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Sunday, March 29. 2009

Sunday morning links

Sunday is Bath Day (h/t, Theo)


ACORN and the Youth Brigades. It is a Leftist's dream. Imagine if Bush had proposed this sort of thing.


Imagine if Bush...never mind. Obama will stay away from floods.


This is how you sell hamburgers


Via Lizards:



During a recession, the private sector lowers prices, because the public is not obliged to buy its services.


During a recession, government raises prices -- because the public is.



The mirage of "green jobs." It's a scam.


Bill Ayers banned in Boston


Transitioning towards Statism. Dr Helen


We tend to average around 360 seconds. A smarter look at blog stats. (h/t, Althouse)


The Captain did his bit for carbon emissions yesterday.

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Now, if only Notre Dame would would rescind their invitation to Obama...
#1 The Distributist (Link) on 2009-03-29 08:11 (Reply)
Oh, really. I saw that on the news this morning. Do it! That would be so great.
#1.1 Meta on 2009-03-29 10:17 (Reply)
re blog stats: I am wondering if one reason for the 360 second stay at Maggie's is because when a reader hits a link here, it opens a new page? ie If I hit a link from Maggie's and read it, I am still 'visiting' MF because the page has not closed.
#2 feeblemind on 2009-03-29 11:23 (Reply)
Yes, that "visit length" statistic seems extremely dubious. I couldn't find any reliable technical info on that stat.
#2.1 KRW on 2009-03-29 12:04 (Reply)
It also doesn't take into account linking and re-linking to another site and forgetting MF is still open until you shut down for the night four hours later. MF stays open when you link off.
#2.1.1 Meta on 2009-03-29 13:03 (Reply)
Those same things apply to most other sites.
#2.1.1.1 bd on 2009-03-29 13:17 (Reply)
Yes, but technically how is it measured? How it is measured could require different interpretations for different sites depending on how those sites are set up.
#2.1.1.1.1 KRW on 2009-03-29 13:24 (Reply)
BD, at most sites I visit, the site page closes out when you hit a link. You have to navigate back to the site originating the link via the back button or the history link. There are a couple others that I visit that work like MF but they are in the minority. Disclaimer: This is not a criticism of MF, it is just an observation.
#2.1.1.1.2 feeblemind on 2009-03-30 00:25 (Reply)
Notre Dame's Father Jenkins should rescind the invitation and the honory degree they are contemplating bestowing on Mudboy.

Bishop John M. D'Arcy says, he will not attend.

"President Obama has recently reaffirmed, and has now placed in public policy, his long-stated unwillingness to hold human life as sacred." he said.

Anyone, who does not hold human life sacred is not qualified to even be President of United States, and certainly not qualified to be honored with a degree from a Catholic University.

Bishop D'Arcey should declare Notre Dame University not Catholic if this obamanation-abomination occurs.
#3 Leag on 2009-03-29 15:55 (Reply)
Hussein can't say he inherited the natural disaster in ND/MN.

Well, he can because he is a liar but Missy Janet can only be concerned about the security issue his presence in ND/MN would create.

Besides, i doubt Mudboy can swim.
#4 Leag on 2009-03-29 16:49 (Reply)
Oh, come on, Leag ... I really don't like Obama either, but as far as swimming is concerned, he was raised, for part of his youth, in Hawaii, where pretty much all the locals know how to swim and do so. There are lots more reasonable and legitimate reasons to criticize him. Let's not complain about his swimming prowess. I'd rather criticize his ability to think on his feet. Without a teleprompter.

Marianne
#5 Marianne Matthews on 2009-03-29 22:20 (Reply)
Well, he may have been joking. Or not. We need clear thinking just now and not propagandizing from the other extreme. We'll find a middle, as distasteful as it may be to some, or die, when some will hold their cross high as they sink into the fire.
#5.1 Luther McLeod on 2009-03-29 23:16 (Reply)
Miss Marianne,

That he can't swim isn't a criticism but addendum to the security issue.

That he might drown must certainly be a concern of Homeland Security's Janet besides, all the frightful Scandis.
#5.2 Leag on 2009-03-30 11:09 (Reply)
You see Ms. M, when we think Major Leag here is speaking literally, he's really speaking figuratively and when we think he's being figurative, he means literal. All a big misunderstanding on our part. Kind of like the other day when he called me "sweetheart"...isn't that right, sugar cakes?
#5.3 KRW on 2009-03-30 11:52 (Reply)
Are yall Buddy?

He rarely could comment on topic but he could salute.

My harem is full, so me must decline, sweetheart.
#5.3.1 Leag on 2009-03-30 15:08 (Reply)
Off topic? Why the topic is you, big boy. Now don't go acting all bashful like, like you aren't looking for attention (hence the "salute" Freudian reference). As for your terms of endearment, you don't have to call me darlin, darlin...you never even call me by my name ("Buddy"?...pshaw...)
#5.3.1.1 KRW on 2009-03-30 17:28 (Reply)

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