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发帖数: 3150 | 1 BAGHDAD — Since the American-led invasion of 2003, Iraq has become one of
the world’s top oil producers, and China is now its biggest customer.
China already buys nearly half the oil that Iraq produces, nearly 1.5
million barrels a day, and is angling for an even bigger share, bidding for
a stake now owned by Exxon Mobil in one of Iraq’s largest oil fields.
“The Chinese are the biggest beneficiary of this post-Saddam oil boom in
Iraq,” said Denise Natali, a Middle East expert at the National Def... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3365 | 2 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/opinion/nocera-will-digital-n
January 6, 2014
Will Digital Networks Ruin Us?
By JOE NOCERA
The most important book I read in 2013 was Jaron Lanier’s “Who Owns the
Future?” Though it was published in May, I came to it late in the year. But
this turned out to be fortuitous timing. With unemployment seemingly
stalled out at around 7 percent in the aftermath of the Great Recession,
with the leak of thousands of National Security Agency documents making news
almost d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 584 | 3 Sentence of 13 Years for Ex-Louisiana Congressman
By DAVID STOUT
Published: November 14, 2009
Former Representative William J. Jefferson, a New Orleans Democrat, was
sentenced for using his office to try to enrich himself and his relatives. |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 主要是钢铁、水泥公司在08年从欧洲“碳交易”体系中得到5亿欧元，“企业可以什么
都不干就有大笔进账的事实，说明交易规则必须要改革”
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.6a237570be4660439e371341ae8452d5.a41&show_article=1
Europe's system for industrial carbon quotas has enriched the continent's
biggest polluters, with ten firms together reaping permits for 2008 alone
worth 500 million euros, a new report revealed.
Dominated by steel and cement makers, the same "carbon fat cats" stand to
collect surplus CO2 permits that -- at current market rates -- could |
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发帖数: 1257 | 6 Yeah, where doesn't that money come from? Does government create their own
wealth? They are leeches. They destroy the wealth creating private
companies, enrich themselves, spread some bread crumbs to the poor to keep
them happy. Who foots the bill? Us taxpayers. |
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发帖数: 1085 | 7 Look, CEOs and bankers abuse their powers to enrich themselves. This is
called reverse Robbinhood. The rich has 劫贫富济 for tens of thousands of
years. Chinese, Indonesian workers, and the low income workers have been
exploited for the riches to accumulate their wealth. It is true in this
country too. |
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发帖数: 1085 | 8 Here is the deal. A single person can't do God's work. I cant take all
homeless to my home. I can help my relatives in need. I dont want to lower
my salary to enrich the shitty GSers.
Simple solution: More Taxes on anyone who make more than 250K/yr.
compete |
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发帖数: 3299 | 9 Every year private insurance industry steals $600 billions from tax payer.
Private insurance only enriches CEOs. |
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发帖数: 29846 | 10 As health care reform marks its one-year anniversary, a new Deloitte report
reveals that consumers are spending $363 billion, or 14.7 percent more, on
health care than traditionally reported in official government accounts.
This spending falls outside of conventionally-counted health care costs such
as doctors, prescriptions, hospitals, and health insurance coverage.
Demonstrating the significance of the amount consumers now spend on health
care, the additional costs captured in the new Deloitte... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 11 By Steve McCann
Gasoline has exceeded or approached $5.00 per gallon in some parts of the
United States long before the normal peak travel season has begun. Already
the politicians, headline writers, and some cable and talk show pundits are
pointing to the usual suspects. But they have avoided or are unaware of
where the fault actually lies.
One of the foundational tenets of economics is what is known as the law of
supply and demand. Normally whenever a product or commodity is in short
supply... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 12 By Monty Pelerin
The number of Obama supporters seems inversely related to his time in office
. Many wonder what happened to "The One We Are Waiting For."
