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Saturday, July 21. 2012A neither boring nor depressing Iraq update
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Saturday fun Pic: From the 'Framing The Shot' collection in my art gallery For starters, I've recently rearranged my video section and have collected my better 'video articles'; that is, articles centered around a video, into a new section called, appropriately enough, Video Articles. As for my double-hip Special Vids section, I've recently added an interesting documentary on crossword puzzles. Before that were two documentaries on the Fukushima tsunami/meltdown, and the brilliant — if half a century old — flick, '12 Angry Men'. I also opened up a Fave Vids section where I've collected the web vids that have really touched me over the years, usually because of the music. If you remember Gwynnie's 'seat belt' commercial from about a year ago, that's in there. And, of course, there's the infamous Bag O' Clips, also known as "the last refuge of societal misfits everywhere", where movie lovers can slip away for hours. If you think my movie clips on Maggie's are sharp, the WMV clips in that area are the next step up, because I'm not reducing the quality by rendering them to FLV so the Mac bunch can see them. And, just in case you're a music lover and have been away for the past month or so, allow me toss out the link to my Introducing Jackie Evancho post one last time. What a fun post that was. And I should mention the usual gang: Home Repair — In case you're feeling fix-it-y The Google Earth Project — My tribute to this marvelous computer program Windows — Windows tips, tricks, tidbits and tweaks Doc's Secrets — I still like the 'Guinness' one best Ratville — Okay, so why are rats such great survivors? Rainy Day — Original articles & humor Have a fun weekend, y'all. Saturday morning linksDUMBEST MAYOR IN AMERICA CALLS FOR GUN CONTROL The Right Honourable Mr. Burke - Impassioned orator, eloquent statesman, esteemed writer—but who was Edmund Burke the man? The Kids Are Not Really Alright - It’s worse to be raised by a single mother, even if you’re not poor. The Cave Paintings at Chauvet, Or, What Makes Men Men Over the past 35 years, the number of fires in the United States has fallen by more than 40% while the number of career firefighters has increased by more than 40% Battle over genetically engineered food heading to voters in CA As if journalists weren’t already confounded enough by the misdirection of spin machines and talking points, they now risk being duped by publicity campaigns using blatant hoaxes. Ireland Bulldozes Ghost Estates in Life After Real Estate Bubble The New York Times’ Obsession With Mormonism The Top 20% Paid 94.1% of Income Taxes in 2009 Explaining Obama's Ressentiment - Unearned success is the central theme of his life story. Sovereignty of Violence: A Visit to Syria’s Civil War Here Come the Closet Black Conservatives
Friday, July 20. 2012Friday morning linksIt's time Democrats came of the closet and raised the flag of social democracy. I think they already did Prostate Cancer Surgery Fails to Cut Death Rate in Study To restate the obvious yet again... tolerance is not the same as respect SF Considers Strict Outdoor Smoking Ban – Except For Pot The Obama Record: Deep Poverty at Record High, Homeless Families on the Rise & 6.4 Million More Living Below Poverty Line Media silent
Obama faces Capitol Hill revolt after gutting welfare reform work requirements Thursday, July 19. 2012Thursday morning linksWhere the Buffalo No Longer Roamed James O’Keefe Unveils Green Jobs/Union Corruption Oops!… Obama’s Top Bundler Jonathan Lavine Was In Charge of Bain During GST Steel Layoffs Why Romney’s “you didn’t build that” attack is the most substantive argument of 2012 Man Crush Gone Wild: Chris Matthews Declares that Barack Obama is ‘Perfect’ Don’t Let the Left Claim the Moral High Ground on Poverty The Growing Pressures Likely To Blow The Eurozone Apart Obama has been painting a cartoon version of opponents for years.. And lo and behold he’s revealed himself to be the very caricature of the anti-business, government-is-all liberal Republicans have claimed him to be. The Communist Mentor: Frank Marshall Davis USDA partnering with Mexico to boost food stamp participation Bill Whittle explains why Progressive policies exist regardless of whether they achieve their purported purposes. In case you haven't seen this excellent summary elsewhere: Wednesday, July 18. 2012Weds. morning linksHigher ed faculty fearful of online ed How I Lost 50 Pounds in 6 Months without Exercising Pron for Mommies: In defence of Fifty Shades of Grey Justin Bieber Blasted Me With His Gondola-Based Sonic Ray Machine Barrett: The Conservative Movement Has Been a Failure Government Employees, Unions, And Bankruptcy The Left Can’t Bring Itself to Celebrate America Don’t Release Your Returns, Mr. Romney. Burn Them. Star of Pro-Obama Super PAC Ad Unleashed: 'Obama Is a Jerk, a Pantywaist, a Lightweight, a Blowhard' Obama Discusses Vision For Second Term: A Lot Of Spending Stop waiting for the economic recovery: This is it Why no hiring? Taxes and health care, that’s why The real reason the Olympic Committee refuses to commemorate the Israeli athletes murdered in Munich The mainstreaming of anti-semitism: Salon partners with Mondoweiss Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge - review - Red or dead.
