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Monday, October 10. 2011Monday morning linksImage via Theo Surely we must have some work for her on the Farm McCartney to Serenade Heiress Bride A physicist discusses scientific knowledge:
Slovenly Anarchist Idiots for Big Government (h/t Theo, along with photo) These people make for great humor OccupyWallSt’s Neo-Communist System of “Collaboratism” Revealed Where do they think money comes from? They have no idea, other than from Mom and Dad Due to warming, the UK headed for a very cold winter America Needs Skilled Workers, Not Women's Studies Degrees It's not lending, it's looting Like Roger de H says, a plunder government Apparently, lying is now OK if it serves “a higher truth” Wall Street and Its Occupiers: Both State Welfare Junkies Herman Cain Schools Yet Another White Journalist Trying to Tell Him What Black People Think It is difficult not to enjoy this fellow Via Driscoll:
Who is Mitt Romney? He's imperfect. But I am fed up with Perry. His attacks on his fellow candidates are rotten. Read His Lips: New Taxes - How will he soak thee? Let us count the ways. Al Gore kicked out of the Global Warming Club Steyn: American Autumn - The zombie youth “occupying” Wall Street are contemptuous of the world that sustains their comforts. Gail Collins loves those protesters:
Rep. McClintock: A Second Term for Obama Would Make the United States Go as California Has Gone That's the goal Acton: Class Warriors for Big Government Act Now! Make Money From Global Warming! Good grief. Climate Movement comes out of the closet - again! Sunday, October 9. 2011Occupy Maggie's FarmWhen I joined Maggie's recently, I was told it was a voluntary collective. "To each according to their needs, from each according to their abilities. Just be eclectic with your topics." I decided this would be interesting and fun. After watching the Occupy Wall Street movement, however, I've come to realize that Maggie's is just another corporate entity keeping me down, and I am being shortchanged by The System. I've decided to visit some of the Wall Street protesters and get them to join me here. We can complain about how Maggie is keeping us from enjoying the well-deserved fruits of our labor. After all, Maggie's Farm takes advantage of a public good (the internet), so just as people like Elizabeth Warren point out Maggie should, in all fairness, be giving back. The Wall Street protesters agree and feel that if Maggie won't share, then perhaps the government should step in and make things fair. After all, I went to college. I have debts. I'm putting into The System. Where are my goodies? I want my Dunkin' Donuts! It's time to redistribute! I call on other writers to join me in creating a list of demands that can be endless. Not having one demand makes us stronger. If we have more, and make the demands go on and on forever, we show strength. Now I'm going to go take a nap, play some hacky sack, blog on my Mac about how I'm looking out for the best interests of other Maggie's Farmers, have compassion for others, feel good about myself, and engage in many other unproductive activities until I get something for nothing. (I really hope Maggie has a sense of humor.)
Continue reading "Occupy Maggie's Farm" Sunday morning linksVia BI, Here's A Rarely Seen Video Apple Employees Made For Steve Jobs On His 30th Birthday:
Preschool isn't much good:
Preschool antics at Occupy Atlanta What a joke Real scientific humility, on neutrinos:
Trump, Kiyosaki: Real Unemployment Near Depression Era Levels VDH: The Coming Post-Obama Renaissance. Quote:
A quarter century of civil rights progress: Spread of the right to carry Alarmists push back — on Al Gore! Via Junk Science:
What? Solyndra loan deal: Warning about legality came from within Obama administration Corrupt and incompetent is a bad combination From Rich State to Poor State - California’s decline will only get worse unless lawmakers loosen regulations. The War Over the Vietnam War - A new biography puts an end to the idea that we could not win Trump's new book: Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich-And Why Most Don't Who Is Occupying Wall Street? With a video of Francis Piven speaking in NY Our readers have all been educated on the Cloward-Piven strategy. We have an admin in DC which is steeped in Alinsky, Gramsci, and Cloward-Piven. Just add Lenin and you have their Founding Fathers. Obama Ethics: Safer to Be a Golden-Winged Warbler than a Baby Human
How often does the MSM call the O out on his habitual lying?
