How Not to Debate What We Should Be Doing at Movie Theaters - Richard Lawson - The Atlantic Wire
Then this morning, another tech guy, writer and self-described entrepreneur Anil Dash, wrote a smug, scolding piece about priggish "shushers" and their obstinate refusal to let other people enjoy movies the way they want to enjoy them — meaning talking, texting, tweeting, tromboning, whatever. It's a gruesome read.
Most glaringly, Dash, in an effort to paint these "shushers" as people standing athwart history yelling stop, invokes slavery of all things as evidence that societal norms are forever changing.
No, he really did: "This list of responses pops up all the time, whether it’s for arguing why women should not wear pants, or defending slavery, or trying to preserve a single meaning for the word 'ironic,' or fighting marriage equality, or claiming rap isn’t 'real' music, or in any other time when social conservatives want to be oppressive assholes to other people."
In likening the social stigma against bringing iPads into movie theaters to the defenders of slavery, Dash was, he explained on Twitter, "providing a wide range of examples of cultural conservatism, I showed a continuum from trivial to profane."
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Major Danish Daily Newspaper Warns: ‘Globe May Be On Path To Little Ice Age…Much Colder Winters…Dramatic Consequences’!
Major Danish Daily Newspaper Warns: ‘Globe May Be On Path To Little Ice Age…Much Colder Winters…Dramatic Consequences’! | Climate Depot:
"The August 7 print edition of the Danish Jyllands-Posten, the famous daily that published the “Muhammad caricatures“, features a full 2-page article bearing the headline:
”The behavior of the sun may trigger a new little ice age” followed by the sub-headline: “Defying all predictions, the globe may be on the road towards a new little ice age with much colder winters.”
"The August 7 print edition of the Danish Jyllands-Posten, the famous daily that published the “Muhammad caricatures“, features a full 2-page article bearing the headline:
”The behavior of the sun may trigger a new little ice age” followed by the sub-headline: “Defying all predictions, the globe may be on the road towards a new little ice age with much colder winters.”
Know Thine Enemy
Know Thine Enemy | National Review Online:
"On December 7, 1941, the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Three years, eight months, and eight days later, the Japanese surrendered.
These days, America’s military moves at a more leisurely pace.
On November 5, 2009, another U.S. base, Fort Hood, was attacked — by one man standing on a table, screaming “Allahu akbar!” and opening fire.
Three years, nine months, and one day later, his court-martial finally got under way."
"On December 7, 1941, the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Three years, eight months, and eight days later, the Japanese surrendered.
These days, America’s military moves at a more leisurely pace.
On November 5, 2009, another U.S. base, Fort Hood, was attacked — by one man standing on a table, screaming “Allahu akbar!” and opening fire.
Three years, nine months, and one day later, his court-martial finally got under way."
An Older Version Of The Hockey Stick | Real Science
An Older Version Of The Hockey Stick | Real Science:
"This version is from the National Academy of Sciences, before self-awarded Nobel Prize Mikey straightened them out that the world was heating out of control, rather than cooling out of control.
In 1975, people were too stupid to know the difference between cold and heat."
Read the comments!
"This version is from the National Academy of Sciences, before self-awarded Nobel Prize Mikey straightened them out that the world was heating out of control, rather than cooling out of control.
Read the comments!
Terry Foster: Is The ‘N-Word’ Ever OK In The Locker Room?
Terry Foster: Is The ‘N-Word’ Ever OK In The Locker Room? « CBS Detroit:
"Foster tells it this way: “Hey, cracker,” Delmas often says to Scheffler inside the Lions practice facility.
“How’s my n—–?” Scheffler replies."
Imagine the pain the millions of recently released slaves here in offended-land must feel.
"Foster tells it this way: “Hey, cracker,” Delmas often says to Scheffler inside the Lions practice facility.
“How’s my n—–?” Scheffler replies."
Imagine the pain the millions of recently released slaves here in offended-land must feel.
Friday, August 09, 2013
The Hope And Change Guy Starts A New Panic
The Hope And Change Guy Starts A New Panic | Real Science:
"Obama’s latest fear mongering is that Putin is going to arrest gay Olympic athletes.
Johnny Weir: If I’m arrested in Russia, so be it – CBS News
The hope and change guy seems to move effortlessly from one mindless panic to another.
A few days ago it was terrorists.
Before that it was George Zimmerman. Before that it was Edward Snowden.