Obama assumed office in difficult economic times. After a couple of years
of excuses -- which included "the problems were worse than we knew" and the
generic, all-purpose "it's Bush's fault" -- Obama now owns the original
problems and new ones of his own doing. An incomplete report card on his "
accomplishments" would include the following:... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 By George Boykin
Consider Darwin's attitude about the black race. Darwin dreamed of a
future for mankind when the black races of man will become extinct, thus
enhancing the chances for the evolutionary advancement of the more "
civilized" races of man.
"At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the
civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace, the
savage races throughout the world. At the same time the anthropomorphous
apes, as Professor Schaaffh... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9531 | 14 Stop Talking! Lets try some real fixes, 20 points that address the concerns
of most Americans They are suggested solutions that are (numbered) please
reply with the points that you like and the ones that you don’t with your
reasoning.
1) End Corporate Personhood (Keep Human Rights OUR Rights)
2) Reverse Citizens United (Corporate Money is Not Free Speech)
3) Prohibit All Former and Future Congressmen or Staff from being a Paid
Lobbyist.(Get Out of Washington)
4) Prohibit Any Lobbyist from offeri... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 15 Ex-President Carter sends condolences to Kim Jong-un
By Victor Morton
December 21, 2011, 03:38PM
Former President Jimmy Carter has sent North Korea a message of condolence
over the death of Kim Jong-il and wished "every success" to the man expected
to take over as dictator, according to the communist country's state-run
news agency.
A dispatch from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Mr. Carter sent
the message to Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il's son and heir apparent.
"In the message Jimmy Car... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 January 18, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
I have to say, I am getting a bit sick and tired of this nonsensical lament
about how rotten it is that those running for president are “rich” people.
Stop it right now, America. The fact is that we’ve never really had a poor
man as president so talking about it as if it is news that rich people
often seek the presidency is stupid. Not only that, but today it is
impossible for a poor or even middle class man to run for president anyway,
so get this populist... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-
The New York Times
When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.
But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: what would it take to make iPhones in the United States?
Not long ago, Apple boasted that its products were made in America. Today, few are. Almost all of the 70 ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 “Computer models have greatly exaggerated how much warming additional CO2
can cause”
January 28, 2012 | Posted by Rick Rice
Don Surber is airing some most inconvenient facts:
Global-warming-hoax-cartoon16 actual scientists have joined 1973 Nobel-
winning physicist Ivar Giaever in calling global warming concerns overblown.
In a letter published in the Wall Street Journal today, the scientists
called for everyone to remain calm — and mocked the alarmism by UN
bureaucrats over global warming a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 19 March 18, 2012 | Posted by Rodney Graves
IAF Not Involved
As noted previously here on Wizbang, Iran is a far less homogeneous state
than most in the West would believe. So much so that what appear to be
local resistance movements have been causing Republican Guards facilities to
go “Boom” rather more than the Mad Mullahs approve of.
More’s the pity.
Iran and Syria are Getting Blown Up. And Sometimes Shot.
By Michael Ledeen | PJ Media
It’s all the rage. Literally. Two explosions ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 Ever since the 2008 campaign, many voters, and some journalists too, have
felt they know Barack Obama's life story. In fact, the story they know is
the one Obama told them.
Obama's first memoir, "Dreams from My Father," published in 1995, has become
the semi-official record of his life. But it is not the complete record of
his life. It's partially fictionalized, with composite characters that Obama
has always acknowledged were created to make the story read better. It
focuses on a few themes Oba... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 By CHARLES FORELLE And DAVID ENRICH
LONDON—Investors fled from Spanish government debt on Monday, an immediate
rejection of the country's planned bank bailout by the constituency it most
desperately needs to impress: the buyers of its own government bonds.
The market rout puts Spain and the euro zone in a dire position. The bailout
plan—in which Spain agreed to accept up to €100 billion ($125
billion) to recapitalize banks—was hatched to alleviate the concern that
Spain itself could be d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 Soda Ban
Government union bosses are really overdue to get a lashing from voters. And
there are some hopeful signs, such as the recent defeat of a union-backed
recall election of a pro-reform governor in Wisconsin.
From children's lemonade stands to sneaky new speed traps, bureaucrats are
getting in our faces, big-time.
