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Thursday, August 16. 2012Thursday morning linksAlthouse went to hear Bob (her photo) I'll be seeing him soon Marriage: Wisdom about Happiness from Jane Austen & Lived Experience Column: Girls don't need Obama's help with math The most terrifying horror movie of the summer College Slut Doubles as Hooker: ‘It was the best job a woman in Manhattan could have’ I guess she did the math How to find that perfect husband in college The New York Times' attack on Lolo Jones 5 Differences Between Boys and Real Men - Being 18 and male doesn't make you a man. The Sad Demise Of The Three-Martini Lunch John C. Goodman: Why the Doctor Can't See You - The demand for health care under ObamaCare will increase dramatically. The supply of physicians won't. Get ready for a two-tier system of medical care. Doctor Pay and Social Priorities - Med-school grads make less than business-school grads, and take on far more risk. Is this model sustainable? Social Security Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets hmmm US Poverty on Track to Rise to Highest since 1960s Welfare Dept. Mailing Roils Massachusetts Senate Race Politico Equates Obama Attacks with Romney Self-Defense Rove: For Romney, Even Means Ahead Democrats Target Janna Ryan Cute Wellesley grad, lawyer, stay at home Mom with three kids. What's not to hate? Paul Ryan, Master Bowhunter Michelle Obama: If You Elect Mitt Women Will Die From Cancer In Harvard essay, young Michelle Obama argued for race-based faculty hiring The Race Card Cometh Again...And Again New Black Panthers to RNC: Our 'Feet Will Be On Your Motherf***ing Necks' Nice The Pitfalls of Private Investing in the Obama Era Obama created a high-risk, low-reward environment, yet the left wonders why companies aren't investing. The shooting: I Blame Rachel Maddow! I blame global warming Obamacare Doubles Premiums for Many Americans Over 100 Million Now Receiving Federal Welfare That's a lot of votes MSNBC Host Uses Racism and Class Warfare to Attack Declaration of Independence Swing state poll: After picking Ryan, Romney now leads in Ohio, Virginia — and Florida
Wednesday, August 15. 2012Political QQQ"This is an election in which we should be talking about the path ahead, but you don't hear any answers coming from President Obama’s reelection campaign. That’s because he's intellectually exhausted, out of ideas and out of energy. And so his campaign has resorted to diversions and distractions, to demagoguing and defaming others. This is an old game in politics; what’s different this year is that the president is taking things to a new low." Mitt Romney, yesterday
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Weds. morning linksGiant Burmese python caught in Florida DC Boomtown–The New Versailles French riots: Amiens buildings torched in clashes Brown Targets Warren, Class-Warfare Rhetoric The Democrats’ 2012 campaign: A bloody spectacle, almost too horrible to watch Obama's Strange Dependence on Valerie Jarrett 'TAKE YOUR CAMPAIGN OF DIVISION AND ANGER AND HATE BACK TO CHICAGO' - Details here. A quote from Romney:
VDH: ‘White’ on the Brain:
Sultan: The problem with being a moderate:
"Shockingly, the discussion reflected a “deep distrust” of individuals’ ability to make their own decisions." Why We Need Debate, Not Consensus, on Climate Change Leftist Planet - Why do so many travel guides make excuses for dictators?
Why I'm leaving China (fixed - a very interesting article)
Tuesday, August 14. 20122013 Taxes, etc.: I find the entire US Capitol revolting in its grandiosity.Middle-class taxpayers will pay a mere 50 percent of their income in taxes next year! Meanwhile, Auto Bailout Cost Taxpayers $25,000,000,000. I'll say it again: government is a special interest group, and one of the few growth industries left in the US right now. Washington DC is a boom town: people go where the money is.
