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Saturday, September 7. 2013Saturday Morning Links
Philo T. Farnsworth developed a vast wasteland on this day in 1927. Leftist media hates censorship, unless it's their censorship. Media Matters seeks to quiet Joe Kernan and have CNBC spend more time discussing the perils of AGW. If CNBC could just get some viewers, what they say might be worth censoring. 42,000 signatures is important, because, you know, it's a consensus. I do loves me a Big Mac every once in a while, but how will raising the minimum wage affect Mickey D's? I will not pay $17 for a Big Mac (I paid only $5.50 a week ago). A $15.00 minimum wage will only make it more difficult for the poor to feed themselves. The problem with anyone feeding themselves is that everything they eat will kill them. When I read articles claiming "Collard Greens May Cause 85% of all Colds!", or articles about things that cause cancer (or almost any disease) my inner skeptic is aroused. For example, recent studies linking meat to Alzheimer's. Note the key word in this, and virtually every other title of this nature. Could. One of my favorite sites utilizes an acronym, MMC, for these articles. May, Might, Could. In fact, the article on red meat even points out:
Correlation does not imply causation. If we study football statistics, we can see that teams which take a knee win an overwhelming amount of the games. A new headline: "Studies Show Quarterbacks That Genuflect Win 90% of Games". A new strategy I hope the New York Giants adopt because, after all, science proves it works. In this case, however, the word "May" carries an entirely different meaning. You take your Molly, or any hard drug, you take your chances. Apparently, the bar scene isn't even all that safe these days. Guess you take your chances anywhere. Even the dead don't get much peace. I grew up near Jim Thorpe, this is about the most excitement they've had, well, ever. Moving a body is contentious, and so is patent and copyright law lately. I'm not sure where I stand on the issue. Jeffrey Tucker's view is a Libertarian stance, which someone once explained to me this way: "If I light a match, then someone else lights another match from mine, and this fire is passed from person to person, who owns the fire and why should we limit ownership rights?" Too simplistic for my taste and there is a role for patents and copyrights, but perhaps in the modern media economy the length or application of them should be reconsidered. After all, can we honestly say the one-click shopping Jeff Bezos patented is deserving of one? Tucker made the following comment, which is informative:
Speaking of mass thievery, or at least some form of it, several people asked about Bitcoin the other day. Here's a primer, and another. I'm no expert on the concept of crypto-currency, but I know a good idea when I see one, and this is one which has got the digerati very excited. Bitcoin, oddly enough, could serve as a new reserve currency, which is one reason why the US government is concerned by its growth and use. The US has benefited from being a reserve currency for years, and it's one reason the growth of our money supply has not yet led to rampant inflation. One place where there has been rampant inflation is in Peyton Manning's performance on the football field. Against a defense that was supposed to be very good, Peyton threw 7 TDs, a feat performed by only 5 people before, and not since 1969. It's one game, but what a game it was. Sadly, it was a precursor to this heart-rending annual event. Speaking of aerial attacks, it's interesting that Obama won election in 2008 on an anti-war platform. But it's 'just politics' that part of his platform in 2012 was anti-war-with-Syria. He also won with a jobs-creation platform. Sure, jobs have been created. But not as many as are actually being originally reported due to downward revisions and people dropping out of the workforce. Or maybe that's not the real cause of our unemployment woes. Perhaps the decline of working actors could have been limited with these. To make matters worse, Obamacare is causing jobs to be reduced to less than 29 hours per week, and his administration is lying about the impact. Few of the unemployed and part-time worksers are likely to buy this. Too expensive. It's odd, too, as far as I'm concerned. Tablets and smartphones? Yeah, sure. Glasses and watches? I guess there's a niche for this stuff. The people I see wearing Google Glasses just look like they're trying to be digital hipsters. Finally, because I promised Doc lots of pictures of fluffy puppies...have a great weekend! Friday, September 6. 2013How Multiculturalism Transformed My College
Elizabethtown College leaders fell head over heels for that fad and now the school is much the worse.
Friday morning links First, the bad news: Hollywood Legend Jack Nicholson Retires From Acting Or, maybe not: Jack Nicholson Not Retiring From Acting, Rumors Are Just Plain Cuckoo Either way, the first article mentioned that Sean Connery had recently retired, which I didn't know: Sean Connery Turns 80, Reiterates His Permanent Retirement That's too bad. He's always been a fave. Looking over the twelve Connery movies in my collection, I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite, but I have a particular fondness for The Rock because he was pretty old by that time but still kicked butt.
