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Maggie's FarmWe are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for. |
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Saturday, March 1. 2014Saturday morning linksJoe Mitchell and Joe Gould: The Patron and the Panhandler The UK: Bring back beavers to control flooding, environment secretary told Today’s new homes are 1,000 square feet larger than in 1973, and the living space per person has doubled over last 40 years University of Iowa president apologizes to precious snowflakes for mentioning reality University
Why Parents Are “Paranoid” About Common Core Why (Some) Downtowns Are Back - Lessons from the urban resurgence Taxpayer-Funded Planned Parenthood Promotes Sadomasochism Month for Kids Environmentalists champion economic ‘de-growth’ If you want to de-grow the economy, They’ve Already Got the Right Man for the Job in the White House Federal Court Rules High School Can Ban ‘Incendiary’ US Flag Shirts Touré Corrects Obama: ‘Structural Racism,’ Not Personal Responsibility, to Blame for Black Issues Supreme Court Rules Police May Search A Home Without Obtaining A Warrant Lest We Forget: Hillary’s Heroism Under Fire Heating up: Climate change advocates try to silence Krauthammer Why Parents Are “Paranoid” About Common Core Why Parents Are “Paranoid” About Common Core
Friday, February 28. 2014UkraineFriday morning links Cool. Axolotl found in Mexico City lake after scientists feared it only survived in captivity Why Is It So Hard for Women to Write About Sex? Son of God 2014 Official Trailer 'Son of God' Set to Blow Away Box Office Projections Oregon's Sad Focus on 'Happiness' The battle for the English language - Why are books about English grammar and correct usage so popular? Does Occupational Licensing Make Sense? DeBlasio goes ugly on charter schools New loathsome nanny-state initiative: Banning bottomless brunches Greenpeace Cofounder: Earth’s Geologic History Contradicts CO2 Climate Fears Is the Internet Bad for Society and Relationships? The Alcatraz Gang: Eleven American POWs in Hanoi’s Notorious Camp Why Won’t Western Churches Condemn Anti-Israel Jews and the Vassar Blues - The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Hamas: Teaching Human Rights is Against Palestinian, Islamic Culture Thursday, February 27. 2014Thursday morning links Farrow, After Three Days on the Air, Receives Cronkite Award Why are educated adults slim - Causation or selection? Do Schools Need To Learn a Lesson about gender from... Facebook? Good grief NY Middle School Girls Forced to Ask Classmates for “Lesbian Kiss” Pretend Like They Are On a Date Whole Foods, Junk Science, and the National Pseudo-Intelligentsia Why Our Nutrition Facts Need an Overhaul Dem Candidate Admits Immigration Reform A Cheap Labor Import Obama's New Asylum Decree Favors Muslims Over Christians “Cow Sex” Pervert Judge Orders YouTube to Remove “Innocence of Muslims” Trailer The Period Of No Global Warming Will Soon Be Longer Than the Period of Actual Global Warming An Open Letter to CNN’s Carol Costello on ‘Why are we still debating climate change?’ Could A Carbon Tax Have Prevented The 1815 Hurricane In Providence? Increased domestic spending may be behind proposed military cuts, CBO report suggests Obama Asks Court To Make NSA Database Even Bigger Ed. by Podhoretz: The New War on Israel: And How to Fight Back France's Reckoning: Rich, Young Flee Welfare State:
Wednesday, February 26. 2014Wednesday morning links Dalrymple: Everybody is trying to collect my personal info Mom and her kids visit an art gallery Respecting husbands Does the 1st Amendment apply to students? Student Diversity Group at Dartmouth Threatens Physical Action if Demands Aren’t Met Good grief How is your state doing with its government pensions? Long but good: What Killed Egyptian Democracy? Extracted from our commenter Taquiya
