Saturday, September 1. 2018
The Bizarre Story of Britain’s Last Great Auk
How a plan to save Kenya's rhino left 11 dead in historic blunder
New Zealand council plans to ban all pet cats in bid to protect native bird species
Let's hope the world follows that example
How America Killed Mass Transit - Streetcar, bus, and metro systems have been ignoring one lesson for 100 years: Service drives demand.
NYT: Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Help Get Us There?
Story of bombshell charges against Pope more surreal by the minute
David Warren: What to do about the Church
Postmodern leftism even lays waste to the Catholic Church.
When was the Church entirely pure and holy?
Dem Socialist Candidate’s Brother and Mother Say She’s Lied About Her Upbringing
She's a cute little liar
Good quote this week from Marco Rubio:
Politics today is a lot less about ideology and a lot more about the disconnect between the people who make our laws and the people that live underneath them. If you want to understand 2010, 2014, 2016, and I believe, future elections, you have to understand that there’s an enormous gap between what public policy elites – people in government, the media, and academia – are focused on, and what everyday people care about. And they’re not lined up.
So I think there’s a sense across the American political spectrum that the people in office spend all their time fighting for things that don’t matter in the real world. And the things that matter in the real world aren’t getting enough attention. And so, they want to send people that are going to blow it up, that are basically gonna force change in the status quo, and the more the established figures in politics attack you, the stronger it makes you in the eyes of people that want to see something different.
Weiner Laptop Scandal, the Mueller Witchhunt, the Clinton Foundation and China Hacking Hillary’s Emails All Have One Thing in Common
The Case for Sessions' Resignation Grows
“THE BIG MONEY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS NOW ON THE LEFT”
Is South Africa quietly planning a genocide?
Friday, August 31. 2018
 PETA Hopes To Build Memorial Where Lobsters Died In Maine Crash
More lobsters are killed in a day by Striped Bass than died there
Bear News: Black bear spotted in Davidson County for 1st time in more than 100 years
More: First Yellowstone-area grizzly hunt in 40 years blocked by federal judge
The growth of the world’s middle class may be the greatest story of our age
Brown U. censors ´gender dysphoria´ study, worried that findings might ´invalidate the perspectives´ of transgender community
Facts do have a funny way of invalidating perspectives
Archbishop’s shocking letter reveals scandal and priority schism in Catholic Church
I Sold My Soul on Twitter. Now I’m Trying to Win It Back
At campus orientation, speaker bashes Fox News, rugged individualism, says America not that great
Failure: The $1.7 Billion Federal Job Corps Program Doesn’t ‘Demonstrate Beneficial Job Training Outcomes'
Duh
California update: State Which Uses Lots Of Fossil Fuels Vows To Move State Off Fossil Fueled Electric Grid ‘Cause ‘Climate Change’
More on Suspicion and the Corruption of the Liberal Mind.
Elites still disconnected from voters
Kanye West Goes All In To Win Black Community Over For Trump
Kling: I wrote The Three Languages of Politics in part because I realized that most political statements are made for the purpose not of opening anyone’s mind but instead for the purpose of closing the minds of people on your side.
Democrat Threatens ICE Agents Conducting Deportations: 'You Will Not Be Safe'
Chuck Schumer: Illegal Immigration Is Wrong, Plain and Simple
Spectator:
The end game is to crush what they see as a peasant’s revolt. Mueller’s function is to provide a legal pretext for removing the President from office. The role of the media is to misrepresent everything he does in order to trick independent voters into giving the Democrats a majority in the House. This will prevent Trump from continuing to act on his 2016 mandate.
The Democrats will impeach the President if they gain a majority in the House, regardless of their chances of securing a conviction in the Senate. Impeachment will effectively shut down his Presidency either way. Fighting it would involve so much White House time that virtually nothing else would get done. And this is an important Democratic goal.
