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Tuesday, December 29. 2015Cultural pathologies of 2015Mr. Thompson goes through them, month by month. For example,
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Michael Burry, Real-Life Market Genius From The Big Short, Thinks Another Financial Crisis Is Looming
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Tuesday morning linksPhoto: 55 Plus MPH: Flathead V8 Swapped 1949 Ford 8N Tractor Harrison Ford Demos His Star Wars Injury Using a Han Solo Doll Gerard turns 70 Never trust anybody over 70 Sipp: 2015 Delenda Est The ‘I’m Not Ready to Get Married’ Trap Why guys think it’s OK for them to sleep around but not women Duh Dr. Krauthammer: Be Wary of Dietary Guidelines The tax sleuth who figured out Silk Road The High but Hidden Cost of College Sports “Not everyone at Oberlin is a lunatic” There Is No Climate Change Disaster Except The One Governments Created EPA Warning: Holiday Leftovers Contribute to Climate Change But we ate them. Is that ok with the EPA? Seeing the West as worse Media Bias Has Hollywood Rewriting History Duh "I’ve noticed a trend: The more that white people apologize, the more they get mocked." Michael Bloomberg has an armed protective detail and Bob Owens at Bearing Arms reports that Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America also has armed protection. They are specialer than me My Crackpot Theory: Americans Hate Politics Show biz for unattractive people What Dinesh D'Souza has been through Hotline’s 2016 Senate Rankings - The Senate seats most likely to flip. Czech President's Charge Of Orchestrated Migrant Invasion Holds Water Monday, December 28. 2015Monday morning linksChildren as young as four ‘encouraging each other to consider a sex change’ In NYC, Using Biological Pronouns for Transgenders is Now Illegal… Stations of Home Alone: Where the Wilderness Meets Civilization The Most Notable Medical Findings of 2015 Are Most Published Scientific Research Findings False? Do You Believe in Stereotypes? Victims and Microaggressions: Why 2015 Was The Year Students Lost Their Minds College president says inclusivity more important than diversity, tuition costs Anglican Priest Smears the Virgin Mary Three Global Warming Stories The Media Don't Want You To See The New Left: New York Magazine Makes Light Of Female Genital Mutilation Residents are fleeing New York — yet Albany won’t fix the problems There's what the NYT calls an "ethnic divide" between white and Asian-Americans What's Marriage Got to Do With Poverty? Power Line’s Chart of the Week: The Achievement of Capitalism Sorry, Socialists, But Capitalism Is Killing Absolute Poverty Get Ready: Why 2016 Politics Will Be Totally Nuts Elites and media really hate Donald Trump’s voters "My Basic Income" — just giving every German 1,000 euros a month. Berlin, Germany: “I Am Muslim What Are You?” Muslims Beat Christians for Christmas Fun Czech President: Wave of Migrants Entering Europe Is “Organized Invasion” French see their children add to ISIS ranks in Syria On the rampage in Calais: Shocking footage shows hundreds of migrants stealing from lorries and threatening motorists as Why Do They Join the Jihad? Sunday, December 27. 2015The Big Short
For starters, everybody knew there was a US housing bubble and a mortgage bubble. Dr. Burry was not the only one, but the credit default swaps was a brilliant approach to shorting what was bound to fall sooner or later. Everybody knew that a large number of mortgages were junk. You could read about it on the internets every day. Everybody knew that, since Clinton, banks were required to expand mortgage availability to high credit risks. This was not voluntary. Naturally, banks did not want to keep that junk on their books. They packaged them and sold them to sophisticated willing institutional buyers around the world, same as any other asset a bank did not wish to hold. Can't blame the bankers for doing that. It's their job to sell stuff. It's common sense. One good thing was included: the slipperiness of the debt rating agencies. In Honor Of "The Big Short", Here Is Michael Burry's Historic Commencement Speech - it's a dynamite speech Everybody likes to find a scapegoat. Moral of the story, in my view: Bubbles happen, and always burst. Shorting bubbles makes sense. It just takes balls. Other morals: Abolish Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae - and the Fed. And the notion of "too big to fail." Thursday, December 24. 