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  1. Mar 2016
    1. That she could explain to them why cooperating with cops and prosecutors in finding and convicting the bad guys can curtail the bloodshed that takes so many of their children's lives.

      This is your problem Chicago Tribune. She needs to LISTEN to these communities, not 'splain what they need to do.

    2. But, year after year, hundreds of young people are slaughtered in those communities by stone-cold killers who should be ostracized and punished

      oh look you avoided the use of "super predators"

    3. Unlike Mayor Rahm Emanuel, she hasn't come to understand that it's not in the public interest to endlessly withhold information about deadly force incidents

      I'm not sure Mayor Emanuel has either...

    1. Incumbent Luis Arroyo is unopposed in the Democratic primary. No Republican candidates filed for election

      Ugh, no wonder he was fine being "absent" from the veto override vote.

    1. We believe Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is right to expect property tax relief and some workers’ comp insurance changes and other changes that will improve Illinois’ economy.

      oooh, glad I read this because I don't think he's right.

    1. Some recent proposals that have come out of the state legislature — for instance, a program that would require some would-be North Carolina students to get a community-college degree first

      wat

    1. The House isn’t expected to propose anything until at least after the Energy and Commerce Committee holds a Flint hearing next month. A specific date hasn’t yet been set.

      who cares that people need help now, right?

    1. Freund further explained that around 25 years ago, Jews were given the option of registering either as regular Han Chinese or, for unknown reasons, as Muslims. “Many opted to register as Muslims since this enabled them to have more than one child, but they are still identifiable as descendants of Jews even if some of them have nothing to do with Judaism,” Freund said

      weird

  2. Feb 2016
    1. There are questions about whether Ms. Fisher even has legal standing to sue the university, he said, since she has already gone on to graduate from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge

      well, I doubt they'll dismiss it because of that.

    1. these exact same people would be arguing that open-access is too costly for researchers, and a commonsense subscription model would allow less expensive access to the people who needed access, while not forcing everyone to pay for access to the public who mostly doesn't need it or care

      yeah, that's unfair imo

    1. I say to ASIST buzz off and butt out. Seriously. If they want to do their own accreditation (when they can't even agree on what we do or who we are), fine.

      yes, this

    1. And Sanders backers welcomed it as a boost for the Vermont senator, who beat Clinton in the New Hampshire primary and whose poll numbers have spiked in recent weeks

      of course

    1. Voting for Hillary is, unfortunately, a strike against poor people.

      I still don't think this is true or if it is, that voting for Bernie isn't a strike against PoCs of all classes, not just the "poor" class.

    1. with the only candidate the Democrats can count on beating, Ted Cruz, also the most likely to be the next casualty

      I thought polls showed Hillary only beating Trump?

    1. rabbinical tribunals function as family courts for Jewish citizens and are part of the general judiciary — which also has Islamic Sharia courts.

      huh, I didn't know that

    1. But in the hard-fought winter of an election year, gestures mean a lot. And Sanders caught some flak for a move some thought condescending.

      that is often viewed as condescending when used against women

    1. So it seems Democrats are just really upset that women aren't making the careers choices that Democrats think they should make. Why do Democrats hate women's choices?

      headdesk

    2. The problem with this statement is that the gender wage gap is due to the choices women make and is therefore not fixable unless those choices are controlled — which is a ludicrous suggestion.

      uh no

    1. the intent of the bill is to reestablish the United States’s credibility with the European Union following highly publicized leaks of classified information in recent years.

      what about our credibility with the rest of the world?

    2. This bill would allow foreign citizens in European countries to sue the United States for unlawful disclosure of personal information — under the terms of the Privacy Act — obtained in connection with international law enforcement efforts

      Why just European countries???

    1. Clinton campaign has made the ill-advised choice to go after him as too dovish on Iran and too critical of Israel,

      I missed the too critical of Israel, that's surrising to me

    1. Sanders: "One of us ran against Barack Obama. I was not that candidate."

      this was cute. Hillary ran against him in 2008. Bernie Sanders wanted to run against him in 2012.

