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Wednesday, June 26. 2013Weds. morning linksCollege Graduates Take Jobs They Don’t Want Every 5 Minutes Leisure College, USA: The Decline in Student Study Time Not Only Are We All Breaking The Law--Often We Ought to Be Russians amused by Obama's metrosexuality:
They can't believe their luck Left Lives in the Past on Voting Rights SCOTUS Ruling Is MASSIVE WIN for Conservatives – Will Make It Hard For Democrats to Cheat Affirmative action forever Benghazi: Where Was the President? Hispanics and Affirmative Action after Fisher 'Pre-K For All' A Federal Takeover Of Family Duty What is "family"? It takes a village of government, unionized child care workers Let States Legalize Marijuana, U.S. Conference of Mayors Tells Feds I agree Ready for Hillary PAC opens online shop DOJ Defunds Youth Programs that Reference God A Child's First Book of Government Regulations German Government Brands Goods Made in Factories That Are Owned by Jews Obama lies in his war on coal War on coal is nuts:
Tuesday, June 25. 2013The Shelby case
Prof. Yoo:
A few afternoon linksImage via American Digest Change is good Warmists Declare That “Climate Change” Isn’t About Air Temperature No. It's about computer models of air temperature, virtual air temperature Lower Pollution Levels Linked to Stronger Hurricanes Hurricanes are natural, and our pollution is killing Gaia's natural hurricanes New Immigration Bill Has Taxpayer Subsidized ObamaCars for Youths I shoulda been an illegal immigrant. Florida gets rid of ethanol in gas Good for them Supreme voting decision is a civil rights victory It's time to put racial revenge behind us and to unite the country. The divisions have been long enough. Nobody cares anymore.
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Tuesday morning links We're #77 . Is that good? I was pleased to see that they now rate Centrist/Conservative/Libertarian together. Still, I'd term us "eclectic" and "centrist." We seem to be ranked higher than some superior, better-done sites. I'll blame that on our gardening information and our recipes. Please make sure all of your friends read us here at Maggie's. No need to agree with our politics. We just try to keep it interesting and informative. What Christopher Hitchens Refused to Know NPR flaunts its wealth as MSM struggles She went to mind-control summer camp New IRS chief says inappropriate screening of tax-exempt groups was broader, and lasted longer, than thought "By all means necessary..." Mayor of London: The weather prophets should be chucked in the deep end - Homeowners lumbered with useless swimming pools know precisely who they should blame Global Warming in a Few Slides Greedy Africans are starving our cars Global warming is just like Sputnik, when you don’t think about it Dem Strategy: Climate Change Opponents Must Be 'Ridiculed' Visit Venezuela: All of the overbearing, petty intrusiveness of New York City, none of the prosperity. Edward Snowden gives countries a chance to thumb nose at Obama Rubio on amnesty in 2010 Snowden’s Dupes Caught Red-faced The issue isn't Snowden. It's the spying on Americans. Gender Pay Gap: Not as Wide as You Think
“Candidate Marco Rubio in 2010: An ‘Earned Path to Citizenship is Basically Code for Amnesty’” - See more at: http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=49779#sthash.75Wlcj9R.dpuf10 Problems with the Gang of Eight Immigration Bill Anchors Away - Is naval supremacy a thing of the past? When the U.S. loses resolve: The Afghanistan-Vietnam parallels
Monday, June 24. 2013The Supremes kick the can down the road, sort-of