Before that it was CO2.
Before that it was the fiscal cliff, healthcare, stimulus, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, tea party, and on and on and on.
What a world class wanker."
"Obama’s latest fear mongering is that Putin is going to arrest gay Olympic athletes.
Johnny Weir: If I’m arrested in Russia, so be it – CBS News
The hope and change guy seems to move effortlessly from one mindless panic to another.
A few days ago it was terrorists.
Before that it was George Zimmerman. Before that it was Edward Snowden.
Before that it was CO2.
Before that it was the fiscal cliff, healthcare, stimulus, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, tea party, and on and on and on.
What a world class wanker."
Detroit Lost a $1 Million Check in a Desk Drawer
Detroit Lost a $1 Million Check in a Desk Drawer - Philip Bump - The Atlantic Wire:
"Strategy one for addressing the budget shortfall might include checking other drawers around City Hall.
Who knows how much might turn up."
"Strategy one for addressing the budget shortfall might include checking other drawers around City Hall.
Who knows how much might turn up."
7 Wonders of Michigan: The Top 20
7 Wonders of Michigan: The Top 20 | Lansing State Journal | lansingstatejournal.com:
"Here are the Top 20 — in alphabetical order.
Did your suggestions make the cut?
Castle Rock (St. Ignace)
Grand Traverse Bay
The Grand Hotel
The Great Lakes – Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie
Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum
Isle Royale National Park
Kitchi-Iti-Kipi Spring
Lake of the Clouds
Mackinac Bridge
Mackinac Island
Manitou Islands
Michigan Stadium (The Big House)
National Shrine of the Cross
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Porcupine Mountains State Wilderness Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Soo Locks
Tahquamenon Falls
Tunnel of Trees (M-19)
Turnip Rock"
"Here are the Top 20 — in alphabetical order.
Did your suggestions make the cut?
Castle Rock (St. Ignace)
Grand Traverse Bay
The Grand Hotel
The Great Lakes – Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie
Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum
Isle Royale National Park
Kitchi-Iti-Kipi Spring
Lake of the Clouds
Mackinac Bridge
Mackinac Island
Manitou Islands
Michigan Stadium (The Big House)
National Shrine of the Cross
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Porcupine Mountains State Wilderness Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Soo Locks
Tahquamenon Falls
Tunnel of Trees (M-19)
Turnip Rock"
The Best Small Places For Business and Careers List
The Best Small Places For Business and Careers List - Forbes
Not one Michigan metro area on the list of 100!
Duh!
Not one Michigan metro area on the list of 100!
Duh!
Saginaw County 3rd muni in Michigan to postpone million-dollar bond sale in wake of Detroit bankruptcy
Saginaw County 3rd muni in Michigan to postpone million-dollar bond sale in wake of Detroit bankruptcy | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The securities are rated Aa3 by Moody's Investors Service, fourth-highest.
Saginaw joins Michigan's Genesee County and Battle Creek in postponing general obligation offerings. Proceeds would help Saginaw, with about 198,000 residents, finance unfunded pension liabilities of about $60 million."
Muskegon county will soon be lookin' for $40 million (GO, not revenue) for the new jail.
Hopin' for a bunch of rich dummies.
The financial dominoes of doom are tippin'.
The MSM and our politicians will tell us about it when the last one falls.
"The securities are rated Aa3 by Moody's Investors Service, fourth-highest.
Saginaw joins Michigan's Genesee County and Battle Creek in postponing general obligation offerings. Proceeds would help Saginaw, with about 198,000 residents, finance unfunded pension liabilities of about $60 million."
Muskegon county will soon be lookin' for $40 million (GO, not revenue) for the new jail.
Hopin' for a bunch of rich dummies.
The financial dominoes of doom are tippin'.
The MSM and our politicians will tell us about it when the last one falls.
FIRST LAVABIT, now Silent Mail shuts down. Remember the innocent days of the Bush Administration.....
Instapundit » Blog Archive » FIRST LAVABIT, now Silent Mail shuts down.
"Remember the innocent days of the Bush Administration, when people got exercised about the government knowing what books you checked out of the library?"
"Remember the innocent days of the Bush Administration, when people got exercised about the government knowing what books you checked out of the library?"
Who's setting Wisconsin's academic standards?
Who's setting Wisconsin's academic standards? « Watchdog.org:
“They don’t come to the math department. They go to the school of education,” Lempp said.