    2. "I think that the best analysis that I've seen based on Senator Sanders' plans is that it would probably increase the size of the federal government by about 40 percent," she said.

      woaah

    1. Bernie Sanders only states that he supports a woman’s right to choose. Hillary, in her campaign, has stated that she is pro-choice

      these are literally the same-thing

    1. Bernie’s allegation that Hillary Clinton isn’t a progressive, something that has caused an uproar among Democrats.

      what happened with "sticking to the issues"?

    2. was when Bernie said the reaction to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, would be different if it had occurred in a white suburb. He also said he suspected Hillary agreed with him. Indeed, Hillary has taken the lead on drawing attention to the Flint water crisis.

      he "suspected", ha! She specifically said that in the previous debate! #ffs

    1. which force municipalities to use costly binding arbitration processes in negotiating with public safety employees.

      hmm, even with the state becoming right-to-work?

    1. Citizens Empowerment Act: Empowers Illinois citizens and local governments to consolidate duplicative, excessive or unnecessary units of government via referendum. Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Duffy (R-Lake Barrington), Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) and Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon)

      define "excessive, duplicative, or unnecessary"

    1. eanwhile, the large crowds and surging poll numbers Sanders had enjoyed in overwhelmingly white states such as Iowa and New Hampshire gave way to half-empty gymnasiums at historically black colleges in South Carolina.

      weird how I didn't hear about that

    1. In the Seattle speech that was pre-empted by the BLM interrupters, Sanders was going to hail the 80th anniversary of the New Deal’s Social Security Act (SSA).

      citation?

    1. f he turns criminal justice into a false choice between “educat[ing] or electrocut[ing],” his record shows he has come down on the side of electrocuting. He may be right that the number of inmates in the United States has quadrupled since 1980, and he was part of the reason.

      hayoooo

    1. reach the conclusion that Sanders's disengagement with foreign policy was so deeply worrying that it calls into question his ability to ever learn the minimal basics for conducting US foreign policy, which would be the point at which this would become disqualifying

      I mean, he's been in the race for months now. He should have better answers than this.

    2. Yes, these answers are bad, but they come across to me as those of someone who didn't bother to study before the big test — concerning, but not disqualifying — rather than someone who lacks the necessary intelligence or curiosity to ever learn.

      Well if you don't study for the test and then REPEATEDLY FAIL EVERY TEST, I feel like that means you REFUSE to be qualified for an essential part of the job.

    3. So I would say that the key doctrine of the Sanders administration would be no, we cannot continue do it alone, we need to work in coalition.

      I'm not sure that's so bad...

    4. but I'm not persuaded it's a great idea that every president should be able to articulate a philosophy so broad that it provides an answer for every possible global challenge yet so neat and compact that it can be expressed in a 30-second debate answer.

      not anyone can have a Monroe Doctrine

    5. But what we must do, and what we have seen in recent months, is some progress in Iraq, where finally the Iraqi army, which has not been a particularly effective fighting force, retook Ramadi. ISIS has lost I think 40 percent of the territory that it held in the last yea

      wut?

    6. Well, I think our great task is to make certain that our young men and women in the military do not get sucked into never ending warfare in Syria and Iraq. I will do my very best to make sure that that doesn't happen.

      wait wut

    1. Sanders claimed that NAFTA and other trade deals have cost “millions” of U.S. jobs, but independent economists have said the impact on the economy was small.

      gonna side with Sanders on this one

    1. He also accepted a large donation from Hillary Clinton’s Political Action Committee, HILLPAC, which featured him as one of its most important candidates.

      REALLY?

    1. When antiwar activists occupied Sanders’ office in 1999 because of that support of Clinton’s war policies, he had them arrested.

      ya'll need to cite your sources more =/

    1. Adjuncts at the International Academy, however, are eligible to unionize, Mr. Quick wrote, and the university “will begin bargaining in good faith” on a contract.

      what's the difference between the International Academy and the Roski College of Art and Design?

