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Thursday, June 9. 2016Thursday morning linksOne law for us, another for you - California’s legislative hypocrisy a failure of democracy Bisexual, Latino professor chased out — for being too conservative DePaul Students Unleash Anger at School President Over Trump, Milo and More NPR hates football Seeking work: A Moral Disability Americans are moving less often because moving is hell New York City Taxpayers Billed $265,000 for Bathroom Ads The saddest aspect of the minimum wage story is the damage it does to human beings. African hairbraider Melony Armstrong’s inspiring story illustrates the power of one entrepreneur Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial page editor calls for murder of GOP legislators Greenpeace slapped with RICO lawsuit Denmark Cancels All Coastal Wind Farms Trump's Thin Skin vs. Clinton's Thick Head - On war and peace, he's dangerously unpredictable, while she's predictably dangerous. At No Pasaran:
Newt Ponders Trump Train Exit, Calls Donald 'Absurd Amateur' France shuns Europe as Brexit revolt spreads Clinton’s primary win was indeed a historic moment, but her candidacy is still very much of the status quo Polls Show Growing Support for a Break with the EUSyrian refugees almost sank Sweden’s welfare state What the Chinese saying 'The ugly wife is a treasure at home' actually means Wednesday, June 8. 2016The Craziest Demands of College Kids in 2016
Wednesday morning linksBernard Lewis at 100: Bernard Lewis and Islam Utah High School Biology Test Asks Students if Mother Should Have an Abortions Sowell: Is Personal Responsibility Obsolete? Say, What’s The Hotcoldwetdry-Hurricane Connection? New Surge of Central Americans Seen on Border No Facts, Please — We’re Making Immigration Policy Nearly Half of D.C. Employers Said They Have Laid Off Workers, Reduced Hours Due to Minimum Wage Hikes The minimum wage is zero Clinton and Sanders' Plan to Destroy 10 Million Jobs Will Trump's Signal-to-Noise Problem Sink Him Hillary Wears $12,000 Suit During Income Inequality Speech The surprising strategy behind Hillary Clinton’s designer wardrobe Disenchantment with E.U. Grows, Poll Finds Was there ever any enchantment? An interdisciplinary approach to the war on terror Tuesday, June 7. 2016Fun with polygamy and welfare in Europe
Polygamy: Europe's Hidden Statistic
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Tuesday morning links Young Male Sprinter Wins All-State Honors in Women’s Track and Field Neil DeGrasse Tyson Tells Bill Maher That Anti-Science Liberals Are Full of Shit Too The Keynesians Stole The Jobs This great divide that has opened up between the ruling classes and the people is largely the result of globalism. Bilderberg 2016: We can expect desperate lobbying against Brexit from Big Business The injustice and impossibility of asking immigrants to save the Western welfare state Jeffrey Sachs Destroys Hillary Clinton's Foreign Policy Speech 8 minutes of shame: Reporters covering Hillary embarrass profession with softball questions Ex-Secret Service Officer: Bill, White House Staff Lived In Fear Of Hillary WaPo Columnist: Let’s Gang Up On Trump! What Is Hillary Hiding? The Jihad Goes On Monday, June 6. 2016Monday morning linksLittle League Dad Resigns—Jerry Maguire Style—and What He Told the Parents Was Mind-Blowing Why Muhammad Ali Matters to Everyone Elon Musk believes we are probably characters in some advanced civilization's video game Maybe he is The Canon Is Sexist, Racist, Colonialist, and Totally Gross. Yes, You Have to Read It Anyway. Three Reasons Why a Liberal Thinks Universities Need Conservatives, Christians Is your boyfriend a sociopath? If he mirrors your feelings, probably Shock Study: Bees like Warm Climates Payday Loan Rules Would Help Low-Income Families Avoid $8 Billion in Fees Payday loans can be life-savers for the hard-up The Obama admin and mortgage fraud Trump Sticks With Tweets and Insults - As Clinton goes on the attack, his freestyle campaign lacks money, staff, and a consistent message Ex-Secret Service officer: Hillary lacks ‘integrity and temperament’ for presidency Hillary is cheating her way to the Democratic nomination When I hear people say Clinton emails don't matter, I Hillary University: Bill Clinton Bagged $16.46 Million from For-Profit College as State Dept. Funneled $55 Million Back Refugees Cause Polygamous Marriages To Increase In Europe… Exit Britain? EU is a mess. Run away.
