I give thanks to God today (and every day) for being a free American - and for being free to read, write, and report whatever I want to here on Maggie's Farm. I am grateful to our Founding Fathers, for our Constitution, for all of the past and present men at arms who defend our freedoms.
I have a shoot today, then family dinner this evening in MA. A grouse and woodcock hunt on Friday in the lowlands, swamps and marshes. Image via Mr. Free Market:
The Pilgrims, Famine, and the End of Feudalism
Another good link for Thanksgiving: Malthusians wrong since the year 200. Fewer people would be better for my hunting, though. The good hunting habitat in the Northeast is being overrun with strip malls, developments of McMansions, and second and third homes.
Not American: Thought reform at the U of Minnesota
Via Lucianne, An Immigrant's Thanksgiving
Why attack Sarah? Maybe because the women love her
US lags world in nuke energy. So stupid of us.
Via Driscoll:
Skepticism about global warming is wrong because it is not supported by
scientific articles in “legitimate peer-reviewed journals.” But if a
journal actually publishes such an article, then it is by definition
not “legitimate.”
Related, Somin on the social validation of knowledge.
Related: SISU on Soylent Green Revisited
The EU has a Ten Year Plan. How could that go wrong? Central planning worked just great for the Soviet Union. Euroland is heading swiftly back towards the Feudalism they seem to love.
New Haven will promote those firefighters.
New Zealand looks at the real data. No warming.
About Le Corbusier: The architect as totalitarian
Q&O:
A grandiose Pres needs to learn about the history of the US' involvement with Asia. No bows 'til now, though.
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In the wee hours we awoke to find Tiny (above inspecting the Thanksgiving Lite table yesterday morning) and Baby still fast a asleep. Normally they would have been up and at our eyes, ears, nose and throat with their jaws,...
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