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To: longnshort who wrote (781313)	4/23/2014 8:05:40 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583913

must be a big turn on for lefties, 30 year old women dressing as boys?

To: longnshort who wrote (781313)	4/23/2014 9:41:35 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1583913

EPA Acknowledges Ethanol Damages Engines

To: longnshort who wrote (781313)	4/23/2014 11:13:03 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1583913

Bill Gates is a sad clown today because his bizarre $100 million student data project has failed dailycaller.com ^ \| april 22, 2014 \| eric owens Common Core-loving billionaire Bill Gates has suffered a stinging defeat in his ambitious quest to reform every cranny of the American K-12 public education system. The nonprofit educational-software company InBloom Inc., which the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Corp. of New York financed to the tune of $100 million, announced on Monday that it will shut down permanently. The reason for the shutdown is a steady cascade of parental and legislative anxiety about student privacy, reports The Wall Street Journal. The strategy driving inBloom had been to create a huge database connecting local school districts and state education bureaucracies with behemoth education companies. To accomplish this goal, the nonprofit had hoped to provide a smorgasbord of data about students. What homework are they doing? What tests are they assigned? What are their test scores? Their specific learning disabilities? Their disciplinary records? Their skin colors? Their names? Their addresses? The Atlanta-based company had originally signed up nine states for the database. It planned to charge school districts between $2 and $5 per student for the privilege of participating in the student data collection scheme. Many parents across the country – particularly in the otherwise fairly disparate states of New York and Louisiana – hated the bizarrely intrusive idea from the start and rallied key state legislators to their causes. (Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ..

To: longnshort who wrote (781313)	4/23/2014 3:01:56 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1583913

I’ll vote Democrat because I’m not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive and comfy.

To: longnshort who wrote (781313)	4/23/2014 3:06:13 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1583913

Obama chipped in money for his aunt's burial costs but skipped funeral to go golfing ................................................................................. Daily Mail UK ^ \| April 23, 2014 \| By Francesca Chambers President Barack Obama's paternal aunt Zeituni Onyango died earlier this month from respiratory issues and breast cancer Her funeral was held on Saturday in Boston, Massachusetts, but the President did not attend Instead, he went golfing with White House aides In 2001 when then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama's first child was born, it was Obama's aunt Kenyan aunt Zeituni Onyango who stepped in to help new parents Barack and Michelle. Onyango, who had moved to the United States the year before on a visa, took care of baby Sasha and kept the Obama's Chicago home in tidy order. After Onyango, 61, died at a Boston, Massachusetts nursing home after battling breast cancer and respiratory issues earlier this month, President Barack Obama returned the favor by helping to pay for her funeral expenses. But the President did not attend the funeral. He hit the links and sent a condolence note, instead, a New York Times profile on Obama's relationship with his relatives released on Tuesday declares. ......clip Family arranged for Onyango's body to be shipped back to Kenya earlier this week. The White House did not immediately return a request for clarification on how much the President contributed to his aunt's funeral fund. (Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...