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Friday, February 19. 2021Friday morning links Texas Power Crisis Puts Keystone XL Cancelation in Perspective “If They Can Harass and Silence a Professional Journalist, They Can Silence Anybody” – Twitter Bans Top Conservative Investigative Journalist Paul Sperry Without Warning Australia took a stand against Facebook — and got silenced Biden Got Vaccine Dose in Dec, Now Claims There Was No Vaccine When He Took Office The Evidence Is Clear: We Can Open Schools Safely Now City Of Chicago Reviewing ‘Potentially Offensive’ Statues Including Those Of Lincoln And Washington The Greatest National Security Threat by Any Analysis is China. China Emits About 30% of Global GHGs, Twice US Emissions Thursday, February 18. 2021A Rush miscellanyI first heard Rush Limbaugh years ago when I had long commutes. I thought "Who the heck is this guy." He was articulating, humorously, thoughts and doubts that had been bubbling in me just below the surface. At the time, I was a normal uncritical Liberal thinking the same way I had been since age 17. I would not term it a conversion, but my mind did open to a kind of "critical thinking" that I was not getting from the news. As somebody put it, "awakening from a mindless political slumber." Appreciation: Rush Limbaugh remade talk radio — and modern conservatism. By Ben Domenech Powerline: RUSH LIMBAUGH, RIP Rush had good fun with music. His theme music was from The Pretenders' My City Was Gone And who was Snerdly? This guy:
One his many good ones, from the Rush Limbaugh Singers:
Thursday morning links The Intellectuals' Assault on Intelligence Slate Star Codex and the Gray Lady’s Decay. The New York Times hit piece on a heterodox blogger is a bad stumble — the latest of many Why did The NYT even bother with this guy? Hotcold Take: All The Winter Storm Power Outages Are Linked To ‘Climate Change’ Did Frozen Wind Turbines Impact the Texas Freeze? Here's the Data The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About the Capitol Riot - Insisting on factual accuracy does not make one an apologist for the protesters. False reporting is never justified, especially to inflate threat and fear levels. Everything They Don't Like Is Now A Public Health Emergency Harris: We’re Following The Science On School Reopenings Except When Teachers Unions Reject It, Or Something I’m an epidemiologist and a father. Here’s why I’m losing patience with our teachers’ unions. Lori Lightfoot talks truth on teacher-union entitlement How Rush Limbaugh rescued me from liberalism, By Dex Bahr Eating Biden’s Lunch, From the man who said China is not our competition. Joe Biden Excuses the Uyghur Genocide as ‘Just a Chinese Cultural Norm,’ Spreading CCP Propaganda Wednesday, February 17. 2021Wednesday morning links
We Didn’t Start the Fire. How much blame do the baby boomers deserve? “We are in our 50s and have no real retirement savings. What do we do now?” I suggest continuing to work Maryland Teachers’ Unions Still Not Accepting The Offer They Asked For Some Fairfax Students Go Back to School 2 Days a Week, Wear Masks, Sit 6 Feet Apart While Their Teachers Stay Home. Is this really what reopening looks like? CDC Admits It Based School Guidelines on Teacher Input and Stakeholders. Stakeholders, in other words, lobbying groups. Lobbying groups over parents and students. Good things about modern farming methods The Compound Fractures of Identity Politics - Characterizing people by skin color or sexual practice violates core principles of a free society and worsens human divisions. The Grand Illusion (of fair elections) New Comey Email Raises Additional Questions About His Use and Defense of The Steele Dossier. There is a new and intriguing document related to the Russian investigation out this week. Conspiracies everywhere Venezuela Turns to Privatization After Being Bankrupted by Socialism Baby steps Tuesday, February 16. 2021Tuesday morning links Snow Takes Down Green Energy Wind Turbines and Solar Panels In US and the World Get Ready for COVID-19 Variants Panic Porn Perma Mandates How The Legacy Media Convinced Americans That Andrew Cuomo Was A Hero Why Did the Pandemic Drive People to Purchase Tons of Toilet Paper? Glenn Loury: Unspeakable Truths about Racial Inequality in America NYC Public High School Calls for White Abolitionists Asylum Seekers Stage Hunger Strike over Quality of Free Hotel Food They Can't Quit Him: Democrats Have a New Plan for How to 'Get' Trump Monday, February 15. 2021Monday morning links
