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Wonderful story about Carl Laemmle sponsoring Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. But how come we get that story from a UK paper, instead of one here in the USA?

#1 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2019-01-03 08:34 (Reply)

Mike: From NY Times almost 5 years ago:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/movies/unlike-his-peers-a-studio-chief-saved-jews-from-the-nazis.html

#1.1 Talnik on 2019-01-03 10:24 (Reply)

Instead of "hold on, I'm going to get me a beer" part way in, Warren should have opened the video with a beer already in her hand and said, "here, hold mah beer" as she handed it to her husband and kicked off the video chat.

#2 steve walsh on 2019-01-03 10:23 (Reply)

But, but she comes across as so natural, so real... makes her beta husband do her bidding... ya know Instagram and shit make her look so cool to the hipster millenial crowd... wonder if she wears thong undies.

#2.1 Zzzatemypuppy on 2019-01-03 12:42 (Reply)

Wait, does it matter that the probability that the beer was a Mich Ultra, matter?

#2.1.1 Exasperated on 2019-01-03 13:08 (Reply)

Yet cringeworthy as EW's efforts were, she seems a lot less thick than Romney. Low bar, I know, but there is at least an awareness of why Trump won.

#2.2 Exasperated on 2019-01-03 12:58 (Reply)

Re: ‘non-human perspectives’ of LGBT

“Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”

― George Orwell

#3 mudbug on 2019-01-03 11:18 (Reply)

"Excess body weight and the world of cancer"

The article was unconvincing. It is interesting that they specifically noted by states those states where excess weight and a particular cancer coincided but never talked about those states where excess weight and those same cancers do not have a significant correlation.

Another weakness in this claim is this is not a study it is a data dredge and worse it was a data dredge to only find data which agreed with their preconceived conclusion. Data dredges are known for making spurious correlations into wild eyed headlines.

Then there is the problem of causation. Did excess weight cause cancer? Or is it possible that the same genetic trait that caused the excess weight also makes one susceptible to cancer? Even if their correlation is statistically significant correlation does not equate to causation.

#4 Anon on 2019-01-03 11:40 (Reply)

I am fully willing to believe that obesity is a risk factor for cancer. However, this study doesn't show that very well. Whenever one is comparing "states," one is comparing populations that are racially and ethnically different. Hawaii? High native population. Alaska? Same. Texas? Very high Hispanic (see also NM, AZ, CA). South? African-American in both urban and rural. Midwest? African American in urban. Montana? Very white. These differences have enormous impact on all sorts of research, not only medical.

#4.1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2019-01-03 16:52 (Reply)

Exactly right. Demographic and meta studies are fraught with issues and those issues are seldom mentioned. Who would want to cast doubt on their 'research' paper?

What IS INDELIBLY correlated with cancer is diabetes. Obesity bashing is rife on this site, and others, but is the nascent (genetic??) diabetes driving the obesity? People who crave carbs and have a carb-heavy culture (Italians? Mexicans?? Elizabeth Warren's tribe??) also have a very high rate of diabetes. Chicken or the egg. Is the diabetes laying in wait?

I come from a family that is bi-modal - some of my Mum's sisters were natural 'skinnies', 4 were naturally fat. The skinnies do not have a sweet tooth, the others do.

I believe it to be genetically driven. Glad I have my Mumma's genes.

Diabetes is the most pernicious of diseases. It lays the red carpet out for the other nasties - heart disease, cancer, cirrhosis, kidney disease, neuropathy. All strongly correlated with diabetes.

#4.2 TheCaptain on 2019-01-03 21:08 (Reply)

Maybe you haven't tried Knob Creek. Forget the name, go for the taste.

#5 RJT on 2019-01-03 11:50 (Reply)

You know, you can like both.

I'll see your Knob Creek and raise you a Basil Hayden's. There are lots of good bourbons available these days. I like a good rye now and again as well.

#5.1 steve walsh on 2019-01-03 15:03 (Reply)

Bulleit makes a pretty decent rye.

#5.1.1 RJT on 2019-01-03 23:44 (Reply)

We like Basil Hayden, and Whistlepig. I'm also perfectly happy with Jack Daniels as an ordinary drink.

#5.1.2 Texan99 on 2019-01-04 16:38 (Reply)

The picture on that bottle of hooch appears to be a Treeing Walker Hound. Those are coon dogs, not bird dogs.

#6 blondi utronki on 2019-01-03 11:57 (Reply)

Since Titania claims that "gravity is a Patriarchal construct", I tend to suspect maybe, just maybe, she's a great satirist...ya think?! ;)

#7 Kauf Buch on 2019-01-03 12:04 (Reply)

I think you're right, Kauf, but never underestimate idiocy of the intersectional SJW fringe.

#7.1 mudbug on 2019-01-03 12:25 (Reply)

She got kicked off Twitter, at least for a while. Pretty sure she's not SJW-approved.

#7.1.1 Christopher B on 2019-01-03 12:53 (Reply)

The European Union: An Authoritarian Body With A Humanitarian Face: Should have "Mask" after "Face"; The EU never shows its true face.

#8 Sam L. on 2019-01-03 12:41 (Reply)

"The Boy Scouts'" Were destroyed intentionally by the LGBTQ mafia. The scout leaders were weak but it would have made zero difference if they had been strong. Once you are in the crosshairs of this cabal you would be wise to give up and slink away. Bake the effing cake and smile as though you always intended to bake it. It will continue to work like this until a solid and vocal majority stands up to these extortionists. Who's next?

#9 OneGuy on 2019-01-03 13:01 (Reply)

You can either go bankrupt being sued in court or go bankrupt because people no longer want to join. In retrospect, the former would have been better.

#9.1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2019-01-03 16:45 (Reply)

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Thursday, January 3. 2019

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