Taxes are going to rise much further on the middle class. My simple theory is that the Left wants to take the money we all earn in the private sector, take their cut, decide what we need because we are too foolish and feckless to run our own lives, and then expect us to thank them with our votes for the service. They imagine we need care, like sheep, but we just want freedom from them. The Welfare State Industry underestimates the human spirit, and then shackles or cripples people to make their idea come true. Try saving the money to open a corner pizza joint when you're paying a 50% tax rate. Then, try getting a license to sell beer there. Then, consider your employee cost of Obamacare. At some point, people say The Heck With It and you have an empty storefront. That's the way to end up like Euroland, where nobody tries to do anything except to hold on to their safe crappy job, and everybody just waits to retire on the dole to complete their entire safe, spiritless, crappy life while their government betters live it up. Serfdom. It is a mistake for people to ignore the political appeal of the security of serfdom or slavery to the State or the Lord of the Manor, or dependency on the State, as long as those words are not used. Re the photo, I find the entire US Capitol revolting in its grandiosity. What are we - the Roman Empire? Possibly many disagree about that, but, as a New England Yankee with a long pre-revolutionary heritage here, I strongly object to the notion of an imperial city. Those idiots should be meeting in a church basement where they might acquire a little humilty.
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Tuesday morning linksPic via Theo A day late: Happy Left-Handers Day! Photos of abandoned insane asylums What Do You Know How To Do? A History of the Past: 'Life Reeked With Joy' The Frick Museum: SANCTUM IN THE CITY "...the belief in the spiritual superiority of natural things owes more to German paganism than to Christianity." Yep. "Nature" is only valued by those who can easily return to the gifts of civilization. Remarkable interview with Prof. Muller Ryan Pick Targets Key Demographic
Paul Ryan's Overton Window Yet Democrat Erskine Bowles Called Ryan Budget 'Sensible, Straightforward, Serious' "Paul Ryan" - Admit It, I Scare The Ever-Loving Shit Out Of You, Don't I? "Watching some of the Sunday shows ... and reading the usual suspects online, I was struck by how even knowledgeable liberals still do not understand what Obamacare has done to them." The Coming Battle for Medicare:
"Hanson suggests that liberals feel that they are morally superior, doing God’s work, and therefore do not have to obey the rules..." The first ad with Ryan. Not bad: Monday, August 13. 2012I need to empty my wheelbarrow full of linksRNC Chair: Obama 'Has Blood on His Hands' Gasparino: The fight’s on for America’s future Mead: 2012: Suddenly, A Historic Election? The failed policies of the past, or something better? The NYT hates Paul Ryan, so that's a plus. Paul Ryan means even more trouble for an already troubled Obama campaign
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Big C update So, here's how last Thursday went: I hated selling my stocks for the tumor operation, because they're one of the few things my dad left me, but they obviously had to go. The last time I talked to the broker, a few years ago, I was told they were worth around five grand. Or $3,284 on today's market. That's all I got for them, after the fees were paid and the dust settled. Welcome to the New Economy, Doc. I talk to the broker on the phone, he delivers the bad news, I hop into my car to do some errands and the battery's flat as a pancake. $523 worth of diagnostic fees, labor, and a new alternator later, I'm back on the road. I got the battery jumped that morning from a neighbor and drove it to the local fix-it shop. One of the guys was making a parts run and gave me a lift home. There's an email waiting for me from the guy I do my bread-and-butter work for (Web site maintenance), informing me that the Powers That Be at corporate headquarters have nixed this season's event and there goes my steady income for the next few months. I've had better days! As for my operation, I'm penciled in for Sept 4th. The good news is that I went up to a hospital in Miami a few weeks ago and the tumor hasn't gotten any worse. The bad news is that I'll have to push back