tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post8930829093073526519..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Updateskcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-90042379555426178042009-09-30T12:28:15.696-04:002009-09-30T12:28:15.696-04:00Well Doc at 2:06PM, Nurse Levicy has gotten two ne...Well Doc at 2:06PM, Nurse Levicy has gotten two new RN licenses since the event in NH and Maine. She has a perfectly good license in NC listed inactive. She has NO discipline actictions taken against her by any of the three Boards of Nursing. A safe bet is that she will and obviously, still is licensed to practice. <br />NO ONE has seen any evidence that the allegations are true about the Sexual Assualt Report. Its just a story and allegations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-79659291907087298072009-09-15T14:06:01.635-04:002009-09-15T14:06:01.635-04:00I have said it here many times before.
Tara Levic...I have said it here many times before.<br /><br />Tara Levicy is the key to the whole fraud.<br /><br />And now, we know why, and how.<br /><br />If the allegations against her are true, she without doubt (reasonable or otherwise) commited medical malpractice of the worst sort, and seemingly engaged in criminally actionable behavior as well (I am not a lawyer, but a physician.)<br /><br />The above linked post lays out in clear and convincing detail the genesis of the fraud and nexus of the conspiracy.<br /><br />There is no doubt in mind whatsoever, that this case will NEVER get to discovery and that DUMC and DU will settle.<br /><br />Whether or not Ms. Levicy will retain her license to practice is anyone's guess.<br /><br />MeTooThenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-72507425926686197212009-09-15T01:04:23.702-04:002009-09-15T01:04:23.702-04:00To those still interested in the Duke case--please...To those still interested in the Duke case--please read the Liestoppers link re Levicy.<br /><br />Amazing. If its true she changed the medical record---heads should roll at Duke. <br /><br />I can't believe this is not still a national story. Changing the medical record is considered a terrible thing to do........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-8175213946977165432009-09-09T20:26:20.078-04:002009-09-09T20:26:20.078-04:00I am not much of a Salon.com fan but read this and...I am not much of a Salon.com fan but read this and thought your readers would enjoy it:<br /><br />“But affluent middle-class Democrats now seem to be complacently servile toward authority and automatically believe everything party leaders tell them. Why? Is it because the new professional class is a glossy product of generically institutionalized learning? Independent thought and logical analysis of argument are no longer taught. Elite education in the U.S. has become a frenetic assembly line of competitive college application to schools where ideological brainwashing is so pandemic that it's invisible. The top schools, from the Ivy League on down, promote "critical thinking," which sounds good but is in fact just a style of rote regurgitation of hackneyed approved terms ("racism, sexism, homophobia") when confronted with any social issue. The Democratic brain has been marinating so long in those clichés that it's positively pickled.”<br />Camille Paglia<br />Too Late for Obama to turn it around?<br />Wednesday, September 9, 2009<br />She seems to have a pretty good handle on the current state of higher education.Mike Rayfield, Spring TXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-81716280820915993642009-09-09T18:55:02.955-04:002009-09-09T18:55:02.955-04:00http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=combat...http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=combating_the_campus_rape_crisis<br /><br />Any thoughts from anyone about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-20262697457828944902009-09-09T17:37:42.623-04:002009-09-09T17:37:42.623-04:00That is a great article by sceptical. Discovery w...That is a great article by sceptical. Discovery will shed further light on the timing issues raised in the article. Telephone logs, cellphone bills, emails, calendars, notes -- it will all help. Very good cover-to-cover read, with some information I'd forgotten and some that I was reading for the first time. MOO! GregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-4216162064887852932009-09-09T13:07:46.093-04:002009-09-09T13:07:46.093-04:00From Camilla Paglia
snip-
"But affluent mid...From Camilla Paglia<br /><br />snip-<br /><br />"But affluent middle-class Democrats now seem to be complacently servile toward authority and automatically believe everything party leaders tell them. Why? Is it because the new professional class is a glossy product of generically institutionalized learning? Independent thought and logical analysis of argument are no longer taught. Elite education in the U.S. has become a frenetic assembly line of competitive college application to schools where ideological brainwashing is so pandemic that it's invisible. The top schools, from the Ivy League on down, promote "critical thinking," which sounds good but is in fact just a style of rote regurgitation of hackneyed approved terms ("racism, sexism, homophobia") when confronted with any social issue. The Democratic brain has been marinating so long in those clichés that it's positively pickled."<br /><br />snip-<br /><br />I do admire Ms. Paglia.<br /><br />ObserverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-32388750057051881232009-09-09T11:13:51.541-04:002009-09-09T11:13:51.541-04:00Duke professor Timothy Tyson still race baiting wi...Duke professor Timothy Tyson still race baiting with this <a href="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/sep/02/history-class-citys-race-relations-returns-wilming/c_2/#comments" rel="nofollow">class in Wilmington NC.</a>Panaceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950768996271184024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-65595755763920697262009-09-08T23:19:02.185-04:002009-09-08T23:19:02.185-04:00Inre: halides1 said...
