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Saturday, September 17. 2016

Low- functioning men play a lot of video games

Privacy Concerns Around 'Smart' Dildos

Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt

Fully-intact. What a find! With video (h/t NYM)

Here Are The "Lines Of People" Waiting For The New iPhone 7

He said "Thank God you're getting a makeover"

Colorado College Accused of ‘Body Shaming’ for Being Committed to Healthy Living

Fit-looking people make others feel bad. The pursuit of proud victimhood never ends.

Canadian college student sees “safe space” violated by classmate … wearing Trump hat

The fundamentals of personality do not change

It's why we can pick up with old pals after 20 years, and not miss a beat

Is 70 the new retirement age?

Most retired people I know had no choice about it. People like work best when they do not feel like they have to do it.

Why Black Tie Optional Deserves to Die - The "optional" part of the dress code should never be an option.

I agree

Former French President and presidential candidate Sarkozy states his position as a climate skeptic

Marc Jacobs is accused of 'cultural appropriation' after sending white models including Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid down the catwalk with fake dreadlocks

Gotta laugh

Stop the insanity! High school football fans told to stop chanting "USA, USA"

New Study Finds Taxpayers Are Fleeing New York, Illinois and California

The Greediest People in America Are Liberal Democrats

Just Why Does Hillary Clinton Want to Be President?

Release The Chakra! Hillary Campaign In Talks To Bring Al Gore To Campaign Trail…

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Free candy time

From Scott Adams' When Reality Turned Inside Out:

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Having fun

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Ethnic cleansing: Memories of 1929 and 1948

Can the European Union Survive? Scholars debate the E.U.'s future but agree the answer is in the economy.

Nope. It's also culture and history.

Why the U.N.’s Israel obsession should worry even people who don’t care about Israel

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Retirement:
I'm now 67 and have no plans to retire at this point. Part is economic, I can manage, but I'd have to cut back, and I don't want to.

But more than that, working, having people depend on my perfomance keeps me focused. A co worker who was about a year older than me retired at 65, but now he's back. He said the turning point was when he had to go to the post office, but it wasn't open yet so he waited... along with a group of old men who were also just waiting for the post office to open. That's when he realized how bored he had become.

#1 jay on 2016-09-17 07:19 (Reply)

black tie optional? It is Dumb to wear a coat in the summer. Its even dumber to wear a tie...Any time

#2 bgarrett on 2016-09-17 09:39 (Reply)

"USA, USA"

Just doesn't seem offense to me. Unlike the black power/black supremacy salute which does offend me. Waving the American flag doesn't seem offensive either unlike the pan-African flag you will see on cars and clothing.

#3 GoneWithTheWind on 2016-09-17 09:42 (Reply)

QUOTE:

High school football fans told to stop chanting "USA, USA"

Such as when white students used it to taunt Hispanic students from an opposing school team.

When Chanting "USA!" At A Sporting Event Is A Racist Cheer

#3.1 Zachriel on 2016-09-17 10:08 (Reply)

Presumably they are American citizens, so what could be wrong with it?

#3.1.1 Sam L. on 2016-09-17 10:45 (Reply)

Because it was chanted AT them. It was clearly meant as a taunt.

#3.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-09-17 10:48 (Reply)

What about the Mexicans who raise the Mexican flag on American school grounds or protest immigration policy by carrying Mexican flags?

This is the US. If you are a US citizen, then somebody shouting "USA" to you shouldn't bother you. You should join in.

#3.1.1.1.1 mudbug on 2016-09-17 11:38 (Reply)

Then they need to grow up or leave. This is America, not Mexico.

#3.1.1.1.2 Jim on 2016-09-17 21:08 (Reply)

Um, the discussion concerns children.

#3.1.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2016-09-18 08:03 (Reply)

I think Zach is on to something by golly. Why would hispanics wave those racist Mexican flags or speak Spanish except to taunt white and black kids. Right? Am I right? Can I get an amen? After all if it's racist INSIDE the good old US of A to wave the American flag what in the hell are they waving Mexican flags for??? And for that matter wouldn't it be racist of them to even wave the Mexican flag in Mexico (clearly intended to taunt the gringos who come down to Mexico to 'exploit' their drinking water that makes you sick and to dodge bullets from the drug cartels. Let's send Zach there to clean up that racist country.

#3.1.2 GoneWithTheWind on 2016-09-17 15:27 (Reply)

Right! Annnnnnnd, AMEN!

#3.1.2.1 Sam L. on 2016-09-17 17:50 (Reply)

I'd change to "The Hell With You!"

