http://www.wsj.com/articles/aleppo-civilians-have-nowhere-safe-to-run-red-cross-says-1481628920
Here’s a humanitarian disaster. Pray for peace and calm.
Facing Reprisals, Aleppo Civilians Plea for International Help
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INSPIRATIONAL: Another group like the White Rose; where would today’s youths be?
Tuesday, December 13, 2016http://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/dispatches/1216.html#article4
The German Teens Who Rebelled Against Hitler
These adolescents, aged between 12 and 17, hang around late in the evening with musical instruments and young females. Since this riff raff is in large part outside the Hitler Youth and adopts a hostile attitude towards the organization, they represent a danger to other young people. – Nazi Party Report, Dusseldorf, Germany, July 1943
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The Pirates and the groups affiliated with them were labeled criminals by the courts of the era. In 2005, German officials officially relabeled them as resistance fighters and honored the surviving five members still in Cologne. The Edelweiss Pirates had fulfilled Hitler’s desire for German youths to be fearless and unwavering in the face of adversity. He just hadn’t anticipated it would be pointed in his direction.
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I suspect retreating to their “safe spaces”.
We have lost so much of our “national character” by soft living. I think of what my paternal grandmother did and I doubt that I could do it. I’m sure that 99% of today’s youth surely couldn’t. She was married at 12 on the docks in Germany, traveled the Oregon trail to a better life, fighting off indians and outlaws along the way, bore 13 children—many of who didn’t survive, and had her young husband die in his late twenties leaving her penniless when she was pregnant with my father. That was a courageous woman.
I’m hard pressed to see that spirit anywhere around today.
The Hollywood, Sports, and Rap “stars” play at being a bad ass. They are just cheap imitations of the real American spirit.
Sadly.
Dona Nobis Pacem
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Living Off the Fat of Washington
Monday, December 12, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/living-off-the-fat-of-washington-1481491337
Here’s The Donald’s first big test!!!
Inside India’s Unprecedented Assault on Cash
Monday, December 12, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-indias-unprecedented-assault-on-cash-1481538604
Stupid politicians. Wonder if transactions will be in gold now?
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CLOUD: Google’s New Trusted Contacts Shares Your Location with Loved Ones In Real Time
Sunday, December 11, 2016Google’s New Trusted Contacts Shares Your Location with Loved Ones In Real Time
http://lifehacker.com/googles-new-trusted-contacts-shares-your-location-with-1789666993
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Ever since “a certain young lady” has me watching the crime shows (i.e., L&O of all genres and Investigation Discovery), I’ve realized how important it is for me to have “trusted contacts” in case she “sacks” me. (Never knew how many women killers there were IRL!)
Laugh!
You might want to avail yourself of it.
Android only! (Boo, on Google!)
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FUN: Actress Susan Dey is 64!!!!!!!!
Saturday, December 10, 20162016-Dec-10
Today’s Birthdays: Former Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter (YEYE’-tur) is 86. Actor Tommy Kirk is 75. Actress Fionnula Flanagan is 75. Pop singer Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) is 75. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ralph Tavares is 75. Actress-singer Gloria Loring is 70. Pop-funk musician Walter “Clyde” Orange (The Commodores) is 70. Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is 65. Actress Susan Dey is 64. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is 60. Jazz musician Paul Hardcastle is 59. Actor-director Kenneth Branagh (BRAH’-nah) is 56. Actress Nia Peeples is 55. TV chef Bobby Flay is 52. Rock singer-musician J Mascis is 51. Rock musician Scot (cq) Alexander (Dishwalla) is 45. Actress-comedian Arden Myrin is 43. Rock musician Meg White (The White Stripes) is 42. Actress Emmanuelle Chriqui is 41. Rapper Kuniva (D12) is 41. Actor Gavin Houston is 39. Violinist Sarah Chang is 36. Rock musician Noah Harmon (Airborne Toxic Event) is 35. Actor Patrick John Flueger is 33. Actress Raven-Symone is 31.
