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Trump Named Winner of Golf Championship He Didn't Play In
Reuters / Henry Nicholls
no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)when in fact he received an honorary degree at graduation at Penn (if I remember correctly). The public was led to believe that he worked for and earned a Ph.D.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,124 posts)no_hypocrisy
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But it does have some controversy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/11/24/bill-cosbys-doctoral-thesis-was-about-using-fat-albert-as-a-teaching-tool/?utm_term=.4382b89ad50a
According to Michael Eric Dyson, a sociology professor at Georgetown University and an acclaimed author of Is Bill Cosby Right? and numerous other books:
[Cosby] dropped out of high school after he flunked the tenth grade three times. He enlisted in the Navy, where he got his GED, and then enrolled at Temple University, where he dropped out to pursue a show business career. His unfinished bachelors degree from Temple was eventually bestowed on him because of life experience. Cosby enrolled as a part-time doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, which awarded him the Ed.D. degree in 1977 for a dissertation on Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.
But not even that degree was unsullied by controversy: A professor who served on Cosbys dissertation committee, Reginald Damerell, said that Cosby hardly took a class and that he got course credit for appearing on Sesame Street and The Electric Company, and wrote a dissertation that analyzed the impact of his show.
Damerells claims came in his 1985 book called Educations Smoking Gun, which was a strong critique of education schools. A University of Massachusetts associate professor who left after 12 years, Damerell wrote in his book about a program at UMass in which people already established in their fields could earn a doctorate by taking some course work, getting credit for their work experience and writing a thesis.
Cosby himself wrote that he was persuaded to join the program after he got a masters degree in education in 1972 by a dean. He bought a 16-room farmhouse not too far from the Amherst campus and spent time in both California and Massachusetts in those years. Cosby had a flexible course schedule that allowed him to keep performing.
calimary
(80,694 posts)Im not using his actual name here. But he went by Dr. (name here). I met him for the first and only time at a convention. He introduced himself and handed me his business card.
It read Dr. (name here), ABD.
Id never seen that degree before, so I asked him about it. He answered All But Dissertation.
Damn people are needy for recognition and titles - sick.
unblock
(51,974 posts)it's certainly true that he holds is normal, "earned" doctorate from umass, as opposed to an "honorary" doctorate (although he also has been conferred many honorary degrees as well, many of which have been revoked).
but he basically qualified for entry into the program and got course credit based on things he had already done in his career, rather than attending courses, passing tests, writing papers, etc.
the one thing he did was write a dissertation, again based on his own career.
now, most honorary degrees are purely awards based on what you've done in your career and the recipient normally doesn't do anything at all other than show up (well, for some, a big donation might be involved, but no one will admit that), and writing a dissertation is certainly far more than what any honorary degree recipient does.
i also have my suspicions about how academically rigorous his dissertation was, but i'll admit i have no basis for that other than my suspicions about how academic institutions (and people in general) can react to celebrities.
in any event, it's far less than what most "earned" doctorates involve.
Chiyo-chichi
(3,563 posts)Flocks of bluebirds descended from heaven and circled Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for hours when he was born.
On his first-ever round of golf, he shot 18 hole-in-ones.
Initech
(99,914 posts)He started his own Olympic games and won every gold medal :
Sometimes real life really is stranger than fiction.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Initech
(99,914 posts)Man the rich really do live on a different planet.
bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,888 posts)1: HAMBURGER CREATOR
Kim Jong-un's father Kim Jong-il claimed he invented the hamburger, calling it "double bread with meat", with grand dreams that it would become a new national dish as he unsuccessfully introduced it to the nation's universities.
2: SPEAKING OF FOOD
The older Kim was also fond of claiming sawdust was full of nutrients, encouraging his citizens to chow down on the building byproduct in their regular times of famine.
3: SUPERNATURAL BODILY FUNCTIONS
Kim's official biography stated he never needed to use a toilet because his body was so well calibrated he didn't urinate or defecate.
