Bin Laden Dead?

high school teachers are the lowest of the low. they're the ones we should be going after.

(of course i don't mean anyone here who is a high school teacher or anyone who knows a high school teacher that they like. just everyone else.)

I wouldn't even say that to a friend as a joke

well actually I might say that to jjj but he is almost 40 and could likely kick my ass

is that "thesis" thing real? obv the "sustained population center" part is a great idea but not sure if genocide would be the preferred way to get there

have we really gotten to the point where blatantly obvious satire that shamelessly rips off several sources needs to be interrogated for its veracity

haha obv it's not :(

A tracking of writing interventions by advisor to student compared to writers without interventions and their percentage of turnover.
A tracking of interventions of radio personnel by advisor to student compared to students who are underadvised and unpromoted.

Criteria for Success: Students that obtain one-on-one writing coaching will progress to become staff writers at a rate of 40% higher than those that do not receive coaching.
Student that obtain advice and coaching will become promoted to full-time deejays and directors at a rate of 30% higher than those who do not get advised.

― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, May 4, 2011 1:42 PM (59 minutes ago)

^^this, far and away

Ugh I have to keep translating these things into English. I had to explain to someone why "encourage" is a better word than "incentivize."

because you can't forget that 'z' isn't really a letter that should be used if you use 'encourage'

People really think that using buzzwords or more "complex" words excessively makes them sound professional, although I have no idea why.

If you're in the corporate world, everything becomes a verb, eventually!

This is academia.

u mean every word corporates, surely

this is for mh

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/tomason.jpg

i barely know 'er

Given her subsequent career path, I guess she didn't stick around for his talk.

I was reading the original 'utility data' post, and giggling like crazy when they were using to caption Star Wars stills...I'm at the library at my college, so I'm p sure I turned into 'that guy' for a few minutes...

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/05/03/113643/bin-ladens-daughter-saw-us-troops.html

that article is hilarious

"'goaty'-style"

"We have no independent confirmation of Osama bin Laden being there or dying there except what we got from the daughter," said the official, a member of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

The official said that based on interviews with the daughter and others in the house Pakistani authorities now believe that bin Laden had been living in the Abbottabad compound for "some months.

like, come on yall

airs next week:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/fighting-for-bin-laden/

i must say i hadn't thought of this argument

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/05/public-records-should-bepublic

really? that was my first reaction tbh (my second was "no fucking way I want to see it tho)

folks

"Given her subsequent career path, I guess she didn't stick around for his talk."

i think he kinda drives people to mercenary work.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2011/05/02/story-of-the-mexican-anchor-baby-navy-seals-that-captured-osama-bin-laden/

dunno how verified that is

Chomsky? you mean, like Chumbawamba?

xxp

"captured"

in Arizona, "captured" and "shot" mean the same thing

i bet more american college kids know who chomsky is than chumbawamba at this point

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svivar9087
May 2nd, 2011 on 8:04 pm

As a Latina all I can say is….in your face player haters.

Rubén Mejía

I'm hearing ppl say "captured" all the time this week; I always thought you had to have a heartbeat when they put their hands on you.

btw one of my MSNBC-loving F'book friends suggested that Obama "do the same" to Palin. I'd have told him to cool it but he's the one driving me to the Nixon Library in July.

Well if thats the same wide brush you use to paint all us "Bam lovers", then I think we have identified a large part of the problem here.

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-seals-mexican-immigrant/

Some have questioned the authenticity of El Universal's reporting. As of now, the outlet has not posted an update to its story. We have contacted Notimex/El Universal for comment.

When contacted by Think Progress, a representative from the radio station that Martín Mejía reportedly called into -- 97.9 La Raza -- confirmed that a person identifying himself as the father of a Navy SEAL who was involved in the attack against Osama Bin Laden appeared on the radio station. The representative stated that his radio station checked the veracity of Mr. Mejía's story and "everything was okay." They are no longer releasing a recording of the interview at this point.

"Chomsky? you mean, like Chumbawamba?"

yeah, i think he depresses people so much when he talks about the futility of the world situation so people go fuggit i'm gonna go to africa and fuck shit up and make some money we're all doomed anyway.

I GET KNOCKED DOWN

As incredibly valuable and mind-bogglingly informative as his talks/interviews/books are, he usually ends with some defeatist line about how things are only gonna get worse. It's kind of infuriating, actually, and an insult to the activists who get inspiration from him.

Also I'll think, "What the hell? Then why waste all that time researching and lecturing? Just go to a strip club or something."

Here is a VERY graphic shot of a dead body from the compound if you're into that sort of thing:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/unidentified-body-man-seen-raid-u-navy-seal-photo-195008698.html

he usually ends with some defeatist line about how things are only gonna get worse.

But I've been aware of him for 25 years, and he's right so far.

ie defeatism vs realism

As incredibly valuable and mind-bogglingly informative as his talks/interviews/books are, he usually ends with some defeatist line about how things are only gonna get worse. It's kind of infuriating, actually, and an insult to the activists who get inspiration from him.

Also I'll think, "What the hell? Then why waste all that time researching and lecturing? Just go to a strip club or something."

I dunno, he seems kind of big on telling the truth to people, afaik? If he doesn't see anything getting better anytime soon maybe he has enough faith in the people listening to him to tell them so and let them deal with it as they wish- there's not much defeatist in that imo.

Maybe if he'd consistently ended on a note that, say, inspired collective action, things wouldn't have gotten (as) worse.

xxp to Morbs

girl i recently friended just posted status update

"Now they won't even release photos of the AT SEA BURIAL?? If you still believe this shit, you are an IDIOT."

*unfriended*

I dunno, he seems kind of big on telling the truth to people, afaik? If he doesn't see anything getting better anytime soon maybe he has enough faith in the people listening to him to tell them so and let them deal with it as they wish- there's not much defeatist in that imo.

That's the funny thing; I believe he definitely has faith in people, or else he wouldn't do what he does. tbf, I might be blowing his "defeatism" out of proportion. But on the occasions I've seen it, it's depressing/annoying.

What would photos of an at sea burial look like?

The sea?

if bin laden was really alive he would've been on al jazeera on monday waving around a copy of the ny times

girl i recently friended just posted status update

"Now they won't even release photos of the AT SEA BURIAL?? If you still believe this shit, you are an IDIOT."

*unfriended*

Wouldn't the easiest thing to do with these kinds of people is point out that if mind control was so simple and 'obvious' that they can't even be sure they could trust their own memories and that therefore they're likely government plants? Then they can go away worrying about themselves and cry their life away in a corner.

maybe he's like keyser soze, he wants you to believe he's dead (xpost)

if bin laden was really alive he would've been on al jazeera on monday waving around a copy of the ny times

OBAMA DEFEATS BIN LADEN