the operation if I don't have the funds. I still have a month and a half to go, but it'll be close. Losing the Web job really hurts. The good news there is that they'll have to do their next event in October, so I'll be able to make some money while I'm healing. My original post on this worrisome subject is here. I could sure use some help with my donation fund. As I've noted before, if I can repay you by helping you with something online, like setting up a blog or web site, just tell me in the comments to email you and we'll take it from there. Monday morning linksThe State Gambling Addiction - Politicians are bleeding problem gamblers to fix their budgets—and it isn’t working. Does President Obama Want to Take Over Other Industries? Romney sailing straight Into the Storm Obama's Campaign One Of The Dirtiest In Modern Times "“INSERT NAME OF REPUBLICAN TO BE DEMONIZED HERE is the worst, vilest, sexist, homophobic, God-worshiping, Second Amendment-supporting, budget cutting, evilest human being I’ve ever known in my life.” Insty: "NOTE TO PROFESSORS: You must hate Paul Ryan." MSM on Ryan Pick: “Women and Minorities Hardest Hit” This is good: "Mr. President, get your campaign out of the gutter." Barack Obama: Still THE MYSTERY MAN:
I think he's a fraud. Sunday, August 12. 2012Sunday morning linksThe Science of How Music Enchants the Brain, Animated. Or try here. Is music a drug? Would it be boring if we could live forever? Chinese Hands - stunning video Kids know that weirdos are weirdos. Life is not fair. Never was, never will be. I feel sorry for the outlier kids. Painful, but builds character. My kids generally have been embracing of the outliers. Food Cranks: What Graham Crackers Can Teach Us About Whole Foods Is it perverted to appreciate feminine beauty? Perverted not to. Ted Frank’s chicken offset will let you eat at Chick-fil-A and still keep your liberal conscience clean. Photographs from the Democrat Utopia of North Korea Population control: let people over 50 die Why kill Perspective: Are firearm murders a significant statistic? Steyn: I am bothered that Romney’s insipid message does not rise to the challenge this nation faces. The Killing - The battle to define Mitt Romney is over—and Romney lost Too genteel to punch back? Should call them out as liars and as degrading politics. "Your campaign is disgusting and beneath the dignity of American politics. Shame on you." Quick: Obama Campaign Lies About Ryan Medicare Reform - Will the press let them get away with it? Media First ROFL Spin On a Paul Ryan Veep Pick: Too Inexperienced to Be President? Rahe: Romney's Declaration of War WOLF: Desperate Democrats reek of fear - Winning campaigns don’t behave like this Wrong. It's just the Chicago Way. Bare knuckles, no rules. Yes, More Solyndras for Clean Energy - The solar company failed, but the decision to invest in it was the right one Huh? Failure is success? NYT Hosts Media Fire Sale Back-To-School Spending Is In Detention Saturday, August 11. 2012Free ad for Obama
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Saturday morning linksVia Insty, Are You Ready To Be Friends ... With Benefits? Steven Shapin on An Intellectual History of Cannibalism Disorganized collection growth Crime and high school graduation requirements Senior Sex: Why Seniors Are Getting It On How a Single Oxycontin Pill Nearly Ruined One Man's Life No Conservatives, Please--We're Colleges Time, CNN suspend Fareed Zakaria for apparent plagiarism Penn Is Cutting Back on White Male Faculty It’s Not Just the Students; Colleges Are Going Broke Too I'd exclude these fascist idiots Unreal… Now the Far Left Is Trying to Tie Mitt Romney to El Salvador Death Squads It’s Ryan! The post offers this Ryan quote:
Should Economists Get Government Subsidies? Krauthammer: The Case Against Reelection More Leftists Let Their Masks Slip, Admit They Want Big Tax Hikes on the Middle Class Teachers' Unions in Action President Obama’s claim that insurance premiums ‘will go down’ Impossible, because Obamacare requires coverage of everything. Designed to fail. Obama the Uniter Has Diminished Himself "Uniter"? Cancer Ad Just the Beginning: Obama Super PAC Ready to Launch More 'Incendiary' Ads Most licensing is just a form of taxation Why Is Israel More Prosperous than the Palestinians? EDITORIAL: Obama: Pay my wife, please - President wants taxpayers to pick up larger family tab Intelligent, autonomous robots set to change combat landscape Machine vs. machine, just like the financial markets Gerson: Ignoring foreign policy won’t make it go away Obama's Campaign One Of The Dirtiest In Modern Times That was to be expected