Saturday, October 8. 2011More EBT in CaliforniaJust swipe your EBT card:
Where can I get me one of those cards? They work in liquor stores and McDonalds, it seems and, of course, in all minimarts and gas stations.
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Saturday morning linksEmitters kindly requested to stop breathing. Image via Moonbattery. Brooklyn's Super Convenient but Mostly Illegal Private Bus Service Jane Jacobs: A Symposium I always listen to Kudlow when I can Obama's Behavior Is Getting Worse Government: No more prostate tests Cancer screening in the elderly leads to trouble and wasted expense Mark Steyn: Why the lack of MSM outrage at “dead Mexicans”?
In Iowa and Florida, 'Wal-Mart moms' take a dim view of Washington. Steve Jobs Never Got a Government Loan Expert: Solar panels don’t work well Climate Change Scare Machine Cycle: see how your tax dollars are converted into alarming messages Organizer admits to paying ‘Occupy DC’ protesters Boston Occupy Wall Street Offshoot Organized by ACORN Cooke is amusing: What I Saw at the Revolution A Nobel Prize For Settled Science What the climate change scaremongers don't want you to know Driscoll: I’d Compare England in 2011 to Orwell’s 1984, But Airstrip One Was More Culturally Unified Black individuals who don't see themselves primarily as victims are a threat to the political left. Herman Cain to Wall Street protesters: “If you don’t have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself” Occupy Wall Street and Student Loans. One quote:
Michael Bloomberg tells Occupy Wall Street protesters to lay off banks If you hate banks, then don't borrow and don't invest. Simple. If you hate big corporations, boycott Apple and Starbucks. Land for peace: French style SPIEGEL Interview with Former Nuclear Watchdog - The Iranians 'Tricked and Misled Us' Duh. Babalu: The real shackles on our economy Friday, October 7. 2011Occupy Corporate SpaceSent by a friend from downtown:
Starbucks? I prefer Dunkin' Donuts. Too fat, too skinny, and the freedom to screw upIf there is one political theme here at Maggie's, it is distrust of the power and of the wisdom of the state. Especially, the remote governmental powers. We have faith in the ability of the individual citizen to make his own choices and decisions according to his own lights. We do believe in collectivism, of the voluntary sort. Regarding close-up government, in my town, you can walk into our First Selectman's office (if you bring a Starbucks for her with you) or Second Selectman's office, and chat about anything for a bit. They only work 9-3, so you have to bear that in mind. If somebody else is there too, you all chat together. That works for me. We're a small town. That is sort-of by way of raising this subject of whether the government should have the power to take your fat kid away from you, and charge you with a crime. I don't think so. That's a topic for you, the kid, and the pediatrician. What if your kid is too skinny? What if she's an early anorectically-minded girl who nibbles on lettuce and is driving you to exasperation? Should that 14 year-old be taken from you while you are charged with felony child-neglect? I hear all of these stories. Life is full of all sorts of stories. I tend to fall on the freedom side of things. It's messy and things go wrong, but that's the way life is. Freedom to screw up is the closest to utopia we're gonna get. And, if we are to see government control of medical care, what if I am too fat for their cost statistics? Can they take me away from me? Friday morning linksMaurice Sendak update USA: The Geography of Same-Sex Couples Steve Jobs quotes Power Bills to Skyrocket as Promised Racism grows among Democrats Washington Times Editor: I Want A Gun! (h/t Insty) Data: Gun crimes down in DC Flight 447: Pilot error Obama: Half of Green stimulus loans may fail That's my money As Scott Brown fights for re-election, tea party groups vow to sit this one out I am not going to sit it out - Brown has been nudging his constituency as far to the center as they can tolerate in MA. Maybe further. I give him credit for that. Nearly Half of U.S. Lives in Household Receiving Government Benefit The goal is to get it to 100% dependency and serfdom Feds to design health insurance for the masses That's us - the masses You Say You Want a Revolution - What do the Wall Street protesters want? You know, stuff They want publicity and, by golly, they are getting it Democrats To Obama: Blame The Jews In 2012 Democrats: $250K isn't rich Even Chuck Shumer understands that it is not rich in NYC The business of Apple wasn't politics Diaries Reveal How Much Wartime Germans Knew Reid's power play A dangerous precedent 'Furious' mess has Justice in full panic THE MIDDLE EAST CIRCA 2016
