Sharks aren't what they should be worried about. You have to go in the water to get eaten by sharks. But death adders... no, those assholes will slither up your leg while you're waiting in line at the Hungry Jack's. And then, when you run screaming into the water to get away from the death adders, BAM! the sharks got you.
Fuck Australia. It's a shame, too, because the last time I was there I had a really good time. But the only reason I'm still alive is because having a blood alcohol level of over.25 acts as a death adder repellent. At least that's what the Qantas stewardess told me as we were landing. Thank god the airport bar was open.
And let me tell you, it's not easy maintaining a blood alcohol level of over.25 for six weeks while you're a visiting professor on a university fellowship. Fortunately, the rest of the faculty seemed to be on the same anti-death adder regimen.
The point of vouchers is to allow parents to evaluate the schools available to them and allow parents to decide.
That's not the point of vouchers. The point of vouchers is for the government to pay a government contractor to run a school, much in the way they paid Blackwater to fight a war. Everything is more expensive, more cheaply done and less effective. It comes down to which contractor has the best inside track to get awarded the pork.
You already have choice. If you don't like the public school in your area, send your kid to private school. Lower working class people have been doing this for half a century.
Burden the public schools with standardized tests, cut funding and then privatize. Pocket billions in a huge rent seeking scheme. As an added bonus further undermine people's faith in govt so you can cut back on social services and pocket that money too I beloved believe it's called "Starve the Beast". Which sounds good until you realize that beast was a watchdog.
I wish I'd said that. I probably will, sooner or later, without attribution.
Vouchers will get students out of failing public schools, like, Newark, Chicago, etc. and give them a chance to break the cycle of poverty.
School vouchers are a scam to keep the prisons full. If you hear someone talk about "school reform", run for the hills. They're famous flim-flammers.
The school "privatization" movement is one of the biggest scandals of the 21st century. Charter schools fail. They exist to funnel money upward, not to educate kids.
"Compared to a Westinghouse Gen II PWR, the AP1000 contains 50 percent fewer safety-related valves, 35 percent fewer pumps, 80 percent less safety-related piping, 85 percent less control cabling, and 45 percent less seismic building volume.... If an accident happens, the AP1000 will shut itself down without needing any human intervention (or even electrical power) within the first 72 hours."
The only thing stupider would be if he was drinking a tall glass of Tang while he was posting his story about how government investment in research doesn't lead to anything useful...on the Internet.
To ban the sale of apple devices to people who dont know to turn off a default optiion.
That would mean losing about 90% of iPhone sales.
Remember, Apple has "strategic partnerships" with wireless providers. Do you really not think there was a discussion about this anywhere among the Apple executives and the brass from the telecoms?
The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said on Friday that the additional scrutiny and criticism of police officers in the wake of highly publicized episodes of police brutality may have led to an increase in violent crime in some cities as officers have become less aggressive.
With his remarks, Mr. Comey lent the prestige of the F.B.I., the nation’s most prominent law enforcement agency, to a theory that is far from settled: that the increased attention on the police has made officers less aggressive and emboldened criminals. But he acknowledged that there is so far no data to back up his assertion and that it may be just one of many factors that are contributing to the rise in crime, like cheaper drugs and an increase in criminals who are being released from prison.
So really, it could very well be that the rise in violent crime is the result of increased surveillance on the general population rather than increased surveillance on police.
You don't have to be dishonest to be in law enforcement, but it helps.
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Holy hell. Is Australia the result of some lab accident gone wrong, or what?
But indoors is where the ear wax spiders hang out.
Sharks aren't what they should be worried about. You have to go in the water to get eaten by sharks. But death adders... no, those assholes will slither up your leg while you're waiting in line at the Hungry Jack's. And then, when you run screaming into the water to get away from the death adders, BAM! the sharks got you.
Fuck Australia. It's a shame, too, because the last time I was there I had a really good time. But the only reason I'm still alive is because having a blood alcohol level of over .25 acts as a death adder repellent. At least that's what the Qantas stewardess told me as we were landing. Thank god the airport bar was open.
And let me tell you, it's not easy maintaining a blood alcohol level of over .25 for six weeks while you're a visiting professor on a university fellowship. Fortunately, the rest of the faculty seemed to be on the same anti-death adder regimen.
That's not the point of vouchers. The point of vouchers is for the government to pay a government contractor to run a school, much in the way they paid Blackwater to fight a war. Everything is more expensive, more cheaply done and less effective. It comes down to which contractor has the best inside track to get awarded the pork.
You already have choice. If you don't like the public school in your area, send your kid to private school. Lower working class people have been doing this for half a century.
So, by "standardized tests" what you really mean is "standardized curriculum". I didn't know we had that. It's about time.
I wish I'd said that. I probably will, sooner or later, without attribution.
To be fair, he's not really a retard. He just made it through school in the days before they gave tests.
His grade was based on his penmanship.
When was the magical age when teachers didn't "teach to the test"?
The kid growing up in "east tenn" probably needs a dentist.
School vouchers are a scam to keep the prisons full. If you hear someone talk about "school reform", run for the hills. They're famous flim-flammers.
The school "privatization" movement is one of the biggest scandals of the 21st century. Charter schools fail. They exist to funnel money upward, not to educate kids.
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/1...
http://www.philly.com/philly/b...
http://www.eschatonblog.com/20...
The people of Memphis and Nashville are welcome. All others pay cash.
To be fair, the 42 year delay was so that they could convince the people of Tennessee that electricity wasn't the work of the devil.
And now, with electrolytes!
The only thing stupider would be if he was drinking a tall glass of Tang while he was posting his story about how government investment in research doesn't lead to anything useful...on the Internet.
And "constructive dialog" must be either neutral or positive towards Apple?
Maybe we have a different definition of "constructive dialog".
The EPA also said that sulfoxaflor was safe.
http://www.reuters.com/article...
Why is that good again?
That would mean losing about 90% of iPhone sales.
Remember, Apple has "strategic partnerships" with wireless providers. Do you really not think there was a discussion about this anywhere among the Apple executives and the brass from the telecoms?
Drambuie is a malt liqueur:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
That's not true. I happen to know that there are five dollar hookers in Vancouver.
There is no "rise in violent crime". It's still lower than it was in the '90s, and one data point does not a trend make.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Also,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10...
So really, it could very well be that the rise in violent crime is the result of increased surveillance on the general population rather than increased surveillance on police.
You don't have to be dishonest to be in law enforcement, but it helps.
My wife can tell you I don't move when I watch football. Does that count as the Zeno Effect?
I've been to Seattle, and it's probably better for everyone if they don't get faster internet.
I mean, five dollar coffee, utilikilts and grunge. Don't nobody need Seattle on the information superhighway.
I give this thread no fucking stars.
Emo is a Chicago boy. He used to warm up for bands in clubs around town back in the day before he made it to the comedy joints.