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Tuesday, February 16. 2016Tuesday morning linksShould Taxpayers Subsidize the Arts? University tells students to report ‘incidents of discomfort’ to campus police Pussies, or cry-bullies? The accusation of “verbal harassment” is the authoritarian censor’s primary weapon against our constitutional rights What passes for microaggressions at Columbia: White male professors, ‘stressful situations’ Vassar Feminist Prof under student fire for allegedly using improper Transgender pronouns Zero Tolerance: 2 Teens Face Expulsion, Jail for Fishing Knives, Advil in Their Cars Brutal Dictatorship Seeks Climate Cash to Fund Continued Atrocities Families to Be “Equal Partners” to Big Government Regarding Parenting Families to Be “Equal Partners” to Big Government Regarding Parenting - See more at: http://moonbattery.com/?p=68821#sthash.WwcvQBSb.dpuf Kotkin: We Now Join the U.S. Class War Already in Progress In 2007, Chuckie Schumer Called For Blocking All Bush Supreme Court Nominations What If Vladimir Putin Has Hillary Clinton’s Emails? Guaranteed he does
TRUMP: “I Was With Marco When He Had His Meltdown. He Was Soaking Wet. I Thought He Came Out of Pool” Stay classy, Donald Goodbye to Leading from behind Monday, February 15. 2016In the brave new world
Well, freedom and utopian equality will only be possible when every citizen is lobotomized, including the benevolent, altruistic bureaucracy (there will be no politicians, because equality of power and influence). Drudge will have to distribute some percent of his website visits to olde Maggie's Farm. I can't wait! But which unequal person will force that to happen? Will they not need to win elections or win wars? Joke going around DC today: "The Bernie Sanders drinking game: Each time he mentions getting something for free, you have to drink some other guy's beer." Quite related: The Character of Modern Liberalism in One Paragraph and on the freedom part of the equation, Quotation of the day on the relationship between free men in a free society and their government….
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Monday morning linksLady Gaga - National Anthem - Super Bowl 2016 Beyonce and the Black Panthers (video) Einstein’s gravitational waves rest on a genuinely radical idea. What Scalia Taught Us Kimball: RIP Antonin Scalia Louisiana governor: College football in jeopardy in midst of budget crisis I thought football was a profit center for schools Will: The 'progressive' itch to regulate speech "Brave New World is one of my favorite books for the simple reason it got so much right." Ditto You’re not imagining things, the economy really is rigged against you Even Democrats' Rigged Superdelegate System May Not Be Enough for Hillary to Prevail Trump Was Half-Crazed, but Does Anyone Care? To Understand Trump, You Have to Understand New York Interesting: Hillary - house in NYC burbs. Bernie - from Brooklyn. Trump - from Queens. Bloomberg? - NYC. DEMANDS ON THE MARINE CORPS ARE SLOWLY BREAKING MARINE AVIATION The Marines' new Iraq mission - IT'S NOT A DOOR-TO-DOOR FIGHT, BUT THE WAR ON ISIS IS HEATING UP "Treason" In Turkey: Asking for Peace Sunday, February 14. 2016Sunday linksSheesh. Climate change hits New England. 6 below zero F around here, frozen pipes. Amazing what global warming can do to us. A few years ago, Mrs. BD and I skiied at 10 below. That was zippy, and we had the whole place to ourselves, almost. Wonderful. I remember putting anti-freeze in the toilets. Women considered better coders – but only if they hide their gender Blame an Ivory Ban for China’s Vanishing Giant Clams Chef removes foie gras from Valentine's Day menu after getting death threats from vegans NYPD used stingrays over 1,000 times without warrants since 2008 "The Politics of life are easy. It's the Poetics that are tough."
THE NORMALIZATION OF BAD IDEAS:
The mess that is Fannie and Freddie Steyn having fun: Notes After New Hampshire Trump was out of control in South Carolina debate Something wrong with him? Acting like a complete a-hole ISIS extremists stone four women to death on charges of ‘committing adultery’ Raped them, then accused them of adultery for it. Multicultural morals. Geography and Economic Growth
Saturday, February 13. 2016Who Hates America More?Grandma or Grandpa? After 7 years of a Dem president, the Dem candidates say they feel like the US has gone to hell. Go figure.