A history lesson that floats my boat: the stories of British slave rescues we never hear about Speaking Of Religious Mass Hysteria, How About The Campaign Against Fossil Fuels? VDH: Our Animal Farm - The Left’s 1960s dream is America’s 2021 nightmare VDH sounds depressed #DisruptTexts Tries to Cancel the Odyssey. My experience teaching mythology shows why that’s a terrible idea Ex-NYT Boss Jill Abramson Responds To Unrest At Paper As Woke Activists Dictate Policy Thought Police at The New York Times New York Post Receives Leak, Reveals NYT Columnist’s Scathing Article Against His Own Paper Half Of NY Times Employees Don’t Feel Free To Speak Their Mind At Work… NYT Retracts Story First Published on Jan. 8 That Capitol Hill Police Officer Was Killed by a Fire Extinguisher Thrown by Protesters Diversity, Equity and Inclusion was the Fastest Growing Job Category on LinkedIn in During 2020 There's More Word On How Long the National Guard Might Stay In D.C., It's Starting to Get Crazy Biden Administration Will Allow 25,000 Migrants to Enter U.S. From Mexico Why? NYP: Ugly truth about ‘Honest Joe’: Devine The Biden Administration Calls Out China for Not Cooperating with WHO Investigators Duh Tucker Carlson Asks Question of the Day: The Democrats 'Won Everything,' Why Are They So 'Crazy-Person Mad'? Dowd: Trump’s Taste for Blood - If Republicans won’t convict, bring on the handcuffs The hate is strong in her. It feels personal. Saturday, February 13. 2021Saturday morning links Stonehenge: Did the stone circle originally stand in Wales? Transgender Mania is a New Twist on an Old Story Cuomo Unmasked - The New York governor’s long-running media celebration was largely based on a fiction—his dramatic understatement of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes. Oregon promotes teacher program that seeks to undo 'racism in mathematics' Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week Tucker Carlson calls out those trying to shut down his show and Fox News THE TIMES LOSES IT BLM Imbeciles Running Amok Through NYC Again… Progressive Policies Fail in California Biden Cancels Emergency Border Wall Funding As DHS Prepares To Admit 25,000 Migrants Waiting In Mexico This may be the most fearsome US Navy weapon in the Pacific Palestinians: More Corruption as Biden Resumes Financial Aid Friday, February 12. 2021Friday morning links
Doctors warn Covid will become endemic and people need to learn to live with it Duh Biden Administration Considering Whether to Impose Domestic Travel Restrictions Most parents think COVID lockdowns damaged their child’s social skills Cuomo Coverup? Aide Admits Nursing Home Data Purposefully Concealed So Feds Wouldn't Find Out History, Heritage, and the Many Troubles with 1619 Sharansky: The Doublethinkers. In assessing my own liberation, I recall a conformity that feels terrifyingly familiar today Gina Carano Fired From 'The Mandalorian' For Comparing Cancel Culture To Nazi Germany President Donald Trump's Accomplishments VDH: The World Goes On While America Sleeps Their Cups Runneth Over. State and local government revenues have recovered from the pandemic, and further federal aid is unnecessary. In government, there is no such thing as "enough" The International Criminal Court Threatens Middle East Peace Thursday, February 11. 2021Thursday morning links
Who’s Up For Some “Pearl Milling Company” Syrup On Their Pancakes? I like Maple Syrup, but no problem with Aunt Jemima. Why Aren’t More Schools Opening? Teachers union pet: Biden moves the goalposts on re-opening schools CDC: Fully vaccinated people don't need to quarantine after COVID exposure That's me. Good to go - and I do. But I always did. CDC Begins Recommending Wearing Two Masks Why not three? College offers racially segregated mental health resources Prof says Tom Brady's 'white male omnipotence' 'buttresses American white supremacy' Title lX: The Due Process Brick Wall CANCEL CULTURE AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ARE MEANS OF CONTROLLING ACCESS TO THE MIDDLE CLASS China Joe Looks To Help “Climate Migrants” Or Something Lee Smith: The American Elite's Primary Allegiance Is No Longer to America, But to the Communist Party of China, That Makes Them Rich and Keeps Them In Power More On The "Stimulus": We're About To Get Scammed Yet Again On "Poverty" Wednesday, February 10. 2021School openings‘Anti-Science’: Doctor, Critics Rip Biden Over School Reopening Timeline There is zero evidence that kids can infect adults. Teachers just seem to prefer zoom. No stress, and same pay and benefits. What does the federal gummint have to do with this anyway?