Tuesday, July 17. 2012"If you’ve got a hit song — you didn’t sing that. Somebody else made that happen."That's from a commenter at Althouse. Laura at Ace points out that most ventures fail, but the Warren-Obama theme has nothing to say about that. For example, photo below stolen from Gateway. It's the real Obama HQ for Maine:
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Tuesday morning linksMan With World's Largest Penis Frisked By TSA At California Airport Are Millennials the Screwed Generation? Eggheads, fat cats and status anxiety. Online Purchases Soon To Be Taxed Nationwide A dozen more universities have signed partnerships with Coursera, a company that provides hosting services for massively open online courses (MOOCs), the company announced today Including UVa and Princeton Faking or exaggerating. Everybody has something wrong with them What’s the difference between California voters and the passengers on the Titanic? The passengers on the Titanic didn’t vote to hit the iceberg Bastiat to the NAACP: 'Don't Pull the Temple Down On Your Head' Most Illegal Immigrant Families Collect Welfare – Obama Wants to Up That Number Krauthammer Rips Obama’s Business Speech: “Spoken By A Man Who Never Created Or Ran So Much As A Candy Store” ‘America The Racist’: The Left’s Familiar Refrain Ace: Romney's doing fine Geithner yawned at epic fraud Everybody suspected that LIBOR was a little fishy Nobody Else Made It Happen, Mr. President I’m beginning to suspect Mitt Romney is an actual real live man of integrity. Monday, July 16. 2012Bouncing BackRep. Jesse Jackson's absence lately has been the source of much speculation and rumor. Yesterday, his mother spoke about his disappearance. I don't know what's wrong with him, and if he is sick, I hope he gets the treatment he needs and is better soon. But his mother's words ring hollow. Is she saying that her son can't get up in the morning because he didn't get what he wanted? There are plenty of things I wanted. I thought I'd be a senator, too. I thought I'd be a fireman, an astronaut and a pro soccer player. But I still get up in the morning and do my job, despite many disappointments in life. People need privacy, particularly when ill. But this is an elected official who is suffering through several scandals. Something seems amiss. One has to wonder how Democrats would handle this if it was a Republican representative who was "disappointed"? I'm not trying to diminish a physical ailment or a (rumored) addiction. These are difficult and can require much assistance. But the idea that he's not "bouncing back" from disappointment sounds a bit like a mother excusing and rationalizing her entitled son's behaviors. Monday morning linksImage via Carpe Diem Brain Prize Eval Fund Near Enough He wants his brain saved. A lot of what you’ve heard about the dangers of spanking might not be true. Title IX, STEM, Disparity-Proves Discrimination Dogma, Selective Concern for Gender Imbalances Steyn: Today's Kids Inherit World Reverting To Barbarism IPCC Admits Its Past Reports Were Junk Speaking of offshoring: Why is President Obama holding fundraisers in Communist Red China? and Busy Month for Obama Campaign with Fundraisers in Switzerland, Sweden, Paris and Communist China In Blue New Jersey, Red Spots May Be Sign of the Past The Essential Lesson of the Auto Bailout - What do companies get when they act responsibly? Government-subsidized competition. A Picture of How Redistribution Programs Trap the Less Fortunate in Lives of Dependency Krauthammer: Food stamps a great success for liberals I can't turn on the radio without hearing ads for food stamps Obama to Clinton welfare reform: Drop dead Obama’s Non-Stop Effort to Change the Subject from the Economy Welcome to California: America without Republicans GAO: Obamacare Timeline Based on Election The Medicare cuts begin after the election Sowell: The Invincible Lie UK-EU Drift Update: Britain Audits Brussels Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes, shout "Monica, Monica" Labor's love-hate relationship with Citizens United Rep. John Campbell: Europe's lessons for the U.S. - America can see the wreck ahead and still has time to avoid it. Trying to duck health care's employer rules? Don't bother Or simply hire fewer than 50 people and fire the rest of them Obamacare Will Add 3.8% Medicare Tax on Sales of Homes, Condos, Townhouses and Rentals (Updated) In the dumps with the American Dream - We used to be ambitious and enthusiastic; now the new normal is malaise. Shouldn’t we strive for more?