Saturday, June 4. 2016Saturday morning linksWolves (dogs) were domesticated twice I would guess, more than twice. Puppies are cute. Cave men brought them home. The Real Reason Why There's a Tiny Hole in Airplane Windows The ‘War On Salt’ Is Bad Policy Based on Bad Science Facebook, Twitter Agree to Self-Censor for EU What???? Unbelievable. For the EU? European Union Declares War on Internet Free Speech The Empire imitates China, Cuba, and North Korea Yale Students Demand That Major English Poets Be Abolished for Being Heterosexual White Males Determined to be ignorant at $60,000/year Global-Warming Alarmists, You're Doing It Wrong Megan omits from her discussion the likelihood that real, meaningful warming, were it to ever occur, might be good for the planet and for humanity. It certainly was with past warmings. Yale Students Demand That Major English Poets Be Abolished for Being Heterosexual White Males - See more at: http://moonbattery.com/?p=72797#sthash.XvklNnlF.dpuf Milo's Epic Battle Against the Fascist Left From Taking Back Our Country From the PC Police:
Let’s Raise Social Security Benefits! What??? NY Times: Say, People Are Just Barely Getting By In Obama’s Economy New York Magazine Writer Begs Media to ‘Stop Bugging Hillary Clinton!’ San Jose Mayor blames Trump for violent, leftist mob Editor At Vox: “If Trump Comes To Your Town, Start A Riot” EU Referendum: Britain will be forced to join EU Army if ‘Remain Campaign’ wins, says UK Minister Get out of the German Empire, Brits Why History Matters: The 1967 Six-Day War Friday, June 3. 2016Pro-Clinton and -Bernie violenceAt Althouse:
The violence appears to mostly come from immigrants with Mexican flags, and Bernie people. Trump supporters themselves never bother anybody. More: Democrat Criminals and Foreign Terror Squads Attack American Citizens More: "... a common chant at anti-Trump riots in California is “make California Mexico again.”
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Steyn may not live to see the conclusion: Trial of the Century Update Shock research finding: Mars has experienced massive climate change I blame the Mars Rover A Major Malaise of Climatology is Pervasive in Science Bad news The Worst Airport in the U.S. for Delays Is... Knives used far more often for murder than firearms Preppiest man alive Even this poser's wife is a perfect prep specimen. Seems gay to me, not that that matters. Obamacare’s 13th Co-Op Is Closing. Why More Could Follow. Just as intended Students say they’ll have mental breakdown if Johns Hopkins stops hiding their grades Too late. They already have had one. Thanks to EPA and Army Corps of Engineers, American farmers are a newly endangered species Regulated to death, like banks, insurance companies, doctors, and every small business De Blasio just killed a quality pre-K program to please his paymasters Working for the union 3.1 Million New Immigrants Arrived in US Over the Past 2 Years Who voted for that? The Donald Trump Conversation: Politics' "Dark Heart" Is Having the Best Time Anyone's Ever Had Majority of Fortune 500 CEOs Prefer Clinton over Trump Hillary's Habits of Haughtiness - The email controversy recapitulates themes from Clinton's handling of health care reform.
Clinton’s warnings about Trump actually describe … her A strange speech How Is Trump Like Reagan? Frank Rich Makes the Case Clinton School Appearances Are Totally Scripted, Controlled Strange More Z-man, on election math:
Why Trump's Attacks on the Media Work Every Time Key Info Missing From UN Report On Iran’s Nuclear Program, Says Think Tank Israeli novelist David Grossman: The Dissenting Patriot Pic below of the High Line last Sunday. I was one of the people who thought the whole idea was stupid. The entire length of the old elevated railroad is now open, from the distant view of the Statue of Liberty in the meatpacking district up to the Javits Center. A few more pics below the fold - 3.1
Million New Immigrants Arrived Over the Past 2 Years - See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/06/new-analysis-over-3-million-new-immigrants-arrived-over-the-past-2-years#sthash.1Rw9Fb8Z.dpuf Continue reading "Friday morning links" Thursday, June 2. 2016Crazy like a foxTrump is the Great Disruptor. He is doing the Repub Party a great favor by going to where the votes are - the ordinary people of America like me. The wealthy will always be mostly Dems, as will (for no good reasons) the minorities and the effete snobs. But there are lots of other people in America, and they have felt voiceless in DC. From I was wrong: Trump WILL be the next president:
Related, from Reynold's Donald Trump is the response to a bullying culture:
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It's a fun election year thus farAmusing on the elections: Zombie time at campaign Hillary: Camille Paglia on Trump’s real strength and Clinton’s fatal sleepwalking The piece has this photo of the wonderful Clintons last week, having a good time pretending to be a couple. I think he's rather be on orgy island, or anywhere else, but he owes her:
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The Myth of Financial Market DeregulationAt Norbert Michel's piece on the topic:
Thursday morning linksPic from around W 14th St. last weekend, with the wonderful Chelsea Market, housed in an old Nabisco factory, in back The ‘Other NRA’ and the Future of American Food - The Campbell Apartment to ask judge to block eviction Against Historic Preservation Against Historic Preservation The Big Uneasy - What’s roiling the liberal-arts campus? Adults take the kids too seriously. No serious adult wants to be schooled by kids Roger L. Simon’s new book on moral narcissism Climate change update: Stonehenge under threat from moles ACLU leader quits after daughters encounter men in the women’s restroom Michelle Obama Calls Out Military Racism – This Marine’s Answer Is DEVASTATING State Dept. admits intentionally altering video of Iran press conference Evil How the Democratic Party Ruined Atlanta - Corruption, tax-&-spend, and racial demagoguery: The familiar Democratic trinity claims another city.
