Thursday, April 19. 2018
"This is a shortened version of a speech that the author was due to give last month at King’s College London which was canceled because the university deemed the event to be too ‘high risk’."
It includes a good quote:
Science is not about finding the truth at all, but about finding better ways of being wrong. The best scientific theory is not the one that reveals the truth — that is impossible. It is the one that explains what we already know about the world in the simplest way possible, and that makes useful predictions about the future. When I accepted that I would always be wrong, and that my favourite theories are inevitably destined to be replaced by other, better, theories — that is when I really knew that I wanted to be a scientist.
Read the utterly innocuous but useful piece. How the idea of debating scientific theories could be "high risk" is beyond me. Or maybe the very phrase "free speech" triggers people. If so, I feel depressed.
about bird-frying solar power
How Instagram Is Killing Fish
A video trip through NYC in 1911
Well-dressed - with hats too
Eating less enables primates to live longer
Prolonged Sitting Tied to Brain Atrophy
Offensive Songs That Wouldn’t Be Allowed Now (video)
People Are Losing Their Minds Over Starbucks
How to Rein In Student Mobs
Scripps College denies requests for conservative Andrew Klavan to speak on campus
Dangerous guy
College Professor 'Happy To Be Retired' After Dealing With SJWs
Fresno State Professor Gloats Over Barbara Bush's Death, Says She Won't Be Fired
Victimhood Culture Engulfs Our Campuses
They aren't snowflakes - they are cry-bullies
CIVIL WAR ON THE LEFT, PART 54: CAMPUS CANNIBALISM
New National Test Scores Show Betsy DeVos Was Right About Public Schools
Money does nothing for schools
IS THERE ANY BASIS FOR CONSENSUS IN AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE?
94% of Immigrants in US Federal Prisons, Over 35,000 Individuals, Are Criminal Illegal Aliens
DHS reveals dozens of MS-13, other gang members released by 'sanctuary' policies
Homeless People on Tracks Slow California Trains
Meghan McCain To Comey: You Present Yourself As Apolitical But You Sound Like A Political Commentator To Me
Comey puts CNN coverage in the toilet . . . literally
Sweden’s violent reality is undoing a peaceful self-image
The Pentagon needs both a bigger force and advanced technology
North Korea peace deal - Neither a new nor a simple idea
Wednesday, April 18. 2018
for Chasing Deer
Mysterious Gatherings of Nearly 1,400 Sharks Spotted Off Northeast Coast
Nice sharks, not scary sharks
New York City mice carry drug-resistant bacteria, study finds
According to Hollywood legend, Eliot Ness, PhB’25, brought down Al Capone. The reality is more complicated.
MARK ZUCKERBERG PLAYS THE SCAPEGOAT FOR OUR FACEBOOK SINS
Mysterious company building facial-recognition database
CA progressives propose banning books
San Diego Co. sides with Justice Dept. in 'sanctuary city' suit
Trump's Biggest Headache: "What's In Those Seized Records?"
Who is Kimba Wood? Judge on Cohen case officiated Soros wedding, was Clinton AG pick
" I don’t think Starbucks realizes what they’ve let themselves in for after years of leftwing virtue signaling."
Would A Prosecutor Ever Misuse His Powers To Remove A Political Opponent?
IDF reveals terror tunnel-busting technology
It seems very clear that Obama wanted to believe until nearly the very end that he could improve relations between the US and Russia.
South Korean president credits Trump with bringing North Korea to the table
Rightly so
Related: Trump ends 68-year-old war
Warmonger.
Maniac.
Below, Steyn on knives in London:
VIDEO
Tuesday, April 17. 2018
had a Near Miss with Earth yesterday
I blame climate change - or maybe the Russians
God as an emergent phenomenon
Disfigured Veteran With Scars Says Hi To 5-Year-Old. Her Response Brings Millions To Tears
Mortgage-Backed Securities and the Financial Crisis of 2008: a Post Mortem
900 Boston Marathon runners receive medical treatment along route
2018 Boston Marathon: Des Linden is first American woman to win since 1985
WHY WAS PROFESSOR AMY WAX PUNISHED?
Not allowed to say that, Prof
Training the Masculinity Out of Children
Organizations used to devote themselves to turning boys into good strong men. It's not easy.
Quite a few educators these days think of their jobs as platforms for their political activism.
