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Written by Michael Collins / Filed in Daily Journal (Opinion), Media
The Independent just announced that British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) would be running an apology worldwide for airing documentaries produced by a public relations firm. The anticipated apology resulted from last year’s reporting in The Independent on this pecuiar BBC practice. A special committee investigated and confirmed the news fixing process. “The BBC will today apologise to [...]
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by S. Paul Forrest AmericaRevealed.org The phrase snake oil is as a derogatory term used to describe quackery; the promotion of fraudulent or unproven medical practices. The expression is also applied metaphorically to any product with questionable and/or unverifiable quality or benefit. By extension, the term “snake oil salesman” may be applied to someone who sells fraudulent goods or who is a fraud [...]
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“Daddy,” the little boy on the bus asks, “what park is that?” “I don’t know.” Two blocks later. “Who’s the man in that statue?” “Beats me.” “What’s that big building with the point on top?” “I haven’t a clue” “Dad. Does it bother you if I keep asking questions?” “If you don’t ask questions how [...]
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On Dec 20, 2011 a letter was sent to Kaplan College in North Hollywood California informing them that accreditation for their radiography certificate program was being involuntarily withdrawn by JRCERT, the national accrediting body for radiography training programs. Kaplan was one of only 5 programs in 2011 to be subject to involuntary withdrawal of accreditation. [...]
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Written by Irene North / Filed in World News
Indian president, Sonia Gandhi, has an ambitious food project for her country. Her ultimate goal is to provide food subsidies, ensuring that none of her citizens ever have to starve again. Gandhi’s plan has been met with vocal criticism, largely due to complaints that it will be impossible to implement, it is just an election [...]
Setting the Stage for a Jeb Bush Presidential Draft
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Just Short of Treason in Georgia and Kansas
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Occupy Wall Street: The View from Davos
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4-minute video: US war-murders end with US War Criminals arrests
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with video here. (adapted from Open proposal for US Revolution: end unlawful wars, parasitic/criminal economics;...
Humanity’s Great Awakening: our “emperor has no clothes” breakthrough
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The BBC “News Fixing” Scandal and Dead Babies
The Independent just announced that British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) would be running...
THE MEDIA INFORMS US – ABOUT AMERICAN IDOLS
“Daddy,” the little boy on the bus asks, “what park is that?”...
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by Solomon Comissiong The US “Occupy Movement” continues to raise Americans consciousness...
Judge says blogger is not a journalist: action designed to put fear into the heart of independent investigative journalists and muzzle the internet
Jeff Barnard of the Associated Press published in the Boston Globe...
Black Friday Cyber Monday Sale at Kaplan Test Prep!!!!
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OWS CHALLENGES THE LEGITMACY OF THE SYSTEM
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Oops, We’re Doomed!
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Michigan citizens fight totalitarianism in new proposed zoning laws
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Whirlwind in Sonoma and Marin
A few months ago, I was lying in bed enjoying the morning...
Accreditation withdrawn for Kaplan College’s $42,000 radiography program
On Dec 20, 2011 a letter was sent to Kaplan College in North Hollywood California...
Critical Thinking attacked in Iowa HS
A high school in Iowa is at the center of a communism versus capitalism dispute after a teacher handed...
When Is Social Justice Just?
Fiction offers avenues to Truth, often hard Truths, that remain closed or less often traveled otherwise. While many people associate...
Testimonial of a for-profit college student: For-profit colleges answer to a dream come true or a nightmare?
The following is from a former student at Kaplan University. Dear Mr. Weil If you are able to can you...
”Setting the record straight”: Washington Post subsidiary disseminates misleading information
Washington Post subsidiary Kaplan Higher Education recently surrendered its license to operate a dental assisting educational program in Charlotte,...
Daring to Look Behind the Curtain: The Drop-Out Crisis Redux
“‘Only four out of ten U.S. children finish high school, only one out of five who finish high school goes...
At for-profit colleges the poor pay more
Kaplan University charges the following populations different amounts for a 180 quarter unit Bachelor of Science degree: $30,000 for active...
Children should not be forced to recite the Pledge
Every day, millions of American children are forced to start their school day by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. They...
Students facing class shortages at the public community colleges while the for-profit drive-by colleges move in for the kill
Elizabeth Bucher, 19, who is attending a California community college in Sonoma County (Santa Rosa Junior College), did all she...
#sixwordessay Helps Teachers Reclaim Education Debate
In the last year, the national education debate has been occupied by economists, billionaires, hedge-fund managers, corporate columnists and party-politicians...
Universal Public Education Is Dead (Expanded)
The National Education Association (NEA) received criticism for publishing an Op-Ed with Teach for America (TFA). Ken Bernstein found the...
A Good Lie Has An Element Of Truth In It.
“The problem by now is familiar to most. Politicians have expanded the safety net without...
The BBC “News Fixing” Scandal and Dead Babies
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Business
Federal Reserve, national debt nearly defeated during Great Depression; let’s finish this now
Monetary reform is a fundamental shift in how America creates money. The shift is...
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Politics
To Date, the Grim Old Party Has Done Nothing but Sell We the People Snake Oil
by S. Paul Forrest AmericaRevealed.org The phrase snake oil is as a derogatory term used...
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World News
India’s ambitious food bill
Indian president, Sonia Gandhi, has an ambitious food project for her country. Her...