Stuff below the fold

HA...Chased by killer Chijuajuas.

opps...Not a joke when you wreck your bike.

Actually, the essay is very non PC, pointing out how California has millions for trivia and fat cats but lets protected classes to ignore the laws, something that puts everyone in jeapordy.
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WAGD post of the day: Nat Geo on large solar storms.

The SolarMaximum is coming! the Solar Maximum is coming!
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FilAm girl missing in Washington.

in our prayers.
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Exorcisms? CNN reports.

Yes, most are conversion reactions/hysteria or psychotic delusions, but enough stuff goes on out there that I suspect some is real. Just google the late Malachy Martin's discussions with Art Bell on you tube...
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From MoJones: Why college professors heart Libyan Dictators.

follow the money
(headsup the Tatler).

on the other hand, UK Classics professor Mary Beard notes that a lot of unsavory people tend to fund universities, and asks what is the alternative?

True: do you really want the Gov't to fund them (and tell them what to teach?)
On the other hand, traditionally universities like other charitable institutions were funded as a way to atone for past sins: paying them to defend their evil is not quite the same thing.