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Live Account
You can find a live account of today’s protests here courtesy of the Daily Cal. Check out 9:55 AM for a chuckle.
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March 4th
Tomorrow is a “day-of-action” strike in response to UC budget cuts, fee increases, and Subway shops. Based on the previous walkouts and the March 4th rhetoric, I’m predicting campus tomorrow will devolve into a destructive clusterf&#* of various politicos competing to make the most noise and gain status.
You can read a pro side here, at “Occupy CA.”
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“Whose street? Our street!”
The internet was abuzz this morning with the social chatter of another Southside riot instigated by activists upset with the University. What started as a dance party became a destructive and violent mob that clashed with the police. The news story from the Daily Cal can be found here. I’m going to focus my attention on [...]
Stealing from the Politically Weak
“First they came …”
The city of Berkeley is facing a $14 million budget shortfall this year and expects a larger gap the year after. The three main ways of covering a municipal shortfall are borrowing, reducing spending, or increasing taxes. Borrowing without a plan to increase revenue would be disastrous. Spending cuts are unfeasible: no [...]
Skeptics and PZ Myers
Last night the Berkeley student group SANE hosted a talk by the wonderfully atheist biologist and blogger PZ Myers. PZ is not afraid to question, doubt, and mock all that religious people consider sacred. PZ’s greatest act of blasphemy was destroying a holy cracker and posting the results on his blog, enflaming Catholics near and far.
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I Found a UC Berkeley Blog
We have the privilege to see what Berkeley professors feel on the issues. Naturally, I disagree with most of them.
H/T Brad DeLong
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13 Attorney Generals Push the Dislike Button
In an earlier post I lamented but accepted the political deals that enabled the passage of the Senate version of the health care bill (note: I won’t call it reform). Apparently not everyone is as accepting as I was with how it happened. Attorney Generals from thirteen states are threatening to sue over the Nebraska [...]
Final Exam Question (Updated)
This is an example of learning outcomes from the humanities at UC Berkeley. Bear in mind where your money is going as the will haves revolt over the tuition increases.
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The Market Will Prevail
Those were Professor Konstantin Magin’s parting words to his Fall 2009 Economic Transition of Eastern Europe class. For a man who has seen a lot of tyranny in his lifetime, his outlook is remarkably positive.
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No Cuts, No Fees, Education Should Be Free