Slavoj Žižek on Europe and the refugee crisis (a video).
“After the Sanders campaign leaders in Nevada realized they’d been out-organized by the Clinton people, they decided to bury that fact inside the persecution narrative: The Evil Democratic Establishment had stolen the convention for Clinton.” Yes, absolutely. And the persecution narrative is nothing short of pathetic. But it’s not just about Nevada. It’s been there from the start. How often did we hear that the debates were scheduled in a way that would make them invisible because Hillary was afraid of Bernie in a debate format? Which is ridiculous because she slaughtered him every single time. Nothing helped her more than those debates.
God, I’m happy I didn’t get hired at Pomona. These idiots are creating humiliating and ridiculous obstacles for tenure-seeking professors. Of course, the poor faculty members at that shithole are so beaten down that they don’t even dare protest.
Good news from Tennessee, though: the finding for the horrible diversity and inclusion office will be cut! When when will this blessing finally alight on my university?
It’s funny how dedicated are unhealthy, unhappy people to writing stupid books on sex.
People asked me why I consider Corey Robin to be dumb as a door knob. Well, what else can one say about a fellow who argues that Hillary Clinton is a Leninist? Whenever I read anything at all by him, it’s like he’s being stupid for a living.
The smell of used books is a new fad in perfume.
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Eh, I have a different prediction for tenure cases at Pomona: In most cases, people will put in some boilerplate about “I use interactive engagement techniques to foster a classroom environment where everyone can participate in the discussion” (I don’t know if that means anything to you, but in STEM Education jargon it would sound good to the ears of the Right-Thinking People) or “I assign works by a diverse range of authors” (probably more feasible in literature than physics” and that will be that. It will be functionally equivalent to a checkbox.
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Of course, that’s how it will be. There’s so much stuff like that, I’m already ending up with syllabi that look like brochures.
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The place would have to actually get a diverse student body and a diverse faculty if it were interested in diversity. Then it could think about teaching methods.
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All of my students are black so I have 100% diversity. Strangely enough it has not helped me an iota in applying to jobs in the US that say they are interested in diversity. It is just posturing on Pomona’s part.
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Oh, absolutely. That’s why I despise this measure.
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Maybe so, but it’s working for Bernie. Your first paragraph in this “Encyclopedia” post demonstrates that.
So now Obama-hater Cornel West and Israel-loather James Zogby are on the Democratic Party’s 2016 platform committee? This election gets more bizarrely amusing every day. 🙂
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Here’s another school that you can be glad you weren’t hired at:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/30/the-new-activism-of-liberal-arts-colleges
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Yes, they rejected me, too.
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In case you missed it:
“Putin is offering 2.5 acres and citizenship to any Americans fleeing a Donald Trump presidency who would be willing to live in Russia’s remote Far East for at least his first term.”
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/3072413/canada-russia-offers-political-asylum-americans-donald-trump-presidency/#iTJVsoHXqzpJkYHc.99
Also check out the top ten reasons for Americans to move to Russia.
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I did miss it. Putin doesn’t know who else to invite over. A few months ago, he was inviting German Jews to move to Russia.
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Germany still has Jews? How’d that happen?
Anyway, Jews can rest assured that Russia is a place where they will be able to live safe, free lives without fear of anti-Semitism.
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About 200,000 moved from Russia and other former Soviet states to Germany during the 1990s.
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Yes. And they have zero interest in going back in spite of all their endless complaints about Germany.
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I got excited at how useful this device may be:
Hand-held microwave takes home convenience into the wild
http://www.gizmag.com/wayv-adventurer-portable-microwave/43456/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=50f86fa9a4-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-50f86fa9a4-92399805
It does not have to be wild. What if you go somewhere and then you or Klara want to eat something warm / hot?
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That’s so cute! I could totally use that in the wilderness of my office.
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