It's disappointing. I can't tell what "race" anybody is anymore. Maybe they will need to reintroduce skin-tone meters and eye-slant meters. It's all too stupid for words. Remember when Sharpton accused Obama of being "too white" to represent black people? I mean, if Obama is "black," then he's "white." By the way, what does "Hispanic" mean? Monday morning linksPhoto from Is Obesity a Disease? - The American Medical Association says so. Is this just an insurance scam? Container Ship Splits and Sinks in Indian Ocean Off the Coast of Yemen Historic Week Opens as High Court Saves Biggest Cases for Last Chinese students and parents protest, want to cheat If Your Marketing Strategy Consists of "Cookies" Your Company Will Fail Dr. Krauthammer: Obama’s Berlin speech ‘self-indulgent, anachronistic and adolescent’ Obama: The fall Hostess Ditches Union Workers – Plans July Twinkie Relaunch President Asterisk - Why the Obama IRS scandal may be worse than "a cancer on the presidency." Autopsy report: Douchebag terrorist dies from insufficient diet Kimball: The DMV as an Allegory of American Decadence Meet The Man In Charge Of America's Secret Cyber Army A Challenge to Young Obama Supporters - Millennials who enthusiastically voted him in should support his legacy and sign up for Obamacare. EPA Covers Up The Safety Of Fracking Nobody knows what is in the Immigration bill Chuck Schumer still will not love Republicans in the morning. As the Prof says:
The sinner fills up on paper towels, but the righteous man buys paper towels with a green stamp on the box. Breaking: NSA Internet Spying Foils NSA Plot To Attack NSA - See more at: http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/in-the-news-nsa-internet-spying-foils-nsa-plot-to-attack-nsa-t11202.html#sthash.1aabgL9N.dpuf Breaking: NSA Internet Spying Foils NSA Plot To Attack NSA - See more at: http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/in-the-news-nsa-internet-spying-foils-nsa-plot-to-attack-nsa-t11202.html#sthash.1aabgL9N.dpuf Breaking:
NSA Internet Spying Foils NSA Plot To Attack NSA - See more at: http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/in-the-news-nsa-internet-spying-foils-nsa-plot-to-attack-nsa-t11202.html#sthash.1aabgL9N.dpuf Sunday, June 23. 2013Atheist ChurchesA cooling consensusFrom The Economist:
Finally, even The Economist has become skeptical about weather alarmism. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Obama to Announce Sweeping New Powers on Tuesday – Will Regulate Power Plants to Save Country from ‘Global Warming’ Why not cut off power to the federal government first? Heat, a/c, and electric. That would show real leadership. Pres. Lincoln managed fine without electricity, central heating, or a/c, and he rode around town on a low-emission horse powered by biofuel. First, the gummint should cut the power to the NSA and the IRS. Then, the White House. Then Congress. Our moral and intellectual superiors should show us the way. Obama’s “for the children” climate change video announcement – only a few hundred views so far It's always "for the children" when there is no good argument. Now, I think Save the Polar Bears is a better angle to tug at the heartstrings. So cuddly, unlike bratty kids. The problem is that the bears are reproducing like crazy and are going to eat all the cute seals and all the Eskimos they can catch. But wait - the Kennedys are shooting seal pups. Too many seals? WTH? Do the seals get a vote on that? At least the Kennedys aren't shooting the Eskimos who kill the Polar Bears and Killer Whales which would otherwise eat the supposedly "extra" seal pups, etc., etc. I am waiting for the next crisis: Polar Bear population explosion attributed to global warming.
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Saturday, June 22. 2013My immigration reformI am only speaking for myself, not for all on the commune here. My opinion is that we have immigration laws for a reason. If you are here illegally, it should be illegal for you to have a job or to even be here. I don't care whether you are Mexican or Bulgarian or Canadian. The US should enforce its immigration laws. What is "broken" about US immigration is absence of enforcement. There are legal paths to become an American citizen. First, you apply for a green card. Then we decide whether you would add value to the country in some way that Americans can't. It usually takes years. Otherwise, fix your own country so it's more like ours. America does not need more people. We have too many losers already.