Arrogance
A $76,000 Monthly Pension: Why States And Cities Are Short On Cash
Sow tariffs, harvest pain
I think people miss the fact that Trump is just bargaining for better deals. It's what he does
Iowa Town Causes Uproar by Shooting Feral Cats
A good, fun way to get rid of the damn things
Britain’s NHS Holds Another Baby Hostage
Government Housing Policy: Restricting Supply and Subsidizing Demand
How regulation of business protects the businesses on top
Changes in the undertaking biz
Feminists don’t care about the gender gap in ballet. Why should we care about the one in tech?
FCC CHAIR EDUCATES BERNIE, WARREN ON FIRST AMENDMENT
You can’t argue against socialism’s 100 per cent record of failure
DNC's Ellison Screams: 'Women Are Dying Because We Are Losing Elections'
Republicans thirst for blood
Mega-millionaire Pelosi Evokes MLK to Condemn GOP Tax Bill — ‘God Never Intended for One Group of People to Live in Superfluous Inordinate Wealth’
Attkisson: Trump Was Right To Fire Comey; Here Are 12 Reasons Why
Best reason? He seems like a pompous self-satisfied weasel
How the Obama Justice Department Tried To Shut Down FBI Investigation Into The Clinton Foundation
The Politicization of the FBI
Joe DiGenova on Comey: Single-Handedly Destroyed the FBI
James Comey Is Hurting The FBI
Comey: Everyone In My Family “Passionately” Supported Hillary Clinton…
MORE BAD PRESS FOR JAMES COMEY
When people advertise themselves as highly moral, watch out
"Self-Centered, Self-Serving Jackass": FBI Insiders Furious After Comey Interview
Israel at 70: More than a Start-Up Nation
Vox: Donald Trump’s corruption means he’ll never be a “normal” commander in chief
The hate is strong in that one
Monday, April 16. 2018
Details: Meet at Dunkin' Donuts, 64 Fulton St. in Manhattan, 3 blocks south of the Brooklyn Bridge. Well, it's Dunkin' Donuts or Ruben's Empanadas. Maybe it's both. I'm fairly certain there's a DD there, Google Maps is never wrong. Ever. I'm guessing we meet at 9:30 and get started ASAP. We'll leave a trail of donut crumbs for stragglers.Come one, come all. Exciting Brooklyn!
I have made one update, but the map was tapped out...so on to two maps (which Bing interestingly allows and Google does not). We are always open to suggestions for additional stops. At this point, the hike is about 12 miles long, close to 4 hours of walking without stops. We will have stops, however, so let's call it 5 to 5 1/2 hours right now. Maybe 6 with a stop for lunch.looks like this . It's a brisk stretch of the legs, and we finish at a chocolate shop (and distillery - Widow Jane's) near the Water Taxi back to Manhattan.
Also, give us a heads-up if you want to come. No need to use your name, but we'd like to anticipate rough numbers. Right now, I've got 14 that I am 100% sure of.
"In what ways are Trump's policies any different from Bill Clinton's, and how is Trump's character any more reprehensible than Bill Clinton's?"
I replied that their policies were similarly moderate, and that Trump was not a rapist.
is bad business
GMO people is good, GMO food is bad?
Is This Tomato Engineered? Inside the Coming Battle Over Gene-Edited Food
Viking warrior was a woman
NYC: Chikin Derangement Syndrome
What’s A Muslim Jewish Christian Traditionalist Business Like Chick-Fil-A Doing Infiltrating Our City?
"Your city"?
THE AL GORE EFFECT COMES TO MINNESOTA
Feds To Audit CA High-Speed Rail Project As Funding Flounders
In Ireland, a Leftist Reluctantly Comes to Terms with Nationalism
FACEBOOK Censors and Bans European News Website for Criticizing Unlimited Migration
The NSA Wants a Skeleton Key to Everyone's Encrypted Data
That is evil
Dear Mr. Chancellor, please stop the grade-fixing in NYC schools
Why? Elite colleges give everybody an A
The Decline and Fall of Brown University
Vilifying Israel, Corrupting the University
Social Justice: When Good Becomes Evil? We must ask ourselves how we can live and promote the good without causing even greater damage.
Magazine editors turn blind eye to Melania
Not attractive enough?
10 Key Insights From Today's Deep State Coup News
Dem Rep: People Who “Besmirch” Comey And Mueller Will “Rot In Hell”
There now THREE separate OIG investigations
Saturday, April 14. 2018
Probably a pointless gesture. I hope it is a parting shot. Re the commentariat, however, I consider that if Trump sent the bombs it would be "Insane warmonger Trump playing Wag the Dog," and if he didn't it would be "Proof he's working for Russia."
