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Danmel

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29. stupid is as stupid does

Reply to Bozita (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:30 AM

Dec 2012

Wow. And these are educators! Scary.

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Michigan schools cancel classes due to potential threats, end of world rumors [View all] Bozita Dec 2012 OP

We are a country of idiots. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #1

You got that right nt newfie11 Dec 2012 #24

EXACTLY what I was thinking but you beat me to the response! BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #28

2012 shmewthousand12 EvilAL Dec 2012 #43

WTF??? Squinch Dec 2012 #2

+1 glinda Dec 2012 #16

+2 nt avebury Dec 2012 #20

January 2nd, 2013... Archae Dec 2012 #3

So much for schools teaching science. DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #4

Isn't that the fact! defacto7 Dec 2012 #21

And the Dec 21st nonsense should have provided a great teaching opportunity DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #37

I knew I should have posted my thread in LBN... eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #5

Are You Sure This Isn't An Onion Type Story DallasNE Dec 2012 #6

Here's your second source: WXYZ-TV Bozita Dec 2012 #8

Perhaps it beats finding a school system lawyer who can tell you whether or not to call it a Festivito Dec 2012 #7

prediction for 2013 USA = witch trials take place in at least one state ! lunasun Dec 2012 #9

Michissippi? Bozita Dec 2012 #15

what has happened there;some local facsist moves in some areas & state wise decisions of late lunasun Dec 2012 #34

I think a lot of you are misreading this ... brett_jv Dec 2012 #10

One way to stymie further attempts by students LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #40

Not the Onion? Holy shit. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #11

NASA already femrap Dec 2012 #12

NASA? Scientists?!? What do THEY know?!?!? hatrack Dec 2012 #33

Consarnit shenmue Dec 2012 #13

Huh. They used to call it Christmas Break when I was younger. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2012 #14

Yeah. I was out both the week before Xmas and the week after, returned in the New Year. . . Journeyman Dec 2012 #18

And you'd think with budget cuts kentauros Dec 2012 #19

Christmas break, end of the world.... defacto7 Dec 2012 #22

More dumbing down of the public. Next they will cancel schools because it is raining. glinda Dec 2012 #17

That's what I thought when I saw the school closings ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2012 #25

Hey, folks, don't they.... ReRe Dec 2012 #23

And we wonder why so many young people Island Blue Dec 2012 #26

Yeah, that's what they need in MI: Less school Rose Siding Dec 2012 #27

stupid is as stupid does Danmel Dec 2012 #29

I have a relative that works in a school system up there. Ganja Ninja Dec 2012 #30

I live close enough to one of the areas to confirm that. llmart Dec 2012 #32

Wow... How is it that we can get so many on board to shut down schools? midnight Dec 2012 #31

They probably need time at home with the family to prepare properly for the rapture lunasun Dec 2012 #35

Oy. WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #36

If they really wanted to do the schools harm... iandhr Dec 2012 #38

This is apparently a student initiated rumor/hoax Iman A. Sole Dec 2012 #39

Still seems a bit weird. Jennicut Dec 2012 #41

Who is supposed to be watching Michigan??? They've gotten into Mom's medicine cabinet again!!! Squinch Dec 2012 #42

Utter nuttery prevails again Scairp Dec 2012 #44

At least in Wisconsin they're cancelling school because of the blizzard. undeterred Dec 2012 #45