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Monday, July 15. 2013A few Monday morning links Owning a Home Isn’t Always a Virtue What if your gluten intolerance is all in your head? Yes, the middle-class has been disappearing, but they haven’t fallen into the lower-class, they’ve risen into the upper-class McArdle: Why I Think the GOP Will Have Control in 2017 Obamacare Will Make the Primary Care Doctor Shortage Even Worse The Economic Blunders Behind the Arab Revolutions Obama Using the EPA as His Weapon of Choice Zimmerman was No True Hispanic Saturday, July 13. 2013What Is It With Liberals and Food?
It has always seemed to me that if a person can control himself, and his kids, that is plenty challenge enough in life. Is Notre Dame still a Catholic university?
The Secularization of Notre Dame: Is There Hope?
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Saturday vid splash
Next, I'm sure you'll sympathize with me concerning the rude event that occurred last weekend. There I was, innocently tooling along in my Hoverflight XB-3000 personal spy drone (the 1-seat model) when suddenly the rudest thing happened! The nerve of that pilot, startling me like that! Finally, I'm sure you've been secretly pondering the same question I have: So what kind of pet would Rube Goldberg have owned? As if you had to ask.
Saturday morning links Christine Granville, British Secret Agent Women who love . . . sociopaths? CDC: Oops, salt is not actually dangerous, and cutting it may be harmful 27 Facts That Prove That The Family In America Is In The Worst Shape Ever How Junk Food Can End Obesity What's more American than Queens? Why are blacks moving to conservative southern states? The French Malaise Twitter Flooded With New Wave of Riot Threats Israelis Are the Terrorists – Just Ask Janet Napolitano House Lawmakers Ask John Kerry to Reconsider Argentinian Aid Why on earth do US taxpayers give money to a wealthy country like Argentina? Argentina could be the US of South America if they wanted to. Georgetown Student Calls for Death of All Republicans I think that's called "tolerance" Weekly Address: Obama Really Wants Non-Americans To Have Jobs Early on the Stump: Rubio, Cruz Slam Runaway Spending, ‘Ideas of the Old World’ That's true, of course, but John Locke was old world too Friday, July 12. 2013Friday morning linksImage above via Carpe Rocky Marciano-One punch KO The case of Aurelia Fedenisn Sultan: Post-racial, and racially-obsessed Obama supporters against the Bill of Rights Jackson vs. Hamilton: From Centralization to Jacksonianism--A Response to Hamilton John Kerry, still clueless after all these years Florida Hurricanes Occur Half As Often As They Did In The 19th Century I blame global warming Thursday, July 11. 2013Thursday morning linksOpium, gin, and Soma: There’s a Pill for That Roger Kimball goes fishing Related: How Big Government Erodes Quality of Life Documents Detail the Department of Justice’s Role in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests Small town America: Remington, U.S.A. How to answer questions like a White House press secretary Failure to Rescue: How FDR hurt Jewish would-be immigrants 'The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact With Hitler’ Obama's Sex Harassment Policy for Colleges: Unauthorized, and Very Likely Unconstitutional - See more at: http://www.mindingthecampus.com/originals/2013/07/obamaharrasspolicy.html#sthash.fyFhWTAA.dpuf Dr. Carson: Restoring plain and civil speech to politics - Breaking speech taboos reinforces the power of Just when you think that the EPA cannot possibly get any more idiotic… Britain set to privatize its Royal Mail postal service Wednesday, July 10. 2013Panic Time
Why The White House Is Panicking About ObamaCare
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A few Weds. morning links On Immigration, Strong Words Mourning the Birds and the Bees Fear and Loathing at Commerce - How a simple computer bug was mistaken for an act of war. D.C. Council poised to chase off 900 jobs because they don’t like Wal-Mart, so there Charter Schools and Their Enemies - Why undermine institutions that have benefited thousands of city students? Early photos of the Middle East A brief version of Glenn Reynold's Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime Tuesday, July 9. 2013Tuesday morning linksPiano Lessons With The Maharaja of the Keyboard That will give anybody piano-envy. Magic. Five men stuck in a tree surrounded by Sumatran tigers for four days Another ObamaCare Tax That Is Bad for Your Health - Venture capital is drying up for medical-device startups facing the new 2.3% levy. Feds add Greek yogurt to school lunches Gasland Director Presents Anti-Fracking Hoax as Evidence in New Film Why Obamacare Threatens Immigration Reform - In delaying the employer mandate, Obama shows his disregard for the rule of law. Colorado Baker Faces Up to a Year in Jail for Not Baking Cake for Gay Wedding Patty-cake, patty-cake, baker-man.... George Will: 'What ObamaCare Requires For it to Work - Mass Irrationality' Matt Ridley gave up on climate change We are journalists TV Is Americans' Main Source of News - Preferred news source varies by age, education, and politics, among other factors The Year of Confirmed Suspicions, Immigration Edition France's Big Brother, by contrast with the United States, is totally illegal How much do you appreciate people who want to raise your awareness? Hey, New York: It was really only $750/hr Same price as a fancy lawyer Buchanan: Why the Reagan Democrats Departed Sultan: Egypt is never going to get any better Small banks can't afford Dodd-Frank compliance staff Related, from a farmer: “I can fight the bugs, I can fight the lack of rain, but when the guy comes with a clipboard what are you going to do?” Monday, July 8. 2013Monday morning linksCan experts distinguish white wines from red wines? A book from a reader: Archer Garrett's The Western Front (Parts 1-3) F-16 pilot was ready to give her life on Sept. 11 14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines in the USA University of Maryland Bans Smoking on Campus Does that include weed? Will Obamacare survive? Not Qualified For Obamacare's Subsidies? Just Lie Oh, good: Broke cities looking to unload expensive retirees on ObamaCare, i.e. taxpayers VDH on Obama: Nemesis, After All Cuba has achieved the socialist dream of equal poverty for all, except of course the elite Weiner Compares Himself to Mandela, FDR
Sunday, July 7. 2013White House Down: Obama Version
Is it incompetence, bad luck, or by plan?