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Wednesday morning links
Do Looks Matter in an Academic Career? Appearance and comportment matter a lot in life in general Charles Murray must be the bravest man in America. Democrats Cry Foul – Say Tom Brady Winning All Those Super Bowls During Black History Month Is “Racist” Tom Brady is the left’s worst nightmare With a Star Science Reporter’s Purging, Mob Culture at The New York Times Enters a Strange New Phase Evil stuff going on COVID Cases Now Lowest Since October, It’s Probably Because Biden* Is A Mask Wearing Alpha Chad… CDC Exposed: Inflated Covid Deaths By 1600% Throughout The Election, “Violated Multiple Federal Laws” Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Pandemic "crisis" is suddenly over Come One, Come All - President Biden’s immigration agenda will be a disaster for working-class Americans. Biden Quietly Revokes Trump’s Ban On Chinese Communist Propaganda In Schools No, the 2020 election wasn’t stolen — but yes, it was underhandedly tilted A Quick Post-Mortem on the Trump years He sees it the way I do. A Tragedy in the Greek sense. Tuesday, February 9. 2021Tuesday morning links
The 3 Worst Things About That Terrible Jeep Super Bowl Ad Study: Modern Warm Period Started Around 1825 NYP: Open Our Schools and other commentary TIME TO CLOSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOREVER? Schools Are Safe, If Not Havens from COVID A Shadow of Things to Come: DOJ Filings in Affirmative Action and Title IX Cases ‘Neo-Racism’ in the Justice Department What To Do When There’s A COVID Vaccine Glut The Golden State updated its vaccine rollout to include medicinal cannabis workers in some of the highest prioritization tiers. The Humiliating Art of the Woke Apology Moral Narcissism and the Show Trial of Donald Trump MSNBC: In America, ‘We’ve Been Taught’ That Blacks Are Less Than Whites… The Nascent Biden Doctrine. Biden’s “doctrine” is nothing but useless multilateralism. Iran: Still a State-Sponsor of Terrorism, and Growing Bolder Monday, February 8. 2021Monday morning linksThanks to Roger, King of Sicily, for our recent morning links. Also Bruce's. What a team we have
Digging Up Old Bodies: Richard III and Jimmy Hoffa Cold Reality Dawns: COVID Is Likely Here To Stay Biden* Says Summer Is Cancelled This Year Too… Killing the Classics Beethoven Considered for Cancelation Scott Adams: Teacher Unions run the country Biden favors teachers unions over students’ education Bill de Blasio Seven Year Report Card As New York City Mayor Here Come the 'Climate Lockdowns' Black Lives Matter, Antifa March Through DC, Chant ‘Burn It Down’ White House Appears to Confirm Hunter Biden Still Holds Stake in Chinese Private Equity Firm Biden ends Trump-era deals with Central American countries to curb asylum claims at US border A Couple Of Very Safe Bets For The Next Four Years VDH: When (or If) Comes the Pushback? Joe Biden is now unapologetically leading the most radical left-wing movement in the nation’s history. Canada Warns Athletes To Not Criticize Chinese Communist Party French Court Finds France Is Not Complying With Paris Climate Accords… During Pandemic, China Sent Millions of Counterfeit Masks, Test Kits to US The hidden world of the doctors Cuba sends overseas We Have Been Harmonised: Life in China’s Surveillance State by Kai Strittmatter – review. A remarkable analysis identifies ‘Mao 2.0’ as the west’s new cold war adversary Forging 21st-Century Strategic Deterrence By Admiral Charles A. Richard, U.S. Navy Saturday, February 6. 2021Saturday Links From All Over
Temperature, Humidity and Latitude Analysis to Predict Potential Spread and Seasonality for COVID-19
You're welcome. Again. Some more. Association of Daily Wear of Eyeglasses With Susceptibility to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection
Can't wait for Fauci to tell us to wear two pairs of eyeglasses. The Long Decline of Global Interest Rates
Paul Volcker was either a god or a devil, depending on who you ask. But he was certainly nowhere in-between. Christopher Plummer: Star of The Sound of Music dies at 91
He was Commodus before Joaquin was born, and better at it too. He was the definitive Rudyard Kipling, THE skinflint millionaire, Kaiser Wilhelm, more Rommel than James Mason, and more Barrymore than Barrymore. And still they hang the Sound of Mucus around his neck. Rest easy Sir Charles Litton. We'll remember you. Internet Archive’s Modern Book Collection Now Tops 2 Million Volumes
