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One of the trends I observed during my teaching career was the steady and consistent rise in the number of ‘Deans’ and Administrators. It’s clear to anyone studying modern issues in education that what we need are less people teaching and more people...
by davelovell
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on Sat Oct 07, 2023 at 05:57 AM PDT
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Below are some quotes that I took from the Facebook page of a trump-supporting acquaintance. I do not include the full post - it's too long. And I am not responding to this person. The post I am quoting from here is similar to many others, and there...
by shivashankar
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on Thu Mar 25, 2021 at 05:41 PM PDT
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There are currently 435 members of the US House of Representatives. The main floor of the House of Representatives’ Chamber seats 450. There are approximately 500 gallery seats in the Chamber (plus some extra room for additional seating on...
by Dont Know Nothing
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on Wed Feb 17, 2021 at 12:03 PM PST
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Rep. Deb Haaland has made history once again. The New Mexico representative for the state’s 1st Congressional District was selected Thursday by President-elect Joe Biden to be the nation’s first ever Native American interior secretary, and the first...
by Carolyn Copeland
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on Thu Dec 17, 2020 at 02:02 PM PST
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Like everyone else capable of rational thought, I find the Trump administration’s refusal to allow the Biden team access to the government departments and agencies and the information they will need to make a smooth transition into a new administration...
by ramara
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on Sat Nov 14, 2020 at 12:18 PM PST
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It’s clear that we need a concise specific system, to rate Trump, to prevent things getting vague. Here’s a 10 ITEM QUIZ for Presidential COVID response, where Trump gets only 2 out of 10 right. Provided that a President intends to protect the...
by KKwriter
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on Sun Sep 13, 2020 at 07:15 PM PDT
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It’s enough to make you think of the last days in a Berlin bunker in 1945. So, you’ve probably heard yesterday was the day we began the Donald Trump Shark Jump. When most of both conservative and progressive msm came out against DJT’s hounding of...
by citixen
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on Thu May 28, 2020 at 11:03 AM PDT
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What Are You Working On? is for all things hand-made, home-made, and creative in a variety of mediums.
Looking for volunteers for BlogEditors and BlogAdministrators for WAYWO. Also looking for ...
by vgranucci
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on Sun Apr 26, 2020 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Sanity Takes a Vacation By Mike Arroyo Hitler. Stalin. Mao Tse Tung. One thing that these dudes had in common…they were dictators with authoritative rule. People don’t change, times do. Here in 2020 we have a situation of which is perplexing, comical...
by marroyo66
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on Sun Apr 19, 2020 at 01:13 AM PDT
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Shameful land grab to disposs the tribe that helped the Pilgrims on a Friday at 4:00 pm in a pandemic: abcnews.go.com/… abcnews.go.com/… Feds revoking reservation status for tribe's 300 acres A Massachusetts tribe is losing reservation status for its...
by vkjones
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on Fri Apr 03, 2020 at 09:56 AM PDT
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We’re going to hear and partake in a lot of talk about “policies” as the 2020 Democratic primary boils down to a contest between the “left-wing” “socialist” Bernie Sanders and the “moderate” Joe Biden. As I’ve written before, “policy” is a word that...
by GrafZeppelin127
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on Wed Mar 04, 2020 at 09:53 AM PST
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tRUMP hired the antithesis of who was needed for the job, so this is a very long list. A veritable repository of incompetents. Some have left, but many left their mark as a stain on America and their reputations. Referring to...
by List maker NOT List taker
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on Sat Feb 15, 2020 at 07:14 PM PST
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I truly believe there has to be one...just one...maybe more than one hero to step up to a microphone with some documents in hand and tell the world what the White House and enablers are hiding. I truly believe there is someone out there who is willing...
by Vetwife
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on Wed Oct 09, 2019 at 07:27 AM PDT
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seems to have a singular focus: getting as many right-wing extremist judges into the federal judiciary as is humanly possible. To that end, he's allowing the popular-vote-loser in the White House to regularly...
by Joan McCarter
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on Mon Feb 04, 2019 at 09:08 AM PST
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In an autocratic government, the wording is everything. Such administrations lie so casually that the only true communication is the words between the lines, stated just ambiguously enough so that all parties can deny the meaning if challenged. ...
by Orcas George
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on Sat Jan 12, 2019 at 09:03 PM PST
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The Emergency Generator: A Story About How Things Get Done When Faced With A Hostile Administration. As the facilities director for schools on campus, among my responsibilities was the infrastructure for the buildings in my domain. Here is the story of the Great Generator Caper aka much ado about nothing.
One of the original buildings on the...
by UcGuy
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on Tue Nov 13, 2018 at 12:15 PM PST
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In his 45-minute press conference with Putin after their two-hour private summit in Helsinki, Trump publicly demonstrated his fidelity to Putin. This week may come to be seen as the turning point for the fall of the Trump administration.
Trump...
by bmethven
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on Sat Jul 21, 2018 at 07:20 PM PDT
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We are struggling against a boorish, incurious, arrogant, bigoted and repulsive ignoramus in the White House.
He has no dignity, no common sense, no ability to reason, no desire to learn, no articulation, no compassion, no empathy — in short, none...
by Anjuli McDonald
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on Mon Jul 16, 2018 at 03:25 PM PDT
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I am going to park this right here. This is empathy and love from toddlers Maybe she knows her generation is being caged.
I am out of words for this immigration nightmare. Watch this and if this does not turn people around on 45’s policy,...
by Vetwife
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on Wed Jul 04, 2018 at 09:19 AM PDT
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To all those who may still be "following" me on Facebook. I would like to apologize for the articles I share exposing what this Administration is doing to our country and our world. (Side note - I make sure to verify as well as possible that these are...
by DesEdge
10 comments
on Sat Jun 30, 2018 at 07:11 AM PDT
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- A series of witnesses testified today as the prosecution is beginning to wind up its case against Trump. Perhaps most damaging was a Trump tweet which proved an opening statement claim made to the jury by his attorney to be a lie. Here are today’s...9 comments 35 Recs
- UPDATE: Friday, May 10, 2024 · 2:15:25 PM +00:00 · distraught Over 2 months ago, Biden nominated someone to fill 1 of 2 vacancies on the Postal Board. Walsh would be the fourth Democrat to sit on the board, joining three Republicans and one...197 comments 310 Recs
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