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Tuesday, October 11. 2016EmploymentThe Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor Standards claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him. AGENT: I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them. RANCHER: Well, there's my hired hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board. Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $60 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Jack Daniels every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally. AGENT: That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one. RANCHER: That would be me. Tuesday morning links
Leaked Emails Expose Tight Link Between CNBC And Clinton Campaign Duh O'Reilly: At Least 3 Media Orgs Have 'Ordered Employees to Destroy Trump' Hacked: Clinton campaign worked with NYT reporter behind scenes Even Democrats think Hillary’s a serial liar Betsy: "And the Democrats clutching their pearls in distress are the same people It's called politics Trump bounces back, but back to where? Welcome to the Republican civil war:
Also, Democrats. That's the only difference.
WikiLeaks Bombshell: Clinton Relied on Trump Primary Win, GOP Obliged More Coverage in 48 hrs. on Trump ‘Sex Tape’ Than In 17 yrs. on Juanita Broaddrick Clinton’s vow to push Supreme Court left galvanizes conservatives wary of Trump Euroland: Article 50 "Perfectly Timed" For Turmoil French Police Officers Set Afire in Attack by Migrant Mob Amid Syrian chaos, Iran’s game plan emerges: a path to the Mediterranean
Monday, October 10. 2016If you don't like Columbus Day, you don't like immigrantsThe Spanish (Latino?) immigrants to the New World were just looking for the opportunity for a better life with free trade and open borders. (In NYC, Columbus Day is a celebration of Italian immigrants because Chris of course was Italiano. After all, without Columbus, there would be no tomatoes or peppers in Southern Italian cooking.) Sultan: The End of Columbus Day is the End of America Liberals Pushing To Make “Indigenous Peoples Day” A Holiday Nationwide… I do not see the descendants of the indigenous peoples complaining that they are no longer in the stone age.
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Why lightning doesn't harm aircraft Desert Trip Shows Just How Much Rock Festivals Have Changed Dylan and the Stones. I would go. A Navy drunk, with raccoon Pets on Pot: The Newest Customer Base for Medical Marijuana College Students: Masculinity Is ‘Extremely Toxic To Our Mental Health’ So go to a women's college Why GE Moved to Boston, According to Its CEO Immelt likes small city life Walmart update: Women Brawl In South Florida Walmart As Customers Shop For Hurricane Matthew Provisions… Toxic femininity is dangerous to my mental health The World Is Totally Committed To Net Zero Carbon Pollution, You Guys! Farage on Europe: The little people have had enough - not just here, but in America too The peasants are revolting A Citizen of the World Is a Citizen of Nowhere - British Prime Minister Theresa May is working to undo the There was a famous book by Edward Hale, The Man Without A Country It Turns Out That Firing Nobody and Giving the Agency More Money is a Really Poor Way to Fix Things Via Daily Pundit:
Outer Boroughs Affect - Why Snobs Like Charles Murray Won’t Vote For Trump (Despite Agreeing With Him) Trump Is Not Part Of The Right’s Tribe The Republican White Togas at Work for the Queen of Sleaze Donald Trump Lives to Lose Another Day POLLSTER FRANK LUNTZ: Trump is 'back in the race'
Apprentice Producer Warns There Are "Far Worse" Trump Tapes To Come Ground Game: Democrats Started Fall with 5-to-1 Paid Staff Advantage The Dems remain the party of Wall St and the Repubs the party of Main St Hillary Tells Bankers: ‘My Dream Is Open Borders’ Shocker! New Email Leak Reveals Hillary Campaign’s Cozy Press Relationship… Leaked Documents Reveal Which Journalists Are Cozy With The Clinton Campaign The Associated Press Spins For Hillary CNN Retro-Trolls Trump in 1990s Lookback; Ignores Era’s Clinton Sex Scandals Lou Dobbs: Leaked Emails Show Hillary's Lying About "Everything She Says" WIKILEAKS: Hillary Trashes African Americans – Calls Them Losers Sanders supporters seethe over Clinton's