2024-12-01: Re: Potential 2026 primary battle by Ken Paxton for John Cornyn's Senate seat: "Cornyn has cast Paxton as too shady to be a U.S. senator, an argument that could appeal to Republicans who worry about Paxton’s legal entanglements."
lol. Are there any Republicans "who worry about legal entanglements" anymore?
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2024-12-08: "Fall of Syria's President Bashar Assad brings to an end a decades-long dynasty" | AP News
“How did you go bankrupt?"
"Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
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2024-12-15: The RISD Community Budget Steering Committee (CBSC) recommendations:
1. Place a tax rate election on the ballot in 2025.
Sadly, given that the State has not increased the per-pupil allotment in six years, local school districts have no choice.
2024-12-15: The RISD Community Budget Steering Committee (CBSC) recommendations:
2. Change policy to become an open enrollment district.
Should be done to fill empty seats. Should have been done all along to provide the choice that advocates of vouchers say they are for.
2024-12-15: The RISD Community Budget Steering Committee (CBSC) recommendations:
3. Increase family choice by reimagining the current magnet school offerings and offer additional options such as international baccalaureate or montessori.
OK, but be careful that neighborhood schools aren't left more segregated (by race or by socio-economic status) by families choosing magnet schools.
2024-12-15: The RISD Community Budget Steering Committee (CBSC) recommendations:
4. Study whether the benefits of the current A/B day double block model offsets the higher staffing costs.
Of course, cost/benefit studies should always be done. Is there more to this than this summary says?
2024-12-15: "Cyclone Chido hits France’s Mayotte archipelago, killing at least 11. Fears over food, water and sanitation as strongest storm in more than 90 years hits islands in Indian Ocean." | The Guardian
Will Americans even hear of this disaster? Storms are getting bigger and more frequent. Our elected leaders are whistling past the graveyards.
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2024-12-16: Single-member districts don't create differences of opinion. Differences of opinion exist no matter what form of government you have. At-large elections just sweep the differences of opinion under the rug instead of dealing with them out in the open.
2024-12-23: The rest of the country gets an early Christmas present this year. "The 49ers, fresh off a Super Bowl run, and the Cowboys will both miss out on the postseason this year."
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2024-12-25: Walking to the Pope's "Urbi et Orbi" Holy Year blessing in the Vatican, which will grant a plenary indulgence to pilgrims like me. What the heck, let's jaywalk.
2024-12-31: Non-CFP bowl preview, post transfer portal: a bunch of new players wearing the same team uniforms as the players who wore them all season long.
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