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes -Erasmus Texas Republicans endorse legislation to allow vote on secession from US
Please keep in mind that secession is only cool when California threatens to do it. 'Coup Attempt' of Reddit's Wallstreetbets Forum Is Averted
Like campus politics, the fights are so vicious because the stakes are so small.
Huh. It turns out you have to know something about ice cream, and something about business, in order to run an ice cream business. Who knew? The Round Table: Fiction, Biography And The Use Of Power -Robert Caro and Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was funny. Robert Caro wrote four books about Lyndon Johnson, which is another kind of joke entirely. Ford forced to cut profitable F-150 pickup truck production due to semiconductor chip shortage
Ahem. A pickup truck has one bench seat, a metal dashboard, three on the tree, and an AM radio. I have no idea what exactly an F 150 is anymore, but it ain't a pickup truck. Have a nice weekend, y'all. Or if you're Bird Dog, a nice weekend yawl.
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Friday, February 5. 2021Hey, It's Friday! I Think. I Really Can't RememberHey, remember normal American life? Me neither. China promotes education drive to make boys more 'manly' The Proposal to Prevent the Feminisation of Male Adolescents called on schools to fully reform their offerings on physical education and strengthen their recruitment of teachers. The text advised recruiting retired athletes and people from sporting backgrounds - and "vigorously developing" particular sports like football with a view to "cultivating students' masculinity". The American version is reminding the male students that they'll never be half the man their mother was. The pandemic is getting better all across the U.S.
Flu season in the US runs from October to February. It's February. You're welcome UK banks given six months to prepare for negative interest rates
Well, after giving away money doesn't work, there's nothing left to do but pay you to take it. 23andMe set to go public via a Virgin Group SPAC merger
If you're unfamiliar with 23andMe, they're like Facebook, but instead of spying on your browsing habits, they rifle through your medical waste if you're dumb enough to send it to them. Blue Check Homes. Get a Verified Blue Badge on your home
What a glorious hoax. Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion
You can get it in any color you want, as long as it's... white? Found traces of antidepressants and painkillers in crustaceans on Svalbard
You know, I'd kinda noticed that my Svalbard mollusks seemed a tad taciturn recently. They've completely lost the urge to fetch sticks and dig in the garden, too. NY restaurant couple mistakenly served $2000 Mouton 1989 after ordering $18 Pinot
I remember this one time I was at a boring convention, but they had an open bar with a half-decent wine selection. I guess I sorta took advantage of the open bar thing. After my eighth trip across the auditorium to get another glass, a guy handed me a big trophy, a pretty girl kissed me, and the master of ceremonies announced over the public address system that I'd won the dance contest. Amazon plans to install always-on surveillance cameras in its delivery vehicles
Amazon should just install the driver's mother-in-law in a jump seat and get it over with. Corporations Listed In Fortune 500 More Likely To Commit Financial Fraud, Study Finds
I was walking down the sidewalk in New York once, when I noticed a stockbroker I'd met at a party recently coming towards me. "Hello," he lied. A GameStop Evangelist’s Videos Draw a Regulator’s Attention
This dude is in for an SEC enema with a Maxine Waters rubdown finish. He'll be used as a political football. If he's useful in their endless efforts to raise taxes, they'll call him a little guy and let him keep the vig. If he hurt the wrong hedgies, they'll stake him out on an anthill. But his real problem comes later. Some enterprising lawyer with a client who dumped their college money into GameStop and lost it all will sue him, and win. It's pit bull season, and he's wearing milk bone underwear.
