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Comment Re:Duh (Score 1) 76

It's getting there. Once upon a time, it was the provenance of the correct, used to punctuate a pithy, incisive attack. In recent months, it has become the equivalent of 'your mom', an over-used bit of drivel at the end of proclamations by minor douchebags (Hi! My name is Snarkalicious. Just sayin). Soon it will fall into disuse, only beeing brought up occasionally by Freepers and the like who came across it for the first time in 2-4 year old comments and find it to be horribly charming.

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Submission + - Los Angeles Unveils $578 million school (yahoo.com) 1

An anonymous reader writes: The AP reports, "Next month's opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools . . . will mark the inauguration of the nation's most expensive public school ever. The K-12 complex to house 4,200 students has raised eyebrows across the country as the creme de la creme of "Taj Mahal" schools....The features include fine art murals and a marble memorial depicting the complex's namesake, a manicured public park, and a state-of-the-art swimming pool. Joe Agron, editor-in-chief of American School & University, calls it "A really impressive environment for learning". Critics note that nearly 3,000 teachers have been laid off over the past two years, the academic year and programs have been slashed, the district faces a $640 million shortfall and some schools persistently rank among the nation's lowest performing."

Comment Re:Finally (Score 1) 659

Too early. If that was the play, he'd have the announcement in mid September and show backing numbers near the end of October.

If we, as Americans, had a political memory to speak of (and, yes, I'm willing to go out on a limb and call 2.5 months to be overly generous on this count) we never would have tried to fight this regime change oriented 'war of liberation' to begin with.

Comment Re:The Senators' rocket design dictates a payload (Score 1) 342

That's not pork, that's access peddling. Similar in character, but pork is more local.

IMHO, has very little to do with either of these, however. This one is all about the upcoming elections. Every Senator on the committee who went for this proposal can haul it home and plaster disembodied figures in the billions all over their ads as proof of their own fiscal responsibility. It doesn't even have to make it to the floor. If it gets blocked they can just link it to an opponent's stance on something not necessarily related and score double points.

Reason #348 why it's so damned easy to get re-elected to the Senate.

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