Consider this book review:

In corporate as well as governmental realms, leaders often prefer, as Obama did, teammates who are low-maintenance. But as Packer shows, there can be a payoff for those able to harness a Holbrooke. “Don’t forget that inside most people you read about in history books,” he writes, “is a child who fiercely resisted toilet training. Suppose the mess they leave is inseparable from their reach and grasp? Then our judgment depends on what they’re ambitious for — the saving glimmer of wanting something worthy.”

Here's appropriate music for that rat:

https://youtu.be/bA9FiL7mz_0

Workin' in the coal mine
Goin' down, down, down
Workin' in a coal mine
Oops, about to slip down
Workin' in a coal mine
Goin' down down, down
Workin' in a coal mine
Oops, about to slip down

But of course!

“The goal of the legislative package, bill sponsors say, is to make colleges put student success before profit — and to ensure that fewer students are saddled with debt and low-paying jobs.”

Reading the fine print on this one, it seems like it’s mostly about protecting California schools from out-of-state competition.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/330328/

Hopefully the rat is using a GFCI outlet in his bathtroom.

https://youtu.be/SHGo-52wCDc

But the Twitterati luv science!

https://twitter.com/HJJoyceEcon/status/1127476326603079680

The next time I hear parents, children or teachers whine about "standardized testing" in the U.S. (what we used to just call "tests"), I'll refer them to this article:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46181240

The infamous Suneung, an abbreviation for College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) in Korean, is an eight-hour marathon of back-to-back exams, which not only dictates whether the students will go to university, but can affect their job prospects, income, where they will live and even future relationships.

I've only read the first part, but this quote should get your interest. Going the long way around.

LAGUARDIA TOWER LAGUARDIA TOWER. THIS IS PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER NC18602 INBOUND FROM AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND. DUE TO ARRIVE PAN AMERICAN MARINE TERMINAL LAGUARDIA IN SEVEN MINUTES. OVER.

This made no sense, he thought. It was still before six and there were no seaplane flights due. Then, a new wave of confusion hit him: New Zealand was — almost literally — on the other side of the world from New York. There was no Pan Am route between those two places. No airline flew that far from the East Coast!

https://medium.com/s/story/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that-accidentally-circumnavigated-the-world-c04ca734c6bb

Here's appropriate music for that rat.... ~ I R A Darth Aggie at May 13, 2019 8:29 AM

Interestingly enough, that song is not a Devo original.

It was written by Allen Toussaint, a noted New Orleans musician, songwriter, and producer. It was a hit for Lee Dorsey in 1966 and has been covered several times since then.

TBH, I didn't know she was still alive.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/doris-day-legendary-signer-actress-dies-97-n1004866

The Left finally does what they've been wanting to do for decades: they're going all in for Lysenkoism.

Again — Don't blame your family.

You did this. To yourself.

> TBH, I didn't know she
> was still alive.

Well, she wasn't sure about you, either.

I was too young to notice, but she was deeply, richly F-able. Lookit her.

By the way, the suit in the center-right picture? He was like the prototype Old Guy. Now we'd say he was white, too. What a wonderful stereotype! I hope he made a gazillion dollars and died happy.

I'm probably older than that now.

Oh, don't worry. Everything's under control.

Oh, don't worry. Everything's under control.

They're deaf to their own language:

The company went on to defend its error, saying, "Twitter takes reports of violations of the Twitter Rules very seriously. After reviewing your account, it looks like we made an error."

Also, I got burned by Lyft yesterday at LAX, and not for the first time.

They might have lost the plot.

All these companies want systems which require no expensive staffers to generate revenue.

(That was for CD's "going all in.")