I see no compelling US interest in Syria. Assad is just one of 50 terrible rulers, but Syria probably needs him. And I do not care what Russia does. That crappy country is destroying itself anyway.
Thursday, April 12. 2018
So asks Sarah Palin. There is no reason other than geopolitical maneuvering. There are no good guys in the Syria mess. Typical of middle-east conflict.
Wednesday, April 11. 2018
Joni Mitchell, Love Among the Ruins
Things about blondes
The beauty factor in employment
Kentucky neighborhood bans Danes, Dobermanns, German Shepherds, St. Bernards and more
Telling Moms "I Don't Know How You Do It All" Isn't Helping Us, It's Hurting Us
Internet ads: No one wants to listen to the sex workers
“It was really, really surprising to see the amount of hate that I got.”
A pretty gir l
The Electric Vehicle Mileage Fraud, Updated
Holocaust survivors and their families sing an upbeat LIFE
The Gig Economy Continues To Expand, Frustrating The Old Guard
Undercover Chat Reveals Planned Parenthood Giving 'Minors' Dangerous Advice on Anal Sex, Asphyxiation
How did we get to this?
Harvard to interrogate profs accused of ‘microaggressions’
Forensic microscope required. This is sick and creepy
Brown University Now Features ‘Safe Spaces for Men’
Are there really too many "manly men"?
Playing the Race Card in Higher Education
Millennial poll: Historic youth wave coming in 2018, Dems outnumber GOP 2-1
The Insanity of Open Borders
Justice Department violated Michael Cohen's constitutional rights just by seizing his records, Alan Dershowitz tells DailyMail.com – hours before Harvard law professor has dinner with Trump
Tuesday, April 10. 2018
Re Facebook:
Facebook now admits that it is behaving more like a publisher, with an editorial view, than a neutral platform where users get to choose what they read. Its head of news partnerships has said that Facebook now has a “point of view” on the news, while Zuckerberg himself says that Facebook, not its users, will now determine what counts as a “quality” news source.
...
It is not as if news publications can go elsewhere. Facebook, with 2 billion users, has no serious competitor in social media. Other methods of distributing news on the internet are inferior, rapidly declining, or else controlled by one of the other tech giants, whose track record of arbitrary rule-changes is as bad as Facebook’s.
may become a thing of the past.
I've always liked them. Great for making a roof on a gingerbread house, too.
Humans Have Wreaked Havoc on Walden Pond
Too many tourists peeing in the pond
Birds Have A ‘Sixth Sense’ And Can Feel Earth’s Magnetic Field
Despite being panned by many critics, “The Greatest Showman,” is a smash hit with audiences
GM's dress code is only two words
Imagining a World After Anna Wintour
Censorship at Yale: my experience on campus
Inside the White House Bible Study group
Cultural-Marxist Left Doesn't Like Term 'Cultural Marxism'
The UK: Subversion in the Garb of Social Justice
Facebook has always been one big swindle
Never was interested in it
Vietnam activists question Facebook on suppressing dissent
Klavan: On Kevin Williamson, The Atlantic Has No Excuse
Illinois Democratic governor nominee mum on details for his proposed pension bailout tax hike
They say that the Illinois government is a pension plan with some services attached
FBI To Produce Additional Documents To Congressional Investigators On Hillary Clinton Email Probe
Alan Dershowitz: Today is a 'very dangerous day for lawyer-client relations'
This all seems crazy to me
The FBI Escalates Its War on the Trump Administration
Monday, April 9. 2018
Curse of the Bradford Pear (h/t Insty)
Newly Discovered Nazca Lines Have Been Hiding in The Desert For Thousands of Years
How soon can we start recording our dreams?
Brazil Debates Fate of Millions of Idled Donkeys
Health Departments Continue to Sabotage Home Cooks Across the Country
Ban any home cooking without a license, even for oneself or one's family. Too risky.
Undercover Chat Reveals Planned Parenthood Giving 'Minors' Dangerous Advice on Anal Sex, Asphyxiation
Parents Stage Walkout Over Planned Parenthood's Graphic, Violent Sex Ed in Public Schools
NYC and the wages of Amazon
HOPE AND HYPE FOR ALZHEIMER’S
Transgender Runners Can Race Boston Marathon Under Identified Gender
What's Really Happening In The World Of CO2 Emissions?
