Thursday, March 20, 2014

News in brief



Special consideration shall be given to women and/or minority defined as: Native American, Asian American, Latino, African American and those of the non-Christian faith.
...Colorado Mountain College (CMC) is prohibiting adjunct professors from working over 30 hours per week to minimize the large financial impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ...
"In the mid-2000s, far left activist Stoney Cooks, served as Sheila Jackson-Lee’s Chief of Staff and Administrative Assistant.
"In 1967, Cooks was one of forty-one Americans who traveled to communist Czechoslovakia to meet with representatives of the North Vietnamese communist government and the Viet Cong.
"The American delegation included members of Students for a Democratic Society and other leftist groups. According to one participant, the meeting had been initiated by the North Vietnamese and the Americans “were expected not only to oppose the war in Vietnam but also to favor, on balance, an NLF (National Liberation Front) victory.”
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The UC Santa Barbara Department of Feminist Studies  "It’s not a department of women’s studies, but a department of feminist studies."

Related: The Neo-Porn Feminists  "Or, how the Left destroyed feminism."
 "Would we be surprised, at this point, to see an op-ed by a self-proclaimed feminist who argues that sleeping with her married boss for a promotion is “liberating” and “empowering”?" ... 



Hillary’s incoherence   ... "Going further, Clinton declared herself “personally skeptical that the Iranians would follow through and deliver” if an agreement were reached.
"At the same time, Clinton said she supports the Obama administration’s negotiations with Iran. And she praised John Kerry’s efforts. Clinton believes that the U.S. should “give space of diplomacy to work” and should not impose new unilateral sanctions on Iran. She is nothing if not cliche-ridden."

Los Angeles City Council Blames Fracking for Earthquake    “ 'My first impression is that sounds implausible,” seismologist Lucy Jones said. “The earthquake was so deep. Induced earthquakes are almost always shallower than this.' ”  Rizzoli and Isles notwithstanding.  Silliness.

Now on to the all-important NCAA picks by the picker-in-chief:
Political Cartoons by Nate Beeler
 
Political Cartoons by Gary Varvel
 
 

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