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| Betsy DeVos Heads to North Korea to Reverse Its Progress in Math and Science |
| 2017-07-07 |
| [NewYorker] Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is being dispatched to Pyongyang in what the White House is calling a high-stakes mission to reverse North Korea’s years of progress in math and science. DeVos, who is expected to arrive in Pyongyang later this week, plans to throw a monkey wrench in North Korea’s swiftly advancing nuclear program by replacing its current system of training scientists with a dizzying array of vouchers, sources said. According to the White House, it is hoped that, after a few weeks in North Korea, DeVos will succeed in returning that nation’s nuclear program to pre-1970 levels. At a press briefing announcing the mission, the White House deputy press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, called DeVos "our nation’s best bet to stop North Korea." "If anyone can get North Korea’s missiles to start blowing up on the launchpad again, it’s Betsy," Sanders said. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #6 OK, it's funny as a one-liner. But not enough for all that horse-kicking. But if it were true, Betsy would be giving the little Nork kids vouchers to attend school in Seoul which would annoy Pudge for the same reason school vouchers annoy the Democrats - because it frees an enslaved people from totalitarian control. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-07-07 20:01 |
| #5 Quack quack quack quack quack. As they tut tut about, perhaps they should review a standardized test from 1970 to Generation Smartie making change from a $50 bill for a $16.38 charge and count the money back. Pre-70's, like the Mercury program? I guess they had their mac-books to figure that all out. How about the 1940's, any math going on there, or is that back in the paleo whole number era? Probably all for the best. Imagine what would have happened if the Romans knew about math. Crazy. Just stepping back here, this is a top-tier publication, and this is what they come up with? Aren't they supposed to be the Diego Velazquez of whit and humor? I mean, by all means, have a night on the town with the boys drinking Manhattans, but don't toss on a towel and tell me it is The Surrender of Breda. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-07-07 17:11 |
| #4 What, no comments section, Andy? Coward. |
| Posted by: Eltoroverde 2017-07-07 14:18 |
| #3 They really think they are witty and smart too. Typical statist arrogance. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-07-07 13:10 |
| #2 I'll take the New Yorker's advice and "read something that means something." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-07-07 11:37 |
| #1 Oh those progressives! Touting their success in educating the masses and deriding her. So clever! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-07-07 10:48 |