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While Oklahoma Dawdles, Its Universities Rot. Even in the reddest of states, higher-ed reform doesn’t come easy.
 
06/07/2024 3:27:07 AM PDT · by karpov · 6 replies
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | June 5, 2024 | Brandon Dutcher
When accepting the Heritage Foundation’s 2024 Salvatori Prize on May 22, Chris Rufo remarked that state legislatures in red states such as Oklahoma need to start exercising oversight of their public universities. He’s right. “There is an endemic rot of indoctrination, politicization, and intellectual intimidation,” Joel Gardner observed on this website in 2020, “that is eviscerating the historical purpose and nature of our institutions of higher learning.” This remains true today and not just in elite institutions. The rot is widespread even in public universities in Oklahoma, one of the reddest states in the nation. Fortunately, with Republicans in possession...
 

Sean Hannity Attempts to Persuade Trump, Who Faces 94 Fake Indictments, to Go Easy on Biden’s Gestapo DOJ When He Returns to the White House
 
06/06/2024 8:59:01 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 88 replies
Gateway Pundit ^
Fox News host Sean Hannity has sparked outrage among conservatives by attempting to get President Donald Trump to go easy on Biden’s Department of Justice. This comes despite Trump facing 94 politically motivated and baseless indictments. (snip) During the interview, Hannity asked Trump a direct question: “Will you pledge to restore equal justice, equal application of our laws, and this practice of weaponization? Is that a promise you’re going to make?”
 

Western fighters in Ukraine are getting killed because they assumed the war would be easy, says a US veteran who fought there
 
05/27/2024 8:55:15 PM PDT · by NorseViking · 31 replies
Business Insider ^ | May 23, 2024 | Sinead Baker
A US veteran who fought in Ukraine said many Western fighters assumed it would be easy. He said some "treat it almost like it's a vacation, and they're not really expecting to die." Many foreigners won't accept that their training hasn't prepared them for this war, he said. Insider Today Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview Bull Email address Enter your email Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting...
 

Asked to pick between reality and Trump, the right’s choice is easy
 
05/26/2024 6:36:28 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 30 replies
Washington Post via MSN ^ | May 25, 2024 | Philip Bump
There’s a large region of the right-wing media ecosystem that is littered with those always-disappointing carbon-snake fireworks. Touch one of them with a spark and it springs to life, pushing out an unbroken chain of detritus. Eventually it dies out, leaving a mess, but there are other sparks and other snakes still to be lit. On Tuesday, filings from Donald Trump’s federal indictment served as a spark. The mess that followed was unusual only in its hyperbole: because the FBI included documentation about how to handle contingencies in its August 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago, including limiting the use of firearms,...
 

Illegal immigrant says illegal immigration is too easy
 
05/23/2024 1:06:51 PM PDT · by packagingguy · 7 replies
Washington Examiner ^ | May 23, 20204 | Conn Carroll
How bad is President Joe Biden’s border crisis? So bad that even the illegal immigrants are complaining about the lack of security. Intrepid Fox News reporter Bill Melugin interviewed a Turkish national who just illegally crossed the southern border in Jacumba, California, a small town 70 miles east of San Diego, after paying a Mexican cartel $10,000. “In fact, American people is right, completely true,” the migrant tells Melugin. “Who comes into this country? They don’t know. OK. I’m good. But how if they’re not good? How if they are killers, psychopath, else? No guarantee of that. No security, no...
 

Heinz Has Created Ketchup Caviar — but It’s Not Easy to Get Your Hands on a Jar
 
05/18/2024 12:37:21 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 28 replies
SheKnows ^ | 1/25/19 | Kristine Cannon
Has Heinz just created the fanciest, classiest condiment there ever was? All signs point to yes. To celebrate its 150th anniversary, Kraft Heinz has developed a truly unique — and possibly unnerving — take on ketchup: ketchup caviar. (But hey, at least it’s not ketchup ice cream.)
 

