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Monday, November 29. 2010What racism?Re that Looking for Racism piece we (and many others) linked a while ago: I spent most of the summers of my youth working side-by-side with black guys, doing manual labor. Mostly landscaping and in lumber yards, back before all the Mexicans arrived. My folks required us to labor during the summers. They did not wish to produce spoiled, snotty brats. I loved those dudes, and they liked me. We were a bit culturally alien, but we all liked good music and thought about Jesus. They all grew up in the South. The differences made us more interesting to eachother. They'd invite me back to their places after work to listen to Kenny Burrell, smoke some weed (to which they introduced me), and drink cheap wine and smoke Pall Malls (the red packages - delicious unfiltered smokes) until it was time for me to wobble my parents' station wagon away from downtown back to Whitelandia. I miss them. In my view, modern racism is an invention of the race-pimps and pols who make a good living off of inventing it and then exploiting it. Even Al and Jesse have trouble finding problems nowadays and, believe me, they do look for signs of them everywhere. Listening to cool Kenny takes me back to those good old days.
I scored a 9I didn't know who BB was. My score tells me that I waste entirely too much time on trivial ephemera, such as quizzes like this.
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Monday morning linksVia Washington Reb (whence our morning artwork), at The Lost Art of Self-Preservation (for Women), the blogger begins:
She needs to lighten up and to realize that there is nothing new under the sun. Saying the wrong thing in Austria: Yet Another trial. And more from speech defendant Elisabeth Wolff: The Time That is Given Us Through the past, darkly: The '60s at 50, blurred A Family Reunion during WW ll Doctors beginning to avoid Medicare patients Outpatient Medicare treatment has become charity care. We linked this solution last week. Gateway: Job-Killer Obama Sets Aside 187,000 Miles For Overpopulated Polar Bears I think the bears need sex education in grade school Elderly white women from Iowa as terrorists You can tell them by those fish stickers on their Tauruses Boot: Journalism That Knows No Shame NY Post: CAIR's Jihad TNR: To Mobilize the Indies, We Need Stronger Unions Brilliant idea. Kill more jobs, make more people dependents. Obama's boredom problem Since when is boredom a sign of genius? Boredom is an attitude - and the sign of an inactive mind. Ten Things You Need to Know About DREAM Act Amnesty Karma: SEIU Kicks Members’ Kids to the Curb American minorities have a GOP problem:
Bad news: Pa. guv: You cannot protect yourself But he has a bodyguard and a cop on duty. I have only myself. Jay Ambrose: Good motives can produce bad results Duh. He's been slow to learn the Law of Unintended Consequences - and the Iron Law of Incentive The Euro bailout plan is running down Saturday, November 27. 2010Saturday morning linksI'm not shopping for anything this weekend. I do not shop - crass materialism is against my religion although I confess enjoying getting stuff from other people. Are you shopping? If you are, here's The Techno-Holiday Shopping Guide (Pic above of American Shopping Eagle via Vanderleun from Kaching.) Tolkien's anarcho-monarchistic politics Maine Family Robinson: If you want to see a well-off person splutter, make them pay a plumber. The government should pay my plumber. And my lawyer. And my doctor. MEP Euroskeptic Nigel Farage: "Just who the hell do you think you are?" He is one of the good guys. About those dumb white guys: Advertising's Hidden Second Message We middle-aged working white guys are misunderestimated, even if we aren't cool. Cool is for pre-teens. Manliness and Womanliness are for adults. Many of us are stuck somewhere in between. We need more food inspections? Next thing, they'll have unionized TSA-type guys feeling up my tomato plants, reaching in under the leaves. At The American, The Protected Class:
Election trends: Flyover country rules Lucianne termed it "Momma Griz goes THWAP!" Abolish the TSA. I think it was a mistake from the start. Just another jobs program. Why do they want this guy back in England? Unless to hang him? Yeah, that must be why. Trib: Honors class leads to diversity debate, School may drop advanced English class in diversity effort Give Maggie's Farm half of Daily Kos' readership, for equality's sake. On second thought...maybe they would be an annoyance. Hauser: There's No Escaping Hauser's Law
Hauser misses the point. The intent is to make you poorer, that's all. Ever see a Lefty worry about debt? Front Page: Will ObamaCare Collapse? From the number of waivers, it already has. Reason: A Simple Way to Improve Medicare:
But that would reduce gummint control of our docs.
