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Start-ups: I am Going To Make A Fortune in the New Legalized Marijuana Market.... Uh, Maybe Not

Strategy is grim reality, and hope is not a plan. That's why most people settle to being employees and bitching about their jobs

Americans don’t need elite tastes to join the upper class

Women Who Emotionally Abuse Men

Happens every day. Women should all go lesbian and try that out

Acceptance Of Polygamy Is Rising, But Why Is This A Liberal Issue?

Prof: 'Cadre of militant LBGT students' drove me to resign

COLLEGE PAPER CALLS OUT "COGNITIVE PRIVILEGE" OF SMART PEOPLE

$130 million of Nazi gold may be in a sunken cargo ship

Basic rules for screenwriting action scenes

Shabby chic in the Hamptons

Why Connecticut Is Circling The Drain Financially

Why barbarians always win

Moonbats Flock To Chelsea Clinton Book Signing In Falmouth, MA

DHS: 2.6 Million H-1B Foreign Workers Approved to Enter US in Last Decade

Why your kids can't get good jobs

Apple Removes Apps From China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship

Washington Post whitewashes California Imam’s “Annihilate the Jews” sermon

Gov. Greg Abbott: How George Soros is helping Obama Democrats buy their way back to power

Kinsley: "Yes, it’s true that Hillary Clinton got more votes, but he got the votes of more than 62 million people — and I am pretty sure I don’t know any of them."

Yes you do, Michael, but they aren't sharing

Proliferating Scandals Make Mueller Investigation Ludicrous

'Collusion' Collapses: Dem Congressional Espionage Ring Takes Center Ring

Wasserman Schultz ‘Negotiating’ With Police Over Access To Evidence In Hacking Probe

Not that I need the info right now, but how exactly does one negotiate with police?

The Bizarre Hacking Scandal That Democrats And The Press Are Happy To Ignore

Chuck Schumer: ‘Our Founding Fathers Intended’ for Congress to ‘Improve Our Healthcare System’

THE LEFT’S WAR ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT … and the crisis of an illiberal media.

Who would want to work for Trump?

Not me. Public humiliation is not my thing

Conrad Black:

... most have never seen such an immediate and no holds-barred battle between the Washington power structure and a new administration, because there has never been one, and want to see which way it moves before getting aboard one battle wagon or the other.

Huffpo: The GOP Is No Longer A ‘Conservative’ Party - They’ve become radical, and they want to remake America.

Moderates Stand in the Way of ObamaCare Repeal, Time for President Trump to End the Congressional Exemption

Watch them squeal

Scenes from Multicultural Europe

Book: A grunt’s eye view of the Vietnam War

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most people settle to being employees and bitching about their jobs

You have to admit, though, that a liquid 750k and twice that in assets is a high bar.

#1 Meh on 2017-07-31 07:49 (Reply)

The college leftists have gotten totally out of control. Give in to them a little and they demand the entire thing. The "far out" professor gets to see what the colleges have done to every day people in the US.
Take away the congressional exemption and see how the wealthy bastards like what everybody is expected to love in their healthcare. The few people that I know that have been forced to go on Obamacare can't afford treatment due to such high deductibles. They also kind of approve of Obamacare since they are getting financial help from the government to pay their premiums. Let's see McCain go on it for his brain cancer treatment, yah sure.

#2 JC on 2017-07-31 07:57 (Reply)

What happened to the Rip Tides post?

#3 Jerry on 2017-07-31 09:09 (Reply)

Everyone underestimates the power of the 'rip tide'. It was sucked out to sea.

#3.1 JK Brown on 2017-07-31 11:48 (Reply)

I think what happened is some troll made stupid disgusting comments so it was taken down in the public interest.

#3.2 OneGuy on 2017-07-31 17:43 (Reply)

Cognitive Privilege. I think it depends on what one means. To have more skill or ability does depend initially on aptitude and inherited characteristics. Evolution would say that's not precisely "luck," but at an individual level we could call it that. There is certainly no moral superiority that attaches to it, though we do treat it that way. The college writer is correct that at some level of cosmic justice that's not fair. Life isn't fair, and I'm glad the Iowan is recognizing that early.

From that point things divide. It is better to be good at something than not to be good at it, and societies have a strong tendency to push members into positions it finds more useful, and to reward them for that. Putting in effort to do something better is worthy of admiration. (Okay, I admit, maybe determination is also inherited and another kind of luck.)