Sunday, July 15. 2012Richard Burton reads the poem 'The hound of Heaven' by Francis ThompsonSaturday, July 14. 2012Saturday morning hot linksEveryone a Harlot - "Am I hot, or not?" (h/t Vanderleun):
Housewives and Mothers, Desperately Seeking Liberation New National Concern: Autonomous, Self-Driven SUVs Will I Be Paying off College Loans for the Rest of My Life? The College-Graduate Glut: Evidence From Labor Markets “Report: Thousands fled Canada for health care in 2011″ How Fossil-Fuel Democrats Became An Endangered Species Unions: The Largest Political Machine Why Long-Term Unemployment Has Doubled Under President Obama WaPo: Three Pinocchios for Romney-is-a-felon attack Romney: Obama’s ‘kill Romney’ tactic is ‘disgusting, demeaning’ and ‘dishonest’ One of the creepiest aspects of Barack Obama’s run in 2008 was its cult-like atmosphere Obama administration guts work requirements for Clinton-era welfare reform Lessons from the U.S. Shale Revolution: It Wasn't from Gov't Planners, but Private Entrepreneurs Friday, July 13. 2012A few education-related linksSchool bullying: definitely a problem your federal government can handle Obama to Impose Gender Quotas on Science Education
Like I say, the customer is always right.
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Friday morning links2012 Top 100 Retailers A Short Walking Tour of New York’s Lower East Side Men’s Tennis Is More Interesting Than Women’s - But It Doesn’t Have To Be Why Kill Animals That Attack Humans? Remaking Marital Law - Does legalizing gay marriage go far enough? Polygamy, dude Economic Mobility is Alive and Well in America Textbook case of inefficiency - Can’t buy a quality education Double the spending with same results Romney’s Stand and the Left’s Destruction of the Black Community Senate Dems Kill Obama’s Tax Plan New Study Thoroughly Debunks Global Warming, Will Media Notice? With 100,000 Safe Gun Carries in Minnesota, Journalist Worries About ‘Violence’ Repubs fail with farm bill DOE Official Calls Green Scam Program an “Enormous Success” Despite Over $2.5 Billion Lost in Bankruptcies The Economics of America's Crony Society The real Mad Men (vid) Why the U.S. Could Bomb Iran Moody’s Changes Pension Solvency Assumptions Mitt Romney received a standing ovation at the NAACP convention. Really. Restoration and Renewal In 2012: A Theme For Romney Thursday, July 12. 2012The EU as a modern would-be empireWe have mentioned here many times that the EU was designed to evolve into a modern Holy Roman Empire, or maybe just a modern Roman Empire, or a thousand-year reich, or something. I thought imperialism was supposed to be a bad thing nowadays. From Roger Scruton's Europeans are from nations first:
I think I represent the Maggie's view when I advocate for decentralization of power. Nationalism doesn't "cause" wars any more than guns kill people. People cause wars. Furthermore, I think that the US over the past 160 years has "evolved" into a sort of empire of states, albeit a representative one (as is the hapless EU). Compare state and local power in 1850 compared to today. Centralized institutions aggregate power the way the sun aggregated planets. They always want more money, control, and power, and there's always a rationalization for it. We're supposed to think they mean well, but they are watching out for their careers, their pensions, and their egos. The people I respect most are those who want no power or control over anyone or anything other than their own destiny. Exceptions: one's kids and one's livelihood.
