Links

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/12/22254801-new-report-says-millions-of-women-at-risk-of-falling-into-poverty-economic-ruin?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=7

I get a kick out of this one...for one thing, there is no mention of the men...and another, this is one of Obama's key constituencies...and it seems like all they can do is make shitty decisions (as evinced by election results)...and so we entrust the future of the country to them.  Oi.

http://www.edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/the-problem-with-bad-voucher-schools-aren%E2%80%99t-a-problem

As a conservative, I completely and totally agree with this.  Charter and private schools receiving vouchers really must be operating at a higher standard than anyone else...so much at stake, such as the kids, and, of course, someone else's money.  The issue is of course that some private schools are bad, much like a public school. Course, you really can't close a bad public school....which is why they hate the private schools, as the example may prove contagious.

Speaking of...
http://www.cleveland.com/parma/index.ssf/2014/01/parmas_st_francis_de_sales_ele.html#incart_river_default#incart_m-rpt-2

I get a kick out of these things...all the hand-wringing...first of all, the numbers are pretty eye-popping; that's a shitload of money when things are going well, and when they are not...the other thing, of course, is that I wonder what the people who complained about it would do to solve the problem.  You never hear anything about that; as with everyone else, it's all about spending other peoples' money, and there is only the perception of a limitless supply...