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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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    Friday, January 22. 2016

    Friday morning links

    The clean eating delusion:



    ... there is a tendency to believe that existing in the natural state of every person would mean their body functions perfectly. In reality the human body is a kluge, a series of evolutionary compromises that functions well enough to breed, and exists in a constant state of decay, barely staving off entropy for seven or eight decades until finally succumbing to the inevitable.


    Don’t get me wrong, the human body is also a marvel of evolutionary complexity. Biology is subtle and powerful. But it is also messy and imperfect. Everything that can go wrong, does (in someone). I think most people intellectually know this, but just don’t want it to be true.



    Boys Explained: If It’s Fun, Let’s Make It Dangerous


    Bowra on friendship


    The nun is a beggar


    Sipp on home heating


    Libertarians on porn


    Harvard just proposed a radically new approach to college admissions in America


    Many Climate Economists Reject Climate Models and Turn to Ethical Judgments


    Harsanyi:  America 2016: Burn It All Down!


    ‘13 Hours’: It’s Political


    Obama Spends $10 Million Traveling To Vacations And Fundraisers In 2015 Alone…


    The Right To Tell The Government To Go To Hell (In An Age Of Bullies, Censors, And Compliants)


    Many Americans Don’t Seem All That Upset about Big Government


    Trump vs. Sanders? Get Ready for a Populist Disaster


    Conservatives against Trump


    The IG Had to Get His Clearance Level Upped Just to Read Hillary's Secrets-Soaked Private Email


    Kirsten Powers: Can Hillary take '13 Hours' of truth?


    Hinderaker:  For President, Marco Rubio


    Sorry, Hillary: Women care more about their president than his (or her) agenda.


    Hollande’s Socialist Wonderland


    Swedish Police Banned From Describing Criminal Suspects by Race


    Merkel Lectures Austria: Cap on Migrants NOT HELPFUL for European Solution


    WH: “Entirely Likely”, “Even Expected” That Iran Will Use Money We Released For Terrorism


    Iran's elite Guards to gain regional, economic power in post-sanctions era


    Afghanistan:  When Money Can’t Buy An Army


    A book;  Putinism: Russia and Its Future with the West


    Palestinians: Western Media's Ignorance and Bias


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