2015Thursday morning linksSippican: Glimmers of Light in the Darkness The gift: small acts of kindness change the world for the better ‘This Thing Which Is Come to Pass’ - A strange little family, and an even stranger one Guns topping Christmas lists thanks to terrorism concerns, fear over restrictions The Big Short: "Every American Should See This Movie & Be F##king Pissed Off" The latest in the war over what’s healthy to eat Reinventing Buffalo - The western New York city should focus on getting better—not bigger. A Historical Perspective On Homicide Inside Chipotle’s Contamination Crisis - Smugness and happy talk about sustainability aren’t working anymore. Top 5 Archaeology Discoveries in the American West of 2015 Indonesia plans prison with crocodile moat New Louisiana governor to undo welfare reform The Elite Who Are Destroying America How Overregulation Led to the Collapse of Obamacare’s Largest Co-Op US Landed Gentry demand Medieval Climate Tithes Is It Dangerous to Be a Police Officer? New York Housing - Markets Serve A Purpose Christmas 'Safe-Space' - Cornell Bans Menorahs, Crosses, & Mistletoe UC Irvine prof. wonders if 200,000 jobs lost to minimum wage increase is a good thing How the KKK seeks to keep black Americans down 'I Wouldn't Keep Any School Open That Wasn't Doing A Better Than Average Job' What???? There will always be a bottom half of anything. David Frum and “The Great Republican Revolt” Trump, Borders and Masculinity No one will ever mistake Donald Trump for a student of James Madison. Hillary Confused, Speaks With Her Southern Accent While Campaigning In Iowa… Good grief Wednesday, December 23. 2015The Donald is a real New Yorker
As I have said, he is a bit of a Honey Badger. This is not a political endorsement, but a cultural observation. Trump’s latest treatise deploys subliminally sinister attack on Clinton
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Wednesday morning linksWhen Americans Are Inactive, This Is What They Do Making Money, Getting Strong: Two Grownup Responsibilities Sir Tim Hunt 'to leave Britain for Japan' after sexism row Rape Culture: The Real Thing Life Is Better Here: Greenfield Village Chipotle’s stock keeps falling after analyst throws in the towel Michael Wolff: The end of Yahoo Even The Rich Are Cutting Back - Swiss Watch Exports Continue Collapse Despite Price Cuts Will Connecticut's High-Tax, Union-Friendly Policies Turn Out GE's Lights? The Age of Identity Wars - The dominant conflicts of the 20th century were ideological. In the 21st, they're identity-driven. The Fed has awakened the Force, but beware the Dark Side Americans Boycott Sam’s Club After CEO’s Racist Comments About White Males U. Louisville Prevents Asian and White Candidates from Applying for Physics Position Texas Formation’s Shale Gas Estimates Doubled Senator Sanders and the Average Workweek Admit It. You Just Want Your Own Dictator Habitual Liar Lies Habitually Let’s Elect Hillary Now - We want a president we can loathe all of the time—not support some of the time. A Deeply Unscientific Test of Your Political Bias (Trump Persuasion Series) Trump Spells Trouble for Clinton - He’s now in a position to weaken her well before the general. China surpasses Mexico in sending immigrants to California Tuesday, December 22. 2015It is trueHigher ed: Subsidies Increase Tuition. Of course they do. Institutions are greedy by definition. It is never enough. At 108 US Colleges, More Than Half Of Students Haven't Paid Even $1 On Their Student Loans Subsidies Increase Tuition
Tuesday morning linksAmazon Dominated Nearly Everything This Year Amazon, Microsoft Gobbling Up Workloads, Says RBC, as Cloud Grows Fast Something to do in NYC: Girolamo dai Libri and Veronese Art of the Sixteenth Century Art from the Veneto wrongly overshadowed by Florence It’s practically impossible to define “GMOs” Luckily for us, everything grown is modified. Look at a real wild apple. It's a mountain berry from China. After 2,000 years, Christians disappearing from Gaza California Has Plenty of Water—And Too Much Politics Star Wars Proves Feminists Are Clueless about Science Fiction The American Papers that Praised Hitler Miss Puerto Rico Destiny Velez Suspended Indefinitely for Associating Islamic Terrorism With Islam There go my chances for Mr. Universe Purdue University Pushes Back against Free-Speech Suppression Budget bill leaves no boondoggle behind: Column Miss Puerto Rico Destiny Velez Suspended Indefinitely for Associating Islamic Terrorism With Islam - See more at: http://moonbattery.com/?p=66679#sthash.W5AlpDWd.dpuf AZ Sheriff Babeu: We’ve Had 10,000 Unaccompanied Juveniles In Two Months, Obama Admin Says ‘Border Is Wide Open’ Saturday Night Leftist Lunacy - Islam is our friend, gun owners and the rich are our enemies. Germans Scramble To Buy Weapons Amid Nationwide Spike In Migrant-Driven Crime China Tests New ICBM from Railroad Car Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Mandera bus attack How Our Overly Restrictive Rules of Engagement Keep Us from Winning Wars Monday, December 21. 