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Tuesday, August 14. 2018

Tuesday morning links


 Paris baulks at 'horrible' eco-friendly public urinals


 Residents of the small French town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon saved thousands of Jews during World War II 


Demonizing Ride Hailing


 The pros and cons of NYC's ban on new Uber and Lyft cars


 Professors allow students to pick their own grade


 Without Free Speech, Everything You Say Is Meaningless


 Most of us are familiar with the Stepford Wives, but how many of us realize that the men involved in the so-called Deep State have wives that are anything but Stepford-type women?


 Alex Jones doesn’t represent anything new in this country. We’ve always had our share of paranoid crackpots


 Democratic Socialism: Who Knew That 'Free' Could Cost So Much?


Howie Carr:  If I ever get jammed up, I ask for no special treatment — just treat me like an illegal immigrant.


  The Trump economy is destroying the Obama coalition. 


 An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida's Presidential Vote At A Hacker Convention.


 SARA CARTER: House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte Preparing to Depose Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr and Glenn Simpson


 That Time Omarosa Was Fired from the Clinton White House


A democratic revolution has just begun in Vietnam. Massive but orderly protests across the country hint at the beginning of the end of Communist Party rule


 China's state firms cementing lucrative role in South China Sea, new research shows

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What's new is a conspiracy of tech companies proving Alex Jones absolutely right.
#1 NJSoldier on 2018-08-14 07:32 (Reply)
As far as the street urinals in France, the guys can't even hit the target if that one picture is accurate, the guy is standing in a puddle of piss!
As for Omarosa, has anyone one else seen or heard about her time in the White House under Gore and Clinton. Funny all the terrible news about unfair treatment goes after Trump.
#2 JC on 2018-08-14 08:18 (Reply)
Watch a few videos of this former Russian trying to point out the flaws of socialism to young Americans.

https://www.youtube.com/user/pp000610/videos?disable_polymer=1

Vladimir Jaffe on you tube.
#3 mary on 2018-08-14 09:53 (Reply)
Regarding Deep State wives, this follows something Q has said a few times. Watch the wives.
#4 David on 2018-08-14 09:57 (Reply)
Concerning the contract grading system, we used that in 8th grade science all the way back in 1981! I was an A student and signed up for a A at the beginning of the school , and as if by magic, I received an A at the conclusion of the class!
#5 Dave on 2018-08-14 10:19 (Reply)
We had the contract grading system in some classes back in 1972 at my new high school. I didn't like it. It was so ambiguous I didn't know what was expected. Math, chemistry, life sciences and physics were not done that way.
#5.1 feeblemind on 2018-08-14 10:54 (Reply)
China in the South China Sea is the next war. They are coming for Australia and New Zealand and for the rest of South China including the Philippines. It is just a matter of time until a shooting war breaks out there.
#6 GoneWithTheWind on 2018-08-14 10:33 (Reply)
Which sadly I predict China will win.

Obama totally ignored the China threat throughout his administration (like everything else). China has now taken control of the South China Sea. I don't think they want to go as far as you say, but they want cotnrol over SCS for their belt and road policy. Then I predict they will try to reassert control over Taiwan, and then maybe into southeast Asia.
#6.1 Jim on 2018-08-14 12:38 (Reply)
Parisians pissing on pavement: All of the examples were of stand-up facilities, that is men's urinals. Are there no public urinals for women? Oh, the horror!
#7 SgtBob (Link) on 2018-08-14 12:08 (Reply)
Starbucks could have solved its public relations problems and virtue signallng identity, by installing these stand-up facilities outside their coffeehouses, while claiming them as the latest in French-european elite chic. Or, maybe the French could solve their piss-in-the-street problem by promoting a virtue-signalling Starbucks restroom facility on every block?
#7.1 jaybird on 2018-08-14 13:27 (Reply)
Mr. J: This is a case of Paris as a more sanitary city than San Francisco. A first time for everything.
#7.1.1 SgtBob (Link) on 2018-08-14 21:23 (Reply)
Looking back, Theoretical Mechanics and Differential Equations were hard work. Just picking an A plus for a few courses like these would have saved a lot of work, and made me feel much better about myself and my resume with A plusses in these courses instead of what I actually earned.
#8 jaybird on 2018-08-14 13:34 (Reply)
The urinal sare full of straw? Who get the job of cleaning the strw out? No doubt it's a side job for city councilpersons.
#9 FRP on 2018-08-14 13:50 (Reply)
Just thought you should know where your tax dollars for scientific research go to at the NSF(National Science Foundation)

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1832452&HistoricalAwards=false
#10 faculty wife on 2018-08-14 15:59 (Reply)
that the democratic socialists have made so many promises that must be paid for that will make it so tough to swallow for most voters.

Small correction: “tough to swallow for an enlightened electorate, a tiny minority of today’s voters.”
#11 ErisGuy on 2018-08-17 01:56 (Reply)

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