What is the answer — and why? First to post the correct data wins … um, bragging rights. Or something.
Author: Claire
I was going to post this yesterday before home Internet disappeared. But have I mentioned it was a crazy week? So, belatedly, the library’s wifi system and I present today’s links: “Why I left Islam and now help others who are doing the same.” Learning to become resiliant (even if the trendiest publications are so over resiliance). Charles Koch agrees with Bernie Sanders Modern-day Milgram shows … well, no very big surprise. But speaking of following orders, what the hell kind of government would do this — or even think of ordering thugs to do such a thing??? (Another look…
Freedom Feens have an app for that. And it includes the no-snitch booklet “Rats” that we put together here on this blog. Although I’m not personally fond of “Benjamins,” this is all part of another &^%! gummint plot to de-cashify us. Look out, negative interest rates go right along with this. And meanwhile, Italy’s banks are already circling the drain. Ted Nugent makes his apology official (Never mind all the compromising weenies in the graphic; at least its creator put Aaron Zelman first, where he belongs.) Is atheism as natural to humans as religion is said to be? Just asking.…
Okay, everybody has now seen Tim Cook’s letter (yes, even Joel).
Short version: Court orders Apple to develop new software for the fedgov that will compromise every Apple customer’s security. Fedgov lies and says it wants only to crack one terrorist’s phone. Cook responds like a real privacy advocate. This response is neither altruism nor political activism. It is — finally! — a tech company recognizing who actually pays its bills. Among other things.
It’s been a crazy week for sure. So much going on (mostly thanks to the unusual coverage and chaos surrounding Nicki’s TZP post on Ted Nugent and David Codrea’s Ammoland writeup on that) it’s hard to believe the week’s only halfway through. Also got the big cannabis article (plus three sidebars and 13 photos with captions) turned in today. Whew. But no time to breathe a sigh of relief. The crazy continues. And in between bouts of crazy, I’m trying to finish the drywall mudding in the bathroom. Besides all that … if you recall, I’m losing my home Internet…
In his own inimitable style. (Which is more refined, but no less hardcore than Nicki’s. They both have excellent BS detectors.) David’s Ammoland column is picked up on the Google newsfeed and has been at the top of the feed since it was published. That’s a pretty big deal. Activity, including comments, will help keep it there. So if you’ve got something to say about this fooraw, feel free to say it at Ammoland.
In case Donald Trump wins, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, will roll out the red carpet to Americans. No word on where we’ll go if anybody else wins, but to hell in a handbasket seems a likely option. (H/T MJR) “Nino at the Bridge.” Quote: You know your country has big trouble when the death of one man tosses your political reckonings, your expectations, your fundamental understandings into the briar patch … (Yes, the author’s a bit more enamored of the Constitution that you probably are, but Scalia was a good man.) Borepatch: Don’t buy a Samsung smart TV. I think…
It ain’t only about empty shelves and soaring prices. A friend who lives in an undisclosed location in Latin America writes: I have been doing online dating for about 2 months now on a site directed at Latin American singles. I get a lot of messages from women in Venezuela saying things like “I don’t care that you are more than twice my age, get me out of here.” Seriously I get explicit offers from young women my daughter’s age. Heart breaking, but that is f**king socialism. … Their situation is very sad. You have middle class families that have…
On behalf of The Zelman Partisans, Nicki talks with Ted Nugent. Is he really anti-Semitic? Seems most in the MSM and even in other gun-rights groups (JPFO, we’re talking to you) were quick to condemn, slow to … you know, ask the man. Then there’s a poll, too. But read what Nicki and The Nuge have to say first. ADDED: Nicki also posts on her own blog about her conversations with Nugent. A little more color and detail there.