If we are talking about value in the eyes of God, that's entirely in His hands, and He is on record as not seeing things the same way we do, quite emphatically at times.

#4 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2017-07-31 09:25 (Reply)

Right--there's a big difference between rationally expecting to be valued for excelling at cognitive work, without shame or embarrassment, and expecting to be given a pass for ordinary duties of human decency because we're a smart kid. Same goes for physical beauty, athletic ability, wealth, etc. The smart kid deserves the Phi Beta Kappa key and the job in high finance. He doesn't deserve to get all his speeding tickets fixed, or to have the police wink at his rape charges.

#4.1 Texan99 on 2017-07-31 11:49 (Reply)

Related, from SlateStarCode (h/t to Instapundit) href="http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/07/24/targeting-meritocracy/"

One interesting point from the excerpt I read - if you are really going by 'merit' then how one gets to merit should be irrelevant, i.e. if somebody buys their way into extra intelligence in some fashion their position in life is just as much deserved as one who is 'naturally gifted'.

#4.1.1 Christopher B on 2017-07-31 16:28 (Reply)

"Moonbats Flock To Chelsea Clinton Book Signing In Falmouth, MA"
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Want to see the hand-written notes or the entire research files authored by Chelsea herself. Otherwise this is just another faked, ghosted celeb book; a trend started when Sorensen wrote "Profiles in Courage", wholly attributed to JFK, then continuing when that damned-near-illiterate (oh, he could read a teleprompter, sure) Muslim Kenyan faked his authorship of "Dreams of My Father", surely written by terrorist Bill Ayres.

#5 B48 on 2017-07-31 09:35 (Reply)

HuffPo and the Radical GOP - Translation: "The GOP wants to reclaim territory we recently acquired. Because we are essentially toddlers who believe everything in the nursery we touched is ours forever, we declare them to be evil."

#6 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2017-07-31 09:49 (Reply)

Most people have heard of the "fourth turning" so to view it in those terms we can see that the boomers broke all the rules of society. As the fourth turning ends it is also a boomer that leads society out of the boomer age by re establishing the rules once again. He is "breaking" the rule breakers and the boomers are acting like jihadists in that they think once they have broken down the social rules they should stay broken down. The boomer jihadist players are not going to like the finish.

#6.1 indyjonesouthere on 2017-07-31 16:26 (Reply)

Huffpo: The GOP Is No Longer A ‘Conservative’ Party - They’ve become radical, and they want to remake America.

Like the President who wanted to "fundamentally transform" America.

#6.2 Gringo on 2017-07-31 20:20 (Reply)

QUOTE:

Why barbarians always win ... Why can’t the Muslims, Africans, and Indians be more civilized like people in the West? Why do they insist on endless breeding

Fertility rates have declined among those groups, and are expected to continue to decline.

QUOTE:

Nature does not care about education, “high quality” offspring, college degrees, equal rights, cleanliness, sustainability, philosophy, or the environment. It cares about fertility and might, and the species or race that is most fertile and most powerful will be rewarded with the bounty that the Earth provides.

Actually, nature does "care" about quality as well as quantity. That's why some organisms will nurture their young for weeks or months or years instead of just letting them loose upon birth. In biology, the trade-off between quality and quantity is called r/K selection (albeit r/K selection theory is somewhat of a simplification).

QUOTE:

The people who are able to take over the planet in sheer numbers, regardless of their intelligence or manners, will come to rule the world

Historically, "barbarians" have sometimes been militarily successful, but have also nearly always been assimilated into the more developed culture.

#7 Zachriel on 2017-07-31 10:33 (Reply)

2.6 million H-1b visas in last 10 years. This doesn't even come close to the reality. For ever H-1b visa there are 1-6 close family members who come here with them. Also H-1b visa is not the only one that allows foreigners to come here to work. Your local college brings in hundreds and in some cases thousands of foreigners under the guise of getting an education but are actually back door immigrants. They don't go home and the college actually facilitates this and helps them get a job so they can stay here. The total for the last 10 years is a lot closer to 26 million in the last ten years not 2.6 million. This is fraud and collusion on a massive scale. All of these are in addition to the "legal" immigration that we think we understand but is also full of misinformation and coverup.

#8 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-07-31 10:35 (Reply)

You are correct. I see this all of the time, living in a higher education corridor.

