Ok, so the Post bites big time. But their assessment of the likely Democratic mayoral contenders is interesting nonetheless:
Bad ideas from New York mayoral candidates—Nicole Gelinas – NYPOST.com.
Dawood Farahi, President of Kean University in New Jersey, may yet earn our coveted “
In addition, the university’s accreditation is in jeopardy.
NB: The charges were dug up by the faculty union, which has been battling Dawood for years over practically everything. But for a university president to not anticipate that his academics will do what they do best — research — is just plain stupid.
Kean Mutiny: Faculty wants outside probe of school president | Politics Patrol.
Mitt pulls one out of the Republican playbook and outright lies about Santorum not being a a real conservative. FactCheck.org got the goods and we say, Bite Me!
Again MrMild sends us news about how we “ain’t got no stinking privacy.”
See: Websites Can See If You Are Logged Into A Social Networking Site.
No contraception. Healthcare for the wealthy. Tax breaks for those who don’t need them. Santorum’s latest nutty idea: Government mandated conservative professors. Bite me, Rick. You’re closing in on Newt as the candidate of the whack job faction.
Daily Kos: Santorum Calls for Conservative Education Commissars.
How does Washington DC calculate a 94% closure rate? By comparing homicides closed this year (regardless of whether they occurred this year) with the number of homicides that occurred this year. For this trick, Cathy L. Lanier receives our Darrell Huff Apples & Oranges Award.
The trick to D.C. police force’s 94% closure rate for 2011 homicides – The Washington Post.
The Rick Santorum blog (it’s about him not by him) is once again active (how could I have missed this momentous event?) Check it out!
In all fairness, I find Santorum less scary that Newt, but what the hey.
“Google and others companies has been bypassing Safari security measures and tracking users of Apple’s Web browser on their iPhones, iPads, and computers without their knowledge, a report by the Wall Street Journal shows.
“The Wall Street Journal report shows the search engine giant and several advertising companies had inserted a special code that tricked Safari, which is designed to block tracking cookies, into letting them follow the online behavior of its users.
“After the Wall Street Journal contacted Google, the company disabled its code.”
MrMild says there’s no more privacy anyway.
I found the report here: Google privacy Apple Safari: Google bypassed Apple Safari privacy – OrlandoSentinel.com.
Newt will love this:
“Tennessee has become the second state, after New Hampshire, where lawmakers are considering proposals to prohibit judicial review of legislation.”
via Gavel Grab » Tennessee Legislator Seeks End to Judicial Review of Laws.
According to The New York Times, “[people] say they want to reduce the role of government in their own lives. They are frustrated that they need help, feel guilty for taking it and resent the government for providing it.”
All I can say is: We’re boned.
via Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It – NYTimes.com.