“They very rarely consult with the math department.
They’re afraid we’ll tell them things they don’t want to here — like their tests suck.”"
“They don’t come to the math department. They go to the school of education,” Lempp said.
“They very rarely consult with the math department.
They’re afraid we’ll tell them things they don’t want to here — like their tests suck.”"
Detroit losing $1 million school check more proof of inefficiencies in city
Detroit losing $1 million school check more proof of inefficiencies in city | Crain's Detroit Business:
"In late February, cash-strapped Detroit received a $1 million check from the local school system that wasn't deposited.
The routine payment wound up in a city hall desk drawer, where it was found a month later."
Read it all and weep.
And almost EVERY Detroit city council incumbent won their primary races.
There is no fixin' what the folks don't want fixed.
"In late February, cash-strapped Detroit received a $1 million check from the local school system that wasn't deposited.
The routine payment wound up in a city hall desk drawer, where it was found a month later."
Read it all and weep.
And almost EVERY Detroit city council incumbent won their primary races.
There is no fixin' what the folks don't want fixed.
Michigan State's Spartan Stadium construction begins, will last throughout football season
Michigan State's Spartan Stadium construction begins, will last throughout football season | MLive.com
New practice field for marching band
The 300-plus-member Spartan Marching Band will have a new home beginning with the 2014 football season.
Earlier this summer, the MSU Board of Trustees approved repurposing a portion of Munn Field, located just a few hundred yards southwest of Spartan Stadium at the corner of Shaw Lane and Chestnut Road, as an artificial turf field for the SMB.
The new field will include a regulation-size football field, lights, a permanent band tower, spectator seating, fencing, gates and an underground drain system. The band's current practice field, located immediately north of Demonstration Hall, is a natural-grass surface lacking lighting, a permanent tower and fencing and gates.
"The band currently practices at Demonstration Hall Field, but the location continues to be problematic because of the maintenance requirements and irrigation issues associated with a grass field," a university memo on the new practice field reads. "An artificial turf field would provide a safer and superior surface for the band. The field would be scheduled by intramural sports and summer sports camps for other activities when not in use by the Spartan Marching Band."
New research says: cellphone use+driving=death...not so much
New research says: cellphone use+driving=death...not so much | TG Daily:
"You are more likely to kill yourself reading this article than you are talking on your cellphone and driving.
That's our guess, but for almost 20 years, it has been a wide-held belief that talking on a cellphone while driving is dangerous and leads to more accidents.
However, new research from Carnegie Mellon University and the London School of Economics and Political Science suggests that talking on a cellphone while driving does not increase crash risk."
"You are more likely to kill yourself reading this article than you are talking on your cellphone and driving.
That's our guess, but for almost 20 years, it has been a wide-held belief that talking on a cellphone while driving is dangerous and leads to more accidents.
However, new research from Carnegie Mellon University and the London School of Economics and Political Science suggests that talking on a cellphone while driving does not increase crash risk."
The IRS Scandal, Day 92
TaxProf Blog:
The IRS Scandal, Day 92
- Letter from Ellen Weintraub (Chair, FEC) to Candice Miller (Chair, House Administration Committee) on IRS/FEC Coordination in Targeting of Conservative Groups (Aug. 6, 2013)
- American Thinker: Issa Expands IRS Probe to Include Possible FEC Collusion Targeting Conservatives
- The Daily Mail: America's Tax Collectors Are STILL Targeting Tea Party Groups, an IRS Agent Has Told Congressional Investigators
- Forbes: DEA Passed Secret Data, Tips for Covering Up to IRS
- Fox News: IRS Scandal Hits 3 Month Mark -- Where's the Accountability, Mr. Obama?
- The Hill: Ways and Means Chairman Alleges Continued IRS Targeting
- Human Events: IRS Scandal Probe Expands to Include the FEC
- MSNBC: Is the IRS Still ‘Targeting’ the Tea Party?
- Scripps Howard: IRS Caressed Liberals, Harassed Conservatives
- Slate: Assume a Scandal
- Town Hall: Scandal Watch: Issa Expands IRS Targeting Investigation to FEC
- USA Today: Common Ground: Obama 'Phony' Scandals
- Wall Street Journal: House Republicans Widen IRS Probe
- Washington Examiner: IRS Agent: Tax Agency Is Still Targeting Tea Party Groups
- Washington Post: FEC Chair Requests Probe of Agency’s Ties With IRS
- Washington Times: House Investigating FEC and IRS Communications Over Tax Exempt Groups
Drone delivers beer not bombs at S.Africa music festival
Drone delivers beer not bombs at S.Africa music festival - FRANCE 24:
"It's an almost Biblical thing that beer is dropping from the sky," said Hoffmann."