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Remember the styrofoam Greek pillars? Thursday, October 6. 2011Wall Street Protests vs. Tea PartiersIf you look at methods alone, there isn't a huge difference between the Wall Street protests and the Tea Party protests. They have very different values, different demands, and different bases of support. But both utilize the First Amendment as a means of making their point. The Wall Streeters are more rowdy, and as a result have seen quite a bit of police involvement. There have been far fewer arrests at individual Tea Party events. Some of the Wall Street arrests and the overly physical nature of the police are unnecessary. But there is little doubt the Wall Streeters are far more provocative and looking to antagonize the police, given the nature of the agitators involved. We've seen them before. They know the best way to get on TV is to create a scene, and they are good at doing it. Is it a surprise so much of the 'police violence' is being caught on video? They are planning to get this on video by initiating events which will lead to the use of violence, even at moments when the police probably should show more restraint. So why does Obama view one set of protestors an "expression of frustration", while the other is "misidentifying sort of who the culprits are"? Both are viable protests, seeking to make points and be heard. From that standpoint, both are worthy of having Obama's full attention. But no, one has been formally rejected by the "vast majority" of Americans. To be clear, there is no reason to prevent either group from gathering, protesting, or speaking. It's unfair to say one is more legitimate than the other. But for our country's leader to recognize one as more valid than the other is absurd. Particularly when the group which he considers more valid has not made its agenda clear, is only advocating a never ending list of grievances without valid solutions, and is provoking violent activity (some of it, but not all, unwarranted) on the part of the police. Tea Partiers, whether you support or oppose them, have tended to gather peacefully and have made their agenda clear. They support smaller government, lower taxes and they oppose crony capitalism. What's interesting is the two groups share that final point. Where they differ is on solutions. The Tea Party solves crony capitalism by shrinking government and getting it out of the way. The Wall Street protestors don't have a clear solution, but it's clear increasing the role of government is part of their solution. Increasing that role with politicians 'who care'. In other words, people like them. The Wall Streeters' world is like Orwell's "Animal Farm", where some people are more equal than others. Their solution, unfortunately, is to keep it that way, but change the people who are more equal.
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The Politics of Economic IgnoranceI think that most sane people have spent the past three years of the Obama administration exerting their tolerance because, after all, he is the President. That tolerance has been extended as it would to a toddler trying to figure out how to use a screwdriver, or a teenager who thinks Liquid Wrench is a joke. But President Obama is an adult. He just can't be such a screw-up as he appears. He just can't be such a leftist extremist. By now, believing their eyes, most (as polls attest) are through with shredded tolerance. He's an ossified 60s radical who never grew up or learned anything. The Politics of Economic Ignorance is the header on Jennifer Rubin's column in the Washington Post about President Obama's economics.