Friday, November 26. 2010Random Friday links from my tab collectionPhoto: For your list for Santa, the Pfeifer-Zeliska .600 Nitro Express Handgun. Very handy if your home is invaded by some Cape Buffalo. We're adding a new link to our roll: The Iconoclast. Finally added the shooter to our roll. Mostly Politics. Didn't mean to overlook them. Not for the blogroll, but I need this info: Pick-up Artist Forum. Especially the Social Shyness and Anxiety section. Thought I was the only guy with that little hang-up. I am the sort of guy that girls have to figure out how to pick up. Buy three, get one free at Thorlos Socks. They are the Official Maggie's Farm casual and outdoor socks. We also added The Last Psychiatrist to our list this week. He is the author of posts like How Not to Meet Women, and A Generational Pathology: Narcissism Is Not Grandiosity. We're an eclectic website. Eclectic is a euphemism for not knowing what we are doing. Here's a book any guy would like for Christmas: Hemingway's Guns: The Sporting Arms of Ernest Hemingway James Kibbie put his performances of all of Bach's organ works online, for free downloading. Nice of him to do that. Taranto: Donkey Turkeys: They explain the election: You're stupid and Obama's right-wing Jacoby: No subsidy for NPR, Taxpayer money is wasted on a biased institution that should stand on its own A good Friedman bit for Thanksgiving: The Free Lunch Myth (h/t Moonbattery):
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Thursday, November 25. 2010(I am a) 63 Year Old TurkeyToday I'm a turkey! Actually, some say, every day. But every 7-years my birthday comes out on Thanksgiving. I was given some yummy chocolates. My sons ate them. I cooked a yummy turkey and sides. My family and friends ate it. I bought an expensive ricotta cheese cake. They ate that, too. But, I wasn't left with nothing, was I? A friend sent me this wisdom from George Carlin:
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Wednesday, November 24. 2010A few Thanksgiving Eve linksVDH is funny, especially the parts about Warren Buffet - and the North Koreans: Reflections On An Ailing Society Michelle: The no-grope list. Big Sis is on the list! I am not. Another once-virtuous non-profit hijacked by moonbats: SPLC Demonizes Supporters of Traditional Marriage Rick Moran makes sense about AGW. Me? I am not a denier. As I have noted in the past, I am an enthusiastic supporter of global warming in any form and from any cause. Scientists inform us that earthquakes happen when Gaia shivers from cold, and makes volcanoes to warm her toes. I want Gaia to be warm and comfy. Is this for real? Michaelangelo Hid an Image of the Human Brain on the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel What's wrong with insider trading? h/t, Prof B. I think it should be legal in the US, as it is in many other countries. It adds pricing information to markets rapidly and efficiently. I don't want to hear Kindergarten talk about "not fair." Traders are not in Kindergarten, and they know it. And forget the mythical "little guy." There is no little guy trading stocks, bonds, or commodities and options. If they are, they are amateur gamblers and fools who will rapidly have their ass handed to them, insider trading or not. Why Israel's airports don't need to touch your junk Evanston is going to crush those white kids, however they have to do it. I guess they never heard Martin Luther King speak about color-blindness and content of character. Modern parenting and paranoid parents. Protect the precious ones from all boo-boos and tears. Ireland: It's the spending, not the taxes Pierogies for Thanksgiving? We have them with our family on Thanksgiving to remember our Polish and German immigrant ancestors who were smart enough to wait to come here until things were set up a little better than what those crazy Pilgrims found - and we also eat Pierogies because we like them. Delicious.
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Airport security - my viewAs usual, my metal hips triggered the metal detector at JFK yesterday (pity CO doesn't have the new devices yet) and so I got the new enhanced pat-down. Not a big deal. Interestingly, Stratfor reports that there are specific holiday season threats, and the media furor about the searches will of itself act as a major deterrent. God bless 'em. Chris Christie for President?People are talking about it. I think he'd make the O look like a pencil-neck high school kid. Which of those two guys would you want playing Center on your team? What do you think?
