This time next week, I have a feeling I'll be a slightly more happy camper because this academic year will be done baby DONE, and I begin teaching my Intro to the Beat Generation class the following Monday. :D
The cupboard for "this day in history" is pretty darn bare, so we're going right on into SPARK. Those printer cartridges ARE darn expensive but DAMN! This bear really DID NOT want to take final exams. ;D Finally, didn't Hollywood already beat these guys to the punch back in the 80s? :D
On with The Rachel Maddow Show!
"You've Come A Long Way Maybe" - A whole list of folk DO NOT want to be Mittens' running mate. But, Governor Vaginal Probe does! Rob Portman's on the list - maybe. Looking for a VP, though, can be an interesting insight into what policy points are good & what points are double - plus ungood. The first official President Obama re - election events will be at universities in Ohio & Virginia. So, does Governor Vaginal Probe have a chance or not? What do you boys & girls think? A whole bunch of bright shiny ads about VA are airing there. Where is the line between being too anti - abortion but not bat$hit enough? There's a line in this GOBP?! I thought bat$hit was the rule of law now. President Obama spoke at a forum on women's issues today. Well, goody for him! And, he didn't do so bad by gosh by golly!! We are all by now well - versed in Governor Vaginal Probe's history of anti - abortion legislation - even though he's doing everything he can to clean up his record. So, if ya' wanna be VP in the MENSA party today, you only approve of abortion in cases of rape or incest. Except, the Governator claims that his spokesperson mis - spoke. Wow...he truly has his head up a dark stinky place. OK...so, abortion's OK if the life of the mother is at stake. And, I get yet another reason to never never never NEVER visit SC & FL. And, look what nearly happened in IA! What...the...spark...*&^%$#@! Charniele Herring is a Dem state delegate in VA, and she gets the lovely duty of talking abortion in connection with her Governator. She thinks he wants to be VP so bad that he'll say or do nearly anything. He still claims to want to talk up jobs & the economy? Has anyone ASKED HIM what the connection is between jobs - jobs - jobs & draconian anti - abortion laws? Someone should call into that radio show in VA where he is all the time.
"Course Correction" - Rachel's heard from Man on Dog about American History courses in the UC system. A MENSA member who worked for Man on Dog showed up in - studio soon afterwards. I guess Man on Dog doesn't know how to use the intertubz correctly. He claimed he was talking about the lack of Western Civilization courses?! Man, he just needs to shut the spark up; courses like that are usually SOP in most universities' general education core requirements - including MINE.
"Dude Awakening" - Congress has caucuses out the yin - yang...including one for bourbon! OK!! ;D Now, there's a caucus for MENSA ladies in Congress. We got a review of the women's ward of the Young Guns fellers from last night. MENSA dudes in Congress are offended to the Earth's ends at the concept of a war on women they appear to be waging! House MENSA members today decided to prevent student loans from doubling this summer by taking money from kids who need immunizations & from women who need breast cancer and cervical cancer screenings. MENSA members just can't handle the truth. Steve Kornacki gets "chic" duty. ;D I'm sure he's not waging a war on women! He doesn't think the GOBP read the bill they're seeking to gut to pay for preventing student loan increases.
"Silence = Death" - A black banner took over the arrivals' board at Grand Central terminal. Lots of activists were arrested during that time. Some even busted into nightly newscasts! ACT UP was organized by playwright Larry Kramer 25 years ago this weekend. And, we got a review of St. Ronnie's STUNNING progress in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.