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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, January 17. 2012

    Tuesday morning links


     



    Skyscrapers As Spaceships - The “rampant individualism” and surprising environmentalism of really tall buildings

    Dalrymple on hiring criminals: Forgiveness Is a Kind of Wild Justice


    Revival Of Iconic California Condor Threatens State's Wind Farm Boom


    Tata Motors Mini CAT Air Car to debut in 2012


    Group protests MLK Day opening of TD Bank


    Supposed to honor the memory of MLK by not working? I worked Monday - all day. That's how I fight inequality.


    Inequality: Redistribute Krugman's NYT column


    It's not fair that he has a NYT column and I don't. Why not redistribute his Nobel too?


    American Political Science Assoc. recommends lowering standards for black grad students


    Via Powerline:



    As pointed out by Nir Shaviv and others, actual temperatures are significantly diverging from model projections.



    "The revelations follow claims that Schettino, from Meta di Sorrento near Naples, had been drinking 'with a beautiful woman' at the ship's bar before he sailed into disaster.


    As a frequent ship passenger, I can say that that means nothing. On large ships, it's not like the Captain is at a steering wheel. Departing the ship before all customers are off is another matter. Still, it seems odd to me that they cut so close to shore. As they say in the Navy, "We don't want Captains with bad luck."


    Columbia Prez Bollinger preens, argues for racial preferences


    Uh-oh… if we don’t watch out, the Taliban won’t like us anymore!


    Is the notion of teamwork foolish? The Rise of the New Groupthink (link repaired)


    Good news: EPA creates bureaucratic nightmare to prevent farmers from using pesticides!


    Scientists want climate change in young minds - Teachings to point to human causes



    Plans for high-speed rail are slowing down


    How Stimulus Spending Ruined Buffalo - Four decades of subsidies and high taxes haven't arrested the city's decline, but here comes New York's governor with another billion dollars.


    All the signs of a government-triggered death spiral


    Andrew Sullivan: How Obama's Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics


    Private sector experience? Oh, no!


    The Three Rules of Western Discourse and Why The Media Must Always Blame Israel


    Ralph Peters: Dumb Marines, Delighted Media - The Left's nostalgia for My Lai is forever


     SEIU gears up for thuggery

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