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Today’s Birthdays: Former Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter (YEYE’-tur) is 86. Actor Tommy Kirk is 75. Actress Fionnula Flanagan is 75. Pop singer Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) is 75. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ralph Tavares is 75. Actress-singer Gloria Loring is 70. Pop-funk musician Walter “Clyde” Orange (The Commodores) is 70. Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is 65. Actress Susan Dey is 64. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is 60. Jazz musician Paul Hardcastle is 59. Actor-director Kenneth Branagh (BRAH’-nah) is 56. Actress Nia Peeples is 55. TV chef Bobby Flay is 52. Rock singer-musician J Mascis is 51. Rock musician Scot (cq) Alexander (Dishwalla) is 45. Actress-comedian Arden Myrin is 43. Rock musician Meg White (The White Stripes) is 42. Actress Emmanuelle Chriqui is 41. Rapper Kuniva (D12) is 41. Actor Gavin Houston is 39. Violinist Sarah Chang is 36. Rock musician Noah Harmon (Airborne Toxic Event) is 35. Actor Patrick John Flueger is 33. Actress Raven-Symone is 31.
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The Spoils of the Republican State Conquest
Saturday, December 10, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-spoils-of-the-republican-state-conquest-1481326770
Interesting last paragraph about the minority’s need to restrain the majority. Funny when the shoe is on the other foot.
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The Senate’s Shutdown Follies
Saturday, December 10, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-senates-shutdown-follies-1481327165
Harry Reid is evil for what he did to Romney. He should have been excoriated for that alone! Shame on him.
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INTERESTING: Why “we” might have become “risk adverse”?
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The Innovation Paradox
By all appearances, we’re in a golden age of innovation. Every month sees new advances in artificial intelligence, gene therapy, robotics and software apps. Research and development as a share of gross domestic product is near an all-time high. But none of this has translated into meaningful advances in Americans’ standard of living. Our “Innovation Paradox” series explores the forces at play, from increased regulatory hurdles to greater risk-aversion. We examine why Silicon Valley giants often stumble in the world beyond software and how Big Pharma has had to re-engineer how it finds treatments. We also report that businesses and governments alike are turning the search for innovative ideas into prize-worthy puzzles. Beijing, meanwhile, is spending billions on moonshot projects. View the complete series and our interviews with pioneers in science, medicine and technology here.
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IF “we” have become “risk adverse”, THEN I believe it’s due to Gooferment Skrules, the Gooferment, “Secular Progressives”, and the “Everyone gets a trophy” meme.
Why swing for the stars if your accused of hateful behavior? I read and hear stories of smart Americans, who happen to be black, and who achieve, are accused of “betraying their race”, “acting white”, or being an “oreo”. Nerds, other than on “The Big Bang Theory” #TBBT, are ridiculed.
On a personal note, as a Catholic school boy, the Good Nuns and Brothers always DEMANDED nothing less than our best. Sometimes with regrettable physical consequences. (I felt that was a way too much. Guess because I was “encouraged” to often for my tastes.
In my book, “CHURCH 10●19●62”, I wrote: “Catholic school taught them that it was their obligation, and could even be a mortal sin, if you didn’t use all your talents to the greater glory of God.” — “Chapter Fifty — Samaritans going to Jericho / Monday November 5, 1962 – Church Day + 17 (continues)” CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 1 Page 296
Laugh!
So, that might why “we” might be a little tired and unimmaginative?
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RANT: Fixing air travel
Friday, December 9, 2016From WSJ 10 points 2016-Dec-08:
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Into Thin Air Stop focusing on legroom. It’s the headroom that is shrinking on flights, and making us feel really uncomfortable. Seat density has increased significantly the last couple of years. One passenger’s nose may be 3 inches closer to the back of the head in front of her. The skinny seats installed recently largely preserve knee and legroom, but in rows that are compressed, while installing skinny bathrooms and minimizing galleys have let airlines pack more rows in, too. Psychologists say the eye-level squeeze is a big reason travelers are feeling more anxious on densely packed planes. And it’s only going to get tighter in there.
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My answer to this and the TSA is to stop flying. (I did it three times in the last decade because “I had too”. Argh! And I didn’t like it.)
I more folks do it: (a) the airlines will change; and (b) the airlines being the Crony Capitalists they are, will change the Gooferment policies.
Come on folks vote with your wallet.
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SOFTWARE: How useless is the IOS Wallet App?
Thursday, December 8, 2016Apple Wallet (referred to as simply Wallet) is an application in Apple’s iOS (previously known as Passbook in iOS 6 to iOS 8) that allows users to store coupons, boarding passes, event tickets, store cards and, starting with iOS 8.1, credit cards, loyalty cards, and debit cards via Apple Pay.
