I've been working with a friend on his PhD dissertation.
The dissertation is truly brilliant- an analysis of the motivations of terrorists who become informants, with detailed statistical analyses of reports filed by the informants themselves as well as the reports of law enforcement intelligence officers. He has discovered definite trends among different terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, and gleaned valuable insights into how best to approach members of these networks to convince them to cooperate with law enforcement. He has hard data to back his assertions rather than theories based on logical assumptions. I'm his proofreader and editor, so I've read the entire thing, and can honestly say that it's ground breaking work.

The problem is that his committee chairman has differing theories, and is in truth not eager to see this paper published as it's demonstrating with hard evidence that the professor's theories are wrong. No one is as bitchy as an academic with an opposing theory- as Kissinger noted, the reason that academic politics are so vicious is because the stakes are so low. The chair is being an absolute twat of the first water.

And the basis for the professor's theories? His own opinions, based upon his interpretations of the Qur'an and other holy writings. In other words, half-baked theories with no substantial proof. Here, look for yourselves.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 17 Apr 2012, 2:59, 5 replies)

I found some of his findings slightly snatched at...
... But found myself compelled to agree with his overall sentiment that I do indeed covet the warm embrace of my equine brethren.






_Cock!
( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 3:43, closed)

Goose
link shows as already visited for me.
Duh! ;P
EDIT: obfuscate it next time with this.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Tue 17 Apr 2012, 7:53, closed)

It was late when I wrote that
and it was while he was taking a cigarette break, so I wrote it fast and didn't take the time for tinyurl or others.

I should add that the entire thing is true. We finished off writing the dissertation last night and it's being submitted this morning.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 17 Apr 2012, 15:47, closed)

i came so very close to clicking that
i will have to call you a bastard even though i wasn't horsed this time
( real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 9:23, closed)

curses
Horsed again
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 12:32, closed)