THE MORNING RANT: Red State Legislatures Take Aim at Tenure; You Tube’s Banning of “Climate Skeptic” Video Results in Massive Viewing of It on Rumble (with an assist from AOSHQ)

Abolishing or modifying university tenure is among the agenda items for the Texas legislature, which has begun its biennial session this week. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick controls the agenda, and he has committed to “reforming” tenure.

Patrick also revisited his controversial push to “reform” tenure in higher education. In February, Patrick was more blunt, saying he would end tenure in public universities and colleges to combat the teaching of critical race theory. University administrators have said this would make it difficult to recruit and retain world-class faculty.

The media is responding as you would expect.

Conservatives Take Aim at Tenure For University Professors [AP – 01/08/2023]

Tenure advocates are bracing for the possibility of new threats as lawmakers return to statehouses around the country. The trend reflects how conservative scrutiny of instruction related to race, gender and sexuality has extended from schools to higher education.

Dan Patrick’s Plan to Abolish Tenure Would Hurt Texas Universities [Dallas Morning News – 12/07/2022]

Patrick’s notion that tenure is a state-sponsored gift to leftist professors who indoctrinate gullible students is an exaggeration. And even if it were as bad as he thinks it is, attacking tenure is the wrong way to go.

If tenure once served a purpose (and I’d be glad to have a “Chesterton’s Fence” discussion about it), those days are past, and it is time for tenure to be abolished. Reasons include:

1) It may deter current professors from engaging in left wing classroom advocacy.
2) It may deter other radicals from even taking jobs with public universities.
3) Conservatives are effectively boxed out of university hiring now anyway, so conservatives who don’t pretend to be leftists have little chance of ever attaining tenure at all.

…and most importantly

4) Tenure effectively no longer even exists for conservatives and non-woke professors, so leftist professors should not be protected by tenure either.

Like so much of the dual justice system in America, which protects those on the left and persecutes those on the right, tenure no longer protects the job security of professors when the woke mob comes after them. Here are a few examples:

Princeton’s Joshua Katz criticized the university’s proposal to make up for historical racism by giving black professors higher salaries and longer sabbaticals than white professors. He also condemned campus activists in a Quillette piece, referring to them as “a small local terrorist organization that made life miserable for the students (including the many black students) who did not agree with its members’ demands.”

This language outraged some on the campus left, and Professor Katz’s article, titled “A Declaration of Independence by a Princeton Professor,” was condemned by Princeton’s president, Christopher Eisgruber.
A university spokesman—not the president—went further by suggesting that Professor Katz might be subjected to some sort of investigation for his words.

Indeed, Princeton investigated Katz, and despite his tenure, he was fired for a consensual relationship that occurred 15 years earlier with a (legally adult) student. I’m not defending that relationship, but the sequence of events was a solid warning to other tenured professors at Princeton, reminding them that disallowed ideas will be punished with punitive investigations in search of fireable wrongdoing.

There are plenty more cases…

A tenured professor at Central Michigan University was reading a 1995 case about speech codes, and he didn’t use a euphemism for a certain word (which starts with the letter “n” when directly quoting the Judge’s opinion in the speech code case. He was fired for using that word in a classroom. Tenured Professor Fired for Accurately Quoting Leading Campus Speech Code Case [Reason – Eugene Volokh – 9/03/2020]

Then there’s Berea College in Kentucky, which fired a tenured professor to placate the woke mob. The reason to justify his dismissal was “incompetence.” Apparently, only an incompetent would dare to upset the social justice warriors, thus his tenure did not protect him. A Christian College Fires a Dedicated, Tenured Professor — Why? [National Review – 7/09/2021]

There’s more, but university tenure is already dead for conservatives and free thinkers at American colleges. Let’s reward the left for their attacks on conservative speech by denying them the protection of tenure too.

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”Climate Realism” Video That Was Banned By You Tube Has Explosion of Rumble Viewers After AOSHQ Feature

[I have no affiliation with nor connection to the Heartland Institute. I’m just extremely passionate about the threat to civilization from the Sustainable Organic Church of the Carbon Apocalypse. Heartland’s “Climate Realism” operation is a scientific goldmine of information to counter the climate panic, and I have found it very useful for my writing and advocacy. - Buck]

Here is something that is personally fulfilling, but it also speaks to the strength of Ace of Spades HQ and its well informed army of “morons.” We successfully punched back just a little against Monster Tech and their censorship of unapproved viewpoints.

My post four days ago was about YouTube shutting down the Heartland Institute's channel just minutes before they were going live with prominent "climate realist" Judith Curry, a scientist who rejects the draconian solutions demanded by the climate mafia. Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts (www.wattsupwiththat.com) was the host. Moments before airtime You Tube shut down Heartland’s channel.

In that post, I embedded a Rumble video of the banned live stream.

Jim Lakely of Heartland notified me later that the Rumble video was at only 4k views the morning of my post. It increased to over 50k views by the end of that day. In his words, “Amazing!” It’s now at 146k views.

In gratitude to the horde, he asked me to pass along a promo especially for AOS readers for The Heartland Institute's Climate Realism conference in Orlando on Feb 23 – 25. He says the code “MORON” will save $250 off of the $500 price, which also includes six meals. This is the link.

I’ll be there because I am very excited to hear (and meet) Steve Milloy and Anthony Watts, among many other great scientists pushing back against the climate hoax and fighting the scam that global elites are trying to pull. I’d love to meet any Ace of Spades readers who attend.

(buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com)

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

2 st?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:00 AM (t0OGg)

3 Damn

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:01 AM (t0OGg)

4 University administrators have said this would make it difficult to recruit and retain world-class faculty.
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Probably true.

But has the world-class faculty gotten us so far? The universities are destroyed, especially the humanities. The sciences are not far behind.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:01 AM (t0OGg)

5 Then there’s Berea College in Kentucky, which fired a tenured professor to placate the woke mob. The reason to justify his dismissal was “incompetence.” Apparently, only an incompetent would dare to upset the social justice warriors, thus his tenure did not protect him. A Christian College Fires a Dedicated, Tenured Professor — Why? [National Review – 7/09/2021]

Um, Berea College is a bit of a joke. The 'graduates' describe what sounds like a hippy, dippy commune.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:02 AM (zZu0s)

6 University administrators have said this would make it difficult to recruit and retain world-class faculty.

What rank is the US in education on the world stage currently?

Your definition of 'world-class' is different from mine, it seems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

7 Some externalities are sacred. So says the left.

Posted by: Puddinhead at January 13, 2023 11:02 AM (ifUkZ)

8 Patrick’s notion that tenure is a state-sponsored gift to leftist professors who indoctrinate gullible students is an exaggeration. And even if it were as bad as he thinks it is, attacking tenure is the wrong way to go.
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Then what is the right way to go? Let's take the opening and say that it *is* as bad as he thinks it is. If attacking tenure - that is, being able to fire the professors - is not the answer, then what *is* the answer? How does one bring accountability into the system while retaining tenure?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:03 AM (t0OGg)

9 Conservatives Take Aim at Tenure For University Professors [AP – 01/08/2023]

Tenure advocates are bracing for the possibility of new threats as lawmakers return to statehouses around the country. The trend reflects how conservative scrutiny of instruction related to race, gender and sexuality has extended from schools to higher education.

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Maybe limits on administrators would be more effective.

Something like, the minimum allowable ratio of administrator to student must be 1/50. Anything more than that, and the pay of the president of the University is given to a randomized food shelter for 3 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:03 AM (LvTSG)

10 In gratitude to the horde, he asked me to pass along a promo especially for AOS readers for The Heartland Institute's Climate Realism conference in Orlando on Feb 23 – 25. He says the code “MORON” will save $250 off of the $500 price, which also includes six meals. This is the link.

Hmmm, I feel vaguely insulted.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:03 AM (zZu0s)

11 Conservatives Take Aim at Tenure For University Professors [AP – 01/08/2023]

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Conservatives ~~POUNCE~~ ~~SEIZE~~ ~~THRUST~~ TAKE AIM!

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 13, 2023 11:03 AM (BRmwW)

12 Funny how conservative professors are never protected by tenure, only whack-job liberals.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:03 AM (lf83v)

13
Um, Berea College is a bit of a joke. The 'graduates' describe what sounds like a hippy, dippy commune.
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Had a girlfriend from Berea. She was hot.

Posted by: Puddinhead at January 13, 2023 11:03 AM (ifUkZ)

14 4) Tenure effectively no longer even exists for conservatives and non-woke professors, so leftist professors should not be protected by tenure either.
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No, that's different. You see, those professors are rarely fired. They're hounded, censured, administratively penalized, protested, attacked and vandalized until the *quit.*

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:04 AM (t0OGg)

15 Abolish the Department of Education and get the federal law out of the Education racquet. Take the money away and the problems will correct themselves

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 13, 2023 11:04 AM (SIn9Q)

16 I don't think tenure makes any difference. It's not like administrators are clamoring to shitcan lefty profs but gosh darn it their hands are tied.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:05 AM (hD2Iy)

17 University administrators have said this would make it difficult to recruit and retain world-class faculty.
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By "world-class," they mean communist class.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:05 AM (lf83v)

18 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 13, 2023 11:05 AM (T4tVD)

19 What rank is the US in education on the world stage currently?

We are the unquestioned #1, but the trends are not good.

As to tenure, the original justification was that academics had to be free to speak their minds and follow knowledge where it led. The disconnect between this justification and the behavior of the modern academy has simply become to large to ignore. Tenure delenda est.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:05 AM (eOEVl)

20 There’s more, but university tenure is already dead for conservatives and free thinkers at American colleges. Let’s reward the left for their attacks on conservative speech by denying them the protection of tenure too.
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Which is, ironically, the reason for tenure. The reason for tenure is to free up professors to pursue things that might be heterodox.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:05 AM (t0OGg)

21 >Tenure advocates are bracing for the possibility of new threats as lawmakers return to statehouses around the country. The trend reflects how conservative scrutiny of instruction related to race, gender and sexuality has extended from schools to higher education.
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Oh no!

Anyway...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2023 11:05 AM (gryET)

22 "Academic Freedom" is another term coopted by the Left to suit their agenda.

Traditionally, "Academic Freedom" meant that a professor was free to pursue their own research without fear of the administrators coming down on them if they didn't like it.

Now it's used as a similar club as "tenure" to protect faculty from teaching whatever they want in the classroom, regardless of whether it's true or not.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2023 11:05 AM (YIVH2)

23 Had a girlfriend from Berea. She was hot.
Posted by: Puddinhead at January 13, 2023 11:03 AM (ifUkZ)

"Show me the man, and I'll show you a good time".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:05 AM (hD2Iy)

24 19 We are the unquestioned #1, but the trends are not good.