@IndianaUniv demonstrates how easy it is to enforce rules
 
04/30/2024 3:52:52 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 9 replies
https :// twitter . com / marklevinshow / status / 1785364413014221162 ^ | 4.30.24
Sound on! @IndianaUniv demonstrates how easy it is to enforce rules.
 

Pope Francis visits Venice, says his work isn't easy
 
04/28/2024 9:45:06 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 16 replies
Reuters ^ | 4/28/24 | Yara Nardi
Although he appeared well and spoke in a clear voice, he also made a rare acknowledgement of the strains of the job. "Please pray for me because this work is not easy," he told thousands of faithful gathered in St Mark's Square. He started the day by flying by helicopter into a women's prison where the Vatican has set up an exhibition that is part of the Venice Biennale -- a prestigious international art show that has never been visited by a pope before.
 

List three easy to read books that you feel smarter after reading
 
04/27/2024 5:41:12 PM PDT · by MNDude · 157 replies

Sometimes you can feel like you can get more out of reading a single book then you have an entire semester of college. Some of these books might be surprisingly simple to read. Which three books made you feel much more educated and enriched after reading them?
 

3 Easy Ways to Save Money on Healthcare
 
04/09/2024 8:00:44 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 11 replies
Wealthy Retirement ^ | 04/09/2024 | Marc Lichtenfeld
We all know life has gotten more expensive lately… but has anything provided more sticker shock than healthcare? Health insurance premiums rose 7% last year. Medical costs are expected to rise 7% this year after increasing 6% last year. And I’ve exclaimed “What?! That can’t be right!” after receiving a medical bill or checking out at the pharmacy more times than I can count. Yet my doctor friends claim they make less money and spend more time doing insurance paperwork than ever before. I felt bad that one of my physician friends recently had to spend time fighting with my...
 

Putting Your Fur Baby To Sleep Is Never Easy
 
04/01/2024 10:09:51 PM PDT · by CrimsonTidegirl · 54 replies

I just returned home from putting my badly injured dog to sleep. Euthanizing a beloved pet never gets easier.
 

Container ships easy to hack, track, send off course and even sink, security experts say
 
03/27/2024 8:39:02 AM PDT · by iontheball · 18 replies
the Security Ledger ^ | July 5, 2018 | Elizabeth Montalbano
Modern container ships already face a number of serious perils at sea. Now new research from Pen Test Partners shows just how vulnerable these ships are to new dangers from hacking–including being steered off course and sunk–thanks to their use of always-on satellite communications and general lax security practices on board.
 

So You Think The English Language Is Easy?
 
02/13/2024 7:21:59 AM PST · by OneVike · 97 replies
The Reason For My Faith ^ | 2/13/24 | Chuck Ness
This is a light hearted post to make you think. Remember, the more you know, the more you know you don't know. Take the American English language for instance. It is without a doubt the most confusing language on the planet. Ask anyone from around the world and they will tell you that the American English language is one of the most difficult to grasp and comprehend. When I consider how difficult it can be to understand our language, I am reminded of Albert Einstein, who just happened to be one of the most intelligent men to have ever...
 

Abortion seemed like the ‘easy’ choice to keep her pro-life parents in the dark. It wasn’t.
 
02/10/2024 11:53:51 AM PST · by Morgana · 4 replies
Live Action News ^ | February 8, 2024 | Lisa Blast
Stephan Stewart’s parents were in the middle of an acrimonious divorce, so to cope with the turmoil at home, she became entangled in a promiscuous lifestyle. She was just 15 years old when she went with a friend to Planned Parenthood to get birth control — and discovered she was pregnant. Stewart told Live Action News, “The services at Planned Parenthood were free except that I was required to pay for an ultrasound. I wondered how I was going to get the money to do this. I didn’t want to tell my parents I had gotten pregnant – I was...
 

