Tuesday, March 1. 2016
David Stockman: The Donald—–The Good And Bad Of It. Sums it up for me. One quote:
What Marco Rubio is all about is Warfare State republicanism. When he talks about restoring American Greatness it is through the agency of Imperial Washington. He has no kinship with Harding, Coolidge or Eisenhower. None of them were intent on searching the earth for monsters to destroy, as does Rubio in every single speech.
And make no mistake. Every time this naïve smart aleck chastises Obama for weak leadership and alleged failure to get the job forcefully done in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Yemen and countless elsewheres, the ghost of John Quincy Adams should be hollering in his grave. Stalking the globe for monsters to destroy is exactly what this wanna be little Napoléon is all about.
Monday, February 29. 2016
Heard somewhere today, paraphrased: "Since all of the geniuses in Washington for the past 7 years screwed up almost everything they touched, maybe it makes sense to elect a semi-bozo with common sense like Trump."
Sunday, February 28. 2016
Acknowledgement of the inconvenient truth of the global warming "pause" - even by Michael "Hide the Decline" Mann, injects some realism into the hysteria. Not that there is anything more than tiny islands of hysteria out there anyway. Nobody really cares unless there is money to be gotten.
Basically, computer models of complex systems, eg economics or climate, are never reality - just conjectures.
As for me, I do not give a damn what the "climate" does as long as we do not have another Ice Age soon. That would make me feel sad about my descendants because they might have to emigrate downhill to Florida or Mexico.
Saturday, February 27. 2016
It's not the intention, but it has been the result because, for each event since 9-11, government feels called upon to "do something." In addition, governments rarely refuse opportunities to have power over the citizen.
Hence the Patriot Act, the absurd DHS, etc. Even the arguments against $100 bills include terror fears.
Obama To Expand Surveillance State Powers By Signing A 21 Page Memo
Immigration or an iPhone
 Tablets Are Dead
‘Helicopter Money’ Next? New Course for the Fed Is Growing More Urgent
Why?
Talia, leave your heart in San Francisco--your job is moving to Arizona
The Incredible Rise of Urban Real Estate - New data from Zillow shows that average urban home prices in the U.S. now surpass those of the suburbs.
Get the jump on Apple’s plans to fully secure your iPhone with two simple changes
Apple Is Not Such a Freedom Fighter In China
NYC's war on small business slams ‘cat cafes’
Churchill and His Money
Churchill and His Money
Government jobs and hospital jobs have replaced manufacturing jobs
The Northeast megalopolis from space
Fearing 'Monsters' Like Total Wine, Liquor Sellers Want the State to Keep Prices High - Connecticut is the only state that sets minimum prices for wine and spirits.
NY College Students Who Claimed Fake Racial Attack Are Charged
Racial hoaxes keep coming: The Great Racial Hoaxes
Sharpton started it. Nowadays, the only real racisms are hoax racism and reverse racism
Harvard ‘racial justice’ protesters protest award ceremony about … racial injustice
U. Michigan LGBT Center Creates Safe Space to Protect Students from Offensive Speakers—Both of Whom Are Gay - Why do people bother going to college if they are literally afraid of disagreement?
Sanders on dealing with Putin: 'I took on a lot of people as mayor of Burlington'
Via Cafe Hayek:
Since Trump has never held public office and seems to have few firm beliefs about anything aside from his own unparalleled competence, it’s hard to predict what he would do as president. Clinton, by contrast, has a long, almost uniformly awful record of public service. Whether Americans decide to be stabbed in the stomach or shot in the kneecaps, the consequences will be painful.
Justice Department Shenanigans Involved in Helping Illegal Aliens to Vote
Justice
Department Shenanigans Involved in Helping Illegal Aliens to Vote - See
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The cultural disconnect about the value of work explains why there’s an
open revolt in both parties and the future seems so uncertain.
Trump's Negatives with Hispanics Now Through the Roof
Grow Up, Donald Trump
IRS to Trump: 'Nothing prevents you from sharing your tax documents'
Trump: 'I Love The Poorly Educated.' So Should the Other Candidates. - If you're wondering why Trump is connecting with GOP voters (and why Sanders is with Dems), you're part of the problem.
Hussain brothers jailed in Rotherham abuse case
Kenyan FM: Most African Countries “See Israel as a Very Close Friend”
U.S., Europe Fund Torture by Palestinian Authority
Why the ISIS WMD Threat Is Massively Underestimated
Lacking Basic Gear, Special Operators Stuck Buying Their Own Equipment
The Marines Corps' CH-53E Super Stallion Fleet Is In Inexcusably Horrible Disrepair
Remember That War in Ukraine? They’re Still Fighting It
Nuclear Deal in Place, Iran Is Testing New Missiles and Doubling Down in Syria
Syria, Number of ISIS Fighters Drops, Iranian Troops Increase Presence as Hezbollah Death Toll Shoots Up
Polls Show Most Muslims Reject Both Extremism and Islamic Reform
Friday, February 26. 2016
What a mess. (See this morning's link to ThoughtCrimes: "Why Women DESTROY NATIONS * / CIVILIZATIONS - and other UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS".
If Sweden and Germany were the only countries wanting these 5 million Middle Easterners and Africans, they should have flown them all directly to Berlin and Stockholm.
