Assorted Links

• Expelling a kid because he has a 2.8 is pretty dumb. I understand the need for standards at a magnet school as popular as Thomas Jefferson is, but a 3.0 is too high. I think it should be like most colleges - if you're below a 2.0 for consecutive semesters, you're done.
• This has to be an intentional Talledaga Nights reference.
• In the movies, someone would try to secretly establish Atlantropa. In real life, however, these sorts of grandiose schemes are always publicized, probably because their backers are convinced of their brilliance. ALSO: Strange Maps is definitely a site worth visiting on occasion.
• Via Yglesias and Wonkette, DC Prep also seems to be based on a false premise: that the sons and daughters of U.S. public officials live in Washington, D.C. At least for members of congress, I am under the impression most kids live in the home districts of the parents.