Naturally, I left a comment:
On the subject, although the author doesn't mention Sarah Palin by name, he continues her theme of "Let Allah sort them out": Syria is Allah's war, Mr. Obama
This time they set up some poor Frenchman as the fall guy, those clever bastards.
Yep, and we're already feeling its effects: Atlanta cold snap: Why is it sweater weather in the South? Then there are those poor bastards in Peru: Peru snow state of emergency extended to more regions And although this guy is a Warmist, some good points are made: Why Science and Politics Don’t Mix And here's how the Prez is sneaking things through: Obama's Stealth War on Global Warming
So it's nice to see him dumping all that silly, outdated 'morals' and 'ethics' stuff. And if 2,000 years of Catholicism gets washed down the drain in the process, well, there's no stopping progress. "Who am I to judge them?" The Pope said that.
And then there's Hillary: Republicans may boycott CNN, NBC presidential debates
Some of you economic majors out there might be able to pry apart the one, tiny little flaw in this otherwise great piece of right-wing propaganda. Food stamps are $200/mo. After buying the expensive sushi, lobster and coconut water, he had just used up half of his monthly allotment in one day. The implication of the article, of course, is that he does this every day, never quite explaining how one can live like a king by spending half his monthly allotment for one meal. In other words, just like the rest of the MSM, Fox News thinks you're an idiot, and certainly the blogger who wrote the article fits that description to the letter. These awards aren't handed out to just anybody, y'know.
Finally! After all that ugly stuff up above, it's always nice to hit the political section where good news always abounds.
I have two pets, by the way. Well, they're not exactly 'mine', but they visit me regularly. The male is Oscar and the female is Periwinkle. They're manatees. So I've got that going for me. Thursday, September 5. 2013London's hottest property What'll they think of next!
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Thursday morning links Pic: Farmhand Jeanie lends a hand with the arduous chores. What a trooper! Well, I suppose you read a few weeks ago how the government finally revealed that it's been secretly harboring alien beings at its famous 'Area 51'. No, wait, I got the story backwards. They haven't been secretly harboring aliens over there. Yeah, like anyone would buy that. Area 51 report won't stop Hollywood and those who want to believe
He think there are 60. As we've noted a few times recently, Northern Colorado is seeking to become the 51st state. And now we have... Northern California County Board Votes For Secession From State At this rate, we'll be at 60 in no time! When it comes to the popular sport of drone hunting, there's a little 'friendly rivalry' developing between a couple of everybody's favorite nation-states: Colorado town considers licensing bounty hunters to shoot down drones Iran to teach drone-hunting to school students Let the games begin! What these Mainers forgot to ask is whether or not we down here in the South even want them moving here. As it turns out, the answer is a resounding NO!, so this looks like a win-win situation for everybody.
According to the article, they have two basic programs. The one with the leg irons and electroshock therapy looks like best choice for the money. Quicker, anyway.
— Do you deny that global warming is man-made? — Do you deny the earth is warming naturally? — Do you deny the earth is warming at all? If so, then you're one of those dreaded Deniers: Time for the BBC to ban the 'D' word?
Well done, Internet. Speaking of ugly: Postal Service looks to end at-your-door mail
And what makes it ugly is that the Republican leading the charge is the famed Darrell Issa, he of the tough congressional hearings. I even highlighted him with two video clips here.
So, to sum up, once again a large company is unable to trim its ranks due to union restraints and thus has to cut costs another way, one which impacts us both directly and painfully. Painfully, that is, if you're Mrs. Hutchins, age 88, suffering from terrible arthritis and now has to hobble a quarter-mile to get her mail.
Finally! Like her or not, one thing everyone admits is that it's nice to see a woman in the White House with a little fashion sense. Or, to put it in question form; just how many of Barbara Bush's outfits do you remember? Point proven. So, imagine how refreshing it is to see our First Lady finally doing something about the building's drab exterior: Michelle Obama To Paint White House Green
Personally, I'd go with the hunter. It'll weather better and go nicer with the surrounding foliage. But I don't claim to be an expert on the subject. Wednesday, September 4. 2013Food nudges
Can't these people find anything better to do? But it's not only that; every ten years the expert definition of a "good diet" changes. Nobody knows what a good diet is. That's probably because we are designed as omnivores and to eat whatever is available that we can choke down. Wednesday Morning Links We're two days past the Labor Day holiday weekend, but is it a day off when you're always off? This is exactly what happened when I walked into the office at 8am yesterday. Harvard study discovers what most of us already knew. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Do not expect this to impact the national conversation. What to expect with Obamacare. The NHS is the obvious goal. At least it's 'free'. One side of the minimum wage debate. I wish everybody could be rich, but that can't happen. If it did, then the whole concept of 'rich' would be meaningless, so it's good to understand rents. The value of anything is based on its relative ease of obtaining it. If you can only dig ditches, and 90% of the population can dig ditches, too, you have to accept a lower wage or find some new skills. If the minimum wage is increased, we will have higher unemployment, higher prices, and stagnant or reduced profits. So we'd be paying more tax dollars for people who aren't working, paying more for goods and services we need, and stocks would take a hit. Sounds like a plan to me. It doesn't take much to understand why minimum wage legislation fails as a ham-handed attempt to make a nation wealthy via legislation. If it actually worked, we could set the minimum at a very high level, say $100,000 a year, and we'd all be working and all be happy because consumers would have lots of money to spend. Better yet, let's make it $100,000 a year and no layoffs, ever. What could possibly go wrong with that? More work on the Austrian Business Cycle Theory points to external influences in the boom and bust cycle, rather than irrational behavior. This has been a critical missing piece of Neo-Classical Economics as macroeconomic theory, and is part of the reason why Keynesian thought has dominated. That dominance is eroding.
