Well, my grades are in, and they're nothing to write home about. One A, one C, a D, and a couple of Fs. Unfortunately, the Fs are in Business Law and Intermediate Accounting II, both of which I need to sit for the CPA exam. So I'm in the process of requesting a waiver from the Assistant Dean of the STAB (Science, Technology, Accounting & Business) ( Read more... )

'Ingrid of the Jungle': the wacky comic version of Betancourt's story | The Observers:What if Ingrid Betancourt had travelled to the Colombian jungle after agreeing to a fake high-profile kidnapping? What if Nicolas Sarkozy had orchestrated her rescue to boost his popularity ratings and to settle an old score with former primer minister Dominique ( Read more... )

Leadership: Chinese General Declares Democracy The Ultimate Weapon:Liu is a special kind of officer. He's a political officer, a job invented by the Russians during the Soviet period. The political officer is assigned to units from company size on up, and is second in command of the unit. The political officer is responsible for the political ( Read more... )

Hot Air » Hillary: Let the babies starve until we fund abortions:Does Hillary Clinton think it is more important to promote liberal Western ideologies than to address the critical needs of the women and children of Africa and Asia? Does she prefer to promote the tired, old eugenic orthodoxies of the largely discredited population-control movement ( Read more... )

Or whatever they're calling it this week at Foggy Bottom.

The Corner - National Review Online:The region is bubbling, lots of it (including Afghanistan) due to Iran, and we still have no Iran policy. Dennis Ross doesn't seem to have one. While we're purging, send him back to the lecture circuit and find someone who sees the war plain, and can ( Read more... )

Nestle Barge to Ply the Amazon, Bringing Ice Cream and Rage - Business - The Atlantic:What is best in life?

"Hot water, good dentistry and soft toilet paper".
-Cohen the Barbarian
Y RLY ( Read more... )

Barcepundit (English edition):VIRTUALLY ALL the coverage of judge Garzón's suspension in the English-language media lacks a basic understanding of recent events at best, or outright distortion at worst (yeah, I know, big surprise), on the nature of the accusation against him, the circumstances that surround it, and Spain's recent history.

As a ( Read more... )

As seen by VICE magazine. Kudos to Shane Smith and his cameraman for pulling this off; this is some seriously weird shit. But then everything in the land of Dear Leader is weird. (Kate)

State Department leans hard on Israel over Gazan Fulbright Scholars, later shows off its Emily Litella impression.
What a collection of fucktards. (Instapundit)

Got a call yesterday from the medical supply joint I do business with, who told me that my replacement stockings would be delivered today. About damn time; I ordered them before Detour. Also got an e-mail from one of the guys I bought music from over half.com informing me that he was shipping my CD. Also good ( Read more... )