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A few Weds. morning linksExaminer: Empty promises on health care will hurt Obama They will hurt us, too What's not to like? Are we seeing the end of Ethanol? TSA: 'We hate obese passengers and people with personal hygiene issues:' Chicago parents are fed up with the shoddy education many of their kids are receiving in Chicago Public Schools and they’re no longer being silent. The O's message to the world: The United States is very bad, but Barack Obama is very good. He seeks to redeem America from its evil. A New Record… Obama Job Approval Dips to 39% in New Zogby Poll Al Sharpton: It’s Time for the FCC to Crack Down on Rush Limbaugh It's past time for people to stop listening to Al A great quote directed at the moonbat Anglicans:
Tuesday, November 23. 2010Tuesday morning linksIt's the time of year again for the war to try to marginalize Christianity Somebody at NRO loves Redeemer Presby in NYC McArdle: In Health Care, No Free Lunch Pajamas: The Bizarre Case of Nietzsche: The Pro-Jewish Writer Who Inspired a Million Anti-Semites The Terrible, Awful Truth About Supplemental Security Income (h/t Vanderleun) IPCC Official: “Climate Policy Is Redistributing The World's Wealth” What else would it be for? States' rights battles rage in Old Dominion AVI on body-worship and wellness fairs Ace on constitutional challenges to Obamacare Mankiw: Deficit-reduction plan is realistic It doesn't have a prayer Dr. Vincent Grey: Anatomy of a Climate Fraud More on McCloskey's Bourgeois Dignity and Modern Prosperity Defending Beck from smears They're using Alinsky Rule #13 on him Biofuels bad for the environment Top political scientist: U.S. voters are 'pretty damn stupid' He means now. We were smart in '08. Report: Murdoch, Jobs Prepping iPad-Only Daily Newspaper (h/t, Other McCain) Politico: View from Middle East: President Obama is a problem Am Thinker: No Business, No Jobs American: Europe Confronts Stein’s Law Art below from a Sissy piece about Gramsci:
Monday, November 22. 2010Biggest "Never mind" of the yearAl Gore finally admits that ethanol never made any sense. He says:
Everybody has known for years that it's just a boondoggle for Iowa corn farmers. State Bankruptcies For A Renewed AmericaThe end of the line is rapidly approaching for unsustainable government spending. The states will be the first to reach that station. The arrival will be a painful crash. The impact will reshape much of the US government policies of the past half century. The triage of those affected will raise bloody howls of anguish, and none will escape the effects. Those who survive the fittest will be those most adaptable to a renewed America of more effective use of personal and financial resources. All will face difficult choices. True need will be better defined, to protect those really unable to cope. True merit will be better rewarded. Most agree that the root cause of the crash, the bulk of most of the deficits, is bloated government policies and the agencies that implement them. Some argue, instead, that the gap be filled by increased taxes, not facing that spending excesses will then require more again, further reducing the incentives to produce and afford taxes. I’m not one to say that government workers goof off more than private industry workers. It’s not their work ethic that I fault. It is the policies that political leaders set them on that are at fault both for the financial ruin that most states and the federal government face and for the frustration expressed by taxpayers over servicing a better paid civil service than themselves. A conservative commenter thinks that President Obama will act with his “natural tendencies to ‘rescue’ and ‘control’ things” and that “The nature of his response could determine his tenure at the White House.” A liberal commenter thinks that former US Senator Alan Simpson’s remark, that “the blood bath will be extraordinary” in April when the federal debt limit comes up for a required vote to increase it, when – the commenter fears – “we can only hope that the nation that emerges from that blood bath is still one we recognize.” (Republicans will require spending cuts.) The public mood is contradictory. Most want someone else’s ox to be gored. Increase someone else’s taxes. Cut someone else’s entitlement. Slash government payrolls. Don’t eliminate the program that benefits me. This time, however, as in the case of California’s continuing $25+ billion structural deficit, over a quarter of its budget, there are no more cans and the end of the road is before us. Leaving it to the politicians has meant cost-cutting nibbles and kicking the can down the road with accounting tricks. Court challenges have often resulted in reversals of spending cuts, due to judicial quibbles, activism, or faulty drafting of the cuts. Federal legislation would be needed to allow states to declare bankruptcy, or to forbid bailouts of the states, or the Congress may simply refuse to bail out the states. More howls, and more judicial meddling. But, it is the necessary next step, if Congressional budget-hawks have the wings to withstand downdraft counter-pressures from many voters at home and, instead, soar to responsibility. State legislators and governors will be forced to make hard choices. At the state level, civil service unions will have to renegotiate contracts. Program excesses will have to be trimmed. Some taxes may be raised. There will, then, be carry-over to federal programs. There will be increased demands to trim spending mandates imposed on the states and to trim other federal programs that will be seen as excessive in light of the dimmed largesse of the states.
