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Tuesday, February 2. 2016Tuesday morning linksWill the EPA Cause a Zika Pandemic? What are you buying when you buy toothpaste?
This Taxpayer-Funded University Is LITERALLY Building A Segregated Dorm She? Ze? They? What’s In a Gender Pronoun VDH: California of the Dark Ages Guardian Declares Discussion of Immigration Off Limits On a daily basis, I receive emails from associates in the UK and Europe that speak of the sheer madness of allowing refugees in the millions to pour into Europe.
European Pathology Hasn’t Changed
As Feds Plan to Cut Border Monitoring, Texas Officials Ask Why Poll: 25% of federal employees would consider quitting if Trump becomes president Were her last name anything other than Clinton, Hillary would be indicted today. Want to know why voters are so mad? Mia Love has the answer: Glenn Reynolds Rubio's Surge Is a Triumph for Trumpism Hillary Clinton Caught in ANOTHER BIG LIE 24 Hours Before Iowa Caucus! The Clintons’ political legacy of dishonesty Why Is The Mainstream Press Still Coddling Clinton? Britain’s Muslim Population Soars Past 3 Million, Several Parts Of London Are Close To 50% Islamic… Germany's Migrant Deportation Plan: "Political Charade" Monday, February 1. 2016It's a no-brainer
Actually, it does not usually put assets' lives at risk. The adversaries ID them, then use them to submit misinformation. It is beyond me how anybody could be so stupid and reckless. I do not even email any of my personal financial info - and I have a security system.
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GloomRarely seen Stockman so relatively jocular, especially given this gloomy message about markets and the world economy. He likes cash and gold right now.
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Monday morning linksScientists open the ‘black box’ of schizophrenia with dramatic genetic discovery University Of Kentucky Offers Course On Taco Literacy… A Reprieve For Online Freedom? DoJ Gets Cold Feet On ADA-For-The-Web Should the internet be in Braille? Dawkins is a thought criminal Bill Maher: I Wish Liberals Would Have Same Intolerance For Muslims That They Do For Christians Nobody is afraid of Christians Taki on Davos:
300 Scientists Sign Letter Opposing Federal Data Fudging Regarding Global Warming The Lust for Climate Catastrophes Virtues of journalism are at stake in project by Columbia's Energy and Environment Reporting Fellowship We Totally Need A Climate Change Anonymous Or Something The ugly PC race to be the ‘victimiest’ victim The Women Who Should Love Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton is the change America needs At the Pentagon, General Chaos is in Charge Obama bucks history, directs Pentagon to make guns safer, not more lethal U.S. Navy Confirms ‘Abnormal and Unprofessional’ Iranian UAV Recon Flight Over Carriers Truman, Charles de Gaulle Cuba’s Next Flood Of Immigrants Arrives
Merkel: Yeah, maybe all these refugees should go home when the war ends What war? Most of these people are not from Syria Europe’s tragedy: Too much Angela Merkel, too little masculinity EU leaders insist there is 'NO LINK' between the Italians Mock Cover-Up of Nude Statues for Iranian’s Visit A World Where Muslim Pedophiles Roam Freely It is culturally normal for them Migrant Crime Soaring in Sweden Invasion Update: 92% of Migrant Muslim Teens Entering Sweden are Male EU Leaders’ Dangerous Delusions Regarding Migrant Crisis David Cameron to force EU crunch meeting as migration crisis deepens Just ignore Brussels. Saturday, January 30. 2016Saturday morning linksToon via Lucianne Dentists Are Removing Too Many Wisdom Teeth They took mine at 25, and took my wisdom with them. Claimed they didn't fit in my mouth. Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed) - Monty Python The Disastrous New Urban Agenda - Unable to spend their way into a progressive future, Democratic mayors have turned to regulation as a panacea Still seeking utopia on the backs on the people How Bad Incentives Undermine the Scientific Process 300 scientists send letter to Congress accusing NOAA of cooking the books on climate change Should Charter Schools Be Allowed to Push Out Difficult Kids? Catholic Guilt? The Lying, Scheming Altar Boy Behind a Lurid Rape Case Otherkin Rights Now!
