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Thursday, September 23. 2010Ads you will probably never see again, #1This was c. 1913:
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How to annoy NYCGot off the phone with a friend who lives in NYC. "Every time f-ing Obama comes to town, it's a mess. They shut down midtown, you couldn't get a cab. After my meeting, I had to walk, tried to go into the Waldorf to take a leak and have a cocktail, but they had State Dept. Security cops with scanners at the door. Wouldn't let me in. Pain in the ass." Says I, "New York is probably the only place so jaded that, when the President visits, all people do is bitch about the inconvenience." Of course, all the cops etc were also there to protect Ahmadinejad. As has been asked, how come he doesn't get arrested when he's here? Today's question: Lust in men and womenReaders have been generous with their comments on my questions this week, and it's all been helpful and sometimes inspiring. (This question series is only for this one week.) Here's my question for today: Men are often viewed as the lustful ones with sinful hearts if not actions, while tradition has often held women to be more contained, demure, and lacking in ordinary lust. While men often tell me about their almost-drooling at babes while walking down the street - even happily married men - I rarely hear that from women. (Obviously there is a huge range in sex drive and sexual interest and imagination between individuals.) So are women just quieter about reacting to hunks they see, or are men really more lascivious? In other words, are women just as prone to purely physical attraction as men, or do they really need a "relationship" to become interested? Or, to put it another way, are women as likely to make daily life as much of a pornographic experience as men do, on average? Dog of the Week: The FoxhoundNYM posted this pic of Virginia's Thornton Hill Hounds, eager to get out of the trailer and to work. He notes that these are mostly Penn Marydels. Not house pets. More cool stuff about dogs - How dogs became domesticated. h/t Classical Values. Dumb soundtrack and no real audio, from a Russian fox farm -
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Two more links on the O's problemsThe O cannot fill a ballroom in NYC. That is bad news for him. Bill Clinton offers advice to the O. Good, sleazy, sneaky, political advice from a guy who never seems to have had a sense of right and wrong or truth and falsehood. Bill Clinton is clever as heck and does think: it's been too bad that he thinks like a criminal.
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Thursday morning linksBlogger's Brekkie via Theo The Repub Pledge. No harm in being explicit on what they are "Yes" about. Great pics of abandoned properties. h/t Doug Ross Your body is always making cancer. h/t - I forgot Kudlow: Go back to the gold standard VDH wonders whether America is becoming a nation of peasants. Like Euroland? Sowell: The politics of resentment Fund: The Carter-Obama comparisons Villainous: Quantifying the Hypocrisy of Lefty Academicians Related, Q&O toys with An Academic Professional TNR on Rand Paul Watch your medical insurance costs rise. More details at Betsy China-apologist Tom Friedman still loves China Harper on Canada's gun registry:
Wellfleet harbor, early morningWednesday, September 22. 2010Government promises...Entitlements promised by politicians, but never paid for. Do we all live in a dream world? Pie in the sky? From Biggs' Why Does Government Grow and Grow and Grow? (h/t, Insty) a quote:
Read the whole thing, because it is the best explanation I have seen. I do understand that pols seem to want to keep their big shot jobs in DC, but, in the process, China will ending up owning us. By the way, I would like my lifetime net Social Security contributions as a lump sum, please, at age 65. That's all I ask for. You can even ignore inflation, so it's been my free long-term loan to you, Uncle Sam. It is my account, right? Just hand it over, and I won't give you any more trouble. I'll use it to pay off my mortgage, and live happily ever after... Sanchez: Racist Democrat Vs ImmigrantAs the anti-Democrat tide gets stronger, many Democrat office holders have been clinging to their offices ashore by resorting to the race-card - that those who differ from them must be racists. In mid-August, when no one else was paying attention to this contest, I wrote about the congressional race in California's 47th district in Orange County. A seemingly entrenched Democrat, Loretta Sanchez, has the advantage of a preponderant Hispanic and Democrat constituency. Her challenger, Van Tran, has waged an uphill battle to within striking distance, Sanchez 45/Tran 43 in one poll. The consensus of experienced poll-watchers has moved the race from solidly Democrat to weak Democrat, and the tide keeps turning. I wrote in mid-August that "The race has not, yet, overtly become an ethnic battle – and shouldn’t" but in desperation Loretta Sanchez has now pulled the race card. Loretta Sanchez went on Spanish-language Univision TV to tell Latinos "Those Vietnamese and GOP are trying to take away our seat from us."
