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Just 27% of BA’s Have Jobs Related to Their Major? Don’t Believe the Fed’s New Stat
Whenever you see a big, bold statistic about the fate of college grads, take it with a grain of salt.
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fairly certain those college grads are just happy to be employed, unlike nearly a quarter of their peers.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/2f001b64a91d660274fb69196cce4017/tumblr_mn5stqxWW11qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
Just 27% of BA’s Have Jobs Related to Their Major? Don’t Believe the Fed’s New Stat
Whenever you see a big, bold statistic about the fate of college grads, take it with a grain of salt.
Read more. [Image: Federal Reserve]
fairly certain those college grads are just happy to be employed, unlike nearly a quarter of their peers.
Something tells me this isn’t going to go over well
(Source: nbcnews.com, via nbcnews)
drones for democracy!
(Source: rubenfeld)
It was just two months ago the top U.S. intelligence official testified that al-Qaida had been battered by the U.S. into a state of disarray. A year ago, the current CIA director, John Brennan, said that “For the first time since this fight began, we can look ahead and envision a world in which the al Qaeda core is simply no longer relevant.” Just this week, the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command, Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Votel, told a Florida conference that he was looking at missions beyond the counterterrorism manhunt.
Yet a spokeswoman, Army Col. Anne Edgecomb, clarified that [the official] meant the conflict is likely to last ten to twenty more years from today — atop the 12 years that the conflict has already lasted. Welcome to America’s Thirty Years War.
I’m fascinated that they have the nerve to insist they are fighting al-Qaeda.
We need to continue to liberate them with our democracy drones. Also, it is important to extract as much oil and heroin as possible.
(Source: hipsterlibertarian)
OK, I’m not saying this is a scandal in and of itself but people need to know about it. Steven Miller, the IRS commissioner who was forced out by president Obama as a result of the recent scandal, was set to leave the IRS in June anyway.
From the UK Daily Mail:
President Barack Obama has…
Before he leaves, he must investigate conservative Tumblr’s.
Google found the one person who might look saner while wearing Google Glass.
Photo via @LukeRussert
Paging Best Roof Talk Ever.
Did you know that Obama released this picture just to distract from his seven or eight scandals that are all utterly decapitating the first amendment?
Damn. I had my money on Palin.
http://hangoverpolitics.tumblr.com/post/47160601409/newt-gingrich-to-use-google-glass-confirms-that
“Scandal politics are sweeping Capitol Hill.
Just days after news broke that the IRS targeted conservative nonprofits, Speaker John Boehner’s House committees will morph into mock courtrooms where the White House will be the defendant in what amounts to a number of high-stakes political trials.
The most recent scandal to grip the Obama administration came Monday evening, when The Associated Press disclosed that the Justice Department sought its reporters’ phone records — including those of correspondents who sit in the Capitol. Within hours, House Republicans vowed to investigate. To make things worse for President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to be on Capitol Hill Wednesday for a House Judiciary Committee hearing.”
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On a scale of 1 to 10 I am going to put it out there that President Obama cares about these issues at about a 2 1/2. The IRS making it difficult for Tea Party groups to report taxes was good for his reelection so I’m sure he hasn’t batted an eye over that. As for the Feds snooping around in regards to AP reporters, that just leaves more to the imagination for the tinfoil hat crowd, and President Obama most likely just does not care.
As for Eric Holder, he needs to get fucking terminated. Like bro, you gave assault rifles to drug cartels in hopes of tracking them, but instead they just killed people and you had no idea where any of them went. Now you have the fucking Justice Department investigating reporters that are just doing their job? You sir are the weakest link, goodbye
(Source: politico.com)
“So far, the only high-ranking member of Obama administration to suffer politically from Benghazi is Susan Rice, who withdrew from consideration for Secretary of State late last year after blowback for reciting errant talking points on the Sunday shows after the attacks.
But Rice’s unwanted place at the center of the Benghazi firestorm raises one tantalizing question:
Why was she the administration’s point woman with the press — or, more to the point: Why wasn’t Hillary Clinton, Ambassador Chris Stevens’ boss, the messenger?
Rice told NBC’s Brian Williams that Clinton was simply too tired to endure the grueling ordeal of five morning shows — the so-called “Full Ginsburg” — shortly after pulling her name in mid-December, under withering criticism from Congressional Republicans.”
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I thoroughly enjoy how the entire Benghazi situation was supposedly due to a film made here in America that depicted the slandering of Mohammad. Umm, no, actually, I think Libyans were still pretty pissed off about that whole taking-Gaddafi-out-of-power ordeal. But I digress….
Hopefully all those middle-eastern countries continue to enjoy our democracy drones:
If not, we could be looking at a Benghazi 2.0 very shortly.
(Source: politico.com)
I mentioned a few days ago that the FDA is considering new regulations on caffeine, because they don’t want it added to foods and drinks other than coffee, tea, or colas, which are “traditional” caffeinated items.
Unsurprisingly, the FDA’s arguments as to why these regulations are needed have taken the “think of the children” route, a route which could possibly lead to age requirements for caffeine purchases — a “caffeination age,” if you will. It’s not hard to imagine:
“I’d like to get these two Red Bulls.”
“Can I see your ID?”
Deputy FDA Commissioner Michael Taylor released a Q&A which addressed this very issue and very clearly didn’t deny the possibility of a coming caffeination age:
Q. Is it possible that FDA would set age restrictions for purchase?
A. We have to be practical; enforcing age restrictions would be challenging. For me, the more fundamental questions are whether it is appropriate to use foods that may be inherently attractive and accessible to children as the vehicle to deliver the stimulant caffeine and whether we should place limits on the amount of caffeine in certain products.
As much as Taylor implies that it might not be practical to card caffeine purchasers, that impracticality has never stopped the government from carding us for liquor.
It’s a little ironic that this new regulation would come on the scene just as regulations on marijuana are loosening in places like Colorado and Washington. It’s a bit like playing Whack-A-Mole — as soon as we knock down one restriction on what we can do with our own bodies, another one pops right up.
To be honest, pot smokers will still smoke pot if its legal or not. Although, if caffeine faces similar regulations as alcohol/tobacco, I’d love to see the Civil War that would ensue. The collapse of civilization over fucking Starbucks.
I was utterly baffled at this moment during today’s hearing with the Benghazi whistleblowers. At the end of her line of questioning, Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier, seemingly out of nowhere, asked Gregory Hicks where in the world he would most like to be posted during his next job. ”I think you…
Lol wut
If Mr. Hicks were to attain the post he so passionately desires, hopefully he won’t be sequestered (or Benghazi’ed?).
And nobody ever fucking agrees to get half-cheese half-pepperoni.
(Source: questionall, via liberalsarecool)