Well, that's the links for today. Don't forget to shift your buttocks slightly on the couch at least once a day.
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Thursday, February 4. 2021You Have Meddled With Primal Forces of Nature, Mr. Reddit, and I Won't Have It!Ned Beatty explains how the world really works to a doe-eyed crank in Network. A wonderful parable for our times, and still spot on 45 years after it was made. The Wall Street Bets kids will be cozened into Janet Yellen's boardroom shortly, and get Citadel's version of this speech. Hedge funds emerge mostly unscathed from Reddit trader drama
I'll explain the GameStop/Reddit/Wall Street Bets frenzy in the simplest terms possible. They've all joined a joint-stock Amway. How Billionaire Robert Smith Avoided Indictment in a Multimillion-Dollar Tax Case
His company manages $73 billion in assets for public pension funds. Public pension funds are about to get maybe a third of a trillion or so in bailouts, masquerading as aid to state and local governments. He won't be eating ramen anytime soon. IBM Blockchain Is a Shell of Its Former Self After Revenue Misses, Job Cuts
I guess IBM is being haunted by the ghost of Romettys past. You will be visited by three spirits. Listen to them, and do what they say, or your (block)chains will be heavier than mine. Who Built the Egyptian Pyramids? Not Slaves
Got that? "Researchers" say it wasn't slavery. It was "national service." Give them another couple years to research the topic, and they'll be able to explain it was just like playing Minecraft, only with real blocks. Loads of fun for the whole conscripted family! 'Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape
No sweat. Xi will just get some researchers to rename it "national service." Justice Department Drops Yale University Admissions Lawsuit
Pretty soon, we'll perfect bizarro world college admissions where the only way a white male can attend is to make the football team.
I've been accused of being a narcissist. But enough about me. What do you think about me? Chrome’s Cookie Update Is Bad for Advertisers But Good for Google
Cookies for me, but not for thee, says Google, and every toddler's mother. The Mystery Of India's Plummeting COVID-19 Cases
Flu season in India runs from October to February. It's February. You're welcome. Hybrid supercapacitor offers NiMH energy density, charges much faster
People mistakenly believe that designing electric cars is an electric car problem. But electric cars are about as old as gasoline-powered designs. They didn't catch on because the batteries sucked, and gasoline rocked, and was damn near free. The batteries still suck, and only work on a boondoggle basis. Supercapacitors are the future of electric cars and solar storage.
Well, that's the links for this morning. I hope you found them enjoyable or informative or amusing. But remember: It's the individual that's finished. It's the single, solitary human being that's finished. It's every single one of you out there that's finished. Because this is no longer a nation of independent individuals. It's a nation of some two hundred odd million transistorized, deodorized, whiter-than-white, steel-belted bodies, totally unnecessary as human beings and as replaceable as piston rods. I'm sorry. Did I say that out loud? I meant to say, "Have a nice day!"