Enter New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed soda ban on servings
larger than 16 oz. at restaurants, fast food joints, and street vendors. It'
s nanny-state government ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 by George Neumayr
Last week Barack Obama marked the beginning of Ramadan by saying to Muslims
that the "United States continues to stand with those who seek the chance to
decide their own destiny, to live free from fear and violence, and to
practice their faith freely." While he undercuts Christianity at home --
under his Obamacare abortifacient/contraceptive mandate, resistant Catholic
and Protestant schools, hospitals, and charities will soon face crushing
fines -- he never fails to tout Islam... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 21367 | 24 you are close to the point now. not there yet but close.
corporate tax is irrelevant. we only consider the tax directly imposed to
individuals. that is enough to solve the fundamental problem of the U.S.
what is the fundamental problem of the U.S. ?
Let's do a math. America become richer when the total production summed up
from every resident here is greater than the total consumption (exports and
imports included). What makes America weaker is those who produce less than
they consume.
Let's put... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 25 By STEPHANIE BANCHERO, JACK NICAS and CAROLINE PORTER
CHICAGO—The teacher strike that has shut 350,000 students out of classes
will continue for at least another day, as a judge declined Monday to
immediately rule on a city lawsuit seeking to force teachers back into the
classroom.
The Chicago school district, under the control of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, had
asked a Cook County Circuit Court judge to prohibit the Chicago Teachers
Union from striking on grounds that it is illegal. The board argued in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 940 | 26 Just ensure $8/gal gas to enrich my beloved Texans. |
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发帖数: 29846 | 27 October 9, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
Before we get any further into this story, I have to warn you that this is
not satire. That having been said, Buzzfeed’s Zeke Miller perpetrated one
of the worst attempts at guilt by association ever made. Miller attempted to
intimate that Mitt Romney is a racist because his motorcade drove past
private property that had a Confederate flag flying on it as he campaigned
in Virginia.
You read that right. All Romney did was sit in a car that drove past a
Confe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 162 | 28 Why is a war, like the one in Iraq, immoral, SERIOUSLY?
If the left says “Innocent people got killed”. Well, I would argue that
more innocent would have been killed by the dictator without the war? The
proof? Ask Kurds or Syrians. The left also says “The oil companies got
enriched by promoting the war”. I would argue that securing the oil supply
is humanitarian because hundreds of millions of families in the US and
around the world depend on a low oil price to have jobs that pay to feed
their ch... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3726 | 29 Lol, I am not leftism, nor rightism. Cuz both are BS. I think the government
should be small, and should function to restrict the power of the
wealthiest, give the poor basics
for survival and enrich the middle class.
so-
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 Susan Rice's Investments in Business Dealing with Iran
7:37 AM, Nov 30, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon reports:
The portfolio of embattled United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice
includes investments of hundreds of thousands of dollars in several energy
companies known for doing business with Iran, according to financial
disclosure forms.
Rice, a possible nominee to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
when she steps down, has come under critic... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 31 94：0，参议院一致投票反对奥巴马的否决，要求加强对伊朗流氓政权的经济制裁
Senate Votes 94-0 to Override Obama on Iran Sanctions
The Senate approved new economic sanctions on Iran on Friday, overriding
objections from the White House that the legislation could undercut existing
efforts to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The Senate voted 94-0 to impose additional U.S. financial penalties on
foreign businesses and banks involved in Iran’s energy, ports, shipping and
shipbuilding sectors, and impose sanctions on metals trade with Ir... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 32 Citi to Cut 11,000 Jobs as New CEO Moves to Slash Costs .
By MATTHIAS RIEKER And SUZANNE KAPNER
Citigroup, under increasing pressure, said it will eliminate 11,000 jobs,
about 4% of its work force, and take a related $1 billion fourth-quarter
charge. Colin Barr reports on Markets Hub.
Citigroup Inc. C +7.33% set plans to cut 11,000 jobs in the giant bank's
first major strategic shift since Michael Corbat succeeded Vikram Pandit as
chief executive in October.
