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Current Affairs [Thursday, September 12]
Josh was back on his iPad today, this time with a cup of coffee. Would you like a cup of coffee too?
Well, you should have had one before you came to class. Duh.
"Hey, everyone," Josh said with a tiny smile. "It's been an interesting week in the news, huh? Yesterday was September 11, a date that is weighed down with tragedy for at least a few of the dimensions I'm familiar with. Fortunately it hasn't yet spawned Memorial Day-esque shopping holidays because the first time that happens, I'm not going to be able to control my reaction or the arrest that will inevitably follow."
He passed out the sheet of ten things to know for the week. "There's also been some progress made in Syria, though it's probaly to soon to get overly optimistic, the Tea Party is holding their breath like a three year old who doesn't want to eat brocolli because threatening another government shutdown is totally like governing EXCEPT NOT--"
And then Josh went off on a fifteen minute rant about the Republican party and the Tea Party wing of it in particular that, while factual, was also, frankly speaking, kind of mean. Josh had Issues with the Republicans.
"We'll skip past Zimmerman because my amount of give a damn on that story has long since dried up," he concluded, "and as a Mets fan, I mock the Yankees' pain, but let's not talk about Jeter either." He leaned back against his desk. "Right then. What have you read about this week in that newspaper or blog you've totally been following now because of course you do your homework that you want to discuss today?"
Well, you should have had one before you came to class. Duh.
"Hey, everyone," Josh said with a tiny smile. "It's been an interesting week in the news, huh? Yesterday was September 11, a date that is weighed down with tragedy for at least a few of the dimensions I'm familiar with. Fortunately it hasn't yet spawned Memorial Day-esque shopping holidays because the first time that happens, I'm not going to be able to control my reaction or the arrest that will inevitably follow."
He passed out the sheet of ten things to know for the week. "There's also been some progress made in Syria, though it's probaly to soon to get overly optimistic, the Tea Party is holding their breath like a three year old who doesn't want to eat brocolli because threatening another government shutdown is totally like governing EXCEPT NOT--"
And then Josh went off on a fifteen minute rant about the Republican party and the Tea Party wing of it in particular that, while factual, was also, frankly speaking, kind of mean. Josh had Issues with the Republicans.
"We'll skip past Zimmerman because my amount of give a damn on that story has long since dried up," he concluded, "and as a Mets fan, I mock the Yankees' pain, but let's not talk about Jeter either." He leaned back against his desk. "Right then. What have you read about this week in that newspaper or blog you've totally been following now because of course you do your homework that you want to discuss today?"
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