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Tuesday, February 20. 2018

Tuesday morning links

The Forgotten History of New York’s Bagel Famines - Remembering Local 338 and the world’s toughest bagel bakers.


 100 Chicago Professors "Propose To Exclude Viewpoints They Find Objectionable"


 Government Spending on Higher Education Reaches an All-Time High


Once again, climate scientists use a single tree to define global change


San Francisco's Diseased Streets 


Everything you ever wanted to know about chain migration


 A merit-based future beats our 19th-century immigration system


According To The FBI, Knives Kill Far More People Than Rifles In America – It’s Not Even Close


 Fla. Sheriff Says Gun Control Is Already on Campuses and Calls Arming Teachers a 'Game-Changer'


 Government unions are in deep trouble. And they have themselves to blame.


Why American Media Fawn Over Communist Murderers


 Does Mueller Indictment Mean Clinton Campaign Can Be Indicted for Chris Steele?


 Flashback: CNN and MSNBC Helped Russia Sow Discord by Promoting Fake Anti-Trump Rally


 FACEBOOK'S AD VP PROVED RUSSIA DIDN'T INTERFERE IN THE ELECTION


'DEMOCRACY PARTNERS': PROVOKING VIOLENCE & CHAOS AT TRUMP RALLIES - Exposing the deep, radical roots of the Democratic Party's close ally.


The future of war - War is still a contest of wills, but technology and geopolitical competition are changing its character, argues Matthew Symonds


 For now, U.S. wants Europeans just to commit to improve Iran deal


 McMaster to allies: Track your investments and stop funding Iran’s proxy militias


Macron Vows to Reform Islam in France - "It is time to bring in a new generation."

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"Macron Vows to Reform Islam in France..."

Ahem. The only people who can reform Islam are Muslims.
#1 JJM on 2018-02-20 08:01 (Reply)
To people who do not understand religion, a religious hierarchy is just another institution that can be subordinated to meet the needs of the state. They also don't understand how an institution can exist without a hierarchy, so they insist on imposing them.
#1.1 another guy named Dan on 2018-02-20 12:34 (Reply)
Re: A merit-based future beats our 19th-century immigration system

I can't read the article because that site does not play well with others and just locks up my computer, but I have to be a little bit skeptical of what the headline suggests. "A merit-based future" suggests the view of a technocrat who believes we can scientifically know and control the future, that past performance is a guarantee of future success. Are you seriously confident that the government can be trusted to pick winners and losers in the immigration game any better than they can pick winners and losers in any other aspect of our lives? I'd rather trust that 19th century immigration policy of accepting any immigrant with the demonstrated gumption to pack up their stuff and move to a new country where they may not know anybody, they may not speak the language, they may not have any prospects, but they do have faith in the American dream that there's a world of opportunity available to anybody who's willing to take a risk and chase their dreams.
#2 Jerryskids on 2018-02-20 09:16 (Reply)
In the 19th century, moving lock,stock & barrel to the US required considerable more gumption than it does today (where you read up on the internet and then jump on a plane). Progress has rendered these choices mundane. Because of this, any form of merit-based selection is now an absolute minimum requirement. Immigrants have a natural tendency to be under-educated and under-qualified to contribute toward society - history and current events are very clear on this point. Let's agree first that prospective immigrants should add something to their adoptive country, rather than the reverse. Agreed? With that premise, how can a process of examination and selection be avoided then?
#2.1 Aggie on 2018-02-20 09:42 (Reply)
Most aliens/foreigners who come to the U.S. illegally are aided and abetted by people already living here. Not just Mexicans who make up the majority but Chinese and other Asians, Central and South Americans, Indians and even Europeans and Africans. Typically this assistance is in itself unlawful annd often a felony. It would seem that aggressively seeking out the support system within this country for the continuing problem of illegal immigration would help reduce this crime. Ironically one of the better known felons helping illegal immigration is Khzr Khan who the Democrats featured at the DNC convention.
#2.1.1 GoneWithTheWind on 2018-02-20 12:38 (Reply)
Well.....I would say that wasn't irony, it was building a political platform for all to see.
#2.1.1.1 Aggie on 2018-02-20 13:34 (Reply)
What? No mention of Kramer being on strike from the bagel shop nearly the entire run of Seinfeld?
#3 dc juggler on 2018-02-20 11:21 (Reply)
Also known as the Festivus episode.
A classic every December 23rd.
#3.1 jimg on 2018-02-20 14:30 (Reply)
Re Knives Kill Far More People Than Rifles. That knife violence is just intolerable. Obviously we need some common sense knife control laws. When I lived in Florida in the 1970s a woman beat her husband to death with a big heavy frying pan. The Florida legislature promptly banned those assault frying pans. The ban was a total success because there wasn't another case of frying pan murder while I lived in Florida.
#4 Ray on 2018-02-20 11:49 (Reply)
Profs Closed-Minded! Must be marxists.

Single Tree: Sample size of one...is meaningless. Kinda like polling only me to guess what the nation thinks.

Frisco: Why DO people like it, and tolerate this crap?

Knives and rifles (and other firearms) are merely implements of murderers and assailants. My knives have never attacked anyone. (Poor use of language, however...)

Government unions: Even FDR was against that idea!

Why American Media Fawn Over Communist Murderers: Because they, too, are marxists.

The more I hear about O'Keefe, the more I like him.

Macron and Islam: I wish him luck, but I say he's a fool to do so.
#5 Sam L. on 2018-02-20 13:31 (Reply)

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