So far, in the wake of the college admissions scandal, that school has only had to deal with evil coaches and scummy parents… and, as of this morning, a lawsuit from the son of one of the scummy parents – a guy with real balls, if you ask me. He doesn’t want his fraudulently obtained degree to become meaningless when Georgetown expels him.

But listen up: For years G’town has been admitting all the teenybopper descendants of the crowned heads of Europe. Have you noticed? Town and Country has noticed. This short piece only brushes the tiara: they all go there, and … you know… you have to wonder…

I mean to say everyone’s going to start to wonder now, what with the larger scandal drawing attention to this particular campus. Royal pain a-comin’.

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UPDATE: Uh-oh.

L.A.’S ELITE ON EDGE!

ISIS Claims 3 Of Its Terrorists Blew Themselves In Sri Lankan Raids

… up in flames.

Nearly a thousand years of history going up in flames.

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… Like a prodigious skeleton of fire
Leaving an immense void — twisted iron, indented
 clock wheels, broken muted bells.

   Foolish imposter doors which did not open
Hang in high galleries. Perforated the great
 roses — intense blues, purples,

   Reds so warm and vigorous which burnished
The rays of the midday sun. The gargoyles drip
 heavy tears. I hear the bells falling.

   Wind is raging among the naves and corpses.

— Daisy Aldan, The Destruction of Cathedrals.

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From the Notre Dame School of Polyphony (1160-1250).

Rhino Poacher Trampled by Elephant and Eaten by Lions in South Africa

A quantum experiment suggests there’s no such thing as objective reality

A HuffPost writer comes up with the perfect Bezos/American Media, Inc. headline.

(The Harvard one.)

U CONN DECLINES TO RETURN SACKLER FAMILY DONATIONS

AMID FUROR OVER OPIOID MANUFACTURER PURDUE PHARMA

ITALY’S PRIME MINISTER PROMISES

TO CHANGE ITALY IN TWO YEARS

With Title-Game Prices Plummeting more than 90 Percent, Should College Football be Worried?

KOHLER’S SMART TOILET PROMISES

‘A FULLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE‘

Urban Meyer To Unironically Co-Teach A Class On Character And Leadership At Ohio State

Nice comeback.

UD thinks the Hindustan Times is off by a bit; the actual number seems to be $500K.

I mean, after all… the guy’s an environmentalist… $500 million would be an excessive use of resources…

‘Man Tries to Drown Girlfriend; Nearly Becomes Murder Victim Himself When She Tries to Saw Off His Head’

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This is the sort of news UD likes to read when she feels herself getting too coastal-elitey.