4: MAGICAL BEGINNINGS
According to his official biography, Kim Jong-il's birth atop a sacred mountain saw a new star created and winter turn to spring. However records kept by the country's Soviet allies show he was born in a Siberian village in 1941.
5: FASHION ICON
Shortly before his death in 2011, Kim Jong-il's signature grey military styling was being celebrated by the world's top fashion designers, according to state media, who quoted an unnamed French designer saying "Kim Jong-il mode, which is now spreading expeditiously worldwide, is something unprecedented in the world's history".
6: EVERYONE LOVES US
Despite having one of the worst international reputations, North Koreans are told their leaders are beloved around the world and that each country celebrates their birthdays.
7: TIME THIEVES
For decades North Koreans believed the Japanese stole time from them back during their 1919 occupation. Kim Jong-un finally righted this injustice and set North Korea's clocks back by half an hour on August 15, 2015.
8: GREATNESS IS HEREDITARY
Kim Jong-un is just as amazing as his father, according to North Korea state media which revealed he was a gifted sailor as a youth - who also learned to drive at the age of three. The younger Kim is also a celebrated musical composer and artist, who is celebrated around the world.
9: NO SUCH THING AS THE INTERNET
The only people with access to the internet in North Korea are government officials and the state tells its citizens it's a notion invented by the west.
10: FAKE VILLAGE
Keen to encourage South Koreans to migrate, the North Korean government built Peace Village near the border in the 1950s. Propaganda says 200 families live happily and work in the village, but observers say it houses North Korean soldiers manning artillery stations pointed south.
Looks like IQ45 has a lot of work to do to beat THAT record!
RT Atlanta
(2,517 posts)We're on the same page. Cheers!
Javaman
(62,439 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,073 posts)itcfish
(1,828 posts)a real Mulligan?
RT Atlanta
(2,517 posts)Next thing we know, donnie t will have made about 10 holes-in-one in a row.
watoos
(7,142 posts)and clips of him putting. No way.
trusty elf
(7,349 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)This, and him claiming he called Tim Cook by his name rather than what he is on tape saying, Tim Apple.
We are mirroring the book 1984 more each day.
We have to thwart this ASAP.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)underpants
(182,274 posts)Playing in a tournament is a lot different than a one on one match up.
watoos
(7,142 posts)to throw the match.
By the way, no report on what they shot? I figured Lindsey Graham would have been Trump's caddy and given us a report on what Trump shot?
underpants
(182,274 posts)Il supposedly had 5 holes in one the first time he played golf.
Im referring towhat else?the 38-under-par 34 reportedly fired by the late North Korean despot Kim Jong Il, a man known to his people as Dear Leader and to you and me as Dear Top-the-Leader Board. According to official North Korean state accounts, Kims round, the first hed ever played, was highlighted by five aces.
https://www.golf.com/golf-plus/behind-kim-jong-ils-famous-round-golf
PJMcK
(21,921 posts)What would be interesting to know is when Trump shut out his competitor. Theoretically, if Trump won the first five holes of a nine-hole match, he would win and the match would be over. (With only four holes to go, the competitor mathematically couldn't win.) The implication in the story is they were tied until the ninth hole which Trump allegedly won.
Like all things related to Trump, it's all bullshit and lies.
IronLionZion
(45,258 posts)crazytown
(7,277 posts)FakeNoose
(32,351 posts)I'm sure he knows how to lose gracefully when playing with Chump.
DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)Everyone in NY, NJ, CT and the region knew what a complete joke trump always was. He was always good for nothing more than a laugh.
He's still a joke but for some reason the the laughing has died down. trump the joke isn't so funny anymore.
Apprentice: Caddyshack Edition brought to you direct from The White House.
jayschool2013
(2,309 posts)He is a cousin-in-law. My wife's cousin's husband.
He's a good golfer, certainly better than I am, but he's a cheat. He has to win at everything, and cutting corners even in the friendliest competition with no money at stake is what he does.
I'm certain Trump is even worse. It's a disease.
Blue Owl
(49,918 posts)"Close one this year..."