2015Monday morning linksConfessions of a For-Profit College Inspector What Are Quantum Gravity's Alternatives To String Theory? This is over my head Winter Outlook Update: January - March 2016 to Feel Influence of Strong El Niño It is passing strange how little jubilation the rescue of the planet has stirred. I blame Star Wars. What’s Really Going On With the Earth’s Climate "Most Liberal" US College Unleashes Demands For "Deconstructing The White Supremacist, Capitalist System" Bad Dining Hall Food Becomes Racial Grievance Yale Students Sign Petition to Abolish First Amendment The Democrats’ Theme for 2016 Is Totalitarianism
Bipartisan Achievements: Bigger Government, Worse Schools Paul Ryan Budget Admits More Syrian Refugees Than There Are Republican Voters In Iowa… The Cruzade, starring Ted Cruz Regarding Its 'Migrant' Policies, Denmark Tells World to Drop Dead How wrong of Danes to wish to be Danish Has Europe Reached the Breaking Point? Sunday, December 20. 2015Life in America: Abundance for allMcInnes amuses:
Related: Colonial New Englanders did not celebrate Christmas. In fact, it was illegal to do so in Boston. However, down South in New Amsterdam they had no such Puritanical tendencies. It is easy for us Yankees to forget that New York was already a substantial, rowdy town when those Pilgrims accidentally landed in cold, damp, and God-forsaken Cape Cod in November. Of course, the Catholic Spanish were in America first. The Brits chased out the Spanish and the Dutch, and then we Brits chased out the French, and then Britain itself for foolish reasons, but it worked out pretty well anyway despite our having, over time, created a far more oppressive and burdensome State than Britain could have dreamed of. A commercial powerhouse, however. Related: The Gift of the WalMagi
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Saturday, December 19. 2015Democrat Leaders Dance, Gloat
Thus Ryan's reward for civil cooperation and compromise.
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Sustainable seafoodSaturday morning links2015: The Best Year in History for the Average Human Being Kirsten Powers: Becoming a Christian Ruined My Love of Christmas - But then I learned to see the beauty of Christ’s coming like never before. Wow There's No Miracle Cure for Health-Care Costs The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids WHY ACADEMIC FREEDOM TRUMPS SOCIAL JUSTICE - The fight for the soul of the American university. From The Adults? Harvard’s ‘Holiday Talking Points For The Politically Correct’ Facing Investigations, DOJ Claims the Right to Avoid Investigations Speaker Ryan Builds Border Fence Around Wisconsin Property Fear and Loathing Across Party Lines Voters are furious because Washington ignores them Military Strategist Explains Why Donald Trump Leads—And How He Will Fail HOW ROGUE TECHIES ARMED THE PREDATOR, ALMOST STOPPED 9/11, AND ACCIDENTALLY INVENTED REMOTE WAR A warning to America from a Cuban dissident The Baltic States' Vital Step Toward Energy Independence Friday, December 18. 2015Friday morning linksChart via Climate Panic: Where Do Humans Live? 'Freak' ocean waves hit without warning, new research shows The Clinton defense Greenland is not worried about climate "You might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots." Harsanyi: The 'Isolationist' Smear Budget deal increases federal deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars Congress’s $12 billion giveaway to health insurers House GOP Leadership: Foreign Worker Increase Needed Because of “Labor Shortage” Related, Donald Trump: The Indispensable Man Trump’s ‘Nazi’ Rally: 5 Times the Media Was Caught Lying About GOP Crowds Survey: under Obama, race relations in the US reach 20 year low Dan Gelernter: Obama does the military
Preserving American Power After Obama Iran says it will not accept any restrictions on missile programme Hundreds of migrants arriving in Norway had mobile phones containing images of executions, severed heads and dead children, police reveal Back from the 'Caliphate': Returnee Says IS Recruiting for Terror Attacks in Germany Thursday, December 17. 2015Daniel Greenfield
aka Sultan Knish, on "Muslim Migration into Europe: Eurabia come True?"