Educated Mainstream: The Bastion Venezuela Violence and Latin America's Divide Analysis: Venezuela’s violence, Cuba’s ‘farce,’ and Marco Rubio’s milestone speech The Stakes in The story of a remarkable reporter: Political Hatred in Argentina - An Interview with Uki Goñi
Tuesday, February 25. 2014Why does the federal government subsidize construction in flood zones?"Richerals"Tuesday morning links
Pic above is the USMC museum Solar Plants May Make Deserts Too Hot For Tortoise Miley Cyrus´ Behavior Sign of ´Cultural Sewage´ Why scholars can’t resist the uncrackable Voynich manuscript Asperger's or mild autism? In Defense of Bronies Another US energy milestone: US was the world’s largest petroleum producer in October for the 12th straight month' "Your Ancestors, Your Fate." ? Congress & America’s Diverging Priorities Whitman College to Hold Race Based ‘Power and Privilege Symposium’ Sounds like fun Billionaire tech star Peter Thiel, big GOP donor, says time to “seriously consider” $12/hr minimum wage Soros group triples its lobbying spending Tom Friedman: Google hires on "general cognitive ability" but "not I.Q." Congress against Budget Reform: Voting to Hike Subsidies for People Who Build in Flood Plains That's crazy Russia’s Vladimir Putin is acting like a grandmaster of chess while Obama stumbles at checkers Simple arithmetic: The Coming Collapse of the Welfare State Monday, February 24. 2014Monday morning links Maria von Trapp, last of famous singing siblings, dies at 99
After 400 Years, Math Finds New Class of Shape Angels Unawares: A Baby Box The Woes of Wall Street: Why Young Bankers Are So Miserable EPA Wood-stove Proposal Prompts Rural Backlash But it's biofuel There have been times when the CNN host Piers Morgan didn’t seem to like America very much — and American audiences have been more than willing to return the favor Asylum Fraud in Chinatown: An Industry of Lies A lively place, full of criminals McGill faces massive backlash after ‘ridiculous’ apology for microaggression over emailed joke Obama clip Update: Homeland Security Says It’s Canceling the Plan to Track Our License Plates Gee thanks, KGB. I blame Bush for creating this monstrosity. Mandatory Government Training for Parents in People’s Republic of New York NY State Steps Up Its Surveillance on… Little Kids THE IRS SCANDAL: TIMELINE Big Government and Tipping Points: Is America Doomed to Become a Failed European-Style Welfare State? How a Fanatical Environmentalist Deliberately Caused UK Flooding I blame global cooling Democrats, FDA Going After Electronic Cigarettes Why? Progressive Insanity and the Global Warming Cult Sunday, February 23. 2014What do these Ukrainians really want?Saturday, February 22. 2014Saturday morning links
Remembering the indispensable man The Problem With Little White Girls (and Boys) And Capt. Capitalism takes a shot at the topic: Leftistwhitegirlsaveafricavolunteer-itis Escape from New York - with a twist 9 Reasons the U.S. Ended Up So Much More Car-Dependent Than Europe Who needs it? The Copernican Theory Jimmy Fallon, Democrat Political Asset Cultural exemptions for Muslims? An argument against Favored Tax Treatment of Capital Gains Fred Singer: Climate Consensus Con Game The Moment When The Fed Admits It Has Become The Market's Muppet Leading McGill student who apologized for Obama GIF now undergoing mandated sensitivity training Good grief, what a joke Obama defenders deny pain of job losses Friday, February 21. 2014Watch out for the new government gasoline in the USA grim milestoneFriday morning links Edgar Allan Poe, Interior Design Critic Scientists reveal how vertebrates came to have a face (h/t Jungle Trader) Shape-Shifting Wing Design Prepares For Testing McArdle: Go Ahead, Let Your Kids Fail The One Investment Allocation Everyone Should Avoid The One Investment Allocation Everyone Should Avoid - See more at: http://servowealth.com/resources/articles/one-investment-allocation-everyone-should-avoid#sthash.kuoCuS0m.dpuf “Marry Him” author Lori Gottlieb: “I don’t think anything I’ve written is controversial” Open Relationship Gives Couple Freedom To Emotionally Drain Other People From
