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Equal Time for Garrett!

Iraqis: life is getting better-News-TimesOnline

Plus, offered this Spring through Portland Adult Education:

"PORTLAND JUNTO
Instructors: Peter Wannemacher
Do you prefer discussing over disputing? How would you like to have people listen and respond instead of ignore and react? The Portland Junto is a 21st century version of a polite discussion group established by Benjamin Franklin in Colonial America. In 1727, Mr. Franklin asked a few of his acquaintances to meet regularly in order to discuss and debate "in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory." He called it Junto. Out of those discussions came such ideas as the public library, volunteer fire departments, and paved roads. In these meetings a small group will gather once a week to present and listen to ideas. There will be rules of politeness and a moderator and plenty of opportunity to learn from others in your community. Topics will be selected by the group. #1602; Mondays5/2-5/30; 6:00-8:00 PM; 5 SessionsDeering High School, Room 115 Course fee $35/45"

BTW, the "Vote Different" parody video (posted March 7) seems to have been created and seeded on the Internet by somebody with connections to the Obama campaign... (More at FOXNews.com - Creator of Anti-Hillary Clinton YouTube Ad is Ex-Employee of Firm Linked to Obama Campaign

Syllabus & Assignments Update

Okay, today, we'll kill some electrons instead of trees... :-)

Tonight, Tao of Pooh and Honors discussion. At right, "The Vinegar tasters."

Thursday, Hotel Rwanda.

Before Thursday, read and listen to the full radio segment at NPR : Paul Rusesabagina, No 'Ordinary Man'

and

Genocide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(As usual, there could be a quiz!)

Tues., April 3:
Read "Soccer vs. McWorld" from Global Issues, to be presented by Joanna & Sarah B.

Thurs., April 5:
EASTER BREAK!

Tues., April 10: Read Pooh, "Spelling Tuesday," and "Cottleston Pie."

Links for the Day

Did Al get the science right? Salon News

"Draft Gore. He has participated in a lampoon of his defeat, has at least one web forum devoted to what might have been and may yet be, has his own web site, his own Wiki page, is an Academy Award winner, is encouraged to run by at least one major newspaper , and has numerous web sites devoted to encouraging him to run. His competion? Jeb Bush, (if there is any justice in this world, please let it be the Jeb miester), Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain. I predict a landslide of unprecedented proportions. Metafilter before ." (via Metafilter)

Cult of Personality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo

Vote Different?

Tonight's Links, plus Syllabus, Version "Vista"!

Firstly, quote of the day:

"We don't know what those other cycles were caused by in the past. Could be dinosaur flatulence, you know, or who knows?"

-Rep. Dana Rohrabacher R-CA, on the cause of previous warming cycles

Next, here are the links that Mariya cited tonight...

Then, here's that news from today about oil prices...

Oil Jumps Above $59 Per Barrel - Houston Chronicle

And then, here's the schedule for the remainder of this week and next... (If we have a mega-snow-holiday and are also off Thursday, I'll adjust it accordingly!)

Thursday, Feb. 15:

Allison-with-2-Ls & Devon: "America's Sticky Power"
Sarah H.: "The Big Crunch"

Tuesday, Feb. 20: NO CLASS!

Thursday, Feb. 22:

Harrison & Joanna: "Political Graft"
Kate & Garrett: "Chile"

At that point, the syllabus is back to normal, whatever "normal" may be! :-)

Remember that I'll collect the NYC deposit of $50 on March 1st! (Go ahead and RSVP as soon as you can with a comment on this email, so I can check hostel-availability!!)

And don't forget to order your Pooh!

Lastly but not leastly, Happy V-Day to some of my favorite "funny valentines"!! :-)