Friday, August 10. 2012The kind of thinking which drives me nutsVia The American, a quote:
Friday morning linksAbby and Brittany, A Reality Show That Follows the Conjoined Hensel Twins Post-College Robert Loveless - An American Legend A Wasted Educational Crisis - Cal State Fresno might have tried to raise student quality and academic standards, but didn’t. DC is booming: Take Me Down to the Parasite City ‘Keep That Pay Raise, I Can’t Afford It’ - Welfare’s upside-down incentive: You get more when you work less Rahe: Landslide on the horizon Mr. Reid must prove he has not had sex with a cow. Bully, tax cheat, felon, murderer — and it’s only August. What’s in store for October? 'Romney Murdered JonBenét Ramsey,' New Obama Campaign Ad Alleges "It is becoming clear that Obama is not only intellectually, but also morally unfit to hold the office of President." Related: Mayor Rahm Emanuel declared that “Chicago Values” did not include traditional marriage...so what are Chicago's values? Obama Wants to Repeat “Success” of Auto Bailout With Every Industry Greed: Right now, the greediest entities on earth are governments. More on Greed, below via Eratosthenes
Thursday, August 9. 2012Thursday morning linksReview of the new Nikon D800 Buddy is a fan of Ann Barnhardt's website Bruce Thornton on Roger Kimball Has success become proof of bad character? "Let's find this guy, kill him, and steal his woman." Curtis Martin Did Not Like Football Defensive Medicine Kills - Not just snake oil wasting our money, but an actual snake quietly poisoning us. Knish on the tribalism and cargo cult of the Middle East:
“Fed study says Bush and the banks didn’t cause the Great Recession. The Fed did,” The Obama Administration Pays Illegal Aliens to Come Here Why Team Obama Ran with the Dishonest ‘Mitt Killed My Wife!’ Ad Wednesday, August 8. 2012Best Olympic reporting everThe Laser race. Listen until the end. (h/t, reader)
Weds. morning linksPunctuation in online writing Genius’ greatest hit saved Broadway Thirty Million for Race and Gender Hires at Columbia Is that legal? Left, duped by Onion parody, condemns Michele Bachmann for reaction to shooting Nyquist: What Keeps the Free Market Free? At 89, Indian hero Jack Jacob rests and recites—poetry Marco Rubio: Obama ‘Has Gone from Hope and Change to Divide and Conquer’
Tuesday, August 7. 2012Tuesday morning linksPic of a storm cell in southern Connecticut, on Sunday, taken by our webmeister. Inside a Hoarder's Brain: Why They Can't Ditch Their Stuff Via Insty, 10 Things You Should Be Buying Used Are casinos really the most responsible form of recreation we can offer our seniors? Gallup Poll: Many Obama Voters Jumping Ship Arthur Brooks: Obama and 'Earning Your Success' - The work mandate was the most successful welfare reform in 60 years. Ending it is a tragedy. Great news: TSA to unionize Liars, Damned Liars, and Harry Reid Harry Reid Revelations, Both Fake-but-Accurate and Real The High High Cost of Low Low Interest Rates "Normally I don't give a rip about the "I know something you don't know about Obama" story, but this one is absolutely fascinating." With costs rising fast, Massachusetts moves to dictate medical care. Mead: Germany never asked for the euro in the first place. "Government’s don’t produce wealth. The private sector does. Government spends that wealth." Saturday, August 4. 2012Hate Crime hoaxes in academiaAt Inside Higher Ed, here's a truly educated fool speaking:
Baloney. If the fraud is their reality, they do not belong in school.
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Friday, August 3. 2012Site update + moving video So far, so good. In case you haven't heard the horrific news yet, Bird Dog is on vacation until Tuesday, leaving the site in the clutches of the likes of me and Bulldog. The modern, sophisticated mind reels at the very thought. If you happen to see the big guy, let him know that everything's cool. I simply deleted all of those warning notices I received from the FCC yesterday, figuring by the time they get around to handing out the indictments, our valiant editor will be long back. I'm sure a quick phone call to Washington will clear everything right up.