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Saturday morning linksBoy Does Something Special With $20 He Finds In A Parking Lot Ancient hook-ups with Neanderthals left lasting effects on our health Tattoo takeover: Three in ten Americans have tattoos, and most don’t stop at just one How the progressive left intends to use the courts to harass those who don’t agree with them on the climate ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF SMALL CHILDREN: Don’t Be Afraid Of Dirt. Flint’s Not the Only City with a Water Problem Soon, West Virginians will have the right to work Gary Kaltbaum: Janet Yellen ‘Just Doesn’t Have a Clue’ People Over 50 Carrying More Debt Than in the Past Welcome To Obama's Recovery: Carrier Moving 1400 Jobs To Mexico Progressive Rutgers Students Protest Milo Yiannopoulos by Smearing Themselves With Fake Blood Campus Lefties: Bullies With a Cause Liberal intolerance is on the rise on America’s college campuses Obama: Muslims are more equal than Christians in America Had someone like Darrell Issa run a hedge fund out of the Cayman DNC rolls back Obama ban on contributions from federal lobbyists Bruised Marco Rubio Gets Personal and Aggressive The Unexpected Breadth of Donald Trump's Appeal - In New Hampshire, he won working class men without college diplomas—and most every other demographic group. Apparently we should get on a boat and leave America ASAP Why the Western Sahara Matters Russia keeps bombing despite Syria truce; Assad vows to fight on Friday, February 12. 2016Corrupt and sleazyHow bad is this? Huma Abedin and the Tangled Clinton Web It is all almost unbelievable, except that it is the Clintons so nothing should be surprising. Normal people do not do life this way, even fantastically rich people like the Clintons.
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Why Trump?
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Friday morning linksGravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory Slam-dunk Nobel If You See A Quarter On A Fallen Soldier's Grave, This Is What It Means University Of Texas Police Give Preacher Citation For ‘Offending’ Students Liberal intolerance is on the rise on America’s college campuses Where is the bold free speech movement? Why The Sugar-Tax is So Bitter. Government subsidizes the growers, then taxes the buyers. What? *The American Slave Coast* Climate Alarmists Invent New Excuse: The Satellites Are Lying New Bill Introduced in U.S. Congress to Block State-Level Efforts to Weaken Smartphone Encryption ACLU Identifies 'Critical Civil Liberties Challenges Facing Our Country.' Does Not Include First Amendment - Is the ACLU going soft on the First Amendment? The great money-in-politics myth Bloomberg claimed that 95 percent of murders fall into a specific category: male, minority and between the ages of 15 and 25. “Sexism has nothing to do with it”: Camille Paglia on Hillary Who Influences Hillary Clinton on Israel?
Past Time for the GOP to Go Hard for the Black Vote Top Republican: ‘Political Ineptitude' Caused Crash of Puerto Rico North Korean Leader Kim Has His Military Chief Executed The executions will continue until morale improves Syrian Archbishop to West: “Why Are Your Bishops Silent?” Christians, Gays And Women Fleeing Asylum Centres In Germany Over Growing Violence By Muslim Men… Pentagon Kills Its Killer Drone Fleet Ozzies solve migrant problem – for a while Iran Infiltrates the West Bank The Shift in Saudi Foreign Policy Thursday, February 11. 2016Trump's AppealDonald Trump is post-ideological. Why is Trump, the Honey Badger, such a pheenom? Trump and the Culture of Political Correctnes (h/t Reader)
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Thursday morning linksHow American tipping grew out of racism Out of slavery, really. My rules on tipping in the US: Always tip restaurant staff, hotel cleaners daily, bartenders, bell boy, Dunkin Donuts people, garbage man and postman at Christmas, Stanley Steemer guys, outdoor helpers for special projects, barber, etc. In Europe, always tip hotel cleaners daily. They will be much more attentive. Here's How That Pro Cyclist Probably Hid a Motor in Her Bike Students at Duke Condemn Racial Protestors and Call for Free Speech The Holocaust as ‘white on white crime’ and other signs of intellectual decay Free Speech or Hate Speech? I’ll Take Both, Thanks Sorry, we can't ban everything that offends you – video REFLECTIONS ON THE PANTHERS - A look back at what the Black Panthers did to deserve Beyoncé's rousing tribute at the Super Bow Sultan on Traditionalist Rebels:
Maggie's Farm is sort of a Traditionalist Rebel site Psychiatrist Dalrymple on Psychology:
Study proves urban heat islands exist, even in the Arctic The EPA is out of control – now they want to ban hobby race cars 5 Huge Problems with David Brooks' 'I Miss Obama' Puff Piece Sanders may have won 22% more votes than Hillary, but Hillary gets more delegates Hillary Has A Big Problem With "Everyday Americans" Hillary’s National Security Crime Needs a Special Prosecutor Republican Candidates Fall in Line with Social-Justice Warriors on Selective Service New Hampshire: Carnage In The Establishment Lane
The U.S. Cyber Vulnerability Goes On 100,000 say NO to the EU: Poll says Britons wants Brexit vote - SUPPORT for Britain to quit the EU is gaining unstoppable momentum among British voters. Go Rebels! THE NEW EUROPE: “Refugees” Given Priority at Hospitals, Free Train Tickets, Free Museum Visits Winning an unconventional war - Disadvantage goes to the side that abides by the Geneva Conventions Obama/Trump Back Russian Invasion of Syria I don't give a darn about Syria What Vladimir Putin is really up to in Syria The US military’s malaise - Defense policy run by the White House is faulty U.S. Intelligence Assessment of Iran Africa's Third Term Power Grabs: Prelude to War Wednesday, February 10. 2016Trump and SandersHeard Trump via radio today. "We're gonna kick the crap out of Isis." "We're gonna close the border and eliminate the drugs." The guy knows nothing and does not want to bother to. Why should he? He's The Donald. Heard a black guy endorsing Sanders too. Guy said "Bernie has been consistent with his views since he was a teenager." That's a compliment?
