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At Harvard, there are 2,600 more administrators than undergrads

America's pharmacy deserts: Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens will shut more than 1,500 stores due to crime and competition - leaving MILLIONS without access to healthcare

Blackstone CEO Says Remote Staff "Don't Work As Hard"

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ACLU Announces Lawsuit To Protect Black And Transgender Prostitutes’ Right To Give People HIV

Latest migrant poll should scare the hell out of Democrats

How DSA lost me, make Nikki Haley the one and other commentary

A Record of Pure, Predatory Sadism - Officials in Israel screened footage of the Hamas attack for the press: “What we shared with you, you should know it,” one official said.

Europe must prioritize Ukraine - Ukrainian fatalities already exceed American losses in two decades of involvement in Vietnam

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"Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens will shut more than 1,500 stores due to crime and competition - leaving MILLIONS without access to healthcare"

Really? Millions now have NO healthcare access because the pharmacy closed, mostly due to shoplifting crime? I don't believe it, not for a millisecond.

#1 Aggie on 2023-10-25 08:53 (Reply)

Between the three corporations, there are roughly 20,500 stores in the USA. 1,500 closing is about 7.3%
You do the math for 330 million customers.
Don't forget independent pharmacies hospital pharmacies, and other chain operations. Have to agree no pharmacy deserts aside from parts of SF where the inhabitants brought it on themselves. Too bad, too sad.

#1.1 Riick on 2023-10-25 18:42 (Reply)

I'm against sending arms or money to Ukraine, but I'm favor of drafting journalists and politicians for the Ukraine front lines.

#2 Freddo on 2023-10-25 08:56 (Reply)

If it makes you feel any better most of the money sent to Ukraine actually goes to line the pockets of American politicians.

#2.1 egd on 2023-10-26 14:08 (Reply)

Groupthink: It is all politics, all fake. There was no left wing political agenda furthered by the torture and death of innocent Israelis so it wasn't important to them. There is a left wing political agenda furthered by terrorism and chaos so Hamas must be supported; wouldn't have mattered if they killed Jews or Christians the chaos and fear generated allows the left to take away more of our rights and take more power for themselves. The classic example of this is The Patriot Act which gave federal agencies unfettered power over all U.S. citizens even to the extent that their powers usurped the constitution.

#3 OneGuy on 2023-10-25 08:57 (Reply)

Harvard bureaucratic bloat - how about almost 3 million federal civilian employees for 535 legislators...why, Harvard is downright Biafran.

#4 maddowd on 2023-10-25 09:05 (Reply)

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At Harvard, there are 2,600 more administrators than undergrads

That's a nonsense comparison. Most students at Harvard are not undergraduates. There are 23,000 students at Harvard with 7,000 administrators. One can argue the ratio is too high, but that doesn't render the original comparison valid.

maddowd: how about almost 3 million federal civilian employees for 535 legislators

That comparison is no better. Apple has a leadership team of 20 running a company with 164,000 employees. So?

#4.1 Zachriel on 2023-10-25 09:14 (Reply)

It is interesting what Zach chooses to defend. Why defend the bloat of administrators in universities? Because they are ALL left wing activists. I am sure Zach would claim that the Dept. of Education is worthy of it's $80 billion budget. But they are all union and left wing activists.

#4.1.1 OneGuy on 2023-10-25 09:51 (Reply)

Nonsense? Maybe yes, maybe no. How about putting those numbers in context? Either within Harvard (undergrads/grad students/faculty/admin) or in comparison to other Ivy League universities.

We statisticians say of stats abusers "There liars, outliers, and out-and-out liars." Don't be like that.

#4.1.2 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2023-10-25 10:07 (Reply)

OneGuy: Why defend the bloat of administrators in universities?

We didn't. However, the comparison was invalid.

Mike Anderson: How about putting those numbers in context?

We did. We compared all students to all full-time administrators, which is the proper comparison. If you start with faulty arguments, then your conclusions will be unfounded (not necessarily wrong, just unfounded).

Mike Anderson: Either within Harvard (undergrads/grad students/faculty/admin) or in comparison to other Ivy League universities.

Feel free to do so. Our point concerned the faulty comparison, having granted that the ratio is arguably too high.

#4.1.3 Zachriel on 2023-10-25 10:28 (Reply)

"Semantics" cry the Quibble-DickZ.

#4.1.3.1 Zachinoff on 2023-10-25 12:37 (Reply)

Zachriel: What doesn't it know?

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#4.1.3.2 eeyore on 2023-10-25 14:39 (Reply)

University administration is a great place to hide future progressive politicians in a safe spaces political environment with little accountability for any lack of accomplishments and a solid paycheck at the taxpayer trough as student loans, student grants, government service forgiveness and government research grants fund even the most 'private' universities other than the Hillsdales.