As to tenure, the original justification was that academics had to be free to speak their minds and follow knowledge where it led. The disconnect between this justification and the behavior of the modern academy has simply become to large to ignore. Tenure delenda est.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:05 AM (eOEVl)

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We're number 1 because the rest are so much worse.

My life in Italy was constantly interrupted by college students leaving school and protesting in the streets (complete with hammer and sickle flags).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:06 AM (LvTSG)

25 Speaking of climate realism . . .

Kamala Harris On Climate Change: “I Think Of This Moment As A Moment That Is About Great Momentum”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2023 at January 13, 2023 11:06 AM (FVME7)

26 Maybe limits on administrators would be more effective.

Something like, the minimum allowable ratio of administrator to student must be 1/50. Anything more than that, and the pay of the president of the University is given to a randomized food shelter for 3 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:03 AM (LvTSG)

BOTH PLS. But yeah, if I only get one, I choose the mandated ratio. Hospitals too.

I wonder if there is some accounting rule that allows admin wages to be counted differently re bottom line. I believe there is one for advertising (which doesn't work).

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:06 AM (1ais2)

27 Nice to see people jumping to The Rumble.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:06 AM (V6f9+)

28 Kamala Harris On Climate Change: “I Think Of This Moment As A Moment That Is About Great Momentum”
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Profound. So presidential.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:07 AM (lf83v)

29 Wrote the last tuition check for Meta Daughter's final semester. I can't get her out of college/adult-baby daycare fast enough.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2023 11:07 AM (gryET)

30 "…and most importantly

4) Tenure effectively no longer even exists for conservatives and non-woke professors, so leftist professors should not be protected by tenure either."

That's the pull quote, the argument distilled.

Kill Tenure...nuke it from space.

It's the only way to be sure!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 13, 2023 11:07 AM (CCSxw)

31 Had a girlfriend from Berea. She was hot.
Posted by: Puddinhead

There once was a gal from Berea
as hot as fresh diarrhea

Posted by: JT at January 13, 2023 11:07 AM (T4tVD)

32 28 Kamala Harris On Climate Change: “I Think Of This Moment As A Moment That Is About Great Momentum”
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Profound. So presidential.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:07 AM (lf83v)

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"Presidential" now includes Joe Biden. So, yeah.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:07 AM (LvTSG)

33 >25 Speaking of climate realism . . .

Kamala Harris On Climate Change: “I Think Of This Moment As A Moment That Is About Great Momentum”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2023 at January 13, 2023 11:06 AM (FVME7)

Was a Venn diagram involved?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2023 11:08 AM (gryET)

34 Maybe limits on administrators would be more effective.

Something like, the minimum allowable ratio of administrator to student must be 1/50. Anything more than that, and the pay of the president of the University is given to a randomized food shelter for 3 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:03 AM (LvTSG)
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Forget headcount. Target the budget.

Any university that spends less than 90% of the budget on instruction and facilities upkeep will face a 75% decrease in funding in the next academic year.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:08 AM (t0OGg)

35 In February, Patrick was more blunt, saying he would end ~~tenure in~~ public universities and colleges to combat the teaching of critical race theory.

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Fixed it for Lt. Gov. ShainS.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 13, 2023 11:08 AM (BRmwW)

36 Keurig hack advertisement chick has nice eyes.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:09 AM (V6f9+)

37 Eisgruber also called Katz a racist. Given that Eisgruber is a pretty good lawyer, I assume the University and Professor Katz have a separation agreement. If not, I cannot wait for the Katz lawsuit. It'll be lit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:09 AM (AVNh5)

38 That's a nice touch/thankyou by Heartland giving a moron discount.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2023 11:09 AM (Ksqjt)

39 34 Forget headcount. Target the budget.

Any university that spends less than 90% of the budget on instruction and facilities upkeep will face a 75% decrease in funding in the next academic year.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:08 AM (t0OGg)

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Research is a big part of how universities work, though. Gotta include that in the equation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:09 AM (LvTSG)

40 The degree to which all large organizations have become investment banks that also do other crap on the side is staggering. Universities, school districts, corporations, hospitals.....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:10 AM (hD2Iy)

41 Been reading Steve Milloy and Anthony Watts websites for probably over a decade now. They both do excellent jobs exposing the asinine foolishness that is excepted as "science" by the left and the media.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2023 11:10 AM (UuD2k)

42 Yep it's Friday the 13th and FJB is heading for the 13 steps and a personal necktie party.

Good times don't bother me.

I'm not an overly superstitious person but it appears as if the hands of fate have colluded to present us with a sleight of hand Fri 13 to the hilarity of all.

Posted by: Ray Mota at January 13, 2023 11:10 AM (sw3xv)

43 ROAD TRIP!!!

Posted by: We're on a mission from God at January 13, 2023 11:11 AM (14nL8)

44 >Research is a big part of how universities work, though. Gotta include that in the equation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:09 AM (LvTSG)

Most research funding comes from FedGov or woke corporations.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2023 11:11 AM (gryET)

45 40 The degree to which all large organizations have become investment banks that also do other crap on the side is staggering. Universities, school districts, corporations, hospitals.....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:10 AM (hD2Iy)

True. So true. Ivy League is just a group of Hedge Funds with vestigal annoying schools attached.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:11 AM (1ais2)

46 Jim Lakely of Heartland notified me later that the Rumble video was at only 4k views the morning of my post. It increased to over 50k views by the end of that day. In his words, “Amazing!” It’s now at 146k views.

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Congratulations, Buck -- well done! YOU are making a positive impact on the ... errrr ... climate of the debate.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 13, 2023 11:11 AM (BRmwW)

47 "Tenure will get you life!"

Posted by: Corona at January 13, 2023 11:11 AM (nakGR)

48 Good stuff, Buck

Posted by: spongeworthy at January 13, 2023 11:11 AM (vZqvS)

49 Research is a big part of how universities work, though. Gotta include that in the equation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:09 AM (LvTSG)
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Then you have to start defining research. Messy. Either cut that off and let them get other funding, or go with a headcount model. Yeah, I didn't adequately consider that aspect.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:12 AM (t0OGg)

50 42 hands of fate

Manos!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 13, 2023 11:12 AM (r8Qje)

51 Great post, Buck.

Whatever happened to WI's ending of tenure for state universities? One of Scott Walker's accomplishments, IIRC.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 13, 2023 11:13 AM (OTzUX)

52 Republican Rep Joe Wilson of South Carolina wants the US capitol to have a bust of Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky on permanent display.

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Shitcan this guy today. I don't care if he was just elected.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2023 11:14 AM (UuD2k)

53 52 Republican Rep Joe Wilson of South Carolina wants the US capitol to have a bust of Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky on permanent display.

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Shitcan this guy today. I don't care if he was just elected.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2023 11:14 AM (UuD2k)

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He was the guy who screamed "You Lie!" at Obama during one of his SOTUs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:14 AM (LvTSG)

54 Better to burn the Marxist Seminaries to the ground.

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2023 11:14 AM (pBUcx)

55 A buddy of mine and his siblings called their moms "manos de piedra"

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:14 AM (1ais2)

56 Research is a big part of how universities work, though. Gotta include that in the equation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:09 AM (LvTSG)
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It's a big part, but not the only part. I've advocated that if my institution was so keen on research, we'd become a pure research institution and drop the instruction of students. However, we're a land-grant institution, so theoretically education should come *before* research. But it doesn't seem to ever work out that way.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2023 11:14 AM (YIVH2)

57 The ways of the Horde are wonderous and true.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2023 11:15 AM (qoGsy)

58 Academics have an overinflated view of themselves and are generally coddled. What other profession has the equivalent of tenure? I can’t think of one…. Do you job and you don’t have to worry about being fired. Competence is the ultimate job security

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 13, 2023 11:15 AM (xT8gx)

59 Kamala Harris On Climate Change: “I Think Of This Moment As A Moment That Is About Great Momentum”

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The judges would have also accepted "Great Bowel Moments."

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 13, 2023 11:15 AM (BRmwW)

60 Kamala Harris On Climate Change: “I Think Of This Moment As A Moment That Is About Great Momentum”

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Dude, you're not rhinking big enough. New face on Mount Rushmore!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2023 at January 13, 2023 11:16 AM (FVME7)

61 Momentous Moments of Momentum.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:16 AM (hD2Iy)

62 The Rick and Morty voice actor has been arrested?

What a day! What a wonderful day!

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 13, 2023 11:16 AM (44ww/)

63 Tonypete

I just clicked your nic and nothing happened !

Posted by: JT at January 13, 2023 11:16 AM (T4tVD)

64 Universities should be required to co-sign the student loans of all of their students.

Change my mind.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:17 AM (lf83v)

65
My life in Italy was constantly interrupted by college students leaving school and protesting in the streets (complete with hammer and sickle flags).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:06 AM (LvTSG)

You are too young to have been there during the Red Army Faction days, so I must assume some holdouts kept the party going?!

Posted by: Moki at January 13, 2023 11:17 AM (JrN/x)

66 Horde mind > hive mind

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2023 11:17 AM (Q4IgG)

67 Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Judith Curry is what they call a "luke-warmer", in that she thinks man-made climate may be occurring, but opposes doing stupid things to combat it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2023 11:17 AM (tkR6S)

68 I watched Biden answer Doocy and realized Biden confessed to having classified documents in his garage, but also in his "personal library" and in file cabinets somewhere undefined.

In other words, this is a wide open confession to removing documents from the White House and putting them in lots of places. Remember again the lefty outrage over 18 classified documents PRESIDENT Trump had in his secure office storage facility built to DOJ specifications and under their supervision, and compare it (again) to the Bucket-Of-Warm-Piss Biden who illegally removed documents and stored them, apparently, all over the fucking place.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:18 AM (2n1to)

69 "And even if it were as bad as he thinks it is, attacking tenure is the wrong way to go."

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. If you wont admit there is a problem then you are the problem.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 13, 2023 11:18 AM (uNylN)

70 Monumental moments of momentous movements mounting memorable momentum.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 13, 2023 11:18 AM (flINI)

71 Hiya Moki !

Posted by: JT at January 13, 2023 11:19 AM (T4tVD)

72 . . . and in file cabinets somewhere undefined.
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The Chinese Embassy.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:19 AM (lf83v)

73 Academics have an overinflated view of themselves and are generally coddled. What other profession has the equivalent of tenure? I can’t think of one…. Do you job and you don’t have to worry about being fired. Competence is the ultimate job security
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Ray Stanz: personally i like being at university they give us money facilities and we don't have to produce anything. You've never been out of college, you don't know what its like out there. I've worked in the private sector. They expect results.