#8.1 annieoakley on 2017-08-01 00:09 (Reply)

Here is an example of the stealth foreign worker problem:
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/01/foreigners-imported-build-american-auto-plants-investigation-finds/

#8.2 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-08-01 14:08 (Reply)

QUOTE:

Proliferating Scandals Make Mueller Investigation Ludicrous

The Mueller "investigation" is and has been ludicrous from it's inception and everyone knows it... well, almost everyone.

#9 drowningpuppies on 2017-07-31 11:01 (Reply)

drowningpuppies: The Mueller "investigation" is and has been ludicrous from it's inception and everyone knows it... well, almost everyone.

Other than the Justice Department. And a majority of the American people, who think that the Trump campaign had inappropriate ties to Russia, and that Trump has interfered with the investigation.

#9.1 Zachriel on 2017-07-31 12:25 (Reply)

Well, almost everyone.
As pointed out in the article, real scandals and real inappropriate ties to the Russians are being somewhat ignored in favor of a made-up scandal.

#9.1.1 drowningpuppies on 2017-07-31 13:13 (Reply)

Case in point:

The opposition research firm behind the infamous Trump dossier, Fusion GPS, worked with several prominent media outlets to spread dirt on President Trump’s alleged ties to Russia. Those same media outlets, which have enthusiastically pounced on every new detail regarding the Russia investigation, have been oddly uninterested in probing into the crucial role of Fusion GPS.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/29/trump-dossier-firm-worked-with-media-outlets-now-giving-the-firm-a-pass/?utm_source=site-share

#9.1.1.1 drowningpuppies on 2017-07-31 15:14 (Reply)

drowningpuppies: Well, almost everyone. {But this that and the other thing}

One balderdash at a time.

#9.1.1.2 Zachriel on 2017-07-31 15:21 (Reply)

Handwaving is not an argument.

#9.1.1.2.1 drowningpuppies on 2017-07-31 15:39 (Reply)

drowningpuppies: Handwaving is not an argument.

That's right. Your original claim was that "almost everyone" knows that the the Mueller investigation is ludicrous. When it was pointed out this claim is false, you waved your hands.

If you were to modify your original claim in the light of the evidence presented, then we would consider your new claim.

#9.1.1.2.1.1 Zachriel on 2017-07-31 16:48 (Reply)

It is now clear, in retrospect, that most of the stuff described as "news" and claimed as "evidence" was in fact a bunch of ginned-up narratives which successfully took hold in the public mind inside the beltway and coastal blue cities.
Most of America wasn't buying it then and doesn't now.

Fusion GPS is not a sporty hybrid that gets great gas mileage, btw.

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1 drowningpuppies on 2017-07-31 18:35 (Reply)

drowningpuppies: Most of America wasn't buying it then and doesn't now.

Half of Americans express concern that President Trump or members of his campaign had inappropriate contact with members of the Russian government and 6 in 10 believe that Trump attempted to obstruct the investigation into these possible contacts, according to a new survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2017-08-01 09:37 (Reply)

Ah, yes, a poll! Wow! A thousand people!

A poll conducted in early June after 7 months of ginned up narratives, rumors, and speculation by a biased media intent on bringing down the Trump Presidency.

Haven't you kidz realized how misleading poll results can be and have been?
Re: With 95% confidence Hillary will win the Presidency...

Hillarious!

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 drowningpuppies on 2017-08-01 10:47 (Reply)

drowningpuppies: A thousand people!

Add statistics to the list of things you don't understand. If you add salt to soup, thoroughly stir the soup, then taste the soup, does that single spoonful give a reasonable indication of what the rest of the soup will taste like? It's called sampling.

drowningpuppies: A poll conducted in early June after 7 months of ginned up narratives, rumors, and speculation by a biased media intent on bringing down the Trump Presidency.

That wasn't the issue, though. You claimed that "most of America wasn't buying" the Russia investigation. We provided evidence that argues against your claim, which is significantly more evidence than simply waving your hands and saying "Is not!"

drowningpuppies: Re: With 95% confidence Hillary will win the Presidency...

The polls taken just before the election were reasonably accurate, with most showing her +3%, when her final total was Clinton +2%. She was leading by several points more, but that lead evaporated in the wake of Comey saying he had reopened the Clinton investigation. Many undecideds made their decision during that period, breaking for Trump. Nevertheless, the national polls were within a point or two of the final result.

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2017-08-01 11:00 (Reply)

Your ginned up narratives are falling apart, kiddiez.
Every day.

