Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin among several dozen snared in elite college cheating scheme, authori

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  1. dairyair

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    tRUMP U ripping off people to your response? Who is way off?

    Do you remember Trump University? Probably not — it didn’t really catch on.

    And one big reason it didn’t catch on is because it was a total scam, say a slew of former students in complaints that were filed to the Federal Trade Commission and were recently unearthed by a Freedom of Information Act recently requested by Gizmodo.
    http://money.com/money/4010695/trump-university-scam-donald-trump/
     
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    Ben Carson had the academic and professional achievements that proved he had the qualification to attended top ranked universities
    Obama not so much we have no proof of his qualifications
    other then being elected president his life achievements were rather mundane and not proven it was earned
     
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    Trump U was a do it yourself real estate class that helped thousands with some unhappy people. Far cray from libs bribing people stealing seats from people that actually. Earned the seat. Libs literally made Yale, USC et al a scam. Your greed is endless
     
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    Power is what many want.
    Money equal power
    Greed equal Money
    A = B = C. Power equal Greed..

    It knows no political leaning.
     
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    Yes. This is the USA. Money is above legal.
    I take you as elderly, you should have figured that out 40 yrs ago.
     
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    You got 1 person. How about 10?
    Given how many X more people are like you. 2 equal qualified people, but since you are white. grown up in white, without knowing it, are white biased.
    And white gets in, black is out.
     
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    Right. Libs are the only ones with money. Libs only use money to benefit themselves and their offspring.
    I don't believe that for 1 mS. But I do believe money corrupts and knows no political leaning.

    Do you?
     
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    Yes, bribing by buying a building or a wing of a building is legal.
    Bribing political candidates is legal via campaign contributions. But in reality, what is the difference between legal and illegal?
    Besides, privilege.
     
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    If you wish to die early, you won't reach my age. When you end up at my age, please enjoy life and handle the youth with velvet gloves.

    I do not believe in a nation, trying hard to treat all as equals, that it means those unable to keep up the good march belong with those who do not want to march.

    Another way, a good many students get lousy grades on purpose.
    Another way, a good many who could occupy classes of fine mind, are removed due to being white and for no other reason so those who are black get to temporarily occupy those seats.

    Another way, why treat a freshman as were he a Senior of college already having proven he belongs? A black with bad grades proved he is just not interested.

    Now tell me why black means the inept charge in front of the people who can do it?
     
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    I am sick of reading that nonsense. Those being charged never helped any building get built. I get your point but you miss what truly took place. We saw rich actors decide to cheat. It put their own children on the hotseat.
     
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    Are you angry that the cheaters are democrats? I sure hope you are.

    Why not get to know the rich. See if the are the SOBs the party told you they are.
     
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    We have republicans of enormous talent who are black and very intelligent. How many blacks do you have on the highest court?

    Google very smart people and count the photos of the whites vs blacks.

    Please do not tell me Google is biased for whites. I hope you know to change to images.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=ver...kIPhAhXWtp4KHVeBA10Q_AUIDigB&biw=1024&bih=657
     
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    I have taken perhaps a hundred college level courses concerning real estate. I know scams very well.

    This is my completely honest view of Trump U.

    It was not started by Donald Trump. When I learned that, I said what is next.

    So i tried to learn about the course.

    Frankly I would never pay the top money some of them paid. I don't care if the course said Trump U or Bozo U or Obama U.

    I got the idea that those paying the most cash wanted instant results. I know I sure would want instant results.

    They learned that in Real Estate you almost never get instant results. And they got pissed off. They believed a quick payment of $40,000 entitled them to magic. Not truth, but magic.

    I have seen those fast buck artists. I warned many of my clients not to take the bait.

    Trump had no clue he was adding his name to schemes. If he was less busy, he could have done due diligence.

    Trump was fooled. And he paid a hell of a penalty for being wrong. But the course was not one he created at all. But he still gets a kick in the head for agreeing to put his name on it.
     
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    tRUMP U. settled out of court for $25M? Yep, some unhappy.
    Greed is not a political side.
    It's a human thing.

    Your denial is useless.
     
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    I've known many awesome black surgeons.

    Respectable, proficient, good people, and even a bit brilliant.

    I operated along side them. Delivered the dead and dying to them.

    Sad so many don't know.
     
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    I called my cardiologist today for an appt and the scheduler told me his name. I last saw him in 2011. From first day to last day, excellent doctor. My Cardiologist caused me to use him.
     
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    What the hell is this? You clearly will learn lessons as you age. Hell, Al sends me email daily and he is 99 and still sharp as a tack.
     
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    Trump U wasn’t the same as what’s going on here. The fact you ignore that reality is rather amazing
     
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    Of course not, but it seems that kind were the ones bribing college admissions here
     
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    Carson graduated with honors from high school and earned a full scholarship from Yale

    If anyone unfairly took a seat away from a more qualified white kid it wasnt Carson
     
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    In countries like japan college admission is largely based on merit

    And meret is determined by testing

    There is no perfect system and merit-only systems have critics too

    But I propose that we do that at all state supported colleges and let the chips fall where they may
     
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    These people are so sleazy. They belong in Congress.
     
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    Those dazzled by celebrity are attracted to such tabloid scandals like flies to stuff that entices flies, but it's just one more contrivance by which the wealthy elite scam the system, an insidious affirmative action for the affluent and flatulent parasites of privilege.

    Whether it takes the tawdry form of a paper bag of begrimed Benjamins being passed in a urine-redolent ally behind the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in the wee hours, or Daddy Kushner forking over a lardaceous cashier's cheque to John Harvard's chichi boutique in the glaring light of day so that Little Jared does not have to dissimulate prowess in the noble art of scholastic wrestling, the superficial objective is to be branded with the hoity-toity label, be that Gucci or Harvard, Yale or Rolex.

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    What's going on here is what's been going on for as long as the wealthy have been wealthy.
    Are you shocked something like this happens? Or just that you believe most are what you call left and that's what upsets you.
    Be assured, plenty of rich RW people also buy their way into privilege. Money and privilege doesn't have squat to do with political party.
     

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