Wallet (application) – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallet_(application)
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As far as I can determine, it only supports SOME cards.
It does Walgreens, but not CVS.
Argh!
Am I missing something?
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AND TDBANK locks up your phone until you verify the use.
Argh!
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Lafayette CSC was easiest.
USAA was easier.
But I couldn’t store my keene library card.
Argh!
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Trump Chooses Defense Chief With Professional Success, Divergent Views
Wednesday, December 7, 2016Great pick. Glad they disagree. When they butt heads, we will benefit. And the weenies college professors will have to make a good argument before we send the girls and boys in harm’s way on a silly adventure!
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AT&T CEO: Time Warner Deal Would ‘Disrupt’ Cable-TV Model
Wednesday, December 7, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-ceo-time-warner-deal-would-disrupt-cable-tv-model-1481068693
Seems bad to me!
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VETERANS: Remember Pearl Harbor?
Wednesday, December 7, 2016A sad day in the USA’s history. Caused by the treachery of FDR. A lot of death, dismemberments, and disruptions. Caused the Baby Boom and all its associated problems. Disrupted families for decades to come. I feel that it changed my life and my attitude towards life at a very very young age. It certainly changed the USA by empowering Big Gooferment. And, it all could have been avoid if the various leaders were less egotistical and manipulative.
Requiescat In Pacem to the people that died there on that day.
A special place in Hell for the politicians and bureaucrats.
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TINFOILHAT: BHO44’s fake ssn
Tuesday, December 6, 2016http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/12/_the_fake_news_con_a_case_study.html
December 2, 2016
The ‘Fake News’ Con: A Case Study
By Jack Cashill
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Obama began using his 068 number in 1986, the year after he moved to Chicago. Did good neighbor Ayers lend him a Connecticut social security number? To me, this seems a more likely explanation than a typographical error. Lacking the resources to probe further, however, I can only speculate.
The Times has no such excuse. Its editors have the resources. They simply choose not to employ them. From Obama’s first days on the national scene, in fact, the Times has shown itself oddly incurious about his past, his very identity for that matter.
In late October 2007, for instance, the Times ran a telling article headlined, “Obama’s Account of New York Years Often Differs From What Others Say.” Given that he was a candidate for president, the Times expected Obama to welcome the chance to reconcile his account in his 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father, with the accounts of those who knew him.
“Yet he declined repeated requests to talk about his New York years, release his Columbia transcript or identify even a single fellow student, co-worker, roommate or friend from those years,” reported the Times’ Janny Scott. For reasons unexplained, she and her editors chose to leave this particular hole in Obama’s life unfilled.
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Maybe now we can get someone OTHER than Cahill to run down some of these “oddities”?
Surely, someone MUST be, if nothing else, curious!
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SURVIVAL: Off-Grid For 27 Years
Monday, December 5, 2016The WWII Soldier Who Disappeared Into The Woods & Lived Off-Grid For 27 Years
Written by: Cody Assmann
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Wow, I’d read and forgotten about this story.
Just shows what a person can do.
His memes made his life lot harder. But then maybe our own memes are just as flawed.
Interesting that he never reconsidered any of them.
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GUNS: WE, THE PEOPLE are the FIRST RESPONDERS
Sunday, December 4, 20167 Mass Shootings That Were Stopped By Lawful Gun Owners
Written by: Daniel Jennings Current Events December 3, 2016
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3. An unidentified man saved the lives of several people inside the Farah Barber Shop in West Philadelphia, Pa., by shooting a 40-year-old gunman on March 22, 2015, police told NBC 10. Several people, including children, were inside the shop when the man took out a gun and opened fire. Fortunately, a passer-by pulled out his gun, ran into the shop and shot the gunman before he could kill anyone.
“The person who responded was a legal gun permit carrier,” Philadelphia Police Captain Frank Llewellyn told NBC 10. “He responded and I guess he saved a lot of people in there.”
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“I guess” is pretty wishy washy. It would seem obvious that he did save a lot of lives.
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6. An armed likely prevented a shooting rampage at Bonnie’s Food and Spirits, a bar in Plymouth, Pa., in September 2012. William Allabaugh shot a man in the head after being asked to leave the establishment. Mark Kytor stopped Allabaugh by drawing his gun and shooting him. Kytor may have saved many lives because police found an extra clip of ammunition in Allabaugh’s pants, The Citizens Voice reported.