Bill Clinton Profits from World’s Largest For-Profit University That’s convenient! Clinton’s chief of staff is Is Hillary Clinton a better commodities trader than George Soros, or did she just get really, really lucky? The Obama Navy as Farce China: Seven empty Manhattans Venezuela: Has The Word "Socialism" Been Banned From American Mainstream Press? Brazil moves to shrink the state Secret Deal With Saudis Made After '74 Oil Embargo Haunts The U.S. Today The expulsion that backfired: When Iraq kicked out its Jews Sweden’s double standard - a betrayal of the weakest
Obama's Ho Chi Minh Trail In 2010, Qaddafi warned the Europeans of the growing threat of African illegal immigration.
Wednesday, June 1. 2016Wednesday morning linksFacebook, Twitter Banning Free Speech to Form Virtual “Superstate” - Social media censoring anti-globalist speech to transform real nations into on-line Oceania Garrote Tightens Around the Neck of Free Speech
Voters in Austin rejected a measure that would overturn onerous regulations that Uber and Lyft said would force them out of the city. You can imagine what happened next. Black market, natch "I’ve been meaning for a while to knock out an article on the theme, “there’s Foxconn Robots Replace 60,000 Workers at Chinese Apple Supplier
Official “Sanctuary City” Philadelphia Gets Hotline To Help Illegal Immigrants Avoid Deportation… TSA Says Passengers Only Have Themselves to Blame For Long Lines The Liberal Hypocrites Fighting the Koch Brothers on Campus NPR: We probably shouldn’t have taken funding from Ploughshares Fund to cover Iran deal MSNBC: We’ve Been Waiting to Hear Clinton’s Message for Two Years L.A. Times Amazed to Find Latinos Who Support Trump The presidency is not a place for sympathy ribbons and participation medals. Hillary Clinton yet to hold single press conference in 2016 Even White House Won’t Defend Clinton Decision Not To Cooperate With IG Probe… New spin: If only she’d known about them, Hillary totally would have addressed “any concerns” about her emails The GOP intelligentsia is behaving like a delusional narcissist, reveling in its (false) superiority over the little people. This past weekend Donald Trump announced he puts 15 blue states into play in the general election this year. Yes, Trump Can Win Repub Party has been invaded by....Republicans 1996-98: nearly a million “lost” West Wing emails What’s Wrong with Europe Tuesday, May 31. 2016Tuesday morning linksWhy You Will Marry the Wrong Person Things Are Thriving In The "Modern Hooker Economy" The stark difference between millennial men and their dads Women Are More Interested In Sex Than You Think Than who thinks? Monster alligator stuns golfers by casually strolling across Florida golf course “You can't legislate against human stupidity" Yes you can. It's done all the time. It just doesn't work There’s a mathematical reason you’re less popular than your friends Will The Food Of The Future Be 'Unnaturally Delicious'? Dr. Heimlich Does The Heimlich Obamacare Is Failing -- on Purpose? THE ONLY TRUE ‘SAFE SPACE’ IS LIBERTY AND FREEDOM First World Problems on Campus Americans Have No Idea What Memorial Day Is NPR has outlived its usefulness. For Harried Assistants, Overtime Rule May Have Its Downside Donald Trump Is Right About California Water -- The Problem Is The Price, Not The Drought It’s time to just say it. I’m getting about sick of Mitt Romney. Bill Kristol Announces, ‘There Will Be An Independent Candidate’ Trump Derangement Syndrome Donald Trump Breaks Up Mugging By Thug with a Baseball Bat "Bill Clinton Was Here": The Elite One-Percent’s 'Orgy Island' Exposed Wall Street Journal columnist wants teach Republican voters a lesson by defeating Trump Brexit: “An off ramp from the road to serfdom” Vietnamese Communist Leader Says US Anti-War Activists Helped Their Victory Monday, May 30. 