VDH: Mueller Is Looking At The Wrong Collusion Scandal
Is It Worth Cutting Global Warming By Tenths Of A Degree If It Means Millions Starve?
J-Post: An open letter to Jeremy Corbyn
Steyn: Danes, Davos and Denial
London Deplorables Strike Back: Bikini-Clad Blimp of Mayor Sadiq Khan Ready to Fly Over City
Thursday, August 30. 2018
Wednesday, August 29. 2018
How to be human: the man who was raised by wolves. Abandoned as a child, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja survived alone in the wild for 15 years. But living with people proved to be even more difficult.
University will allow students to opt out of anti-stress program … if they’re too stressed
If people are too stressed by school, wait til they see real life
Berkeley students teach peers about 'whiteness,' 'decolonizing'
Thank God for higher ed
Men only at The International: Why are there no female competitors at esports' biggest event?
May I opine that these games are the biggest waste of life that exists?
Group at Facebook reportedly challenging its 'intolerant' liberal culture - More than 100 employees have joined the group, The New York Times reports.
The Latest 'Privilege' Scam: Decorated Dorm Rooms
Chicago Cardinal Cupich: The Pope Has More Important Stuff To Talk About Than Sex Abuse, Like Climate Change And Immigration
Catholic Cold War Turns Hot
‘Why Socialism Failed: A 2018 Update
The world is on the brink of a historic milestone: By 2020, more than half of the world’s population will be “middle class,” according to Brookings Institution scholar Homi Kharas.
Greenfield: TRUMP'S 5 RULES FOR RULING THE WORLD - Trump isn’t reacting to the world. The world is reacting to him.
Merkel Facing “Xenophobic Riots” After Migrants Kill German Citizen
As Land Confiscations Loom, South Africa Rules 300,000 Gun-Owners Turn Over Their Weapons
China May Scrap Two-Child Policy, Ending 40 Years Of Limits
The Man Who Predicted the Venezuelan Catastrophe in 1893
Tuesday, August 28. 2018
Trump's name is all over New York City. Other cities too. Always knew what he wanted to do, always made it happen whether it was buildings or cute models. The NYC tabloids took to referring to him as "The Donald" for good reason. Larger than life, glitzy big shot, tough guy too, and a bully. But capable of being big-hearted, warm, and charming. Tony Soprano with big hair.
To build big buildings and developments in NYC you need to learn how to be part Jewish (the money guys and lawyers in real estate) and part Sicilian mobster (the unions). Then you have to learn to bully and manipulate the devious and corrupt politicians. It's complex, and few can do it. And Trump was a WASP, which could have been a serious handicap.
Like mob guys, Trump talks tough and takes what he wants, but he has some sense of honor (the mob kind, the ruthless somewhat sociopathic kind which is also common in politicians). Loyalty and respect are all. Precision with truth not such a big deal, which does fit in well with politics.
Trump, I believe, holds career politicians and their mobster cousins in contempt. Elected to rock the boat and shake things up. I wanted that. Career pols are timid, follow the herd, and worry about their pensions.
Donald Trump’s Mafia Mind-Set - Listening to a legendary American mobster and hearing the president of the United States
China collected all of Hillary's emails via her secret server
All of her emails were read in China. Not Russia - China. What a maroon.
FBI/DOJ Leaked To Press, Used Articles To Obtain FISA Warrants
Lanny Davis Says He Was A Source For CNN’s Trump Tower Story. Davis, Michael Cohen’s lawyer and spokesperson, said he also regrets lying about his involvement in the story on CNN last week.
Suspended Pentagon Whistleblower Says FBI's Russia Probe Was 'All a Set-Up'
Image via Yet another climate change boat trapped in Arctic ice
Meet an ivory trafficker's 'worst nightmare
Sounds of Music: A Salzburg Journal
Protestants Should Care Deeply about the Catholic Catastrophe
We do.