#3.2 Sam L. on 2016-09-17 10:40 (Reply)

Re: The Greediest People in America Are Liberal Democrats

Quite so, but the author didn't even touch on the evidence that the conservatives are more charitable than lefties. They give more to charity and are even more likely to give blood than those on the left.

From each according to his gullibility to each according to his greed.

#4 mudbug on 2016-09-17 11:45 (Reply)

mudbug: What about the Mexicans who raise the Mexican flag on American school grounds or protest immigration policy by carrying Mexican flags?

Please be specific.

mudbug: This is the US. If you are a US citizen, then somebody shouting "USA" to you shouldn't bother you. '

The Civil Rights marchers of the 1960s carried the American flag. The KKK in the 1920s carried the American flag. Context does matter.

#5 Zachriel on 2016-09-17 11:50 (Reply)

Civil Rights marchers, 1960s

KKK, 1920s

#5.1 Zachriel on 2016-09-17 11:55 (Reply)

The KKK were the same as members of the Democrat Party in good standing. Now that Democrat leaders like Robert Byrd are dead we tend to forget that Democrat politicians also tended to be the local Kleagle and Grand Cyclops, and that KKK meetings were typically held at the Democrat Party headquarters. Such is the politically correct re-writing of history.

#5.1.1 Jim on 2016-09-17 21:16 (Reply)

You misspelled 'narrative'.

#5.2 Christopher B on 2016-09-17 12:07 (Reply)

In this case, narrative is pertinent. The KKK and the Civil Rights marchers had very different narratives related to the American flag. Same flag, different messages. So, yes. The context does matter.

#5.2.1 Zachriel on 2016-09-17 12:10 (Reply)

Here are some links:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/mexicoflag.asp
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/05/06/year-ripping-schools-mexican-flag-student-regrets/
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Mexican-flag-fuels-immigration-debate-1499466.php
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/05/25/f-ck-donald-trump-protesters-drape-mexican-flag-over-themselves-during-rally/
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2007/05/illegal-immigrants-rally-for-dead-marxist-che-guevara/
http://napoleonlive.info/did-you-know/creating-chaos-and-disorder/

I don't understand your example with Civil Rights marchers, the KKK, and the American flag. They are both allowed to carry it (or should be). I am an American. If someone shouts "USA" to me, it doesn't bother me at all. I happen to be white. If someone calls me a white person or talks about white people or even shouts about white people, it makes no difference to me. If I were a German and someone shouted "USA" to me, I might consider it an affront as though they were saying Americans are superior to me or Germans, but I doubt it. If I were in Germany and they shouted "Deutschland" to me, why should I care?

#5.3 mudbug on 2016-09-17 12:16 (Reply)

mudbug: Here are some links

The first one, "snopes" says the student was punished for breaking the rules. The second, "latino", is the same as the first. The third, "chron", the principal was ordered to remove the flag. The remainder were not at a school.

mudbug: They are both allowed to carry it (or should be).

Absolutely.

mudbug: I am an American. If someone shouts "USA" to me, it doesn't bother me at all.

And if you were a black American in 1920, and saw the KKK waving the American flag coming towards their house one night, it meant something quite different than it did when civil rights marchers in the 1960s waved the flag.

mudbug: If someone calls me a white person or talks about white people or even shouts about white people, it makes no difference to me.

Overgeneralizations, especially about such a disparate group as "white people", are generally pernicious. However, in the U.S., whites are the majority and control most of the organs of power, so it matters far less than it would to an ordinary black trying to get along in life when people make overgeneralizations about blacks.

mudbug: If I were in Germany and they shouted "Deutschland" to me, why should I care?

If you were a German in 1940 who happened to be Jewish, then it might make a great deal of difference. Context does matter.

#5.3.1 Zachriel on 2016-09-17 12:48 (Reply)

I see you are one of Hillarys les deplorables. Right on! Right on! Fight the power!

#5.3.2 B Hammer on 2016-09-17 12:49 (Reply)

For the amusement of SOME readers, see
http://maxredline.typepad.com/maxredline/2016/09/trump-in-miami.html
and scroll down to the bumpersticker.

Zach, it's NOT for you.

#6 Sam L. on 2016-09-17 14:50 (Reply)

The retirement age has to go up because of economics. You need enough workers to supply goods and services to the number of retirees, based on the promise of the same deal for those workers.

If lifetimes lengthen, the retirement age has to go up to rebalance the numbers or workers and retirees.

No financing trick can get around that, whether it's SS or stocks.

#7 rhhardin (Link) on 2016-09-18 06:20 (Reply)

Hopefully the American students will sue the school district for violation of their civil rights.

#8 JIm on 2016-09-18 16:32 (Reply)

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