leaked remarks to Wall St. ‘Clinton Cash’ Author Details How Bill And Hillary Went From ‘Dead Broke’ To Multimillionaires Trump’s dirty talk versus Hillary’s corruption What a pair! Two decades after her affair with Bill Clinton, Gennifer Flowers reveals they'd be together now if it wasn't for Chelsea and how former president confided in her that Hillary was bisexual I double down and re-endorse Donald Trump for President of the United States! AVI: We face looming crises and we will not be well-governed. Islam's 'Western Liberal Values'? PA President Abbas’ Fatah Movement Hails Terrorist ‘Martyr’ Who Slaughtered 2 Israelis, Wounded 6 Others in Jerusalem Shooting Spree Saturday, October 8. 2016WonderingMrs. BD is wondering what the Dems would have done if they had had had Bill on tape talking like a lowlife as he is widely known to do? Everybody knew Bill was a lowlife, and Mrs. Clinton an enabler and attacker of his assault victims, but the party rallied in his defense. That is called power politics. Same with JFK and LBJ, but no audio tapes and the press covered for them or, you might say, colluded. A sample: He (Bill) said Hillary had eaten more p***y than he had.’ Mr. Trump has no such amoral supporters. The Repubs rarely do. Hearsay, however accurate, might be manageable but the tape is a killer. The context is irrelevant. Mrs. BD is with Hinderaker: We’ve Had About All the Genius We Can Stand. She has already written Pence's speech in her mind. Mike, give us a call. No charge. The coming Trump vs. Clinton sex scandal showdown Saturday morning links
Image: Amazon Pulls “Sexy Burka” Halloween Costume After It’s Declared “Racist”… All it takes today are a few humorless cranks to spoil everything fun Shape Beneath Color: The Impressionistic Wonders of ‘To the Lighthouse’ Makes me want to re-read this. Her stuff is just so effete, though. World’s Oldest Man Finally Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah (100 Years Late) Thank God Harvard Students Won’t Starve During Dining Hall Workers’ Strike College as signaling – exceptin’ always Steam Liberal arts colleges were not designed to be utilitarian, except in the broadest civilizational sense Cops send military chopper after old lady's pot plant California Marijuana Growers Lining Up Against Proposition Legalizing Pot A great case study for micro-econ Is social science just a modern false god? Survey Reveals Elites’ Disregard of the Immigration Costs Paid by Americans Chicago’s Top Cop: Police are ‘Second-Guessing Themselves’ First Lady's Garden, Like Obamacare, Will Prove Hard to Uproot Sheesh. On my nickel, too State Dept. And White House Coordinated To ‘Crush’ Clinton Email Coverage MSNBC Producer Going Full Hillary Fangirl In Email To Clinton Campaign Hillary’s statist solutions - Bigger government will further hobble the economy If only Trump would pretend to act like a sober president for a few weeks, he could win. Nobody wants Hillary, but Trump will not play the role Anti-Trump snobbery It can feel as if he built half of Manhattan, but he is not a "Manhattanite" No Apologies for Being Jewish - In the Days of Awe, we examine our sins, but defending Israel isn’t one of them. Krauthammer: ‘Everybody Knows’ Hillary Has a Private and Public Position On Everything, and That Trump Is Crude Hillary's camp was smart. They have neutralized this leak with the Trump hot mic video. Get rid of both of these jerks ISIS, Not Russia, Is The Enemy In Syria Russia is not a real US enemy anywhere. Syria is of no interest to the US. Cold War 2.0: Obama Doctrine Of Weakness Has Reawakened The Russian Bear KGB thug just wants some respect. His country is still a loser.
Because there is more to life than comfort. Humans are not cows. Friday, October 7. 2016Hurricane!Thousands of Florida residents ignore the millions who evacuated historic Hurricane Matthew to SURF and PARTY their way 4,001 Days: The Major Hurricane Drought Continues So much for that major threat to the US. The hype certainly keeps people watching the news, though, with the dopey reporters in rain jackets saying "Wow, look at that wind." Of course, if you live in storm or flood zones, you must always expect such things. The poor people of Haiti can not be prepared even though storms are part of life there.
