"None. No reaction. None. Look, my face didn’t move. No reaction."
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, on the news that Anthony Weiner would run for New York City Mayor.
(h/t Michael Barbaro)
(Source: officialssay)
"Today is a day of mourning for the children of Chicago. Their education has been hijacked by an unrepresentative, unelected corporate school board, acting at the behest of a mayor who has no vision for improving the education of our children. Closing schools is not an education plan. It is a scorched earth policy. Evidence shows that the underutilization crisis has been manufactured. Their own evidence also shows the school district will not garner any significant savings from closing these schools.
This is bad governance. CPS has consistently undermined school communities and sabotaged teachers and parents. Their actions have had a horrible domino effect. More than 40,000 students will lose at least three to six months of learning because of the Board’s actions. Because many of them will now have to travel into new neighborhoods to continue their schooling, some will be victims of bullying, physical assault and other forms of violence. Board members are wishing for a world that does not exist and have ignored the reality of the world we live in today. Who on the Board will be held responsible? Who at City Hall will be held responsible?"
This is bad governance. CPS has consistently undermined school communities and sabotaged teachers and parents. Their actions have had a horrible domino effect. More than 40,000 students will lose at least three to six months of learning because of the Board’s actions. Because many of them will now have to travel into new neighborhoods to continue their schooling, some will be victims of bullying, physical assault and other forms of violence. Board members are wishing for a world that does not exist and have ignored the reality of the world we live in today. Who on the Board will be held responsible? Who at City Hall will be held responsible?"
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Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis commenting on today’s news that the Board of Education has voted to close 50 Chicago public schools.
While only around 40 percent of children in Chicago are black are Latino, 90 percent of children whose schools will be shuttered are black or Latino.
(via thepeoplesrecord)
(via franciscotirado)
Be prepared for the media spinning the race for the Democrat nomination for New York City Mayor as The Battle Between the Guy Who Resigned From Congress Due to a Sexting Scandal and Christine Quinn.
"On November 20, 2012, it was announced that Starz had cancelled the show, but a film is being discussed to finish the show’s storylines."
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Producer Mel Brooks, whose long career in comedy includes writing and directing hilarious films like Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein, will receive the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award on June 6.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Everyone go home. Reuters has the best Tumblr post of any news organization today.
As promised, something about Jane Byrne.
After watching The Hunchback of Notre Dame, I think “Hellfire” might be my favorite sequence in any Disney film because it’s so well animated.
On another note, there are a lot of plot holes in the first 30 minutes of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
(I’ll post something about Jane Byrne tomorrow.)
This song makes me cry, therefore “Matilda the Musical” will win the Tony Award for Best Musical.
(Source: Spotify)