No, Loretta, the seat does not belong to any ethnic group or race. The seat belongs to Americans who want representation in their and the country's interests. Van Tran's campaign emphasizes those interests: 1. Stop the wasteful spending. Here's Van Tran's website. Please contribute, send a message against the race-card, and send Loretta Sanchez out with the tide. Van Tran is proud to be an immigrant who treasures America. H/T Breitbart TV
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Oyster aquacultureSome form of cutlivation of the Eastern (or American) Oyster has been going on for 150 years on Cape Cod, especially in Wellfleet. At first, this just consisted of importing wild oysters from elsewhere in their Atlantic or Gulf coast range, and giving them a while to absorb that special Wellfleet flavor. There is no way that one small harbor could support the nationwide demand for naturally-produced Wellfleet Oysters. As we sat on the deck watched the oystermen at work on their cages at low tide, we wondered where they buy the baby oysters. I found out how the whole system works (link has great photos). The laboratory-bred spat from the hatcheries are bought by nurseries, then they are sold to the watermen who do the "grow-out" of the seed oysters. It is quite remarkable. No wonder they aren't cheap. Photo on top: large scale commercial oyster grow-out in the southern US
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One Ruffed Grouse no hunter would ever shootMy next question: What about Sex Addiction?How much sex is a person "supposed" to want? I don't think anybody can answer that question. Short video: Is sex addiction a disease? One of my (many) problems with Psychiatry's DSM is one of making "diseases" out of things I might either view as symptoms, or simply as behaviors which deviate from some shrinks' view of "normal." When it comes to movie stars and the like (as the link mentions), it's another matter. Many of them seem to live like kids in a candy shop, relatively insulated from consequences. When handsome men or lovely beauties are throwing themselves at you all day long, what's a person to do? Especially after a few drinks, a few lines of coke, etc. Psychiatry is able to justify viewing substance addictions as diseases because, for many people, continuous substance abuse can lead to an alteration of the reward pathways in the brain, resulting in a drive which is challenging to resist. With sex, however, those reward pathways are already built in to the system as one of the strongest animal instincts we have to grapple with in life. As usual, I must leave this post at mid-thought, but I will pose the question to our readers: Is "Sex Addiction" a disease? Or is the idea a "diseasification" of decadent people with lousy self-control and poor capacity for delayed gratification? Best interview of the yearSoft tyranny, manliness, Western Civ, the Leftism of the campuses, etc. Video interview with Harvard's Harvey Mansfield thanks to Powerline. It's a long interview, and well-worth every minute. I am now a confirmed Mansfield fan.
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Yet another Maggie's Farm endorsement: Sean Bielat for MA's 4th DistrictIt's time for the absurd Barney Frank to retire, but the real point is that Bielat is one heck of a good candidate. Here's his website. Wednesday morning linksWe can build whatever animal you want to eat, say scientists Discovered after 90 years: Diary complete with amazing paintings and drawings that bring to life the horror faced by Tommies in the WWI trenches. h/t, Washington Reb Examiner Editorial: Government and journalists cower at threats to cartoonist Obama: "Mexicans" Were Here "Long Before America Was Even An Idea". Maybe he meant to say "the Spanish." Or did he mean the Indians? Is Palin running for Pres? Not sure it's a good idea. Has the Congressional Black Caucus totally bought the entitlement mentality? Government greed vs. job-makers SEIU Spokesman Caught on Tape Bragging About How Local News Does Labor’s Bidding Tuesday, September 21. 2010Is Hollywood listening?At Reason, Cuba and the Death of Communism: Fidel Castro finally admits the obvious. One quote:
Even with guns and secret police and informers on every block and state terror in general, it's tough to keep a population oppressed. The only way to do it is to kill them, in which case those who imagine that they can control people and their economic activities become kings of giant cemeteries.
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A good place for dinner and drinksin Wellfleet: Research help needed on "sleeping together"I mean literally sleeping together - spouses sleeping in the same bed - not the other meaning. If any readers can help me find out the history of this habit, please let me know. I do know that the wealthy and the nobility traditionally have had separate private suites and that beds and bedrooms are expensive, so I wonder whether bed-sharing began as a matter of lack of wealth more than anything else. Seems to me that separate suites could potentially be more romantic and more independent-adult. It's a socio-anthropological question. If anybody has time or interest to research the history of the topic for me, I'd appreciate it.
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Newt on the Cordoba HouseThis is the most clearly stated, sensible, and historically accurate statement that I’ve read on this issue:
Discuss and debate - Disturbing - if trueSome disturbing observations from an alleged White House insider. A quote:
The guy calls the O "lazy," too. Isn't "lazy" a racist code word? Another CT endorsement from Maggie's Farm: Martha Dean for AGI have already posted a plug for Dan Debicella's run against a Pelosi Dem in CT's 4th District. Now I'd like to support Martha Dean for AG in CT. Impressive lady. I have met her (and Dan, too).
Tuesday morning linksDavid Brooks: Tea partiers are narcissistic, egomaniacal, self-righteous people who distort the truth! Yes, you can tell from the photo. Is old age a cause of death? Of course it is. It's entropy. Things fall apart. Did you miss this story? Physicist: Burning fossil fuels is of no significance Samuelson and Gelinas debate the economic wreckage The UK: The Ultimate in Nanny-Statism! Proof: New Records Show DOJ Lied About New Black Panther Dismissal World's most beautiful campus: Kenyon College. More nice dirndlsProst!
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Monday, September 20. 2010"This is the crap I have to hear."A cheap European trip, with Hammer & Sickle tourMrs. BD found this good deal from our friends at Club ABC: 8 days in Prague and Budapest. They do a very good job making world travel possible for the non-weathy and for those who are willing to fly economy and maybe endure a stopover. I've always been more of a Mediterranean and UK traveller, but the Holy Roman Empire is growing on me. It's probably just a phase. You can make online reservations for music and opera tickets way in advance. She wants to see Janacek's Kat'a Kabanova at the Prague Opera (where Mozart first conducted Don Giovanni).
I have never been to Hungary. Mrs. BD wants to see Hungarian folk music and dance troupes, and try some of the historic coffee houses. Here's a nice Budapest restaurant. Looks just like I would expect: Thank God that the commies are gone from Czecho and Hungary. Maybe Cuba will be next. Amusingly, they do have a Hammer and Sickle Times tours in Budapest. Join us, Comrades and ex-Liberals:
They also have this more cheerful tour: Historical Revolution Walk. This one is about the good guys.
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