Your Weekly American Top Ten List

10.  During deployment to NATO’s eastern frontier, ensure t​​hat American ​​

t​ransgender ​personnel​ have ​vital​ facilities, clothing and support.

 9. Negotiate furiously with the Kremlin for that Trump hotel tape​.​

 8.  Extend Federal Deposit Insurance to Hunter’s banking and brokerage accounts in Ukraine.

 7.  Uncover roots of the name “Psaki.”

 6.   Priority in training Ukrainian military: got to include Critical Race Theory.

  5.   Deal:  If Ukes repel invasion, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov must vacation at Disneyworld.

 4.     Fox News Channel’s Peter Doocey heads to Vladivostok, and the Stolychnaya recipe comes to the Biden family.

  3.    Get Vlad to stop development of his new “ultrasonic” missile…..   then, he gets to host Super Bowls 57 and 59 in Sochi.

 2.  All vehicles, aircraft and ships transporting  NATO troops must be certified carbon-neutral.

…and the NUMBER ONE JOSEPH BIDEN STRATEGIC GOAL in EASTERN EUROPE is…

 1.   In return for not expanding NATO, Vlad will introduce Hunter to five of Aeroflot’s prime flight attendants.

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10. Hurriedly call Delaware news conference, publicly destroying his 1970s VCR tape of “Dr. Zhivago.”

9. Instruct Jen Psaki to give “unsatisfactory” rating to Aeroflot Airlines on TripAdvisor.

8. Take that, Nordstream Pipeline!!      Plead with Ayatollah to increase Iran’s oil production.

7.  At official White House dinners, replace Stolichnya vodka with Cuba’s Havana Club rum and North Korean soju liquor…

6. Order an immediate, complete ban on imports of snazzy Russian sports cars.

5. “Unleash” Hunter, so he can score a fresh $6 million from the former mayor of Moscow.

4.   Ask Trump to “collude” with Vladimir, finally, for real.

3. Draw “red line” in the sand, this time on Rehoboth Beach.  

2.     Send more blankets and granola bars to Kyiv.

…and the NUMBER ONE “PUNISHING” SANCTION BEING CONSIDERED by JOSEPH BIDEN if RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE is…

1. Tell Vladimir very directly that he’s being rude and selfish.

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CAN YOU GUESS WHICH SEVEN COURSES ARE ACTUALLY BEING OFFERED THIS YEAR…. AND WHICH THREE WERE COMPLETELY MADE UP BY YOUR FAITHFUL EDITOR? READ ON…

(With thanks to Young America’s Foundation, which has catalogued the ridiculous courses below, as well as many others in all 50 states).

10.   Gender & Sexuality Studies 2613:  “Compulsory Couplehood.”   (Vanderbilt University)  Focus on the “marginalization of the single person.”

 9.   Social Work 7004:  “Human Diversity and Oppression.”  (Louisiana State University)   “Social dynamics of human oppression…” studying the effects of ableism, cissexism, heterosexism, racism, etc. and “implications of human oppression… for social work practice and social policy.”

 8.   African-American Studies 339-0-20:   “Unsettling Whiteness.” (Northwestern University)  How whiteness leads to “dominating and violating forms of… doing and ordering, that define, assemble and rule the worlds of white and non-white populations.”

 7.   Gender and Women’s Studies 446:  “Queer of Color Critique.” (University of Wisconsin at Madison)   Study the emergent theoretical “field of queer of color critique, a mode of analysis grounded in the struggles and world-making of LGBTQ people of color. …Articulate the role of queer of color analysis in a vision for racial, gender, sexual and economic justice.”

 6.   Global Studies 3724: “Howard Zinn, Dorothy Day and the Imperatives of Christian Analysis and Life.”  (University of Notre Dame).   “With guest lectures from the Theology Department, we will explore the liberating revelations of Marxist Howard Zinn and the works of Dorothy Day, as instructive pathways for the society of equity, shared resources and inclusion that the Apostles might have envisioned.”

 5.   Comparative Literature 104A:  “Voice. Dissent.  Resistance:  Antiracist and Antifascist Discourse and Action.”    (Stanford University)  The rise of right-wing movements in the United States and Europe signal a resurgence of nativist and ethno-nationalist politics.” “The goal will be to understand how those involved in anti-racist and anti-fascist struggles have invented, created and practiced discourses and actions that attempt to resist racism and fascism.”

 4.   Brookdale Center for Health Aging 557: “20^th Century Struggles of Transgender Elders.”  (Hunter College / C.U.N.Y.)  Identifies transgender leaders, including formerly closeted-heads of state and Fortune 100 corporations, and how they coped with their realities, usually hiding their true selves.  Due to censorship and otherism, this rich historiography has been suppressed from emerging until the 21^st century.”