My mistake, please excuse...Inre: halides1 said...<br /><br />My mistake, please excuse my error binding the buffalo incident to Mr. Burness and not Mr. Moneta. Thanks for bringing this error to my attention.No Justice, No Peacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-58258844718235218862009-09-08T22:32:45.506-04:002009-09-08T22:32:45.506-04:00Did Gurganus ever apologize? Set things right? Ask...Did Gurganus ever apologize? Set things right? Ask the NYT for the chance to write another opinion piece?<br /><br />That's the least I would feel I would have to do, just as a human being (even though I would feel humiliated at having to do it).<br /><br />Two or three columnists (not more) did apologize.<br /><br />Where are the rest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-85290146417903999382009-09-08T21:11:03.654-04:002009-09-08T21:11:03.654-04:00Wrt state of the "elite" education today...Wrt state of the "elite" education today and especially educating Gang88 extremists, here is a candid confession from Van Jones (the self-admitted 9/11 truther, marxist and race-hustler who advocated overthrowing capitalism by means of ecoactivism):<br /><br />"I had a professor who encouraged me to apply to Harvard and Yale [for law school], which was almost unheard of for students coming from the kind of public schools that I was coming from in the rural South. I was accepted to both places, and decided to go to Yale because Yale didn't have any grades and was smaller than Harvard. I figured, once I enroll I'm guaranteed to graduate, so I can just go and be a radical hell raiser student, and they can't do anything about it. Which is pretty much what happened. "<br /><br />Read: Any AA student (well, at least any marxist AA student) would automatically be admitted to Yale/Harvard and automatically graduate there. There won't be an end to the new generation of Gang88ers.jamil husseinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-89608416254118961572009-09-08T20:39:12.516-04:002009-09-08T20:39:12.516-04:00Halides1 :
Lots of "points differed". ...Halides1 : <br /><br />Lots of "points differed". Gates also said that he had a throat infection acquired during his Asian trip, and had a medical receipt to prove it... and therefore he could not shout.<br /><br />However, both Sgt Crowley and Officer Carlos Figueroa wrote police reports stating that Gates was shouting. <br />Further, the tapes of Crowley's radio transmissions clearly record a man shouting in the background.<br /><br />Figueroa's report (written separately from Crowley's) states, "As I stepped in, I heard Sgt. Crowley ask for the gentleman's information which he stated "NO I WILL NOT!". The gentleman was shouting out to the Sgt. that the Sgt.. was a racist and yelled that "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO BLACK MEN IN AMERICA!"<br /><br />Crowley's report states that Gates initially refused, then finally gave him a Harvard ID (which does NOT have home address). Gates' yelling and race-baiting were also noted.<br /><br />Police Reports:<br />http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates2.html<br /><br />There was no call for Gates' belligerent behavior.a Nice NJ Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05776159775859690321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-74319804443573505202009-09-08T19:48:18.190-04:002009-09-08T19:48:18.190-04:00Debrah : Gurganus has always been trying to hide f...Debrah : Gurganus has always been trying to hide from his NY Times piece since 2006. Can't blame him, since it makes that "new voice of the south" look like such a doofus.Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439628067348828822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-14507622058819355732009-09-08T19:20:31.676-04:002009-09-08T19:20:31.676-04:00Some people might not think this alignment of the ...Some people might not think this <i>alignment of the stars</i> is noteworthy; however.......<br /><br />......the fact that the scurrilous <a href="http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Allan+Gurganus+to+join+others+at+Literary+Fest%20&id=3535494-Allan+Gurganus+to+join+others+at+Literary+Fest&instance=homesixthleft" rel="nofollow">Allan Gurganus</a> will be taking part in the <a href="http://www.ncliteraryfestival.org/" rel="nofollow">Literary Festival</a> being held this week.......<br /><br />.......whose keynote speaker will be none other than John Grisham......is irony unmatched.<br /><br />I'm sure everyone remembers Gurganus' <i>contribution</i> in the NY Times in the Spring of 2006.<br /><br />And I'm sure everyone has read Grisham's glowing praise of <i>Until Proven Innocent</i>.<br /><br />These two in the same room should have a lot to talk about.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47271786619463267322009-09-08T19:10:09.753-04:002009-09-08T19:10:09.753-04:00TO (1:09 PM)--