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Wednesday, February 3. 2021Unintended ConsequencesToday I stopped at Costco after working at the food bank. I had to buy some things, but most importantly I had to return the laundry detergent I'd purchased. Naturally, not being aware of anything besides price, I'd bought a brand I was familiar with, but for some reason was on sale at a rate considerably cheaper than Costco's house brand. Seems like a deal. Until Mrs. Bulldog said "No, return it." So today was return day. As I stood in line, I noticed the 3 people ahead of me having their returns rejected, which I thought was odd. I've returned a few things to Costco, and it's rarely a problem especially if you have a receipt or plan to use the credit immediately (as I intended to). When I got to the desk, I was told that Governor Murphy had passed a "Hoarding Law" which meant certain items couldn't be returned because they were deemed "essential" and the government had worried in March that hoarders would purchase large amounts to gouge prices. Laundry detergent is on the list. Now, I really have no problem with price gouging. It's part of the natural turn of events in certain crises and will usually help increase production (which eventually drives down prices) and services to the areas which are impacted by a crisis. I don't even have a problem with hoarding. I'm not likely to do either of these things, but if others want to, that's their gig, not mine. But now I'm stuck dealing with this detergent and the ire of Mrs. Bulldog, clearly an event our governor, who is obviously kindly and greatly more intelligent than everyone else in the New Jersey area, doesn't care about. Actually, I'm less concerned with the ire of Mrs. Bulldog and really was more concerned with the people I noticed who were distraught because they'd purchased things they didn't want/need and just wanted to return them. I should be clear that my Costco isn't exactly in a really wealthy part of my county. Lots of locals, many who probably have been very adversely affected by Covid, shop here. So seeing them getting upset at the counter didn't surprise me. But it's just an annoying example of how politicians insert themselves into everyday lives and make life difficult. Sure they "mean well" - but they rarely realize they are hurting the people they are trying to help more often than not. Once Again, the Conservative, Sandwich-Heavy Portfolio Pays Off for the Hungry Investor!
It's not kind to find amusement in other people's distress. So I won't. I'll just casually mention that it's a tremendous waste of money to send some people to college. So it's not that big of a deal that this money was dumped into a meme stock at a stratospheric high, shortly to make its way to the Pink Sheets. According to modern monetary practice, it's a much better allocation of the same money to send a stockbroker's kids to college. In a Porsche. On to today's links! Brokers of Reddit how crazy is it where you work/ on the trade floor rn?
Ah, GameStop remorse will become a thing now. Well, say what you want about the Tulip Mania, but at least you could grow some flowers with what was left of your investment. Experts suggested planting the bulbs point down in the smoking hole of your finances. Dante's descendant seeks to overturn poet's 1302 corruption conviction
They're also thinking of revising the book to be more topical. They're adding a tenth circle to hell. It has a bad internet connection. Australia’s PM Suggests Bing Adequate If Google Blocks Searches Down Under
There are only two ways to look at this situation. If there is no adequate alternative to Google, then Google is a monopoly, and it can safely be regulated into the ground. If there are adequate alternatives, then Google can safely be regulated into the hereafter. Simple. FTC says Amazon took $62 million in tips from drivers
I have no idea where the exact inflection point was, but somewhere along the way WalMart became a charming, plucky, mom and pop store compared to Amazon. Jeff Bezos Is Stepping Down As Amazon CEO Later This Year
He's going to retire to spend more time with his family and his employee's tips. Language Development During Interstellar Travel
I don't know what this dialect would sound like, but I know that no matter how far out into space they go, no one is ever going to be able to correctly spell loser, rein, definitely, compliment, it's, or their ever again. Exclusive: Suspected Chinese hackers used SolarWinds bug to spy on U.S. payroll agency
But I tholt it was the Lussians. Ancient Jersey teeth find hints at Neanderthal mixing
No word on modern New Jersey teeth, but after watching Jersey Shore, I have my suspicions. Exclusive: Wikipedia launches new global rules to combat site abuses
I can't imagine from what political perspective information will be determined to be "false or biased." It's a deep mystery. Manhattan Office Supply Hits Record High With Skyscrapers Empty
It's going to be really hard to get the working wealthy back into pants.
Have a great Wednesday, everyone.
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Tuesday, February 2. 2021So Much Tuesday. So Little Time
Well, the whole country is shoveling today. The West Coast is shoveling mud, the Midwest is shoveling snow, the Northeast is shoveling slush, and you know what they're shoveling in Washington. Hint: It's not shinola. By the way, our first item is an entire rundown of how that offal gets shoveled. Pay attention. The billionaire takeover of civil society
I hate to break it to you, but deplatforming conservatives from any meaningful place online was the last step, not the first. Act accordingly. The shirtless fellow with the Flintstones lodge helmet presiding over our impromptu congress has nothing on this woman SpaceX to Launch Inspiration4 Mission to Orbit
It's impolitic to say so, but America's trips to the moon were just stunts. Yeah, yeah, we got Tang and Velcro, and showed up the Soviets, but the moon is just a really boring Disneyland with a very expensive ticket. Well, pretty soon, you can buy tickets, too.
