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Tuesday, September 4. 2018

Tuesday morning links

Height, size, and tennis


Dozens of elephants killed near Botswana wildlife sanctuary


 HERE’S WHY NYT’S LATEST ATTEMPT TO SCARE READERS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING IS A ‘WASTE OF TIME’


It's gonna be hot today. Climate change. 


 Gov't Spends $18 Billion On Jobs Programs, But Can't Tell If They Work


Job training comes from getting a job. In this economy, jobs are going begging 


Pretending Fragility To Conceal Aggression


One of the oldest mind games in the world 


Uptick in Racism in Public Schools Is All Trump's Fault, Educators Say


What racism? All I ever see is reverse racism.


 New York City Public Schools Discriminate Against White Kids


 Corporate Suicide Watch, Nike Edition


 PAPADOPOULOS COURT FILING REMINDS US WHY SESSIONS NEEDED TO RECUSE HIMSELF


OK. So Sessions was a bad choice for the job 


 Media Obituaries Didn’t Give Us ‘The Full McCain’


Why did he get the royal treatment? The US has lots of war heroes 


Who’s afraid of Steve Bannon? Cancelling the former White House strategist might win back the respect of New Yorker readers — but it won’t help in their quest to explore ‘Ideas’


 The primaries show that Trump Republicanism is still on the rise


 U.S. DEFUNDS UNRWA


About time


PIGS IN PALESTINE: ANTI-ISRAEL LEFT SPREADS ANTI-SEMITIC BOAR LIBELS - Who let the pigs out? According to the Left, the Jews.


Czech PM:   We don’t want to live in Africa or the Middle East here. We must fight for our values.

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"PIGS IN PALESTINE: ANTI-ISRAEL LEFT SPREADS ANTI-SEMITIC BOAR LIBELS - Who let the pigs out? According to the Left, the Jews."

Such routine dissembling and self-delusion is characteristic of the Palestinians and the Arab Middle East in general: kooky, preposterous anti-Jewish rumours run rife through the markets and villages.
#1 JJM on 2018-09-04 08:35 (Reply)
Is the McCain Death circus over? He was just a corrupt Senator and really awful pilot.
#2 NJSoldier on 2018-09-04 08:46 (Reply)
Agreed, Soldier. McCain cared nothing about anything or anyone if it wasn't about HIM. He won't be missed. Where are we going to find a replacement for him who's that pathologically self-centered? A hero? What a laugh. Being a crappy pilot and P.O.W. is not the stuff known as heroic.
#2.1 Sven Svenson on 2018-09-04 12:35 (Reply)
I flew with some of those General's brats, albeit 60+ years ago. Every one was always angling to advance his career, that's why they became pilots. Most of those I heard about later on made general officer, so I guess career-chasing works in most cases.
#2.1.1 BillH on 2018-09-04 13:14 (Reply)
Take after McCain all you want on his Senate record, there is plenty of fodder there. Being a P.O.W. is nothing to sneer at.

He was a prisoner of war from October '67 to March 1973. Both arms and a leg were fractured upon ejection from his aircraft. Upon capture his shoulder was crushed from a rifle butt. He received beatings and torture, until the NV found out who he was. Then he received minimal care. He spent two years in solitary confinement. Starting in mid-1968 he was bound and beaten every two hours, until finally he broke down and 'confessed'. He was offered release, but refused, "I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy." He continued to be beaten two or three times a week, until 1969. His injuries left him unable to raise his arms above his head for the rest of his life.

Go after his Senate record, his record as a politician, I'm no McCain fan, but any man that has spent time as a P.O.W., deserves more respect than what you have shown here.
#2.1.2 B. Hammer on 2018-09-04 14:52 (Reply)
No one denies that McCain suffered as a P.O.W. but he suffered less than most due to his pedigree. He worked suffering into a political career driven by being mean-spirited and holding a grudge. Nothing exemplifies this nastiness more than his funeral directions to not invite Palin or P.O.T.U.S. even though Trump allowed his family to use air force 2. What an ass. Disabled, yes. Mean, grudge hugging, no sense of loyalty to anyone but himself, even more so. He will not be missed.
#2.1.2.1 Sven Svenson on 2018-09-04 20:54 (Reply)
The Czech PM is right! Therefore he must go. Watch for the backlash.
#3 OneGuy on 2018-09-04 09:22 (Reply)
Gov't Spends $18 Billion On Jobs Programs, But Can't Tell If They Work.

Head Start, anyone?
The Great Society was a scam.
#4 Gringo on 2018-09-04 11:34 (Reply)
NYT LIES about climate change?? WHO woulda thunk it?? Pretty much those of us who don't read the NYT.

Racism Uptick = Trump, say "educators". Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Nike+Kaepernick = Sell your Nike stock NOW.

Judd Apatow hates Steve Bannon.

Who let the Boars out? Who cares? Blame THE JEWS!!!!111!!!
#5 Sam L. on 2018-09-04 12:21 (Reply)
The only racist president in recent history was Obama. I have never seen or heard Trump say anything racist.
#6 JC on 2018-09-04 13:08 (Reply)
The Left hears Trump whispering in the wind and can't make out what he's saying, so, OF COURSE it's RAAAAACIST.
#6.1 Sam L. on 2018-09-04 17:55 (Reply)

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