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Thursday morning linksDepressed brains may hate differently ADHD in Adults: How to Recognize—and Treat Re Steve Jobs:
That's the way it was with Jobs' creations. Increased Science Literacy Correlated To Less Worry About Climate Change That's us! Good comments on that post. The French have some sauce to ban tomato ketchup How Organic Activists Spread Misinformation Sowell: The ‘Hunger’ Hoax -It’s part of the larger poverty hoax. Poor people are fatter Spengler on Euroland: A Beautiful Mess Five Truths About Climate Change - During the decade that Al Gore dominated the environmental debate, global carbon-dioxide emissions rose by 28.5% Energy Fact of the Week: Why Wind Power Blows An interview with Rep. Allen West Obamacare will put patients' records at risk
Andy Rooney admitted it - and got in trouble Related: Is CBS News Covering Up Fast and Furious for White House? Occupy Wall Street, Powered by Big Labor Stossel: How government makes us poor Dems rally behind ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest movement Ever more obvious: Opposition to Obama grows and solidifies Push for President Obama’s jobs bill illustrates the art of beating a dead horse Palestinians Say American Aid is Their Entitlement Book Review: A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism Carpe: What comes first - growth or jobs? Canadian oil: Who burns it? It's either us or the Chinese Wednesday, October 5. 2011Crybabies: This would be a non-story on a busy news weekApparently, most of the protesters are white, middle class kids who somehow got the idea that the world owes them something because they had the remarkable privilege of attending college. Quite the opposite: they owe us something in return for all they have been indulged. Surber says Occupy Wall Street? Grow up. He lived in a trailer when a young adult. What's wrong with that? Everybody should have to. I lived in one room over a grocery shop, on beans, macaroni and cheese, cheap beer, and no-brand cigarettes when I got out of college, and I felt independent and happy despite having a go-fer job at a slowly-dying country newspaper, for minimum wage. Boo hoo. It took me 6 years of farting around while broke to make a good plan for my life. Here's a letter to the crybabies. And here's a good idea, children: Go march on Washington - It’s the real author of our woes. Protest Obama! Oh, almost forgot - MoveOn is providing financial support to these losers so they can't protest the government. So why not Evil Big Corporations instead? Yeah, they're the bad guys this time. As best I can tell, these kids want fun jobs with no heavy lifting - and they also want money - my money. I guess they didn't get the memo that their Obama's economy is not generating jobs and investment. If they had any sense, they'd be out there trying to figure out how to start a business or to make themselves useful to somebody. I am half-disgusted with myself for giving these spoiled brats any of our precious bandwidth since it's really a media-ginned-up story, but I had to get it off my chest. As a New Yorker, I can report that these people are having essentially zero impact on our vibrant life in Manhattan except when they walk on a bridge and mess up the traffic from Brooklyn. It might get a little more amusing and colorful when the union thugs join the stoners and losers. Perfect together! Almost forgot one item: the cops are getting good OT for the babysitting. It's good for their incomes, so there is some benefit for the good guys.
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Tea Partiers Against The Biggees, Wall Street Protesters Want To Be BiggeesThe Wall Street protesters want to be biggees benefiting from being above the law of the US and the laws of economics. The Wall Street protesters and the Tea Party protesters have something in common, a revolt against the biggees each see as taking unfair advantages. The primary difference is that the Tea Party is opposed to the extra-constitutionality of liberal politicians in league with crony capitalists profiting each other at the expense of taxpayers, while the Wall Street protesters base is for more extra-constitutionality to expropriate for themselves the advantages garnered by all those profiting from free enterprise. Tea Partiers want to keep the products of their labor and earnings, while the Wall Street protesters want government to redirect the products of others’ labor and earnings to themselves and causes of their allies. Demographically, the Tea Partiers come from the middle-class who have more practical experience of the world, while the Wall Street protesters come almost entirely from the privileged white young people with relatively little real world experience. Musically, the Tea Partiers have popular anthems of patriotism to enliven the reach of their cultural message, while the Wall Street protesters lack popular music with political themes. (This is a distinct and telling difference from the 1960s.) Politically, the Tea Partiers have protested peacefully and within the law, while the Wall Street protests break laws and inconvenience the public. This alienates rather than enlists support. PRwise, the Tea Partiers had to overcome major media’s reluctance to provide them coverage and its trumpeting of false charges from the left, while the mostly liberal major media have almost instantly favorably or neutrally headlined the Wall Street protesters. The question is whether the tilt of the major media facing the alternative media will succeed in hiding these differences from most Americans. I doubt it. The liberal-tilting major media is itself seen as an out-of-touch and fading biggee. The support from public-employee unions with privileges above those in private business, the usual few extreme-leftist members of Congress, and from the usual rich far-left Hollywood celebrities just reinforces the perception of the usual leftist biggees wanting to lord it over taxpaying Americans. The Wall Street protesters and their leftist allies in media like to call themselves the 99%, kiddee columnist Ezra Klein sophistically asserting they want to see “the fundamental bargain of our economy – work hard, play by the rules, get ahead -- … restored.” Instead, they are the small minority who are or who want to be the 1%, exhibit little respect for the “rules” or virtues and rewards of free enterprise, demanding to “get ahead” with government-provided privileges. P.S.: Donald Douglas adds some personal reality.
