Yearly Archives: 2003

Conflicts?

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Uhh, just what is going on here?

Florida’s state pension fund is investing $174-million in a controversial for-profit school management company.
Through one of its money managers, Liberty Partners, the pension fund has agreed to buy out the shareholders of Edison Schools Inc., taking the New York company private.
In effect, the fund that provides for the retirement pensions of Florida teachers and other public employees will own a company that has played a leading role in privatizing school management.

Oh, and one of Atrios’ commenters notes that Liberty Patners has exactly one client. Can you guess who?

WKRP in Cincinnatti Bastardized

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If you did not see the original versions of WKRP new or in the early years of syndication you may never see them:

Originally, nearly all the music played on the show was real rock music by real artists, both in “WKRP”‘s CBS run and in the subsequent syndicated reruns. But in the last few years, a new package of “WKRP” episodes has been distributed, and much of the music has been replaced by generic instrumental music from a music library, or by sound-alike “fake” songs. Also, some of the dialogue has been redubbed by voice impersonators, usually when the actors were speaking over the music, but sometimes to remove references to songs that have been replaced.

No point trying to improve on Julia’s evaluation:

You people suck.
Like unto the singularity in the heart of the cosmic Hoover do you suck.
A lot, is what I’m getting at.