Kevin Williamson, Thought Criminal
GAO STUDY ON RACIAL DISPARITIES IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE IGNORES CENTRAL QUESTION
Why the Federal Government Can't Mandate an Ideal School Suspension Rate
Harvard, The Atlantic, etc. need to be treated not as mainstream cultural institutions, but as centers of leftist agitprop pure and simple.
Rockefellers Join Soros & Rothschilds In Cryptocurrency Investment Plans
Diamond and Silk deemed "unsafe for the community" by Facebook
How Facebook got into a mess – and why it can’t get out of it
Private Equity Firm Offers Cash-Strapped Connecticut $2BN For Government Buildings
NY Times Op-Ed slamming 'Chappaquiddick' film as 'character assassination' spurs online outrage
Hopping the wall into Trump's US, in under 2 minutes
Has the California backlash against liberal craziness finally begun?
Twitter CEO Shares And Raves About Article Calling For Dem Victory In Second ‘Civil War’
OBAMA DIPLOMAT WHO PRAISED OBAMA FOR NOT ATTACKING SYRIA, ATTACKS TRUMP
The UK is where the good guys get arrested
HAMAS PAYS $500 FOR "SEVERE INJURIES" TO ANTI-ISRAEL RIOTERS
London's Mayor Declares Intense New 'Knife Control' Policies To Stop Epidemic Of Stabbings
Knives are out of control
So are drinks: The (Coming) Tory War on Milkshakes
Friday, April 6. 2018
plus other bread myths
Systematic Review Shows How to Maintain Sexual Desire in a long Relationship
Basically, look good and make it fun
Poll: Majority of millennials are in debt, hitting pause on major life events. Credit card debt — rather than student loans — is the most prevalent type of debt among the group.
They need to read Peterson. Get your life in order, bucko.
Is 2018 The Year of Jordan Peterson?
Elite students are highly conscientious but know little
And often lack spontaneous curiosity and passions
Why Students at Carleton University Are Trying to Have a Statue of Gandhi Removed
Uh oh– analysis of GHCN climate stations shows there is no statistically significant warming – or cooling
Climate Alarmists May Inherit the Wind. They likened a courtroom ‘tutorial’ to the Scopes Monkey Trial. But their side got schooled.
Banning semi-auto firearms? There are alternatives.
I am more comfortable with revolvers anyway. But what about shotguns?
Scott Adams: The fake gun control debate
Kids Who Want Lots Of Government For Other People Upset About Government For Themselves
THE MEDIA'S DEAFENING SILENCE ON THE YOUTUBE SHOOTER. A vegan animal rights activist doesn't fit the agenda.
As the man said, "Wrong bad guy."
Nasim Aghdam Had Been Interviewed by Police After Father Warned She Might Go to YouTube
Let's talk about The Atlantic firing Kevin D. Williamson — immediately after hiring him.
Michael Barone: How genetic science is undercutting the case for racial quotas
Yes, East Asians have the highest average IQs
MacDonald: Reject the Diversity Mandate
Why Do Leftists Think So Poorly of Blacks?
‘Chappaquiddick’ is a long-overdue dismantling of the Kennedy myth
A long line of charming, privileged sociopaths
Attempted Mexican invasion kills DACA
How Trump beat the left at its own game with the caravan to our border
That caravan was organized and paid for by a California pro-illegal immigration group
Klavan: American Journalists Are Hysterical Knuckleheads
Powerline: WHY WE HATE THE MEDIA, CHAPTER 12,784
‘BUFFY’ CREATOR JOSS WHEDON WISHES DEATH FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
If he were more honest, he'd wish for death for Trump voters
Nancy Pelosi Vows Democrats Will Raise Taxes if They Take Back the House
Why the FBI Is Dodging Nunes
Merkel Under Pressure Over Germany’s Imported Stabbing Epidemic
The Lost Palestinian Cause
THE HEAVY PRICE OF ISRAELI GENEROSITY. No good deed extended to Palestinians goes unpunished.
Recipients of charity commonly resent their benefactors. It's about ego. Gratitude is rare in humans.
France will have to get used to this
Thursday, April 5. 2018
How this lefty Canadian junior professor was mugged by the thought police and revised her point of view. h/t SDA
VIDEO
Archaeological Sites in the U.S.