In other news, Ronald Coase died. A winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics (which, by the way, is not really a Nobel Prize at all), Coase's work opened new windows on the nature of corporations and their optimal size. His work is often cited by conservative activists when government looks to regulate business. Below is Rodney Dangerfield, as Thornton Melon, explaining his version of Coase's work to an economics professor. Covered regularly here on Maggie's, but of interest to me lately since I have one in college and another to follow - garbage degrees and the ultimate outcome of wasting 4 years to study an otherwise useless topic. I have a number of teachers in my family, but I'd still put "Education" on the list of degrees which won't get you far in terms of career or income. No offense to teachers, I have the highest respect for what they do. We parents can be the biggest problem many teachers face. And vice versa. I continue to believe what my father told me, "You go to college to get an education. You go to grad school to get a job." His point, obviously, was to challenge me so I would study something meaningful. I believe the US government will seek to shut down Bitcoin. For now, they are trying to figure out if it is a threat to the Fed. It is. Bill Maher praises Obama for 'restoring the Constitution' by asking for Congressional approval to strike Syria and takes a potshot at the Tea Party. Obama's 'restoration of the Constitution' is a purely face-saving measure designed to shift blame. After all, he never sought Congressional approval for Libya and continues to insist he doesn't need Congressional approval. Hillary remains invisible, though she helped craft this foreign policy. Perhaps she is spending time consulting on her upcoming Hollywood biopic? Some interesting views about well-known people and events. I happen to like the first three. The rest aren't quite as good. I'm glad I don't live in George Soro's Logarithmic Shadow. Drudge rightfully asks "Why would anyone vote Republican?" But why vote Democrat, either? Neither party is specifically looking out for the best interests of the nation, but rather for themselves and their position in society. As a Libertarian, I view Republicans as a sometimes useful first step toward the goal of reinstating the Constitution as the law of the land. But not the guys currently pushing for attacking Syria or voting for NSA funding of Prism. They need to get back with the program. The world is a Rorschach Test. I've always disagreed with the concept that perception is reality. If perception is reality, does that mean demons really were coming from the WTC? I believe the job of the individual is to utilize facts to help overcome limitations of our basic perceptions. Just because we like what we perceive doesn't make it reality. This can be applied to Syria. The main tool to utilize in cutting through to the facts is cui bono. Ending on an up note, I'm surprised I didn't read anything about Diana Nyad on Maggie's. On Monday morning I learned she was only 5 miles from shore. 53+ hours of swimming, at age 64, is quite an accomplishment. I've done a mile in a lake and it was murder, so I can't imagine what she went through. Her accomplishment is one which is consistent with our values. Persistence, hard work, and a desire to achieve. You really are never too old. Tuesday, September 3. 2013A day in the TwitterverseThe Asiana crash, revisited The reason that was given was, due to some confusion in the cockpit, the autopilot was assumed to be taking care of the aircraft's speed, which it wasn't. So, they lost altitude quickly at the end and clipped the edge of the runway. But that doesn't really answer why the pilot was trying to land so near the edge of the runway in the first place, what with a long, expansive landing strip in front of them. And this is especially true in S.F., where there's no pre-runway to safeguard against such things, because the runways jut out into this big watery thing called a "bay". But upon watching the following video, pointed out to me by my buddy Feebs, I was suddenly reminded of a nasty experience I once had, which might just answer that elusive why. For airplane buffs, this is a very interesting video showing the last number of minutes of an airliner landing at SFO from inside the cockpit. A few things to watch for: — I like they way they label it "Silicon Valley, CA". Silicon Valley is a euphemism for an area loosely composed of parts of San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. — Since we presume they didn't do any editing-out in this thing, both the 'Landing' and 'Shutdown' check lists are stunningly short. — There's an interesting moment when the computer calls out "200" feet, and it appears the pilot actually has to give it the verbal command to "continue" for things to progress as normal. I presume he's actually talking to the co-pilot, following routine, but you'll see what I mean about it appearing like he's talking to the computer. — It's also interesting how bouncy the cockpit is once they touch down. You don't get that feeling at all from the rest of the plane, but these guys are seriously a'shakin'. — And how in the world do the pilots see those baton-waving directional guys way down on the ground? For the final 'stop' command, do they raise some guy way up on a crane in front of the cockpit? Well, not exactly. What they're going to do is fly in high over S.F. heading southward, go down to the South Bay (Silicon Valley), turn around and head back up to the airport over the bay.