Here's the latest addition.
No tolerance for intoleranceFrom Liberals’ Tyranny of Tolerance:
Thursday, August 2. 2012My RebateYesterday I received a notice in the mail. Apparently, Obamacare be beri beri good to me. My kindly I really like getting money back from anyone. I suppose I should be pleased. But I'm not, I'm offended. It seems that the ACA has set what is considered to be a 'reasonable' amount for spending on administrative costs and the coverage of medical fees. That split is 15% for administration, 85% for fees and services. My carrier hit only 84.5% on the fees and services portion, which means I get .5% back. Continue reading "My Rebate"
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Cat away, mice doth play (the old-timers in the audience burst into tears at the thought of the horror to come) That's right, the For example, one really horrible thing to see would be a link to the Maggie's Farm Smut Guide, which isn't normally available because no self-respecting blogger would ever link to such a vile, disgusting piece of trash. Much less blog on the site that produced it! Also, you might still see a few pre-dated posts by the big guy. That's his not-so-subtle way of telling us Mutinies will NOT be tolerated! Death awaits those who try! It's a fair precaution, given the ripe opportunity. So, buckle down, me hearties, and we'll see if we can't weather this storm together. In case of fire, please throw a glass of water at your monitor and maybe some of it will seep through and cool down the server. If you see a big "CENSORED BY THE FCC" screen, well, that's why we usually have an editor. Good luck, everyone! Thursday morning linksImage via Eratosthenes Mumbai lovers find haven as attitudes to dating change Oxford University Degenerates Into Transsexual Farce Very old tools (45,000 years old) Why Toilets Are Still Made of Porcelain Why the Amish Population Is Exploding Shackleton and Scott's Antarctic huts are put online Belarus generals sacked over Swedish teddy bear stunt Oldie but goodie: New Wool Blanket Tears Commune Apart Dispelling the misconceptions about feminism. What Ever Happened to Jayson Blair? Chicagoans hungry to flip the bird to Rahm, nicely Beetle could delay Keystone pipeline New Online Help Wanted Ads Plunge The Most Since January 2009 Meredith Whitney: Banking Industry to Shed Another 50,000 Jobs Harry Reid offers still more evidence……that he’s a lowlife bottom feeder. Jenkins: Is Obama Beating Himself? With "you didn't build that" going viral, the president's campaign is reportedly looking for a positive message. But what message? Mitt Romney is right, culture matters Oy Vey! Nancy Pelosi Wants to Protect Me from Being Exploited Obama’s Campaign Most Cynical in Recent Memory Ann Romney slammed for $990 Shirt, Michelle Obama praised for $6,800 jacket
Wednesday, August 1. 2012Who is Ted Cruz?
A brief summary of the Senator-to- be.
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Weds. morning linksImage via Vanderleun Look! There's a Sippican's house (with Tom Waits) Commutes, Tradeoffs and the Limits of Urban Growth Burn Down the Suburbs? Not exactly, but Obama is already working to get rid of them. Japanese robot update Penn State Students Trying To Understand Why They're There Now Rag Drag - How we became buried by clothes, and what to do about it Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies at 86 The King of All Media - Maine ‘independent’ Senate candidate Angus King Protected by Maine-Stream Media, Insiders Say "Independent"? Brit Hume: Obama’s “distress call” to Bill Clinton. And, says Krauthammer: It’s a sign of weakness NPR Host: Romney’s Poland Trip Is Racially Motivated Obviously. It's a country with no African-Americans. Reflections on “Chicago values” By Francis Cardinal George, OMI Health Care in MA Is Bad Omen for Obamacare Globull Warming, Class Warfare, Last On List Of American’s Concerns Why ‘You Didn’t Build That’ Resonates Anti-Semitic Statement: Nancy Pelosi Claims Jews Care Only About Money Government Motors isn't working
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