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Monday morning tab dumpThe Englishman's simple Mincemeat recipe Dalrymple: A version of conversion - to Islam We did. A very nice moon indeed. Labash: R U Lovin’ Sarah’s Alaska? It's hilarious, even if you love Sarah Also good for a giggle: The SNL pat-down sketch Clarice's Pieces: God Bless Barack Obama Is he really taking anxiety meds like the rumors say? China's billions reap rewards in Cambodia
Alexander Hamilton was an illegal immigrant? From one Brit colony to another. Legal. Senate Approves $4.6 Billion for Claims by Black Farmers, American Indians Buffett Tells ABC Rich Americans Should Be Paying `A Lot' More in Taxes If their financial success is bothering them, they can send a check any time they want
George Will on the TSA:
Neo's Prez preferences I'm sorta on the same page SDA: Don't Mock Greens - They do a perfectly good job of it themselves: Baehr: Immigration: A Modest Proposal Importing oranges to Cuba? Let them eat cake Lots of good stuff at Gateway Sunday, November 21. 2010Three Sunday morning linksVDH: The world we read of increasingly does not resemble the world we see about us. Trende: The unraveling of the Obama electoral coalition We need Congress to do this? New bill supports efforts to get kids outdoors, fight obesity
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Saturday, November 20. 2010Mosely Braun for Mayor!Been to Chicago several times, mostly for business or meetings but once just for social. Nice little town, but it isn't ready for the big time yet. After careful consideration, Maggie's Farm has concluded that what Chicago needs most for its future is a black woman Left-wing mayor with a history of pushing the limits. It's time to bring high integrity, union inspiration, and some caring government muscle to Chicago politics. Time for Carol. We ardently support Carol Mosely Braun for Mayor of Chicago. She's not a namby-pamby weasel like the potty-mouth ballerina Rahm. If you like Detroit, you'll love the Chicago of the future.
Yo, fellow blogiacsI guess I am a genius too. I drinks a bit, and me stays up late. Science says it, so it must be true.
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Saturday morning linksSomebody informed Insty about this book: The Blame Game: The Complete Guide to Blaming: How to Play and How to Quit But blame is essential for self-esteem Sol Stern tells the story of Tel Aviv Stefani Germanotta is buying a Scottish castle You needed to know that. Getting Ahead In Today’s Mad Max Real Estate Market - Why the end game of this housing bust is going to be unlike any other in my lifetime. He says:
Mona Charen: Why Sarah Palin Shouldn't Run Like I say, I love her but she ain't my candidate. She is good at what she's doing - she should keep it up and enjoy life. Strangling innovation with red tape START: Another Phony Crisis, Another Rush To Vote Via Betsy:
And at Powerline:
Secretary of State Clinton Lashes Out at Europe; Demands That They Appease Muslims Kotkin: How Liberalism self-destructed. A quote:
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Sen Brown treads a fine line in push to alter health law I think he wants to be re-elected. Guess he likes the gig. Wisdom via SDA: I admit I have been as reluctant to admit this as anyone. My whole career has been based on the proposition that somewhere, under all the insults and lying and general bad behaviour that makes up the bulk of political life, there was some genuine issue at stake: that if you could just strip away the politics, you would eventually get to the policy. It has taken me all these years to understand that, no, it’s just politics all the way down. Friday, November 19. 2010Friday morning links100 leaked body scans (h/t Thompson) Exhibitionists must love this
Larry Elder: Clinton, Gore, and Kerry lost the white vote too Woah!… Soros Group Says Obama Can Use Armed Forces to Push “Progressive” Agenda Ah, exposing the totalitarism of the Left Sen. Rockefeller: FCC Should Take FOX News, MSNBC Off Airwaves Ah, exposing the totalitarism of the Left Coyote: I am thinking about renaming the Chevy Volt the Chevy Bastiat. This guy just can't wait to run your medical care. Yeah, more totalitarianism - for your own good. Isn't it comforting to know that some people know what is best for you? Marginal Rev: Who again is supposed to cut the rate of growth of Medicare spending? For the pedophiles? Where are the jobs? See below - Thursday, November 18. 2010Thursday morning linksA Brief History of Republicans and Democrats That is cruel Driscoll: The China Syndrome, Starring Tom Friedman as Jane Fonda
