Episode 055 has Teacher Mike es'plain about the US' current administration's education initiative

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This Week:

Intro:

00:01:35 Birthday 

00:08:00 Former Texas SBOE Chairman Don McLeroy on Colbert

00:15:00ish SBOE has changed the standards and diminished important concepts in History

00:18:00 Common Core State Standards

00:20:45 Teacher Mike talks on education and the Obama plans

00:48:00 Shoddy Forensics versus reality

01:05:55 Lightning Round

Gary: Light touching increases chance of getting a date

Donna: McVitties makes Lickable wallpaper

Greg: Brain freeze figured out

Gary: Doctor claims to have found evidence of the G-Spot in the cadaver of an 83 year old woman

Donna: Science makes a sonic screwdriver

Greg: Vermont discusses allowing non-vaccinated kids to go to school

Gary: Anatomic existence of the elusive G-spot confirmed

And the dogs have some sort Fiesta event going on but we weren't invited. I wonder if they had to purchase tickets to eat? Certainly not from me.

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On Rick Perry and the death penalty

On last week's show, I made an off-the-cuff remark that “...Bachmann hasn't killed an innocent person”. I think I should explain myself, as that is a very serious assertion and I don't like to cast unwarranted aspersions.

The event that I was referencing (though I did not state it in the discussion) was the state execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was accused, convicted, and eventually executed for killing his children by setting fire to his house while they were inside. I am not going to go through the trial and all of the evidence as there are other pieces written that cover it thoroughly, specifically the big investigative piece by the New Yorker in 2009 (1.).