It was at San Carlos airport, mid-way down the Peninsula, and I was being given a demo ride by an instructor. I was about 30 or so, had just come into a small inheritance, and wanted to fulfill a lifelong dream of getting a pilot's license. We took a Cessna 172 up, up and away, flew over the coastal range that runs down the spine of the Peninsula, cruised out over the Pacific, did a few basic acrobatics, and headed back home. And there was the edge in front of us, and the pilot came in low, over water, aiming for the very rim of the runway. At the last moment, I was 99.99% positive we were going to hit it with the wheels, cartwheel over and die. Whoomp! We landed safely and I immediately (1) signed up for lessons with (2) the condition that it not be that guy. It honestly scared me like I've seldom been in my life. And just why was he trying to get so close to the edge, when there was figuratively miles of runway in front of him? Because getting close to the edge was the only challenge in sight. In my Culture in the Cockpit post, I noted how sometimes airline disasters can almost be directly attributable to countries with militaristic backgrounds whose Air Force pilots then turn to commercial aviation, and how that "don't question authority" mindset can often be their undoing. But this is different. Place yourself in the Asiana plane, as a junior pilot wanting to impress his superiors by just nailing that edge. Except that this time the autopilot doesn't have your back. This wasn't a cultural crash. This might have been nothing more than pride.
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Tuesday morning links Pic: Farmhand Jill does a little tractor-bustin'. Whoa, boy! A short-but-sweet dissertation on those bad ol' chemicals: Chemophobia Shouldn't Be On The Menu As most people would agree, the main problem with Northern Colorado becoming the 51st state is having to redo all of those flags and coffee mugs and stamps and all the rest. Who needs the aggravation? It seems a simpler solution would be to ask: Could Colorado County Become Part of Wyoming?
And, from a very long article covering drones from A to Z, we have:
And from this article:
So now we have UAS, RPA and UVS — and that's just from three articles! Here's that bad boy now: Speaking of guns and bad boys, Obama's trying to pull an end-around on Congress: Inside Obama’s war on guns: Rick Perry decries effort to disarm Americans
I'm so bad at art that I can't even doodle well. Of the caffeine front, we have: 5 Weird Ways to Get Your Caffeine One odd thing is that they didn't mention the brilliant idea I had years ago. As I mention in my mocha post, I've never liked coffee in the slightest — but I love its effects. So, my nimble mind thinks, why not buy caffeinated water and make the ice cubes for my ever-present Ginger Ale out of it! Alas, my brilliant plan was shattered like ice because it's too expensive. It was something like $3 just for one regular little bottle.
Not to mention those poor bastards over at the hurricane center: No Atlantic Hurricane by August in First Time in 11 Years Personally, I blame The Gore Effect. "More and more violent weather" was one of the core themes of his outburst a few weeks ago, and, well, here we are. Political News That Michelle Obama is a real hoot, isn't she? Compare her to, say, Hillary's days in the White House, and how she spent them trying to harm the nation by pushing HillaryCare through. In my book, the proper role of the First Lady is to take some 'harmless' subject like "do more exercise" or "kids eating better" and push that, as well as just getting out there and mingling with the common folk, giving them the feeling that our government really is comprised of actual human beings, not just some remote voice on a news clip. It's the same reason townhall meetings are so appreciated. Actually seeing and interacting with your 'voice in Washington' makes a difference. From this viewpoint, then, this is kinda cool: Michelle Obama releasing rap album (but she doesn't sing)
Naturally, the right-wing bloggers — ever eager to defile her because she's a hated Democrat — are outraged because, as one Townhall blogger put it, rap is "a genre known for its demeaning lyrics towards women and inappropriate language", even though it's obvious this is nothing of the sort. We have spoken in the past of what a meaningless word 'racism' has become in recent years, but condemning an entire genre of a certain race's style of music actually is being racist, Townhall. Last Friday, 90% of the Maggie's male readership was forced to admit that Michelle Goddam Obama can do more push-ups than they can. As I noted, you can't fake push-ups; this lady practices what she preaches. There's a fun slideshow here of her in various athletic situations, including busting ass on the track and boogalooing with the best of them.
