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Tuesday, October 16. 2012

Tuesday morning links


Hillary Makes The Smartest Political Move of this Cycle (h/t Doug Ross)


This, apparently, is an actual call into a Fargo, North Dakota radio station


Good grief


Europe seems hopeless


Update of Cooks Illustrated (h/t Synthstuff)


Ugliest university campuses


Eric Hobsbawm and the Neglect of Communist Crimes


The Higher-Education Version of the Government-Screws-Up-Everything Chronicles


New Threats to Riot if Obama Loses Election


Chief Justice Roberts kept asking about how much ancestry somebody needs to be A Diverse One: 1/4th, 1/8th, 1/32nd?


Taxes, charity cost Romney 57.9 percent of income


The Longest Yarn… JOE BIDEN CAUGHT IN LIE – Said He Played College Football – He Didn’t


Dick Morris: Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Even New Jersey Is in Play


Panic: Media Rush to Shore Up Obama's 'Firewall'


Frank Rich: The Tea Party Will Win in the End - This is a nation that loathes government and always has. Liberals should not be deluded: The Goldwater revolution will ultimately triumph, regardless of what happens in November.


The Politics of Impatience - For Michael Grunwald, the president’s vision matters more than his results.

Rudy Giuliani Asks Soledad O’Brien ‘Am I Debating With the President's Campaign?’


The New Blacklist - Some proponents of gay marriage would rather intimidate their critics than debate them.

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"This, apparently, is an actual call into a Fargo, North Dakota radio station"

This, apparently not so apparently, was based on an old news clipping which actually was apparently actual. Pic here.
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2012-10-16 08:06 (Reply)
Radio caller in Fargo ND, newspaper letter writer in Munster Indiana.

I find it hard to know if either or both were attempting humor, the phone call had much more story and detail than the earlier newspaper letter.

Snopes has more detail on the newspaper letter, which leads me to think that one was a prank. There is plenty of evidence for this joke being out there long ago, even a late '70's deer crossing skit on Saturday Night Live with Steve Martin, Al Franken, and Bill Murray.

Yet "they can move the deer population to anywhere they want to" does seem to illustrate the view that problems are intractable only because of lack of will for action on the part of the government. I suspect that is half the reason for the popularity of this audio slideshow -- it is not merely mocking the person who thinks that the crossing signs are prescriptive rather than reactive, it touches something deeper.
#1.1 Douglas2 on 2012-10-16 11:56 (Reply)
"For Michael Grunwald, the president’s vision matters more than his results." Intentions, you see, are REAL! Results, not so much. Road To Hell, and all that, doncha know.

"The New Blacklist": Quel suprise. They don't want folks to vote because they are convinced they will lose. Violence and intimidation works for islamists, and gays, and...
#2 Sam L. on 2012-10-16 10:39 (Reply)
RE: BLACKLIST

It saddens me to see the folks over at "National Review Online" to take soooo long to understand the true use of the new media technologies. More importantly for it to take them so long to understand how so many women have taken charge of so many university departments, research projects, money granting positions in government offices, etc. BLACKLISTING is a tool that has been used without thought for personal responsibility, without concern for the victims--IT IS A HORRENDOUS "new tool" in the trick bag of the middle aged "change agents" around the country. MOST IMPORTANTLY IT IS USED AGAINST WHISTLEBLOWERS ! IT IS USED 99% of the time against straight, white, non-jewish males. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JUSTICE,or COURAGE! It has to do with our "change agents" devotion to the Chinese control of population, and the Swedish system of "keeping each other in their place." Any civilization that can control it's population with the absolutely "free" tool called BLACKLISTING--our "change agents" will use it!
#3 faculty wife on 2012-10-16 10:46 (Reply)
Re: Ugliest College Campuses

How could they possibly have missed Northeastern University?! It's just up the road from BU. Its quad is brain-killing ugly.
#4 bob sykes on 2012-10-16 12:09 (Reply)
My apologies to Mr. Kessler--however, it needs also be said that the worldwide Jewish community is so well organized and has so many centuries of experience in managing it's membership, they are the best example of networking. Their power to support and elevate each other is wonderful to watch in action. Their ability to destroy without cause an outsider is instantaneous!

Mr. Kessler you asked several weeks ago for more information and I want to give you that; I am also trying to be honorable and have not yet found a way to accept your gracious offer. Any ideas?
#5 faculty wife on 2012-10-16 12:40 (Reply)

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