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One step forward, one step back on student loans
Thu Apr 26, 2012
- here's the terrifying email I got last night from our financial aid office: Important Information: 2012 Federal Financial Aid Changes
Stupid is as stupid does
Mon Apr 9, 2012
- but within an hour or two of posting THAT tweet, Grassley just posted the letter "P." yep. a tweet that was just the letter P. so, well, Grassley on twitter is pretty hilarious. Not taking anything he says seriously. He's like the @horse_ebooks of the Senate.
RNC chairman reflects on women, caterpillars
Thu Apr 5, 2012
- Well, gee, I just can't remember that recent piece of legislation that would make me show my boss that I had caterpillars in my yard for an "acceptable medical reason" and not just because I'm slutty. Sounds familiar though.....
Details of Tucson's Welcome Home Veterans Parade
Fri Mar 30, 2012
- oooops! file is too big (108MB) to upload OR email as an attachment.... so I guess no video.
Details of Tucson's Welcome Home Veterans Parade
Fri Mar 30, 2012
- This was amazing! I'm sad I had to work at 11, and couldn't stay! The parade was TOO LONG for the route! They had to feed in from side streets. I have 5 minutes of semi-shaky phone video i'm sending you, but it's amazing.
Details of Tucson's Welcome Home Veterans Parade
Fri Mar 30, 2012
- really sad that i have to work at 11am, but i'm going to try to see SOME of the parade, or at least bike past it on the way in to work. YAY TUCSON. finally we did something good that got us into the news. phew.
Food stamp 'reform'
Wed Feb 29, 2012
- UGH. But also, Food Stamp / SNAP benefits produce an amazing return when spent in the private sector. Indeed, something like $1.10 goes into the economy for every dollar in Food Stamp benefits paid for.
Quote of the Day
Thu Feb 16, 2012
- obviously this is what he means, but it's more fun to think that he has no idea where ladyparts are. (hint: not between the knees)
Quote of the Day
Thu Feb 16, 2012
- my facebook commentary on "asprin between the knees":
Links for the 2/14 TRMS
Tue Feb 14, 2012
- I'd been swearing about AZ SB1467 (no foulmouthed teachers, even if swearing on their own time) on the internet since it first appeared (apparently trying to get myself preemptively fired from my University teaching position by using the f-word on twitter), but I told my students about it today, as …

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Stupid is as stupid does
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who uses Twitter far more than most elected politicians, published a curious message over the weekend.
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RNC chairman reflects on women, caterpillars
There's ample evidence that the Republican policy campaign known as the "war on women" has taken a toll on the GOP's standing with more than half the electorate. Republican leaders, however, still seem unsure how to talk about their problem.
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Food stamp 'reform'
A piece from the Daily Caller made the rounds yesterday, but I dismissed it as a parody when a few readers sent it my way.
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Quote of the Day
Foster Friess is perhaps best known as the very wealthy benefactor behind Rick Santorum's super PAC.
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Appeals court strikes down California's Prop 8
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a major legal victory for marriage equality this afternoon.
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