Recent attempts to unionize at Google are superfluous. Apparently everybody's got to be paid the same already. Or else. Ford, Google form 'strategic partnership' on cloud services, Android operating system
Ford and Google Cloud? I don't know why, but I'm reminded that two drunks often lean on each other to keep upright. Have fun with your new Woke dashboard. Reconstructing the Menu of a Pub in Ancient Pompeii
Pretty interesting, but if you're prone to telling the truth, the counter of the excavated food joint in Pompeii looks exactly like a Subway sandwich shop. Why this famed Anglo-Saxon ship burial was likely the last of its kind
Two women meet at the mall. U.S. Cuts $231 Million Deal To Provide 15-Minute COVID-19 At-Home Tests
It'll be fun to sneeze on your phone instead of just cursing at it. Naked shorting: The curious incident of the shares that didn't exist
Those crazy kids at Wall Street Bets have stumbled onto a real nest of snakes. They'll eventually be broken on the Wall Street wheel, of course, and blame the wrong people for their troubles, and the problem won't get fixed, but think of the demagoguery and additional taxes we can look forward to from all this! Spotify wants to suggest songs based on your emotions
Why does Spotify keep playing Rage Against the Machine songs over and over? I went as far as saying I liked disco and Wayne Newton, but it saw right through that ruse.
And Spotify will play it over and over and over and over...
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Monday, February 1. 2021Monday Morning What Have You
Bird Dog's at the vet, getting his teeth sharpened or something. Sorry, you're stuck with me again. I'm afraid I'm rather cranky this morning. On top of my general demeanor, I haven't read a newspaper or watched TV in over 20 years. That indicates that this isn't shaping up to be an informative session for you fine people. However, I'll do my best, because back in my day, we gave everything our best effort, even if it was doomed to failure. You know, like elections and public school. What went wrong with America’s $44 million vaccine data system?
Back in my day, a woman with a beehive hairdo and more eyeshadow than Cleopatra wearing eyeglasses on a chain would make our doctor's appointments, and we were too terrified of her to miss one. My 90s TV: You can browse 1990s Television Well, I didn't browse 1990s television in the 1990s, and I'm not going to start now. And back in my day, we used a compliant toddler to change the channel, not a remote. Amazon’s Ring now reportedly partners with more than 2,000 US police and fire departments
Why, back in my day, we made the Stasi build their own system of totalitarian surveillance. Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite
Why, back in my day, we had to pay for our own LSD and prostitutes. Silver swept up by GameStop retail frenzy, prices soar
Why back in my day, we had to mine our own silver.
Why, back in my day, our parents encouraged us to sniff glue. This IoT Mesh Network Watches You As You Shop - Without Cameras
Back in my day, you had to shoplift something to get followed around the store like that. Access to vocational education can boost income over the long term
Why, back in my day, we'd greet research like this with a resounding, "Duh." And vocational training consisted of a very dirty plumber yelling at you to go get a Stilson wrench off the truck, and be back in two minutes or you're fired. Hedge fund Melvin sustains 53% loss after Reddit onslaught
Back in my day, you didn't have to hire an expert to lose half your money in the stock market. You could just buy ten shares of anything and vote democrat. Myanmar army seizes power in coup and declares state of emergency for one year
Back in my day, jokes about coups following stolen elections didn't just write themselves. And we called it Burma. And of course, back in my day, we told everyone to have a nice day. I still do, and mean it.
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Saturday, January 30. 2021What does America mean to you?
