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Author Archives: Max West
De-Sacralization of Immigration Policy
John Derbyshire has an excellent column on the De-Sacralization of Immigration Policy.
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Maxxzandra & Her Surprise
From FL: A Florida woman who delivered a 14.1-pound (6.4-kilogram) baby says she didn’t know she was pregnant until her third trimester. Officials at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital in Tampa say Maxxzandra Ford delivered her son, Avery, on Jan. 29. … Continue reading
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Movies & the Formation of Ethics
Elites are understandably alarmed at the $300 million trajectory of a certain recent movie, a film that elites fret is allegedly dominates by a real ‘Passion of the Christ’ crowd, while Selma (the pride and joy of Oprah and Spielberg) … Continue reading
Public vs. Scientists on Science and Society
Interesting poll results from Pew (“Public and Scientists’ Views on Science and Society“):
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I’m a lot like you were…
… Speaking of Fallon, this recent duet with Neil Young is pretty awesome (if you’re a Neil freak like I am). The larger point of the bit (beyond Fallon’s frequent musical impressions of Young) is most apparent with Fallon’s glance … Continue reading
Metallica – Master of Puppets (Sock Puppet Parody)
This is funny for about the first minute:
Brian Williams Repeatedly Lied to You
From Variety: Brian Williams, the most-watched evening-news anchor on television today, has acknowledged that he falsely claimed to have been on a helicopter that was shot down by enemy fire while on an NBC News reporting trip in Iraq in … Continue reading
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Coulter: 3 Generations of Imbeciles Are Enough
Coulter is one of the only ‘mainstream’ pundits who gets it. She’s done a 180 on the issue in recent years. From her latest column: It’s good to see conservatives have gotten back to letting The New York Times choose … Continue reading
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Jordan Executes Two Prisoners
Jordan wastes no time: Jordan executed two al Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, following through on a promised strong response to the ISIS killing of pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh, a government spokesman said. Put to death were Sajida al-Rishawi, the Iraqi … Continue reading
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Night Owls
In the journal Personality and Individual Differences is a 2009 study titled “Why night owls are more intelligent“. ABSTRACT: The origin of values and preferences is an unresolved theoretical problem in social and behavioral sciences. The Savanna–IQ Interaction Hypothesis suggests … Continue reading
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