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Thursday morning linksCamille Paglia assesses the parlous state of today’s feminism.
"When politicians try to tax corporations to death, the corporations are likely to take rational action" A book: Klemen on Riebling, 'Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War against Hitler' Ugly New Budget Deal Shows Why Americans Hate Washington Was Marco Rubio Overrated All Along? Trump’s Commanding Performance - Front-runner projects a kind of strength his opponents can't quite match Congressman: Refusing Syrian Refugees Hurts National Security No evidence California attackers were part of terrorist cell: FBI head Pentagon's Move Against Bowe Bergdahl Was About Its Own Integrity The military's real problem: Fewer Americans are joining By keeping its distance from the escalating efforts to rid the region of Islamic State, Israel has strengthened its hand. How Saddam’s men help Islamic State rule Why Saudi Arabia's coalition against terrorists might not be all it appears Women Suicide Bombers On The Rise Don’t Have Much Use For 72 Virgins. Here’s What They Get Instead Obama's Middle East Delusions Is Iran taking over Latin America? Wednesday, December 16. 2015ViolenceWednesday morning linksLettuce ´three times worse´ for environment than bacon, new study says Health myths that refuse to die, eg cholesterol and ulcers “The problem of living in New York” explained Whatever Happened to Little Richard? 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Broke the ‘Veronica Mars’ Kickstarter Record Emory Students Want Professors Evaluated On Number Of Microaggressions They Commit The spreading virus: Oberlin edition: UPDATE (Is this for real?) In Maryland, the state challenges view that new programs at historically black colleges will attract white students. Five Favorite Moonbat Stats Debunked WaPo: The biggest Pinocchios of 2015 First Truth, Now Chappaquiddick The San Bernardino Terrorists Weren’t Radicals -- They Were Mainstream - A huge tiny minority of extremists. Gleeful ISIS Gloats About Los Angeles Bomb Scare Five Favorite Moonbat Stats Debunked Rand Paul Is Virtually the Only Candidate Who Doesn’t Want to Start World War III in Syria I'm with Rand on that issue We’re All Being Pretty Quiet About Obama’s Failures, Aren’t We? The media are really going out of their way to avoid talking about President Obama's track record. Conrad Black: Trump Is the Good Guy Buchanan: Will Elites Blow Up the GOP? Republican Billionaires Just Can’t Seem to Buy This Election Merkel throws in the towel on multiculturalism ISIS Sends Out Threatening “Convert or Die” Letters in SWEDEN – Join Islam or Lose Head! Palestinian Rams Car Into Crowd of Israelis at Jerusalem Bus Stop Tuesday, December 15. 2015Tuesday morning linksYou're Right. Maybe You Shouldn't Have Kids. Kids are expensive and inconvenient Why finding a better ISP is harder than it should be NYC's Schwab Mansion Post-Docs: Academia's Miserable Waiting Room ‘Chappaquiddick’ Producer: Viewers Will See What Ted Kennedy ‘Had To Go Through’ More on American Arrogance Pushing Aside 401(k)’s for Mandatory Savings Plans Run by the government Roger Scruton, on the Heart of Conservatism Jerry Brown Touts 'Coercive Power of the State' on Climate Change - Tells an audience in Paris to never underestimate that power being used "in the service of good." "Common good" vs. Freedom Being a Member of the ‘Hollowed Out’ Middle-Class Never Felt So Good Melissa Harris-Perry Brings Parody to Life, Calls 'Star Wars' Racist Democratic candidates build ‘safe spaces’ from tough questions Trump Is Going To Break Your Heart Is Trump a Democrat? No - he is a Trumpocrat Hispanic activists vow to flood voter rolls with 1 million immigrants, punish Trump, GOP at polls Soros is funding it There’s simply no reason for America to have troops in Europe and there no reason for NATO to exist. Monday, December 14. 