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Archive for 2017
June 17, 2017
A LINK BETWEEN INFLAMMATION AND MENTAL ILLNESS? Inflammation seems to be linked to a lot of problems.
DO YOU WANT MORE TRUMP, BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET MORE TRUMP: A New York Times column about the need for mass deportations of native-born Americans, because they don’t live up to Ruling Class expectations. “Bottom line: So-called real Americans are screwing up America. Maybe they should leave, so that we can replace them with new and better ones: newcomers who are more appreciative of what the United States has to offer, more ambitious for themselves and their children, and more willing to sacrifice for the future.”
Yeah, it’s not serious. Except that, really, it pretty much is. The problem with all the immigration talk is the strong sense that the ruling class wants to dissolve the people and elect another, one more tractable to their schemes. Stuff like this doesn’t help, though I suppose NYT readers think it’s clever. But unpack it a bit — and break down which classes of native-born Americans are pulling down the averages — and it looks pretty awful.
Plus: “Because I’m the child of immigrants and grew up abroad, I have always thought of the United States as a country that belongs first to its newcomers.”
MATT WELCH: If You Think Campus Free Speech Is No Big Deal, Watch This Shocking Vice News Report From Evergreen State College. And remember that this atmosphere didn’t just “happen.” It happened with the support of the faculty and administration.
I think Evergreen should have its accreditation revoked, and be investigated by the federal Department of Education.
SECOND CHILDHOOD: Older adults can improve movement by using same motor strategy as babies. “A motor mechanism that has been attributed primarily to early development in babies and toddlers can also help older adults improve movement accuracy, according to new research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).”
A proposed tax on imports is central to the House GOP plan to lower the overall corporate tax rate. It would generate about $1 trillion over the next decade to finance the lower rates without adding to the budget deficit.
But the tax faces strong opposition from retailers, automakers and the oil industry, and a growing number of Republicans in Congress have come out against it. They worry that it will increase the cost of imports, increasing consumer prices.
I’m not making any bets on how this plays out on the Ways and Means Committee.
SCIENCE SO FAKE EVEN MOTHER JONES IS NOTICING: A Scientist Didn’t Disclose Important Data—and Let Everyone Believe a Popular Weedkiller Causes Cancer.
BY WANTING TO IMMEDIATELY LOOK IN THE MIRROR? How does the brain respond to a single bout of exercise?
I DON’T LIKE MOSQUITOES: Six Pregnant Texas Women Test Positive For Zika.
AT AMAZON, Interesting Finds for Men.
MORE ON LAST NIGHT’S ANTI-VIOLENCE PROTEST AT THE TRUMP/CAESAR PLAY: After Caesar Is Knifed to Death, Protesters Emerge: New York’s Public Theater reimagining of the play is interrupted Friday night. I’d rather live in a world where this sort of thing wasn’t done at all. But it’s not clear that we’re better off living in a world where it’s done all the time, but only by lefties.
Plus, a good observation: The audience was there to be part of a political statement, not to enjoy Shakespeare.
SHIPWRECK DISCOVERED AND IDENTIFIED: In 1917 the Coast Guard cutter McCulloch sank off the California coast. The ship had an interesting history. In 1898 the vessel was part of Commodore Dewey’s squadron in the Battle of Manila Bay. The wreck site has now been positively identified.
REMEMBER, FREE MARKET COMPETITION ISN’T THERE TO MAKE BUSINESSES HAPPY. THEY PREFER COZY OLIGOPOLY: Wall Street Still Annoyed That Competition Forced Wireless Carriers To Bring Back Unlimited Data Plans.
TEACH WOMEN NOT TO LIE ABOUT RAPE: Former college co-ed, 19, who falsely accused two football players of rape at a party to get sympathy from a prospective boyfriend faces TWO YEARS in jail in plea deal.
In February, then-18-year-old Yovino was charged with falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating evidence.
Police alleged Yovino made up the rape story last October to gain the sympathy of a prospective boyfriend because she worried he would lose romantic interest in her when it became known she had sex with two football players in a bathroom during an off-campus party.
The players told police they had consensual sex with Yovino and were eventually cleared in the case. . . .
Other students who were at the party later confirmed to police that Yovino was seen following the two men into the bathroom willingly.
Another witness said he overheard Yovino telling the men she wanted to have sex with them, according to an affidavit.
When pressed by police about the inconsistences in her story, Yovino allegedly confessed, saying she had made up the rape allegations.
The affidavit stated: ‘She admitted that she made up the allegation of sexual assault against (the football players) because it was the first thing that came to mind and she didn’t want to lose (another male student) as a friend and potential boyfriend.
‘She stated that she believed when (the other male student) heard the allegation it would make him angry and sympathetic to her.’
Weird, because I’m always hearing that this sort of thing doesn’t actually happen.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Here’s the Only Father’s Day Gift Guide You’ll Need This Year.
I can personally vouch for the Anker battery and the Dyson car vac.
AND YET THE YOUNG ARE DUMB ENOUGH TO SUPPORT REDISTRIBUTION: The Old Are Eating the Young: Around the world, a generational divide is worsening.
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE WATER: A chlorine-resistant parasite could be lurking in your swimming pool this summer, CDC warns.
POWERFUL WHITE WOMAN, OUT TO HOLD A BLACK MAN DOWN. Bill Cosby’s Spox: Tell Gloria Allred to ‘Go Back to Law School.’