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Tuesday links

Published November 15, 2016 5:30 am by Claire
  • Chelsea Manning has asked Obama to cut her ghastly sentence to time served. Good luck, Chelsea.
  • Larry Correia writes a guide for liberals who are suddenly interested in gun ownership.
  • The whimpering “safe space” infants aren’t only on college campuses. Andrew Torba, founder of Gab.ai has been banned from the directory and community of the famous venture capital outfit Y Combinator because his very existence makes people feel “unsafe.”
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    • Monday links

    Published November 14, 2016 8:20 am by Claire
  • If you’ve wondered what would happen if the government banned cash, take a look at India. Right now. (And why is there always somebody who says, “I’m in favor of [this awful thing], if only they would have [committed the outrage in a way that didn’t hurt me so much]”?)
  • One more lefty recounts how he and the Democrats screwed up.
  • Over at TZP, Y.B. ben Avraham describes a “fixer” — and the insane lengths and costs NYC residents have to go through for self defense in a corrupt political system.
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    • That did not go well and other tales of this week

    Published November 12, 2016 10:46 am by Claire

    No, that definitely did not go well. I awoke from a general anesthetic Thursday morning to discover that they hadn’t performed the minor surgery I’d signed on for. Beyond my skills, the surgeon told me shortly. I didn’t see a sign of how bad it was until I was poking around in there. Really. So sorry. Don’t worry. This isn’t a case of “We’re sewing you shut and sending you home to die.” More like “We’re referring you to some specialist you can’t afford even with insurance and if said specialist slips up you’ll have major quality of life issues…

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    Waco Janet is dead

    Published November 7, 2016 7:00 am by Claire

    Died this morning, says NPR, in an article full of pro-state twists and lies. “‘Oh, so THIS is what it felt like for all those women & children to burn alive in Waco’ – #JanetReno in hell” — says Gab.ai poster Blue Vino. Which is more the truth than NPR will ever manage.

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    Friday links

    Published October 28, 2016 6:47 am by Claire
  • Fred Reed: “The beginner’s guide to death throes.”
  • Kit Perez: “Does entrapment really make good people do bad things?” A must-read.
  • From Jim B. in comments. There’s yet another new nation, this time in space. Hm. Aside from the slight matter of inaccessibility, Asgardia already seems to have a suspiciously large number of government ministries (and a rigidly top-down structure) for someplace that claims to be about freedom.
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