Yikes! Spikes!
Atrios has a chart of housing prices going back to 1890. The values are all adjusted for inflation, of course. Take a look, and then tell me: do you think the housing boom of recent years is likely to continue?
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August 29th, 2006
Senate Outlook
Electoral-vote.com is following this year’s Senate races. Democratic prospects for a Senate takeover aren’t looking good right now. I’d really like to blue-ify some of those pink-edged states, but my mission right now is to turn Ohio deep blue.
Republican Mike DeWine has a lot more campaign money than Democrat Sherrod Brown. Click here to contribute to Brown’s campaign.
Yale Shmale
My youth is long gone, but I’m holding onto my immaturity, by gosh. Just like Lakehead University:
A small Canadian university has sparked controversy with its recruitment drive by using posters and a website mocking US President George W Bush.
Lakehead University in northern Ontario set up www.yaleshmale.com in a bid to attract potential new students.
It shows a picture of Yale graduate Mr Bush with the caption: “Graduating from an Ivy League university doesn’t necessarily mean you’re smart.”
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“Lakehead is different. We believe the person you become after you graduate is even more important than the person you were when you enrolled.”
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Student union president Isabelle Poniatowski told Reuters the campaign was low-brow and lacked class.
“It still strikes me as being very repugnant,” she said. “Lakehead has so many positive attributes that you could really sell to people that live down south.”
And what does a university have if it doesn’t have class?
Sure, this recruitment campaign is immature and inappropriate. Here’s to immaturity and inappropriateness.