I am a Bird Dog New Mandatory Diversity Training For Students At Mizzou Focuses On Taco Costumes "First they came for our tacos..." But I hate tacos Britain Is A Free Country — Thanks To The Queen Students: Liberate Yourself from ‘Safe Spaces’ Feminists go medieval "Why do feminists, on the one hand, claim that there are no natural Public Spaces Then and Now - After a generation of improvement, New Yorkers sense something changing— and not for the better. Beware: Wal-Mart's Raises Are Not a Victory Liberal Distortions of Welfare Reform Statistically, single motherhood is as dumb as dropping out of high school. There is no cure for stupid and, shockingly, outside Lake Wobegon a full half of Americans have below-average IQs. Union membership in Wisconsin plummets in wake of GOP measures Given the choice, many quit the unions Obamacare’s Cost per Beneficiary Explodes with Shrinking Enrollment It was designed to fail, a feature not a bug Great moments in government: HHS handed children to human traffickers Is there still hope for Conservatism? Why I’m Supporting Hillary Clinton, With Joy and Without Apologies - I’ve come to feel passion for Clinton herself, and for the movement that supports her. "Passion"? "Movement"? MSNBC: FBI’s Hillary Investigation ‘Far More Advanced’ Than Public Knows Trump at heart is an outer borough man Yep, the real thing. Queens. Amusingly, Bernie an outer borough guy too - Brooklyn. Hillary: “I just can’t tell you how it feels to be in a room with so many people I Donald Trump Is Shocking, Vulgar and Right - And, my dear fellow Republicans, he's all your fault. Good stuff It's Not the Debate. It's the Focus Group The Insiders: The failed Obama presidency is what fuels Trump and sinks Clinton GOP Debate Showed What the Republican Primary Looks Like Without Donald Trump - It’s not more libertarian, but it is lot more substantive. Veiling Statues to Please the Mullahs: What the covering up of Roman art in deference to President Rouhani really means. They don't like pretty girls? Did they cover up the naked guy statues too? Europe’s Near Future Summed Up in One Picture European far-right, nationalist parties meet in Milan Why "far right"?By American standards, they seem fairly normal. German woman prefers rapists Europe’s Near Future Summed Up in One Picture
Friday, January 29. 2016Hollywood in a multicultural worldClimate hysteriaFrom all the polls over recent years, I seem to be in the mainstream which means I really don't care. Let it do what it wants. More warmth would be great for humans and would not hurt the cuddly polar bears who have gone through warm periods in the past. Insofar as I love cold and snow and skiing, and grew up playing hockey on frozen ponds with bonfires on the banks at dusk with girls and smuggled Southern Comfort, I think a cooling climate would be a human danger. It will occur, though, in time. Hope I will not be here then. I fully endorse this article by Prof. Singer: Climate Change: The Burden of Proof Leaving right now for a long weekend in Vermont. See you on the Killington bumps, or in the cozy pub around 4:30 near the fire. Life is good. Don't be a crank. Push back against the cranks. They will never be happy, or have a good time. Carpe diem.
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Friday morning linksFamous British desserts in pictures Before Europe’s Intrusion - A 17th-century map reinforces what few other If Your Church Makes Christianity ‘Cool’ And Comfortable, You Should Find A New Church Who do we blame for fat people? National Association of Scholars calls for restoration of intellectual freedom to higher education “Personality is a capitalist construct” HuffPo: Christians ‘Can View Muhammad as a Prophet,’ Brought ‘Love, Peace’ Rolling Stone Rape Fabulist Ordered to Release Communications US: 48.9% of Union Members Worked for Government in 2015 How To Get Revenge With A Football by Marco Rubio (video) What is at Stake for America in Bernie vs. Hillary - The revolution will either destroy America or the Left. With Hillary Floundering, Democrat Media Machine Goes After Bernie A good point: Trump and Bernie are 3rd party candidates inside parties It's 12 O'Clock High for the Traditional Conservative Establishment - The Traditional Conservative Establishment's Obsolescence The EU wants to tax food Europe’s Moral Bankruptcy Sweden announces it may expel up to 80,000 ‘asylum seekers’ Police In German City Allegedly Let Refugees Shoplift Online anti-refugee posts lead to offline visits by Dutch police Danish Teen to Be Punished for Using Pepper Spray to Hold Off Rapist Muslim migrants not as stupid and simple as politically-correct Europeans seem to believe:
“Personality is a capitalist construct”
Thursday, January 28. 2016Hillary!
Why Hillary’s EmailGate Matters - In casually disregarding basic security, Secretary Clinton harmed our country and helped our adversaries Why? No normal person would do this.
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China is on the cusp of the greatest margin call in history.
