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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Obama Pardons Turkey, Eats Teacher For Thanksgiving Dinner Instead

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The Murdoch Street Journal reports that President Accountability says he performed an "awesome responsibility" when he pardoned a...
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NY Times: It's Not About Black - It's About Bloomberg

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Pretty good article from the Times summarizing what the Cathie Black fight has been about: Like many other parents, Lisa B. Donlan was cauti...
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Ireland Cuts Minimum Wage Instead Of Corporate Tax Rate

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This is exactly the kind of world hedge fund criminals like Whitney Tilson want: The Fianna Fail government in Ireland has released the aust...

Bloomberg Looks At The Balloons

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The Daily News reports politicians around the state are divided over what to do with the Cathie Black mess. Some say Bloomberg should agree...

Insider Trading Investigation Arrests Begin

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Let us all be thankful that some hedge fund managers/criminals are worried about perp walks and wiretaps this Thanksgiving: The arrest of a ...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Joel Klein's New Business Is Full Of Crooks

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Joel Klein has moved into the K12 online for profit education business now that he's working for News Corp. Leaving aside the conflict o...

Charter School Goons

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Some in the charter school industry like to brag about how "tough" their schools are. Some like to run their schools like Rikers I...

Colorado District Tells Charters They Must Educate Low Income And Minority Students

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One of the knocks on charter schools is that they don't educate students in proportion to the demographics of their district and they sk...

45% Of Dems Want To See Obama Face A Primary Challenge

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President Accountability likes to hold teachers accountable in schools, he's not so big on being held accountable himself. But many Demo...
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Perfect Christmas Gift For The Hedge Fundie In Your Life

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It's almost Christmas and the folks on Wall Street are living it up again. Corporate profits in the last quarter were the highest ever. ...

Maybe We Will Have Black To Kick Around Some More

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Oh, goody, goody - the Murdoch Post says Bloomberg just might agree to training wheels for Cathie with an "i" Black: A former stat...
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Cuomo Says He'll Spend $4 Million To Fight Unions

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Corporate profits are the highest ever. But Little Andy Cuomo thinks unions are the problem with the country. He says he'll spend $4 mil...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Corporate Profits Highest On Record - But Here Come The Public Sector Layoffs

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The top 1% have stolen the country: The nation’s workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. America...

Steiner Makes A Move

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Okay - so Steiner decided to find a third way between granting the waiver or denying it outright: David M. Steiner, New York State’s educati...
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Might Not Have Cathie Black To Kick Around Much Longer

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Steiner's rubber stamp panel left their rubber stamps at home. They voted to deny Cathie Black the waiver she needs to serve as NYC scho...

Central Fall, Rhode Island Turnaround School Not Doing So Well

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President Accountability made the firing of the teachers at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island a centerpiece of his "Accountabil...
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Quinnipiac Poll: Black Not Right For School System

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New poll out from Quinnipiac that has Bloomberg's approval rating hitting a five year low. The poll also shows people overwhelmingly dis...

Woman Who Questioned Obama On Jobs At Forum Laid Off From Her Job

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How ironic - the woman who offered some accountability to President Accountability at a CNBC forum back in October was laid off from her job...

NY Times: Steiner Didn't Vet Members Of Waiver Panel

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Surprise, surprise! As new revelations surfaced about extensive ties between Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and members of the panel evaluating ...
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Canceling Recess

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Some school districts are canceling recess because students haven't made the "benchmarks" set for the battery of standardized...
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