Wearing only an apron is sfw? Hmmmm. Very non-intrusive work environment.

Posted by: Emmie at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (Emce2)

Sorry Emmie - looked unobnoxious to me I guess I was comparing to the bikini shots etc

Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (el7iU)

308 299 How are the Historically LGBTQ+ Colleges and Universities doing? We really should funnel them some money.
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I think University of Michigan is doing ok.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (fs1hN)

309 "If you don't murder the babies, you're murdering women."

I just can't understand this concept in any way, shape or form.

Feminism is a cargo cult based on observation of shitty liberal "male feminist" men like Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton.

1) Male feminists have money and power.
2) Male feminists have a shit ton of meaningless sex.
3) The way to get money and power is to have a shit ton of meaningless sex. For women to gain money and power, they must be able to have infinite abortions. QED.

It's better thought out than the underwear gnomes' plan, but very wrong.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 07, 2023 11:55 AM (ZGrMX)

310 I fully agree that the lower-level math courses (Algebra through Differential Equations) should be taught by instructors who are extremely skilled in teaching these subjects, not researchers who are trying to recruit math majors.
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Algebra through Differential Equations were classes in high school when I went. These are starting for STEM in college now? Holy shit.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:55 AM (17s+e)

311 "Now, when you say 'meaningful'...does that leave the REMF's out? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (EvGP3)"

But I have a CIB...😐 Me: yes, but where were you and what were you doing?

BTW I have no issue with people in support jobs behind the lines. Some of that is Gods work.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:55 AM (M5z+9)

312 Well, that and the lack of quality in-state salsa manufacturing.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM (a3Q+t)

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I thought they had the only real bagels on earth.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (LvTSG)

Did you miss the classic Pace commercial ref?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 11:55 AM (zZu0s)

313 Jill Biden's State of the Union guests include Tyre Nichols' parents, Bono, Ukraine ambassador, Paul Pelosi
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (RHGPo)

It's DOCTOR!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

314 So glad the busty bikini brunettes are back.

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Mrs. Wrecks won a prestigious award from the district last week so we went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate (because why not the best?). It was very cold out. I wore a sweater and a jacket and still froze. As we were waiting, a patron left wearing only a bikini top and jeans. I guess she's immune to cold.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:55 AM (FVME7)

315 Rolls-Royce Holdings is getting into the spaceflight industry. The British aerospace engineering company says it’s developing a micro-nuclear reactor that the company hopes could be a source of fuel for long trips to the Moon and Mars.

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:55 AM (RHGPo)

316 Mrs. Wrecks won a prestigious award from the district last week so we went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate (because why not the best?). It was very cold out. I wore a sweater and a jacket and still froze. As we were waiting, a patron left wearing only a bikini top and jeans. I guess she's immune to cold.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:55 AM (FVME7)

Headlight status?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM (zZu0s)

317 Feminism is a cargo cult based on observation of shitty liberal "male feminist" men like Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton.
--

You forgetting about us?

Posted by: Hollywood Male Feminists at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM (17s+e)

318 The egg thing is probably just inferior feed with some kind of mineral deficiency getting pushed out the door. Possibly intentionally, possibly not.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM (9UlRk)

319 There are fuck ups everywhere. We've all seen them. However I've yet to meet a person in the military in a skills, support or infantry MOS that wasn't worth hiring. One of the hardest working SOB's we have is a signal corps dude.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (M5z+9)

When I was a company commander, I had a Signal Platoon. One very dirty, cold, windy, dusty and dirty night in Yakima, I came across PFC Jones. Jones wasn't a very bright kid. Barely got though Basic and the Signal School Wireman MOS training. He was out there sitting on the ground, a flashlight in his teeth fiddling with something. I asked him what he was doing. He didn't even look up. He just said, "Splicing this broken wire back together, sir."
Not the brightest bulb in the lamp, but a kid that would go the distance every time.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM (anj39)

320 179

'One of the things that was pointed out to me recently was that Constantine's monetary reforms were funded by seizing the treasuries of the various pagan cults. This was permissible when Constantine adopted Christianity.'

I used that model. It worked well for me.

Posted by: Henry VIII at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM (YohY1)

321
It's all over preparedness and self sufficiency sites on Facebook. People started noticing that Tractor Supply feed had their chickens laying zero eggs. When they switched, hens started laying eggs again.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (SZVQq)

yes, I've seen that before, but how does it relate to the chickens being injected with the poison jab? And the massive fires all over the world at this point?