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Saturday morning linksVideo: Deaf child hears father’s voice for the first time Marijuana Crops in California Threaten Forests and Wildlife Christendom’s Greatest Cathedral to Become a Mosque A splendid building. I've been there. Catholic Schools Fall on Hard Times What Predicts Success at Google? It's not education. They seem to have discovered that school skills and life/work skills are often quite different. Well, no kidding. Bill Clinton on NSA: Americans need to be on guard for abuses of power by US Obama Moved For Broad Domestic Surveillance Early Government could use metadata to map your every move That is evil. We are not supposed to be a police state. Amendment Would Give Legal Status To People Displaced By Climate Change Documents show media plotting to kill stories about Rev. Jeremiah Wright Case Closed? Far From It. The FBI seems blasé about the IRS investigation, so it's crucial Congress make it a priority. Murderous Buddhists Sheesh. He said "fundamental," not minor adjustment How San Francisco’s rent control and anti-landlord housing laws make housing there less affordable and less available Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/06/20/194505/government-could-use-metadata.html#storylink=cpy Friday, June 21. 2013More government spying
It is comforting to learn that they are spying on politicians
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Friday morning links Guys worry about sex on the first date too h/t Insty Mead: Dr. Helen Smith on Where the Good Men Are, and Why They Left Beijing Drivers Vent Their Anger Princess Leia's Daddy Issues Caffeine levels vary by coffee brand Union boss Karen Lewis blames ‘rich white people’ for Chicago school district woes When it comes to climate change, we have to trust our scientists, because they know lots of big scary words The Insanity Of U.S. Farm Policies The Devastating Impact of 30 Years of Sprawl, As Seen From Space Democrats are trying to destroy IRS investigation Boehner: Obama’s Climate Change Proposal ‘Absolutely Crazy’ Obama's Agenda: Big Government Solutions in Search of Crises Crime and Non-Punishment in Sweden Via Carpe, There is Significant Gender Inequity Among the College Gender Equity Enforcers (83% of Title IX Coordinators are Female). Randall Munroe graphically describes why I worry more about global cooling than Thursday, June 20. 2013The Unheavenly CityHe begins:
Thursday morning linksMedical group recognizes obesity as a disease Taranto's quip: "Now you can call in fat." Kierkegaard College students petition Obama to spy on FOX NEWS employees ‘Pretty please’ foreign policy Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School Obama in Berlin: Climate change is the “global threat of our time” Taliban Kills 4 American Soldiers Shortly After Obama Hails Their Return To Talks VDH: The New American Enemies List Simon: Living in Fear: Welcome to Fascist America FBI director admits domestic use of drones MSNBC Anchor: ‘I Don’t Want to Get Bogged Down’ with Whether Babies Feel Pain During Abortion Bizarre clash of ideals at CUNY, where Israel is accused of using its gay-rights record to conceal its oppression of Palestinian "He taught gender studies at the University of Southern California." EMP, Congress & The SHIELD Act Here's Why You Never Talk to the FBI Wednesday, June 19. 2013Is Privacy the Issue With the NSA?The last few weeks since Edward Snowden released not only the data he had, but also made his name and face public, have been quite interesting. It has caused many heated discussions in my household, as well as between myself and friends. After all, the US is split regarding whether Snowden did something 'wrong' and put our nation at risk. But I don't think anyone properly understands the case. I'll include myself, because I don't think anyone can fully grasp the various threads of law which surround the story. Primarily, though, it's because this involves classified documents and laws regarding these are arcane and biased toward the support of governmental authority rather than Constitutionally derived freedoms. Regardless, there are some essential facts which even the most simple of us can understand and make good judgements based on. The most common arguments against my stance, which supports Snowden's actions, are these:
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Weds. morning linksNavy to inspect bathrooms for degrading images of women Sheesh. What is "degrading," what is "fun," and what is "art"? Let's face it: for heteronormative guys, looking at cute gals is fun. Are men becoming pansies? (h/t Vanderleun) Whither Suburbia? Urban elitists don’t recognize that their policies helped create Falling toilet seats: Rare but growing risk for boys I see a role for the Federal government here, a looming crisis DOJ to Study Fracking Boom and Sexual Assault Fracking causes sexual harassment. It's those chemicals in the dihydrogen monoxide they use. Leading Marxist Immigration Activist Admits it’s All About the Votes! Duh. CBO Analysis Confirms: Gang of Eight Bill Is a Disaster Oh Brother… Obama Tells Irish Audience “Hope” Can Resolve Wars Romney’s Revenge - Romney said his Bay State health reforms weren’t necessarily suited to other states. Few listened. Rotting, Decaying And Bankrupt – If You Want To See The Future Of America Just Look At Detroit Samuelson: Americans have record wealth, but aren’t spending it Hoarding assets, in the Obama economy. Foolish not to keep $ in mattress. Nervous OFA Goes on Offense Over Obamacare - Obama-backing group announces seven-figure ad buy touting Obamacare It’s a heap of trouble: Vermin fear over Bloomberg's citywide compost bid by 2015 Mac Donald: The Real Risks of Amnesty - American competitiveness and educational achievement are the worry, not an increased threat to national security. As The SNAP Challenge Began, AMA Pondered Classifying Obesity As A Disease Haiti's Structural Crisis - The country needs profound, revolutionary change. Daily life is a struggle that is incomprehensible to most The culture is sick. How to change a culture? Chile to extradite Argentina 'Dirty War' judge Otilio Romano A New Low for the International Committee of the Red Cross Tuesday, June 18. 2013From "the land of steady habits"She could induce some steady habits. Legs! An Irish gal. Miss USA was Miss Connecticut
Related, some debutante music. Bird Dog has his hands full today.