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Wednesday morning linksImage via Moonbattery This Is Why You Can’t Afford a House Teddy Roosevelt: "The light has gone out of my life" "[E]qually fit men and women demonstrate their fitness differently." Why Food Trucks Locate Where They Do - Five big takeaways from a unique new study. I love food trucks. Nobody has time to sit down for lunch anymore. Rumor Says Scientists Have Finally Detected Elusive "Gravitational Waves" Those waves make my dead lifts too difficult When Addiction Has a White Face The government just admitted it will use smart home devices for spying Paranoid yet? Former Yale admissions officer reveals secrets of who gets in Panel discussion prompts UCLA professors to admit truths about diversity courses Do College Students Hate Free Speech? Let's Ask Them. Arizona considering bill to ban 'free speech zones' on college campuses AVI recommended this to me: Donald Trump supporters think about morality differently than other voters. Here’s how. Moral Foundations Theory was invented to compare different human cultures. But it can also explain our political landscape. I read the article a couple of times and decided that I am not persuaded by that whole construct of moral foundations because the dimensions themselves seem so socio-culturally specific. Furthermore, politics is not about morality. Obviously. Maine Required Childless Adults to Work to Get Food Stamps. Here’s What Happened. Hmmm. So that means people like free stuff? Government employee union president: “God help us all” if the GOP wins "I have written here before that all the free time I used to invest thinking about how to improve my business has been spent over the last 4-5 years solely on figuring out how to comply with new government regulations." I believe it. Only very big biz can afford the lawyers and compliance staff Bernie Sanders is the future of the Democratic Party Left not happy with NH David Brooks' man-crush New Hampshire will go down as the place where Hillary Clinton's campaign lost its way Bill O'Reilly: Bernie Knows He Won't Win, Playing Political Theater HuffPo Furious: “Racist, Sexist, Xenophobe” Won After a devastating defeat, Hillary! campaign hopes to rebound with a sharp focus on African Americans. "I ain't no ways tarred." France to Shut Down Up to 160 Mosques Used as Terror Centers What North Korea’s Latest Missile Test Means for theUS and Its Allies Hamas, ISIL Said To Be Close Tuesday, February 9. 2016How primaries became important
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Against Trump
A Progressive Statist Is Attempting a Hostile Takeover of the Republican Party Trump hijacked the Republican Party. Or should it be said that the primary voters are hijacking the Party? I think Trump is non-ideological, not very well-informed, and vulgar but he is one heck of a salesman.
