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Friday, May 4. 2018

James Joyce: My sweet little whorish Nora, I did as you told -me..."

I never once wrote a love letter referring to my "dirty, dirty fuckbird." Really. Admittedly, Joyce did have a way with words...

Crab crisis: Md. seafood industry loses 40 percent of workforce in visa lottery

No worries. Maryland has tons of unemployed Americans. Try Baltimore.

The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code - Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.

Holy mackeral

The Sexual Revolution’s Angry Children - At its core, #MeToo represents a rejection of the sixties’ vision of erotic liberation.

So true.

Why traditionalism matters, in church and elsewhere

Two Vietnams: Ken Burns’ & Ours

Front page of College Fix makes you cry. Esp. how gals can retract "consent" afterwards.

Girl Scouts Are Not Happy With Boy Scouts ‘Inclusivity’

You just can't win

Start-Ups Make Cheap Alternative to Braces, Dental Trade Groups Cry for Regulation

A reason for regulations is to stifle newcomers

With no letup in home prices, the California exodus surges

Trump signs executive order giving more freedom to federally funded religious groups

You need a law to "give freedom"?

OUR DERANGED WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS

"It’s almost as though the wealthy residents of progressively governed states don’t actually enjoy paying for all the government they say they want."

They vote left, then retire to low-tax red states

Leading Economist Now Says Trump Policies Are Restoring America’s Economy

Soros-Funded Group Creates App To Help Illegal Aliens Avoid Arrest, Tip Off Others

Is there a law against assisting crime?

Malkin: The 'Uncle Tom' Card Is Dead

The FBI Is in Crisis. It's Worse Than You Think

The Democrats' favorite sport: Ruining people

It's war

Maxine Waters to Kanye: Don't Talk 'Out of Turn'

She's calling him an "uppity n-word"

Hillary: I was too capitalistic to win

Have to admit that Bill and Hillary are all about $. But so is Bernie with his 3 houses.

New Details Revealed About Comey's Law Professor Friend That Leaked His Memos

Saint Comey is a sneaky SOB. Never trust people who assert their virtue.

America and the EMP threat

China installs cruise missiles on South China Sea outposts

Pushing back on Iran, part 1: The Why

Revealed: Palestinian ‘Journalist’ Killed at Gaza Border was a Terrorist

When children are cannon fodder

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"You need a law to "give freedom"?" You do if you take federal money for your church.

#1 Texan99 on 2018-05-04 09:26 (Reply)

You ask:

"Is there a law against assisting crime?"

If we were still under Rule of Law, Soros, the Koch brothers, and the rest of the Davos and Bilderberg swill would already have been charged under RICO, convicted, and be spending the rest of their lives in prison. In solitary. THAT is how foul this country's "Law Enforcement" and its "Legal" system have become.

#2 Mark Matis on 2018-05-04 10:18 (Reply)

As a layman, looks to me like these people are accessories. There are laws against that, and IIRC there have been convictions. But, you gotta' have a prosecutor willing to go after leftists, of which are there ain't many these days (prosecutors going after leftists that is).

#2.1 BillH on 2018-05-04 10:55 (Reply)

EMP scare stories need to be more widely ignored. Given the poor state of scientific knowledge everywhere, all the stories do is raise the noise level.

#3 Claritas on 2018-05-04 10:42 (Reply)

QUOTE:

"It’s almost as though the wealthy residents of progressively governed states don’t actually enjoy paying for all the government they say they want."

Not particularly. Generally, what happens is that areas of high economic activity attract the young and ambitious, while retirees leave for areas with a lower cost of living. As the population ages, that means overall net internal emigration.

#4 Zachriel on 2018-05-04 11:04 (Reply)

You're so cute when you're delusional.

#4.1 dcjuggler on 2018-05-04 11:55 (Reply)

Two-thirds of New Jersey workers are college educated, with one in seven holding an advanced degree. About 30% of emigrants are leaving to retire.

#4.1.1 Zachriel on 2018-05-04 12:05 (Reply)

So what are the other 70% leaving for, kiddiez?

#4.1.1.1 drowningpuppies on 2018-05-04 12:39 (Reply)

"while retirees leave for areas with lower cost of living"

You realize that's not argument; it's restating the thesis. The higher cost of living they are escaping comes as a direct result of the progressive policies that they vote for during their careers.

#4.2 another guy named Dan on 2018-05-04 13:03 (Reply)

another guy named Dan: The higher cost of living they are escaping comes as a direct result of the progressive policies that they vote for during their careers.

A significant part of the higher cost is due to the high demand by professionals for increasingly crowded urban centers that generate most of the country's GDP. Much of the net internal emigration is explained by an aging population. If the population were becoming younger, then there would be net internal immigration, all else equal. Old retired people can't afford to compete for space with ambitious professionals who are willing to pay the high costs in order to have access to the opportunities cities provide.

