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Keith Olbermann calls it quits
Installment #147, according to Keith, will be his last tirade against the Emperor. It's worth watching but I have long since tired of his endless optimism that Trump is on the way out. Au contraire! (How Frenchy of me.) First of all, the Emperor still has the nuclear card to play and that could lead to anything. Secondly, removing the Emperor while leaving all of his henchmen in place under Pence, could be even worse.
So I will stick to my guns, pop the corn while I watch things get a lot worse, and promote the secession of California leaving this fucked-up U.S. of Bullshit. Once that occurs we'll then have to deal with the Terrorist Group called Republicans. Won't that be fun!
P.S. Maybe MSNBC will get smart and bring Keith back in the time slot after Rachael Maddow. I typically tune out after her bit but Keith could keep my attention.
They tried to assimilate me. They failed.
It was refreshing back in 2005 awhen there was almost nobody on TV saying appropriate things about Bush minor. But now even Scarborough makes a better fist of opposing Trump.
Anger is easy and I'm sure there are other who can dial it up to 11 with more conviction. but real forensic analysis requires a different approach than repetitive splenetic theatrics; Maddow is a different class.
And KO didn't get fired from every company, even when he was really popular, because he's an easy person to work with. Some people are just too much trouble and everybody has Keith's number apparently keep to the Fen Causeway
It is, of course, an atrocity. Done in a complete rush by a regime that knows its main actors are about to be indicted (see Flynn).
So far the usual view was that US institutions were successful in their power checks. This shows how wrong this is on what truly matters. This will be a huge transfer of wealth to the super rich, coupled with a de facto destruction of Obamacare (the mandates are needed for it to work), that will be extremely hard to reverse. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
The Dems opposition was hardly noticeable, wasn't it? The count of sexual accusations has been much more vocal. Did it have to happen exactly now?
And this issue is completely overlooked:
The Republican War on College
The House bill would reduce benefits for higher education by more than $60 billion in the coming decade. It would shock graduate students with sudden tax increases, punish student debtors, and force schools to raise tuition at a time when higher education already feels unaffordable for many students [...] The most dramatic attack on higher education in the GOP House bill is its tax on tuition waivers. This may sound arcane to non-graduate students, but it's a huge deal. Nearly 150,000 graduate students, many of whom represent the future of scientific and academic research, don't pay tuition in exchange for teaching classes or doing other work at university. The GOP tax plan would treat their unpaid tuition as income. So imagine you are a graduate student earning $30,000 from your school for teaching, while attending a $50,000 program. Under current law, your taxable income is $30,000. Under the GOP tax plan, your taxable income is $80,000. Your tax bill could quadruple.
The most dramatic attack on higher education in the GOP House bill is its tax on tuition waivers. This may sound arcane to non-graduate students, but it's a huge deal. Nearly 150,000 graduate students, many of whom represent the future of scientific and academic research, don't pay tuition in exchange for teaching classes or doing other work at university. The GOP tax plan would treat their unpaid tuition as income. So imagine you are a graduate student earning $30,000 from your school for teaching, while attending a $50,000 program. Under current law, your taxable income is $30,000. Under the GOP tax plan, your taxable income is $80,000. Your tax bill could quadruple.
The destruction of graduate education in the United States
PhD students, who are effectively low-wage employees, already pay taxes on their actual stipends. The new proposal is that they'll also have to pay taxes on a whopping, make-believe "X" on their payroll sheet that's always exactly balanced out by "-X." [...] the proposal would raise taxes by a few thousand dollars per year, or in some cases as much as $10,000 per year (!), on PhD students who already live hand-to-mouth-to-ramen-bowl, with the largest impact falling on students in STEM fields. For many students who aren't independently wealthy, this could push a PhD beyond the realm of affordability, and cause them to leave academia or to do their graduate work in other countries.
[...] the proposal would raise taxes by a few thousand dollars per year, or in some cases as much as $10,000 per year (!), on PhD students who already live hand-to-mouth-to-ramen-bowl, with the largest impact falling on students in STEM fields. For many students who aren't independently wealthy, this could push a PhD beyond the realm of affordability, and cause them to leave academia or to do their graduate work in other countries.
Human species 'may split in two' -- BBC (2006)
Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said. Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.
Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.
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