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Friday morning links New Urbs: Death by chain store Experts Believe $225 Million of Old Master Paintings Could Be Fake California energy virtue: Another Environmental Epic Fail Deconstruction: An American Tale The deconstruction fad died when people decided to deconstruct deconstructionism Make Colleges Pay Loans If Their Graduates Can't The War on Cash: Banks, governments, credit card companies and fintech evangelists all want us to believe a cashless future is inevitable and good. But this isn't a frictionless utopia says Brett Scott, and it's time to fight back Why Are Millions of American Men Choosing Not to Work? The Guardian: Opposing Linguistic Decay Is Racist U.S. Economic Growth Downgraded to Largest 1-Year Drop Seen for Advanced Economy Biofuels turn out to be a climate mistake -- here's why Turning the USA Totalitarian for the 'Better Good' Liberal professors outnumber conservatives nearly 12 to 1, study finds California petitions to become first state to offer ObamaCare to illegal immigrants VDH: If we are all victims of some sort, who are left to be the victimizers? Democrat Pollster: Great Opposition to Hillary’s Refugee Expansion Even Among Democrats Obama Administration Is Quietly Delaying Thousands of Deportation Cases Doesn't the US have specific immigration laws? Sexism, Trump, and American Media Hillary Planted Child Actor to Ask Question at Pathetic Little Town Hall Rally Real people ask the wrong questions Did the Media Just Fall Hook, Line, and Sinker for a Clinton Campaign Stunt? Clinton Sought Pentagon, State Department Contracts for Chelsea’s Friend Typical Hillary Taps 68-Year-Old Hysteria Monger Gore for Millennial Outreach For Next UN Secretary-General, A Managerially Incompetent Socialist A Look Inside the Latest Gaza Women’s Flotilla - The activists on board are no peaceful bunch Thursday, October 6. 2016Explain it to me in simple English, if you canAs if I were a very slow child: What is Blockchain, and what good is it?
Idiot talking heads
Well, then I guess the deal failed in its purpose.
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American blacks against Andrew Jackson
His post is grimly amusing, but I think he misses three points: 1)These "rioters" are rent-a-mobs," paid rioters and 2) rioting is fun, especially when you feel you have some sort of legal immunity and 3) I do not know any American blacks who would act like that. Related, about Andrew Jackson's statue.
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Thursday morning links Large women: Why Tim Gunn is Right About The Fashion Industry Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Investors Win Round Against Government Elites Want a Borderless World, but Voters Don’t So import new voters Arms dealer who threatened to reveal Clinton's Libya dealings rips DOJ for 'injustice' Maryland’s ACA health co-op will switch to for-profit to save itself Ind. office raided in growing voter fraud case Ineligible aliens voted in Philadelphia in recent years John McCain Grills Media For Twisting Trump’s Words About PTSD VIDEO= Eric Trump Goes on CNN After VP Debate and OWNS Liberal Panel Kaine’s bad performance matters more than you think Tim Kaine is as unlikable as Hillary Clinton Hillary Caught Using Child Actor At Pennsylvania Town Hall All of her questioners are prepped shills Re Trump: Wake Up, Smell the Trumpening, Quit Yer Bitching, and Put on Your Big Boy Pants, Punks Europe tells British press NOT to reveal if terrorists are Muslims US Generals Caving in to the left’s apologists for Islamic terrorism. Wednesday, October 5. 2016Kolleges Beyond Satire, #1456 and 1457
James Madison U has a new list of forbidden phrases What sorts of words are permissible to describe these amateur totalitarian toxic morons?
