This morning I posted a comment on article that basically implied that teacher's unions screw over students to benefit themselves.  The issue I had was that the author of the opinion piece was employed by a right wing think tank, and that the paper had not disclosed this information.

So, apparently only tea party members are allowed to comment.  Literally moments after I had posted my comment, people start chiming in about how I am a "totalitarian" because I think that papers should disclose the context of institutional affiliations when they accept opinion pieces.  For example, this group had previously been headed by the man who is now the Republican candidate for governor in the state. Ironically enough, the tea party crew them proceeds to make comments about how I shouldn't be able to teach at a public university because I am "biased."

I fucking hate these people.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

With parliament, besieged for the last week, voting on a package of 65 billion euros ($79.38 billion) of spending cuts and tax hikes, civil servants stopped traffic and invaded ministries ahead of marches called by trade unions in more than 80 cities on Thursday evening.

On Thursday, policemen and members of the Civil Guard took the unusual step of joining the protests.

Civil servants, whose pay was cut by between 3.5 and 7 percent when their Christmas bonus was canceled, have used their daily coffee break this week to protest outside the ruling People's Party (PP) headquarters in Madrid, often shouting "Hands up! This is a stick-up!"

When Adidas wanted to create a mural to illustrate the launch of its new football boot last year, it turned to "professional graffiti artist" Darren Cullen for help. Cullen, 38, runs a firm providing spraycan artwork and branding to major international companies, and says he has never painted illegally on a wall or train.

But despite having worked with one of the Games's major sponsors, on Tuesday Cullen was arrested by British Transport Police (BTP) and barred from coming within a mile of any Olympic venue, as part of a pre-emptive sweep against a number of alleged graffiti artists before the Olympics.

BTP confirmed that four men from Kent, London and Surrey, aged between 18 and 38, had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage, two of whom were also further arrested on suspicion of incitement to commit criminal damage.

As far as I remembered this super ability only was available once you have reached a certain average score on enough comments. Or not?

Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie, le bien comme le mal, se paie tot ou tard. Le bien c'est beaucoup plus cher, forcement. Celine

Uganda will gar nicht Spanien sein

Danish rider Chris Sorenson was injured yesterday, but started the race again today, and seems determined to go all the way to Paris on Sunday.

We saw Chris Anker Sorensen really having a good go in the Pyrenees. He was 24th in stage 17 and second in stage 16 but he rode most of yesterday's stage with blood dripping from a wound on his left hand. We asked Saxo Bank's Nick Gates what happened yesterday... did he put his hand in his spokes?

"Yeah," said the directeur sportif, "a newspaper had been thrown out for a rider to put down his jersey for a descent and it went into Chris' wheel. He tried to rip it out and he got his fingers stuck in the spokes. He's not in a good way. He had micro-surgery on two fingers last night at the hospital and they're now patching him up again to see if they can get the green light so he can race. He's still in a lot of pain but he's going to have a crack and see if he can race."

"Basically his small finger was ground down to the bone all the way up the side. They stuck a splint on there and that'll get him through until the end of the Tour and on Monday or Tuesday he'll have to go to a hospital and get it really fixed up. He's a tough guy! The way he got through the stage.

"The accident happened on a really fast part of the race and they couldn't dress the wound properly. There was no option. He had to defend his position on GC and he did that really well. He's held 14th overall so he's at least happy with that."

Any other sportspeople that tough? Round the world solo sailors, perhaps.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}