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Genius commentWe are blessed with all of our thoughtful, brainy, and often amusing commenters, but new commenter "Ten" (near the bottom of the comments) took the time to give our Maggie's Farmer fishing pro Capt. Tom a good whuppin' on the topic of space exploration. Happily, Capt. Tom took it with good humor. Like most us here, he is a just plain happy fellow.
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Weds. morning links"Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to consume the milk from their own cow" But can you give some to your cat? And can you drink your goat's milk? Or do you need government permission for that too? And what about home-made cheese from your cow's milk? Is this what our founding father farmers risked their lives for? Obama: You don’t have some inherent right just to– you know, get a certain amount of profit. Says who? Hansen rakes it in At-a-glance: Remembering Babi Yar Man-Cave Masculinity - A man’s quest for his soul starts with a walk downstairs. Why Are Women More Promiscuous Than Ever? And why are men taking advantage of it by withholding commitment? Is it time to take the power back? (h/t Insty) The ladies are becoming as horny and predatory as the men. From what I hear, they are like animals, dragging innocent lads off the street for their selfish sensual pleasure. Brooklyn earns distinction as dining destination "Wolf of Wall Street" says his story offers lesson Brooks: Getting It Right on free speech: Dean of George Mason Law Sets Excellent Example The UK's proposed fat tax Government: no syrup on pancakes Shocking Photos: Barack Obama Appeared and Marched with New Black Panthers in 2007 Plunder: Michelle Obama Listed Daughters Malia and Sasha as “Senior Staffers” for $432,142 African Trip
Paul Ryan’s Strong Antidote to Obama Health Care: Ramesh Ponnuru Lord SCOAMF and Screaming Friends Overrated - Rumors of Barack Obama’s political skill have been greatly exaggerated. Obama bets on 50-state strategy to eke out '12 win Aiming to spend a billion dollars - not counting the billions in government give-aways Sad news: 43% of blacks believe Obama critics are racist Liar: Obama Campaign Says GOP Blocking Jobs Bill--After Reid Blocks Jobs Bill Wiz: “The only beneficiaries are the teachers unions” from Fran Tarkenton! Only in Washington would it be so hard to repeal an obvious fraud Write a check for more than $1 trillion today, taxpayers, to pay for state and local government pension shortages. INTERVIEW: J. Christian Adams, author of “Injustice: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department” "...the liberals in Washington will not back off, even when they see that they are crippling the economy. FDR’s policies were similarly destructive, but the more economic havoc he created, the more he was able to expand his power." It's not a bug...
Even death is not an escape from a debt because they go after your estate. Bankruptcy is an escape, but it isn't pretty. Is Maggie's Farm a "Conservative Website"? I guess not, because, if we were, we'd be ranked 122 on that Alexa list, going by Alexa stats. Anyway, we're a Centrist, eclectic website, with only an interest in politics insofar as the gummint gets in our way. We only want a very few things from gummint. Does that make us Conservative, or Libertarian, or just cranky Yankee-minded people who want to be left alone to construct our own lives as we think best? We all came here (well, our ancestors did) to get away from gummit oppression. Tuesday, October 4. 2011I agree with the NYTOr with David Brooks, anyway, when he says The strongest case for Romney is that he’s nobody’s idea of a savior. There is no political messiah, and never will be. America doesn't work like that, and I do not need, or want, a tingle from a politician. From a cute girl, yes. I am for Romney-Rubio. For now, anyway. Have at me - tell me why I am wrong.