The New Yorker article was mention...TO (1:09 PM)--<br /><br />The New Yorker article was mentioned in a previous thread.<br /><br />Chris has also covered the topic at <a href="http://viewfromwilmington.blogspot.com/2009/08/execution-of-cameron-todd-willingham.html" rel="nofollow">his blog</a>.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45216864857509045202009-09-08T17:59:39.895-04:002009-09-08T17:59:39.895-04:00Duke Dad,
Professor Gates said that he did show i...Duke Dad,<br /><br />Professor Gates said that he did show identification, although that poinnt may be in dispute (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/us/21gates.html).<br /><br />No Justice, No Peace,<br /><br />Larry Moneta had a role in the Water Buffalo, but I was unaware that Burness did. Can you clarify?<br /><br />ChrisChris Halkideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933976220776524122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-35924353638939208822009-09-08T12:26:08.489-04:002009-09-08T12:26:08.489-04:00To the 7.57:
"Ask your non-academic friends ...To the 7.57:<br /><br />"Ask your non-academic friends if they know what the core mission of the AAUP is, and see if you don't get blank stares back."<br /><br />I did so with a few this morning, and did not receive blank stares. But many of my non-academic friends also know something about the academy; perhaps your friends are less engaged with the intellectual world.<br /><br />Many thanks for your comments, but I'm afraid I am disinclined to clear additional anonymous comments making claims about the AAUP's influence. I would, of course, be happy to clear any <i>specific evidence</i> you care to offer.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-78147413483828018882009-09-08T10:39:23.987-04:002009-09-08T10:39:23.987-04:00To the 2:54 PM ( 9/7/09 )
"Henry Gates rece...To the 2:54 PM ( 9/7/09 )<br /><br />"Henry Gates recent incident with the Cambridge police had less to do with his color, and everything to do with a law enforcement apparatus that grows more oppressive every single day."<br /><br />Nah ... It was never a good idea to get into altercations with the cops. A single cop, dispatched to a reported house break in by TWO men ... and only sees ONE of them ... is not interested in a shouting match.<br /><br />All Gates had to do was show some ID, confirm he was the occupant and wave good bye to the officer.<br /><br />Of course, then he would not have gotten a free beer at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.<br /><br />________________<br /><br /><br />Cambridge, MA is very, very PC. <br /> Sgt. James Crowley was chosen by the black police commissioner to serve as an instructor for a Lowell Police Academy course entitled "Racial Profiling," which Crowley has taught since 2004.a Nice NJ Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05776159775859690321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-50111094071141781772009-09-08T08:26:27.227-04:002009-09-08T08:26:27.227-04:00"No people will tamely surrender their Libert..."No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders." --Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775 (Founder's Quote Daily)<br /><br />Thanks K.C. for diffusing knowledge and preserving virtue.No justice, no peacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-40605355542467192732009-09-07T19:57:10.155-04:002009-09-07T19:57:10.155-04:00"I think the group has little or no influence..."I think the group has little or no influence outside the academy--largely from a perception (accurate) that they have abandoned their core mission."<br /><br />Huh? Nobody outside of the academy knows who they are. That's why they have little to no influence. It doesn't have anything to do with some perception of them abandoning their mission. Ask your non-academic friends if they know what the core mission of the AAUP is, and see if you don't get blank stares back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-84016797862519148382009-09-07T19:52:08.861-04:002009-09-07T19:52:08.861-04:00Inre: Is Burness a Communist?
