A 56 year-old former rape victim with a pace-maker-like device could not go through traditional security and refused to be patted down around her breasts by a female TSA employee. She was arrested. I know we're supposed to feel incredible sympathy for her. I don't. My answer to her: You know the rules and you chose to fly. Next time take the bus.
Good teachers are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. $320,000 for a good kindergarten teacher! I wish my friends on the left would stop opposing measures to identify good/bad teaching. It does beg the question, is it better to fire or retrain bad teachers? I say fire/reassign. You can teach a bad teacher new
Early in his career a locksmith was bad at his job. It took him a long time to open doors and he often broke the locks. His customers loved his effort and tipped him well. He has since become an expert and can open a lock in seconds. Now his customers see how little effort it is for him and grumble about the price and rarely tip.
This fall I had a locksmith get my car open and started. I was amazed at his speed and did tip well because he both impressed and scared me.
I still like Mike:
Enough of the bah-humbug...
Which of the world's economies is going to take off next year? A man who has accurately called many of the previous trends thinks it will be the US. Really. I hope he's right but I am skeptical. Why? Most of all, it's the debt headache that America has that will take years to work out. Meanwhile, a prominent economist makes a point I've made before: Raise taxes on the rich and spend it on infrastructure.
And finally, Barney Frank explains the radical homosexual agenda in less than a minute:
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