FROM THE LA TIMES, EXPOSING ONCE AGAIN THE UNIVERSITY OF SPOILED CHILDREN, EUPHEMISTICALLY CALLED USC…. KURT STREETER: NCAA not exempt from hypocrisy Why can some student-athletes have agents and others can’t? And why do rules only hurt the kids? 5:05 PM PDT, May 31, 2008 Slated to play next season for the USC basketball team [...]
A BRITISH VIEW FROM THE GUARDIAN/OBSERVER, OF THE END ??? OF THE CLINTON ERA….. US elections 2008 Is this goodbye? He was ‘the man from hope’. She was going to be America’s first female president. But are the lights finally going out on the Clinton era? Michael Crowley on the future for Hillary and Bill [...]
AND HERE WE ARE WITH THE GUARDIAN, AND SOME CHOICE COMMENTS ON EDUCATION IN “STATE” SCHOOLS….. OH THE CLASS SYSTEM, HOW IT DOTH SURVIVE…… Private school chief: some state pupils are unteachable Fury as former admiral talks of poor leadership and ignorant parents Polly Curtis, education editor Saturday May 31, 2008 The Guardian State schools [...]
AND WATER……AND ELECTRICITY. HOW CAN THE UNITED STATES THINK IT WILL WIN THE WAR WITH THIS SORT OF STUPIDITY…. Green Beret electrocuted in shower on Iraq base STORY HIGHLIGHTS At least 12 U.S. troops have been electrocuted in Iraq from wiring problems Ryan Maseth, 24, died January 2 while taking a shower on base “I [...]
AND TO THINK I ONCE HAD THE CHANCE OF A BBALL SCHOLARSHIP THERE, DECLINED….. THEN, KENDEL McALPIN, A CHEERLEADER FROM SAN MATEO, MARRIED THE THRID-STRING Q-BACK, WHO DID GET TO PLAY AGAINST BILLY CANNON AND LSU. THEN, ALONG CAME BIG FOOTBALL, WITH WEIRD COACHES (AH HAH, YES, THE PROMISE KEEPERS), AND STRANGE PLAYERS, WITH RAP [...]
FROM THE DAILY NEXUS, UCSB, MY TWICE ALMA MATER…..YEAH, I GUESS THESE KINDS OF THINGS DO GO ON…..BUT, GEEZ, TMI!!! Expect the Best From Sneaky Sex Oh, How We Long for a Discreet Dong Natalie Cook Published Friday, May 23, 2008 Nine residents in a three-bedroom Del Playa apartment force Gauchos to find inventive ways [...]
AND WHEN PEOPLE LIKE US HAVE GROWTHS REMOVED, NOTHING! Prince Charles has operation to remove growth STORY HIGHLIGHTS Heir to the British throne had growth removed from the side of his nose A royal spokesman said the growth was non-cancerous Spokesman described the operation as a minor and routine procedure LONDON, England (AP) — A [...]