    1. This validates Sanders’ strategy of looking to the economy as the top concern of minority communities

      uh, no it doesn't. How will he address institutionalized racism? Great more jobs for more people but they'll probably go to poor whites, not blacks or latinos

    2. Gallup polling shows that 13 percent of Hispanics say immigration is their top concern; 47 percent say the economy is. Meanwhile, among black Americans, 13 percent say “race relations” is their top concern, tied with “unemployment/jobs,” an additional 10 percentage points go to the “economy in general.”

      Gallup polling is also largely based on landlines

    3. While Clinton did not talk to them, Bernie Sanders was not only willing to talk, but agreed with their call for executive action.

      which is why Sanders has said that we shouldn't open our borders to outside immigrants

    4. he has repeatedly condemned police violence during the duration of the Black Lives Matter movement.

      right, which is why he was so willing to say that "black lives matter" and has repeatedly said he doesn't need the minority vote

    1. Clinton will have the chance to push change in ways that eluded Obama. Dyson argued that Clinton, free from the stigma of blackness and the potential for perceived bias, would be able to speak more freely on issues of race than Obama ever could.

      I'm not sure about this. Sounds like asking a white woman to speak on behalf of PoCs

    1. the former New York senator said that more investment is needed in neglected neighborhoods. She pointed to Congressional Black Caucus proposals that would direct federal funds to communities that have experienced “disinvestment or no investment.”

      booo

    1. Dismissing those who want to take gender into account is turning your back on the basic democratic principle that people have the right to be politically represented.

      THIS. FUCKING THIS.

    1. Clinton may not be able to feel one’s pain quite like her husband, but she’s in her element prescribing a wonky solution to the ailment.

      what the eff is this supposed to mean?

    1. All Americans comprehend there is gross income inequality, but African Americans face more than just economic injustice and Clinton deftly acknowledged that fact of life

      thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis. Bernie has started to, FINALLY

    1. a Sanders blowout in New Hampshire could produce some more momentum for him, whereas a strong Clinton showing would show that she is stopping the Sanders insurgency in advance of the next set of contests, where the more diverse electorates give her an advantage

      I'm pretty certain she's going to lose New Hampshire, that won't be a surprise

    1. one in which a long and drawn-out battle serves only to highlight a deep split in the party’s voters. It’s happened before. And that may be the one they get now.

      we're starting to resemble the Republican party in this instance

    1. And that’s why Clinton’s meeting with black clergy and what she said there are more significant than you realized

      she needs to meet more with young black people and latinos as well

    1. They can be intemperate (as demonstrated by the supporters at the Sanders rally in Des Moines on Monday night who booed Clinton when she appeared on television and chanted “She’s a liar!”)

      kind of respectability politics

    2. She’s a candidate of steadiness at a time when the electorate wants iconoclasts
      1. a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
      2. a destroyer of images used in religious worship, in particular.
    3. So would an expected loss in New Hampshire, which the media will likely attribute to Clinton’s weakness rather than Sanders being a New Englander (like previous New Hampshire victors Romney, John Kerry, Paul Tsongas, Michael Dukakis and Edmund Muskie).

      and the fact that NH is NEXT DOOR to Vermont

    4. but a few days earlier that same average showed Sanders with a slight lead. As for the margin of victory, Rick Santorum defeated Mitt Romney by all of 34 votes in 2012 — yet his win was reported as a conquest

      institutionalized misogyny!

    1. Bernie Sanders is a "once in a lifetime candidate." Clinton represents establishment politics. If you're not voting for Sanders in 2016, don't ever again complain about Wall Street, perpetual wars, or money in politics.

      Kind of like Obama?

    2. Bernie Sanders never uses euphemisms. I trust Bernie because he speaks clearly; English is a means to communicate, not shield from criticism.

      Like his use of "some people like to shout about gun control".

    1. More than 90 percent of companies legally force workers to attend anti-union meetings that include “one-on-one conversations” with supervisors.

      whaaa? Do we have a source for this?