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The politics of climateThe Pew study shows that the endless repetition about climate, and blaming all bad weather on climate (while never blaming nice weather on climate)as in "Due to climate change, the US has gone 10 years without a hurricane") has had some impact, but people are not really too frightened. For example, their survey indicates that climate-worriers do no more for "the environment" than anybody else. Of course, most of the cute greeny things people do "for the environment" are meaningless and pointless exercises in virtue-signaling and I have to suppose most people know that. More accurately, virtue-signaling and/or magical thinking. Wednesday morning links Over the years, I've become a Timex guy. Expensive watches are jewelry. I have noticed that the younger folk rarely use watches anymore. The Spanish-Speaking William F. Buckley A big Dutch bank is replacing 5,800 people with machines The Trial of Orenthal James Simpson No proof that shooting predators saves livestock Survivor of grizzly attack tells harrowing tale; see video The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives The danger of imaginary arrows Interesting website: Notes On Liberty When Did Our Elites Become Self-Serving Parasites? New Smithsonian hails accuser Anita Hill, barely mentions Clarence Thomas Surprise: Warmists Link Hurricane Matthew To ‘Climate Change’ Trump Must Learn from Pence to Win "Trump appears to be the default position for millions of voters. And if he stops working every day to drive them away over the next four weeks, Trump could still be elected the 45th president of the United States." Mika Brzezinski Tears Into Hillary — ‘Get Off Your High Horse!’ MSNBC Asks Millennial Women If They Feel Connected To Clinton — Crowd Yells ‘No!’ Please Tell Me These FBI/DOJ ‘Side Deals’ with Clinton E-Mail Suspects Didn’t Happen It's all quite remarkable. Imagine if a Republican... Unstable, Unruly, and Reprobate: The Middle East Today
Tuesday, October 4. 2016The Great CometThat's on the advice of our NYC theatrical daughter, who thought Hamilton was a typical,schlocky, over-hyped pseudo-historical Broadway spectacle. We are generally off-Broadway if not off-off-Broadway people, but that daughter is discerning so I guess we ought to listen to her. Other daughter loved Hamilton.
Hillary’s Grave-Robber Tax HikeFrom Mitchell:
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Tuesday morning links The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past 10 Exercises They Taught You In School That You Should NEVER Do The rise and fall of MTV’s empire Bass Pro Shops acquiring Cabela's From Asia to North America, here are the most popular destinations around the globe. I think that combines business with recreational travel The Best Airlines to Fly Coach Let’s spend 1.5T dollars per year on alien invasion research. A small price to pay to save humanity, just in case. If gender is a choice and students designate their preferred pronouns, can John Doe apply for a women’s scholarship? Kimball: One of the most conspicuous strategies to limit free speech on campuses Columbia Student: I Was Reported to Gender-Based Misconduct Office for Calling Myself Handsome Mother Sues Hospital for Discrimination for Calling Transgender Son a Girl The Dark Heart of Progressivism - A conversation with Thomas C. Leonard, author of Illiberal Reformers. Yes Virginia, Aliens Are Registered or Voting… and in Pennsylvania, by the Thousands Clinton Campaign Admits Hillary Used Same Tax Avoidance "Scheme" As Trump All Journalists Proved About Donald Trump’s 1995 Return Was Their Own Ignorance How Hillary Clinton Grappled With Bill Clinton’s Infidelity, and His Accusers Trump and the Intellectuals Re never-Trumpers:" The logic here is Monday, October 3. 2016Monday morning links Happy 445th Birthday, Caravaggio Site new to me: Real Clear History. Fun My sis recommends Ron Howard's new film: 8 Days a Week Arizona’s War on Barbers Libs Wrong Again: Humans Are Naturally Violent Duh Easy money has not helped anything Money should cost market rates I’m a feminist who’s attracted to ‘manly men’ US university offers course for men to 'deconstruct toxic masculinities' What about toxic femininities? A lot of that going around these days When you do not know that it is a felony How much income is underreported? Professors who voiced conservative views reported to university’s bias response team Parents Pull Son From School Because ‘Hateful’ Third Graders Don’t Think He’s A Girl Have trannies put an end to Feminism? Minnesota to Raise Obamacare Rates by Half Democrats on FEC Vote Privately to Ban FOX News, WSJ from Covering Politics A "Grand Bargain" on Immigration Reform? An alliance of pro-immigrant Democrats and anti-immigration Republicans could finally fix our broken system Broken? As far as I can see, law is just being flouted. What is broken is laws. MN Housing Board to Pay Monthly Rent for Migrants Traveling Back to East Africa How about my friend's visits back to Scotland? The Ferguson Effect in Ferguson Texas A&M ‘anti-racism’ group demands mandatory ‘racism awareness’ classes Where Democrats Learned the Art of Racial Tribalism - A "civil rights" icon's contribution to her party's moral collapse.