What I learned when I met a real life exorcist. Padre Manuel Acuña is famous in his home city of Buenos Aires, Argentina – and I helped him perform an exorcism
THIS PROFESSOR WANTS JOB TRAINING TO START AT AGE 12
With good parents, work training begins earlier than that
WSJ: The Liberty of Nations
In certain respects, today’s demands for the imposition of universal standards of speech and belief are a reversion to a pre-Westphalian view of the world. Like universalists of the old school—whether Christian, Muslim or Marxist—the new liberal universalists tend to reject the constitutional, religious and cultural diversity of independent nations. As they see it, the way of life they propose—the downplaying of national distinctions, the unrestricted movement of peoples and goods, the elevation of individual judgment over tradition in all areas of life—will provide what everyone needs. Not surprisingly, the correlate of this rejection of diversity among nations is often a disdain for diversity of viewpoints at home, in one’s own country.
Klavan: Why Are We in Media Hell?
Lanny Davis admits he was source for CNN´s Trump Tower story, lied about it on air
Candace Owens: ‘I absolutely love this president … he’s killing political correctness’
Trump is a splinter in the establishment
U.S. SLASHES AID TO WEST BANK AND GAZA
Trump deal with Mexico eases fears of trade wars, offers template to end other conflicts
"Canada Just Got Played": How Mexico Stabbed Canada In The Back
Life Without Water: Sweaty, Smelly, and Furious in Caracas
A lesson in how to turn a vibrant nation into a s-hole
Germany’s retreat from Paris Climate Accord goals
Monday, August 27. 2018
Lennon and McCartney sons come together for selfie
Re McCain: Insty claims that the only Repubs that the MSM like are dead ones.
Nordlinger: About McCain
That ice-free Arctic
Parents fight back after school drops Pledge of Allegiance for student-authored oath to ‘global society’
Why You Can’t Stop Creating Problems in Your Mind - We’re not built to be happy. We’re built to survive.
One way to get rid of a problem: Stop defining it as a problem.
THE CRISIS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
DRIVER LOSES SPONSORSHIP OVER RACIST REMARK FATHER MADE BEFORE HE WAS BORN
Facebook’s Definition Of “Hate Speech” Grows Even More Bizarre
ESPN Pays Big Bucks To Break Up With Trump-Bashing Jemele Hill
ACLU DEFENDS THE NRA AGAINST ANDREW CUOMO’S ‘BLACKLISTING CAMPAIGN’
7 Things I'd Do if I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor
EXCLUSIVE: Agenda for 2020 Democrat National Convention
DEMOCRAT RUNS ON OPEN BORDERS: Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke Calls for Legalizing Unauthorized Border Crossings
How Trump can survive this onslaught against his presidency
Zero Hedge on Starr and Mueller:
Robert Mueller’s original mandate was also narrow. He was appointed to find evidence of “any links and/or coordination” between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump campaign. Fifteen months and more than $16 million later, it is impossible to know when and how the probe will conclude. However, the conviction of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and the guilty plea of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen on grounds entirely unrelated to Russia mirror how Starr’s investigation also morphed into altogether new areas.
Saturday, August 25. 2018
The Unusual Difficulty Of Photographing Pandas
Defense Against Bears with Pistols: 97% Success rate, 37 incidents by Caliber
That's a great website
Why the Earth Has Fewer Species Than We Think - A primer on the epigenome.
Why bigger planes mean cramped quarters. The incredible shrinking airplane.
YDSA urges socialists to infiltrate public education
Asia Argento's Time Is Up - A tale of fame, fallacy, and the perils of good intentions
The Billion Dollar Homeless Scam
Two officers suspended after body cam video was leaked of the Denver mayor's son berating cops
America is experiencing a major culture war between its interpreters and the people.
The NYT is doing an effective job at instilling revulsion for Trump.
"Every day it becomes clearer that the true object of the investigation taken over by Robert Mueller is the removal of President Trump from office."