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Follow Up Link on Bad Science
Reading the morning links, the Signs of Bad Science piece caught my attention, having just read this bit over at Manhattan Contrarian: More On The Epidemic of Orthodoxy Enforcement in the World of Science There's plenty of good science out there, but there Mardi Gras morning linksMichelangelo's house for sale Indian leopard injures six in Bangalore school Something Slimy: The Signs of Bad Science Check out how this health nut eats 3 mistakes to avoid in your first 3 years of retirement The LGBT mob UConn completely blows off civil rights group complaint How the Leftist Monoculture Took Over the Campus White liberals and black careerists vigorously reject the MLK ideal of a color-blind society. New Hampshire serves democracy well AVI in New Hampshire Obama admin accused of forcing bank to pay baseless racial settlement Why I Hope DeRay Mckesson Wins the Baltimore Mayoralty Bernstein Finds White House 'Terrified' Clinton 'Blowing Up Own Campaign,' Invokes Nixon Hillary's Voice Dooms Her Campaign Hillary Not Truthful About Wall Street Speaking Fees Lefty pressure building on Hillary to release transcripts of talks to Goldman Sachs Krauthammer: Youth Attracted to Sanders Because Promise Of "Utopia Where Everything Is Free" Williamson: The real race is between Cruz and Rubio, and conservatives are asking themselves whether they can elect Cruz and whether they can trust Dick Morris: Bill Clinton on Campaign Trail is 'Counterproductive' FBI formally confirms its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server Commenter at Surber:
Pentagon Forced To Prioritize ‘Climate Change’ In All Military Actions "We Can Put Refugees On Buses": Leaked Memo Shows Erdogan Blackmailed Europe For Billions Is Europe worth saving? ernstein Finds White House 'Terrified' Clinton 'Blowing Up Own Campaign,' Invokes Nixon - See more at: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2016/02/06/bernstein-finds-white-house-terrified-clinton-blowing-own-campaign#sthash.SMUMtUcb.dpuf ernstein
Finds White House 'Terrified' Clinton 'Blowing Up Own Campaign,' Invokes Nixon - See more at: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2016/02/06/bernstein-finds-white-house-terrified-clinton-blowing-own-campaign#sthash.SMUMtUcb.dpuf Monday, February 8. 2016Shoulda gone to kollege nowBoston U encourages students to get 'frisky' with '29 Days of Stimulation' Hey - it's higher ed in the USA. Kids who don't go to kollege don't learn this stuff, do they? Too busy working.
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Monday morning linksStudents Who Didn’t Get Solos in Burlesque Show Claim Victimhood Status There are many people one might not choose to see with minimal clothes on Here Comes the ‘Cashless Society’ Zero privacy, just like the road cameras Abortion Rights Group Attacks Doritos Super Bowl Ad for ‘Humanizing’ Fetus Bravo. Gladiators must sometimes get injured. Why is it sexist when a man flirts with a female interviewer but hilarious when the roles are reversed? Girls love to flirt and they are far better at it than guys Drug abuse and Libertarians Intoxicants will always be with us How large "non-political" government agencies work: The Port Authority of NY and NJ Bernie's Adventures on a Stalinist Kibbutz We Thought Marco Rubio Lost The Debate, But New Hampshire Might Think Differently Gotta think fast and adapt when under the gun of a New Jersey prosecutor with Sicilian blood You Go, Girls! People Magazine Gushes Over Hillary, Chelsea, and Charlotte On the Trail - See more at: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2016/02/07/you-go-girls-people-gushes-over-hillary-chelsea-and-charlotte-trail#sthash.6G8kehZD.3vcTUOYO.dpuf You Go, Girls! People Magazine Gushes Over Hillary, Chelsea, and Charlotte On the Trail - See more at: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2016/02/07/you-go-girls-people-gushes-over-hillary-chelsea-and-charlotte-trail#sthash.6G8kehZD.3vcTUOYO.dpuf Salon: It’s almost over for Hillary: This election is a mass insurrection against a rigged system Hillary and the Suspension of Disbelief You Go, Girls! People Magazine Gushes Over Hillary, Chelsea, and Charlotte On the Trail You In German Schools, 'Tolerance' Collides with Refugee Reality Go, Girls! People Magazine Gushes Over Hillary, Chelsea, and Charlotte On the Trail - See more at: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2016/02/07/you-go-girls-people-gushes-over-hillary-chelsea-and-charlotte-trail#sthash.6G8kehZD.3vcTUOYO.dpuf Sunday, February 7. 2016A few Sunday links: Guacamole Day in the USAWell, we're going to a Super Bowl party tonight but I will confess that I have only minimal interest in the game, and it will be past my bedtime. I like to see our friends though. The thought of guacamole sickens me - and not just because of the terrible cultural appropriation. We'll have spiral-cut ham and Mrs. BD will bake 50 biscuits for it. Any excuse for a party, I suppose. An early Mardi Gras. U.S. Streetcars Just Aren't Meeting the Standards of Good Transit The New College Degrees: The Good News and the Bad News Sorry, but poor kids can still eat healthy The Liberal Fantasy of Cultural Appropriation The New College Degrees: The Good News and the Bad News - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/02/the-new-college-degrees.html#sthash.3NV29LtJ.dpuf Gallup: We Hate to Admit It, but America Is Conservative Single-payer collides with reality The EEOC Wants to Know How Much Every American is Getting Paid It’s Happening Just Like I Told You - The implosion of the Democrats has begun, and they’re nearly ready to be bought. Madeleine Albright Tells Young Women Voters ‘There’s A Special Place In Hell’ For Them If They Don’t Support Hillary Hillary’s Sincerity Problem Hillary Clinton's venality will be her downfall Marco Rubio is a new kind of Republican. Really. Why Marco Rubio is a once-in-a-generation candidate - US election 2016: Florida Senator is only political talent who can beat Saturday, February 6. 2016What if Conservatism Doesn’t Work?