Posted by: The truth will set you free - Ghostbusters at January 13, 2023 11:19 AM (+Fu6i)

74 Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Judith Curry is what they call a "luke-warmer", in that she thinks man-made climate may be occurring, but opposes doing stupid things to combat it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2023 11:17 AM (tkR6S)
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Perhaps she can better state it, but I believe she says she sees evidence of a warming earth but cannot explain if the process is impacted by man's activity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:20 AM (2n1to)

75 The problem isn't in who they fire. It's in who they hire in the first place.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:20 AM (hD2Iy)

76 The FIB needs to raid the White House

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 13, 2023 11:20 AM (flINI)

77 Universities should be required to co-sign the student loans of all of their students.

Change my mind.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:17 AM (lf83v)
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I disagree. The automotive finance company doesn't co-sign your load.

But you can go bankrupt on a car loan. Student debt should not be special. It should be dishargeable in bankruptcy, just like any other. No more special treatment for student loans.

Interest will shoot the moon and be more like credit card rates. The lender will suddenly care - and care a *lot* - about things like your field of study and grades. The cost and availability of money will rapidly turn over. The amount of money for college will collapse, and price will collapse right with it. A ton of schools will go bankrupt and fail. The survivors will either be top-tier with limitless endowments or will be a *lot* leaner with a lot less bullshit when they come out the other side.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:20 AM (t0OGg)

78 But has the world-class faculty gotten us so far? The universities are destroyed, especially the humanities. The sciences are not far behind.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:01 AM (t0OGg)

"World-class faculty" as envisaged by the Left: commies, fags, and racists.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2023 11:20 AM (tkR6S)

79 The FIB needs to raid the White House
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That would be redundant.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:21 AM (lf83v)

80 If the only 'research' that gets funding is CO2-bad, climate-change, and DIE the universities will continue to foster think tanks opinions like 'gas stoves will be banned'.

The Feds need to stop funding research that isn't STEM.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2023 11:21 AM (Ksqjt)

81 Sustainable Organic Church of the Carbon Apocalypse
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SOCCA for short. Socca is also a delicious flatbread made from chickpea flour.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2023 11:21 AM (fs1hN)

82 On it JT.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2023 11:21 AM (qoGsy)

83 A lot of research at universities is duplicative and so arcane as to be worthless. Research in sociology? pfffffff

Posted by: EdmundBurkedShade at January 13, 2023 11:22 AM (mCh4j)

84 In gratitude to the horde, he asked me to pass along a promo especially for AOS readers for The Heartland Institute's Climate Realism conference in Orlando on Feb 23 – 25. He says the code “MORON” will save $250 off of the $500 price, which also includes six meals. This is the link.
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I'm getting a little worried that I don't meet the suddenly high standards the word Moron entails.
Whoda thunk that?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 13, 2023 11:22 AM (FCbAQ)

85 Perhaps she can better state it, but I believe she says she sees evidence of a warming earth but cannot explain if the process is impacted by man's activity.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:20 AM (2n1to)

Go figure, the Earth has been warming since last ice age 12,000 years ago. There have been ups and downs, but the general trend is slowly warming.

The greatest "climate change" in human existence has already happed. It was 12,000 years ago.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2023 11:22 AM (UuD2k)

86
Yes, hard science is quickly getting wokeified, now. Physics, chemistry, astronomy, etc. The last holdouts, but now they are getting CRT'd. Right up the squeak-hole.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at January 13, 2023 11:22 AM (Mzdiz)

87 Greenwalds Rumble show last night had a lot of fun with Biden's documents and MSM coverage of Trump vs. Biden.

After quoting Guam Johnson, Greenwald says "I think we are about one day away from flat out claiming agents of Putin are trying to frame Biden"

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 13, 2023 11:23 AM (DB16e)

88 What other profession has the equivalent of tenure? I can’t think of one….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Governmental 'service'.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2023 11:23 AM (qoGsy)

89 83 A lot of research at universities is duplicative and so arcane as to be worthless. Research in sociology? pfffffff
Posted by: EdmundBurkedShade at January 13, 2023 11:22 AM (mCh4j)

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Where will we be without the English department's research into the Marxist, feminist, transgendered reading of Huckleberry Finn?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:23 AM (LvTSG)

90 Socca is also a delicious flatbread made from chickpea flour.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2023 11:21 AM (fs1hN)

***

I saw Chickpea Flour open for Chick Correa at MSG in '94

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 13, 2023 11:23 AM (flINI)

91 In other words, this is a wide open confession to removing documents from the White House and putting them in lots of places. Remember again the lefty outrage over 18 classified documents PRESIDENT Trump had in his secure office storage facility built to DOJ specifications and under their supervision, and compare it (again) to the Bucket-Of-Warm-Piss Biden who illegally removed documents and stored them, apparently, all over the fucking place.
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Its too ridiculous to continue. Everyone can see that the law is in service to the ruling class, and not equally administered. As this becomes more and more undeniable to the lowest intelligence, the rule of law evaporates, and we will be ruled, if at all, solely by force.

Posted by: Tyranny - its what's come round at last at January 13, 2023 11:23 AM (14nL8)

92 As a corollary to my previous point about everything being an investment bank, those entities are also all basically money launderers. Federal and state cash sluices through them all and comes out the other side crystal clear in the pockets of The Right People.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:23 AM (hD2Iy)

93 Regarding tenure;
I know nothing but human nature but it seems like a mafia more than a faculty, and made members are vetted for loyalty to the family above all else.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 13, 2023 11:23 AM (FCbAQ)

94 The Feds need to stop funding research that isn't STEM.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2023 11:21 AM (Ksqjt)

The problem is that they think climate science IS STEM.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:24 AM (zZu0s)

95 I disagree. The automotive finance company doesn't co-sign your load.

But you can go bankrupt on a car loan. Student debt should not be special. It should be dishargeable in bankruptcy, just like any other. No more special treatment for student loans.
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But banks and finance companies don't buy loans originated by bad lenders either. The corollary would be that schools with piss-poor records of graduates repaying on schedule would see their ability to do new loans cut off.

Of course, that would only happen if the Obama nationalization of student loan underwriting was reversed and returned to the private sector.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:24 AM (2n1to)

96 When my father was dean, he fired a faculty member with tenure.

It pretty much destroyed his administrative career, but he managed it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:24 AM (LvTSG)

97 93 Regarding tenure;
I know nothing but human nature but it seems like a mafia more than a faculty, and made members are vetted for loyalty to the family above all else.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 13, 2023 11:23 AM (FCbAQ)

Bureaucrats. Bureaucrats never change.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:24 AM (zZu0s)

98 But banks and finance companies don't buy loans originated by bad lenders either. The corollary would be that schools with piss-poor records of graduates repaying on schedule would see their ability to do new loans cut off.

Of course, that would only happen if the Obama nationalization of student loan underwriting was reversed and returned to the private sector.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:24 AM (2n1to)
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Plenty of bad loans get bought upstream. At a discount. Because of risks.

And yes, nothing can be fixed until the nationalization of student finance is reversed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:25 AM (t0OGg)

99 By Richard Vedder January 5, 2023 -
I recently read in the Wall Street Journal that Stanford University had more administrative staff and faculty than it did students. Specifically, there were 15,750 administrators, 2,288 faculty members, and 16,937 students. The paid help of 18,038 (administrators plus faculty) outnumbered the customers (students) by 1,101. That gave me an idea for a stunning administrative reorganization: give each student a paid concierge—an academic butler, if you will—to help navigate the pain of collegiate living in Palo Alto.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2023 11:25 AM (fs1hN)

100 Indeed, Princeton investigated Katz, and despite his tenure, he was fired for a consensual relationship that occurred 15 years earlier with a (legally adult) student. I’m not defending that relationship, but the sequence of events was a solid warning to other tenured professors at Princeton, reminding them that disallowed ideas will be punished with punitive investigations in search of fireable wrongdoing

When I taught at a college a number of my colleagues did the same thing and the standard line was "its a perk of the job"

Should it be ok? No. But we play this game were if you tow the left's line you can bang co-eds and if you don't toe the left's line you'll be fired for doing so. This is the same two tiered justice system we see everywhere now.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:25 AM (lc5cP)

101 Monumental moments of momentous movements mounting memorable momentum.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 13, 2023 11:18 AM

Moron Monkey makes memorable (bon) mot.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 13, 2023 11:25 AM (Wnv9h)

102 The problem is that they think climate science IS STEM.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Unfortunately you are correct.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (Ksqjt)

103 Even STEM research has issues. Amyloid in Alzheimer’s for example, what are others? Part of the issue is that one cannot get a negative study published. So you repeat an amyloid study, do not confirm the results and have an unpublishable study on your hands. What you gonna do? Massage data.

Posted by: EdmundBurkedShade at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (mCh4j)

104 I would very much like to never again read a Rube Goldberg plan to use Finance Capital to achieve some desired real world outcome.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (1ais2)

105 Trailer for new movie Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brVF7t8VYuM

I was skeptical of the film when it was announced, but this trailer has me looking forward to it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (LvTSG)

106 In which an academic conference gets turned into a MoMe...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (hD2Iy)

107 Wait.

We have been told for decades that Tenure allowed professors to speak freely without fear of recriminations.

THAT was the biggest failure of Academia we've seen yet.

The much vaunted Tenure did absolutely fvck all from preventing a mob of ignorant lunatics from destroying the curriculum and the rest of it.

They folded faster than anybody in the "culture wars", and it wasn't even over issues where there is room for disagreement.

"2 + 2 = 5.7 Because It's My Truth" isn't exactly something we should be concerning ourselves with, now they run the place.

Way to go guys, way to really take a stand. Hope you're good in a firefight.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (g02KG)

108 I would very much like to never again read a Rube Goldberg plan to use Finance Capital to achieve some desired real world outcome.
Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (1ais2)
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It's the only thing the government knows how to do, because throwing money at a problem or taking money away from a problem is the only thing they can really accomplish.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (t0OGg)

109 But we play this game were if you tow the left's line you can bang co-eds and male students and if you don't toe the left's line you'll be fired for doing so.
Posted by: 18-1

fify

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (qoGsy)

110
in yet another grim milestone for the biden administration, Robbie Knievel, son of Evel Knievel, has died in hospice after a battle with cancer. He was 60...

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (ENBF0)

111 The Feds need to stop funding research that isn't STEM.

I'd go a step further. Ban governing funding of anything that is not directly militarily related (I know they'll game that as well).

If people, voluntarily, want to fund research we have plenty of tools to allow them to do so now.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (lc5cP)

112 108 It's the only thing the government knows how to do, because throwing money at a problem or taking money away from a problem is the only thing they can really accomplish.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (t0OGg)

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Well, it can also send an army to smash things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (LvTSG)

113 I am curious what the academic left fears? Their political and philosophical orthodoxy is axiomatic on campuses, so I cannot imagine that they feel threatened if they express their ideas in a public forum.

