Does a teacher make more money than you? A goddam teacher?!? Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel says the state’s new database of public employee salaries is meant to bring greater transparency to the state government, not to rile people up before November’s vote to repeal SB5.—-
The state of Ohio is all set to announce deals to sell five prisons to private vendors. Reports suggest Gov. John Kasich plans to take his shirt off at the Thursday morning news conference. Really interested in the American penal system? Here are some books.
City Council canceled a scheduled meeting yesterday because the conservative majority refuses to vote in favor of police layoffs. At least not until after November. 😉
The Enquirer decided that asking its anonymous (read: angry and fearless) commenters for one-word descriptions of the streetcar would be a cool way to “cut through all the rhetoric.” So would making one of these out of John Kasich’s campaign finance report.
Just for fun, here’s what some liberals say are the five worst so-called job creation ideas from the GOP.
Male teenagers are drinking way too much corn syrup sugar — double the amount the government recommends is consumed all day. Soda/energy drinks/juices-that-are-actually-flavored-sugar = all disgusting. Drink water.
UK scientists have passed at least one test with a clinical trial to inject stem cells into the brains of stroke victims, having raised no safety concerns with the first three candidates.
Insomnia costs the U.S. how much in lost productivity? No way.
Apparently there exists a Kim Kardashian sex tape, which someone is obviously willing to pay $30 million for the rights, and the dude involve in the (somewhat predictable?) actions on the tape says it is worth “way more” than that. Who is Kim Kardashian?
This article appears in Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2011.