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Global warming and climate change causes too many lobsters
A few years ago, the cyclical decline in lobsters was blamed on global warming. Our local lobster, Homarus americanus, is the largest crustacean in the world, lives in cold water, and many people consider it a tasty treat. So do Striped Bass. I think they are fun to eat once in a while, but there are many seafoods I prefer to lobster. If you want lobster, my advice is to get the biggest ones you can find. The bigger the lobster, the higher the meat/shell ratio and the more cost-efficient it is. Phone the seafood market and ask them to steam a 5-pounder for you. There will be plenty of leftover lobster meat for sandwiches or lobster salad the next day.
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Saturday, July 6. 2013A Pat Condell FestivalJust wait a minute between each presentation. Good fun on a warm day. He is indeed a passionate and entertaining atheist, but that is not his main theme.
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Saturday morning linksDr. Helen: Six Reasons Why Men Are Avoiding Marriage She says she is "essentially honest." Always lots of gems at American Digest Grilling Over Charcoal Is Objectively, Scientifically Better Than Grilling Over Gas I agree. In fact, I use a charcoal base with wood on top. 2 films, one about pop background singers and one about Breughel I guarantee that you will love this From a gay guy: Gay Marriage: “What-The-F- -Ever.”:
Kimball: July 4, 2013: Thinking about the Summer of 1776 Hinkle: Commit any felonies lately?
Krauthammer: Obama’s Global-Warming Folly - No, Mr. President, we don’t need a war on coal. I don't mind the guy being on his sailboat, but why lie about it? ... it turns out there’s a reason they call it “jailbait,” after all. Hannan: Those greedy frackers The top 5 lies about fracking How Hate Facts Kill Scientific Inquiry:
Friday, July 5. 2013Friday morning links For your amusement: How supersized portions cost the earth Amazing early photos of heroes of the Revolutionary War in their old The United States of decay: Forgotten ruins of once booming towns that litter OKIE JUSTICE – Tulsa Burglar Bum-Rushed and Hogtied How Strong Is the Female Sex Drive After All? Women may be more sexually omnivorous than men, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're as hungry. New Great Awakening: America Is Not a Christian Nation - Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s. How Should We Respond When Humans and Sharks Collide? VDH: The Press and Dr. Faustus - Too late, American journalists realize their mistake How Bureaucrats Captured Government FBI Running Amok with IRS Investigation - After two months, victims still not contacted Lord Macaulay predicted Obamanomic disaster in 1857! The Real Reason Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Fighting Immigration Reform Survey says almost half of college grads have jobs that don’t require a degree Thursday, July 4. 2013July 4th links Is America in a Pre-Revolutionary State this July 4th? America ought to always be in a pre-revolutionary state 200-Year-Old Fish Caught Off Alaska NeverWet superhydrophobic spray hits stores this week Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88 A book: Niall Ferguson. The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Everything You Need to Know about the Obamacare Delay Abortion Horde to Pro-Life Texas Senator: “I Hope Your Daughter’s Raped” FEMA Approves Russian Troops on US Soil? Is the Future of Health Care in Your Local Walgreens? NIA Chief Apologizes for Lying to Congress Electric vehicles “unclean at any speed”? Durbin's latest attack on New Media, journalism Obama Gets Last Laugh on Health Law Bummer: NY Times Says Planet To Burn Up If We Don’t Switch To Expensive Alternatives AWESOME: White House collecting personal financial records of 5 million Americans without warrants or due process Rubio would lose in a landslide among Hispanics The Surveillance State Isn't Coming—It's Already Here Oh, By the Way, the Government is Taking the "MetaData" off Every Piece of Regular Paper Mail You Send, Too Pic below via Theo ubio Would Lose in Landslide Among Hispanics
Read more at http://www.rightwingnews.com/illegal-immigration-2/rubio-would-lose-in-landslide-among-hispanics/#rvLJUbErg6deieSt.99 Wednesday, July 3. 2013Bad neighborhoods, bad people
That kumbaya stuff is not "idealistic," it is playing with fire and in denial of human nature. Andrew Pochter: Murdered in Cairo Related, Egypt: Epidemic of Sexual Violence - At Least 91 Attacks in 4 Days; Government Neglect Means Impunity Rules. Is this fascinating country ready for representative rule? The Egyptian army always seems to be the only half-sane part of the government.