"It's an almost Biblical thing that beer is dropping from the sky," said Hoffmann."
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Free smoke alarms: Grand Rapids gets another $244K in federal money for home inspections
Free smoke alarms: Grand Rapids gets another $244K in federal money for home inspections | MLive.com: "got a $244,000 federal grant to fund the project for one more year and another 2,000 homes."
$244,00 for 2000 homes?
$122 per house?
Sup?
I thought we were broke......
$244,00 for 2000 homes?
$122 per house?
Sup?
I thought we were broke......
Detroit Zoo To Stop Selling Bottled Water
Detroit Zoo To Stop Selling Bottled Water « CW50 Detroit:
"ROYAL OAK (CW50) – It’s soon to be a BYOB party at the Detroit Zoo.
They have launched a three-year program to phase out the sale of bottled water at the park.
This move is part of the Detroit Zoological Society’s (DZS) Greenprint sustainability plan.
Bottled water is a significant revenue generator for the zoo with $240,000 in annual sales, but it is also the largest portion of the parks plastic waste.
“This phase-out will cost us revenue, but it’s important to walk our talk and do what’s good for the environment,” said DZS Executive Director and CEO Ron Kagan."
"ROYAL OAK (CW50) – It’s soon to be a BYOB party at the Detroit Zoo.
They have launched a three-year program to phase out the sale of bottled water at the park.
This move is part of the Detroit Zoological Society’s (DZS) Greenprint sustainability plan.
Bottled water is a significant revenue generator for the zoo with $240,000 in annual sales, but it is also the largest portion of the parks plastic waste.
“This phase-out will cost us revenue, but it’s important to walk our talk and do what’s good for the environment,” said DZS Executive Director and CEO Ron Kagan."
Remember the NFL’s new bag rule tonight
Remember the NFL’s new bag rule tonight | Atlanta Falcons | www.ajc.com:
“I know that very large venues around the country, the University of Michigan, Penn State University and Michigan State University, those are large venues that have ‘no bag’ policies in place,”"
“I know that very large venues around the country, the University of Michigan, Penn State University and Michigan State University, those are large venues that have ‘no bag’ policies in place,”"
Pit Bull Bites Off Part Of Man’s Tongue
Pit Bull Bites Off Part Of Man’s Tongue « CBS Detroit:
"PONTIAC (WWJ/AP) – Authorities say a Rochester man had a substantial part of his tongue bitten off by a dog that he was “attempting to befriend.”
According to officials with the Oakland County sheriff’s department, the 33-year-old man was visiting with the pit bull’s owner Wednesday night — in the 800 block of N. Perry in Pontiac — when he stuck out his tongue while face to face with the dog.
The department says that’s when the pet lashed out."
"PONTIAC (WWJ/AP) – Authorities say a Rochester man had a substantial part of his tongue bitten off by a dog that he was “attempting to befriend.”
According to officials with the Oakland County sheriff’s department, the 33-year-old man was visiting with the pit bull’s owner Wednesday night — in the 800 block of N. Perry in Pontiac — when he stuck out his tongue while face to face with the dog.
The department says that’s when the pet lashed out."
Cleveland Fans Sing ‘Detroit’s Bankrupt’ At Tigers Game
Cleveland Fans Sing ‘Detroit’s Bankrupt’ At Tigers Game « CBS Detroit:
"They were also treated to a new version of the melodic “Let’s go Tigers” riff.
And it goes like this: “Dee-troit’s ban-krupt … Dee-troit’s ban-krupt.”
"They were also treated to a new version of the melodic “Let’s go Tigers” riff.
And it goes like this: “Dee-troit’s ban-krupt … Dee-troit’s ban-krupt.”
How Your Child Is Being Dumbed Down by "Common Core" Education
Activist Post: How Your Child Is Being Dumbed Down by "Common Core" Education:
"This portion of the Common Core series focuses on the baseless and even false claims that Common Core will improve the majority of the students academic performance and ready them for college."
"This portion of the Common Core series focuses on the baseless and even false claims that Common Core will improve the majority of the students academic performance and ready them for college."
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