Scott Walker is extremely creepy: “Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said in an interview on Friday that mandatory ultrasounds for women hoping to get an abortion was “just a cool thing.”
And here is another example of Scott Walker’s insane love and support of Big Government. I’m telling you, people, this guy has very serious mental issues. I would not say this lightly. Jeb Bush, for instance? Stupid and useless but not sick. Mitt Romney? A congenital idiot but not unhealthy. Scott Walker, though? Serious issues.
Of course, Mitt Romney might be sane but his supporters aren’t always very stable. A woman ran over her husband with an SUV because he didn’t vote for Mitt Romney.
“A recent study of overworked management consultants in the US found that 35% employed in this occupation actually “faked” an 80-hour work week.” There is an even greater number of such people in academia. The most “overworked” and “stressed out” are always those who never publish anything and teach the same course for decades.
Kerry’s humiliation only worked for a short time: “Russia’s army is massing troops and hundreds of pieces of weaponry including mobile rocket launchers, tanks and artillery at a makeshift base near the border with Ukraine, a Reuters reporter saw this week.”
[Spanish]. Gender-selective abortions in Spain. Barbarity spreads and gains ground.
The new entries in Merriam-Webster‘s unabridged dictionary.
And competing for the title of the idiot of the week, “creationist suggest that if we believe in Evolution that Josh Duggar did nothing wrong.”
It is sad that completely unqualified, pedagogically illiterate people make it into higher ed.
“How hypocrite Michelle Duggar compared transgender people to ‘child predators’ 12 years AFTER her own son admitted molesting young girls as they slept.” These people are beyond disgusting.
This is the best piece ever on why print journalism is dying. I was about to write this post myself but the linked author did it better than I ever could.
You will never believe which TV show this is about: “It introduced a drama of true complexity and characters of great depth, qualities absent in the television landscape at the time. It felt less like older dramas like NYPD Blue orthirtysomething and more like European art cinema.” People are so weird.
This might make you feel sorry for Jeb Bush.
“Life is too short for a full-time job. Too short, and too precious.” We will be hearing more and more of this in the coming year. I’m trying very hard not to be judgmental and I’m almost succeeding. OK, this is a lie, I’m not succeeding.
“The vast majority of the claimed benefits of nursing simply do not hold up when we look at the best data.” Like anybody with half a brain doubted this.
Poor little rich women. “Little” is definitely the word here.
“Will the United States remain the most powerful country in the world? Many think not. Those who feel this way also tend to think that China’s ascent will lead to America’s decline.” Oh, come on. China is so not it. I thought that the decade of fretting over the ridiculous fantasy of China as the world’s next superpower was long over.
“Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a women’s college in Indiana, announced Tuesday that it will start to admit men.” This is amazing news. Ghettoization of education is just wrong.
Sharia law at Walmart! Horrible panic! Apocalypse! Scary, scary shit! No, not really. It’s just funny.
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Actually, I don’t understand why people buy most mainstream magazines.
My lack of understanding isn’t about content or anything like that — it’s because I understand that most magazines make nearly all of their profits from advertising, and that the listed price of the magazine has nothing to do with the production costs.
Instead, the listed price has to do with market segmentation and the perceived value of the content.
That’s why Monocle sells for considerably more than Time Magazine …
Many magazines would do better if they would simply publish a lavish PDF version so they could pocket even more of the advertising money they’re receiving.
When dailies whinge about how their readers aren’t supporting them, this is fairly dishonest as well — it’s not about the readers, but instead it’s about the publishers who aren’t attracting enough readers to keep advertisers interested.
Gutless me-too journalism isn’t helping these matters …
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Russia is so desperate to hide its military involvement in Ukraine that it has brought in mobile crematoriums to destroy the bodies of its war dead, say U.S. lawmakers who traveled to the war-torn country this spring.
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-26/putin-burns-his-dead-to-hide-ukraine-aggression
The Dutch cabinet has approved a proposal for a partial ban on face-covering Islamic veils on public transport and in public areas such as schools and hospitals.