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Thursday morning linksImage via Moonbattery Beatrix Potter story Kitty-in-Boots discovered after 100 years They Cut Lund's Brain Work imitates life - The utopian workplace is here, complete with roof gardens, therapists and time to nap. Can the employee ever escape? How Detroit is reinventing itself for a driverless age Fetal fur Mizzou Madness Academia UK: A Dictatorship of the Righteous Another Environmentalist Doomsday Clock Expires, When Can We Laugh? Feds Propose Removing ‘He’ and ‘She’ from Regulation to ‘Avoid the Gender Binary’ When can we laugh? Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money Malanga: Scary Pension Math - Even after six years of a bull market, state and local governments owe at least $1 trillion. How the National Teachers Union Usurped a Local Election Camille Paglia: Hillary’s “blame-men-first” feminism may prove costly in 2016 Trende: The meaning of Trump Ted Cruz’s American restoration NYT Publishes Lengthy Correction on Article Slamming Israel Wednesday, January 27. 2016Wednesday morning linksPhoto from here. How Iowa Hijacked Our Democracy ... it turns out that if you dare to question the premise of microaggressions, you will be called names and there will be shoving and punching. Shoveling snow in The Multi-Culti Wonderland Turning Clutter Into Joy Old stuff is interesting To be happier, start thinking more about your death Want to Avoid Another ‘Big Short’? Try Some Personal Responsibility 7 Reasons to Rethink Sending Your Child to Public School As Population Ages, Where Are the Geriatricians? Every Internist is mainly a geriatrician Downton Abbey’s Dowager Countess scorches big government Decades of Big Government Result in Massive Doubts It Fixes Anything - So why is more big government on the menu for the election? People want big government, more "services," more "help" - but unintrusive big government with less tax. Can't have both 12 signs America is on the decline No measures of personal freedom from government?
When Americans have more faith in the military than the political class, democracy is in trouble. Climatism is a foreign assault on America - The aggressor is not another nation-state, but an alliance of UN agencies and environmental NGOs. Memo To Hillary And Bernie: The Public Doesn’t Care About Your Priorities Hillary and the Law of the Jungle Jeb Bush's attacks on Rubio are pissing everybody off Police officers flee angry mob in Swedish refugee center through back door 15 Year-Old Migrant Stabs Swedish Refugee Center Worker to Death "Gangs" Of "All-Male" Moroccan Migrant Children “Take Over” Stockholm Train Station; Steal, Grope, Beat Women France Declares Permanent Police State - Prime Minister envisions war that will last generations Holocaust Remembrance: Dugo Does it with Falafel In Europe and at home, Angela Merkel’s refugee policy is being blown away UN Chief Calls Palestinian Terror Attacks Just 'Human Nature' Reacting to 'Occupation' TEN YEARS OF HAMAS RULE: THE PALESTINIANS MUST SOLVE THEIR DIVIDE BEFORE PEACE WITH ISRAEL Tuesday, January 26. 2016Problem
The government needs to be fired. Related: Italy Dreads Looming Invasion of 400,000 New Immigrants ‘in Coming Weeks’ Italy? These people will never be Italians. This is invasion.
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Tuesday morning linksSnow Is An Indicator Of Global Warming Or Something The Fight Against Global Warming, in One Picture WSJ: The Climate Snow Job - A blizzard! The hottest year ever! More signs that global warming and its extreme effects are beyond debate, right? The incandescent light bulb. Gone, but not forgotten The Big Fat Surprise": How Science Is Corrupted By Government Money And Government Process CLINT EASTWOOD: HEY OSCAR PROTESTERS ... MOST PEOPLE DON'T WIN Jewish Academics Turn Against Hillel The UK: Men with more than one wife will get extra benefits under new rules The single most important election issue in 2016: The Constitution! Byron York: GOP fear and loathing in New Hampshire A Conservative Case for Donald Trump Why neoneo is no Trump fan Trump is giving wedgies to the nerds Steyn on the Repubs: The World They Made A book: Shattered Consensus: The Rise and Decline of America’s Postwar Political Order What Donald Rumsfeld Knew We Didn’t Know About Iraq Islam’s Sexual Abuses in Sweden and the “Cultural Challenge” - Sweden and Europe will soon learn, the hard way, why women do not go out alone on the streets of Kabul. Where Does All That Aid for Palestinians Go? French Officials: ISIS Fake Passport Industry is Booming Pakistan: "Christian Girls Are Only Meant for the Pleasure of Muslim Men" ISIS'S BARBARITY AND LEFTIST FEMINISTS' CALLOUS HEART Monday, January 25. 2016Monday morning linksThe Preposterous Nonsense Known as Homoeopathy A book: Is He Worth It?: How to Spot the Hidden Traits of Good Men The rash of glass-bottomed suspension bridges that have popped up across China is raising safety concerns, SNOWFALLS ARE NOW JUST A THING OF THE PAST. It's Easy To Prove Your Hypothesis If You Just Pretend That The Adverse Evidence Does Not Exist The Geography of Genius: Why Some Places are Better at Fostering Creativity (video) New York City Set To Stop Enforcing Law Against Peeing On Sidewalks Because…RACISM! Oscar-Winning Producer Denounces "Spoiled Brats" Crying "Racism" Anti-Semitic Incidents on U.S. College Campuses Spike The Biofuel Scam Is Worse than Solyndra Why the Koch brothers drive liberals nuts Williamson not a Trump fan The Voters’ Trump Love Affair Explained It's a pretty sad day when Joy Reid of MSNBC makes more sense to me than National Review. The Real Ted Cruz Why the Justice Department Won’t Work with the FBI on Clinton’s E-mail Case Migrants Storm Calais Ferry Horror as gangs of migrants 'assault female swimmers and masturbate in hot tub' ISIL is Erasing the Past Paris Terrorists Introduced, Warn West in New ISIS Beheading Video Iran's leader says never trusted the West, seeks closer ties with China Sunday, January 24. 2016Racism in America
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France tooJews are fleeing Europe. That is not good for Europe.