Truly an obnoxious human: "We don't cook at home..."Mayor Bloomberg wants New Yorkers to compost their garbage. Where? In the hallway of the Plaza Hotel? Who is "we", by the way? Royal "we"? As we (Royal "We") frequently say at Maggie's, "If you're so rich, how come you ain't smart?" NYC remains the greatest city in the world, and the most fun to visit with endless interesting things to do and jammed with smart, ambitious people from all over the world, but it has plenty of issues to be tackled: public education, debt, too much welfare, union control of everything, governmental over-regulation of everything including the housing market, etc. However, Bloomberg focuses on the small, elitist, feel-good issues: smoking, composting, diet, salt, gays, illegal immigration, and other baloney. Why? We suspect it's because he gave up on the hard issues a few years ago, and decided to deal with the little stuff. He's a Jewish mother at heart, and a pain in the ass. "It's raining. Don't go out without your rubbers." "They're in my wallet, Ma." Rainy Day Women. I agree with Palin that Americans, much less tough New Yorkers, do not need to be treated like children and neither need to be, nor want to be, preached to by anybody other than a pastor, priest, or a rabbi. I lived there for a while and love to visit, and it's not a place for sissies. It always was a good place to meet tall, elegant and refined debutantes with pedigrees acceptable to my Mother. I did, a long time ago, and so far, so good. NOCD was the kiss of death when I was young. Snobs.
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Tuesday morning links
Nicaragua Revives Its Canal Dream Hollywood Star Embraces Incest 10 Misconceptions I Had About Parenting Before I Became a Parent Airbus test-flies A350 to rival 787 Dreamliner Scenes From a Nashville Convenience Store
Johns Hopkins Scientist Blasts CDC for Pushing Flu Shot
Luxurious new trend in college living - High-end developers build fancy dorms for students Who’s afraid of internet porn? The I Survived the 2013 Left Forum Palin: 'Nanny' Bloomberg Thinks New Yorkers 'Bunch of Little Babies' Black religious leaders call for an end to America’s war on drugs Why Does the Government Hate Conservatives? VDH is powerful against immigration amnesty.
NYM has an opposing view Map: Places That Will Flood More Often Due to Global Warming - Projected changes in flood hazard areas by 2100, mapped. Sheesh. Merkel Sees the Folly of Green Energy Policy Massive San Antonio NSA Data Center Raises Eyebrows Immigration Bill Will Create National Database on Every Adult in US Pyrrhic victory for federal government in Arizona voter registration case? Kaus on illegal immigration Barack Obama’s “Social Innovation” slush fund Monday, June 17. 2013Monday morning links
Pathological Altruism Doctors dump health insurance plans, charge patients less Put A Stop To The Mindless College For All Crusade Pigford: The Unexamined Obama Administration Scandal Germany’s Green Plan is Crumbling Muslim Psychiatrists Unveil “Beating Cure” for Women Rep. Jim Jordan DESTROYS FBI Director Mueller on IRS Targeting Scandal “If Palin Had Become President” When Work Disappears - What do we do with people whose livelihoods are destroyed? Rubio Aide: ‘There Are American Workers Who, For Lack of a Better Term, Can’t Cut It’ Sunday, June 16. 2013A few government spying links from my stack
SARAH PALIN ON FIRE – BLASTS NSA: “Couldn’t Find Two Pot-Smoking Deadbeat Bostonians With Hotline to Terrorist Central” Watch the Good Guys and Leave the Terrorists Alone Senator Moran: ‘IRS Committed Felony’ --The Kansas Republican says he has waited weeks for Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to answer his questions. NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants The Constitution is just a hassle for governmental wisdom. It's obsolete with all of its antique anti-statism and distrust of state power. Janet Napolitano Denies Existence of ‘Orwellian State’ Well, OK then. But who asked? Anyway, we all believe our glorious government officials, especially the southern Italians. Orrin Hatch: Think the IRS Is Bad Now? Just Wait. The mismanaged tax agency will have a central role in administering ObamaCare. They will have your medical records too. They need your medical records. Everybody's. Not to worry, because they won't tell anybody about your herpes or your Bipolar Disorder. Why the IRS scandal is worse than the others Saturday, June 15. 2013How College Turned Me Into an IndianAmusing: How college turned me into an Indian Amusing, and heart-warming, to see how this gal who gamed the college diversity scam got in touch with her true inner racial identity, and was able to build a career on it. It's not from The Onion.