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The ban would not apply to wearing the burqa or the niqab on the street, only for security reasons or “in specific situations where it is essential for people to be seen”, the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, told journalists after a cabinet meeting.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4660438,00.html
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I was hesitant to write about the mobile crematoriums because it’s a bit too morbid but yes, this is happening. And not a single family of the soldiers burned in crematoriums aimed to destroy stay dogs seems to care.
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Israeli drought aid swings into action in California
Tech companies move forward with tender bidding in California’s water districts, promoting stronger policital ties with the US.
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“This is a rare opportunity to strengthen ties with members of congress not only in Washington, but in their homes,” said Segel. “American citizens aren’t interested in the Middle East, but they are interested in safety, cyber, energy, water, farming, and health. State governors come to Israel and find economic opportunity. The path is to connect to America in 50 states with 50 governors in areas that Israel can help them so that Americans will understand Israel’s importance in everyday life.”
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Israel became a world leader in recycling water. Some 90% of farming water in Israel is recycled water while California’s farms use mainly clean water suitable for drinking.
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All of America is worried, and not only for California’s grass. The state grows more than a third of America’s vegetables and two thirds of the country’s fruit and nuts. For most American’s, and indeed for many around the world, the persistent drought means a severe rise in food prices.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4663131,00.html
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What a brilliant idea! If anybody knows how to beat this, it’s the Israelis.
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Van dude has a gofundme linked through to his twitter, complete with video.
A Brief Guide to Gender in India An interesting use of the second person.
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В конце минувшей недели прокуратура Кировского района Екатеринбурга изъяла книги ТАНАХа, включая Тору, а также книги Пророков и Писаний (“Невиим” и “Ктувим”), на предмет “наличия в этих книгах материалов экстремистского содержания”. Изъятие книг производилось в библиотеке еврейской гимназии «Ор Авнер».
http://cursorinfo.co.il/news/mivzakim/2015/05/31/prokuratura-ekaterinburga-izyala-tanah-iz-evreyskoy-gimnazii-/
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Crazy fucks. What can I say? Crazy, illiterate idiots.
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A new program was launched over the weekend for Christian college students, modeled after Taglit-Birthright Israel trips for young American Jews.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4656265,00.html
In this story I was interested in the 1933 decision of the Oxford Union Society and its influence:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4664867,00.html
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The silent exclusion of Israeli academics
Op-ed: Under the protection of secrecy and lack of transparency, a barrier stronger than any boycott is slowly being built in the world of academic journals.
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On the backdrop of the shortage in review articles on books, every review article I have written was gladly received and published – up until two years ago, when I sent the journal a review article. I waited for its publication in the upcoming issue, and then in the next issue – and nothing happened. There was neither a publication nor a rejection letter. I sent the article again, in case there had been an email error, and got no response.
I met the editor in a conference held in the United States a while ago. He used crafty intellectual terms in order to explain the new trends in Middle Eastern research which led to the changes in the publication policy. He didn’t say in any way that Israelis were not wanted.
A simple examination of the past two years’ issues revealed that the change amounts to not publishing any article by an Israeli researcher. Under the protection of secrecy and lack of transparency, a barrier stronger than any boycott is slowly being built.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4665081,00.html
Somebody commented:
“depends on the field
I am an associate editor of a prestigious journal in the sciences though I am from Tel Aviv University. Of course Israeli articles appear all the time in science journals.
This in spite that almost all these journals do list the authors for the reviewer “
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The dean of the Federal University of Santa Maria in the State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil [ Professor Jose Fernando Schlosser] recently circulated a memorandum, requesting a list of Israeli lecturers and students studying in the institution. The dean gave the directive at the request of, among others, the Association of Solidarity with the Palestinian People of southern Brazil.
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The university confirmed the authenticity of the document, but argued that the stamp “liberate Palestine – boycott Israel” was forged and was not written by the dean.
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Articles in various media outlets claim that the purpose of creating a list with the names of the Israelis was to confiscate their courses and harass Israeli students and lecturers.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4665288,00.html
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