Well in the context...Inre: Is Burness a Communist?<br /><br />Well in the context of his PR efforts in the "Water Buffalo" incident and the Duke hoax relative to the Communist activity in Italy during and after WWII one could make the case he acts like one.<br /><br />"...the story of the Resistance is a highly political one and that Italians have many different views of it. After the War, the Italian Communist Party, through deft public relations management, was able to lay claim to more credit than the facts justified, both in terms of the role of the Communists in the Resistance and the importance of the Resistance in Italy’s liberation. Be sure not to take anything at face value about the Resistance since the events of 60 years ago are still being interpreted very much in light of current events in Italy...” - A LOYOLA ROME STUDENT’S GUIDE TO WORLD WAR II IN ROME & ITALY”, By Philip R. O’Connor, Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago Rome Center. 1968-69, page 19 <br /><br />Of course the difference between "deft" PR and outright lies and intentional malignment of his own students for political ends is a very thin one. <br /><br />It appears he plays from the same play book, wouldn't you agree? Though the Burness actions in the water buffalo incident and the Duke hoax were much more deplorable than just PR.<br /><br />So maybe Burness is more like Van Jones than Van Jones.No justice, no peacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-51897646679279385812009-09-07T19:36:02.740-04:002009-09-07T19:36:02.740-04:00http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/07/new.york.beati...http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/07/new.york.beating/index.html<br /><br />One must assume that Jesse Jackson already has the check made out to a graduate school of his choose?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29026880347845639662009-09-07T18:57:14.155-04:002009-09-07T18:57:14.155-04:00To the 1.25:
It may be, as you say, that the nati...To the 1.25:<br /><br />It may be, as you say, that the nation's oldest faculty organization, which has the power to censure colleges and universities for failing to protect academic freedom, has no power within the academy, though that's not my sense.<br /><br />I think the group has little or no influence outside the academy--largely from a perception (accurate) that they have abandoned their core mission.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-37547779183211826952009-09-07T15:22:45.201-04:002009-09-07T15:22:45.201-04:00Haverford and Bryn Mawr Issues.
If the leadership...Haverford and Bryn Mawr Issues.<br /><br />If the leadership of Haverford and/or Bryn Mawr believe they have a problem with underage drinking, binge drinking and inappropriate social media advertising it would be quit easy to determine if they have done anything about it.<br /><br />Just audit the curriculum of the Office of Student Affairs.<br /><br />Which Haverford/Bryn Mawr employee(s) conducted what seminars for which student groups on what dates; where were the seminars offered and...where are the student 'sign-in' sheets?<br /><br />If those little seminars have not been offered, one could assume Haverford and Bryn Mawr are enabling errant behavior.<br /><br />'Everyone says' violence against women and binge/underage drinking are conflated. That said, the Violence Against Women Act is up for congressional reauthorization in 2010. <br /><br />And concerning the Whistler Blower. Is Sam working at Haverford or Bryn Mawr this year?<br />::<br />GPGary Packwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177986821224068759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-46665173888334510722009-09-07T14:54:32.678-04:002009-09-07T14:54:32.678-04:00Henry Gates recent incident with the Cambridge pol...Henry Gates recent incident with the Cambridge police had less to do with his color, and everything to do with a law enforcement apparatus that grows more oppressive every single day.<br /><br />Remember this: cops see the world in black and white. All people fit into one of two categories - bad people and other cops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com