New guidelines urge fewer caesarean births Learn how to take criticism, or be prepared to fail at life Obama’s Priorities v. Those of the Krauthammer: Obama's Pivot to Climate Change for Political Gain 'Quite Insane' Is Cuba starving its population? A must read: Why Secretary of State John Kerry Is Flat Wrong on Climate Change Old politicians and old voters may never change their minds. But libertarianism grows fastest among the young. Over FCC Plans, MSM Finally a Bit Curious re Obama Admin Salon Writer: ‘White Thuggery Marches On, Mowing Down Black Folks’ -Time for Violent Response? De Blasio’s Caravan Caught Speeding, Violating Traffic Laws - Embarrassment Comes Just Days After Mayor Announced New Traffic Safety Initiative Venezuela: The Game Changed Last Night Spain, land of 10 pm dinners, asks if it’s time to reset clock Troops left to fend for themselves after Army was warned of flaws in M4 rifle Thursday, February 20. 2014Thursday morning links
Pic above: A reader sent in that pic of a Patisserie window in Paris. The batch on the right are macarons. Not macaroons, macarons. 12 year-old is DTF Svante Pääbo: the DNA hunter taking us back to our roots NBC Depicts Married 23-Year-Old Olympian as Living an ‘Alternative Lifestyle’ How smart policies, citizen activism, and visionary entrepreneurs transformed a huge swath of Manhattan EPA's Wood-Burning Stove Ban Deals Blow to Rural Homes Why not ban fireplaces too? Slim Said to Plan Bigger New York Times Stake by Year-End Obama FCC Placing Government Monitors in Newsrooms to Police Media VDH: The Outdated Business Model of Diversity, Inc. Tolerance update: Swarthmore Student: “I Don’t Think We Should be Tolerating Conservative Views” Oh, No! Not Another Black Conservative Republican Running for Office Wednesday, February 19. 2014Weds. morning links
Walsh: The two steps to getting 30 million hits on your blog Narcissism and Gen Y The lies of the animal-rights racket Cooking, etc: Like Grandma Used To Make Gallup: Joblessness now top priority for Americans
James Piereson: The Truth About the 'One Percent' - The typical 'rich' person works for a salary. Only 18% are in the financial industry. FBI Documents Confirm Existence of Texas Islamic Terror Enclave Days after Univision announces Clinton partnership, network owner says Hillary presidency his ‘dream’ Trade ban will outlaw certain lacy underwear in Russia
Tuesday, February 18. 2014Tuesday morning links A strange story: Euthanizing a healthy giraffe in Europe 18 Bookstores Every Book Lover Must Visit At Least Once Don't forget Strand Bookstore in NYC There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written It’s not the picture, it’s what you do with it Something Wonderful: How Wolves Change Rivers (video) Ted Cruz Is Winning - Like it or not, it's his party now John Kerry, Slow Learner Salon: We must give the land back: America’s brutality toward Native Americans continues today The REAL Party of the Rich Guys: Top Dem Donors Have Outspent Top GOP Donors by $486 Million in Last 25 Years Media Flustered at News of Antarctica Not Melting; Ice Levels At Record High The Anthropogenic Catastrophe of the Gray Lady's Book Review Samuelson: The Lights Go Out On the 'Dismal Science' Make It Stop: 29% Of American Adults Under 35 Live With Parents Kathleen Willey: 'Hillary is the war on women' Italian 'mummy's boys' told by Church that 'mamma' one of the biggest risks to marriage Holder's Felon Re-Enfranchisement A Ruse To Unlock 2 Mil Dem Votes Book Review: ‘A Social History of Hebrew’ Monday, February 17. 2014Monday morning links