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What's in this Amnesty Bill for Us, the American People?The U.S. Open: Miss Merion takes them on Miss Merion is giving the boys a spanking. At a paltry 6,900 yards, probably the shortest U.S. Open since the last time they played at Merion in 1981, the pundits were all raving about how it wouldn't stand up to the modern beefed-up player and his technological bag of tricks in the form of 12th-generation Big Bertha drivers and multi-faceted computer-generated putters. They were predicting scores of 8 or 9 under par, easy. The current tied two leaders after two days of play? 1 under. There are three playing at even par and the entire rest of the field is in the plus column. Like I said, a spanking. Of the four masters, the Open is usually considered the 'nastiest' of the lot. While the others might rely upon ultra-long holes, ultra-slick greens and ultra-tough pin placements, the Open is usually defined by a zillion sand traps and rough that goes halfway up your calf. And there's even more to it than that, such as the toughness of the grass. Merion uses a particularly tough grass around the greens, a lesson Tiger Woods handily learned just yesterday. The ball was a few feet off the green, embedded in some short, gnarly rough. He took the proper swack at it and the ball plopped about 10 inches. He took another swack and it flopped onto the green a few feet and stopped nine feet from the pin. Welcome to Merion Golf Club, Mr. Woods, still catering to that old, pre-modern tough-love style. They also don't have pin flags at Merion; they use straw baskets which were originally used to store the players' lunches so they'd stay safely out of reach of deer, caddies, and other course varmints. What this means is that the players are forced to use such ancient, archaic means of determining wind direction as "blowing tree branches" and "clouds". This 'getting back to the basics' approach is enough to throw the strongest player off his game. Broadcast time is noon (ET), NBC. Original info and slideshow here, updates here. Live streaming is here, fairly decent full-screen quality. What's going to add to a spanking good time is that Merion was drenched with rain in the week up through Thursday, so it's actually been playing slow these last two days. As things dry out, the fairways will become even faster (giving the ball an even greater chance of rolling off into the rough, something that happened over and over again on a couple of particular holes yesterday, even to the greats like Mickelson and Woods) and, of course, the greens will make a big jump on the Stimpmeter. They were already in the 'scary' category yesterday (it was raining Thursday to the point where they were basically putting around small lakes, so yesterday was the first day in which the course could actually be judged), so today should take a fairly dramatic jump in green speeds. A bit more below the fold. Go, Team Merion! Continue reading "The U.S. Open: Miss Merion takes them on" In the spirit of the green
It's not a game. It's not a sport. It's not a contest. It's not a competition. It's not really much at all. It's just you, a field, a ball and some clubs, and the only fellow competitor within sight is a man who might have died twenty years before. It can be made into a sport, of course, but golf, in its essence, involves no one but you and the course designer, perhaps long passed on these many years. Even when others are on the field, you're not playing against these players. There's none of the sez you mentality you see in normal sports. It's just you, the course, and the fewest number of swings you can make to see it through to the end. Except for the pros, where they really do have the option of cutting the corner by knocking it over the trees on a par-5 dogleg, for everyone else there's really just one shot in the bag, and you really want nothing more than for it to be your best shot — and the score and fellow competitors be damned. In that moment you step up to the ball, it is nothing but essence. This clip from The Legend of Bagger Vance demonstrates this fairly well.
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