Could it be that they feel the winds of change?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (XIJ/X)

114 88 - Great point Tonypete. Sad…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (dfZzK)

115
Anything, "STEM" or not, where Big Money is involved, as become utterly corrupt. The Medical-Pharamaceutical-Academic Complex is the prime example of this.

It is utterly corrupt, and you can't believe anything they publish.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (Mzdiz)

116 Indeed, Princeton investigated Katz, and despite his tenure, he was fired for a consensual relationship that occurred 15 years earlier with a (legally adult) student.

I went to an elite graduate school, and two females in my student cohort married young professors. They had long and presumably happy marriages.

I can't imagine what it's like to be a straight male teaching these days - it has to be like being a Soviet Communist party member during the Stalinist purges - the slightest transgression (a look, a comment) can be used to get rid of you, if the powers-that-be desire it.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 11:28 AM (2tUFv)

117 When I taught at a college a number of my colleagues did the same thing and the standard line was "its a perk of the job"

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They should go with "its educational for them". I'm teaching them something.

Posted by: its a sign of dedication, really, selfless gift of time and attention to deserving students at January 13, 2023 11:28 AM (u0ym5)

118 In which an academic conference gets turned into a MoMe...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (hD2Iy)

***

We'll be the ones without pants...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 13, 2023 11:28 AM (flINI)

119 Could it be that they feel the winds of change?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (XIJ/X)
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I doubt it. They're in deeply embedded and in charge. I think they just hate opposition.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:29 AM (t0OGg)

120 I don't get the idol worshipping of Zelensky. He isn't the hero people make him out to be. His greatest accomplishment thus far is how quickly he can fleece US taxpayers for billions while insulting us saying it isn't enough.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 13, 2023 11:29 AM (N39Ws)

121
Ike, in his famous farewell address warned of govt funding corrupting science. Everyone remembers the military-industrial complex part, but this part is even bigger and more prescient.

When govt owns science/academia, it will be corrupted. Science will be politicized to do govt's bidding.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at January 13, 2023 11:29 AM (Mzdiz)

122 71 Hiya Moki !
Posted by: JT at January 13, 2023 11:19 AM (T4tVD)

Hiya JT! How are things???!

Posted by: Moki at January 13, 2023 11:29 AM (JrN/x)

123 108 I would very much like to never again read a Rube Goldberg plan to use Finance Capital to achieve some desired real world outcome.
Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (1ais2)
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It's the only thing the government knows how to do, because throwing money at a problem or taking money away from a problem is the only thing they can really accomplish.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (t0OGg)

That's what they want to accomplish. They know how to solve problems directly absent Blackrock. They don't want to solve problems. Mitch doesn't.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:30 AM (1ais2)

124 Trailer for new movie Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson:

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Man you opposes gun ownership stars in movie with guns.
Yup, par for Hollywood hypocrisy.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2023 11:30 AM (Ksqjt)

125 Plenty of bad loans get bought upstream. At a discount. Because of risks.

And yes, nothing can be fixed until the nationalization of student finance is reversed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:25 AM (t0OGg)
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Not systemically, as a policy.

Your statement may be true insofar as "everyone screws up" but the market acts quickly to review underwriter performance and cut off those who consistently blow it.

That is different from the way school loans get made, where the government allows lending regardless of past performance, and in fact even encourages lending to the worst risks (think gender majors) in the name of equity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:30 AM (2n1to)

126 120 I don't get the idol worshipping of Zelensky. He isn't the hero people make him out to be. His greatest accomplishment thus far is how quickly he can fleece US taxpayers for billions while insulting us saying it isn't enough.
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His best friend is the CIA. That should explain the situation.

Posted by: Puddinhead at January 13, 2023 11:30 AM (C7jzY)

127 I am curious what the academic left fears? Their political and philosophical orthodoxy is axiomatic on campuses, so I cannot imagine that they feel threatened if they express their ideas in a public forum.

It's the Cultural Revolution on American campuses these days - they finished eating the conservatives and the liberals, and are now going after the radicals for any transgressions, real or imagined.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 11:30 AM (2tUFv)

128 105 Trailer for new movie Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brVF7t8VYuM

I was skeptical of the film when it was announced, but this trailer has me looking forward to it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (LvTSG)

This looked interesting, but the Taken style jump cuts for that little fight scene pretty much killed my enthusiasm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:30 AM (zZu0s)

129 would very much like to never again read a Rube Goldberg plan to use Finance Capital to achieve some desired real world outcome.

Yeah, the dirty little secret is, the people who Know What's Best For You, with grandiose Plans For Humanity, they can't even run their own life. And their plans always seem to involve piles of human skulls.

Weird, init?

Posted by: Common Tater at January 13, 2023 11:30 AM (g02KG)

130 ... When I taught at a college a number of my colleagues did the same thing and the standard line was "its a perk of the job" ...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:25 AM (lc5cP)
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I have no idea how widespread it is. I know of several student/professor hookups and one actual relationship (they married later), but they were concentrated to my knowledge in the film and theater schools. I knew of no examples in other schools, including the schools I was actually in.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:31 AM (t0OGg)

131 I am curious what the academic left fears? Their political and philosophical orthodoxy is axiomatic on campuses, so I cannot imagine that they feel threatened if they express their ideas in a public forum.

The left believes that thinking differently can change the world. Not in the sense of prompting you to go DO something, but in the sense that our thoughts alone determine how the world is.

So why is the left terrified of conservative speakers? Because they'll have bad thoughts and they'll convince other people to have bad thoughts. And bad thoughts lead to a bad world.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:31 AM (lc5cP)

132 123 108 I would very much like to never again read a Rube Goldberg plan to use Finance Capital to achieve some desired real world outcome.
Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (1ais2)
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It's the only thing the government knows how to do, because throwing money at a problem or taking money away from a problem is the only thing they can really accomplish.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (t0OGg)

The "free market" and "capitalism" etc etc is just "conservative" (spit) NPC talk.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:31 AM (1ais2)

133 OT-
35 Star Trek Actors Who Died In 2022

https://youtu.be/H2foX2jRey8

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2023 11:31 AM (fs1hN)

134
Everywhere I look, all I see is Randy Watson and Sexual Chocolate. That's normal right?

Posted by: John Fetterman at January 13, 2023 11:32 AM (vwCZJ)

135
If people, voluntarily, want to fund research we have plenty of tools to allow them to do so now.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (lc5cP)

Gofundme or kickstarter seem like obvious choices - it also lets people decide what research is actually worth their money, rather than letting government bureaucrats decide.

Posted by: Moki at January 13, 2023 11:32 AM (JrN/x)

136 That is different from the way school loans get made, where the government allows lending regardless of past performance, and in fact even encourages lending to the worst risks (think gender majors) in the name of equity.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:30 AM (2n1to)
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Right. I think the key to solving the university problem is to quit subsidizing them and let them sort it out. The biggest subsidy is the student loan system, and it's dug in like a tick now that the finance side is nationalized. Unfixable unless that changes.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:32 AM (t0OGg)

137
We'll be the ones without pants...
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

Ignore the crackle of arms fire in the background of every recorded session ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 13, 2023 11:32 AM (pNxlR)

138 Robbie Knievel

WTH? Lots of death lately. I met him at Sturgis.

Posted by: Infidel at January 13, 2023 11:32 AM (ZEa+g)

139 There is no justification for tenure in any position, other than federal judges, who get their protection from the constitution.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 13, 2023 11:32 AM (lTGtQ)

140 >105

I was skeptical of the film when it was announced, but this trailer has me looking forward to it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (LvTSG)

Watched the trailer. White leading man, white supporting cast. One black dude and a Mexican. Doesn't seem very 2023.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (gryET)

141 >> 35 Star Trek Actors Who Died In 2022

They're dead, Jim.

Posted by: Bones McCoy, also dead, Jim at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (Mzdiz)

142 77 - Joe Mannix & Adirondack Patriot

I think having the University co-sign the load gives the University a healthy incentive to prioritize useful degrees and will discourage the pursuit of woke studies in all the forms.
Double win!

Posted by: Iris at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (foa6+)

143 I am curious what the academic left fears? Their political and philosophical orthodoxy is axiomatic on campuses, so I cannot imagine that they feel threatened if they express their ideas in a public forum.

Could it be that they feel the winds of change?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (XIJ/X)
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I can tell you what my lefty law professor brother fears: Philip Hamburger, because he embodies the "anti-modern" perspective on federal involvement in every little thing that the lefties think will solve every damn problem.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (2n1to)

144 105 Trailer for new movie Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brVF7t8VYuM

I was skeptical of the film when it was announced, but this trailer has me looking forward to it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (LvTSG)

I like Liam Neeson in general but as an action hero, I stop with 'Taken'. Still, I like Chandler and this might be a good 'geezer' take on Phillip Marlowe.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (V6f9+)

145 I don't get the idol worshipping of Zelensky. He isn't the hero people make him out to be. His greatest accomplishment thus far is how quickly he can fleece US taxpayers for billions while insulting us saying it isn't enough.

The latest proposal is to put a statute of Zelensky in Congress, along with the statutes of Winston Churchill and Vaclav Havel.

Ukraine is a "democracy" in exactly the same sense that Russia is a "democracy" - the outward forms of democracy are preserved, but no real political opposition is allowed.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (2tUFv)

146 121. Richard Feynman warned of same in the 60s (government in general) and laughed at the notion of some departments of university labeling themselves a science.

Posted by: EdmundBurkedShade at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (mCh4j)

147 Ignore the crackle of arms fire in the background of every recorded session ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 13, 2023 11:32 AM (pNxlR)

*plunk* .... *plink* *plunk*.... *BRRRAAAPPPPP*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (hD2Iy)

148 144 I like Liam Neeson in general but as an action hero, I stop with 'Taken'. Still, I like Chandler and this might be a good 'geezer' take on Phillip Marlowe.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (V6f9+)

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I hadn't realized it was written by William Monahan, either. That helped.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (LvTSG)

149 I think having the University co-sign the load gives the University a healthy incentive to prioritize useful degrees and will discourage the pursuit of woke studies in all the forms.
Double win!
Posted by: Iris at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (foa6+)

You'll ruin our entire business model!
-Colleges

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (zZu0s)

150 I have no idea how widespread it is. I know of several student/professor hookups and one actual relationship (they married later), but they were concentrated to my knowledge in the film and theater schools.

There are fewer say Chemistry professor/Chemistry major student hook ups...sure.

But often those Chemistry teachers also have intro classes that non-Chemistry types have to take.

