November 29, 2010 archive

Wikileaks FTW

(Cross-posted the The Free Speech Zone)

Never before in history has a superpower lost control of such vast amounts of such sensitive information — data that can help paint a picture of the foundation upon which US foreign policy is built. Never before has the trust America’s partners have in the country been as badly shaken. Now, their own personal views and policy recommendations have been made public — as have America’s true views of them.

http://www.spiegel.de/internat…

The Chronicle of Higher Ed.

If this sad tale by “a doctor of everything” doesn’t make you vomit, piss, and laugh simultaneously, well, then you aren’t me.  The comment section is absolutely priceless.  Aside from the general teeth gnashing, the phrase “turning education into an economic pursuit” stood out.  Right next to the article is a link entitled, “Report faults for-profit colleges as providers of ‘subprime opportunity:’ The sector needs more government oversight, say the authors, to avoid a crisis that resembles the housing-market crash.”  My sympathies were with the doctor of everything, who profits, albeit miserably, off of the rigor mortis.  America, I love you fucking phonies to death.  

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