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College admission fraud

samedi 25 mai 2019 à 02:00

33 wealthy parents have been charged with using fraud to get their offspring admitted to prestigious colleges.

One of the beneficiaries demonstrated her lack of interest in the college education she had access to thanks to this fraud, by saying she was only there for the parties and games.

What else would you expect from the sort of person who has chosen the parasitic career of influencer? That is, a person whose whole life is an advertising campaign.

I suppose she could be equally happy at a school that doesn't offer as much in the way of education. Many of those gladly admit anyone for 30,000 dollars a year, no fraud required.

This fraud is unfair, but compared with other systemic unfairnesses to the non-wealthy, this one is rather small in importance. For most non-wealthy Americans have more pressing worries than whether Harvard or UCLA would consider their applications fairly, such as "Will we be evicted this month" and "Food for me, or medicine for my mother?"

Testicular Bill of Rights

samedi 25 mai 2019 à 02:00

The Testicular Bill of Rights presents the natural conclusion of the antiabortion bill that Georgia passed.

Voting system backdoor

samedi 25 mai 2019 à 02:00

Researchers Find Critical Backdoor in Swiss Online Voting System.

It's not unusual for those in charge of the election to dismiss the idea that they themselves might rig it, but that very danger is the worst one.

Any online voting system has fundamental flaws.

Separating minors from parents

samedi 25 mai 2019 à 02:00

US border thugs continue separating minors from their parents, but the government lies about it, claiming that those minors arrived alone.

AFL-CIO and global heating

samedi 25 mai 2019 à 02:00

Calling on the AFL-CIO to recognize that avoiding global heating disaster is more important than a few more union jobs today.

The Green New Deal would create a lot of jobs as a byproduct of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.