And to be clear here, yes there is "sleep with the prof and get a higher grade" but also women tend to find men in positions of authority showing mastery of a topic to be attractive and that's exactly what a professor is to a co-ed...and for the many looking for a father substitute you've got that as well.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (lc5cP)

151 Wow, "CoNsErVaTiVeS" find themselves with an opportunity to damage one of the subversive left's major power bases.

What do you think? Will they fight to destroy these fucking monsters, drain this poison from our society and win an actual victory that matters in the real world? Or will they make a retarded spectacle of an investigation, go on TV with a few catchy sound bites and then use "muh CoNsErVaTiVe PrInCiPlEs!" as an excuse to surrender to the left like usual?

Oh, I'm on the edge of my seat!

Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (0Uf+z)

152 The academic left doesn't really fear anything. They're a smug bunch of assholes who have convinced themselves they know better than everyone else. The issue is who they've been able to con with their bullshit. Those people then make it worse.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (Q4IgG)

153 Some film (Armond White?) critic described Neesom as "lugubrious" and I am still laughing and nodding. This was decades ago.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (1ais2)

154 If I had a stake in the tenure abolition movement, I'd be trolling them by declaring tenure an outdated relic of white supremacy and patriarchy.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (Gu48G)

155
I like Liam Neeson in general but as an action hero, I stop with 'Taken'. Still, I like Chandler and this might be a good 'geezer' take on Phillip Marlowe.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (V6f9+)

He hates me for being a freedom loving, gun toting American, so he can pound sand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

156 We're at the point with academia where we need to hit the Reset button. Fire everyone, then let colleges and universities sit for a year (summer term long enough period of time?), then rehire only the non-woke (Gramsciite) professors who are serious about teaching the values of Western Civilization.

The woke professors can learn to dig ditches. Or work at Starbucks.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (xxG/v)

157 It should be noted that "climate change" means "crippling America." And "moving to sustainable energy" means "just in America, the rest of the world is fine as is."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (p+1gI)

158 Professor fighting against political correctness firings by filing lawsuits himself.From Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/3fypjjy2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (eSn0n)

159 148 144 I like Liam Neeson in general but as an action hero, I stop with 'Taken'. Still, I like Chandler and this might be a good 'geezer' take on Phillip Marlowe.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (V6f9+)

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I hadn't realized it was written by William Monahan, either. That helped.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (LvTSG)

Solid writer/adapter, fingers crossed.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (V6f9+)

160 I have something in my eye and I can't get it out.......I'm damn miserable right now........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

161 non-Gramsciite. I hit the Post button a bit too early.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 13, 2023 11:36 AM (xxG/v)

162 Ike, in his famous farewell address warned of govt funding corrupting science. Everyone remembers the military-industrial complex part, but this part is even bigger and more prescient.

When govt owns science/academia, it will be corrupted. Science will be politicized to do govt's bidding.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at January 13, 2023 11:29 AM (Mzdiz)

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"Or when I anoint myself to be SCIENCE, own government/media/academia/healthcare, and politicize all of them to do my bidding. I like to call it reverse-Fascism ..."

-- Little Lord Faucistein

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 13, 2023 11:36 AM (BRmwW)

163 153 Some film (Armond White?) critic described Neesom as "lugubrious" and I am still laughing and nodding. This was decades ago.
Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (1ais2)

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Armond White is...interesting. He's black, his knowledge of film is actually really, really deep, he's written vigorous defenses of Birth of a Nation, and...he considers Norbit to be a masterpiece.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:36 AM (LvTSG)

164 Imagine how fast _____ Studies Degrees would go away if Universities have some skin in the game...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 13, 2023 11:36 AM (flINI)

165 I like Liam Neeson in general but as an action hero, I stop with 'Taken'. Still, I like Chandler and this might be a good 'geezer' take on Phillip Marlowe.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (V6f9+)

He hates me for being a freedom loving, gun toting American, so he can pound sand.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

No argument. He's like most of the Hollywood zombies at this point in his life.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:36 AM (V6f9+)

166 If people, voluntarily, want to fund research we have plenty of tools to allow them to do so now.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (lc5cP)

But the sources of funding need to transparent. Because we've lost the societal value of "Truth". Now everything is affected by global warming and studies don't get published unless they follow the narratives....
And basically we need new forums to "validate" research. The old ones no longer are a reliable marker for quality.

Its a big problem to fix.

Posted by: Iris at January 13, 2023 11:37 AM (foa6+)

167 And to be clear here, yes there is "sleep with the prof and get a higher grade" but also women tend to find men in positions of authority showing mastery of a topic to be attractive and that's exactly what a professor is to a co-ed...and for the many looking for a father substitute you've got that as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (lc5cP)
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I didn't intend to generalize. My direct knowledge is what it is. It doesn't surprise me if it's more widespread than that.

And yeah, sleeping up (as a proxy for marrying up) is certainly a thing. Not even just among straight girls. A couple cases I know of were female students sleeping with their female professors. I don't know any male students who slept with a professor, but I am quite sure it happens.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:37 AM (t0OGg)

168 Speaking of Ike and his famous MIC speech…. One would’ve easily presumed he was a full member in good standing of the “deep state” club (or whatever they called it in those days). Did he have an awakening of some kind which led to that passage in the speech? What was his motivation? I’ve never asked myself that question before…. But he was certainly IN himself and yet chose to warn about the IN club on his way out

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 13, 2023 11:37 AM (dfZzK)

169 I like Liam Neeson in general but as an action hero, I stop with 'Taken'. Still, I like Chandler and this might be a good 'geezer' take on Phillip Marlowe.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:33 AM (V6f9+)

He hates me for being a freedom loving, gun toting American, so he can pound sand.
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He pisses himself when he drinks, and walks around like its no biggy, and judging by dozens of photos it is apparently a frequent occurrence

Posted by: its a sign of dedication, really, selfless gift of time and attention to deserving students at January 13, 2023 11:37 AM (XpI6r)

170 Some film (Armond White?) critic described Neesom as "lugubrious" and I am still laughing and nodding. This was decades ago.
Posted by: Thesokorus

I think that term was also uttered by Bobcat Goldthwait's character in Jerkules.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2023 11:37 AM (qoGsy)

171 First, in states where governors have the power to appoint regents for state universities, pressure needs to be put on them to pay attention to who they appoint.

Second, those appointed regents need to have enough common sense not to rubber stamp proposals made by "education professionals."

Third, in states where regents are elected, we've got to treat these elections like we are finally starting to treat local school board elections. Run slates of committed conservatives and support them with checkbooks and votes.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 13, 2023 11:37 AM (gf7Ez)

172 Armond White is...interesting. He's black, his knowledge of film is actually really, really deep, he's written vigorous defenses of Birth of a Nation, and...he considers Norbit to be a masterpiece.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:36 AM (LvTSG)

Armond White is a literal troll. I literally don't trust anything he says in public.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:38 AM (V6f9+)

173 and I used 'literal' and 'literally' in adjacent sentences and I can't go back and edit it. Grr.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:38 AM (V6f9+)

174 So many efforts to reverse the required Marxism in university life are going on right now, but my favorite one is the Free Speech Alliance,, composed of alumni and a very few brave faculty, who are withholding money from their institutions and instead using it to influence student thinking and encourage free speech codes.

They are making small but noticeable progress.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:38 AM (cfh4F)

175 I have something in my eye and I can't get it out.......I'm damn miserable right now........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

***

Slap a hot iron on it

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 13, 2023 11:38 AM (flINI)

176 Gofundme or kickstarter seem like obvious choices - it also lets people decide what research is actually worth their money, rather than letting government bureaucrats decide.

How would they know? The reason the government funding houses are peopled almost entirely by SMEs with PhDs is that they know the field, at least somewhat.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:38 AM (eOEVl)

177 172 Armond White is a literal troll. I literally don't trust anything he says in public.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:38 AM (V6f9+)

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Maybe...probably.

Still, I find him an interesting read. Better an interesting troll than a boring one.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:39 AM (LvTSG)

178 There are fewer say Chemistry professor/Chemistry major student hook ups...sure.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:34 AM (lc5cP)

https://tinyurl.com/fuw3d54p

I do not know this fine lady, but that's the IU chem building. The lass is standing on the second floor balcony. There was a vending machine with King Sized snickers for a $1 around that area.

When I first saw this picture, it is sad that this was the second thing I thought of.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:39 AM (zZu0s)

179
I learned something new.

I always loved Le Carnaval des animaux by Saint-Saëns. But it apparently was never once publicly played during his own lifetime, because he thought it was "too fun" and would make him seem frivolous.

What a stick in the mud.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2023 11:39 AM (oINRc)

180 If I had a stake in the tenure abolition movement, I'd be trolling them by declaring tenure an outdated relic of white supremacy and patriarchy.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (Gu48G)

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Indeed. And why would we stop at tenure. Aren't colleges and universities themselves an outdated relic of white supremacy & patriarchy, and an indictment of the United States of America itself?

* Cue obligatory Animal House scene *

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 13, 2023 11:39 AM (BRmwW)

181 Excerpt of Ike's Farewell Address:

In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.

Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been over shadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, 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. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.

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.

Posted by: Bones McCoy, also dead, Jim at January 13, 2023 11:40 AM (Mzdiz)

182 In gratitude to the horde, he asked me to pass along a promo especially for AOS readers for The Heartland Institute's Climate Realism conference in Orlando on Feb 23 – 25. He says the code “MORON” will save $250 off of the $500 price, which also includes six meals. This is the link.

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I'll have to look into this. Probably can't make it but what a deal!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 13, 2023 11:40 AM (cMXNt)

183 I have something in my eye and I can't get it out.......I'm damn miserable right now........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Beam or mote? Removal techniques vary depending...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 13, 2023 11:40 AM (ZSK0i)

184 And basically we need new forums to "validate" research. The old ones no longer are a reliable marker for quality.

One proposal I've thought of before was that the government formally allocate at least half of all research money to disprove existing studies.

It won't work at this point because Big Science is hopelessly corrupt. But one thing that kept science honest during the cold war was the Soviets wanting to make fools of us and vice versa.

Get scientists back in the business of becoming famous/successful for pointing out BS instead of what we have now where it is towing the company line...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2023 11:40 AM (lc5cP)

185 Being a troll isn't innately bad. Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, Herodotus, history is full of great trolls who should not be forgotten.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2023 11:40 AM (hD2Iy)

186 Did anyone see that HBO show... Perry Mason? As a period piece it looked interesting, if liable to be cringey.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:40 AM (zZu0s)

187 Ike continued:

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.

It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system-ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society.

