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Bwa-Ha-Ha-Ha!

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Bwa-Ha-Ha-Ha!

Over 4 million Gen Zers are jobless—and experts blame colleges for ‘worthless degrees’ and a system of broken promises for the rising number NEETs
Fortune via Yahoo | 03 25 2025 | Preston Fore

Over 4 million Gen Zers are not in school or work in the U.S. and in the U.K. 100,000 young people joined the NEETs cohort. But it’s not generational laziness that’s to blame. Experts are taking swipes at “worthless degrees” and a system that “is failing to deliver on its implicit promise.”

There’s been a mass derailment when it comes to Gen Z and their careers: about a quarter of young people are now deemed NEETs—meaning they are no longer in education, employment, or training.

While some Gen Zers may fall into this category because they are taking care of a family member, many have become frozen out of the increasingly tough job market where white-collar jobs are becoming seemingly out of reach.

In the U.S., this translates to an estimated over 4.3 million young people not in school or work. Across the pond in the U.K., the situation is also only getting worse, with the number of NEET young people rising by over 100,000 in the last year alone.

Listen up, losers:

I got a degree that earned me every cent I retired on. Every. Cent. And not one of them represents a tear for you. Lesbian Studies, indeed.

So Simple, It’s Brilliant!

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Why didn’t I think of this?

Preacher Marvin Sapp Under Fire For Seemingly Holding Congregation Hostage Until They Donated $40,000
yahoo news | March 27, 2025 | Jacquez Printup

Gospel singer and preacher Marvin Sapp is facing severe criticism online after a video of him seemingly pressuring his congregation into donating $40,000 went viral.

In the video, Marvin Sapp … instructs ushers to “close the doors” until he sees all 1,000 churchgoers drop a “seed” of $20.

‘Sup, Hahavad?

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Lox et Demitasse?

Now, Even Harvard Students Need Remedial Math
Unleash Prosperity  | 03/27/25 | Stephen Moore

Harvard University is being forced to launch a remedial math course for its students.

The university is spinning this is only being done to make up for gaps in entering students’ algebra skills that it blames on lockdowns. Sure lockdowns were an unforgivable mistake.

But the bigger question: how are students getting into America’s most elite college without knowing algebra, which is taught starting in junior high? The elite school has a 3.4% acceptance rate for applicants.

What does this tell us about the math skills of the other 96% of high school grads?

Straight Line of the Day: Things To Do If One Happens To Find Oneself a Scientist: …

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  • Yank the chains of non-scientists. Long time all time!
  • Brag about it in the chat room of your video games.
  • Devise a plan to take over the world. I’ve seen the movies . . . and the documentaries.
  • Go up to girls in bars and say: “Hi. I’m a scientist.”
  • Evaluate what happens.
  • Apply for a grand — I mean, a grant. Well, who are we kidding?
  • Look through an oscilloscope. That probably hurts.
  • Get a printout from an EKG. Hand it to someone, with request for more data.
  • Look through a microscope.
  • Look through a telescope.
  • Look like a horoscope. (Well, maybe not you personally, but your colleagues who eventually have their papers retracted.)
  • Use arcane coded phrases around nonscientists. You know you have to.
  • Grow a beard. But not like Evil Spock.
  • Wear peculiar glasses. Take them off when making a point.
  • Stockpile envelopes — which even stationery stores no longer carry — for back-of-the-envelope calculations.
  • Debate other scientists in front of a blackboard. Waving an arm is optional. Actually, not.
  • Call every opponent a “nut” — a reactionary one or a radical one is up to your audience.
  • Bonus points for working “heuristic” into your rant.
  • Learn statistics. Not everything that happens is significant, or is a harbinger.
  • Learn about the Second Amendment. Not everything is about science.
  • Learn about love. Check out IMAO and Babesleaga on a regular basis.
  • Aspire to have something named after you besides your kid. (But even politicians do that.)
  • Look to identify a microbe. But not around your house. Your wife will get miffed. If you have one.
  • Look down on people who don’t know why their shopping cart wheel is crooked.
  • Feed the cat. Why should you have some sort of James Bond license to forget things?
  • Consider things absolutely settled.
  • Unless there’s money in researching further.
  • Publish! Your very life depends on it! You can’t breathe! The clock is ticking! Now! Call your publisher! Stat!
  • Consider getting a pipe. You may not be able to find them: English professors have already calmly bought up most of them. And they’re quoting Shakespeare to those girls in the bar. Good luck.
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Friday Night Open Thread

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In recent weeks, some of you have had pretty good non-sequiturs that you brought up (like hairballs) on Open Threads. Sometimes it’s hard to go off-topic in a regular thread.

And sometimes I forget to post an Open Thread, because I forget to post an Open Thread.

Yup: I’ve Officially Had It With Government

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Report: California Insurance Commissioner Took Overseas Trips at Taxpayer Expense
Breitbart | 03/26/2025 | Joel B. Pollak

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has traveled extensively, including to overseas destinations, at taxpayer expense — and not always with a clear work purpose, according to an investigative report by KGO-7.

The issue arose earlier this month when Lara turned up at a conference in Bermuda with industry executives, rather than at a state legislative hearing, as thousands of homeowners are still waiting for help after the Los Angeles fires.

KGO, the San Francisco-area ABC News affiliate reported Monday:

7 On Your Side obtained and analyzed hundreds of public records that detail at least 46 cross-country and international trips all over the world — including at least 11 taxpayer-funded excursions to places like Bogota, Paris, and Toronto. But after more than a month of questioning his office, Lara’s staff has been unable to identify the business purpose for nearly all of them.

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7 On Your Side’s Stephanie Sierra investigated hundreds of public records dating back to 2019 that detail a pattern of international trips at various luxury hotels. Our team found Lara’s been absent for at least seven other state insurance hearings since assuming office because he was either traveling abroad, cross-country, or chose not to attend.

For example, expense reports show during his first year in office in 2019, Commissioner Lara missed two insurance hearings while he was traveling to Washington, D.C. and Florida for conferences. In between those trips, he took a $6,000 trip to Paris for an “Economic Development Conference.” Taxpayers picked up that bill.

Straight Line of the Day: OK, That’s Understandable. But Things Today’s Youth Might Lash Out at That Aren’t: …

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3 teen sisters arrested for trying to kill their mom after she turned off Wi-Fi
ABC News 24 Houston, Texas | 3/25/2025

HOUSTON — Three teenage girls are in custody after allegedly planning to kill their mother because she turned off the Wi-Fi in their Texas home.

Harris County deputies say the incident occurred in Houston overnight on Sunday.

The girls, ages 14, 15, and 16, reportedly grabbed kitchen knives and chased their mother through the house and into the street, attempting to stab her. Authorities say one of the teens struck the mother with a brick. Their grandmother was also knocked down while trying to protect the mother.

Mother’s Day should be curated this year.