I'm sick of not knowing what is really going on.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM (9qHsE)

322 "Idk, my Chinese prof talking about parallelograms was pretty funny."

I had a cute Chinese instructor for one of my computer courses, I will never forget how she pronounced 'function subprogram'.

And the paki profs that exchanged 'v' for 'w' and vise versa

Posted by: DanMan at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM (DB6tu)

323

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 07, 2023 11:57 AM (9qHsE)

324 Jill Biden's State of the Union guests include Tyre Nichols' parents, Bono, Ukraine ambassador, Paul Pelosi
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (RHGPo)

It's DOCTOR!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Witch Doctor!!!!!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:57 AM (FVME7)

325 wow, thought barrel could not be activated
fine, it's lunchtime

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 07, 2023 11:57 AM (9qHsE)

326 As a former attendee at Midland College, before it got above itself and decided to become a university, I had to laugh at Ben Sasse's reception at Florida Universty yesterday. Mumblety-mumblety years ago, Midland was a true liberal arts college, except my American History professor who had pronounced leftward leanings. My World History professor was beyond great, but sadly, I was in his last class before retiring. In all honesty, I don't remember a single one of my professors teaching anything except the actual class I signed up for. Midland was just starting to hire professors who obtained their credentials post WW II.

WW II seems to be the dividing line. Grade school teachers, high school teachers, and college professors who trained prior to the war taught. Grade school teachers, high school teachers, and college instructors who obtained their teaching credentials post-war indoctrinated.

Totally OT: Ever watch a Persian cat try to eat cat grass? He knows why it's there because he watches the Wicked Witch eat huge amounts of it. Sadly, though, try as he will, the best he can do is pull a few strands through his mouth and lick the stalks.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at February 07, 2023 11:57 AM (SckW+)

327 yes, I've seen that before, but how does it relate to the chickens being injected with the poison jab? And the massive fires all over the world at this point?

I'm sick of not knowing what is really going on.
Posted by: artisanal ette

Unless the tainted feed was tainted with the mrna virus.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2023 11:57 AM (SZVQq)

328 Fk'n Snipe.
Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2023 11:45 AM
Not a snipe. Just addicted to Navy courses. And as a Seabee, I completed all the CB rate courses. The BT and EN, and BM courses were certainly not a requirement for EO, I just did them. Nowlege is gud.

Posted by: Eromero at February 07, 2023 11:58 AM (MF3yS)

329 Hi everybody
I'm Archie Bell of the Drells
From Houston, Texas
We don't only sing but we dance
Just as good as we walk

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:58 AM (RHGPo)

330 More states need to get on board with the following:

Vocation education with high school credits
Removal of college degree requirements for all state jobs unless absolutely required
No pay grade increase for state-funded jobs merely for acquiring an advanced degree
And this would be the biggest--testing for qualification for state jobs in lieu of degree, with a safe-harbor provision if private businesses use the same test

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2023 11:58 AM (Rhq4H)

331 "Not the brightest bulb in the lamp, but a kid that would go the distance every time.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM (anj39)"

Amen, sir. This guy is a tenacious no quit MF.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2023 11:58 AM (M5z+9)

332 How are the Historically LGBTQ+ Colleges and Universities doing? We really should funnel them some money.
Posted by: t-bird at February 07, 2023 11:53 AM

Smith and Wellesley seem to be doing OK.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 07, 2023 11:58 AM (Wnv9h)

333 She has at least 6 fingers on her right hand
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:49 AM (LvTSG)
***

Heh...I had to go back and look again. I knew something was bothering me about the pic. Well spotted.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:59 AM (anj39)

334 And the Supreme Court needs to gut Griggs; another poorly reasoned, feeling over facts decision

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2023 11:59 AM (Rhq4H)

335 Headlight status?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

High beams.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:59 AM (FVME7)

336 324 Jill Biden's State of the Union guests include Tyre Nichols' parents, Bono, Ukraine ambassador, Paul Pelosi
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (RHGPo)

It's DOCTOR!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Witch Doctor!!!!!!!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:57 AM (FVME7)

THAT Doctor!!!!!!!

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:59 AM (hWiTk)

337 "Now, when you say 'meaningful'...does that leave the REMF's out? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 07, 2023 11:50 AM (EvGP3)"

But I have a CIB...😐 Me: yes, but where were you and what were you doing?