    1. And when black football players joined the protest, Mr. Wolfe says, it was "the equivalent of throwing gasoline on a small fire." He adds that their coach, Gary Pinkel, "missed the opportunity to teach them a valuable life lesson" and that "the end result could be financial catastrophe for our university" because, he says, the university will lose "more than $25 million" in revenue from reduced enrollment next fall.

      glad he doesn't think that the lives of students of color are worth that much

    1. “As an academic professional, her first goal should have been to promote a safe and stable learning environment for all students, and to represent the university to the public in a way that strengthens the image of our flagship state institution of higher education. Instead, Professor Click’s comments served to inflame an already caustic situation that was clearly out of line.”

      she was trying to do so, that's why she was protecting the students of #ConcernedStudent1950

    1. Enhanced functionality for metadata description on the OSF will help increase discoverability of research and support institutional data preservation workflows

      interested to see how this looks

    1. "Yes, cannabis has an impact, but the focus should be on the task force report we were given," Marlin said. "We have a responsibility to address the issues raised by the report. This is part of it, but it's not the main focus. We should get back to our main focus here."

      hmm

    1. American is also expanding its complimentary entertainment on domestic flights with in-seat TVs. Passengers will be able to choose from up to 40 movies, 60 TV shows and 300 music albums. Delta has taken a different path, focusing more on entertainment that passengers can stream to their own devices. It now offers about 67 movies and 138 TV shows for free.

      how about free internet

  3. Jan 2016
    1. Although there are guidelines for donating water, why not donate directly to Catholic Charities Center for Hope, the nonprofit that’s handling the donations, and let them decide how the money is best allocated?

      yeah, nope. What else do they do? If they're Catholic, they probably also advocate against women's health rights

    1. Among the demands are a 40-percent increase in black enrollment by 2022, the hiring of more black faculty members, the immediate tenuring of three professors, the firing of eight faculty and staff members, the renaming of four buildings, and regular payments in lieu of taxes to the City of Oberlin.

      payments in lieu of taxes? For what?

    2. while "some of the challenges outlined in the document resonate with me and many members of our community," he would "not respond directly to any document that explicitly rejects the notion of collaborative engagement."

      ugh this is so much bs

    3. "My short term goal is to have 20-25 people leave by the 25th," wrote Mr. Newman, a businessman who took office as president last year. "This one thing will boost our retention 4-5%. A larger committee or group needs to work on the details, but I think you get the objective."

      how would this boost student retention?!

    1. copies of the 64 Front Pages along the inside cover of the Infringing Work. Defendants never sought or obtained a license for the use of the 64 Front Pages.

      thumbnails have been proven to be acceptable fair use in the past.

    1. Thimerosal use in medical products has a record of being very safe. Data from many studies show no evidence of harm caused by the low doses of thimerosal in vaccines.

      citations please

    1. States and localities that make progress in this area should get more federal justice grant money. Those that do not should get their funding slashed.

      This didn't work for NCLB and I don't believe it will work for criminal justice reform either.

    2. We need to require police departments and states to collect data on all police shootings and deaths that take place while in police custody and make that data public.

      we also need federal funding for this

    1. Erik McDuffie, a professor of African American Studies, said he voted against the policy because, even with good intentions, it can be used in a discriminatory fashion.

      yes, this

  4. Dec 2015
    1. Quite frankly, if Facebook was insisting that people must strip naked, spin thrice widdershins and then shout ‘Hail Zuckerberg’ before using internet.org I’d regard that as a small price to pay for the economic benefits that are going to flow from its use.”

      well you're not in that position to have to pay it so your opinion, quite frankly, doesn't count

    2. As above, net neutrality is an interesting idea and concept. But the prime task is to alleviate that poverty: that requires that GDP grows, that more wealth be generated

      No, the prime task is to alleviate poverty in such a way that is FAIR to everyone, not just facebook. In that way, we need net neutrality.