Harvard MBAs Are Rushing to Wall Street Again. Yikes! Via Althouse: In Defense of Going to Law School: A Prudential Perspective Single, Childless Women Now Earn MORE Than Men: Do We Really Need MORE Federal Legislation? Redistricting: Low-tax states will gain seats, high-tax states will lose them Congress Getting Rich as It Bleeds Us Into Poverty My thought about Palin too: High floor, low ceiling. But I do like the lady. Related: It's Sarah's happiness that drives Libs nuts. Roger Ailes Lets Rip California Suggests Suicide; Texas Asks: Can I Lend You a Knife? Idiot's guide to public sector that produces no wealth (h/t, Fausta):
Wednesday, November 17. 2010Weds. morning linksBrian Aitken's Mistake - A New Jersey man gets seven years for being a responsible gun owner. Wilson Sonsini and Silicon Law Use Wiki? Send them a few bucks. Inflation = taxation. the stealth $600 billion tax increase McGowan on the Blindness of the Times I would read his book, but I already know what he is saying. Advice on giving advice. Related to advice, Gingrich: Obama should take off most of the rest of the year Happy 5th Birthday to Pajamas. Can these things make $? Obama Whines: American - Journalists 'Never Say Thank You' Show a little masculine dignity. Prager: Fairy tales, and people aren't all good Religion of Peace holds religious Death To America rally Why the hate? Why the "hate speech"? Waiver-mania! The ever-expanding Obamacare escapee list We want a waiver for Maggie's Farm - staff and readers Soros: China has better functioning government than U.S. It's called a "dictatorship," shmuck. Move there, and tell them how to do their job better. Bring Friedman with you. Tuesday, November 16. 2010Soros updateFrom DiscoverTheNetworks, Organizations Funded Directly by George Soros and his Open Society Institute. Related, Soros is targeting your state. I've got to keep an eye on this guy, because his view of America and the world is so far from my own. Instant budget-balancing
Pethokoukis: Balance the budget? I did it in under a minute.
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Monday, November 15. 2010Monday Cocktail Hour mega- tab dump - good linksIs that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just glad to see the TSA agent? With all the fuss about the TSA groping everybody's "junk," I think it's about time the TSA gave a waiver to Moslems so they aren't offended. No waiver for nuns, though. You never know what those sneaky nuns might be up to. Anger is not a mental illness. Except when it is part of one. Let's face facts: it can be fun to be pissed off. Are we going to the dogs? Our de-aspirational society; or, a society aiming for victimization and tawdriness I love that sort of cranky post. So afraid of skin cancer that they get rickets. Via Drudge, In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is preserved with California Supreme Court ruling That's no way to run a railroad. The Intellectual Class: New Book Calls Obama a ‘Philosopher President’ Good grief. Is he a Spinone? Clarice's Pieces: Restoring American Stature Abroad The Bower-in-Chief ain't the guy to do that. Sarah Palin's true reality: 'Free' Alaska is a welfare state that enjoys generous federal subsidies Sad but true. With all their oil, they should be supporting me. Oh, wait. I forgot. They can't drill. Genius marketing: Buy Truck, Get Free AK-47 It's a joke, right? Or are they preparing for the Palm Trees in Saskatoon? Health Care Reform Group Gets Waiver from… Health Care Reform? Where can I get me my waiver? Related: Unreal. SEIU Local 25 and 12 Other Union Groups Receive Obamacare Waivers The super-rich tend to be Libs. Jacobson: Frank Rich Knows The Answer, He Just Can't Say It Good news for Gaia is bad news for Greenies: Sea Life Flourishes in the Gulf. Oil is carbon. Carbon is life. No Pasaran: Everything you ever Really Needed to Know about the European Left They hate Jews Neoneo: Bush derangement syndrome vs. Obama derangement syndrome? Coyote doesn't view voting as sacred. He'll take freedom anywhere he can find it. Fan and Fred's New Boss is another 'affordable housing' advocate. Brilliant! Q&O: New York Times suddenly discovers governing as a priority for new GOP majority Sometimes I confuse an Onion headline with a NYT headline. Right Network video: Jackpot Justice: Lawyers Gone Wild Left, Right agree: Obama’s G-20 performance worst ever Is he a weenie, or a putz? As Betsy considers, More evidence that Obama is in over his head in foreign policy Sometimes I feel sorry for the guy - but not too often because I know he hates me. Bridgeport's Missing Republican Votes What happens in Bridgeport stays in Bridgeport. Harry Reid wants more public employee unions. They already own the federal government. What else do they need? Gregory Kane: Nobody wants to talk about black America's gender crisis It's racist to mention it. The policy wreckage of the Chevy Volt. George Will. It's a bad joke at the taxpayers' expense.
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