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Typically inaccurate reporting. I would assume the shooter had an extra magazine, not a clip. I guess it’s too much to expect the news media to at least be a little familiar with the difference. “This is my rifle. This is my gun. This is for fighting.”
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So, yes, guns can save lives and armed citizens can prevent mass shootings.
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When seconds count, the police are minutes away. WE, THE PEOPLE are the FIRST RESPONDERS.
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Warehouse Fire in California Kills at Least Nine; Dozens Missing
Sunday, December 4, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/fire-erupts-at-oakland-calif-warehouse-party-killing-nine-1480783522
So sad and unnecessary.
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Miscues Doomed Team’s Final Flight
Sunday, December 4, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/miscues-doomed-brazilian-soccer-teams-final-flight-1480726672
Killed by arrogance and stupidity!
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The Perils of Empathy
Saturday, December 3, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-perils-of-empathy-1480689513
So I want less empathy and more compassion.
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MEDIA BIAS: Need to Cater to Male ‘Star Wars’ Fans
Saturday, December 3, 2016Lucasfilm President Says She Doesn’t Need to Cater to Male ‘Star Wars’ Fans
By Kyle Foley | 2:51 pm, December 1, 2016
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Ever wonder why Star Wars decided to make Mary Sue character Rey their main focus for The Force Awakens? Well, according to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy it’s because male Star Wars fans don’t need to be catered to anymore.
Kennedy was chosen to replace George Lucas, the creator of Lucasfilm and Star Wars, when Disney bought the studio in 2012. Since then she has done a fantastic job running the studio, to the tune of $2 billion in revenue from The Force Awakens and over $3 million in merchandise.
In an interview with the New York Times, Kennedy addressed her decision to cast a female lead in her second movie in charge, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. “I have a responsibility to the company that I work with. I don’t feel that I have a responsibility to cater in some way [to those particular fans],” she said. “I would never just seize on saying, ‘Well, this is a franchise that’s appealed primarily to men for many, many years, and therefore I owe men something.’”
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So much for building a rapport with your Customers. I’d never be so rude to the folks who give you their “certificated of appreciation”.
So, for a similar reason that I don’t watch Jane Fonda movies, I won’t be seeing this one.
Hope she feels the loss of “Male” dollars at the box office.
Open mouth, insert foot.
I’m offended.
I don’t get mad; I get even. I forgive, but I never forget.
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Obama’s Giant Student-Loan Con
Friday, December 2, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/obamas-giant-student-loan-con-1480640259
Everyone knew it was a scam by the D’s to buy votes at taxpayer expense.
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FINANCIAL: The federal government’s student-loan debt-relief programs?
Friday, December 2, 2016I fundamentally oppose any “debt relief” program on the grounds of “moral hazard”. In the future, loans will be taken out with the expectation of forgiveness.
As a little L libertarian, the Gooferment does not have any funds that weren’t forceable taken from Taxpayers. Hence there should NOT be any FEDERAL loan program in the first place.
Further, you can correlate the rising tuition and rising student debt with the increasing Federal student loan involvement.
Argh!
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READER RESPONSE
Responding to yesterday’s question on the federal government’s student-loan debt-relief programs, Bernard Levine of Oregon wrote: “Solve this whole costly mess with one simple reform. Require colleges to co-sign every loan to their own students. Then if a student defaults, the college is on the hook to pay. Which is only fair, since it was the college, not the student, that received the proceeds of the loan. And it was the college that promised, implicitly or explicitly, to make its students employable and prosperous.” Cole Aston of Missouri said: “Forgiving student debt is merely a short-term fix to a long-term problem. Tuition is sky-high because of federal-government backed student loans. Until we get rid of these government loan programs, universities will continue to inflate their tuition cost. We can’t be half-free market and half-socialist; we need to pick one or the other and stick to it.” And Slade Howell of North Carolina commented: “The federal government forgiving student debt is a wonderful idea. It is exciting to think that tax-paying, working Americans can have the opportunity to fund a social interlude for our youth… This may well go down in history as the most ingenious welfare system ever devised to procure votes.”
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A Gingrich Commission on Government
Thursday, December 1, 2016http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-gingrich-commission-on-government-1480551613
A great idea for a good thinker.
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Reinke Faces Life 