Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 11/9

[SVPete]

Sen. Rick Scott: 'Let's make the schools accountable' for preparing American students for jobs

https://www.campusreform.org/article/sen-rick-scott-lets-make-schools-accountable-preparing-american-students-jobs/30964

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., wants universities to take greater responsibility for preparing American students for successful careers, telling Campus Reform in an interview Thursday that colleges should bear some of the financial consequences when graduates cannot repay their student loans.

”The hardest thing is to get these schools to really, really, really care that all these kids get jobs. That’s the thing that I care about,” Sen. Scott said.

His Changing Our Learning, Loans, Endowments, and Graduation Expectations (COLLEGE) Act would require universities to assume financial responsibility for a portion of their students’ defaulted federal loans, expand reporting of employment outcomes, and require wealthy institutions to contribute more toward educational costs.

”Hopefully, the focus will be, okay, let’s have degrees where we know these kids are going to get jobs. Let’s prepare them for a job, because that’s what they should be doing, right? That’s the whole idea. Let’s make the schools accountable for these kids getting jobs and paying off their loans,” Sen. Scott told Campus Reform.

Given the degree to which, by multiple means, the Federal government subsidizes universities, that $$$$ needs practical strings attached. Or the gravy train ended.

[SVPete]

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits to affair with suspected Chinese spy

https://www.semafor.com/article/11/08/2026/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-admits-to-affair-with-suspected-chinese-spy

Nvidia said it had initiated an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang, who admitted on Sunday to having an extramarital affair with a Chinese executive suspected of spying for Beijing. He’ll remain CEO pending the investigation’s outcome.

“I was unfaithful to my wife,” Huang wrote in a company-wide letter seen by Semafor. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.”

“To my colleagues at NVIDIA, including those I have worked alongside for decades, and to our board, partners, and shareholders around the world: you deserve better from me. Leading NVIDIA is the privilege of my life. My responsibility is to serve you and be worthy of your trust. I have fallen short of that responsibility. I am fully committed to NVIDIA and will work to earn back your confidence.”

The revelations come after The New York Times reported that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had drafted a memo to top Trump administration officials warning that the Nvidia CEO was in a close relationship with Chinese citizen Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, which builds data centers in Southeast Asia and provides compute to mainland giant Alibaba. US officials fear the company may have acted as a backdoor for funneling export-controlled Nvidia chips to Beijing, the Times reported.

One of the dodges China has used to get US technology is to have "legitimate" businesses buy more than their real business activities need and ship the extra to China.

[enslaved1]

Anti-Israel group hoists Palestinian flag at Germany’s Reichstag; 3 arrested

A man replaced the large German flag flying outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, which houses the German parliament, with a Palestinian flag on Sunday, the latest in a string of such incidents at European landmarks.

The man climbed a large pole, more than 28 meters (92 feet) high, to swap out the Flag of Unity, which symbolizes Germany’s 1990 reunification. The Palestinian flag remained atop the mast for about an hour until authorities were able to remove it.

The German publication Bild said the man and two accomplices were arrested.

Learned of this here on reddit and was surprised at the number of comments admitting that such actions don't help "the cause".  Not that "the cause" (Hamas, the Palestinian terrorists and their Iranian bankrollers) care about public opinion, but it's a tiny glimmer of hope that some of the chickens for KFC crowd may be figuring out a few things. 

[SVPete]

Vehicle Ramming Marks Second Attack at White House in Days

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/11/09/vehicle-ramming-makes-second-attack-at-white-house-in-a-few-days-n4959179

An individual reportedly used his vehicle as a weapon before fighting Secret Service agents and National Guardsmen near the White House, marking the second potentially deadly attack there within five days.

The video below allegedly shows Secret Service agents (USSS) and Guardsmen restraining the violent individual.

Fox News correspondent Alexandria Hoff said she obtained a statement from USSS about the incident. Apparently, two different individuals who tried to breach barricades. “The driver was combative with law enforcement, but was quickly placed under arrest,” USSS stated. “MPD’s [Metropolitan Police Department] Explosive Ordnance Disposal team has been called to sweep the vehicle as a precaution. Around the same time, a second individual jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park. That individual was also quickly placed under arrest.”

Hoff said that she was inside the White House when the lockdown occurred because of the vehicle ramming.

[Rick]

Vehicle Ramming Marks Second Attack at White House in Days

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/11/09/vehicle-ramming-makes-second-attack-at-white-house-in-a-few-days-n4959179

Do these count as assenation attempts?

[Ralph Wiggum]

Do these count as assenation attempts?

Nah, those are (D)ifferent.

[SVPete]

Do these count as assenation attempts?

Far more so that the 1/6 riot was an "insurrection".

[Ralph Wiggum]

Far more so that the 1/6 riot was an "insurrection".

Speaking of which:

First Excerpt From Biden's Memoir Focuses on 2 Predictable Things: Trump and Lies

First, a quick note: We're going to refer to it as "Joe Biden's memoir" even though we all know there are better odds that White House chief of staff Stephen Miller will come out in favor of open borders than that Biden wrote his own book.

However, the first excerpt from Biden's memoir is out, and it's clear that Joe plans to officially end his political career the same way he started it: Lying his a** off.



https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/11/09/first-excerpt-from-bidens-memoir-focuses-on-2-predictable-things-trump-and-lies-n2434245

Apologies for the large picture of the idiotic X/Twitter post, couldn't find a better size than the original.

[Ptarmigan]

California faces one-two punch as voters reject wealth tax and billionaires eye exits
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/california-faces-one-two-punch-voters-reject-wealth-tax-billionaires-eye-exits

California voters rejected a proposed one-time 5% tax on billionaire wealth, turning back a measure supporters said could raise tens of billions of dollars for healthcare. The tax would have applied to people who were California residents on Jan. 1, 2026, with payments spread over five years.

The defeat came as some of the state’s wealthiest residents warned they could leave California over the proposal. The state has one of the nation’s largest billionaire populations and relies heavily on high earners to fund its budget, making the potential loss of additional wealthy residents a concern for state finances.

Supporters, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and the Service Employees International Union–United Healthcare Workers West, said the tax could help offset Trump administration cuts to healthcare and food assistance. California Gov. Gavin Newsom opposed the tax, arguing that California should address wealth inequality without driving billionaires out of the state.

No billionaire tax in California.