Posted by: Bones McCoy, also dead, Jim at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (Mzdiz)

188 Burn it all to the ground and start fresh.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (cMXNt)

189 I missed a Van Gogh Art Thread. :-( I shouldn't go to psych med management appointments, I guess. (JK)

Posted by: pookysgirl loves "Irises" at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (XKZwp)

190 Armond White is a literal troll. I simply don't trust anything he says in public.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:38 AM (V6f9+)
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Maybe...probably.

Still, I find him an interesting read. Better an interesting troll than a boring one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:39 AM (LvTSG)

I know this is part and parcel with my taking everything too seriously, especially movies, but it's hard to talk movies with the man when you can't be sure he isn't saying stuff just to get you riled up.

It's easier for me just to ignore him.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (V6f9+)

191
I think ol' Ike nailed that one right on the head.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (Mzdiz)

192 But you can go bankrupt on a car loan. Student debt should not be special. It should be dishargeable in bankruptcy, just like any other. No more special treatment for student loans.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

There is a difference - a car can be repossessed, unlike a degree.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (lTGtQ)

193 And to be clear here, yes there is "sleep with the prof and get a higher grade" but also women tend to find men in positions of authority showing mastery of a topic to be attractive and that's exactly what a professor is to a co-ed...and for the many looking for a father substitute you've got that as well.

The other part of that is that profs, especially STEM profs, basically commit their lives to their work until they're tenured, so have less time for socializing. It can be overstated, but they also are often, shall we say, socially not the best.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:42 AM (eOEVl)

194 192 There is a difference - a car can be repossessed, unlike a degree.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (lTGtQ)

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BRING BACK DEBTORS PRISONS!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:42 AM (LvTSG)

195 One proposal I've thought of before was that the government formally allocate at least half of all research money to disprove existing studies.

18-1 - Oh, I like this!

Posted by: Iris at January 13, 2023 11:42 AM (foa6+)

196 >174 So many efforts to reverse the required Marxism in university life are going on right now, but my favorite one is the Free Speech Alliance,, composed of alumni and a very few brave faculty, who are withholding money from their institutions and instead using it to influence student thinking and encourage free speech codes.

They are making small but noticeable progress.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:38 AM (cfh4F)

Quillette has an interesting post on a recent academic freedom conference at Stanford. The majority of Stanford's professors denounced to conference as racist (of course they did).

https://tinyurl.com/ydrx9xjd

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2023 11:42 AM (gryET)

197 I don't know any male students who slept with a professor, but I am quite sure it happens.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at Ja
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Back in the 80s when I was in college, (cough) there was a lady prof, who tended to wear leather. she also displayed risque illustrations on the wall of her office (bondage themed). Word was she was into freshman, who needed correction. I wasn't interested, and nobody I know directly took her up on her interests. She was in her late 30s. Blonde. Not bad looking, just weirdish clothing wise. Broadcasting kink.

Posted by: avoid the weirdos, life is too short for the drama at January 13, 2023 11:42 AM (oWbXH)

198 It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system-ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society.
Posted by: Bones McCoy, also dead, Jim at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (Mzdiz)

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Interesting...

Posted by: Spock ... Mort at January 13, 2023 11:42 AM (flINI)

199 "Critical Theory" is much larger than ginning up race hatreds and dividing people.

Race is used because class divisions are much more mobile in American society. It's "good" that people are focusing on critical "race" theory, I guess, but they need to root out the whole goddamned rotten edifice.

This shit has been fermenting in the bowels of Academe for 100 years now. It's great that somebody finally noticed, but.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 13, 2023 11:42 AM (g02KG)

200 Great job Ace. Happy to see your blog actually driving action for once. Keep pushing the envelope.

Posted by: GlowieMikeZ at January 13, 2023 11:42 AM (3JSMw)

201 My wife thinks that Ike learned about the dangers of the Deep State when it took out Patton.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (r8Qje)

202 How's the globull warming in your area today?...warm, cool, wet, dry?

Posted by: BignJames at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (AwYPR)

203 I always loved Le Carnaval des animaux by Saint-Saëns. But it apparently was never once publicly played during his own lifetime, because he thought it was "too fun" and would make him seem frivolous.

What a stick in the mud.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2023 11:39 AM (oINRc)

I love that piece, too! Jeez, what a dick. At least others have performed it, to my delight.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (V6f9+)

204 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.
Posted by: Bones McCoy, also dead, Jim at January 13, 2023 11:40 AM (Mzdiz)

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Ike was prophet.

I really think there needs to be a new Mount Rushmore with Coolidge, Eisenhower, Reagan and Trump on it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (cMXNt)

205 I do not know this fine lady, but that's the IU chem building. The lass is standing on the second floor balcony.

Clearly Indiana earns its reputation for huge tracts of land.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (eOEVl)

206
I have something in my eye and I can't get it out.......I'm damn miserable right now........
Posted by: Sponge
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You see Randy Watson too?

Posted by: John Fetterman at January 13, 2023 11:44 AM (vwCZJ)

207 Yes, Congrats to Buck for using his soapbox for good!

Posted by: Iris at January 13, 2023 11:44 AM (foa6+)

208 ==
He pisses himself when he drinks, and walks around like its no biggy, and judging by dozens of photos it is apparently a frequent occurrence
Posted by: its a sign of dedication, really, selfless gift of time and attention to deserving students at January 13, 2023 11:37 AM (XpI6r)

Well, may his liver pay him back, soon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

209 I am curious what the academic left fears? Their political and philosophical orthodoxy is axiomatic on campuses, so I cannot imagine that they feel threatened if they express their ideas in a public forum.

Could it be that they feel the winds of change?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 13, 2023 11:27 AM (XIJ/X)

You asked for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 13, 2023 11:44 AM (FCbAQ)

210 191
I think ol' Ike nailed that one right on the head.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (Mzdiz)

Ike was solid as hell. I still admire/am jealous of Mike Hammer for seeing him in person.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:45 AM (zZu0s)

211 Armond White is great. He trolls ppl I do not like and are dumb. He is not dumb. I usually get one smart thing from his reviews.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:45 AM (1ais2)

212
I love that piece, too! Jeez, what a dick. At least others have performed it, to my delight.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (V6f9+)

Yeah, I listen to it all the time when I'm working. At least once a week. What a weirdo.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2023 11:45 AM (oINRc)

213 The difference between a car loan (or any other loan for that matter) and student loan is that the bank can repossess the car. How do you repossess an education? What is the collateral?

You can't equate the two.

Make the universities share the risk for failure to educate a student.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:45 AM (lf83v)

214 205 I do not know this fine lady, but that's the IU chem building. The lass is standing on the second floor balcony.

Clearly Indiana earns its reputation for huge tracts of land.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (eOEVl)

No shit. I wish I had run into her. I first saw this picture later though, so I think she was after my time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (zZu0s)

215 05 Trailer for new movie Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brVF7t8VYuM

I was skeptical of the film when it was announced, but this trailer has me looking forward to it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:26 AM (LvTSG)
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feels like someone should say "Forget it Philip, it's Chinatown"

Has that flavor.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (d7w31)

216 Ike, in his famous farewell address warned of govt funding corrupting science. Everyone remembers the military-industrial complex part, but this part is even bigger and more prescient.

When govt owns science/academia, it will be corrupted. Science will be politicized to do govt's bidding.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at January 13, 2023 11:29 AM (Mzdiz)
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That was the topic of a Rant I wrote a few months back.
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/399157.php

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (t0OGg)

217 You must have a short memory.

Student loans are SPECIFICALLY not dischargeable in a bankruptcy because

Law schools (among others) were giving classes on how to get your degree and

Declare bankruptcy. Neat trick, eh?

Maybe everything is FUBAR now, but that's the "why".

Posted by: Common Tater at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (g02KG)

218 There is a difference - a car can be repossessed, unlike a degree.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 13, 2023 11:41 AM (lTGtQ)

You could void degrees if the debtor defaults. And reinstate them if the debtor makes good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (tkR6S)

219 192 Honorary degrees are "repossessed" a lot. Why not the real ones. You get a D gets degrees, wind up being a total fuck up in your field, and it gives the halls of ivy a bad name.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 13, 2023 11:47 AM (lz5hY)

220 Why did Ike hate tailgunner Joe McCarthy so much. Joe was a drink and a loose cannon but he hit the nail on the head about commies in the govt

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 13, 2023 11:47 AM (dfZzK)

221 ++++
That was the topic of a Rant I wrote a few months back.
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/399157.php
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (t0OGg)

Go there. Comment on it.

You know you want to.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:47 AM (Zz0t1)

222 213 The difference between a car loan (or any other loan for that matter) and student loan is that the bank can repossess the car. How do you repossess an education? What is the collateral?

You can't equate the two.

Make the universities share the risk for failure to educate a student.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:45 AM (lf83v)

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Bring out the brain bug from the Starship Troopers movie. Sucking their brains out is always an option.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 13, 2023 11:48 AM (cMXNt)

223 >You could void degrees if the debtor defaults. And reinstate them if the debtor makes good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (tkR6S)

That assumes the degree has any value whether it's void or not.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2023 11:48 AM (gryET)

224 https://tinyurl.com/fuw3d54p

I do not know this fine lady, but that's the IU chem building. The lass is standing on the second floor balcony. There was a vending machine with King Sized snickers for a $1 around that area.

When I first saw this picture, it is sad that this was the second thing I thought of.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:39 AM (zZu0s)

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That's a LOT of Dad's Beer that's been drunk in the name of chemistry.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 13, 2023 11:48 AM (BRmwW)

225 220 Why did Ike hate tailgunner Joe McCarthy so much. Joe was a drink and a loose cannon but he hit the nail on the head about commies in the govt
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 13, 2023 11:47 AM (dfZzK)

Ike had to have been involved in the funding of Soviet Russia by US gov.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:48 AM (1ais2)

226 213 The difference between a car loan (or any other loan for that matter) and student loan is that the bank can repossess the car. How do you repossess an education? What is the collateral?

You can't equate the two.

Make the universities share the risk for failure to educate a student.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:45 AM (lf83v)

Make them server as your butler.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2023 11:48 AM (Y5qcH)

227 223 >You could void degrees if the debtor defaults. And reinstate them if the debtor makes good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (tkR6S)

That assumes the degree has any value whether it's void or not.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2023 11:48 AM (gryET)

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And what employer checks the validity of degrees, anyway?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:48 AM (LvTSG)

228 220 - drunk…. Typing on my phone is a disaster. McCarthy was a drunk… sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 13, 2023 11:49 AM (dfZzK)

229 OMG! How is Eyepatch McCain's portfolio doing?!

@zerohedge · 17m
Pelosi Punts Stocks, Takes Huge Losses In Tesla, Salesforce And PayPal

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 13, 2023 11:49 AM (Vwz3I)

230 I don't know any male students who slept with a professor, but I am quite sure it happens.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at Ja
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Back in the 80s when I was in college, (cough) there was a lady prof, who tended to wear leather. she also displayed risque illustrations on the wall of her office (bondage themed). ...
Posted by: avoid the weirdos, life is too short for the drama at January 13, 2023 11:42 AM (oWbXH)

I 'dated' one of my professors. She was the first practicing witch I ever slept with. No, I didn't learn my lesson. Nor the second time.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:49 AM (V6f9+)

231 The difference between a car loan (or any other loan for that matter) and student loan is that the bank can repossess the car. How do you repossess an education? What is the collateral?