Men can fix anythingSaturday, August 31. 2013Millenials in the Workplace
I smiled, and replied very simply, "No." He took offense and commented that younger people knew more, were more adaptable, etc. I again smiled and said, "I know what you're thinking. I was there once, too. We do tend to think, when we're new to the workforce, that business is messed up and we know a better way. Frankly, we probably do when we're younger. But there are a few things lacking when we think this way. For example, experience and perspective. While I can understand you point of view, and to some degree you're correct, the reality is altogether different and it may take time to understand, let alone accept, this." He was not happy with my response, and his interruptions eventually disrupted the class and we never finished. I had to speak with his director about his behavior. Eventually, he left the company to go with a smaller start-up firm. I hope he found what he was looking for. Continue reading "Millenials in the Workplace"
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The Syria quagmire I thought so. From Theo's, I suppose this just about sums it up: Welcome to the Middle East, indeed. (by the way, I hope you don't mind my interrupting, but it just now occurred to me to ask: What countries are in the Middle West? Kansas?) With Bush's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, although still sectarian, at least the battle lines were fairly well drawn. If even half of the above pic is true, we are a long, long ways from those former days of innocence. And I have no reason to think the entire thing isn't right on the money. What a friggin' mess. As she has a hundred times before, our own Klondike Queen nailed it: As for our supposed allies, this says a lot: John Kerry praises French, snubs British on Syria
When you're forced to praise the weak-ass French as being staunch allies, you know the End Times are near. Which isn't to say all Brits are particularly happy with their Parliament's decision: After Syria vote, soul-searching stirs Britain Remember how France refused to support us in the Iraq War and patriots were calling for French fries to be renamed "freedom fries"? Turnabout's fair play:
As for just who lobbed the gas, it appears the jury is still out. Back to our president, remember how the MSM labeled President Bush a 'warmonger', 'baby-killer', with his 'immoral war' and all the rest? From CNN's web site this morning: This time, with a Democrat in the White House, it appears the rules have changed. Poor President Obama is already war-weary — and he hasn't even done anything yet. But he's tough and gritty and 'determined' to see Truth and Justice prevail. Must be nice having the MSM cover your ass. My personal fantasy: (ring-ring!) "Good morning, this is Susan, Sarah Palin's assistant." "Hi, this is President Obama. Can I speak to Sarah for a sec?" "Sure, she's right here. Hey, Sarah, President Deadbeat's on the phone!" "Good morning, Mr. President, this is Sarah. How may I help you?" "Could you pop by the White House later today? I'd like to have you standing beside me when I repeat your message to the world." It is to dream. Saturday morning links
On a right-wing site, the first two to mention would probably be Drudge and Instapundit. Both are somewhat eclectic, in that right under the article demanding we immediately nuke Syria is a link to how hot Madonna looks in her new grillz. Next up might be Real Clear Politics, and what's to note is that when it comes to sections like their 'Tech' and 'History', they're actually a fairly 'deep' site, with a specific search usually pulling up lots of goodies. Leaving news and history behind, the next step might be one of the 'why' sites, like Life's Little Mysteries. The next step down the ladder would be a site like Linkiest, which runs the range from the inane to the brilliant. Although he's shut down for the time being due to family problems, I think the best political cartoonist out there these days is the Hope and Change guy. Going through the archives is a blast. Another great As for my own links pages, I have a collection of my video posts here, one of computer tips here, and a 'best of' here. Well, that should keep you busy for a few minutes. Friday, August 30. 2013Let's Try Capitalism, Part IIA little over a month ago, I posted a piece on Seth Klarman's call for a change in economic policy. The bizarre action in stock and bond markets indicate something is amiss. Is 'tapering' going to tank the market (undoubtedly, if done properly)? Will our increasingly likely involvement with Syria have implications in the economy (of course)? What all these questions imply is that we're spending too much money, somewhere, on 'stuff', rather than productive capacity. Production is what creates consumption and demand, not vice-versa as Keynesians suggest. The very first consumer had to produce (via hunting/gathering) what he/she consumed before it could be consumed. This is not a chicken-egg question, it's self-evident. Your desire to consume a hard-boiled egg may create the demand needed to have someone, somewhere to boil an egg and sell it to you. This desire, however, cannot be stimulated by providing you with cash or the means to purchase or make the