No European solution on the migration crisis in sight.
My prediction is that the EU, and Europe, will never be the same after this insanity.
Thursday, February 25. 2016
Wednesday, February 24. 2016
Tuesday, February 23. 2016
Hillary speaks to a black audience. What is she thinking with this? That they won't understand her if she speaks normally?
Most embarrassing thing I've seen in this very embarrassing circus season. I dare you to watch it.
The ‘Risen’ movie: an unbeliever confronts the empty tomb
Why Are You Doing Situps? Here's The Truth About Your Gut and Your Health
Squats, deadlifts, and planks best for core strength
How Does It Feel, Chief Justice Roberts, to Hone a Dylan Quote?
Let's See if Sippican Can Tie His Heating System Into His Sewer System
One Man’s Impossible Quest to Read—and Review—the World
Forget What You’ve Heard: Organic Food Is Not Food Grown Without Pesticides
Ten Years Later, the Duke Lacrosse Case Still Reverberates
‘Uncomfortable’ Talk Censored at Williams
Heckler's veto
Chick-fil-A flap rocks another American university
Heckler's veto
Glenn Reynolds: Futuristic data security from a pen and pad
Another sign of de Blasio’s war on welfare reform
New York Magazine: Bring back welfare
Joe Biden says in 1992 that the president shouldn’t name a SCOTUS nominee “once the political season is underway”
VDH, depressed in Weimar America:
In European 1930s street-brawling fashion, no one knows quite whether Trump is a 1990s Clinton Democrat, a 1980s Reagan Republican, or a Perotist misfit. He has thrown a ball and chain through the pretentious glass of American campaigning. Trump excites voters because he can profane, smear, interrupt, fabricate, and be profane—on the premise that as a performance artist he reifies what they think but don’t dare say about a corrupt political class and its warped, politically correct values. Trump reminds Americans what deterrence is: the supposedly courageous media, the so-called truth-to-power leftists, and the sober and judicious careerist politicians are all terrified how he might reply or react to their criticism. None of them want to spend 2-3 days trading smears with Donald Trump.
The Obama Administration Wants to Make Sure Non-Citizens Vote in the Upcoming Election
Hillary and the Honesty Vote
Will Black Voters Leave Hillary's Plantation?
Hillary and the Honesty Vote
French President Threatens To “Suspend” Nations That Elect “Far-Right” Polticians
"There Is Definitely Something Strange Going On" In Sweden
Fake Muslim Refugees Leave Finland for Iraq Because It's Too Cold
Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Police Prepare to Take On Plague Of Leprechauns
Monday, February 22. 2016
A dramatic and impressive argument against Brexit by PM Cameron. Watch it.
Good arguments, but count me a skeptic. Why vote for serfdom to Brussels? I do like the Parliamentary system though, compared with ours. Much more fun.
The dreams of a United States of Europe never made sense. The Common Market did, but it was meant to be just a stepping stone towards the reconstruction of a bigger, better Holy Roman Empire run by grey technocrats in gigantic office towers in Brussels.
It should be no surprise that the colonies are feeling restless as all forms of local sovereignty are slipping away.
If Britain Leaves, the EU Will Implode.
I am with the rebels.
Sunday, February 21. 2016
"So I said to myself, wow, this is a tough business. These people are worse than Manhattan real estate developers. This is rough stuff, politics. "
Donald Trump, here
Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)
9:28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.
9:29 And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.
9:30 Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him.
9:31 They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
9:32 Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.
9:33 Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" -- not knowing what he said.
9:34 While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud.
9:35 Then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!"
9:36 When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.
9:37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
9:38 Just then a man from the crowd shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child.
9:39 Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him.
9:40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."
9:41 Jesus answered, "You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
9:42 While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
9:43a And all were astounded at the greatness of God.
Saturday, February 20. 2016
 Showdown over iPhone reignites the debate around privacy
Many Americans feel helpless in the face of government invasions into private life, all in the name of safety. We have police video cameras at every intersection. Cops are using fake cell towers to listen in on calls. They want to eliminate cash so private transactions can't be private. The EPA wants to police your land use. Etc, etc. Government agencies are militarizing. Why is all of this happening now?
Why our minds can be led astray about the tastes of wines.
5 Ways To Build Pride When You’ve Lost Your Cashflow
Why Aren't We Discussing Fatherlessness?
Hearing the Lost Sounds of Antiquity
An Athenian for Our Time - Why we read Thucydides
Global Warming and the Irrelevance of Science
Congressman Warns Chinese Takeover Of Chicago Stock Exchange May Lead To Economic Warfare
FIRE’S 10 WORST UNIVERSITIES FOR FREE SPEECH
"Last night a disturbing racist post that was made to social media was brought to my attention."
Good grief. Those gals were getting a facial.
Some Thoughts On Justice Scalia
How Obama Denied Conservative Judges a Vote - Conservative nominees were blocked from 4 to 6 years
"The Unappeasable Left"
With the candidates flinging insults as Saturday’s South Carolina primary approaches, can anybody hope to win?
At Least 1,730 Clinton Emails Contain Classified Material In Latest State Department Friday Evening Email Dump…
J. Last: Why I turned against Trumpism
Charles Koch: This is the one issue where Bernie Sanders is right
Friday, February 19. 2016
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