Monthly Archives: September 2010

Did I Mention Something About the Foreclosure Foulups?

Posted on September 30, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Why, yes, I did. This strikes at the heart of property law, a law those who run corporations believed they didn’t have to honor.
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Learning from Real Educational Reform

Posted on September 30, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Curricular reform: it’s not neo-liberal policy, but, in Brockton anyway, it’s what worked.
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Posted in Education, Massachusetts | 2 Comments

Links 9/29/10

Posted on September 29, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Big ball of fire in sky. Is it the sun?
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Cramdown and Why We Need Managed Default

Posted on September 29, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

We’re going to ‘deleverage’, the question is, will it be a controlled or crash landing?
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Posted in Big Shitpile, Housing | 3 Comments

We Have STEM Subcrises, Not a National Crisis

Posted on September 29, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

If we don’t recognize the exact nature of the problem–along with our successes–we will fail fix the problems that do exist, or, even worse, break things that work.
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Posted in Education, Propaganda | 6 Comments

Links 9/28/10

Posted on September 28, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you.
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Why Are We Duplicating Genome Efforts?

Posted on September 28, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

MOAR TAZMAINEEYUM DEVILZ! NAO!
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Posted in Bidness, Genomics | 5 Comments

Neo-Liberal Class War Reaches the… Library? (Now Can I Have My Pitchfork?)

Posted on September 28, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Why would a successful, well-liked library system like the one described in The Times article feel the need to privatize?
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Posted in Libraries | 8 Comments

Links 9/27/10

Posted on September 27, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

A cruddy, rainy Monday. Let’s brighten things up with some links.
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When Hippies Punch Back

Posted on September 27, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

“Liberals and bloggers feel like we’re the girl you take under the bleachers but won’t be seen with in the light of day.”
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Posted in Democrats, Framing | 4 Comments