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A lovely winter nor'easter today. Dark skies. Got in my hour with trainer anyway this morning. A mainly bench press and deadlift day. Haven't lost electric power so it's a normal work day for me. Kids love our winter nor'easters - "Snow Day!" Dads go to work.
Rap overtakes Rock as most popular pop music
Are Canadian Pharmacies the Solution to America's High Prescription Drug Prices?
I use them
THE ZEALOUS FAITH OF SECULARISM - HOW THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION BECAME A DOGMA
“OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO F---ED UP”: INSIDE SILICON VALLEY’S SECRETIVE, ORGIASTIC DARK SIDE
Nerds trying to catch up with fun
The Earth Could Become A Desert Without The Paris Climate Agreement Or Something
The Nonexistent ‘Right’ to Disrupt Free Speech on Campus
Mao Again:
The Cultural Revolution was largely perpetrated by young people told to feel oppressed by their country’s past. Social justice could be achieved only by the destruction of the weight of Chinese culture. Their slogan was “Smash the Four Olds”: old customs, culture, habits, and ideas.
Via AVI
The more government attempts to regulate businesses, the more those will in turn attempt to influence its decisions. (Paraphrase of Bowdoin Political Science professor Jean M Yarborough.)
Metrics and Their Unintended Consequences - The best intentions combine with imprecise data for perverse effects in health care and education.
The problem with metrics is that the docs and hospitals that take on the toughest cases come out looking the worst
Poll: Voters Show Massive Support for Trump Immigration Policies
DACA illegals can’t speak English, study shows
New York & Co. are paying the price for being Deep Blue
Fusion GPS' 'Fake Investigation' — And Hillary Clinton's Real Russian Collusion
Sultan:
The original civil war was fought by farmhands and factory workers, freed slaves and young boys turned soldiers; the new civil war is being fought by lawyers in blue or gray suits not with bullets, but with bullet points.
Steyn objects to the Pope's messaging
The Arab World Abandons Palestine
The Arab world never gave a damn about Palestine, except as a pawn
5 Things to Know About the Iran Protests and How Badly the Liberal Media Botched the Story
Former Afghanistan captive Joshua Boyle charged with sex assault, forcible confinement
He was no hostage
Germany Cracks Down on Social Media Thought Crime
" The European Union is ignoring this trend and soldiering on with what Brussels calls “more Europe”, which often means more interventionism and central planning. And citizens are not happy with this."