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Free advice for Mitt RomneyEverybody's got free advice for the Republican candidate. Here's what I want to hear him say: "Mr. Obama, I will ask you to quit with the smears and lies about me. The negativity is not dignified and it is not presidential. You promised a new kind of politics, but you have given us nothing but ugly and divisive Chicago-style politics. You have been President for three 1/2 years. Man up and try to defend your record instead of trying to smear a fellow citizen." Update: I see that, as of today, they are branding Obama as a liar. Even so, I'd like to hear it as a sound bite.
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Thursday morning linksSchulz on Jim Holt’s Why Does the World Exist? Dark matter mapped in the universe for the first time 84% of Americans Exceed Their Parents' Income, 50% Exceed Their Parents' Wealth (link fixed) Kids feel schools not demanding enough Apple quits green standards Accountant Claims Wrongful Termination Essentially Because Her Job Was Too Hard WSJ: The U.S. Housing Bust Is Over The Moral Case for Free Enterprise Romney's good speech to the NAACP Obama, the Pierre Trudeau of America Morning Jay: Why Obama Is in Trouble Let’s do the time warp again — Progressives keep urging those failed economic policies Allen West targeted by new Soros-backed SuperPAC From 6 charts that show the Welfare State run amok
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Wednesday, July 11. 2012Weds. morning linksKen Block drifting through San Francisco at 250 mph. Vita Sackville-West’s Love Letter to Virginia Woolf "I am like so into you, Virginia. Tweet me." Hitchens on Orwell Mayor Bloomberg launches contest to stir development of tiny 300-square-foot apartments for singles The megawealthy urge tiny cubes for the proles. If NYC got rid of rent control, and let builders build, nobody would need 300 square foot apartments. Free markets would make NYC affordable for the tons of people who want to live there but cannot afford to. Embarrassing parents and the teenage truth I think most young teens get along great with their parents New tree ring study shows 2000 years of cooling Where is it written that life and success are risk-free enterprises? PRIVACY IN THE ERA OF HOPE AND CHANGE Creepy. Amtrak Wants to Play but Will Anybody Pay? Hopefully not. The Acela is pretty good already, and taxpayer-subsidized by all the people who don't use it. The Ultimate Krugman Take-Down The North American Energy Colossus Will Fuel Our Hydrocarbon Future and Create Prosperity, Jobs The individual mandate: It’s a floor wax and a dessert topping! Liberals, why are you celebrating Obamacare? Bill O’Reilly’s Epic Rant: Ghost of Ronald Reagan Haunts Obama Holder Demands Journalists Show Photo ID to Get Into His NAACP Talk on Evils of Photo ID Laws Obama Campaign E-Mail: GOP Wants To Drive 'Economy Into A Ditch' Shrinks call that projection Allen West:
Obama Put More People on Disability Than in Jobs The Rise of Food Stamp Nation - Government at all levels actively wants people on the program. Disability + Food Stamps = bought votes Polls Prove Romney Outsmarted the Media … Again Team Obama Admits Its Campaign Will Be Mostly Negative What else can they do? Can't run on their record. We let these people vote? 47% Rate Obama’s Leadership Good Or Excellent There ya go! He's awesome! Small-business confidence drops to lowest level in eight months From Dyer's America: This time, it’s personal:
Pentagon to make database to track medal awardees