2016Monday morning linksWomen who cheat Four Lost Decades: The Bumbling Incompetence Of The Power Elite "Fix law schools’ diversity problem, NOW!" Dartmouth: President Hanlon, include me out Every American college student today, no matter his race or gender, is among the most privileged individuals in human history. Christakises (and Free Speech) Not Coming Back to Yale Yale says all-gender bathroom project ‘is about public signaling’ Laurence Tribe on the Royall Asses’ misguided radicalism So the Feds require me to categorize an employee as a male or female but Good stuff at Woodpile Transgender Studies Week at College Insurrection Big Bureaucracies Beget Bad Behavior Trump's Intellectuals - They’re out there--beyond the Beltway. Why Trump Won, and Why the Current Crop of Purported Leaders Must Be Swept Aside Hillary Embodies Washington's Decadence CBS News Political Director: It’s Media’s Job To STEER AWAY From Clintons’ Past ‘We have to destroy her story’: How Hillary enabled Bill Hillary has been burying emails since she was First Lady And burying things long before that:
Never Trump? Don’t stop there! Never anybody! Hillary Clinton -- Career Criminal Who Says Muslims Don't Have a Softer Side? ‘The French Have Been Silent For Too Long’: Identitarians March Through Paris Shaking hands in Switzerland Sunday, May 29. 2016Shut Up, or else...The Battle Against ‘Hate Speech’ on College Campuses Gives Rise to a Generation That Hates Speech Kristof: The Liberal Blind Spot He misses the point. The new liberalism is totalitarian. Free speech, lesbian gorillas, and related topics
Saturday, May 28. 2016How Obama saved usNo acceleration in sea level rise in 150 years. None. Just the normal post ice-age trends. Obama promised, and he delivered.
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Saturday morning linksSowell on this year's commencement speeches:
Term “Start a Family” Denounced as “Loathsome” The dominance of the New York City subway The dominance of the New York City subway Why Solar Energy Is Bad for the Environment 80 Percent of Americans Want to Label Food That Contains DNA Fun items at David Thompson Penn Jillette on Atheism and Libertarianism U.S. dynamism is in the dumps: Americans are less likely to switch jobs, Government got in the way How About Some “Landlord-Protection” Legislation? DePaul Professor Offended By Milo Resigns, Calls Free Speech ‘Delusional’ Sheesh Controlling labor costs in the new $15 an hour minimum wage world: kiosks, robots, and housekeeping opt-out rewards Sub sailor's photo case draws comparisons to Clinton emails Washington Post exonerates Hillary by subordinate clause How Hillary Loses - Donald Trump can actually win if Clinton makes Hillary Has Been Lying Through Her Lying Teeth Clinton's E-Mail Shenanigans Sure Don't Look Like an Honest Mistake Why Trump Won, and Why the Current Crop of Purported Leaders Must Be Swept Aside Charles Murray against Trump Weekly Standard Is Holding #NeverTrumper Cruise with Top Trump Bashers – Buy Your Tickets Today! Trump Derangement Syndrome Deposition Reveals Hillary Clinton Didn’t Know How To Use Emails On Computer Rubio has made too many career errors Trump eats McDonald's Krauthammer: Obama's naive idealism has caused havoc as America makes the same mistakes over and over again ‘Too Sick to Work’ Migrant Allowed to Bring in 12 MORE Children and 2 MORE Wives to Live Off the System in Denmark So why can't the 3 wives get jobs? Friday, May 27. 2016Trump's "dangerous and ridiculous" notions
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Despite the perverse incentives, and many unpleasant side effects (including creating a permanent underclass and supporting fatherless families), such people require basic food and shelter provided by the productive classes. It's not 1800 anymore when everybody could find something useful to do on the farm. Via Assistant Village Idiot, see Three Great Articles On Poverty, And Why I Disagree With All Of Them The problem with a guaranteed minimum income is that, if people can not manage their life adaptively, they probably can not handle money adaptively either. Every day we see how foolish people can be with unearned money. Somewhat related, Hope for Public Housing - The House GOP leadership tries to pass much-needed reforms. Bread and circuses are the costs of civilization.
