Etc.

This is what happens when people make education policy when they are people who haven't got a clue about education. I would say it is deliberately cynical in order to destroy public education and make money off the taxpayers putting in subpar or outright fraudulent schools.
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The assholes are out to destroy Medicare and Medicaid, and they don't care what the voters think.
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Employers are getting more and more ballsy. They want your credit report if you live in a state that hasn't outlawed credit checks, they require urine or saliva tests, they ask intrusive questions, and they can sit there and ask for your FB account and password despite this being a violation of the FB terms of service.

I doubt any employer would ask me for blog or FB information, but if any employer did, I'd thank them and say I plan to go elsewhere to find employment.
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Unreal. Now Amanda Knox's parents are scheduled to go on trial in Perugia.
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Is the Kony 2012 video a major fraud? According to this piece, it is.

I watched the video last night. I thought it was little more than a fundraising infomercial for the organization that created it.
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