Tuesday, July 10. 2012Tuesday morning linksWomen tough it out as sappers Million Big Gulp March’ to protest Bloomberg soda limits Ouch! The Wine Bubble Blows Up The Nagging Persistence of Tribalism How Huffington Post's Clever Traffic-Generation Machine Works Why does the Left love Mom and Pop stores, but hate Mom and Pop medicine? U.S. Reverses Stance On Treaty To Regulate Arms Trade America Already Is Europe - In spending, debt and progressivity of taxes, the U.S. is as much a social-welfare state as Spain. The many problems with Elizabeth Warren "Warren is the number one organized progressive cause this November, above even Obama." GOP unnerved by Democrats' candid camera techniques WaPo: It’s looking like Obama has nothing new to offer on jobs, economy Obama To Shift Focus From Dismal Jobs Outlook To Raising Taxes ABC News: Obama Tax Increases Will Affect 900,000 Small Businesses ...forcing them to lay off employees Ruling Opens Avenue To Repealing Obamacare 'Affordable' Care Act? Not so much for Sacramento - Obama's healthcare overhaul is one more costly program for a red-ink state. Public education:
Monday, July 9. 2012Monday morning linksHow The Average American Has Changed Since The 1960s From the IEEE: A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy Pinching, purification and finding The Bridge to Total Freedom: Inside a very sinister induction at the Scientology HQ Physical punishment would be preferable The Dream of Command Economics Her Fiancé, Garry Brown Sr., the Man Who Fathered 10 of Her 15 Children …’ LIBOR-Gate Will Take Down Many More Bankers, And The Claims Will Spiral Into The Trillions People vote for Democrats because they believe that Democrats will give them access to other people’s money. When Carolyn Coulson was deciding how to vote in 2008, she found Barack Obama’s rhetoric “exciting,” especially when he talked about a “different kind of politics.” Hill Poll: Majority feel Obama has changed country for worse From Hope and Change to Cut and Paste Air Force Considers Segregated Training After Sex Scandal Rep. Thaddeus McCotter Resigns From Congress I like the guy. Is he Bipolar or something? Under Obama, Disability Claims Have Outpaced New Jobs Bizarre claim: “I was outspent in 2008″ — he outspent McCain over 2 to 1 He lies, often Saturday, July 7. 2012Saturday morning linksThe Little-Known History of How the Modern Olympics Got Their Start - As London gets set to host the XXXth Olympiad, acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford connects the modern Games to their unlikely origin—in rural England The United Kingdom Is Doomed by a Perniciously Wimpy Form of Political Correctness Can being a too-good mother make you sick? Remembering the Gettysburg Reunion of 1913 Is there a connection between rising college tuition and rising college grades? Is the customer always right? The Real-World Middle Class Tax Rate: 75% Via Insty, IRS Goes on 'Hiring Frenzy' After Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Affordable Care Act Polar Bear Scare: A Letter To The Economist Climate Scientists Ripping-Off The U.S. Taxpayer? June Jobs Report Brings Another Round Of Disappointment Don’t Read Too Much Into the Fact that More Americans Went on Disability than Got Jobs in June Expectedly. From 2009, see Obama, the Cloward-Piven Strategy, and the New World Order We’re told the healthcare system is “broken,” but I’m not convinced giving the government more money and more power would help. It never does.
Analysts: Romney Needs to 'Etch A Sketch' New Campaign Staff You are not up against gentlemen, Mitt. Street-fighters from Chicago. Officials have already drafted 13,000 pages of rules & regs for health care law "...don’t let others who are no better than you are, convince you that there is something wrong with you because you don’t want to use the power of the state to try to improve the lives of others. Their strategy has a very mixed track record." Sporting art on top via Theo Friday, July 6. 2012Old news you probably never heard aboutBritish government to introduce privatization in health-care system. I discovered that piece through PJ's Romania’s 20-Year Nightmare: Unraveling Socialized Health Care. The US, unlike Canada and (mostly) in the UK, will never criminalize private medicine because who could imagine the Lefty Hollywooders and the Lefty Wall Streeters waiting in lines in grungy government clinics or waiting six months for an MRI? Not to mention the little-noticed detail that federal employees are exempt from Obamacare. I wonder why.