The move, announced Wednesday, is th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 33 by Jammie
I don’t want to even know what sort of focus group they used to come up
with the idiotic term prebuttal. Sounds quite sloppy. Speaking of which, our
old favorite Debbie Blabbermouth-Schultz naturally has a hand in this.
The prebuttal call also included DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman
Schultz of Florida, Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, and Annette Capella,
introduced as a “senior citizen” and “Medicare recipient from Florida” (
a bio that’s accurate, if not complete—she’s also ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1041 | 34 Timothy Thomas: Why China Is Reading Your Email
Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
For several years, Washington has treated China as the Lord Voldemort of
geopolitics—the foe who must not be named, lest all economic and diplomatic
hell break loose. That policy seemed to be ending in recent weeks, and
Timothy Thomas thinks it's about time.
The clearest sign of change came in a March 11 speech by Tom Donilon,
President Obama's national security adviser, who condemned "cyber intrusions
emanating from China on... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3299 | 35 你看过蜘蛛侠，fantastic five, Captain American 没有？ 知道美国精神吗？
美国的精英的理想是great capability comes with great responsibility。
知道蜘蛛侠这么牛逼，他爱戴养他的阿姨和他自己却很贫穷。
精英的目的不是enrich yourselves。应有更大的责任感。 |
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发帖数: 3299 | 36 Maybe this is what you want. But most people did not believe that this way
is the best for the progress of their community. So they create welfare
rules as is today. You may disagree but have to obey the law of this land,
until you persuade majority of the people to change the law. For now you
have to live with it, as many others. Your hostility towards others that
disagree with you won't help your cause, because of your insane idea
unwilling to compromise, even when compromising is the best sol... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 【 以下文字转载自 Biology 讨论区 】
发信人: Chamgrape (香槟葡萄), 信区: Biology
标 题: 这期Nature Biotechnology上关于转基因的文章
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Sep 10 14:15:59 2013, 美东)
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n9/full/nbt.2700.html?WT.
真正想了解而不是想吵架的同学可以看看
还可以给身边对这个有疑问的朋友看看
也提到了去年法国的那个老鼠实验
还有黄金大米
Contrary to popular belief
Nature Biotechnology 31, 767 (2013) doi:10.1038/nbt.2700
Published online 10 September 2013
Three decades after transgenes were first introduced into plants, why do so
many consumers remain so negative abou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 Mark Steyn：美国正在走向香蕉共和国；联邦政府再分配财富规模是历史上最大的，神
秘的是，收入差异也是历史上最大的 »
American Banana Republic
The decay of a free society doesn’t happen overnight, but we’re getting
there.
By Mark Steyn
‘This is the United States of America,” declared President Obama to the
burghers of Liberty, Mo., on Friday. “We’re not some banana republic.”
He was talking about the Annual Raising of the Debt Ceiling, which glorious
American tradition seems to come round earlier every year. “This is not a
deadbeat nation,” Pr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 39 Iranian cyber warfare commander shot dead in suspected assassination
The head of Iran’s cyber warfare programme has been shot dead, triggering
further accusations that outside powers are carrying out targeted
assassinations of key figures in the country’s security apparatus.
Damien McElroy
By Damien McElroy, and Ahmad Vahdat
8:00PM BST 02 Oct 2013
Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served as commander of the Cyber War Headquarters, was
found dead in a wooded area near the town of Karaj, north-west of the
capit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 When Ray Nagin left office in mid-2010 after a disastrous second term as
mayor, the focus was mainly on his failure to lead New Orleans' post-Katrina
recovery. In the four years after he left City Hall, though, it became
clear that he not only had neglected his duties as mayor, he had set about
to enrich himself by selling his office.
The jury in his federal public corruption trial made that judgment official
Wednesday, finding him guilty on 20 of 21 counts of bribery, wire fraud and
tax evasion... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 See what they’ll be teaching in the Chicago public schools
2:09 AM 04/21/2014
Chuck Ross
Reporter, Daily Caller News Foundation
Chicago public schools are set to introduce a new Afro-centric curriculum,
according to a closely-guarded copy obtained by The Daily Caller News
Foundation.