    1. was totally changed at the last minute in the House late Wednesday to include several more controversial provisions, including one that bans using public dollars or resources to educate the public about ballot proposals in the 60 days leading up to an election.

      just, how is this legal???

    1. Even the big bad has depth; you want to laugh when he takes off his helmet to reveal Girls star Adam Driver, until the actor conveys an unnerving vulnerability to go with his character’s volcanic temper.

      I don't think he has depth

    1. (1) to use their original figures or tables in their future works; (2) to make copies of their papers for their own personal use, including classroom use, or for the personal use of colleagues, provided those copies are not for sale and are not distributed in a systematic way; (3) to include their papers as part of their dissertations; or (4) to use all or part of their articles in printed compilations of their own works. Citation of the original source must be included and copies must include the applicable copyright notice of the original report.

      what about in an institutional repository?

    1. Author contributions: M.X., M.W.L., G.C.L.W., and J.C. designed research; M.X., M.W.L., R.A.M., Z.S., Y.B., and A.L.F. performed research; M.X., M.W.L., R.M.P., L.-F.C., A.L.F., G.C.L.W., and J.C. analyzed data; and M.X., M.W.L., C.Y., A.L.F., G.C.L.W., and J.C. wrote the paper.

      This is like scoro:level metadata. I wonder if it is scoro??

    1. but some professors say the process was not transparent enough. “Here we are just a few weeks away from when these cuts will take effect, and we’re really, a lot of us, caught off-guard and not really sure what’s in store for our research and for our students,” a political-science professor, Scott Matthews, told the CBC.

      so, about how scholarly journal subscriptions work....

    1. That decision came after the executive committee of the state’s Republican Party called on lawmakers to eliminate funding for the Knoxville campus’s diversity office.

      ffs

    1. he said that "most of the black scientists in this country don’t come from schools like the University of Texas," but instead from "lesser schools" where they do not feel "pushed ahead" in classes that are "too fast for them."

      uh no, they come from "lesser schools" BECAUSE OF INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM

    1. specified by the object property scoro:usesPersonalIdentifierScheme and an individual member of the class scoro:PersonalIdentifierScheme.

      object property and an individual member of the class:scoroPersonalIdentifierScheme only required when not ORCID (I think)

    1. WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU RETHINK BUYING YOUR BROTHER A HOVERBOARD FOR XMAS... Need new ideas stat. Rio's back to the drawing board too. Yesterday, one of its major power suppliers for the Olympics pulled out. Great timing, since the games are less than a year away. And Rio's dealing with just a few other things right now. Think: polluted water where Olympians will be competing, an epic recession, and impeachment proceedings against its prez. But it wouldn't be the first time the Olympics won a gold medal in 'sh*t show' (cough, Sochi, cough). 

      I don't understand why hoverboard is linked with Rio?

    1. Japanese cars, French wines, Chinese televisions, Brazilian coffee and many other items will become cheaper for people in the US.

      what about for people in those countries?

    1. Supporters of scholarship tax credits say they save the state money because annual tuition at a private school is typically less than the per-pupil cost at public schools.

      uh wut.

    2. The scholarship is used to pay tuition, fees, and other related expenses. As a result, the state does not have to appropriate per-pupil education funding for those students that receive scholarships

      this is BULLSHIT

    1. “Voters seem to understand how the state’s changing demographics are intrinsically linked to the state’s ability to succeed economically through a skilled and educated workforce.”

      then how the hell do Republicans keep getting elected???

    1. Nick Meli, a shopper in the mall, drew a personally owned firearm on Roberts, who then retreated. Meli did not fire his weapon, for fear of striking bystanders.

      GO didn't fire BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO HURT BYSTANDERS. #ohwait

    2. July 19, 2009

      gun owner called in anonymously according to ammoland article; ammoland is a blog and interjected with writer's personal opinions; video doesn't mention if the guy speaking is talking from personal experience or just repeating a story. I think this one should be thrown out due to unreliable references.