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Friday links

Published September 9, 2016 9:56 am by Claire

Now this is something. Cracked, which is normally entertaining as all get out but relentlessly anti-gun, points out the five biggest reasons “gun control” in the U.S. is a lost cause. Decent points they make, too.

Looks as if last Friday’s attempt to dump those FBI/Hillary documents invisibly before a holiday weekend is backfiring, reflecting even more on the fibbies than on Hillary. It’s clear that FBI agents were ordered to go incredibly easy on the crook. And Comey’s once sterling (though never deserved) reputation for being an honorable man has gone off the cliff it edged toward when he first announced (I paraphrase), “She’s guilty as sin but she’s a Clinton so she gets a pass.”

Is it a sign of progress that the media now reports on an LP candidate’s gaffe with speculation about whether it will sink his obscure candidacy? It has certainly led to some great laughs in major media Gaffeland

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Thursday links

Published September 8, 2016 1:18 am by Claire

Not news of course. But college-student gun banners are just as blindly ignorant about firearms as their hoplophobic elders. And entertaining to watch. (Via Codrea)

Time to kill the Obamacare penalty. Nope. Not really. Way past time.

And do something about the shameful waste and privacy violations of government-mandated electronic health records, too.

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Friday links

Published September 2, 2016 5:27 am by Claire

Football coach unilaterally repeals the 2A for his players. Tyrants come in all sizes.

Tyrants also come in the standard ATF size (and get scorned behind their backs like tyrants everywhere).

And it seems that courts, at least, have not come so far from the days of reefer madness. (Via Codrea)

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Thursday links

Published September 1, 2016 1:24 am by Claire

Mr Comey: The “adult conversation” you say you want on electronic privacy might go like this: “Leave us alone.”

Because we already know what governments do when they think they’re entitled to our most intimate information. (Both links H/T JB)

The Patrick Henry Society is back — and with a newly Freedom Outlawish attitude.

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Sunday links

Published August 28, 2016 9:24 am by Claire

The Survival Mom reflects on 12 reasons otherwise prepared people may fail to survive. (Derived in part from Alexandra Ripley’s provocative book, The Unthinkable: Who survives when disaster strikes — and why.)

Yes, it worked so well without government … let’s regulate it!. (H/T Shel from comments)

Sweet, sweet, sweet revenge: Sen. Pat Toomey (he of the Manchin-Toomey-SCHUMER-Gottlieb anti-gun bill) discovers something about the loyalty of those victim-disarmers whose noisome backsides he smooched.

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Thursday links

Published August 25, 2016 1:50 am by Claire

The older we are, the happier we are, says Yet Another Study. While this doesn’t account for those notable old grouches we’ve all met, I believe it.

Maybe the grouchy ones can eventually go off and live in a neighborhood on Proxima b. Or we can go and leave them behind.

And in today’s moment of rib-tickling, rolling-on-the-floor humor: Ezekiel Emanuel, architect of Obamacare, says

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The usual cheery links for beginning your week

Published August 21, 2016 5:03 pm by Claire

Just in case anybody imagined problems in the housing market got solved after 2008.

And in the Department of Uncommon Common Sense Department, Jim Bovard says, farmers ought to farm (but of course politicians have a lot to say about that).

In Chicago, a tool cops said was supposed to help people is just ending up hassling the hapless. (H/T LA)

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Midweek links

Published August 17, 2016 7:27 am by Claire

Okay, in the great debate over victim disarmament, this is trivial. But still: “Get out of gun control, Apple.”

Uh oh. All those Loompanicsy books and articles about hiding stuff in your walls just got even more obsolete than they already were. Nifty app for home remodelers, though. (H/T MJR)

What a beautiful and unusual piece. Wendy McElroy talks about her experiences as a homeless teenager in “Try a Little Tenderness.”

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Weekend links

Published August 14, 2016 7:00 am by Claire

So, what do you think? Will the new corruption investigation of Hillary Clinton produce any more political courage or any better results than earlier attempts?

Although nobody is surprised that the DEA’s dumb decision on cannabis ignores medical reality, the linked Forbes article does a great job of showing just how far in political outerspace the DEA is.

Way, way, way too early to consider this news important to humans. Much more testing to be done. But an already common anti-inflammatory drug used to treat menstrual pain actually reversed Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice. Reportedly disappeared them.

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Thursday links

Published July 14, 2016 10:36 am by Claire

Okay, I know we have enough to laugh about with our own politicians. We don’t need to mock furriners, even if they are socialists. But OTOH, the French currently have the biggest elected laugh-riot. Love the Star Wars photo. So last year, scientists figured out that cinnamon might help prevent colo-rectal cancer (if you happen to be mouse). Now they’re saying it improves mousy learning, too. No word yet on how much us humans would have to ingest to get the benefits. (H/T VS) Just ’cause we haven’t heard enough about the national debt lately … If old people should…

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