Trent Lott Defends Torture, Killing of Prisoners. by TChris Trent Lott's knack for saying in public what other right-wingers in power only mutter behind closed doors cost him his position as Senate majority leader. Now it should cost him his job. In an interview, Lott defended the… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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according to this, trent lot says they should have been killed…. when should they have been killed? once they were captured or injured, then we are talking war crimes, is trent lott advocating a war crime? i wouldn't doubt it. the moral ineptitude of the republican majority is clearly demonstrated.

apparently they don't like the humiliation of relationships.

The secret lives of teachers. Dave Eggers offers a heartbreaking work of staggering support for increasing teachers' salaries in the current Mother Jones: As a… [Critical Mass]

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teachers, all teachers, need to be paid more.

old ipod is dying.

so i used my audible.com $100.00 discount to buy a new 15gb one, it will be here tomorrow. weee!

i must say, this original ipod, a 5gb, that came free with a server, is quite nice, and it lasted a long time. it still sort of works, but two times in the last month it has just stopped and required a complete reload to get it going, oh and once it has to be hit to get going…. so really, it had to be replaced. i didn't need a dock or any of that crap, and i don't need a whole lot of space, all my music fits in 25gb, but… i don't listen to all of it on any given day. all i need is my playlists. which all in all are about 10g, which i had paired down to fit on my 5g ipod. the extra space will be nice.

Good Thing He's Joking. This Chun fellow could be very dangerous if we didn’t all know that academic blurbs are written by university administrations and forced on unwilling shy and retiring academics. That said, I genuinely believe that some of my colleagues really are the leading authorities on certain things. But better not to name names…. [Discourse.net]

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hmm, i get a fair amount of 'expert on' stuff sent my way. not as much as other's i'm sure. but then i'm not really an expert on anything per se, but i do have some knowledge scattered about, mixed with trivia, and nonsense that tends to help people resolve their questions.

but then i do not think that this is a joke, if a professor isn't an expert in something, then what are they teaching?