Powerline:
We live in a schizoid time. In the world most of us inhabit, things are going extraordinarily well. We are in the midst of the longest bull market ever. Employment is at a record high, unemployment–especially among minorities, young people and women–at or near record lows. GDP is growing at a 4% clip, which liberal economists deemed impossible in the last administration. Wages are rising. We are at peace, but at the same time our government is finally taking steps to deal with long-festering problems in Iran, Russia, China and North Korea. What’s not to like?
If you listen to most journalists and pundits, none of that is important.
Just how communist is Mainland China?
E U Meeting Ends With No Deal On Migrant Redistribution
Netherlands Prosecuting Man for Insulting Turkish President Erdogan
Friday, August 24. 2018
At present, Muslims make up about 17% of the population of Antwerp and Brussels, 22% of Birmingham, 25% of Marseille, 11% of Amsterdam, 13% of Rotterdam, and 13% of Frankfurt. Immigration patterns and demographic trends indicate that those numbers will increase steadily in the years to come, and eventually, I repeat, all of Western Europe will be under sharia law. Or, as John puts it so prettily, “many things will be different and some things will be better.”
Palestine: A false road to statehood
Thursday, August 23. 2018
Why Prosperity Has Increased But Happiness Has Not
Venice restaurant bill outrages Japanese tourists
It's a tourist trap
San Francisco "Poop Patrollers" Make $185,000
The Folly of Scientism
Passing the Torch - Why the eons-old truce between humans and fire has burst into an age of megafires, and what can be done about it
Social Media Companies the Most Dangerous Monopolies Ever
The Guardian: Men’s Fixation on Younger Women is Indicative of a Crisis in Masculinity
Says Legal Insurrection, "Longest “crisis” in human history"
If neo-Nazis didn’t exist, the left would have to invent them. And to some extent have.
Texas School Removes 'Ladies' and 'Gentlemen' Quote After Single Twitter User Complains
‘Social Justice’ is Overrunning the University of Texas
Kling: I think that the case for spending “public money” (i.e., money extracted from taxpayers) on schools is quite weak. Until I see a well-controlled experiment, I will be skeptical of the benefit of schools.
College bans ‘racial’ and ‘offensive’ discussions on campus network for 11 years
52.1% of Kids Live in Households Getting Means-Tested Government Assistance
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER’S PERFECT STORM - And why religious freedom is at stake.
What Socialists (and Most Other People) Don't Understand About The Oil Industry
Anti-Trump Harvard Law prof ‘has lost his mind’ over Supreme Court nominee
Steyn: The Priorities of US Justice
Anatomy of a Sting: Robert Mueller Likely Used FBI and Foreign Intel to Set-Up George Papadopoulos in July 2017…
Wednesday, August 22. 2018
Woodrow Wilson's biographer discusses the 28th president's racism and the disabling stroke he suffered in 1919
Don’t subsidize coal; just stop trying to kill it off
Sea level rise has been average 7 inches per century for 7000 years
Can Sexual Orientation Change?
Cultural appropriation update
New Jersey governor bans black bear hunting on state grounds, but not without backlash
Asia Argento: I Deny Everything — And The Payoff To My Accuser Was Anthony Bourdain’s Idea
Do People Really Think Earth Might Be Flat? A poll says lots of Millennials evidently do
Not The Onion: PETA Frees Animal Crackers From Cages
At UCLA, 20 paid diversity advocates isn’t enough
Is Democracy Really Dying? Why so many commentators share an overly grim view of America’s fate
When the Left admits they hate America and Americans
Pulling Their Clearances Is Only The Start — It’s Time To Stamp Out Elite Privilege
Vanderleun:
The monsters from the id that seized control the Democrat Party have transformed that party into a mob of undead extras from The Walking Dead (Season 285). From “the friend of the working man” this party has become an indecent and disgusting spectacle of crazed cultists and prevaricating perverts claiming they are “normal”.
Tuesday, August 21. 2018
Besides the Clinton-Russia collusion/treason?, there is just too much inbred corruption and deception.
