1. RT video on Al-Qaeda retaking of some Iraqi cities.
2. Interesting photo from a Facebook page. The comments there are also interesting.
More to come later.
H/T M, Fjordman thank you.
"Objects in history may be closer than they appear" – Eeyore for Vlad
Things may be much worse in America than one would derive from a brief look.
CNN analysis: Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th-graders (CNN, Jan 8, 2014)
http://cnn.it/KSVWhC
“… A CNN investigation found public universities across the country where many students in the basketball and football programs could read only up to an eighth-grade level. The data obtained through open records requests also showed a staggering achievement gap between college athletes and their peers at the same institution. This is not an exhaustive survey of all universities with major sports programs; CNN chose a sampling of public universities where open records laws apply. We sought data from a total of 37 institutions, of which 21 schools responded. The others denied our request for entrance exam or aptitude test scores, some saying the information did not exist and others citing privacy rules. Some simply did not provide it in time….”