Maggie's Farm

Bird hunting today with what I am told will be maybe the best dog we've ever used. Pheasants for Thanksgiving?

 Want to live longer? Get a dog

I'm a skeptic on that, but a well-trained dog makes life better

Ladies: The Draft is Coming. The Senate just voted to require young women to register for the draft.

 Disaggregating the economy: cost of living by state 

Paltering: The art of lying with the truth 

 POLICE BODY CAMERAS CAN THREATEN CIVIL RIGHTS OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, NEW REPORT SAYS

Ya can't win in the race game 

DeGroot is grim:  The Future of Black America

Vietnam War: A confrontation of two ideologies 

 Dem Running For Ohio Gov Opens Up About Sexual Escapades With ’50 Attractive Females’

Like they say, politics is Hollywood for less appealing people 

Continetti:  The Great American Earthquake: Can the foundations of our society hold?

 The slightest glance at political, entertainment, and business headlines demonstrates that the bourgeois virtues of restraint, frugality, reticence, self-control, self-discipline, and fidelity are not only absent in our public life. They are denigrated. Nor is this a mere political phenomenon. The liberation of the sovereign self transcends race and creed, religion and party. It has bloated our waistlines along with our national deficits, tossed families into a spin cycle of disorientation and breakdown, and endangered and addled children. And though a great many families of schooling and wealth have been able to insulate themselves from the gale-force winds of instant gratification and narcissistic self-expression, those in the middle- and lower-ends of our society do not have the luxuries of loving two-parent families, good schools, safe neighborhoods, well-paying jobs, and welcoming churches.

 DEMOCRATS REVIVE THE “TRICKLE DOWN” SMEAR

I can't follow this story:  Fusion GPS Founder Told Congress He Regrets That His Research Ended Up In Kremlin Hands

Hot Air:

 The idea of settlements for congressional misconduct being paid secretly with taxpayer money in a republic is absurd. On what planet does a government that makes even a pretense of accountability allow the miscreants in its ranks to engage in malfeasance and stick the public with the bill without even admitting their misdeeds?

" We’ve literally gone from complete and total silence on this issue for nearly 20 years to people jumping on the Clinton-is-a-creep bandwagon and proclaiming they’ve always felt this way. "

 Sore Loser Conspiracy Theorist: No, I Can´t Say the 2016 Election Was ´Legitimate´

Sen. Hatch:

 “I come from the poor people and I’ve been here working my whole stinking career for people who don’t have a chance, and I really resent anybody saying that I’m just doing this for the rich. Give me a break. I think you guys overplay that all the time and it gets old, and frankly, you ought to quit it,” said Hatch, clearly agitated.

 Saudi Prince promises Israel billions of dollars to defeat Hezbollah

 France: Escalating Muslim Anti-Semitism

 Swedish Government Suppresses Stats on Muslim Rape Epidemic