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Bemused, huh, well alright, at first I thought you were just being a dick, but sure, why not, bemused, good one.

You might be able to go 3 whole days without thinking of Canada, but you can't seem to go more than a few hours without thinking about Blatham.

The University of Missouri has announced the closure of three additional undergrad residence halls due to the shortfall in student enrollment following the 2015 race protests. The closures bring the total number of closed residence halls to seven.

In January 2017, the university saw its lowest enrollment figures since 2011 with only 31,010 students, according to ABC 17. The figures reached their peak in fall 2015 at 35,448 students—numbers that only declined following the race protests in November 2015, which persisted well into 2016. In 2016, graduate enrollment saw a 25% drop compared to the previous year.

E-mails depict the cataclysmic backlash against the University of Missouri as its administrators grappled with demands from rowdy protestors, a hunger-striking grad student, and a boycotting football team. The protests ultimately toppled both the president and the chancellor. The 7,400 pages of emails, reviewed exclusively by these two publications, reveal how Mizzou overwhelmingly lost the support of longtime sports fans, donors, and alumni.

This passionate backlash doesn’t appear to have been a bluff. Already, freshman enrollment is down 25%, leaving a $32 million funding gap and forcing the closure of four dorms. The month after the protests, donations to the athletic department were a mere $191,000—down 72% over the same period a year earlier.

Graduate student Jonathan Butler announced a hunger strike, demanding the resignation of the college’s president. A student group issued a list of demands. Among other items, they wanted President Wolfe to be removed—and to hold a news conference at which he would publicly apologize and “acknowledge his white male privilege.”

In 2015 Chancellor Loftin announced that beginning in January, all incoming students will be required to complete diversity training. The university will also hire a vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity, and equity.

A typical response came from a parent paying full tuition for his sophomore son writes: “Free speech is under assault on campus by immature, spoiled, thin skinned punks. … I am seriously considering removing my son after this semester. I will never allow him to take politically correct ‘racial sensitivity training’ if required.”

By 2013, 79 of Obama’s nominees had been blocked by filibusters, compared with 68 in the entire previous history of the Republic.

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By 2013, 79 of Obama’s nominees had been blocked by filibusters, compared with 68 in the entire previous history of the Republic.

The republicans broke our democracy.

Trump's approval rating is 34%. The only thing he's leading in is "disapproval."
It's at 55%.

Friday, April 07, 2017

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 45% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance.

Clinton in 1st Interview After US Polls

April 08 02:28 2017

Comparing herself with Mary Mallon, who was isolated after she became the first person in U.S. to be diagnosed with typhoid, Clinton said that public opinion changed when she showed interest in running for the White House.

"I don't know that there is one answer", she told the Women in the World Summit in NY when asked why a majority of white women voted for a Republican who had boasted of groping women.

"By the time they finished with me, I was Typhoid Mary", she said, attributing her sharp decline in popularity to sexism directed against women who display ambition.