People Who Use Lots Of Fossil Fuels Demand Shell Stop Giving Them Fossil Fuels Or Something
Comedian Outraged That People Are “Allowed” To Have Five Kids
Rob Reiner Calls ‘Roseanne’ Pro-Trump Mouthpiece For The ‘Lunatic Fringe’
Facebook Admits Over 87 Million People's Data Was Shared Improperly
Martin Luther King: ‘We Can’t Keep On Blaming the White Man’. Fifty years after his death, many pay lip service to his ideals, but far too few are following his example.
Population growth in New York, L.A., and other big coastal centers lags that of more affordable midsize metros, where Americans are moving.
Democrats: The Party of the Super-Duper (Mostly White) Gazillionaires
More than a million illegal immigrants scored California driver´s licenses, state DMV announces
More California Jurisdictions Join The Anti-Sanctuary Movement
Byron York: On the Trump-Russia investigation and the rule of law
Wednesday, April 4. 2018
The guy may be an obnoxious amoral jerk with bad taste, no verbal filter and lacking in any deep curiosity, but consider what he has done and is doing and don't be a snob. Good instincts beat deep knowledge every time. Facing down the Chinese, North Koreans, and Russians, pushing back against Mexican invasion, growing jobs like crazy, lowering taxes, and driving the Left mad. Food stamp, "disability", and welfare numbers are going down fast. All good things for America. Keeping his promises as best he can. MAGA.
Manufacturing Industry Has Strongest Jobs Increase in Three Years . Jobs are going begging, for a change. All-skate time. With the will to work, you can find it.
Hillary: America in a really bad spot . Really? I don't see that. She still does not get that many people voted for the lesser of two evils. Also, that many voted for him because he is fearless. He didn't need the job. He is doing remarkably well as an amateur, and his polls reflect that.
Why Are Americans Suddenly So Optimistic About The Future?
I'll vote for him next time, if he is willing to bother with more of this annoying and thankless job. My (Massachusetts "working class" Democrat) parents have come to admire him for what he has been doing despite his style not being their cup of tea.
attacked by a large bird of prey, probably a great horned owl."
Owls like to be left alone. Owling is a nighttime listening activity.
Why Prime Numbers Fascinate Mathematicians
Looking Back In Time, Astronomers Spot Most Distant Star Ever Seen
The starlight from that star was sent before our Sun was formed
George Washington University to Sponsor Event to Combat "Christian Privilege"
Anybody can join but, trust me, it's no picnic
Piers Morgan: Ban All Semi-Automatic Guns, ‘No Civilian Needs One’
Clueless
WHY TRUMP IS RIGHT ABOUT AMAZON
How to save Illinois
Poorly-educated journalists
Trump is doing the same things as Obama yet the MSM only freaks out about Trump
Trump Says Military Will Be Used To Protect Border
Good. Borders are basic. Syria is not.
Trump Warns: Caravan 'Had Better Be Stopped' Before Reaching US
Mexico is testing Trump
Two Examples of Mexican Government Officials Blackmailing U.S. by Threatening Flood of South American Immigrants…
Tuesday, April 3. 2018
Steyn womders why millions of reputable Americans are spending hours going through immigration etc on every international flight home, when anyone from anywhere can just walk across the Rio Grande:VIDEO
and the Subsequent Decline of the West
Stopping Exercise May Spark Depressive Symptoms
Many Americans Try Retirement, Then Change Their Minds
Don't Blame Pain Pills for the Opioid Crisis
The dread and the awe: Crispr’s inventor assesses her creation
Which Confederate statues were removed? A running list
California Supreme Court lets stand controversial law allowing DNA collection upon arrest
Battle Over What To Do About The Homeless Continues In Orange County
FTC Investigating Facebook's Privacy Practices
You're Offended? Go Fuck Yourself. (h/t Am. Digest)
Parkland Survivor: ‘When They Give Us That Inch, That Bump Stock Ban, We Will Take a Mile’
CNN Mocked For Glorifying JFKs ‘Legendary’ Infidelity After Harping On Sex Allegations Against Trump
Trump is Now More Popular Than Obama
UK Thought Police: Detaining Opponents "For The Public Good"
Saudi Crown Prince Admits Saudis "Financed Terrorist Groups", Blesses Israeli Statehood
Asking animal-loving liberals 
Last Man Standing: 
"The doctors’ conclusion... is that Beckett was