You can't equate the two.

Make the universities share the risk for failure to educate a student.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 13, 2023 11:45 AM

The federal government took over the student loan industry so they could set the rules and cash in on all of that sweet interest money the greedy banks were getting. obama put the student loan program into high gear and the universities complied by jacking up tuition rates by double digits almost every year while expanding the die and critical race theory staff.

It was part of the democrats plan to bail out struggling universities.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 13, 2023 11:49 AM (uNylN)

232
Did anyone see that HBO show... Perry Mason? As a period piece it looked interesting, if liable to be cringey.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

Della is gay and a better lawyer in training than Perry, Perry's man around town PI is AA, and a wise latina is keeping his abode from getting sold out from underneath him when they're not rolling in the hay together. The She Hulk actress plays at being an Aimee Semple McPherson clone.

Do not waste your time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 13, 2023 11:49 AM (pNxlR)

233
Clearly Indiana earns its reputation for huge tracts of land.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (eOEVl)

There's a reason they kept the yard of bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's the measuring stick for the women's asses. We called them YABs. "Her ass is the size of a yard of bricks!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

234 States should start levying taxes on college endowments and assess hefty surcharges based on student loan default rates.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 13, 2023 11:50 AM (gf7Ez)

235 You could void degrees if the debtor defaults. And reinstate them if the debtor makes good.

If you let colleges and universities void degrees, guess who's degrees they'll go after.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 11:50 AM (2tUFv)

236 I really think there needs to be a new Mount Rushmore with Coolidge, Eisenhower, Reagan and Trump on it.

Mount Crushmore. The design process can start at the end of this year, Biden's annus horribilis.

Posted by: t-bird at January 13, 2023 11:50 AM (CaJIi)

237 230 You dated Christine O’Donnell?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 13, 2023 11:50 AM (r8Qje)

238 OMG! How is Eyepatch McCain's portfolio doing?!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 13, 2023 11:49 AM (Vwz3I)

https://is.gd/q1jlWz

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

239 >And what employer checks the validity of degrees, anyway?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:48 AM (LvTSG)

Many, IME. I've seen job offers rescinded several times. And I've only worked for Fortune 50 companies.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2023 11:51 AM (gryET)

240 I 'dated' one of my professors. She was the first practicing witch I ever slept with. No, I didn't learn my lesson. Nor the second time.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:49 AM (V6f9+)

*fistbump* The crazy ones are often the most alluring.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:51 AM (zZu0s)

241 I'm thinking the easiest way to get rid of CRT on campus is to make it an elective. Nobody other than the usual suspects will sign up for it.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2023 11:51 AM (anj39)

242 You dated Christine O’Donnell?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 13, 2023 11:50 AM (r8Qje)

She's him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

243 You dated Christine O’Donnell?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 13, 2023 11:50 AM (r8Qje)

I wish! Mine wasn't as attractive. But she did...stuff and I was young.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:51 AM (V6f9+)

244 "She was the first practicing witch I ever slept with. No, I didn't learn my lesson. Nor the second time.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water"

Did she have that Camarillo Brillo?

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at January 13, 2023 11:52 AM (iayUP)

245 feels like someone should say "Forget it Philip, it's Chinatown"

Has that flavor.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (d7w31)

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Looks good but Liam Neeson, eh, I dunno. A British Marlowe?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 13, 2023 11:52 AM (cMXNt)

246 Maybe everything is FUBAR now, but that's the "why".
Posted by: Common Tater at January 13, 2023 11:46 AM (g02KG)
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Yes, and the response was insane. Left to its own devices, the student loan market would vanish, interest rates would skyrocket, cosigners or collateral would be a lender requirement, or some combination.

But that would be unfair.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:52 AM (t0OGg)

247 *fistbump* The crazy ones are often the most alluring.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:51 AM (zZu0s)

Oh no kidding. Some things everyone has to learn the hard way. Like avoiding an ARM.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:52 AM (V6f9+)

248 OMG! How is Eyepatch McCain's portfolio doing?!

@zerohedge · 17m
Pelosi Punts Stocks, Takes Huge Losses In Tesla, Salesforce And PayPal

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 13, 2023 11:49 AM

paypal is in the dump and will stay there because of their own stupidity. It wasn't too long ago their stock was $250, now it is below $80 because they got stupid. pelosi took a huge loss on that sale. I say good for her!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 13, 2023 11:52 AM (uNylN)

249 Forget headcount. Target the budget.

Any university that spends less than 90% of the budget on instruction and facilities upkeep will face a 75% decrease in funding in the next academic year.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 11:08 AM (t0OGg)

I don't know that this would work in Texas. The Texas university system is rolling in money. Not sure to what effect the Legislature controls the outlay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at January 13, 2023 11:53 AM (z99Zw)

250 Speaking of words I'm trying to download
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 1913
but it's a bit confusing. Starting here:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29765
which can lead to this:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29765/

Which led me to query, is UTF-8, plain text? Upon which Bing's first response is - >

There is no such thing as plain text, and there's really no such thing as UTF-8 text, either. Text is an abstraction. UTF-8 is an encoding of characters into bytes.

Is that Jackass IT or what?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 13, 2023 11:53 AM (WSVNe)

251 Oh no kidding. Some things everyone has to learn the hard way. Like avoiding an ARM.

What???? Why????

Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 13, 2023 11:53 AM (eOEVl)

252 If you let colleges and universities void degrees, guess who's degrees they'll go after.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 11:50 AM (2tUFv)

Conservatives tend to be responsible and pay their debts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2023 11:53 AM (tkR6S)

253 all right, off to do a presentation.
Have a good weekend, morons.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:53 AM (V6f9+)

254 My wife thinks that Ike learned about the dangers of the Deep State when it took out Patton.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (r8Qje)

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No doubt in my mind that they took out both Patton and JFK and countless others ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 13, 2023 11:54 AM (BRmwW)

255 Oh no kidding. Some things everyone has to learn the hard way.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:52 AM (V6f9+)

Learn? This time it'll be different.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 11:54 AM (zZu0s)

256 all right, off to do a presentation.
Have a good weekend, morons.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:53 AM (V6f9+)

What's THAT a euphemism for?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

257 253 all right, off to do a presentation.
Have a good weekend, morons.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:53 AM (V6f9+)

========

Just remember, they know the trick of thinking of the audience naked, and they're probably thinking of YOU naked!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:54 AM (LvTSG)

258 ========

Just remember, they know the trick of thinking of the audience naked, and they're probably thinking of YOU naked!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 13, 2023 11:54 AM (LvTSG)

Turtle turtle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

259 The dictionary is not just ebook, it can be opened in docs or html. It's too big for note pad.

So, If you're interested in a real dictionary it's there and it's free.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 13, 2023 11:55 AM (WSVNe)

260 Oh no kidding. Some things everyone has to learn the hard way. Like avoiding an ARM.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:52 AM (V6f9+)

When I bought my first house, that's pretty much all that was available, unless you had a yuuge down payment. I refinanced asap.

Posted by: BignJames at January 13, 2023 11:55 AM (AwYPR)

261 256 all right, off to do a presentation.
Have a good weekend, morons.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:53 AM (V6f9+)

What's THAT a euphemism for?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:54 AM

Armond White is involved

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 11:55 AM (1ais2)

262 My wife thinks that Ike learned about the dangers of the Deep State when it took out Patton.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (r8Qje)

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No doubt in my mind that they took out both Patton and JFK and countless others ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 13, 2023 11:54 AM

I have been saying that for years. Both of them were going to get us in a shooting war with Russia and the deep state could not have that happen. Russia would have been destroyed and the defense money spigot and graft would have been turned off.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 13, 2023 11:56 AM (uNylN)

263
What's THAT a euphemism for?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

butt stuff

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 13, 2023 11:56 AM (pNxlR)

264 Oh no kidding. Some things everyone has to learn the hard way. Like avoiding an ARM.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:52 AM (V6f9+)

Back in my stupid days, I refi'd the house to an ARM with an introductory rate of 2% for the first year. I thought I was going to relocate for my job, so it was fine. When I didn't relocate and the ARM hit 18% the month the intro expired, well.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)

265
Yep, Patton was clearly a hit. And now I'm convinced JFK was too.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at January 13, 2023 11:57 AM (Mzdiz)

266 Oddly never looked at Patton demise, and not touching O'Reilly

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2023 11:57 AM (hH7mj)

267 Ukraine is not doing well militarily these days, and the pro-Ukrainian trolls are turning nasty.

Julian Röpcke is a reporter for the German magazine BILD, has a Ukrainian flag in his Twitter bio, and he tries to be fairly objective in his reporting while being pro-Ukrainian.

Julian on Twitter today:

Verified pro-Ukrainian NAFO activists are calling for my execution(!!!) because I geolocate footage the Ukrainian army and Ukrainian soldiers published via social media.

This is going too far guys, I don't care if you disagree with me, but demanding me to get "shot" is ... wow.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 11:58 AM (2tUFv)

268 When I didn't relocate and the ARM hit 18% the month the intro expired, well.........

There's usually an escalator cap so that something this extreme doesn't happen.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:58 AM (eOEVl)

269 Yep, Patton was clearly a hit. And now I'm convinced JFK was too.

And Nixon, twice.

LBJ had smooth sailing, though!

Posted by: t-bird at January 13, 2023 11:58 AM (CaJIi)

270
There's usually an escalator cap so that something this extreme doesn't happen.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:58 AM (eOEVl)

Yeah, not on that one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

271 There's usually an escalator cap so that something this extreme doesn't happen.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:58 AM (eOEVl)

Propeller beanie>escalator cap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2023 12:00 PM (tkR6S)

272 Ukraine is not doing well militarily these days

Imagine thinking Ukraine's winning because they're fighting from subterranean positions n salt mines.

Posted by: t-bird at January 13, 2023 12:00 PM (CaJIi)

273 129
'the people who Know What's Best For You, with grandiose Plans For Humanity'

Won't they be surprised to find out other can make plans too? And that those plans involve them in very negative situations

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2023 12:00 PM (YohY1)

274 There's usually an escalator cap so that something this extreme doesn't happen.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 11:58 AM (eOEVl)

Mine was 2%/year....5%/max....it went up a lot faster than it went down.

