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Saturday, September 9. 2017

Saturday morning links

Photo is from my pal on vacation in the Dominican Republic. I guess they mostly missed damage from the big breeze, because it looks intact this morning.


Bow Hunter Mauled by Grizzly in Montana


 This Is What Miami Could Look Like On Sunday Morning


 12-Year-Old Transgender Boy Began Transition to Female, Changed Mind Two Years Later


 An open letter to students: This year, resolve to not be offended by everything


USA Today:  Make flood insurance reflect actual risk - After hurricanes, taxpayers can’t absorb ever increasing tabs: Our view


 The Mexico Earthquake Is ‘Climate Change’ Or Something



TWITTER MOVES TO SILENCE ALL CRITICISM OF ISLAM, As Sharia continues to descend over the Internet.


Coining a term: Kafkatrapping 


 Harvard students call Charles Murray a 'white nationalist'


 Democrats not thrilled about Hillary’s book tour, call it “the final torture”


Unions:  Another pillar of the Democrats goes wobbly


 Dianne Feinstein and the Left revive religious tests


 No, Eric Holder, DREAMers Aren’t Americans. That’s The Point.


 Hillary 2014: “Just Because Your Child Gets Across The Border, That Doesn’t Mean The Child Gets To Stay”


 9th Circuit Opinion on Trump Travel Order: Bring Your Whole Family - Not just your grandparents


The unfairness of DACA 


 Trump’s TV addiction is leading to big mistakes


Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 04:47 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (2)

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"Trump’s TV addiction is leading to big mistakes"

This is the third day in a row where Bird Dog has linked to an article where notorious anti-Trumper Rich Lowry is the centerpiece.

Anyone notice a pattern here?
#1 John Jeffries on 2017-09-09 06:53 (Reply)
Rich Lowry: NOT a trusted source for me, either.
#1.1 Sam L. on 2017-09-09 10:19 (Reply)
Might as well link directly to National Review ! Yeah, Trump watches too much TV.... and he has no path to the nomination.. and no way to 270. No way!
#1.1.1 UncleMax on 2017-09-09 10:37 (Reply)
Watching how hard Trump works, I don't think he takes the time to watch a lot of TV in his day. Unlike Obama who loved to watch Sportscenter. Yeah, wasn't Obama just the best?
#1.1.1.1 MissT on 2017-09-09 12:30 (Reply)
BD links to plenty of stuff complimentary to Trump. You're going to have to get used to people not always agreeing with you.

Social shaming as an argument is a tactic for liberals, not conservatives.
#1.2 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2017-09-09 11:59 (Reply)
Now you're just being silly. Merely recounting the facts isn't 'social shaming' by any stretch of the imagination. And that's not just three articles in a row featuring Lowry, but on three different sites. Best guess is that Bird Dog has subscribed to Lowry's email newscast, which sends out an email whenever he posts one of his anti-Trump articles. In essence, that says a lot more about Bird Dog and where he's leading this site than it does about Lowry.

Here's a fun fact:

Remember when Maggie's was always on those "Top 100 Conservative Sites" lists?

No longer.

http://thenewrevere.com/2017/03/top-100-conservative-websites-in-march-2017

Want to guess why not?
#1.2.1 John Jeffries on 2017-09-09 15:48 (Reply)
The Gang of Z.
#1.2.1.1 Sam L. on 2017-09-10 21:04 (Reply)
National Flood Insurance Program: People living in flood areas need to have skin in the game. And live on higher ground.

Mexican earthquake due to climate change: The ground is part of the atmosphere? WTH?????

Hill's book tour: Dems? You enabled her, and now you got to LIVE with her. Bummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmer.
#2 Sam L. on 2017-09-09 10:31 (Reply)
When the government subsidizes something, the costs go up and the ultimate beneficiaries of the sunfish are those who are providing the goods or services, i.e. when the government subsidizes insurance, the cost of insurance goes up and the people providing the insurance and the people the insurance company pays are the ones who benefit.

If someone claims that THE price they pay for the insurance is lower, it may be (it often isn't), but SOMEONE is paying for it and collectively, it's a higher price than if the subsidy didn't exist. In it's essence, it's simply a transfer of wealth from one group to another group.

The same is true with ObamaCare, farm subsidies, etc. as for flood insurance subsidies...and to make matters worse (and the ultimate cost higher), it creates a moral hazard fostering poor decisions.

If USA Today, is upset about the rest of us subsidizing federal flood insurance for foolish coastal dwellers and transferring our $ to them, where is their outrage regarding ObamaCare? Perhaps they're really upset because with Harvey & Irma, it's $ from Blue states going to Red states.
#2.1 mike m on 2017-09-09 12:14 (Reply)
Actually a lot of the money is going to blue cities...Houston isn't exactly a conservative stronghold. You do remember their mayor?
#2.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2017-09-09 19:50 (Reply)
"12-Year-Old Transgender Boy Began Transition to Female, Changed Mind Two Years Later"

Proving that this transgender business is a form of child abuse.

The only thing a 12 year-old boy should ever have to change his mind about two years later is what computer game, sports team or jeans he likes now.
#3 JJM on 2017-09-09 12:53 (Reply)

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