BTW I have no issue with people in support jobs behind the lines. Some of that is Gods work.
Posted by: Marcus T

E-4 Mafia activate!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2023 11:59 AM (SZVQq)

338 [i/]

Posted by: DanMan at February 07, 2023 11:59 AM (DB6tu)

339 I was not in the military, but I would think that, at a minimum, it teaches you time management, gear management, life skills above the average.

Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:34 AM

Yep, you start learning that stuff on day one in Boot Camp.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

Whether you want to or not.

Posted by: JT at February 07, 2023 12:00 PM (T4tVD)

340 336 324 Jill Biden's State of the Union guests include Tyre Nichols' parents, Bono, Ukraine ambassador, Paul Pelosi
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (RHGPo)

It's DOCTOR!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Witch Doctor!!!!!!!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 11:57 AM (FVME7)

THAT Doctor!!!!!!!
Posted by: m at February 07, 2023 11:59 AM (hWiTk)

Doctor Who!?!!!!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 12:00 PM (zZu0s)

341 Woke Fail: Pakistan Bans Hard-Left Wikipedia as ‘Anti-Islam’

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 12:00 PM (RHGPo)

342 I thought they had the only real bagels on earth.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some Best Pictures at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (LvTSG)

Did you miss the classic Pace commercial ref?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Get a rope.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 07, 2023 12:01 PM (w9Wax)

343 326 . . . WW II seems to be the dividing line. Grade school teachers, high school teachers, and college professors who trained prior to the war taught. Grade school teachers, high school teachers, and college instructors who obtained their teaching credentials post-war indoctrinated.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I
_________

Once our heroes, the teachers, started referring to their jobs as a "profession" you knew the stupid ones had taken over.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at February 07, 2023 12:01 PM (gf7Ez)

344 Sadly for female humans, they can't undo the damage from the Vax.
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (HK5Lu

There is some evidence that fertility improves again after taking no more shots. We don't know yet how the number of boosters affects the chances of recovery.

Posted by: Emmie at February 07, 2023 12:01 PM (Emce2)

345 Posted by: artisanal ette at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM

Come to me...

Posted by: The Barrel at February 07, 2023 12:01 PM (Wnv9h)

346 Nowlege is gud.
Posted by: Eromero at February 07, 2023 11:58 AM (MF3yS)

Oh.
I see you started as a Marine.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 12:02 PM (anj39)

347 https://tinyurl.com/4728v5ra

For emerging technology, I thing they are getting surprisingly good.

Will be great for generating art reference photos though it's hard to beat the real thing.
Posted by: ...

Fail: top of bar and angle of beer in her hand are not parallel.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 07, 2023 12:02 PM (zLy2p)

348 Doctor Who!?!!!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 12:00 PM (zZu0s)

First base!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 07, 2023 12:02 PM (9UlRk)

349 Once our heroes, the teachers, started referring to their jobs as a "profession" you knew the stupid ones had taken over.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at February 07, 2023 12:01 PM (gf7Ez)

And when they started bitching about money.

'If only we spent as much on teachers as we do on war....'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 12:02 PM (zZu0s)

350 Headlight status?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 11:56 AM

KJP's has been activated more often these days, perhaps as a distraction?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 07, 2023 12:02 PM (a3Q+t)

351 Algebra through Differential Equations were classes in high school when I went. These are starting for STEM in college now? Holy shit.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 07, 2023 11:55 AM (17s+e)
---
Most students here start in Calc I and go up through at least Diff Eq along with some electives like Linear Algebra and Statistics.

Some students do start with College Algebra, though it takes them longer to graduate.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2023 12:03 PM (YIVH2)

352 She has at least 6 fingers on her right hand
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

7, counting her thumb

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 07, 2023 12:03 PM (w9Wax)

353 pushing out classical education

We must have some specialized notions of what "classical" means, because many of us are no longer welcome at holiday dinners after dutch-uncling all the nephews into "Trade School."

Back in the day, there was a core of classical material that everyone took, before specializing. Yes, engineers too. That was all streamlined out ("Sputniked," they called it) during the Great Science Scare, and now STEM grads hack and cackle at the memory of their one, made-for-dummies literature or philosophy elective. We have several generations of them toddling about, convinced they know something. Most cannot write or spell.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 07, 2023 12:03 PM (jYCXf)

354 Doctor Who!?!!!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

There is a Classic Doctor Who station on the Roku Channel. It's pretty good. Free with Roku. I do love my Roku stick. Fine time waster.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 07, 2023 12:03 PM (sAmhv)

355 I just want someone there I can trust.

I'm amenable.
Who do you have in mind?