2015Monday morning linksWhat a Bunch of Snakes - The reptile lobby Christmas: Men are so lazy Julius Caesar battlefield unearthed in southern Netherlands Global Warning: Paris Climate Change Accord is a bureaucratic boondoggle SEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY… Al Gore Predicted North Pole Would Be Ice Free in Five Years A Manufactured “Success” in Paris Firearms: NY Times Editors Continued War on Reality Twenty-Five Years of Helping Foreigners Take American Jobs Belmont: The Narrative Can Never Be Wrong Trump is Tossing Thoughtcrimes through the Overton Window PJ O'Rourke: Garish Tastes, Awful Hair: Donald Trump Is America Dems Turn to Mocking Terror Fears ISIS: No, It Is Not 1938 It is disappointing that today history books are teaching a dhimmified version of history Report by international High Level Military Group blasts UN commission, says Israel set a standard no other army could match Saturday, December 12. 2015Santa in the middle
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Saturday morning linksThe Cheetahs of the South African Air Force Holiday disaster looms as UPS, FedEx overloaded after online shopping soars Santa will take care of it Sinatra the monster Why you can’t call nuts, avocados, olives, or salmon “healthy” Still preoccupied with fat. Government stupidity combined with overreach. How Arne Duncan Lost The Common Core And His Legacy Government overreach Click here to make sure your kid doesn’t become a liberal jackass at college How I was vaporised by the BBC's Green Gestapo after daring to mock the Met Office and global warming Poor Countries Demand $3.5 Trillion in Climate Finance at Paris Conference IKEA Considers Removing Meatballs From Menu Due To ‘Climate Change’ If you're not oppressed, you're not special Almost Immediately Upon Hearing Word of the San Bernadino Shootings, Obama Ordered FBI To Downplay "Terror" Angle, Convened Meeting of NSC to Plot "PR" Response America's Immigration Challenge - Coming to the United States would benefit millions—but policymakers seldom ask whether Why Are We Taking in Refugees? There are no jobs for them 'Washington Post': Republicans are Totally Racist, We've Got Studies! Hillary is just like Jesus Trump’s hysterical critics display an ignorance of their own Treasury Department delays decision on which woman to put on $10 bill:
Friday, December 11. 2015Life in America: The 80's
I spent last weekend with my family celebrating my father's 80th birthday. My sister and one of her sons flew in from their home in Vienna, Austria as a surprise. My other sisters picked her up to join us, as did my brother, his wife and one of his sons. We all traveled to Connecticut to see my niece play in her first two high school hockey games. She played well, picking up 2 assists and her team won both games, beating one of their rivals for only the second time in history. She is a freshman, excellent on defense, and has the Olympics in her future. My father loves watching her games, so we turned it into a celebration. As my wife and I traveled home, I reflected on the conversations that weekend, as well as the many I've had with my father over the course of my life. Obviously, my personal points of view were influenced by my parents. But rather than simply adopting their views, both taught me (and my brother and sisters) to think critically. Like most families, our views on life, politics, and economics vary greatly not only from our parents', but from each other. Growing up, heated discussions took place during meals. We covered all kinds of topics from art, history, literature to politics and music. On Maggie's there is plenty to remind me of those conversations, even some of the heated comments down below. My father's birthday, realizing his parents didn't even reach the age of 80, caused me to think long and hard about the positions I take in these discussions. After some reflection, I began to realize most of the opinions I fight against are related to envy and desire...
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