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November 07, 2011 04:46 PM UTC

Monday Open Thread

  • 59 Comments
  • by: Colorado Pols

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

–J. P. Morgan

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59 thoughts on “Monday Open Thread

  1. like a real news organization?

    This is the tripe that gets splashed on the Yahoo! front page this morning:

    “Correcting the ‘fairy tail’ A SEAL’s account of how Osama bin Laden really died”

    The “report” is an attempt to discredit the Obama administration for their biggest military accomplishment. I’m sure that our friendly neighborhood right-wing spinmeister(s?) will be chomping at the bit at this, but I’m more interested in discussing why Yahoo! is putting Daily Caller stories like this on their front page and treating them like real news.

    From the Wikipedia entry:

    …founded by journalist and political pundit Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel, former adviser to former Vice President Dick Cheney. The Daily Caller launched on January 11, 2010.

    Gee, what possible motive would an adviser to the man whose administration utterly failed to capture or kill Bin Laden for 7 years have for discrediting Obama.  

    1. Yahoo! often puts excerpts or interviews with authors of upcoming books that have gotten big buzz on the front page. It’s not a political bias. There were several FP links to interviews with the Steve Jobs biographer, too.

      1. And if that’s what they were trying to do, then they sure did a crappy job portraying it as anything other than news.

        And Yahoo! puts Daily Caller stories on the FP constantly. These guys aren’t a conservative HuffPo, they’re an attempted legitimization of Andrew Breitbart and Matt Drudge.

      1. couldn’t be happier.

        When I saw what my then bank WAMU had done, my first question to myself was, “Why would I keep my money in a bank that does somethig so stupid?”

      2. Now I have to move my money from one local bank to another as the one where I have my money is closing its branch in my part of town.

        If they don’t want to do business here, I’ll find someone who does.

      3. But I am going to change again most likely — I picked Bellco and they made a political donation in 2010 that makes me uncomfortable, as it was to run an attack ad against a state house candidate. But as far as bank vs. CU, definitely happier with the CU!

    1. but my mortgage was bought by one of the giant banks. Is there anything worth doing about that? Refinancing seems like a huge pain in the ass for a house I will probably not stay in for many more years.

      1. would be for you to talk to the rep at your credit union (I’m guessing that’s where you bank) about rates and terms. If you can get a better rate and the fees don’t wipe out the savings, go for it. Otherwise, you really might as well stay with whoever has it now.

        I wouldn’t worry much about how long you think you might live in your house unless you’re really quite sure you’ll be moving away soon.

      2. As with doctors…get more than one opinion. Just DON’T use it as an ATM. If your goal is to lower payments or shorten a term, run the numbers. Don’t take out cash…seriously.

    2. in the twenty years we’ve been married. All our accounts are in a community bank (17 yrs. I think) or our credit union.

      We still have a business Visa w/ a TBTF. We are having a hard time giving it up because the bank operates at a net loss, we think. We make business purchases but have never carried a balance on that card. They get $0.00 in interest and a fifty dollar annual fee. In return, we save hundreds, sometimes thousands) of dollars annually on airfare.

      We have, for years expected them to just drop us, but…not yet.

  2. Anoka-Hennepin teachers write their own online textbook, save district $175,000

    Instead of mass-produced textbooks, the more than 3,100 sophomores in the state’s largest district are learning from an online curriculum developed by their teachers over the summer with free software distributed over the web.



    The problem with mass-produced textbooks, Engelhaupt explained, was that they can cost $65 each and aren’t aligned with Minnesota’s math tests so the district would be paying for whole chapters that are never used.



    The Anoka-Hennepin teachers also persuaded the district to spend the savings on the math department. The details haven’t been worked out, but it could include more classroom computers and more teacher training.

    The district spent about $10,000 paying Engelhaupt and the other teachers to develop the material, which he said was about their regular hourly rate.



    Seventy-six percent of Byron’s students passed the state’s math test for graduation in 2009; the number rose to 81 percent by 2011 after the new curriculum was adopted.