The problem with worshiping romance - Just what we need: Distorted expectations! Susan Patton: A Little Valentine's Day Straight Talk - Young women in college need to smarten up and start husband-hunting. Solar bird-killers Homeland Security Denies Permission for Salt Load to Get to Snowpacalypsed New Jersey Mankiw: Yes, the Wealthy Can Be Deserving The United States Just Finished 46th in a Press-Freedom Contest Defeat of Auto Union in Tennessee Casts Its Strategy Into Doubt CNN Overlooks 'Uncle Joe' Stalin's Mass-Murder of Millions Mammogram Study Exposes Medical Naiveté Refuting Robert Reich The right tackles failed societies with 70 percent policing to 30 percent welfare while the left goes with a 70 percent welfare to 30 percent policing mix. 95% of Climate Models Agree: The Observations Must be Wrong Why Obama is not really serious about income inequality: he won’t challenge the public school monopoly Guess Who’s Valedictorian at Israel’s Top Medical School? Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75 Saturday, February 15. 2014Sweden changes its tuneSaturday morning links 5 Shirley Temple Films You Can Stream Right Now Essential map of the Bay Area Quiz: Do you live in a socio-cultural bubble? Woody Allen, Feminism, and ‘Believing the Survivor’ - How a new feminist dogma asks us to throw reason to the wind — harming both men and women 1 in 4 Americans Don't Know Earth Orbits the Sun. Yes, Really. Apprehensive, Many Doctors Shift to Jobs With Salaries I want my docs to work for me Facebook redefines gender Sheesh. It's getting complicated. The Crisis Circle Is Complete: Wells Fargo Returns To Subprime Retail Reporter Shocked to Learn That Wal-Mart Is Significantly Cheaper Than Large Drug Store Chains Friday, February 14. 2014Stirring the pot on guns (Editor's note: If you disagree, do so kindly and explain yourself reasonably. No need to talk about deaths in car accidents. Azeff is a good-hearted guy who did not grow up with firearms in the farm kitchen, as I did. Somebody asked me the other day how many firearms I have. Between home and the Farm, I dunno, I replied. Never counted. I asked "How many hammers do you have? A hammer is a lethal weapon, just like a baseball bat. Nobody knows how many hammers they have. Firearms are just more expensive than hammers and baseball bats.") Friday morning links
Cuomo aide caught breaking gun law, quickly receives waiver Toy Story ‘Gun’ Confiscated at Airport - Another example of how government proves absurd Ninth Circuit Strikes Down CA Law Restricting Concealed Carry Rock-climbing: No. Nicht. Nein. No F-ing way. Murray: The New Upper Class and the Real Reason We Dislike Them Solar Farms: Bright Lights, Dim Idea TNR: Valentine’s Day Is An “Environmental Travesty,” Greeting Cards Causing Global Warming… Walter Williams asks some very politically-incorrect questions about poverty and race Dining with the French, Eating American Looking vs. Touching - Is possession of child pornography a crime worthy of years in prison? Farm Bill Sugar Supports Cost Consumers and Business Progressive Values in Action? New York’s city council has some strange priorities. ‘Evil’ Koch Brothers Rank #59 in Political Donations Behind 18 Different Unions Coulter on immigration: Did I Move? Tort bar wants to take on fattening food What Americans Don’t Get About Putin Maduro Represses Venezuela Demonstrations Comcast, Time Warner Cable Deal Is A Disaster For Customers Thursday, February 13. 2014Global Warming strikes Yankeeland againIt is called "winter." Our back porch this morning, as today's snow is just beginning and the wind moaning. Lovely, ain't it? A good day to stay home by the fire, take the dog for a walk down the road, and a hot toddy later. Wonderful stuff, but not too easy to mine the firewood out of the snowdrifts. I half-hope Jose and his minions get here soon with the plow. (Why is it always Central American immigrants from the tropics doing the plowing and shoveling instead of native white or black guys? Is this a racist industry? Or am I an evil racist to even wonder?)
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On blogging at age 93, from The New Yorker's 
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