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Friday morning links: Holiday weekend begins todayWhite Man's Game: Saving Animals, Rebuilding Eden, and Other Myths About Conservation in Africa What's the future for Great Lakes salmon? Interesting story about this introduced, non-native fish - landlocked salmon 28% of US bees wiped out this winter, suggesting bigger environmental issues Yes, Guardian - everything is a canary in a coal mine. Fact is, the honeybee is a non-native, agricultural critter imported for beehives. Never meant to live in the northern US. Cold winters kill them. Warmists Really Need To Stop Calling It “Climate Science” Sorry, There’s Nothing Magical About Breakfast Best breakfast for an adult is two coffees and a cigar This pope means business Socialism for the people, capitalism for the Vatican. Sounds like good plans for the Vatican finances. A woman in her prime years has the cardiovascular capacity of a man in his 50’s. Hiker who went missing on Appalachian Trail survived 26 days before dying Wilderness is not for amateurs President Obama Is Visiting Hiroshima. Why Not Pearl Harbor? The biggest racial lie: How the Left defames America. At Harvard, Leftist Professors Inspire Leftist Students to “Rebel” Tenured radicals using the kids as pawns Profs Take Brave Stand Against Harvard's Latest Anti-Privilege Witch Hunt - Let students join fraternities if they want to. ObamaCare Now Mandates Sex-Change Operations Autism and the Transgendered The MOST DANGEROUS Thing In Obama’s Transgender Policy You Didn’t Know British TV Special Features LGBT Movement of 'Human Pups' Sharing Blame/Credit for the 1994 Crime Bill Katie Couric’s fake documentary proves ‘new media’ is a farce
Smartest woman in the world Clinton Plans to Dissolve U.S. Border Within 100 Days of Taking Presidency A brief guide to Clinton scandals from Travelgate to Emailgate Trump blasts Susana Martinez Beyond stupid Even Andrea Mitchell Calls Bullshit on Hillary Surrogate's Lies on the IG Report on Her Illegal Emails Swedish Girls Blamed for Steep Climb in Migrant Sexual Assaults The EU is proposing to spend up to ten percent of its budget on the immigration crisis. The U.S. Air Force Is Running Out of Fighter Jets Palestine is a hoax Hamas stealing 95% of civilian cement transferred into Gaza That day a lone Gurkha took out 30 Taliban using every weapon within reach Thursday, May 26. 2016Low TIf Western men can’t stand up to mouthy college twats, they stand no chance against the Mohammedan. Should We Eradicate Manhood? I don't know what to think about all this. There have always been beta males, fearful males, but boys were taught to be brave and not to take crap no matter how they feel. When it comes to capacity for aggression, it often seems to me that women exhibit more. The mental image of Milo bitch-slapping those jerks is enjoyable, could have happened but "that's violence."
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Thursday morning linksPizza Hut To Replace Waiters In Asia With Robots – And They Don’t Need $15/Hour To Do Their Jobs… Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' McDonald's and robots Robots are the new slaves Chanel: “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.” The contemporary world is not very well built for a large chunk of males. Trans Teacher Wins $60,000 Settlement Because Co-Workers Wouldn’t Call Her “THEY” The contemporary world is not very well built for a large chunk of males. - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/05/what-in-the-hell-is-going-on.html#sthash.KafpzXWg.dpuf Why Are So Many People Dying on Everest? Better ask why so few? The danger is the appeal. Protesters storm stage, threaten Milo Yiannopoulos while spineless security do nothing Milo is something else. I don't get why black people protest him Why The Flyover Zone Is Hurting——–Bubble Finance Is Strictly For The Bicoastal Elites MSNBC Praises Violent Anti-Trump Protesters Starting Fires, Assaulting Cops, Attacking Police Horses LET PROS RUN YOUR CAMPUS PROTEST Rent-a-Mob is now a business Anti-Semitic Mob at University of California Attacks Jewish Students The Party’s Over for Pro-Israel Dems
Networks Complain About Trump's Anti-Hillary Ad The State Department’s Top Cop Imperils Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Rousseau, via neoneo on Islam and leftism:
Military Suicides: Most Attempts Come Before Soldiers Ever See Combat Should women be required to register for draft? Avigdor Lieberman Is Just What Israel Needs Right Now The Russian Threat: NATO Struggles to Recover after Years of Budget Cuts Vietnamese dissident a reluctant tourist during Obama visit Freedom was never popular in the East, never will be Wednesday, May 25. 2016Bernie or Bust!Many others around the intertubes have been saying what I have been saying: The Republican Party is not a Conservative Party, just the more conservative party. Conservatives are a faction, and libertarian/conservatives like me are a sub-faction. In the US, parties are designed to compete in elections and nothing more. Hard-core Conservatives do not win national elections. From today, A right-wing revolt against Trump? Dream on. Conservatives never truly spoke for the Republican Party rank-and-file. Sad maybe, but true. (link fixed) This lady is posturing as a principled heroine, but she is just naive: Portraits in Countermoonbattery: Katrina Elaine Jorgensen The never-Trumpers have to grow up or they will resemble the Bernie die-hards. Immature and unrealistic.
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