Mitch Daniels and his top state education officials targeted an author and a university professor in an ideological purity-purge: Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels pledged to promote academic freedom when he became president of Purdue University in January, but newly released emails show he attempted to eliminate what he considered liberal “propaganda” at Indiana’s public …
Zombie-Eyed Granny Starver
Disco
It’s possible that disco died, but it makes a fabulous corpse. Blame Fuckhead for this one:
Governor McCrory has a change of heart on Moral Monday protestors
Conservatives aren’t great on governing, but they’re always available when it’s time to lecture the citizenry: McCrory said he has come out to hear what protesters are not happy about on the Moral Monday protests. “I go out in the crowd all of the time,” McCrory said. “Frankly, yesterday I went out and talked to …
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We’ll be hearing this again
It has come to my attention that the failed Vice Presidential candidate is back out among media celebrities armed with some new deceptive slogans: House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Monday that he’s focused primarily on addressing poverty, a week after he complained that the farm bill did not include enough cuts to …
If he were really a maverick, he’d say Obama is doing a great job on storm relief
Calling Elizabeth Warren “Professor” over and over may not be enough: President Obama is given a brief cameo in a new ad Wednesday in the Massachusetts Senate race — by Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who has been trailing Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren in this heavily Democratic state. “I’ve kept my promise to be an independent …
Lazy Saturday Open Thread
Doing what will almost certainly be the last mowing and trimming of the year. We’ve decided to hold off on listing our current house and starting construction on the new house. If Rmoney wins, there’s a good chance I’ll be out of of a job, being that I’m still Career-conditional without tenure as I have …
Malarkey
You won’t be surprised that the fainting couches got some pretty heavy duty use at the Corner last night. I do hope they put the plastic covers on first because I imagine it’s hard to get the stains out after 15 wingnuts have crapped themselves. Over there there is very little about Ryan and his …