Monthly Archives: January 2015

Shabbos Goy

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Max West

Jewish phrase of the day: A Shabbos goy, Shabbat goy or Shabbes goy… is a non-Jew who performs certain types of work (melakha) which Jewish religious law (halakha) enjoins the Jew from doing on the Sabbath. The phrase is a … Continue reading →

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The Re-Burning of Sasha Fleischman

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Max West

“The Burning of Sasha Fleischman” occurred in 2013, but you wouldn’t think so given the NYT’s front page story: Why revisit a story that’s two years old? Because, to quote Steve Sailer, we’re in the midst of World War T, … Continue reading →

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Van Halen – Unchained (live) (1981)

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Max West
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McDonald’s Coffee

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Max West

For the past year and a half (or so), whenever I’d be on the road with a hankerin’ for some java (which is maybe once every few weeks), I’d stop at… McDonald’s. Why, you ask? Because for the past few … Continue reading →

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This Blows

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Max West

And so we find out that Charles Blow’s son (of whom, a couple days ago, he went on an un-retractable Twitter rampage against ghosts) was stopped by… drumroll… a black cop, not a white one. Imagine that. From Breitbart: Charles … Continue reading →

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Michael Caine Impersonations

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Max West

I love me some Michael Caine impersonations. Here’s a classic exchange from The Trip (2010):

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Heritage: 2015 Index of Economic Freedom

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Max West

Heritage has published their 2015 Index of Economic Freedom. The Index covers 10 freedoms, from property rights to entrepreneurship, in 186 countries. In terms of these measurements, the top 10 countries are: Hong Kong Singapore New Zealand Australia Switzerland Canada … Continue reading →

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Liberal Hand-Wringing about P.C.

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Max West

On campuses today, “microaggressions” and “trigger warnings” are logical entailments of the dialectics of Political Correctness, and serve as a more militant re-packaging of first generation P.C. circa 1991. Jonathan Chait, himself a liberal, bemoans things, especially insofar as P.C. … Continue reading →

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In the Blink of an Eye

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Max West

From philosophy professor Fred Feldman’s review of “Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life: A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing Our View of Human Nature”, by Douglas Kenrick, New York, Basic Books, 2011: Chapter 4 (“Outgroup … Continue reading →

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1 in 3 on Disability Have Mental Disorder

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Max West

The SSI disability train keeps-on-a-chuggin’: (CNSNews.com) – One in three, or 35.2 percent, of people getting federal disability insurance benefits have been diagnosed with a mental disorder, according to the latest data from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Washington, D.C., … Continue reading →

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