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Sunday, July 13, 2014

7-13-14 Perdido Street School

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Business As Usual At AFT Convention: Pro-CCSS Resolution, Lame Arne Duncan "Development Plan" Pass
I wrote yesterday that I wasn't going to be all that impressed if the delegates at the AFT convention voted to call for Secretary of Education Privatization Arne Duncan's ouster.See, even if Duncan goes, his boss, Barack Obama - the guy whose education policies Duncan implements - will still be in power.Nonetheless Norm Scott and others thought the AFT leadership would probably let such a resoluti

Bill Gates Plans For Wireless Remote Controlled Contraception
I'm sure this couldn't have any downsides:First Bill Gates brought us a better condom. Now, the billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder is taking birth control to an even more amazing level.Gates is backing a long-lasting implantable birth control device that can be turned on and off with a remote control. With this device -- a tiny hormone-emitting microchip -- women who decide they are


7-12-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekSo Much For Randi Weingarten And The AFT Fighting The Common CoreNorm Scott is at the AFT convention in L.A. - he reports Randi Weingarten and her Unity/UFT minions had the votes to secure their own pro-Common Core resolution but rigged the committee process in order to ensure the Chicago Teachers Union resolution condemning Common Core didn't pass