#4.2.1 Zachriel on 2018-05-04 14:07 (Reply)

And yet you say it again.
Ask yourself why the price signals in these expanding areas are not triggering an increase in supply. The answer in many cases seems to be that the local, progressive-dominated governments, are pursuing policies that restrict increasing that supply, in terms of "livable neighborhoods", "New Urbanism", or other catch phrases. Even things as simple as parking mandates can skew the places where new development can occur.

Why is the cost of living greater in San Francisco than in Houston or Dallas?

#4.2.1.1 another guy named Dan on 2018-05-04 14:41 (Reply)

another guy named Dan: Why is the cost of living greater in San Francisco than in Houston or Dallas?

Certainly regulation is part of the picture; however, regulation often follows the concentration of populations, San Francisco having a much higher population density than either Houston or Dallas. Still, your comparisons are apt.

The geography of San Francisco is not amenable to sprawl, while unrestricted sprawl in Houston has led to widespread flooding. Meanwhile, the GDP per capita for the San Francisco metropolitan area is 60% larger than that of Dallas-Fort Worth, and 75% larger than that of Houston.

#4.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2018-05-04 16:25 (Reply)

Thanks again, kiddiez, for your misleading and meaningless comparison concerning GDP per capita of SF to DFW or Houston.

Bet y'all can't even spot it.

Back to your sandbox, kiddiez.

#4.2.1.1.1.1 drowningpuppies on 2018-05-04 18:06 (Reply)

They may be retired and done with working when they move, but they ain't done with voting. Pay attention all you red-staters.

One Big Idea I've been mulling over is that I think it's high time we switched color schemes. I think that Republicans should be identified by the blue color, as in True Blue, and that Democrats should be identified by red, for obvious reasons - as is, 'Better Dead Than...."

It's a puzzle, I'm not sure I understand how these got assigned in the first place. Planet Z, care to weigh in?

#4.2.2 Aggie on 2018-05-04 15:12 (Reply)

Aggie: One Big Idea I've been mulling over is that I think it's high time we switched color schemes.

Red has traditionally been the color of the political left and labor, so it can be confusing.

Aggie: It's a puzzle, I'm not sure I understand how these got assigned in the first place.

It's an accident of history, like the QWERTY keyboard.

#4.2.2.1 Zachriel on 2018-05-04 16:14 (Reply)

What a nice little bowl of pablum. The takeaway is that the Republicans as blue (Federal Union) and Democrats as red (Leftward Socialists) actually makes a lot more sense. But in the 1980's Democrats were running away hard from the 'Socialism' label; too uncomfortably accurate and at the time, the world's biggest socialist country was crumbling, thanks to Reagan. Accident, indeed. What claptrap.

#4.2.2.1.1 Aggie on 2018-05-04 18:09 (Reply)

Aggie: What a nice little bowl of pablum.

Modern Times is pablum?

Aggie: The takeaway is that the Republicans as blue (Federal Union) and Democrats as red (Leftward Socialists) actually makes a lot more sense.

It would certainly be more culturally consistent. By the way, blue for the political right comes from the Tories, the true-blue monarchists of their day.

Aggie: Accident, indeed.

As the history shows, it was an accident of events. The U.S. color assignment solidified during the protracted Bush v. Gore dispute.

#4.2.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2018-05-05 08:21 (Reply)

re The Democrats' favorite sport: Ruining people

Rush commented on the topic yesterday saying with regard to the dems trying to destroy Trump and his supporters:

QUOTE:

Why is it that they can lie and do whatever, leak whatever, destroy whoever with impunity? I think more and more people are beginning to ask these simple questions. And as part of that, they want to know what they can do. Because it is clear to a lot of people that showing up and voting, well, if these people don’t like the way you voted, they’re gonna just throw it out. They’re gonna do whatever they can to undermine it and sabotage it, ’cause they don’t like the result. . . . There’s a price to be paid for this. And if that means some people get ruined, small price to pay for the lesson to be taught, don’t ever try this again.

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/05/03/outraged-americans-lets-march-washington/

#5 feeblemind on 2018-05-04 11:25 (Reply)

FBI: Should I trust what TIME tells me? I think that's beyond my capacity to believe.

#6 Sam L. on 2018-05-04 11:33 (Reply)

re The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code - Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.

This is one of the reasons I use the moniker "feeble mind".

There are people out there that are so smart that it makes me feel positively retarded.

#7 feeblemind on 2018-05-04 16:37 (Reply)

'My sweet little whorish Nora' was a bit of an eyeopener .

#8 la on 2018-05-04 20:35 (Reply)

..."All the counselors hate the waiters
And the lake has alligators
And the head coach wants no sissies
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses."

That was always the line that got Alan King the most laughs when he sang Camp Grenada.

#8.1 Aggie on 2018-05-04 21:57 (Reply)

The horseracing link is utter nonsense. What it tells me more than anything is you know nothing about horseracing and maybe nothing about gambling in general.

#9 ballyfager on 2018-05-05 11:27 (Reply)

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