How about that guy from U2 with the glasses?

Friend of Nelson Mandela and all.
He seems trustworthy.

Bono? You want them to get Bono?

My colleague's questioning my choice.

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2023 12:03 PM (RHGPo)

356 Not a snipe. Just addicted to Navy courses. And as a Seabee, I completed all the CB rate courses. The BT and EN, and BM courses were certainly not a requirement for EO, I just did them. Nowlege is gud.

Posted by: Eromero at February 07, 2023 11:58 AM (MF3yS)

Worked w/lots of ex BTs over 40 years...where are industries gonna get "steam" experience now?

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2023 12:03 PM (AwYPR)

357 KJP's has been activated more often these days, perhaps as a distraction?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 07, 2023 12:02 PM (a3Q+t)

Ok, you just gave me the mental image of her icing her nipples before heading out to the podium. Dammit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 12:04 PM (zZu0s)

358 A more regular and sfw girl. Also AI:

https://tinyurl.com/4728v5ra

Nice ... beer.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 07, 2023 12:04 PM (yQpMk)

359 WW II seems to be the dividing line. Grade school teachers, high school teachers, and college professors who trained prior to the war taught. Grade school teachers, high school teachers, and college instructors who obtained their teaching credentials post-war indoctrinated.

I got a decent non-indoctrination education and I graduated HS in 1991. That date definitely seems to be close to the last plane out of Saigon though.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 07, 2023 12:05 PM (ZGrMX)

360 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 07, 2023 12:05 PM (Zz0t1)

361 Once Utopia is thrust upon us, Texas Roadhouse will have a leg up. Just change a few letters to Texas Roachouse.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 07, 2023 12:05 PM (FVME7)

362 Calc did not really sing for me until college. Or it was the prof- a guy we joked had been abducted in daylight off the streets of St Petersburg. That man could teach though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 07, 2023 12:05 PM (zZu0s)

363 Oh.
I see you started as a Marine.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 12:02 PM (anj39)

I thought they communicated by a series of grunts and gestures.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 07, 2023 12:06 PM (yQpMk)

364 NOOD ACE

Posted by: vic at February 07, 2023 12:07 PM (sbuTN)

365 Sorry Emmie - looked unobnoxious to me I guess I was comparing to the bikini shots etc
Posted by: ... at February 07, 2023 11:54 AM (el7iU)

No need to apologize to me. It just didn't strike me as something that would pass my employer's sexual harassment training guidelines. And of course, it's not immediately obvious what's missing in the picture, especially compared to what is superfluous. At least AI gets the number of mammaries correct.

Posted by: Emmie at February 07, 2023 12:09 PM (Emce2)

366 Heh...I had to go back and look again. I knew something was bothering me about the pic. Well spotted.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2023 11:59 AM

That pic is AI? Wow.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 07, 2023 12:10 PM (HK5Lu)

367 Hillsdale should aggressively expand its campus footprint and enrollment.

Posted by: jeff at February 07, 2023 12:10 PM (pvt9V)

368 356 Don't know why I just remembered this, I guess talking Navy Rates. The ex and I lived in Government Leased Quarters, an apartment complex not far from Andrews. One of the Sailors living there was a TD1. Training device tech, like Link trainers and stuff. He had been in the Navy for about 13 years, and DC was the closest he ever got to water. He had spent a lot of time at some obscure depot in Kansas, mostly working on overhead and movie projectors.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 07, 2023 12:11 PM (lz5hY)

369 No shit, mention "classical education" and the grinds spend an hour discussing how early you can start calculus. You boys are not going to enjoy Hillsdale.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 07, 2023 12:13 PM (jYCXf)

370 The Woke curriculum that is pushing out classical education
Oh please, CBD! "Classical education" has been dead for 50 years now! It was killed in the 70s. The simulacrum that replaced it is what's dying now. And it's mostly dead, too. Fundamentalist Progressive education is where we are now in many places.

(But, plenty of places scattered about still holding onto that simulacrum of classical education. And one or two lamps on a hill still holding on to some version of actual classical education, like Hillsdale.)

Posted by: GWB at February 07, 2023 09:14 PM (PkFyV)

371 Now do New Jersey, genius.

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