Something to think about: What if Conservatism Doesn’t Work?
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Saturday morning linksSaying ‘No’ to ethanol in Iowa Trader exposes sexist horrors of the Wall Street ‘frat house’ That is news? Car dealerships: Let Them Have Teslas TSA: Thank God We Have Unionized Government Workers and Not Some Damn Private Company NFL donations to brain research benefit league-linked doctors, raise worries about influence on science Gavin McInnes: The Cost of Prejudice The Pirates of the Caribbean: Puerto Rico Attempts to Plunder Washington Connecticut Town Considers Arming Teachers Classroom discipline Connecticut Democrats Deep-Six Democrats Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson from Fundraiser Lawmakers Introduce Bill Requiring Women to Register for Draft… Obama Mocks Republicans, Says Immigrants Are Not Taking Paychecks $153 million in Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking fees, documented Clinton accused of invoking 'everybody did it' defense on email scandal Via commenter at this Powerline post:
‘Pinkwashing’ and traitors to the human mind A case of FGM is reported in England every 109 minutes Is Facebook Biased Against Israel and Jews? Hadar Cohen (19) – A True Israeli Hero Murdered After She Prevented Massive Attack Vietnam’s Master Plan for the South China Sea Is Assad's Russian-backed Offensive a Game-changer in Syria? Obama’s Disastrous Betrayal of the Syrian Rebels - How the White House is handing victory to Bashar al-Assad, Russia, and Iran. How Russian men deal with misbehaving immigrants The Pirates of the Caribbean: Puerto Rico Attempts to Plunder Washington - See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/02/pirates-of-the-caribbean#sthash.OAzaJFue.dpuf Friday, February 5. 2016Spaghetti is cultural appropriation tooCultural appropriation’: Dartmouth Greek system bans Indian head from public display Any reference to American Indians must be banned. Also, ban spaghetti, tacos, sushi, cornbread...ban everything. Well, not everything. The old totalitarian notion was "Everything which is not forbidden will be mandatory." So what about Roast Beef? And what about the English language, appropriated from the British isles?
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Friday morning linksA non-profit to consider: Wild Tomorrow Fund On the 'Tikkun Olam' Fetish - Are Jews commanded to "repair the world" or to repair the Jews? I never asked Jews to "repair" my world for me. What about Evangeliphobia? Gays Indulge in Heterophobia as San Francisco Diversifies Sheesh. The guy is upset he bought a drink for a straight guy. Waste of money. Gays Indulge in Heterophobia as San Francisco Diversifies - See more at: http://moonbattery.com/?p=68421#sthash.i3ZBgSiR.dpuf Twenty-Four Hours at a Truck Stop - The ever-shifting landscape of truck stops, from sunrise to sunrise. "Previously I have proved that life cannot have evolved. Today I will prove that life cannot exist." Brown faculty vote to institute ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’ Cutting Costs Is Possible. These Schools Did It. The Secretive Hedge Fund That's Generating Huge Profits for Yale This is What’s Wrong with the Humanities Words Have Meaning: Neither Kale Nor 80 Percent Funded Public Pensions are "Healthy" New York Times Hypocrisy On Corporate Taxes Reaches Record High New York Times Says Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Are Not Latino Chicago Is Falling Apart Obamacare’s Premium Hikes Are Much Bigger Than You’ve Been Told Who thinks the government would regulate political speech against its own interest? Show of hands?? GOP Chairman: Terrorists Are Taking Note of Lack of Border Enforcement Border agent: 'We might as well abolish our immigration laws altogether' Muslim Women Protest Obama's Baltimore Mosque Visit New Hampshire prepares to cull the herd Let’s not treat Christian faith as a requirement for being a good president. Of course it's not. It's an affinity thing, and "politics is downstream of culture" As Oil Puts Russia Over A Barrel, A Gutsy Move To Privatize ISIS Ringleader Claims He Entered France with 90 Fighters Before Paris Attacks Sweden: Death by Immigration White House Ignores Mounting Failures in Afghanistan Crouching Tiger: China Acts, America Dithers China is not an enemy
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