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April 29[edit]

Understanding Foreign funding of US universities[edit]

Recently came across conflicting mentions about Foreign funding of US universities in some media reports. Didn't find enough info this WP article section. Wish to understand foreign funding issues in brief. Bookku (talk) 04:59, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's about funding by U.S. government entities. What you want is Qatari involvement in higher education in the United States... AnonMoos (talk) 17:04, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I came across some news reports about students protesting against University funding by Israel too. Idk verifiability. But seems various overseas countries interested in influencing US academics. Bookku (talk) 03:19, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Israel-relevant articles will have titles such as "Academic boycott of Israel" (I'm really not interested in looking them up), and will not be about funding in the same sense as Qatar. A movement headed by people such as Mona Baker, who received the rare distinction (for a pure academic) of being condemned by the UK Prime Minister and Parliament, yet who some people on Wikipedia still claim is a reliable source... AnonMoos (talk) 06:55, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

White House Correspondents' dinner by both POTUS and VP[edit]

Hi. I was watching the White House Correspondents' dinner[1] and noticed that both the POTUS and VP were there.

I've only watched a few of these dinners, and to my (very poor) recollection, none of them both the POTUS and VP attend. It was explained to me that this is due to security concerns.

1. Were there another White House Correspondents' dinner in the past 30 years where both the POTUS and VP attended?

2. Were there some sort of past security policy (albeit a flexible one) where both the POTUS and VP attending was discouraged?

3. Does the entertainer get advanced notice of the VP's attendance? In a few of the previous dinners, some of the jokes were based on the VP not present. For example: "Is [VP's name] still Vice President? Cuz' if not, I'm down to like: 'Good night and God bless America.'" Some of these joke wouldn't work if the VP was there. OptoFidelty (talk) 17:13, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See article Designated survivor... AnonMoos (talk) 18:22, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1) This article (not sure how reliable) says: "it'll be the first time in seven years that a president, vice president and both spouses are each present at the star-studded event". That can't have been 2017 because Donald Trump chose not to attend, but this article has a picture of VP Joe Biden arriving at the 2016 dinner, when President Obama was also present and spoke. Alansplodge (talk) 21:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

3) Don't know, but a good comedian can improvise. Alansplodge (talk) 21:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nixon leaving White House[edit]

This might be a bit of a stupid question, but I have to ask it anyway. Here is the famous photograph of Richard Nixon leaving the White House after the Watergate scandal.

Which one is Richard Nixon? JIP | Talk 19:13, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On the right with hand stretched out. Look for the famous nose. Johnbod (talk) 19:26, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:JIP, are you familiar with the annotation feature on Commons? I've now annotated both presidents and their wives. Nyttend (talk) 19:32, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your replies. Yes, I am familiar with the annotation feature. Thanks for the annotations. JIP | Talk 20:15, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the anotations. However, Johnbod has it right, and facing him is Gerald Ford. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:33, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Look the image up directly in Commons. The annotations don't show on Wikipedia. JIP | Talk 19:48, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not seeing them on Commons either. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:26, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am. When my mouse pointer is on the picture, yellow boxes appear around some of the heads. Move the mouse pointer into a yellow box and the name of the owner of the head appears. DuncanHill (talk) 14:33, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! So that's the trick. Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:05, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess those beyond them are the Nixon daughters and their husbands (Cox, Eisenhower)? —Tamfang (talk) 23:26, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that there are people who don’t instantly recognize Nixon makes me realize… God, I’m getting old! Blueboar (talk) 15:46, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It beats the alternative! DOR (ex-HK) (talk) 23:08, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fifty years, you know … (I was a bit startled when I first found myself saying “I haven't … in fifty years”!) —Tamfang (talk) 23:28, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But why is he trying to shake hands with Lenin? --Trovatore (talk) 23:38, 30 April 2024 (UTC) [reply]

There must be a joke in there somewhere. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:02, 1 May 2024 (UTC) [reply]

I think it's that Lenin and Ford had similar hairlines. —Tamfang (talk) 23:29, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's not much point in explaining a joke, but it wasn't really a joke anyway, exactly. Ford in profile just made me think of Lenin. The hairline was part of it, but also the jaw, and a shadow that lets you half-see a beard that isn't there, but from the photo itself you could think it was. --Trovatore (talk) 19:00, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]