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The Obama PrescriptionObama's 'solution' for what ails us is to utilize two common political treatments for recessions. First, the standard Monetarist 'Easy Money' solution by lowering interest rates. Second, the Keynesian 'Stimulus'. The unfortunate situation we face is really only getting worse because he cannot do the second without the first — there simply isn't enough money interested in supporting more debt. The solution? Print more money, a concept I discussed in an earlier post. The printing of money allows banks to purchase Treasury Debt, which funds the deficit, which they then sell back to the Fed in order to keep their reserves intact. Europe has taken a remarkably different approach. The Eurozone wants to emerge from its difficulties in economically healthy fashion, rather than saddled with massive debt. Some European nations have such huge debt that the only sensible track to follow for other Euro nations that are growing modestly is to manage with restraint. They've been backed into a corner, but it's a good corner to be backed into. Some are not shy about telling Obama why he's wrong. If Obama was the head of a sports league having economic struggles, BALCO would still be in business. His steroid policy would put individual players at risk in order to keep interest in the league high based on new records. Like Barry Bonds' records, people will soon wonder how things got to this point. Will Congress review Obama's steroid policy and chart a new course?
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Tuesday morning linksEarliest Christian engraving shows pagan elements Rin Tin Tin and the making of Warner Brothers Old Farmer's Almanac: 220 years of useful advice A Teaching Company Course: Why Evil Exists Note on Gentrification and Preservation Consumers May Have More Control Over Health Care Costs Than Previously Thought This Week’s Applied Hayek: Socialism vs. “Socialism” Schumer and Durbin Admit Democrats Won't Vote for Obama's Tax Increases ERIC HOLDER LIED UNDER OATH!… Documents Confirm the Obama AG Knew of Fast & Furious in 2010 Majority Expects Obama to Lose Re-Election No Kidding… Obama Admits “The Nation Is Not Better Off” 'Durbin fee' will cost bank customers billions Canadian gun registry and homicide Is There Really an Environmental Benefit to Going Paperless? Consumers are spending, but nobody is investing Tricare Folly - Control U.S. Military's Health-Care Costs Michelle Obama's trip to Target Are You Ready For The Next Solyndra? Fun with "art": “If money is so ‘inconsequential,’ why do these parasites always expect to be given loads of someone else’s?”:
Monday, October 3. 2011WaPo Wacism WappedThe Washington Post is usually a little more careful than the New York Times about blatant bias, but its racism hit-job on Governor Perry sinks to a low, at least so far for this election cycle. Perry is supposed to be responsible for the old slur on a rock at a hunting camp rented by his father, which Perry says his father painted over as soon as they rented the camp. Porky Pig at his worst would call it “wacism.” That’s the words war crossed with racism, as the last refuge of scoundrels out to wage media war to save President Obama’s re-election. It takes the Texas Tribune to set matters in perspective, doing the job the big city boys wouldn't:
Those on the Left, as expected, trumpeted the WaPo’s Wacism hit-piece. Those on the Right who went along, to bolster their alternative candidate or out of laziness or to kiss a** in their NYC-DC cocoon, have not only hurt their own credibility but also Republican chances of recovering Washington. Way to go, weasily wascals.
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Disabling InsuranceCalifornia's elected Insurance commissioner is one of the most anti-insurer in the country. He was part of the Democrat slate chosen by state voters in 2010, from Governor on down, despite the Republican tide elsewhere throughout the country. His latest, lauding the new law signed by the Governor, making it unlawful for health and disability insurers to be the determiner of whether the claimant on a policy is disabled. Now, according to the Insurance Commissioner's press release: "SB 621 protects consumers of life, health, and disability insurance from 'discretionary clauses' in their insurance policies which give the insurer the sole discretion to decide is a beneficiary has become disabled, even if the consumer has a doctor certify that they are disabled," said Commissioner Jones." How's doctor certifications worked out in California? According to the Los Angeles Times, 11% of California drivers used a doctor's note to get a disabled parking tag, so they can park for free in any spot and use those reserved for handicapped drivers. Some truly are handicapped. Most of us have witnessed most parking in those spots getting around fine. According to the deputy chief of investigations of the California DMV, "With the emphasis on fraudulent use ... when we go out, typically on average it's in the area of a 30 to 40 percent violation rate." This is just those using someone else's handicap parking tag. There is no verification of those who obtained a tag with a doctor's note. Yeah, doctor's notes to obtain health insurance or disability insurance payouts. That's the ticket..........to further destroy insurers and leave us all to government-run, taxpayer-paid coverage.
