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Monday, October 14. 2019

Monday morning links

What Columbus Day Really Means - If you think the holiday pits Native Americans against Italian Americans, consider the history behind its origin


Thomas Edison’s Greatest Invention - It wasn’t the light bulb or the phonograph or the moving picture—or anything tangible. It was a way of thinking about technology.


SpongeBob Squarepants Is A ‘Violent,’ ‘Racist’ Colonizer, College Professor Says


 University program teaches faculty and staff how they ‘support racism and white supremacy’


 Issues 2020: Millennials Aren’t Drowning in Student Debt


Should Men Be More Like Women?


 California’s Green Energy Dreams turn into its Power Outage Nightmare


  NBA Security Confiscates Pro-Hong Kong Signs, Ejects Fans As National Anthem Plays In the Background


 Bill Maher: ‘We Don’t Go For All The Bulls*** On The Far Left’


 Goodwin: Madness of leftist zealots


 Elizabeth Warren Is Jussie Smollett


Intel Expert Tony Shaffer: Government Officials Trained in “Information Dark Arts” Are Using These Techniques Against President Trump


If You Can’t Compete You Must Impeach


 Schiff: 'There doesn't need to be a quid pro quo'


How Obama’s Senior Response Director Profited From Disaster in Puerto Rico


 Olga Tokarczuk: Poland’s “Patriots” Struggle To Accept The Nobel Prize


Do We Owe the Kurds a War?


 Kurds agree to Russian-brokered plan to allow Assad into their territory


TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA IS A BLOCKBUSTER


 France: More Death to Free Speech


 What Is China Doing In Africa?

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Good for the Poles, refusing to support the cultural domination of the constantly-accusing, constantly-denigrating Left.
#1 David Zincavage (Link) on 2019-10-14 09:50 (Reply)
Bill Nye - Fake Scientist: "It's the strength [of these hurricanes] that's almost certainly associated with global warming"

Actual NOAA scientists: "It is premature to conclude that human activities — and particularly greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming — have already had a detectable impact on Atlantic hurricane or global tropical cyclone activity"
#2 Rusty on 2019-10-14 10:10 (Reply)
Anyone over the age of 70 who lived on the East coast can tell you from memory that the hurricanes used to be much more common and more powerful in the 50' and 60's. This is significant because the meme back then was that because the climate was colder we must be entering an ice age. Ironically the sunspot activity is indicating that we may be entering a cooling period again. It seems very unlikely that our SUVs are causing the decrease in sunspots or that they caused the increase in the 80's and 90's.
#2.1 OneGuy on 2019-10-14 11:17 (Reply)
re TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA IS A BLOCKBUSTER

Of course that would mean that China would have to honor the trade deal.

I am skeptical.

China plays by China's rules.
#3 feeblemind on 2019-10-14 11:36 (Reply)
Trump Thanks China for the Greatest Stalemate in History

For a deal not yet signed and whose details are totally lacking, Trump thanks China.

No Deal Yet

Despite the hype, there is no deal. Nothing is signed.

Pleased to Be Behind

Trump is very pleased to be behind where we supposedly were 10 months ago.

It was a great deal then and an even greater deal today.

China Wins

https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/economics/trump-thanks-china-for-the-greatest-stalemate-in-history-9VlcTDnEwU2iRoYDo7hKDA/
#3.1 feeblemind on 2019-10-14 14:29 (Reply)
"Caravan of 2000 migrants detained in Southern Mexico"
https://www.weaselzippers.us/435113-caravan-of-2000-migrants-detained-in-southern-mexico/

These are all Africans. The same Africans who live on less than a dollar a day. How did 2000 of them get to Mexico??? Who brought them there and why isn't THAT the real story. Is it George Soros? NGOs? China? Who?
#4 Saul on 2019-10-14 11:59 (Reply)
IMO it is George Soros getting them into Mexico via one of his many Tax exempt organizations. China is all in on the scheme too.
#4.1 annieoakley on 2019-10-14 12:15 (Reply)
To paraphrase something I read this past weekend, Ms. Warren is an unreliable narrator of her own autobiography.
#5 Another Guy named Dan on 2019-10-14 12:38 (Reply)
SpongeBob: There are no idiots to compare with university professor idiots. They have it LOCKED UP. Comment also applies to "University program teaches faculty and staff how they ‘support racism and white supremacy’ "

Goodwin: Madness of leftist zealots. Just as bad as university profs.

Elizabeth Warren Is Jussie Smollett: The story can't be sufficient, so they made stuff up. My mom was a teacher, and the local Board of Education had a rule that she could not teach for five years after my brother was born. (That was many years ago.)

Puerto Rico: DANG! The Trouble was with Trible's!! (Not a Star Trek fan, but I did watch that episode.)

France: More Death to Free Speech: France has capitulated, and surrenders again.
#6 Sam L. on 2019-10-14 13:19 (Reply)
re: Thomas Edison This is a nice article on Edison that discounts unwarranted criticism of the inventor.
The real injury to Tesla was perpetrated by George Westinghouse.
#7 Matthew Kohler on 2019-10-14 13:36 (Reply)
re: Thomas Edison. I agree that this is a good article in The Atlantic. Edison's Menlo Park laboratory complex was preserved by Henry Ford and moved to Greenfield Village, part of The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The missus and I visited a year ago. It's outstanding. Well worth a visit. Blog notes about our visit here. Edison was one of Henry Ford's heroes.
#8 The Switchel Traveler (Link) on 2019-10-14 16:43 (Reply)
I was born and raised near there (my dad worked at the Chrysler tank plant in Warren) and took a field trip in I think the 6th grade. The main thing I remember was the rock candy from the gift shop. 6th grade is too young to appreciate a history museum. Just right for appreciating rock candy, apparently.
#8.1 Jerryskids on 2019-10-14 21:57 (Reply)

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