Trump demands election against Biden is held TUESDAY after easy Nevada win
 
02/09/2024 2:37:59 AM PST · by Libloather · 6 replies
Daily Mail ^ | 2/09/24 | Katelyn Caralle, Nikki Schwab
Former President Donald Trump said 'all I want' is for the general election to be held Tuesday after an easy caucus win in Nevada, a good day at the Supreme Court and a bad day for President Joe Biden. Trump appeared onstage at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino and gloated over his resounding double win in Nevada - with Thursday's caucuses called for the ex-president with under 1 percent of the vote reporting, and Tuesday's primary result - when Trump wasn't on the ballot - embarrassing rival Nikki Haley. He also hinted that he believed the Supreme Court would...
 

Research Shows One Easy Diet Swap Can Reduce Blood Pressure And Heart Attacks
 
02/07/2024 12:05:10 PM PST · by Red Badger · 70 replies
Science Alert ^ | 03 February 2024 | ByXIAOYUE XU (LUNA), ALTA SCHUTTE AND BRUCE NEAL, THE CONVERSATION
One in three Australian adults has high blood pressure (hypertension). Excess salt (sodium) increases the risk of high blood pressure so everyone with hypertension is advised to reduce salt in their diet. But despite decades of strong recommendations we have failed to get Australians to cut their intake. It's hard for people to change the way they cook, season their food differently, pick low-salt foods off the supermarket shelves and accept a less salty taste. Now there is a simple and effective solution: potassium-enriched salt. It can be used just like regular salt and most people don't notice any important...
 

I just installed Duck Duck Go Browser. Pared-Down, Basic, Simple, and Easy to Use
 
02/04/2024 11:14:33 AM PST · by yesthatjallen · 60 replies
Duck Duck Go ^ | 02 04 2024 | Duck Duck Go
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Elon Musk Destroys Biden's Border Narrative With One Tweet, Offers Easy Solution
 
01/27/2024 8:30:38 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 19 replies
Red State ^ | 01/27/2024 | Bob Hoge
Biden's border is a disaster and that the month of December saw the highest number of illegal immigrants ever showing up at our southwest border -- a staggering 302,034 of them. That figure doesn't even include all those who got away. You would also know that the president has been trying to neuter Texas' right to defend itself from the onslaught and that he's suddenly changed his tune about the seriousness of the situation after three years of making it easier for illegals to cross into the country. It's an election year, after all, and people are actually paying attention.X...
 

Bud Light banks on Super Bowl to launch a comeback after disastrous sales year: Beleaguered beer brand will air 60 second commercial - at a cost of up to $14 million - that will tout it as 'Easy to Drink, Easy to Enjoy'
 
01/25/2024 10:59:52 PM PST · by Morgana · 78 replies
Daily Mail UK ^ | January 25, 2024 | Rachel Bowman
Bud Light is staging a comeback with the launch of a flashy new Super Bowl LVIII ad after the beleaguered brand suffered huge sales losses in the wake of its disastrous marking campaign with Dylan Mulvaney. The beer brand, who is the official beer sponsor of the NFL, released a teaser of the commercial on Thursday which it said will expand its 'Easy to Drink, Easy to Enjoy' platform. 'The brand is back with a humorous spot introducing a new character to the Bud Light universe and some familiar faces from the platforms the brand has been passionate about for...
 

Easy Money?? The Money Supply Continues Its Biggest Collapse Since The Great Depression As Credit Card Rates Exceed 20% (49 Straight Weeks Of Negative M2 Money Growth)
 
12/06/2023 11:01:10 AM PST · by Kaiser8408a · 21 replies
Confounded Interest ^ | 12/06/2023 | Anthony B. Sanders
Bidenomics was all about “easy money” ... until inflation led The Fed to tighten. The result? 49 straight weeks of negative M2 Money “growth.” Money supply growth fell again in October, remaining deep in negative territory after turning negative in November 2022 for the first time in twenty-eight years. October’s drop continues a steep downward trend from the unprecedented highs experienced during much of the past two years. Since April 2021, money supply growth has slowed quickly, and since November, we’ve been seeing the money supply repeatedly contract year over year. The last time the year-over-year (YOY) change in the...
 
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