egg. Before you can create that demand, you have to know it can be produced either by yourself or by someone else who you can purchase it from. If the recipe for a hard-boiled egg doesn't exist, but you desire it, your entrepreneurial spirits may be stirred to become a cook and make this for all to enjoy. That process leads to the development of consumer desire for the product. Today, however, our government believes desires of this sort are generated by moving money, with the benefit of a 'central brain' in Washington, D.C. to guide the money into places where it can be used to increase consumption, which will drive production. This guided shifting of cash will lift all boats. Not all the money will be shifted from the rich to the poor, but some will be shifted from the future into the present, making the present more productive, and the future that much more productive because we'll borrow from tax revenues generated by increased taxes on the future rich. Aaron Clarey prepared a useful chart showing how well this works, how much GDP we get per government dollar spent. The problem with Keynesianism is its core belief that you can properly shift money to productive areas through a reasonably well guided government process. There are some who claim borrowing from the future limits future productive capacity, due to payments on interest. This is true to a point. One has to remember entrepreneurs borrow from the future to increase productive capacity. That concept is not flawed in business. The reason it is flawed in government is at least two-fold: 1. Dead-weight loss. A government has to pay for bureaucrats to shuffle the money from the taxpayer to the areas of productive value, and is not incentivized to do it in a timely or useful manner. An entrepreneur will do this more efficiently, realizing any wasted money is lost potential.
The government's failure shouldn't be a surprise. If he was an entrepreneur, the massive failure of Obama's economic policies should almost be expected. It is the source of the money he is using to pursue his goals that are at issue. All investors may be taxpayers, but not all taxpayers are investors. It is wrong to force them to invest when the odds of failure are high and they have no say about who gets the money.
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Meet Eric Jennings!
Yep, that's your only choice, folks. Either your opinion is godlike — or you're afraid to reveal yourself completely. No other choice will do.
Consequence? So, you read an article that really makes your blood boil, you let the blogger have it with both barrels, then it turns out a devoted acolyte takes severe umbrage at your comment, looks up your real name and hunts your ragged ass down with his 12-gauge shotgun, literally giving you both barrels for daring to call the great god blogger "a lowly scumdog". Ho-hum, just another consequence in the life of the average blog commenter. Or former commenter, in this case. All of which brings us to the Puffington Host: Trolls Uglier Than Ever, So We’re Cutting Off Anonymous Comments
It's quite the noble mission, all in all, meeting the highest of standards and setting an exemplary example for blog sites throughout the world. There's only one tiny little piece missing from this otherwise brilliant plan: How. Continue reading "Meet Eric Jennings!" Forewarned is forarmed Our mighty leader has taken off for the faraway land of Italia for ten days, leaving you in the Which is exactly what staffs should have. While it won't be the circus we had when the big guy went out to the Cape a while back (20 posts in 5 days was a bit much even for prolific ol' me), we'll still have fun. As far as Bulldog goes, ol' Droolie is pawin' at the ground and slobberin' at the bit in anticipation of the mountains of adulation and heaps of scorn that go along with being a modern-day blogger. And who could resist such a temptation? And the rest of the gang should be pitching in unless they're also out of town. Barrie in particular has been on fire lately. Oh, and it wouldn't be an official "while the cat's away" vacation without opening up the Maggie's Farm Smut Guide for the duration. Well, good luck, everyone. Friday morning links This is both scary and an outrage: This Just Doesn't Fly: Some Airline Pilots Barely Make Living Wage Some of these beginner pilots are making $19/hr. Window washers make more than that in some areas of the country. This whole thing with
+1 for Dylan Thomas reference. The post is on The Washington Times site, and although they didn't mention themselves in the article, the above illustrates they're not jumping on board either. Say, speaking of gender-based issues, it appears one of those "black" guys you read about named something like Marty Louie King has been in the news lately. He apparently made some famous speech about "I'll have an ice cream", which I'm sure was appreciated by dairy manufacturers throughout the country. If I'm reading this right, he was actually the founder of the Democratic Party. At least, it seems that way: King Followers Now Back a Multitude of Rights from Gays to Women to Animals People have been writing articles recently on "What Dr. King would think if he were alive today". I think my answer would be, he'd throw up.
