{"id":20615,"date":"2018-01-20T21:55:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T05:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=20615"},"modified":"2018-01-21T01:06:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T09:06:19","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-state-smashes-self-no-left-to-replace-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-state-smashes-self-no-left-to-replace-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: State Smashes Self. No Left to Replace it."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, lies and leaks (Audio–on eve of Tet Anniversary)<\/h1>\n

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What MSU knew: 14 were warned of Nassar abuse<\/h1>\n<\/section>\n
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8 women reported abuse claims, at least one of which reached president<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

Reports of sexual misconduct by Dr. Larry Nassar reached at least 14 Michigan State University representatives in the two decades before his arrest, with no fewer than eight women reporting his actions, a Detroit News investigation has found.<\/p>\n

Among those notified was MSU President Lou Anna Simon, who was informed in 2014 that a Title IX complaint and a police report had been filed against an unnamed physician, she told The News on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was informed that a sports medicine doctor was under investigation,\u201d said Simon, who made the brief comments after appearing in court Wednesday to observe a sentencing hearing for Nassar. \u201cI told people to play it straight up, and I did not receive a copy of the report. That\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the others who were aware of alleged abuse were athletic trainers, assistant coaches, a university police detective and an official who is now MSU\u2019s assistant general counsel, according to university records and accounts of victims who spoke to The News.<\/p>\n

Collectively, the accounts show MSU missed multiple opportunities over two decades to stop Nassar, a graduate of its osteopathic medical school who became a renowned doctor but went on to molest scores of girls and women under the guise of treating them for pain.<\/p>\n

Nassar, 54, pleaded guilty to assaulting nine girls in Ingham County but faces more than 150 civil suits that also involve MSU and others. Already sentenced to 60 years in prison for child pornography in federal court, Nassar will be in Ingham County Circuit Court on Thursday for the third day of his sentencing hearing for seven counts of criminal sexual conduct. www.detroitnews.com\/story\/tech\/2018\/01\/18\/msu-president-told-nassar-complaint-2014\/1042071001\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Offers to Lie for Free During Shutdown<\/h1>\n
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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report<\/a>)\u2014Calling it \u201cthe least I can do for my country,\u201d the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said on Saturday morning that she would lie for free during the government shutdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow more than ever it\u2019s important that the stream of falsehoods and distortions from this White House continues to flow in a steady and uninterrupted fashion,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cTo achieve that, for the duration of the government shutdown I will be lying on a pro-bono basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders said that Donald Trump had asked that she keep a full accounting of the lies she told during the shutdown so that she could be reimbursed for them later, but she turned down that offer. \u201cI\u2019ve often said that I like to lie so much I would do it for free,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a chance to put my money where my mouth is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The press secretary said that her offer had already inspired other top Administration figures to lie for free during the shutdown, including Vice-President Mike Pence, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and White House doctor Ronny Jackson.<\/p>\n

After making her announcement, Sanders moved on to a broad range of other topics, including her assertion that the government had not shut down.\u00a0 www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-offers-to-lie-for-free-during-shutdown?mbid=social_facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n

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Florida spends $420k to justify its obsession with flawed tests<\/h1>\n

Two years ago, Seminole County school officials made a sensible suggestion \u2014 replace Florida\u2019s unreliable tests with nationally respected tests like the SAT.<\/p>\n

Also, cut back on testing in general.<\/p>\n

The idea was roundly praised \u2014 by parents, teachers and school administrators around the state.<\/p>\n

After all, Florida\u2019s testing and \u201caccountability\u201d system has been ever-changing and often-flawed.<\/p>\n

One year, the state lost some tests. Another year, the state gave the wrong grades to more than 200 schools \u2014 and saw so many kids flunk a fourth-grade writing test (more than 70 percent) that the state simply lowered the bar for \u201cpassing\u201d so that more students would.<\/p>\n

Another year, there were widespread computer problems. And many years, the validity of the state tests has been challenged.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Seminole leaders wisely suggested that Florida instead rely more on such nationally accepted tests as the SAT, PSAT and ACT.<\/p>\n

But it hasn\u2019t happened. Why? Well, Rick Scott\u2019s Education Department just spent $420,000 on a \u201cfeasibility\u201d study that said using nationally accepted tests couldn\u2019t possibly work.<\/p>\n