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Eli, as some have noted, is an ancient professor, an academic if you will. He has followed the collapse of governance at Penn State with the interest of a bunny watching a disaster unveiled, and recently saw much back and forth about the NCAA (the folks who profit from and do the pompous on intercollegiate athletics in the US) imposing the death penalty on football at PSU. Folks, that ain’t the death penalty Penn State has to worry about. Accreditation at US institutions of higher learning runs through cooperative associations of colleges and universities, who certify to the US Department of Education. That ain’t whiffle ball because all federal funding, student loans, research grants and more depend on that certification
Tom Curtis at 07:30 AM on 20 July, 2012 That claim is simply absurd.
Sunday, July 22, 2012 US Prepares For Direct Intervention in Syria As FSA proxies fail and psychological operations falter, US prepares more direct (and desperate) approach for long-sought regime change. by Tony Cartalucci July 22, 2012 – As it becomes increasingly clear that last week’s "surge" by NATO-backed so-called "Free Syrian Army" terrorists was a failed psychological operation, coordinated with meticulously timed assassinations the day of the UN Security Council vote designed to stampede the Syrian government out of power, the FSA’s foreign sponsors are preparing the public for a more direct intervention while desperately attempting to maintain the illusion of chaos and the imminent collapse of Syria’s government. Video : Thierry Meyssan in Damascus, Syria.
See the original article here: US is Writing Syria’s New Constitution – Tutoring SNC for Take Over
More: NATO Death Squads Attempt to Ethnically Divide Syria
The Wall Street Journal discusses Negative Rates in Denmark, Switzerland .
I’m very glad to see this: I’ve been arguing for this type of analogy for years . There are alot of people out there, especially high school age students but not just them, who haven’t thought much about statistics and how they apply to weather and climate
Prepare for Spanish Implosion: Businesses Threaten to Leave Spain Over Tax Hikes; Finance Minister Proposes 56% Tax on Short-Term Financial Transactions Cristobal Montoro, the Spain’s finance minister has made a liquidity destroying proposal to tax short-term financial transactions at an astonishing 56% tax rate. Businesses are already upset over hikes in the VAT and have threatened to leave Spain. Interestingly, in spite of raising taxes elsewhere, the VAT was lowered on the highly subsidized renewable energy sector.
On Saturday, Bloomberg reported Six Spanish Regions May Seek Bailout After Valencia The Balearic Islands and Catalonia are among six Spanish regions that may ask for aid from the central government after Valencia sought a bailout, El Pais reported.