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Surely the betting market is banking on a non-conviction (whether that’s an acquittal or a more likelier hung jury), no?

I think Trump’s surge have been mostly a reaction to the NYT/Siena polls two weeks ago.

I don't see why a college shouldn't reserve the right of scholarship to itself.

trolly republican (maybe)

Well, he has some points, but I think his stats are skewed by the lower class low performers.
1 - Old stock african americans live disproportianelly in food deserts and that skews everything. Pretty sure the goverment can do soemthing about it, and help the white appalachians at the same time.
2 - Maybe take the"pro family" Moynihan approach on welfare.
3 - Maybe there should be some regulations about culture, about the music exposed to the children.
4 - Maybe being tough on crime but helping at the same time the minors on the family of the criminals may help a bit.
5 - I think a way to sell being a good student would be the Malcolm X approach. Well, this would to be a bit combined with other incentives and I don´t no major party would like to support it.

All of which are good points.

In the interests if disclosure my focus at the higher end comes from my own experience at a prep school where I helped advise applicants for college, with a bonus incentive structure. Most of those I worked with were black, Hispanic, East or South Asian.

My own experience is that the issue isn't the test scores. It is the non test score stuff. Harvard/Yale(other Ivies and schools have this to a degree but most are nowhere near as bad) want caractures and they will openly discriminate against more academic applicants within the groups.

I actually am entirely opposed to a soft quota system. But especially I recent years Harvard wants their African American applicant from a $60,000 a year school to have a history of conflicts with the school/curriculum/peers/roommates over racism. They want stories of homophobia from gay applicants. They love if students went viral screaming at administrators or faculty.  Amazing if they acted as if they were on drugs screaming at a politician at an event.

So there is an active incentive to stage those conflicts. And I did so. I did so extremely convincingly and was rewarded amply.

But I hated it. The students hated it. And I watch the videos of these campuses. Not the Pro-Palestinian stuff. But how they dress. How they talk.  And I hate that is incentivised. And I hate the often white, usually female HR mediorcities who forced this on society.

Reading this article produced a strong reaction because when I read about this Dean I felt I knew her. Because I know exactly the type and managed to pander to them for three years.

And that's the worst part. They are dumb. They think they are in control but they are puddy in the hands of elite schools with infinite budgets to generate personal narratives.

It's just absurd that we now have schools almost literally staging "conflicts" to provide essay answers for admissions

That's terrible. I throught Harvard and the Ivies wsntes people with the potential of becoming relevant (that including political activists), not just victims.

Liberalism, secularism, multilateralism.  

Always and forever.

What's the answer to "How did Merchan rule? 🤐" ? Just that he didn't?

He reserved ruling at "the hearing in [their] earlier report" (so "at least for now, it seems we won't know exactly how the judge will decide to charge the jury until it happens").

yeah, I was confused lol

Oh it's saying we don't know yet.

What's the answer to "How did Merchan rule? 🤐" ? Just that he didn't?

He reserved ruling at "the hearing in [their] earlier report" (so "at least for now, it seems we won't know exactly how the judge will decide to charge the jury until it happens").

A bit of a grifter whose most well known film is quite dishonest and has basically been debunked, but definitely never good when someone dies at that age. RIP.

The revelation was that much of the side effects he suffered from in Super Size Me was because he was a long time alcoholic who was suffering from withdrawal. This might've been related. Very sad indeed.

What's the answer to "How did Merchan rule? 🤐" ? Just that he didn't?