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Friday, August 3. 2018

Friday morning links

Not drinking alcohol in middle age increases dementia risk, says report


Scientists reverse aging-associated skin wrinkles and hair loss in a mouse model


Omega-3 fatty acids do your heart no good - waste of money 


Aborigines:  Reclaiming Work as a Virtue


 WALSH: Diversity Is Not Our Strength


Whenever I get around to running a most punchable face contest on Power Line, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal will be one of the contestants. 


NYTIMES’ NEWEST HIRE SENT TONS OF ANTI-WHITE RACIST TWEETS


Times has to keep up with radical chic


 IRONY: Social Media Mob Comes For Sarah Jeong, Who Cheered Social Media Mobbing Of Others


 This isn't culture war. It's worse.


College hangs up on student asking about free speech policy


 Proposed Changes to CAFE Standards are Good News for Consumers


"Start with a politics cleanse: For two weeks — maybe over your August vacation — resolve not to read, watch or listen to anything about politics."


Africa:  Poor Countries Need Economic Freedom, Not Handouts


 Socialist Venezuela Falling Apart As President Maduro Shockingly Blames Party


 Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro Now Admits Socialism Sucks


 'Force field' technology could make US tanks unstoppable

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Ref diversity:

It's a bit strange that diversity advocates frequently reference biological/ecosystem diversity as a model.

Biological diversity works because the diverse entities are engaged in a life and death competitive struggle where only the best adapted species survive.

Is this what the SJWs want?
#1 jay (Link) on 2018-08-03 10:14 (Reply)
Diversity: Since two single cells joined together for a competitive advantage, Cooperation has been an evolutionary strategy. Cooperation is what builds society, civilization, and culture.
#1.1 Blick on 2018-08-03 11:23 (Reply)
NYTIMES’ NEWEST HIRE. The NYT has no more scruples in who they hire than in where they get news from or what they print.
#2 BillH on 2018-08-03 10:28 (Reply)
The dementia story and the fatty acids story are related. The simple fact is we don't know and are often mislead about these so-called health studies. It seems unlikely that alcohol prevents dementia. It seems far more likely that in a study some small anomaly in statistical data cropped up and the researchers made it into something it isn't. Seriously we all know that it is vegetarianism/veganism that will save your life, prevent disease and make you live forever. Unless it is the paleo diet, we aren't quite sure yet which is good and which is bad.
#3 OneGuy on 2018-08-03 10:34 (Reply)
Not to mention that it's a pretty sloppy mental habit to shift from "a study suggested a statistical link between behavior A and health profile B" to "eliminating A increases risk of failure of B."
#3.1 Texan99 on 2018-08-03 14:51 (Reply)
Vegetarianism/veganism may not actually lead to living forever, but it guarantees one will be so miserable that it will seem that way.
#3.2 DeGaulle on 2018-08-03 15:44 (Reply)
I'll stick with my nightly martini and get back to you later with a report.
#3.3 rocdoctom on 2018-08-03 23:22 (Reply)

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