 3.   Ethnic Studies 3630:  “Reproductive Justice.” (University of Utah) “…We will discuss the reproductive health and access of people across genders, sexualities, social class, and race/ ethnicity and immigration status.  We discuss past and ongoing reproductive oppression of communities of color, but we will also talk about the ways in which society can support pregnant people and parents.”

 2.   Criminal Justice 709: “Shifting Police Resources to Social Service Interventions.”     (University of Arizona).   Building on the consensus that more police action and paramilitary spending is making us less safe, students will explore how social workers, mental health counselors, and nutrition experts can substitute for police response to domestic violence, disturbances of the peace and other situations that we have over-militarized in the past.

…and the NUMBER ONE NUTTIEST COLLEGE COURSE OFFERED THUS FAR in 2022 is:

 1.Gender Studies 113:  “Sex Work.”  (UCLA)  “Analysis of variety of contemporary sex work both in U.S. and abroad, from a feminist perspective.  Examination of how race, class and gender alter experience and perception of erotic labor….”

(“Courses” numbered #6, #4 and #2 were created by your editor. All others are actual courses being taught in the universities listed.)

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(With thanks to the National Association of Scholars, which maintains a roster of those who have been “canceled” at American colleges and universities.)

Can you tell which three of these “Top Ten” items are pure fiction, and which seven are true?     See answers at bottom.  

10.  Professor of Astronomy at Syracuse University fired for telling class that the planet Venus was “named for the Greek goddess of love.”     A transgender student complained that he/she was made to feel “otherized” by this science lesson.   The professor’s contract was not renewed.

  9.  Professor of economics at Lehigh University created a video on “Three Myths About Poverty.”    He was removed from the university’s “You Tube” channel and denounced on social media. 

 8.  Instructor in East Asian Languages at City College of New York suspended for one semester for referring to Kim Jong-un as “a typical Commie” in response to a student’s question.

  7.   A Chinese-American student at Fordham University posed with a rifle and a “Don’t Tread on Me” slogan as a memorial to those slain in Tiananmen Square by the Chinese Communist government.  Student was “disallowed from entering campus without advance permission” ;  banned from participating in extra-curriculr activities; and required to complete “implicit bias training.”

  6.    The Chancellor of one campus of the University of North Carolina declined to fire a controversial (now dead) professor, and in response to promotions of Black Lives Matter, said that “all lives matter.”  He was officially censured by the UNCW Faculty Senate.

  5.   A Professor of Music and a Professor of Art at Skidmore College attended a “Back the Blue” rally, expressing support for police.  Petitions were circulated throughout the Skidmore campus, urging that both professors be fired.

  4.  At the Cornell University School of Law, a professor and director of a Law Clinic posted two articles on his blog, criticizing BLM.  A serious petition was circulated, demanding that the professor be fired.

  3. Antifa members and other radicals at Princeton University entered the dorm room of the vice chairwoman of the Young Americans for Freedom chapter on campus.  They removed her from the dorm and chained her to a makeshift stockade until early morning, when campus security discovered her dozing, with the word “Capitalist” painted on her sweatshirt.

  2.  At Boise State University in Idaho, a Professor of political science “criticized feminism” in one of his classes.   He was condemned in newspapers, and students organized protests against him on campus.

…and the NUMBER ONE “CANCELATION” at U. S. UNIVERSITIES and COLLEGES is…

1.At the University of Cincinnati, an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering was placed on administrative leave and then terminated for an e-mail to students in which he referred to COVID-19 as “the Chinese virus.”

      TOP TEN items numbered #10, 8 and 3 above were made up by your editor.    All others are true, as catalogued by the National Association of Scholars.

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10.  (Bill DeBlasio:)  While running for NY governor in ‘22, urgently develop a “Plan B.”    Just sayin’.

  9.  (Andrew Cuomo:)   When in public, wear catcher’s mitts at all times.

  8.   (Kamala Harris:)    Move your official residence to DelRio, Texas; ​then relax ​until​ ​notified of removal from 2024 ticket.

  7.   (Hillary Clinton:)     Get Joseph Biden to pardon you, while the getting is good.

  6.   (Donald Trump:)    Keep everyone on their toes with a golfing vacation on Taiwan.

  5.    (Chris Cuomo:)     Act as if nothing ​is amiss​ during your first ​gig​ on Russian TV.

  4.   (Barack Obama:)    Figure out how to claim “climate change is an existential threat” while luxuriating at your $15 million oceanfront mansion on Martha’s Vineyard.

  3.   (Anthony Fauci:)     Maintain the same, consistent advice for an impossible 7 days in a row.

  2.   (Adam Schiff:)          Come up with a new and better hoax than “Russia​ c​ollusion.”

…and the NUMBER ONE RESOLUTIONS for 2022 is…

  1.    (Joseph Biden:)      Remember, even when speaking with Vladimir, Xi, Kim or AOC… there’s no need ​to appear​ afraid.

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