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Friday morning linksLondon celebrates completion of Europe’s tallest building Dante’s Circles of Hell Created in LEGO You do not have to love yourself first That's a relief The number of crocodiles has increased dramatically in the Keys, from 300 in 1975 to 1,500 to 2,000 today. Tick, tock Where are the parents? 3 Million Kids Now Get Free Lunches All Year Long Debunk a "Miracle" - Go to Jail for Blasphemy In India Michael Bloomberg gives a speech and then mutters "Who Wrote This Shit?" In 2008, 61.6% of adults were insured by their employers, while in 2012 that figure dropped to 55.9%. 47% Consider Obama’s Political Views Extreme, 31% Say Same of Romney 7 points that could tip the election In Close Race, Obama’s Plan B Is Paying Off Liberals ignore Obama’s Guantanamos California Assembly Approves High-Speed Rail Funding, Now With Higher Price Tag! Brilliant! A 19th Century government solution to a non-problem. Just like Obamacare. House Report: Countrywide Issued 'Hundreds' of Discounts for Influence Big government and big business, perfectly corrupt together Latest example: Obama Admin Gave $98.5 Million to Alternative Energy Company Now Going Belly-Up Does big government stifle growth? Sultan's A Country of Free Men or Free Things:
Thursday, July 5. 2012Paying for SavingAn interesting dilemma has presented itself to the world's bankers. For years they have been misguided in believing that forcing money through the system is the only way to keep economies running. Ignoring the nature of economic cycles, and trying to centrally manipulate positive outcomes, typically called 'soft landings', has led to a number of unintended consequences. A slowing economy is one which needs savings, because in a heated economy, too many people are spending. At some point, the investment cycle can only be completed by having more people save. We are, and have been for some time, at this stage. But the Federal Reserve (and other central banks) have all tried to manipulate consumption and spur borrowing by lowering interest rates. At some point, we've borrowed too much. At what point is that? At the point where we begin to charge for the 'privilege' of saving money. This is a Keynesian solution to a problem, but a problem that is misunderstood. During the Depression, rates were raised. This was the correct approach to handling the issue. But they were raised too far. Keynes did not deal with the issue of scale, just the issue he felt was problematic, which was a lack of consumption. Lack of Consumption is a very real problem, but lack of savings is an even worse problem. The truth is, with interest rates as close to zero as they can be, and bank fees reaching levels that rival extortion, the US has been in a Negative Interest Rate situation for almost 3 years. We just haven't made it official the way Denmark has. It's not a good thing, either (though Denmark claims it is). Interest rates have been negative once before - for reserves by banks at the central bank in Sweden in 2009. Even the US is considering this approach to get banks to lend more. At some point, the massive credit expansion the Fed has employed the last 4 years will create inflation. We've been lucky so far, as a reserve currency, that most of this inflation has been exported to smaller nations. But that time is coming to an end, as is our reserve status. This, combined with negative interest rates, will no doubt spark the inflationary fires as consumption takes place and dollars are repatriated when interest rates go up. It's worth noting, as well, that the US has been in a Negative Real Interest Rate situation for quite some time (inflation is greater than interest rate payments = negative real interest rates). Negative Real Interest is not rare, and is usually what leads to increased consumption (and has no doubt kept our economy struggling along rather than forcing us to do what we need to do). Which explains why Jim Rogers has been deeply invested in commodities.
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The Higgs Boson of PoliticsThe Washington Post describes the discovery of the subatomic Higgs boson particle as “thought to create a sort of force field that permeates the universe, imbuing everything we see and touch with the fundamental property known as mass.” There is also a basic particle that permeates the universe of human nature and, thus, of politics, imbuing everything that happens with the fundamental property known as power. From birth each individual exhibits a basic nature which exists throughout life. Even as it is shaped some by nurture and experiences, that basic nature is dominant. Those natures fall along a continuum from stubborn control of self and choices of environment to stubborn control of others and their choices of environment. In the political sphere these natures fall along a right to left continuum. On the right is a tendency toward individualism and creation of an environment that is based on the freely combined choices of other individuals. On the left is a tendency toward imposing a collectivism that is based of unifying others through power over their choices. On the right the role of government is important in protecting those free choices, including those of minorities. On the left the role of government is essential to aggregating power to enforce visions of the collective good, regardless of minorities. Most people are along the continuum, by nature, by choice, and by circumstance tending toward one end or the other. Extremists of individualism are of the right. Continue reading "The Higgs Boson of Politics"
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