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But that trick never works….

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I’m sorry, but I’m not impressed by psychiatrists. If you can’t measure it, it isn’t science; what they do is just literature using medical terminology.

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Duh. Time is constantly replenishing, money only does that for rich people.

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My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

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You want these. Trust me.

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We used to be the world’s most skillful entrepreneurs and managers. Now we’re laughingstocks. What happened?

You’ll find that the answer is “government”.

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The press has diversity? Who knew?

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A good tool for us lazy folk.

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The problem with many liberals is that while they say they espouse tolerance, love for your fellow man, and discussing problems instead of resorting to fisticuffs, when they’re actually expected to “walk the walk,” things get ugly. To them, just listening to conservative ideas is akin to Dracula finding out about a nationwide tainted blood supply. It’s painful when liberals realize that not everyone thinks the way that they do: that there are unenlightened souls out there who don’t recycle, who go to church once in a while, who respect our military, and who don’t think that the sun shines out of Barack Obama’s nether regions.

Troparion, in Tone III

O holy hierarch Patrick, wonder­worker equal to the apostles, enlightener of the Irish land: entreat the merciful God, that He grant our souls remission of transgressions!

Kontakion, in Tone IV

Thou wast shown to be a true fisher of men, for, spreading out the nets of the good news of the Gospel, thou didst draw the heathen into the kingdom of Christ, enlightening with baptism them that languish in the darkness of idolatry, and making them children of the living God. Wherefore, we beseech thee, O holy hierarch Patrick our father: intercede in behalf of us that honor thy holy memory.

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Wonder how he’s going to weasel out of that one.

Steve Sailer is always worth reading.

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Your tax dollars at work. Don’t you feel proud?

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But he’s a Democrat, so they’ll have to drag him out with a backhoe. These people didn’t watch Bill Clinton for eight years for nothing.

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A big part of St. Patrick’s Day is having white people feel particularly upset at the oppression of their ancestors that has in no way trickled down to them. If you find yourself talking with a white person who tells you about how their great grandfather was oppressed by both the English and the Americans, it is strongly recommended that you lend a sympathetic ear and shake your head in disbelief. It is never considered acceptable to say: “but you’re white now, so what’s the problem?”

Steve Sailer nails it yet again.

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Like most leftoids, Cory Doctorow is a certified SME in his own field, and more perceptive than most.

Believe what he tells you about writing, because real life backs him up; a good test.

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

Fred on politics.

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Notice that it’s only female scientists who give a shit. Male scientists have better things to do.

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Outsourcing taken to its logical extreme.

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Nope, it’s not about polar bears. Unless they speak Na-Dene.

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You’ve got to wonder at a government that includes violation fines in its budgeting process. You would think this were the Middle Ages.

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You’d think that farmers all had five votes apiece, when we know that’s only true for Democrat farmers — and their deceased relatives.

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What’s potentially dangerous is that in some foreign capitals, leaders are deciding to run out the clock on the Bush years and wait for the chance to make what they hope will be a better deal with the next president.

Well, can you blame them? And just whose fault is that, David Ignatius? Perhaps you and your liberal bunkmates?

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Not to be confused with “boomer socialism”, which is a different gig that doesn’t pay as well.

Local governments have been so eager to engage in this “race to the bottom” of offering special breaks and subsidies to corporations who just might come to their community if the pot is sweetened enough that one might be forgiven for thinking it an immemorial custom. It ain’t.

Just once I’d like to see local voters say to, oh, a sports team, “Pay for your own goddam luxury-box-choked stadium”. Just once. Not a lot to ask.

Take a look.

Actually, I’d rather get a closer look at the brunette behind her.

Is it just me, or does that blue patch on the beret look terminally stupid? The Brits put the regimental cap badge on their berets, which looks pretty sharp.

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Hint: No.

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Of course. It would be Disneyland over there if it weren’t for Bush. Who could doubt it?

What I find depressing is that so many morons reach general officer rank in our armed forces.

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Markets always emerge, even when you don’t want them to.

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 I hear that in the Parmenides room the mini-bar does not open and the Heraclitus room has a water bed.

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Can you spell “ethanol mandate”? I’m sure you can.

Remember the Third Big Lie: “We’re from the government, and we’re here to help.”

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It’s entertaining — to watch from a distance.

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A good reason to avoid Germany. If you need one.

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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Next: Her cover of “Material Girl”.

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If white people could draft friends the way that the NFL drafts prospects it would go like this: black friends, gay friends, and then all other minorities would be drafted based on need and rarity to the region.

It is generally accepted that a gay black friend with a child  is considered a once in a lifetime opportunity – like a quarterback who can pass, run, kick, and play linebacker. White people will crawl over each other for the opportunity to claim this person as a friend and add them to their roster of diversity.

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I mean, who wants to do all that work?

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For the modern woman who has everything but is still stuck in the kitchen. A female Muslim, say.

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That ought not to surprise you. The worst disasters in history were all caused by government action.

The crisis has its roots in the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, a Carter-era law that purported to prevent “redlining” — denying mortgages to black borrowers — by pressuring banks to make home loans in “low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.” Under the act, banks were to be graded on their attentiveness to the “credit needs” of “predominantly minority neighborhoods.” The higher a bank’s rating, the more likely that government regulators would say yes when the bank sought to open a new branch or undertake a merger or acquisition.

But to earn high ratings, banks were forced to make increasingly risky loans to borrowers who wouldn’t qualify for a mortgage under normal standards of creditworthiness. The CRA, made even more stringent during the Clinton administration, trapped lenders in a Catch-22. “If they comply,” wrote Loyola College economist Thomas DiLorenzo, “they know they will have to suffer from more loan defaults. If they don’t comply, they face financial penalties . . . which can cost a large corporation like Bank of America billions of dollars.”

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It is not a simple thing. Muslims slaughtered Hindus. Muslims helped Hindus. Hindus slaughtered Muslims. Hindus helped Muslims. And the amazing thing is that the British — looking forward to some idealistic age in which religion just wouldn’t matter all that much — tried to act as if religion already didn’t matter all that much.

India is on the front lines of the defense against Islam. What they went through could be in our future. It would be a very good idea if we all familiarized ourselves with what happened then. If you can’t afford to buy the book, get it from your local public library.

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You see? This is the sort of fun and useful stuff Bill Gates could be doing if he weren’t such a fargin geek.

…building museums of rock ‘n’ roll and sci-fi, buying up sports teams, and funding commercial space flight.

I’ve always thought Allen was the smarter of the two. This confirms it.

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Notice that this is taking place in Britain, and that it isn’t a professional association for teachers that is having this debate, but a teachers’ union. I know that everything is unionized in Britain these days — I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the homeless and indigent have a union (International Brotherhood of Useless and Unproductive People?) — but unions are for people who have no bargaining power as individuals because their skill sets are fungible and easily acquired. What does it tell you about teachers that they fit this category?

If you’re still not depressed, think about the fact that most American government workers are unionized. What does that tell you about the quality of our government? Hm?

Ross Douthat is always worth reading.

What does it mean to be “rich” in America today? You might be surprised … at how “rich” you are. I know I was.

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