May 2011
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How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory →
Roger Ailes is a piece of excrement
Read this piece from Rolling Stone
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“If Perry were elected president, perhaps he would do for the entire United...”
– Rick Perry, the Coyote Candidate Gail Collins, NYTimes.com
Effectively, that would be Dubya Redux - but Perry is only playing dumb
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Also, let’s take all the stuff out of school textbooks that we don’t like, even if it’s based on things like science or history.
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Rick Scott, Florida's "pro-life" governor, vetoes... →
stfuconservatives:
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“Pro-life,” my ass.
Don’t they get it? If they were pro-life, they would be for the lives of the already living. Instead, they’re just anti-abortion and anti-child. Why can’t they see that in themselves?
Disgusting. Fuck off, Scott.
Oh yeah. Once you’re out of the womb and safe from an abortion, you are on your fucking own, babies!
“Well John, if they are not going to make a distinction between Muslims and...”
– Aasif Mandvi on The Daily Show (via ordinaryrevolutionary)
SNAP (via whatsajuthika)
Ice burn.
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Will someone give this man an award? (via mendmyheart)
1000 points. (via mehreenkasana)
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I cannot wait to watch TREE OF LIFE →
QUALITY
my new catchphraseword
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oh-stylo-deactivated20110911 asked: Send me the link.
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OK...so I am still alive
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Positively Persistent Teach: Nice Person's Disease →
positivelypersistentteach:
In my 2nd year of teaching, on a particularly stressful week, I completely unloaded on one of my work friends about absolutely everything that was bothering me. She listened intently and then said, ”I know what the problem is, you have the nice person’s disease. I used to have it too. You don’t…
Here’s my interview experience (from today):
I sit down...
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50 Reasons Why The World Is Definitely Ending On... →
My Favorites: 1, 8, 21, 37, 43 and 47
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“One of the worst films of all time, On Stranger Tides has absolutely and utterly...”
– Someone didn’t like the new Pirates of the Carribean movie. (via synecdoche)
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If you don't think James Spader had the best cameo...
I haven’t been reading industry rags but I hope he signs on for next year
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6 Tricks to Focus Kids. →
toseealambatschool:
By Hannah Trierweiler Hudson
As the weather gets warmer and kids get antsier, head off distraction with these stay-focused tips.
1. Designate an object for speakers to hold. ‘Tis the season for whispering about summer plans and what’s playing at the movie theater. To curb side conversations in class, give whoever’s talking a special object to hold, like a Magic Eight...
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Summer Reading List (and beyond)
Ulysses
Infinite Jest
Team of Rivals
A Friend of the Family
Unbroken
Elizabeth Street
The Worst Hard Time
The Instructions
Abraham Lincoln: A Life
The Brothers Karamazov
The Forever War
Theodore Rex
Colonel Roosevelt
President Reagan: A Role of A Lifetime
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
What is the What
Parrot and Olivier in America
A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Parents, teachers seek federal probe of D.C.... →
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Arne Duncan Appreciates Teachers - Right! →
34years:
From the blog assortedstuff comes a great post that says what I’ve been thinking as I read letters, first from Arne Duncan, then from Michelle Rhee, supporting the teaching profession. Both of these people have visions for education that are destructive and anti-democratic.
First, there has been a call to reform education, to move it into the 21st century. I don’t have a problem with...
