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We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

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Tuesday, June 21. 2011

Tuesday morning links

The Official Maggie's Farm favorite turtle is spotted


Via Vanderleun, The Clock in the Mountain


Why so many cave dwellings in Cappadocia?


NY Times Attacks Traditional Family on Father's Day


Beer, Sex, and Co-ed Dorms


What Samuel Pepys's diaries tell us about healthy breakfasts


When Radiation Exposure Was No Big Deal


Do a person's basic instincts ever change?


The Upside of Voter ID Initiatives


The idea that you could vote without identifying yourself seems insane to me.


However, E J Dionne seems to think that blacks cannot figure out how to have any ID. He is insane, or profoundly racist in his assumptions.


More Than 125 Environmentalist Groups Blast UN For Global Warming Alarmism…


California’s Nutty Budget Battle


Merkel: We must accept high immigrant crime


Pethokoukis: Digging down into America’s weak labor market


Green revolt against geoengineering – letter to Pachauri


Barnes: Lead? President Obama would prefer not to.


The Subprime Lending Debacle: Competitive Private Markets Are the Solution, Not the Problem


Boskin: Five Lessons for Deficit Busters - A recent study of successful deficit reductions found they averaged more than $5 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax hikes.


What If Jews Had Followed the Palestinian Path?


Rubin Report: Understanding Hamas


Republicans Flicker On Light Bulb Ban Repeal


Powerline: Can There Be a Decent Left, Revisited


NLRB tried to save America from dumb, unskilled Southern workers


Companies Leaving California in Record Numbers


McArdle: Is It Okay to Steal From Macy's?

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Blacks cannot figure out how to have any ID?

No problem then.

They probably can't find the polling place either.

Everything will be alright.
#1 Leag on 2011-06-21 12:38 (Reply)
Light bulbs... Technically, incandescents are not going to be banned: they will simply be required to meet a new level of efficiency im order to be sold. That the required level is impossible is just coincidence.

Next up is probably the internal-combustion engine, which at least for transportation is being set up for the same non-ban. On the one hand, more "bio" fuel additive - less efficient at producing power - will be required. On the other, the motors will be required to almost double (Miles Per Gallon) efficiency, no matter what the gallon consists of. The only way to do this in the time-frame given is to cut over half of the weight of the car or truck. No car body: just an umbrella, windscreen, and surround the passenger compartment with airbags? Bot a ban, mind, just a [near-]impossibility.
#2 John A on 2011-06-21 13:24 (Reply)
Radiation Exposure-the exposure pictured is probably less than one might absorb from walking thru various (usually Government) buildings, based on the geiger counter audio.
So, yeah, not a big deal.
#3 MikeinAppalachia on 2011-06-21 14:47 (Reply)
link bad for the turtle, darn it! Otherwise great collection of articles today (well, everyday is, but more so today)
#4 turtle fan on 2011-06-21 17:40 (Reply)
Macys - the analogy is weak in that the bank uses your property as collateral for the loan. What does "collateral" mean? Does it have a legitimate purpose?

If you walk into Macys and steal a pair of shoes, Macys has no collateral to offset the loss.

But the bank has your property and gets to sell it.
#5 Marie on 2011-06-21 23:25 (Reply)
Did you just seriously ask what "collateral" means and whether it has a legitimate purpose?
#5.1 Texan99 (Link) on 2011-06-22 11:22 (Reply)
--the whole financial mess we're in is all about scam-evaluation of collateral --Nyquist's current essay says hell, scam or not ain't the problem --the problem is, we have conjured up a replay of the Tower of Babel story and do not savvy the meaning of value anymore:

http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/jr-nyquist/2011/06/20/monetary-nihilism
#5.1.1 buddy larsen on 2011-06-22 18:17 (Reply)

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