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Weekend links

Published May 6, 2017 8:39 am by Claire

Kevin D. Williamson on “The Inquisitor’s Heirs” and the left’s hatred of science while claiming a love of Science.

While we’re on the subject, here’s Jim Goad on Bill Nye’s fake science.

Revival of American masculinity starts at home. (Directed at men, this is more about independence and personal agency than it is about masculinity vs femininity.)

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Friday links

Published April 28, 2017 2:55 am by Claire

The anti-fascist fascists may have reached a new low. They used threats of violence successfully to cancel a long-time traditional parade in Portland, Oregon. Why? Because Republicans were participating. (H/T M)

And once again — as is the usual these days — police are doing nothing to stop mob rule. Just happened again in Berkeley. Mind you, I think it’s naive to expect cops to protect free speech; they’ve rarely ever been in favor of it. But as a general rule, cops have at least enjoyed whacking left-wing demonstrators over the head. Now they’re not even doing that.

Sigh. Only NASA could be running out of space suits while hardly putting anybody into space. What a sad commentary.

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Monday links

Published April 24, 2017 10:17 am by Claire

How technology created the global village … which turned out to be a pretty unpleasant place.

Why Apple almost kicked Uber out of the app store.

As we near the 10th anniversary of Jim Cramer’s famous (and prescient) TV meltdown, debt is … right back up there all over again.

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Weekend links

Published April 22, 2017 7:32 am by Claire

For general edification and wonderment, here’s a blog about dictatorship and resistance in Venezuela. (H/T M)

University officials tell a fraternity their planned event is appropriating someone else’s culture. But they refuse to state which culture.

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Monday links

Published April 17, 2017 1:48 am by Claire

I am really, truly not sure why the National Security Aagency imagines that having tools to breach the international monetary system makes anybody (except the NSA and its Chosen Ones) “secure”). I’m really not sure how they imagined that maintaining such sloppy “security” that details of their exploits got into the hands of hackers makes anybody “secure.”

Will the last middle-class person in Seattle please turn out the lights?

Waco Wacko Backlash. Or what happens when you point out that the U.S. government didn’t hesitate to attack its own citizens with deadly gas.

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Midweek links

Published April 5, 2017 5:54 pm by Claire

This year is the 100th anniversary of Woodrow Wilson leading the U.S. into World War I. Jim Bovard notes the long chain of disasters that followed (and is following still). Did the war “make the world safe for democracy”?

What’s the best type of generator for you? Portable? Or stand-by type? The Family Handyman discusses the difference to help you choose. OTOH, you could always just convert your lawn mower into a generator. Or your bike. (H/T MJ)

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Midweek links

Published March 28, 2017 1:50 pm by Claire

A civil rights lawsuit is in the works against warrantless searches of laptops and cellphones. According to the article there were as many such searches last month as there were in all of 2015.

You might think it would be a waste of money for the National Park Service to spend $150,000 on Bigfoot research. But rest assured the money isn’t entirely wasted. It’s also covering research on sea monsters and mysterious lights.

This demonstrates exactly how dumb “smart” appliances are. A brand-new dishwasher with a security bug that was the hottest new thing … 20 years ago.

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Thursday links

Published March 23, 2017 8:01 am by Claire

Bill Buppert says there’s a storm coming. And you can thank a cop.

But oh look. The city of Chicago is graciously granting drivers 0.2 of a break before their automated money-generating machines kick in.

Another inconvenient stat to be ignored by professional hoplophobes: lowest accidental firearm-related deaths … since 1903.

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Life in the microwave lane

Published March 20, 2017 11:46 am by Claire

The dog is just because. —– After a scattered and exhausting weekend, I woke up today to a long email from a friend that reminded me of the connections between freedom, creativity, and spiritual strength. I breathed deeply, grateful for the message. I resolved to refocus. My resolve lasted until I went to give the critters their breakfast and discovered the microwave was dead. I ended up focusing on DIY repair sites for a while. Along the way, I ran into this snarky article, “How to Turn Your Microwave Into a Camera.” The title of the just-posted Advertising Age piece…

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Midweek links

Published March 14, 2017 12:55 pm by Claire

A (semi) mainstreamer observes that there really is a liberal media bubble and tries to understand why.

The residents of Trier, Germany, don’t seem to want that gift statue of Karl Marx. But not because … well, you know, Marx. And the hundreds of millions of deaths his ideas led to. But because they don’t like the giver.

Which is more unjust? That a possible war criminal got away with it for decades? Or that “justice” now calls for extraditing a 98-year-old man?

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