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A few Monday linksJust got my power restored. A Huge Housing Bargain -- but Not for You Extracting Lessons Learned From Having Killed a Killer Kurtz: Inside Obama's Populist Makeover What the Frack is Going on Here? How Much Does the Federal Government Really Spend? Bank ad brags about 'never taking a bailout' Culture of death? Palestinian girl's murder highlights growing number of 'honor killings' Re Krugman: There He Goes Again Krugman believes in market failures, but not in the far more frequent government failures. Who pays for governmental errors and externalities? Sunday, October 2. 2011Baseball Confessional
The story centers on Steve Bartman, a young fellow who may have cost the Chicago Cubs a shot at the World Series. It was an unlikely error on his part, one in which fault is questionable. As the documentary points out, many other fans were also reaching for that foul ball. He was unlucky enough to touch it. More importantly, an easy double play ball was booted by the shortstop just a few moments later. Certainly, the lost double play did more to cost the Cubs than a fan preventing a single out. Continue reading "Baseball Confessional"
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Building poverty, one step at a timeVia Insty, The Obama Presidency by the Numbers. So far, so good, but they still have a ways to go to make everybody poor. Yes We Can! Si se puede! It is not a bug - it's a feature of the Obama economy.
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Sunday morning linksDo you know what Googie Architecture is? Here's a site: ARCHITECTURAL STYLES of AMERICA Kimball: Worried about what’s happening to medical care? Dino: It’s getting hard to read the paper The Prof: Dodd-Frank is quackery Obama's EPA: Out with democracy, in with bureaucracy Let the altruistic geniuses handle it all, same as in your town's government. Just have faith that they know what is best for all... Taxpayer cash, for friends From a teacher:
Another Stimulus Fail: Small Business Lending Fiasco One of the chief tics of Obama's speaking style is a technique I call lying. "Social Contract". You keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means. A quote:
Conflating "society" or "civilization" with "government" is sneaky and dishonest - a rhetorical trick. Representative governments are meant to be servants of society. No Rise in Home Prices Until 2020: Bankers Declaration of the Occupation of Perpetual Grievance Envy and hate for the financially successful: Rich people are being ‘demonized’ for flaunting their wealth. Poor dears! She is evil. As I recall, my beautiful, peaceful, spiritual, eco-sensitive and carbon-sensitive ancestral American Indians wore their wampum for show, as there were no iPhones to purchase: I envy the rich too, even though it is a sin to do so (see below). Especially those with access to private air travel or with over $17 million under their mattress. However, I do not hate them at all, or want to take their money. Everybody has different aspirations in life, and plans and constructs his or her life according to their religious, moral, emotional, intellectual, etc. desires and aspirations. As a major source of choice, wampum is often in high demand and thus strenuous to obtain and even harder to keep given all of life's tempting choices. Saturday, October 1. 2011Saturday morning linksHigher Education Fire Sale: Enroll Now and Save 66 Percent on Tuition! Why Islam is in Desperate Need of a Reformation Our Many Layers of Entitlement - The entitlement mindset includes much more than government benefits programs. Via Driscoll:
Via Michelle:
Top Obama Advisor Explains the Purpose of Government:
Let them eat cake? Chris Christie seriously considering run for president in 2012 Don't do it, big guy Man, I Like That Guy: Chris Christie's Dude Factor A tingle, Mr. Breitbart? How the US is importing poverty Jonah: Centrists’ Are Abandoning Ship - The establishment solution to unpopular liberal policies is still more liberalism:
Michael Lewis: California and Bust It is a major essay by Lewis. The corruption in the attitude towards public service, from service to mindless greed. A quote:
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Plunder! Gingrich on Obama’s healthcare law: ‘About 300 pages are pretty good’ He is possibly right about that. Obama Charts a New Route to Re-election Writing off Ohio - and maybe Florida Woops: Obama now underwater in CT! $737 Million Green Loan to Pelosi Kin Fuels Outrage More plunder. And more plunder: Benefit tourism in the UK
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