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Weds. morning linksMick looked ready for more, Keith looked in need of a warm malt Mapping Little Round Top: A Cutting-Edge Second Look at the Battle of Gettysburg How the GOP stopped worrying about Latinos and learned to love the base Rush Limbaugh warns GOP could lose House in 2014 California Democrats Celebrate New Hispanic Plurality in State Pelosi: This Independence Day, Let's Celebrate Obamacare Our President Needs a Science Lesson CO2 does not cause asthma. I blame the speechwriter. Steyn: Nigel vs the Lunatic Mainstream The Utter Chaos of the Obama Administration’s Egypt Policy Woops. White House delays employer mandate requirement until 2015 But here's the real story: ObamaCare employer mandate delayed until after 2014 midterms Walter Williams: Distrusting Government: It’s a Good Thing Lots Of Women Fantasize About Being Prostitutes. Bestiality brothels in Germany Just to be accurate, George Zimmerman is black and Peruvian. How does that get him to "white Hispanic"? Are Peruvians Hispanic? Or Indians? Peruvians usually look like Indians. Why not describe Zimmerman as a "black Indian"? Tuesday, July 2. 2013Guilty of Being SouthernMedia and academic elites prefer to focus on the old South while a new one marches on. It is rising again.
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Student debt flunking many first-time home buyersArticle here.
Well, many figure that owning property is just a money pit anyway. Truth be told, my place has been an excellent investment, but I would never sell it. I'll die here. Where else? It's home. And the bank still owns 1/3rd of it anyway. Even though I am opposed to the mortgage interest tax deduction, I am not retarded. I would never pay off a mortgage unless to get a better one. Traditionally Big deal? Yes. If predominantly young, http://bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/2013/06/student_debt_flunking_many_first_time_home_buyers#sthash.BXSGcD7E.dpuf Traditionally Big deal? Yes. If predominantly young, http://bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/2013/06/student_debt_flunking_many_first_time_home_buyers#sthash.yeVwqfD2.dpuf Traditionally Big deal? Yes. If predominantly young, http://bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/2013/06/student_debt_flunking_many_first_time_home_buyers#sthash.yeVwqfD2.dpuf
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Tuesday morning links
Pic above via Ace Green Fail: New York Gives Up on Hybrid Buses TextaholicsThanks for nothing, college! The studies extolling college's virtues are Do you know what the Deep Web is? Bloomberg: Frisk more black guys Gitmo: Inmates running the asylum Poll of Latino voters: Hillary 66, Rubio 28 Free Justin Carter Now The 19-year-old has been in prison since March for the crime of sarcasm. Washington State’s bravest politician: Tells teachers to stop whining in open letter. Noonan: Immigration: A Retrospective The ObamaCare Flack at Your Dinner Table Reynolds’ Law: “Subsidizing the markers of status doesn’t produce the character traits that result in that status; it undermines them.” Arab Spring Prompts Arab-Israeli Christians to Reevaluate Israel Can We Still Call Turkey Civilized? A Young Jewish Man's Lethal Arab Spring Delusion:
Is The Arab-Israeli Conflict Really About Economics? Oh Brother… Obama Warns Africans If They Get Air Conditioning the “Planet Will Boil Over” Government takes broader role as school food police Study: Electric Cars No Greener than Gasoline Vehicles
Like we say, electric cars run on evil, evil coal. WH Touts Kenyan Program to Obtain National ID Cards for Voter Registration Monday, July 1. 2013Hockey stick tree retracted
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Monday morning links Same-sex couples flood immigration offices for green cards How You Can Gain 10 pounds in 5 days Oligeeks Head Down to the Farm Not from The Onion: Horrified Bird Watchers See Rare White Throated Needletail Whacked By Wind Turbine NYC: We would become a 4-year-long dick joke. Let’s Divorce Marriage from the Government Obama's Climate Five-Year Plan Goodwin: Can the United States survive the remaining 3 1/2 years of the Obama presidency? European officials lash out at new NSA spying report Obama, in South Africa, Tells U.S. Media to 'Behave' Marco Rubio 2009: “You cannot grant amnesty” Is the labor market return to higher education finally falling? - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/06/is-the-labor-market-return-to-education-finally-falling.html#sthash.hzwRNwcU.dpuf Is
the labor market return to higher education finally falling? - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/06/is-the-labor-market-return-to-education-finally-falling.html#sthash.hzwRNwcU.dpuf Sunday, June 30. 2013Nice car, runs on coalA friend drove a Tesla msp85 around 100 miles last weekend. The guy knows cars. Said it was the best car he had ever driven, by a long shot. He said the power, comfort, and design were stunning. Goes about 400 miles before a 6-8-hour recharge with the super charging device. Consumer Reports says it's the best car they have ever tested. I don't want one, even without the $125,000 price tag of that model. I'd be happy to try one out, though. Each Tesla is made to order. When you think about it, they basically run on coal but the coal-burning is remote.
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