PREPPING FOR ANOTHER AUDITION TONIGHT...

...so no real post. It's for something with Stallone, apparently. Seriously. Weird, huh? Anyway, for the time being, check this shit out from AlterNet:

Koch Brother Buys Professors At Public University to Spread Free Market Propaganda

Usually, when billionaires or millionaires give a large sum of money to a university, even a private one, they can specify where that gift will go -- which department or function, facilities, new hires, dorms, or what have you. And it's no secret that some of those big donations may lead to a little bit of wink-and-nudge affirmative action when it comes time for the little billionaires Jr. to apply to college.

But what these monied donors cannot do, what remains taboo in the academic world, is leverage that kind of gift to influence who gets hired and fired by the faculty and what they teach--until now, thanks to Charles G. Koch.

More here.

If that doesn't tell you all you need to know about the "science" of economics, I don't know what will. Anyway, back tomorrow with more bin Laden blogging! Tell me to "break a leg."

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