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 drowningpuppies on 2017-08-01 11:26 (Reply)

Presumably, you have no argument to defend your claim that "most of America wasn't buying" the Russia investigation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(statistics)

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2017-08-01 11:31 (Reply)

drowningpuppies: A poll conducted in early June after 7 months of ginned up narratives, rumors, and speculation by a biased media intent on bringing down the Trump Presidency.

Instead of arguing vaining against facts, you should argue something arguable. You might argue that the investigation is unwarranted, not the false claim that most people think the investigation is unwarranted.

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Zachriel on 2017-08-01 11:36 (Reply)

Nah, I'll continue to laugh at your foolishness.
Your narrative continues to fall apart.
Hillarious.

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 drowningpuppies on 2017-08-01 11:45 (Reply)

Doesn't matter how many people were duped into believing Russian collusion falsehood, still no evidence of any of it. All built on innuendo and rumor. Notice many of the 'sure thing' accounts by the press have disappeared over time?

I have.

I'll just name one: about 2 months ago, the media was all atwitter about Nigel Farage being 'under investigation' by FBI. Where did that go? Down the rabbit hole of lies.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/01/nigel-farage-is-person-of-interest-in-fbi-investigation-into-trump-and-russia

There's more crap like this. The breathless CNN accounts of non-evidence as if it were evidence with no arrests or announcement made in over 1 year of 'investigating.'

Zachriel, you may 'believe' this stuff, but it's all a pack of lies. Sorry. You fell for it and so did other Americans b/c the media kept it in the news and told you there was a story.

There is no story except about Obama unmasking and lying to FISA court to get warrants to spy on Trump campaign people.

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2 MissT on 2017-08-01 15:46 (Reply)

MissT: Nigel Farage being 'under investigation' by FBI

Did you read your own link? Farage was never named as a suspect or a target of the investigation. He was named a "person of interest" meaning that he may have information pertinent to the investigation. So?

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1 Zachriel on 2017-08-01 16:06 (Reply)

Still laughing!😂😂😂

#9.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1.1 drowningpuppies on 2017-08-01 18:25 (Reply)

Re cognitive privilege. Current political correctness is just surreal. The PC loathe ability, skill and talent, which they find intolerably offensive and therefore among the things to be eliminated. For example, elementary schools give ribbons to all the children who run in races, because they are terrified of ‘offending’ and traumatizing the children who do not win or place in the race. In college all the students get an A for attendance. That's why college degrees are increasingly becoming worthless pieces of paper.

#10 Ray on 2017-07-31 11:46 (Reply)

The story, 'Harrison Bergeron', was prescient.

#10.1 steve walsh on 2017-07-31 14:55 (Reply)

"Why your kids can't get good jobs"

Why your kids, who actually majored in something useful in college, can't get good jobs. I they were Liberal Arts majors, then by definition they didn't major in something economically useful. They may, assuming they actually learned anything, have improved their conversation potential as a dinner party guest.

QUOTE:

Entrepreneurs, particularly those in technical jobs, are not necessarily the best people to have dinner with. I recall a heuristic I used in my previous profession when hiring people (called “separate those who, when they go to a museum, look at the Cézanne on the wall from those who focus on the contents of the trash can”): the more interesting their conversation, the more cultured they are, the more they will be trapped into thinking that they are effective at what they are doing in real business (something psychologists call the halo effect, the mistake of thinking that skills in, say, skiing translate unfailingly into skills in managing a pottery workshop or a bank department, or that a good chess player would be a good strategist in real life).

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

#11 JK Brown on 2017-07-31 12:07 (Reply)

I would say that a liberal arts education, old style, could be a real education and more than an improver of dinner conversation. Taleb, for example, is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history, as well as mathematics.

The difficulties are a) a liberal arts education ain't what it used to be and b) even at its best, it was a system that could be gamed and the student could come out with the initial appearance of education but no substance underneath.

#11.1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2017-07-31 15:24 (Reply)

It's hard for me to understand how a leftist like Vonnegut wrote "Harrison Bergeron."

#12 Randy on 2017-07-31 21:46 (Reply)

The same way a leftist wrote 1984. Most great art (but not all!) of the last century has been created by leftists, including and especially futurist literature.

Perhaps it is because leftists conjure the future, while rightists merely remember the past.

#12.1 Zachriel on 2017-08-01 10:53 (Reply)

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