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Saturday, January 23. 2016Saturday morning links
Do animals EXERCISE to keep fit? Scientist suggest they may work out just like humans Soldiers Continue To Guard Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier During Snowstorm… Of course. Weenies and metrosexuals need not apply. The coming avalanche of autistic adults Avalanche? I wonder how these people were looked after in the past. By their families, I assume, same as Down Syndrome kids. Difficult. McArdle: Americans don't trust the government to take over their health care. Traditional Americans trust nothing to the government except national security Five Ways We Know Al Gore’s Been Running A Global Warming Racket The House Divided - On the 25th anniversary of Arthur Schlesinger’s The Disuniting of America, the liberal historian’s worst fears are coming to pass:
Democrats Stumble Toward 50 Shades of Socialism Moody’s model gives Dem candidate advantage in 2016 Germany Admits It Lost Track of Over 600,000 Unvetted Migrants Friday, January 22. 2016Too big to jail?
I trust Mukasey.
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Boys Explained: If It’s Fun, Let’s Make It Dangerous Bowra on friendship The nun is a beggar Sipp on home heating Libertarians on porn Harvard just proposed a radically new approach to college admissions in America Many Climate Economists Reject Climate Models and Turn to Ethical Judgments Harsanyi: America 2016: Burn It All Down! ‘13 Hours’: It’s Political Obama Spends $10 Million Traveling To Vacations And Fundraisers In 2015 Alone… The Right To Tell The Government To Go To Hell (In An Age Of Bullies, Censors, And Compliants) Many Americans Don’t Seem All That Upset about Big Government Trump vs. Sanders? Get Ready for a Populist Disaster Conservatives against Trump The IG Had to Get His Clearance Level Upped Just to Read Hillary's Secrets-Soaked Private Email Kirsten Powers: Can Hillary take '13 Hours' of truth? Hinderaker: For President, Marco Rubio Sorry, Hillary: Women care more about their president than his (or her) agenda. Hollande’s Socialist Wonderland Swedish Police Banned From Describing Criminal Suspects by Race Merkel Lectures Austria: Cap on Migrants NOT HELPFUL for European Solution WH: “Entirely Likely”, “Even Expected” That Iran Will Use Money We Released For Terrorism Iran's elite Guards to gain regional, economic power in post-sanctions era Afghanistan: When Money Can’t Buy An Army A book; Putinism: Russia and Its Future with the West Palestinians: Western Media's Ignorance and Bias Swedish
Police Banned From Describing Criminal Suspects by Race - See more at: http://moonbattery.com/?p=67809#sthash.QodkAyMI.dpuf Thursday, January 21. 2016Flaws
I am your basic Libertarian-ish Conservative Constitutionalist "Leave me alone" American, but I am practical. Ted Cruz is impressive but unelectable. Keep him in the Senate to stir the pot, and thank Texas. Trump is more fun than a barrel of drunk monkeys but he is deeply incurious about anything, to put it nicely. His remarkable work is done for now. Some of the others (eg Kasich, Bush) might be fine but they do not have the pizzazz for the circus this year. For me, Marco Rubio is at the intersection of the lines where acceptability to me meets electability. He is a serious person. He is in error on some topics, I feel. Every person has deep flaws (pols maybe more than most), and political errors. Bill's Wife has more personal than political flaws from a general election standpoint, but she is not my candidate.
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Why the iPhone will never be made in America.
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"It's never about the kids"
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