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The Curious Case of Claudine Gay

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  • HoraceH Horace

    I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.

    I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".

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    George K
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    #106

    @Horace said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

    I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.

    I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".

    And here, right here, is our fist first candidate for Post Of The Year: 2024 Edition.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • George KG George K

      @Horace said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

      I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.

      I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".

      And here, right here, is our fist first candidate for Post Of The Year: 2024 Edition.

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      #107

      @George-K said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

      @Horace said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

      I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.

      I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".

      And here, right here, is our fist first candidate for Post Of The Year: 2024 Edition.

      Thanks George. If I win, it’ll help me feel safe. At least until Claudine Gay is in prison.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • X xenon

        What I imagine her resignation will look like:

        In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the NationHarvard. Throughout the long and difficult period of WatergateHamasgate, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you electedhired me.

        In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the CongressHarvard Corporation to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutionaleducational process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.

        But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutionaleducational purpose has been served, and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged.

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        @xenon said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

        What I imagine her resignation will look like:

        In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the NationHarvard. Throughout the long and difficult period of WatergateHamasgate, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you electedhired me.

        In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the CongressHarvard Corporation to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutionaleducational process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.

        But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutionaleducational purpose has been served, and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged.

        Splendid. "I am not a crook plagiarizer".

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          Tax the endowment?

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          @Jolly said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

          Tax the endowment?

          Ms. Gay got @Jolly to consider a wealth tax!
          It’s a miracle!

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          • jon-nycJ Offline
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            jon-nyc
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            #110

            Actually the proposals floating around, to which I imagine Jolly is referring, are to tax their investment income at rates resembling what you and I might pay.

            Right now Harvard pays 1.4% on their endowment income, IIRC.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • JollyJ Offline
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              #111

              Yep.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • George KG Offline
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                Well, bye...

                https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/1/3/claudine-gay-resign-harvard/

                Harvard President Claudine Gay will resign Tuesday afternoon, bringing an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.

                University Provost Alan M. Garber '76 will serve as Harvard's interim president during a search for Gay's permanent successor, the Harvard Corporation — the University's highest governing body — announced in an email on Tuesday.

                Harvard spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain declined to comment on Gay's decision to step down.

                Gay’s resignation — just six months and two days into the presidency — comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and lasting doubts over her ability to respond to antisemitism on campus after her disastrous congressional testimony Dec. 5.

                Gay weathered scandal after scandal over her brief tenure, facing national backlash for her administration’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly work.

                Gay is expected to announced her decision to step down to Harvard affiliates in an email later today. The Corporation is also expected to make a statement about the decision.

                The announcement comes three weeks after the Corporation announced unanimous support for Gay after “extensive deliberations” following the congressional hearing.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • HoraceH Offline
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                  Horace
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                  #113

                  Odds of another woman of color as her successor? Or maybe a white female this time.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    LuFins Dad
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                    #114

                    They forced out that poor black Gay woman…

                    The Brad

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                    • CopperC Offline
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                      Copper
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                      They should pick someone who doesn't have a gender.

                      And maybe handicapped.

                      And morbidly obese.

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                      • CopperC Offline
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                        Copper
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                        #116

                        She'll get a nice package, it will probably include plenty of cnn air time.

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                        • RainmanR Offline
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                          Rainman
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                          Could someone help me find the post where I bet a quarter that she'd be gone within a month?

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                          • George KG Offline
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                            George K
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                            Of course...

                            "Amidst all of this, it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor — two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am — and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus."

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • George KG Offline
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                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #119

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • George KG Offline
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                                George K
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #120

                                CNN "analyst" unclear on the concept of what "plagiarism" means.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  “The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.”
                                  ― H.L. Mencken

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                                  • George KG Offline
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                                    George K
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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • CopperC Offline
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                                      Copper
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                                      Beautiful

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                                      • George KG Offline
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                                        George K
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                                        #124

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                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • HoraceH Horace

                                          I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.

                                          I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".

                                          George KG Offline
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                                          George K
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                                          #125

                                          @Horace said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

                                          I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.

                                          I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".

                                          Screenshot 2024-01-02 at 9.12.29 PM.png

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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