    1. Board approves Idaho online class requirement

      BOISE, Idaho – Education officials on Thursday gave final approval to a plan that makes Idaho the first state in the nation to require high school students to take at least two credits online to graduate, despite heavy criticism of the plan at public hearings this summer.

      http://www.idahostatesman.com/

      Proponents say the virtual classes will help the state save money and better prepare students for college. But opponents claim they’ll replace teachers with computers and shift state taxpayer money to the out-of-state companies that will be tapped to provide the online curriculum and laptops.

      One friend (a retired teacher) I sent this to responded that it was a union busting measure and she would fight it along with others in the upcoming legislative session in Idaho.

  3. The Tweaker

    Gates looked back at Jobs calmly. Everyone knew where the windows and the icons came from. “Well, Steve,” Gates responded. “I think there’s more than one way of looking at it. I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”

    The entire article is really good (and is on a different topic than the above quote).

  4. Well outside the statutory due date, Gessler’s office sent me a response and their apologies for a clerical error that caused it initially to be returned undeliverable.

    Rather than the expected rejection, their reply consists of noting that my request includes a large amount of documentation and would require a great deal of staff time. The office requests a deposit of $300 to proceed, toward charges of $25/hr for staff research time, as well as the charges for the actual documents.

    I’m going to send scans of the full response to a couple of people and get some advice, but I’m leaning toward proceeding. Might be the most fun I’ve ever had with $300, depending on what his evidence is.

    1. It’s a deposit toward staff time, the likely result of which is more staff time and/or a response they they can’t share what they have with you.

      It’s just an attempt to make you back off.

        1. Send his so-called response to my e-mail at gjohansen97@gmail.com.

          For some reason this website has a bunch of gunk in front of the e-mail on my profile, which I admit I’ve never looked at since I registered here. I’m pretty tied up for a few days but ship it along and I’ll get to it as soon as I can.

          It’s obvious Gessler is stalling and trying to scare you off with the money quote. But send his letter along and we’ll go from there.

  5. Something that poses an even bigger problem than his audacity that the media would report alleged things he did, or dare to talk about anything other than how he thinks Obama sucks.

    From Red State (via TPM):

    Let me explain. In 2004, Howard Dean had money. Howard Dean had polls. Howard Dean had a national campaign going. What Howard Dean did not have was a functional Iowa organization designed to bring people to the precinct polling stations and keep them there for up to two hours, which is why he came in third place. And to forestall the immediate objection: in 2003 Dean supporters were more than happy to explain why the lack of a ground organization didn’t matter, too. Up to the the moment where Dean lost.

    If you have time, read some of the comments on Red State. It’s getting pretty testy–contrary to AGOP’s insistence that Republican solidarity is rock solid.

    1. There is now a Republican woman with impeccable credentials, who told her pediatrician boyfriend back when it happened, that Cain groped her.

      Of course Gloria Allred has to make some stupid “stimulus” crack, but the truth is that this is a Republican accuser, seeking no money whatsoever, who is essentially giving a voice and face to the other accusers.

      Goodbye, Herman Cain.

      1. has something to do with the journalist code of ethics or something . . .

        Perhaps as soon as tomorrow he’ll see it differently.

        And just to be clear, woman #4 described a sexual assault, not sexual harassment.

      2. His serious can best be measured by the quantity of staff and volunteers in Iowa and New Hampshire (ground game) .  

        None = none serious.

        Someone floated the idea that Cain was always only in the campaign to be the spoiler making sure Perry/Bachman/and the rest of the far right never got any mo’ against Flopney.

      1. it’s a horrible question. For someone who claims to be really interested in quality education, every actual bit of educational lore I’ve ever seen David post has been less “Hey, let’s learn something cool!” than “Ha ha I tricked you!” A little of that is fun in class, but I’ve never seen students who like having class regularly taught like a “Lucy and the football” comic.

    1. the simple answer is one in four…25%. But , one answer is repeated. So if the simple math is one in four and two of the answers are the same, that might affect the answer. And , of course, the wording is , no doubt, significant.

      I realize this is a trick question, David, and I am quite certain I am not smart enough to figure it out.   🙂  

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