From America Isn’t Make-Believe:
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J&J Vaccine Provides Strong Shield Against Severe Covid What Teachers Have Been Doing Instead of Teaching James report exposes Andrew Cuomo’s despicable, cynical dishonesty Cuomo Asked Why He Lied About Nursing Home Deaths: “Who Cares” Why Is American Rail So Costly? A new research project identifies one cause: bloated station designs. FBI Lawyer Who Forged Email in Carter Page FISA Process Sentenced to Probation Democrats Introduce Bill to ‘Massively Expand’ Mail-in Voting 87% of Bureau of Land Management Staffers Quit When Trump Told Them to Move to Colorado Biden Presidency: The Dopes Have Taken Full Control China Tells Taiwan "Independence Means War" As Rival Wargames Ongoing Friday, January 29. 2021Friday morning links Why GameStop's Stock Surge Is Shaking Wall Street Book Review: Kevin Williamson’s Thoroughly Spectacular ‘Big White Ghetto’ The Cost of False Facts: A Critical Review of Incorrect Boogey-Men from Glassner’s 1990s to Today California Is Cleansing Jews From History. The state’s proposed new ethnic studies curriculum is even worse than you imagined BIDEN APPOINTS ANTI-ISRAEL BDS ACTIVIST TO HEAD NSC INTEL After 440,000 Americans are Dead – Facebook and American Journal of Medicine Admit Their Stand on HCQ was Wrong People were "against it" only because Trump suggested that it might help Frequent New York Times Opinion Writer Was Secret Iranian Agent, Federal Prosecutors Charge John Kerry’s Family Owns A Private Jet Despite His Role In Combating “Climate Crisis” Pentagon Has Gone Full On Climate Cult Fairfax County teacher unions, school district clash over return to in-person learning Democrats Want a 'Return to Civility'; When Did They Practice It? The New York Times is deeply worried about Kristi Noem running for president in 2024 How to Californicate America Media May Ignore It, but Biden Presidency Is Already Radical How Woke Politics are a Disaster for Minorities Biden Appeases Putin, Media Falsely Claims Biden is Tough On Him It's Time for American Impatience With China China will run the world soon Thursday, January 28. 2021Thursday morning linksSnowy Owl in Central Park Long-term study reveals harm in regular cannabis use A biography of John C Calhoun A book: The Autocratic Middle Class: How State Dependency Reduces the Demand for Democracy A tribute to those who risked their lives to save Jews Say What You Please, Even If You Don’t Back it with Reasons What They Really Mean by ‘Equity’ Sen. Tom Carper Introduces Washington DC Admission Act to Make Nation’s Capital its 51st State Biden To Sign Another EO On Hotcoldwetdry, And Fight Like No Other President Has John Kerry says out-of-work oil/gas workers should be grateful to Joe Biden for giving them ‘better choices’ like building solar panels “It Doesn’t Make Any Sense – They Took It!” – MUST SEE: Black Keystone Pipeline Worker GOES OFF After Biden Fires Him and 10,000 Co-Workers Court Packing, Here We Come: Biden Launches Commission On “Supreme Court Reform” Biden administration replaces top immigration court official China Needs A Hundred Bombers To Punch Through An American Flattop’s Defenses Wednesday, January 27. 2021Wednesday morning links
Via Insty, The One Fitness Test You Have to Pass If Teachers Won’t Go Back To School, Why Are They Getting The Vaccine Ahead Of Others? CDC: ‘Little Evidence’ That In-Person Schooling Contributes To Community Spread Of COVID The Serial Failures of Dr. Fauci Freedom of association is under attack. Will the Supreme Court protect it? Compulsory Political Ideology For Illinois K-12 Teachers And Classrooms Moves Closer To Finalization ‘My Pillow’ Founder Mike Lindell is Latest Pro-Trump Conservative Banned from Twitter for Wrong Thinking Schumer: Biden Should Consider Declaring ‘Climate Emergency’ So He Can Do Things Without Congress WHO IS RUNNING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION? Biden Promptly Dismantles Trump’s Border Security Measures Buyer's Remorse? Let’s Blame the Press China Is Wasting No Time In Testing Biden Here's the Truly Beastly Helicopter That Might Replace the Black Hawk
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