University of Minnesota: Taxpayer-Funded Groomers
University of Minnesota: Taxpayer-Funded Groomers David Strom 2:40 PM | July 27, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File Sometimes you want to burn it all down, salt the earth, and banish all the academics to some remote island they can share with an undiscovered tribe still living in the Stone Age. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); It's a fantasy. Free food, free housing, a replica of the French Laundry, as long as we never have to hear from them again.
- ▪University of Minnesota: Taxpayer-Funded Groomers David Strom 2:40 PM | July 27, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File Sometimes you want to burn it all down, salt the earth, and banish all the academics to some remote island they can share
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- ▪Free food, free housing, a replica of the French Laundry, as long as we never have to hear from them again.
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| Canonical URL | https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/07/27/university-of-minnesota-taxpayer-funded-groomers-n3817361 |
| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:40:40 -0400 |
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University of Minnesota: Taxpayer-Funded Groomers David Strom 2:40 PM | July 27, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File Sometimes you want to burn it all down, salt the earth, and banish all the academics to some remote island they can share with an undiscovered tribe still living in the Stone Age. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); It's a fantasy. A more practical solution is to send them on an all-expenses trip to Afghanistan, where they can discover the true meaning of the "religion of peace."Or we could just defund the universities, provide a steady stream of N95 masks and COVID vaccines, give them tablets without network connections, and play loops of Anthony Fauci…
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