Posted by: BignJames at January 13, 2023 12:00 PM (AwYPR)

275 Conservatives tend to be responsible and pay their debts.

Universities will establish "codes of conduct" for graduates, and will cancel the degrees of graduates who violate those "codes of conduct".

Become a prominent conservative, or publicly state on social media that men can't become pregnant, and lose your degree.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 12:01 PM (2tUFv)

276 I saw Escalator Cap open for Otis Elevator at Blind Lemon in '88.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)

277 Willowed:

Beethoven reportedly smelled like a walking corpse.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

*******

Well, he had been decomposing for years...

Posted by: Hubert Harumphey at January 13, 2023 12:01 PM (ykeLU)

278
There's usually an escalator cap so that something this extreme doesn't happen.
Posted by: Archimedes
=================

I can't do escalators

Posted by: John Fetterman at January 13, 2023 12:01 PM (vwCZJ)

279
I didn't recall the name Armond White, because I don't read film reviews. But I see he writes for NR, so yeah... I can be damn sure he sucks all the balls.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2023 12:02 PM (oINRc)

280 all right, off to do a presentation.
Have a good weekend, morons.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2023 11:53 AM (V6f9+)

Make sure your camera is OFF before you start jacking it. Trust me on this.

Posted by: Jeff "Toob Snake" Toobin at January 13, 2023 12:02 PM (s2na+)

281 There are fewer say Chemistry professor/Chemistry major student hook ups...sure.

But often those Chemistry teachers also have intro classes that non-Chemistry types have to take.

Posted by: 18-1

Uh, my undergrad Chem advisor (a PhD Chemist and a big wheel in the ACS at the time) was bangin' a girl I knew very well, who was one of his grad students. And he was married at the time (so was she). They actually lived together for a while, before he got back with his wife. And he also had another piece on the side.
One of the other older PhD faculty guys was discovered in his office bangin' some black girl on a weekend...one of the other faculty found him...by accident. And yet another guy (P-Chem prof) was bangin' the wife of the aforementioned "Chem advisor" behind his back...and they were supposed to be buddies, too.

It happens all over. People are corrupt horn-dogs, regardless of their degree.

Posted by: A face in the crowd...... at January 13, 2023 12:03 PM (vcOmj)

282 I didn't recall the name Armond White, because I don't read film reviews. But I see he writes for NR, so yeah... I can be damn sure he sucks all the balls.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2023 12:02 PM (oINRc)

All the balls are belong to Armond.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

283 Tenure is like rent control. A leftist construct.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 13, 2023 12:03 PM (R3DcR)

284 I don't know how all of us morons can all score charter flights to a climate conference.

But that's kind of the standard.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2023 12:03 PM (hOkEs)

285 Universities will establish "codes of conduct" for graduates, and will cancel the degrees of graduates who violate those "codes of conduct".

Become a prominent conservative, or publicly state on social media that men can't become pregnant, and lose your degree.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 12:01 PM (2tUFv)

You don't owe your student loan to the university, you owe it to the lender. The lender holds your degree as collateral. That's how you structure it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2023 12:03 PM (tkR6S)

286 And yet another guy (P-Chem prof) was bangin' the wife of the aforementioned "Chem advisor" behind his back...and they were supposed to be buddies, too.

It happens all over. People are corrupt horn-dogs, regardless of their degree.
Posted by: A face in the crowd...... at January 13, 2023 12:03 PM (vcOmj)

I'd agree on this one as well, based on IU.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 12:04 PM (zZu0s)

287 Uh, my undergrad Chem advisor (a PhD Chemist and a big wheel in the ACS at the time) was bangin' a girl I knew very well, who was one of his grad students. And he was married at the time (so was she). They actually lived together for a while, before he got back with his wife. And he also had another piece on the side.
One of the other older PhD faculty guys was discovered in his office bangin' some black girl on a weekend...one of the other faculty found him...by accident. And yet another guy (P-Chem prof) was bangin' the wife of the aforementioned "Chem advisor" behind his back...and they were supposed to be buddies, too.

Geez, where did you go, Borgia University?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 12:04 PM (eOEVl)

288 202 How's the globull warming in your area today?...warm, cool, wet, dry?
Posted by: BignJames at January 13, 2023 11:43 AM (AwYPR)

Looks like another inch or so of globul warmering here in Sunny Central Calif today....

Funny how my Solar panels don't seem to be workin very well... wonder why....

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 13, 2023 12:04 PM (oHd/0)

289 Imagine thinking Ukraine's winning because they're fighting from subterranean positions n salt mines.

Yeah, they want to kill Röpcke because his geolocation of Ukrainian soldiers shows that they are retreating. That's not the Party Line.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 12:04 PM (2tUFv)

290 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 12:05 PM (zZu0s)

291 All the balls are belong to Armond.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 13, 2023 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Hahahahah.

I take second to no one in my hatred for NR. But Armond is worth the reading. Or was. Idk. Lost track a while back.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 13, 2023 12:05 PM (1ais2)

292
Oh, I do see White is openly gay, though, so that's a point in his favor. One of the only prominent ConInc figures who's honest about it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2023 12:05 PM (oINRc)

293 Uh, my undergrad Chem advisor (a PhD Chemist and a big wheel in the ACS at the time) was bangin' a girl I knew very well, who was one of his grad students. And he was married at the time (so was she). They actually lived together for a while, before he got back with his wife. And he also had another piece on the side.
One of the other older PhD faculty guys was discovered in his office bangin' some black girl on a weekend...one of the other faculty found him...by accident. And yet another guy (P-Chem prof) was bangin' the wife of the aforementioned "Chem advisor" behind his back...and they were supposed to be buddies, too. ...
Posted by: A face in the crowd...... at January 13, 2023 12:03 PM (vcOmj)
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Damn. Did the campus clinic specialize in VD shots?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2023 12:05 PM (t0OGg)

294 Geez, where did you go, Borgia University?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 12:04 PM (eOEVl)

Faber.

Posted by: BignJames at January 13, 2023 12:05 PM (AwYPR)

295 Universities will establish "codes of conduct" for graduates, and will cancel the degrees of graduates who violate those "codes of conduct".

Become a prominent conservative, or publicly state on social media that men can't become pregnant, and lose your degree.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 13, 2023 12:01 PM (2tUFv)

Well, they are now trying to take away Jordan Petersons Psych License unless he goes to their MANDATORY re-education course on how to use media...

Yeah, they are going to tell a guy with Hundreds of MILLIONS of social media hits, how to use the Internetz!

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 13, 2023 12:07 PM (oHd/0)

296 Geez, where did you go, Borgia University?
Posted by: Archimedes

I know, it's all pretty hilarious.

It was funny at the time, but we that knew had to be careful of what we said. There is actually a lot more to all this that makes it even funnier.
And no, it was actually a rather conservative (relatively) state university. And I bet you would find a LOT of this all over, if you knew the faculty just a little better.

Posted by: A face in the crowd...... at January 13, 2023 12:07 PM (vcOmj)

297 294 Geez, where did you go, Borgia University?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2023 12:04 PM (eOEVl)

Faber.
Posted by: BignJames at January 13, 2023 12:05 PM (AwYPR)

Lepetomain!

Posted by: THE Bob McGraw at January 13, 2023 12:08 PM (oHd/0)

298 O'Reilly's books are FOS

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 13, 2023 12:10 PM (WSVNe)

299 Re: Patton

My favorite government boss (a Naval Aviator type) once said to a small group of his contractor staff:

"The bureaucracy will ensure that there is NEVER another Patton!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at January 13, 2023 12:10 PM (hOUT3)

300 Berea College is... weird. They employed bell hooks (intentionally non-capitalized because she didn't believe in capital letters, which made having to read her essays actually annoyed me enough to SNAP back in academia) until she died, among other such fun-filled things. On the plus side, they don't charge their students for anything, and require that they have actual jobs in exchange, which is an admirable thing. They are, however, largely responsible for the reputation that Appalachia as a whole has developed, since that's the image they have been selling to the coastal elites since the 1800s.

The most shocking thing about 2020 for me was seeing the massive Trump parades through the community there, since I assumed the college was more representative of the city than it turned out was true.

Posted by: American Hawkman at January 13, 2023 12:12 PM (VfMhS)

301 The most shocking thing about 2020 for me was seeing the massive Trump parades through the community there, since I assumed the college was more representative of the city than it turned out was true.
Posted by: American Hawkman at January 13, 2023 12:12 PM (VfMhS)

Berea is kind of like Bloomington was (ultra liberal) surrounded by complete redneck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 13, 2023 12:26 PM (zZu0s)

302 But how do we know that "climate change" is not a problem? Science.

What is science:
1) \Make a guess.
2) Refine it to an exact guess, with numbers, a hypothesis.
3) By carefully designed experiment, or observation of nature, see if those numbers are true.
4) If those numbers turn out to not be true, you are wrong. It does not matter how famous you are, how much you are considered an "expert", how many other "experts" agree with you, or how popular the idea is, you are wrong. This is known as falsification.

1) Guess, increasing carbon dioxide (NOT "carbon") will trap heat in the atmosphere and radiate half of it back down, increasing the temperature at the surface.
2 ) Hypothesis, if the amount of carbon dioxide increases to 400 parts per million, it will be trapped in the atmosphere, and the temperature at the midpoint of the atmosphere (10-12 kilometers altitude), which will heat the air there by 2.1 degrees Celsius.
3) Observation, the atmosphere at 10-12 Km alt. has increased by 0.7 Celsius, 1/3 the predicted amount.
4) Conclusion, falsification.

Posted by: Nightfall at January 13, 2023 12:28 PM (xwoai)

303 Problem with above falsification, the physics say the atmosphere MUST increase in trapped heat, it is simple physics.

So are clouds. Most of the Earth is covered with water. Increased head simply means that clouds form slightly sooner. Result, shade, rain, wind (and evaporation, and more clouds), and all that heat from the surface is moved all the way up there into the clouds and radiated out into space. Then, when the sun goes down, the clouds go away, which allows heat from the surface to radiate out.

Think about it, heat, followed by evaporation, clouds, shade, rain, wind. If you are now, at the surface, in shade, being rained on, and with wind blowing, are you going to be cooler? This isn't rocket science.

Posted by: Nightfall at January 13, 2023 12:41 PM (xwoai)

304 Yellen Warns US Will Hit Debt Limit Next Thursday, Will Take Extraordinary Measures To Avoid Default

Lol! I guess the $1.7 trillion bill miss something.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2023 12:48 PM (Y5qcH)

305 5) Tenure makes you lazy.

Posted by: Texican ette at January 13, 2023 01:10 PM (6fpGB)

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