White House wants to add new racial category for Middle Eastern people I suggest Semitic Doctor Links ‘Low Testosterone Levels’ to Men Who Support Clinton Trump May Have Had the Worst Week in Presidential Campaign History If Trump thinks debate prep is for chumps, his advisers can’t save him from himself He ain't Nigel Farage Hillary, they have many names. "The Time I Found Donald Trump’s Tax Records in My Mailbox." Gingrich and Hannity stage an intervention with Trump over Alicia Machado Cher: Millennials ‘Don’t Trust’ Hillary Clinton Because Her ‘Sins Are Really Enormous’ Former Producer: SNL Has ‘Moral Obligation’ to Show Trump’s Dark Side NY Times and Clinton Crime Family Commit Criminal Act – Publish Donald Trump’s 1995 Tax Returns Yes, please, a new Cold War. We need one desperately, a conflict responsibly managed in place of the reckless, insane drive for world hegemony emanating from the crazed, evil criminals in Washington who are driving the world to Armageddon. Saturday, October 1. 2016Saturday morning links
Why Does Time Go Forward Instead of Backward? Time is crazy. Fall back, Spring forward. Proof that time can go backwards, or skip a beat, The Carnegie Deli: sic transit glorious pastrami I've had a sandwich there. Darn good but too big. They always made their own pastrami. Heartburn! It’s Official: Marine Rifle Squads are Getting Drones This teenager was walking for hours to and from work — until a police stop changed his life Florida: Christian Schools Can’t Take A Knee And Pray Before Athletic Events… Prayer before a game is a subcultural tradition. Not my style, but we must respect other cultures, right? University Offers Costume Review to Combat Accidental Halloween Microaggressions I'd do Halloween in a costume reviewer outfit. Scare everybody.
If Catholic Lite and Lefty politics was supposed to fill the pews, then yes. Failing Government Managers Are Never Fired, They Are Just Moved (Or Even Promoted) Trump calls Muslim migration “the all-time biggest Trojan Horse”. Scientists say Paris climate accord essentially useless, it’s going to get warmer anyway Fine with me. More tomatoes in my garden. The Blue Civil War has the potential to scramble our political coalitions in big and unpredictable ways. CAFE Standards Distort Auto Production and Push Jobs South Histrionics rule the day: Shouldn't "Black Lives Matter" ought to start calling themselves "Facts Don’t Matter"? Bruh, Joe the Plumber Was Right; Obamacare Just Spread $11 Billion of Wealth Around Does Trump Really Want to Win? I'd guess he is ambivalent. That seems healthy to me. Why Is Donald Trump Keeping The Alicia Machado Story Alive? Doofus, He always takes the shiny bait that has a hook in it. Dumb fish. Send for Nigel! Trump flies in Farage to help sharpen up his debating skills for his next clash with Hillary Clinton Brilliant Hillary victim of subtle sexism Of course she is Why Didn't the FBI Give Hillary Clinton Immunity and Spare Us the Drama? Hillary Clinton Can’t Define The Middle Class… Hillary Mocks Bernie Supporters "Living In Their Parents’ Basement" Unlike her own daughter in $11 million NYC apartment and no job Clinton climbs to six-point lead in Nevada, ahead in Florida and New Hampshire Being a woman is not a qualification for becoming president U.S. Signed Secret Document to Lift U.N. Sanctions on Iranian Banks Ukraine marks 75th anniversary of Babi Yar massacre Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines
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