Where is the Special Counsel?
Above: Perry's Venn Diagram related to MacDonald's Gender is a construct - except when it's not
Tyler Cowen is visiting Baku
Most wildfires are started by humans, we can do a lot to prevent them too
Ethanol Is Terrible for Health and the Environment, but Government Keeps Backing It. The US federal government still strongly pushes corn- and soy-based ethanol despite the EPA's new study showing its harmful effects.
US military having trouble finding good recruits
California Dems Pass Bill Banning Sale Of Soda And Juice To Kids…
Public Housing’s Most Notorious Failure - Revisionist history notwithstanding, Cabrini-Green more than deserved its reputation for crime and squalor.
Dalrymple on bureacratese
The Pernicious Impact of Government Intervention in Healthcare, Captured in a Chart. This “third-party payer” system basically means market forces are absent.
Weinstein accuser Asia Argento made deal to pay her own sexual assault accuser, bombshell report says
Asia Argento Paid Off Sexual Assault Accuser (Report)
ANDREW CUOMO: TRUMP’S AMERICA CONSISTS OF ‘SEXISM, RACISM, BIGOTRY, AND INTOLERANCE’
"...conservatives also cave in large numbers even when their most sacred cows are in danger."
Chelsea Clinton Now Calls Running for Office a ‘Definite Maybe’
David Horowitz: Trump’s Character and Trump’s Presidency
This is why all Americans should support President Trump on immigration
Trump is gaining black support because his policies are improving the lives of all Americans
Dino:
... this was never about Russia at all, although if they caught some Russia this or that, they’d scream to the high heavens. (Expect that in the Mueller report.)
No, this was about getting a gangster, Don Trumpeone, by getting people like Fredo Manafort and Clemenza Cohen on some tax thing or other, and having them turn on the Dogfather. And if there’s no tax thing, there’s always perjury, simply manufactured by Mueller’s preferring some statement from Party X over one from the mouth of Fredo or Clemenza (truth isn’t truth as you know — cue screaming).
The left made multiculturalism and the multinational order unviable as a power play. But the play went awry. Instead of the left’s plans moving forward, they’ve been set back. And instead of taking responsibility, the left is blaming everyone else for its own crimes against liberalism.
Trump didn’t break the old order. The left did.
Why should Kofi Annan’s death cause us to forget how bad at his job he was? Failure falls upwards.
Saturday, August 18. 2018
Photo from this piece. Furthermore, efforts to reduce accidents can backfire. There is a book: Normal Accidents
Thursday, August 16. 2018
Shark attack victim suffers puncture wounds to torso, legs
Just down the beach from where we were last week
A Weird-But-True Story Takes Flight In 'The Feather Thief'
NYC's Gowanus Canal cleanup has unearthed historic treasures — covered in toxic goo
Prof Claims 'Responsible Fatherhood' Reinforces 'Patriarchy'
COLORADO IS GOING AFTER JACK PHILLIPS OF MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP AGAIN
K-12: Creating the 'Ideal' School
Obama Foundation’s monumental rip-off
We are not Rome. I detest these self-aggrandizing presidential monuments
Democrats are out to sabotage the middle class on health care
Dems against choice, just one-size-fits-all government medical care
Not a joke: The New York Times has an advice column about how to 'cure' white skin privilege
Trump Slams NY Gov Cuomo's "Total Meltdown" After "America Was Never That Great" Comment
"The narratives that painted Black Lives Matter activists as 'violent' have turned into legislation that targets black people, leftists, and other marginalized groups."
Washington Post: Trump’s Guilty Till He Proves Himself Innocent
Michael Barone: Either Trump is delivering on his economic promises, or he's very lucky
Mainstream media ignores Trump’s success on world stage
A Journalist Reflects On His Profession’s Anti-Trump Collusion
Laws of Armed Conflict in Gaza
Wednesday, August 15. 2018
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