The curriculum covers kindergarten through tenth grade and is designed to
align with Common Core. It includes a web link to TheAfrican.com, a website
whose publisher decries “fake-Jews” and calls the United States a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 42 November 6, 2014 - 6:35 PM
By MATTHEW LEE and JULIE PACE, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare outreach to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei, President Barack Obama has written a letter about the fight
against Islamic State militants, a common enemy in Syria and Iraq, according
to diplomatic sources.
The U.S. and Iran are each engaged in military efforts to degrade the
Islamic State group, essentially putting the longtime foes on the same side
in the campaign against the extre... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 43 Ted Cruz Responds to Iran Deal, Says It’s Very, VERY Bad for US and Israel
Michael Cantrell
July 14, 2015 1:34 pm
Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz released a statement sharing his
thoughts on the recent Iran deal, and according to him — and anyone else
who has an IQ higher than a dead rat — it’s bad news for us and Israel.
Here’s what he had to say.
“Today, the international community led by the United States has agreed
to not only legitimize and perpetuate the Iranian nuclear program, b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3158 | 44 that's why no matter what talent I have, which is not important again, it
is to make sure you have shit to enrich your brain, lol
what are you talking about? i said you have great talent being a 复读机，
stupid.
told you you get no brain left, lmao |
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发帖数: 10729 | 45 The Clinton Scam
Here is how the "Clinton Foundation Scam" works...Per The New York times,
ABC, and others...a pretty clear explanation of something that is
intentionally complex.
This is a textbook case on how you hide foreign money sent to you and
repackage it to be used for your own purposes. All tax free. Here's how it
works:
1. You create a separate foreign "charity". In this case one in Canada.
2. Foreign oligarchs and governments, many sworn enemies of the United
States, then donate to th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 46 Robot Theory
The battle of robot theory is on. Bank of America paints one picture and
McKinsey another.
Let's investigate both theories.
Automation Will Change Jobs More Than Kill Them
As reported by the New York Times, McKinsey says Automation Will Change Jobs
More Than Kill Them
The report, published on Friday and written by two members of the
McKinsey Global Institute, the consulting firm’s research arm, and another
McKinsey employee, adds a twist to the debate over the likely nature and
... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6080 | 47 http://betsymccaughey.com
From NYC to Harvard: the war on Asian success
Posted by Betsy on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 ·
The year 2015 was a dismal one for American public education — at least by
the numbers.
But don’t blame the kids. Parents are missing in action.
Except most Asian-American parents, that is. They tend to oversee their
children’s homework, stress the importance of earning high grades and
instill the belief that hard work is the ticket to a better life.
And it pays off. Their c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6080 | 48 "Aderhold canceled accelerated and enriched math courses for fourth and
fifth
grades, which were 90 percent Asian, and eliminated midterms and finals in
high school.
Using a word that already strikes terror in the hearts of Asian parents, he
said schools had to take a “holistic” approach. That’s the same euphemism
Harvard uses to limit the number of Asians accepted and favor non-Asians.
Aderhold even lowered standards for playing in school music programs.
Students have a “right to squeak,” he in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2555 | 49 A Presidential Candidate
I have pretty much made up my mind to run for President. What the country
wants is a candidate who cannot be injured by investigation of his past
history, so that the enemies of the party will be unable to rake up anything
against him that nobody ever heard of before. If you know the worst about a
candidate, to begin with, every attempt to spring things on him will be
checkmated. Now I am going to enter the
field with an open record. I am going to own up in advance to al... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 50 I think this would be a wonderful opportunity to pause for a moment and give
thanks for the many great contributions of the black community and their
culture to our society. Their peaceful and generous nature makes them ideal
neighbors, lending testimony to their exceptional family values and
parenting skills unrivaled by any other culture. Their commitment to
academic excellence enriches our schools and serves as an example to all who
hope to achieve prominence as a people. Real estate values a... 阅读全帖 |
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