Sadly, though, like we have our anti-America rebels down here, they, too, have the same type of degenerates allowed to speak out due to that silly 'freedom of speech' business, like this treasonous subversive: The Real Legacy of 1812? It Never Happened Again Well, better luck next time, Kanaday. Say, speaking of loons and Loonies: The Environmental Movement Has Been Taken Over By Eco-Loons With A CO2 Fetish I say, just outlaw CO2 altogether! Baseball fans will appreciate this: Vin Scully Will Return for 65th Year Calling Dodgers Games in 2014 I mention him briefly in my baseball post. Finally, on a fun, upbeat note, were you aware a million Muslims are going to march on Washington to celebrate 9/11 and complain about how bitterly and angrily they're treated (oh, and don't forget "constantly spat upon") here in America? Well, as a means of showing their support for this noble cause, my buddies Jimbo and Shorty and the rest of the boys have offered to pitch in. Bikers Organize Massive Counter Protest to Million Muslim March Fun for the whole family! Political News Say, I have a rather delicate question for you guys: How many push-ups can you do? And I don't mean those tough chin-has-to-touch-the-ground military type; more like 'camp style' push-ups, where you go down most ways then back up. How about 25? And you're not even breathing hard? The point, of course, is that it's one thing to sit there in your elite ivory tower, claiming how America should get off its collective butt and start exercising and eating better... ...but you can't fake push-ups. Not my new boatWorld's largest private yacht. She can do 31 knots. Thursday, August 29. 2013Thursday morning links I Say, How Did Hard Work Become a Conservative Value, Rather Than a Human One? When was hard work a human value, other than in Northern Europe? A human necessity at times for most (other than the warriors and the princesses), but a "value"? In Genesis, wasn't labor a punishment? Those of us who love hard work and 14-hour work days may be the crazy ones. Top 5 Reasons Why Vegan Diets Are a Terrible Idea Also, bear in mind the statistical fact that most people preoccupied with diet and food and health are a bit neurotic. "Health nuts," as they are termed. Annals of Intolerance, Tulane Edition America's Race Grievance Industry A Devastating Affirmative-Action Failure Plenty of black kids aren't too smart. Plenty of white and hispanic kids too. What's the big deal? Most people are not exactly scholars, are they? Prager: A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give Sex hurts I have seen more lives damaged or destroyed by sex than by drugs or alcohol. The WaPo oversimplifies the value of college education Are You Ready for the Post-College SAT? Employers Say They Don't Trust Grade-Point Averages (WSJ paywall) DOJ Declares Atheism A “Religious Movement”, Eligible For Religious Tax Exemptions Let's make Maggie's Farmism a religion. Photo: The Anti-war protest rally over Syria Syria: "So let’s get this straight: 100,000 people are killed by bullets and Kentucky students tell Michelle Obama: Your food “tastes like vomit” Newark plans a toy gun exchange on Friday. Israel wants fertility, but... Colorado Boy Asks Nation Not To Find His Missing Little Brother DOJ Declares Atheism A “Religious Movement”, Eligible For Religious Tax Exemptions - See more at: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/insane-doj-declares-atheism-a-religious-movement-eligible-for-religious-tax-exemptions/#sthash.hU5WRAPA.dpuf DOJ Declares Atheism A “Religious Movement”, Eligible For Religious Tax Exemptions - See more at: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/insane-doj-declares-atheism-a-religious-movement-eligible-for-religious-tax-exemptions/#sthash.hU5WRAPA.dpuf The Washington Post Oversimplifies The Value of College - See more at: http://www.mindingthecampus.com/forum/2013/08/the_washington_post_oversimpli.html#sthash.5tVG3Ced.dpuf The Washington Post Oversimplifies The Value of College - See more at: http://www.mindingthecampus.com/forum/2013/08/the_washington_post_oversimpli.html#sthash.5tVG3Ced.dpuf The
Washington Post Oversimplifies The Value of College - See more at: http://www.mindingthecampus.com/forum/2013/08/the_washington_post_oversimpli.html#sthash.5tVG3Ced.dpuf Wednesday, August 28. 2013Weds. morning linksSipp on home schooling:
Barone:Obama Administration: Its Incompetence Is Historic Some school districts quit healthier lunch program Golden rice: Anti-GMO extremists refuse to let you decide Life is far too ridiculous... The Implications of Corporate Psychopaths for Business And Society I am an embarassment to higher education Father of Suspect in Brutal Delbert Belton Murder: ‘He’s a Good Kid’ and Not Violent At All A Poignant Anniversary - Fifty years after King’s famous speech, too many are still judged by the color of their skin.