#4.1.4 indyjonesouthere on 2023-10-25 11:53 (Reply)

Why do you come here?

#4.1.5 Lord Heathen on 2023-10-25 12:02 (Reply)

Because it wants to prove how very smart it is so as to alleviate its pervasive fear and insecurity. With ChatGPT at the ready, it can be an expert on everything!

#4.1.5.1 eeyore on 2023-10-25 14:45 (Reply)

The important question is, 'what has the trend of change been over time?', i.e the change in the number of students and administrators over the past 50 years or so. Easy data to capture, but, conspicuous in its absence, not so?

To me, more importantly, Harvard is free to run their business as they see fit, just as alumni are free to donate or withhold funds. But their endowments should be subject to close scrutiny and taxation, IMO. And public universities are a very different proposition, when it comes to administrative bloat, forced ideological indoctrination, and wasted money.

#4.2 Aggie on 2023-10-25 10:35 (Reply)

How DSA lost me

So writes Maurice Isserman in The Nation (link at the link). The article in The Nation points out that Maurice Isserman is a founding member of DSA. If the DSA loses a founding member like Maurice Isserman, the DSA is not winning friends and influencing people.

#5 Gringo on 2023-10-25 09:11 (Reply)

this piece of bread is Europe's oldest surviving formed bakery product.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ovelgonne-bread-roll

#6 feeblemind on 2023-10-25 09:33 (Reply)

The administration, the DOD and likely all of the federal departments have been infiltrated by spies. It is all being exposed and strangely the media is not interested. At the same time the borders are being breached by terrorists and Chinese CCP invaders. These things are not an accident. Obama is pulling the strings.

#7 Anon on 2023-10-25 10:17 (Reply)

Nikki Haley is just another money grubbing Mitch McConnell uniparty rino with the exception that she wears a dress. But it is unknown if Mitch wears a dress on occasion so that's up in the air.

#8 indyjonesouthere on 2023-10-25 12:03 (Reply)

'Remote staff don't work as hard"

So - pay them less and hire more of them. You're not constrained by office space anymore;)

#9 Agammamon on 2023-10-25 12:04 (Reply)

Ukraine is a Europe problem. It is not a US problem or a Nato problem. Europe would do best to quit poking at the Russians and instead trade with the Russians. If you quit tearing up each other's pipelines and cables life is going to get easier and less expensive.

#10 indyjonesouthere on 2023-10-25 12:10 (Reply)

Kremlin-bot alert!

#10.1 JJM on 2023-10-25 12:39 (Reply)

US MIC -bot alert!

"Ukrainian fatalities already exceed American losses in two decades of involvement in Vietnam"

Actually, that claim is off by a factor of 10! NATO-trained Ukies have lost more than 500K KIA in a year and half of getting their NAZI/BANDERA butts kicked by the Russkies!

#10.1.1 earl T on 2023-10-25 13:05 (Reply)

The truth is we don't know. Possibly the 500k figure is all casualties both killed and injured. Possibly it is propaganda. We don't know BUT there are a lot of BOT sites that will tell you 500,000 Ukrainians were killed. I suspect that is who you are quoting. It is possible that Russia has about 150-200K killed but to be fair we don't know that either. We do know that Russian casualties were so high that Russian hospitals were overwhelmed and they opted to treat casualties in field hospitals which isn't a good sign. Russia is using a lot of mercenaries and often their deaths don't get counted. So anyone telling you for sure how many were killed on either side is likely wrong.

#10.1.1.1 JustMe on 2023-10-25 16:09 (Reply)

You just can't learn. Join the Ukraine military, they could use your enthusiasm for war.

#10.1.2 indyjonesouthere on 2023-10-25 13:18 (Reply)

Please pay attention!

#10.1.2.1 earl T on 2023-10-25 13:34 (Reply)

But don't Northrup-Grumman and Raytheon and McDonnell-Douglas have a right to make a buck? Do you know how many hundreds of retired generals we have that would be SOL without their generous consultancy gigs? And all for the low, low cost of a few hundred thousand Ukrainian lives, which - let's face it - aren't nearly as important as American lives. Well, maybe the white ones, but surely not the black and brown and transgendered ones.

#10.2 Jerryskids on 2023-10-25 15:59 (Reply)

Don't let your sons and daughters enlist. The left is beating the war drums and your children will be cannon fodder. Absolutely join and fight to defend the homeland but not foreign intervention crap wars. Your kids would be better off working at McDonalds and attending a community college than going off to another country to die for what! Just saying. Make your choices and deal with the consequences.

#11 JustMe on 2023-10-25 16:13 (Reply)

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