Yet another racism hoax revealed Miley Cyrus Doesn’t Have a ‘Race Problem’ - But her critics most definitely do. Taranto:Why the Left Needs Racism--III
Harvard Study Proves That Gun Control Laws Can't Work, Won't Work and Have Never Worked Interview: Former VJ Kennedy Looks Back at the Golden Age of MTV Through Rose-Colored Glasses The Onion's movie critic Peter K. Rosenthal reviews 'Lee Daniels' The Butler' Billy Ray Screwed Up Letting Miley Get Into Showbiz Read more at http://clashdaily.com/2013/08/miley-syphilis-billy-ray-screwed-up-letting-miley-get-into-showbiz/#PxY8mUVbmEkmv4qr.99 Billy Ray Screwed Up Letting Miley Get Into Showbiz
Read more at http://clashdaily.com/2013/08/miley-syphilis-billy-ray-screwed-up-letting-miley-get-into-showbiz/#PxY8mUVbmEkmv4qr.99 Tuesday, August 27. 2013History and the idea of progressSultan: Egypt is Where History Goes to Die A quote:
Here at Maggie's Farm, where we use tractors and fossil fuel and the internet, we nonetheless tend to view the notion of "progress" as a false idol. Tuesday morning linksFeeding an army of firefighters on the American What Can Be Done About Pedophilia? 4 Reasons why you didn’t just buy that online Ban E-Cigarettes? The Anti-Smoking Lobby's Clueless Crusade The Indebted States of America - States and localities owe far, far more than their citizens know. Obama’s big voting rights gamble What Went Wrong in the Middle East? Walter Russell Mead Explains. Detroit: The American Dream Fundamentally Transformed Into a Nightmare Not a joke: NYT, AP to refer to Manning as 'Chelsea' Clothing Store Fined $3.9 Million by Feds Over Drawstrings For Obama, world looks far different than expected In Case You Missed It, @MileyCyrus Got Super-Skanky on the VMAs Last Night Cause for Grief? The Jewish people would suffer no great loss if all the Jews of Europe were Monday, August 26. 2013Monday morning linksReal Men of West Monroe - One thing most reality shows lack is reality. Not Duck Dynasty. How to Encourage More College Sexual Assault Victims to Speak Up Sheesh. Just call the cops. Crime is crime. Violence is violence. Most Expensive U.S. Cities to Live In ... Most work in the psychological and social sciences suffers from a lack of conceptual rigor. My life with black people: My Race Who fears the Man from Nazareth? ,,,if your idea of your marriage contract requires you to stay exciting and In Another Country - How do we make people want to be successful? A private bisexual conference at the White House Rangel: ‘No reason why a young person should have to pay for college education’ The Thug Culture That Killed Chris Lane Tuition will keep increasing as long as Washington bases loans on college costs Washington Post Baffled to Find that Most Egyptians Support Overthrow of Morsi Why Steve Ballmer Failed - The resignation of Microsoft's CEO is also an acknowledgement: The computer world changed, and Microsoft hasn't. NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies Dead souls of a cultural revolution SEIU: The 21st Century's Jack Cade This is supposed to be bad: New Jersey Senate Candidate To Single Mothers: Stop Relying On Food Stamps And Go To Work! White kids spreading the n-word and Nazi flags around campus for kicks, How Oberlin Manufactured the Hate-Crime Hoax of the Year Defenders of stop-and-frisk and racial profiling have made me break my public silence about the night I almost died Tutor reveals Ivy-admissions madness of rich penthouse parents Pat Buchanan: 'Whites Are the Only Group That You Can Discriminate Against Legally in America Now' Martin Luther King Is Weeping in His Grave - Commemorating the 50-year anniversary of the March on Washington with fearmongering and demagoguery. Saving Homeowners By Letting Them Go Bankrupt Facial Scanning Is Making Gains in Surveillance Going, Going, Gone - The arguments that justified Obamacare are already being discredited. Here’s how to replace it. MSNBC's Touré: Slavery 'Obviously' to Blame for Black Unemployment DOJ Sues to Keep Louisiana Kids in Failing Schools Richard Vedder: The Real Reason College Costs So Much - The expert on the economics of higher education PRUDEN: Up to our ears in Al Gore’s ‘climate change’ snake oil Obama Holding Private Bi-Sexual Conference At White House- Seemore at: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/obama-holding-private-bi-sexual-conference-at-white-house/?ModPagespeed=noscript#sthash.mwt3jeMo.dpuf Sunday, August 25. 2013911 where there is none
Beacon: 9-1-1 where there is none Here's their recent press release. It's a good cause. Roll them a coin if you can, and tell friends who might be interested. It's not an app, it's a phone feature. God bless those who put their time, brains, and energy into such positive and inventive pursuits. Few of us in the First World have any idea what it's like out there. And still people in America complain about medical care. They always will. Prosperity and the world's best medical care have turned us into babies.
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