Next time you have a good view of the Moon. Or better yet, a binocular view. It will be like flipping Little Barry the bird (as he was wont to do in debates in ’08) over his rejection of American exceptionalism. Here’s Sky & Telescope mag’s explanations. And, someday…
Posted in Science/Engineering, Space, The Culture
“Nice try hiding behind the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to shield evidence of favoritism in admissions, UT-Austin.”
Texas AG Ken Paxton has slapped down the U’s administration in its fight against its own board of regents. And though his opinion isn’t binding, it’s a forecast of what will happen in court to what an old friend used to call the University of Texas at Inter-regional, i.e. Interstate-35.
Via Instapundit.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Texana, The Culture
Tagged cheating on admissions, Texas AG Ken Paxton, UT-Austin
“In 2009, [as US Secretary of State] she openly made ‘a shameless pitch’ to a Russian airline to purchase Boeing aircraft, leading to an eventual $3.7 billion deal for Boeing. Two months after the deal, the Clinton Foundation received a $900,000 donation from Boeing. Two years later, Boeing also paid Bill Clinton $250,000 to deliver a speech.
“The chief lobbyist for Boeing, former Bill Clinton aide Tim Keating, also held a major fundraiser for Ready for Hillary Super PAC in 2014.”
When it comes to The Voldemorts of Arkansas the corruption is almost always this clear while the Democrat wing of the snooze media is almost always sound asleep.
And one of the latter’s minor lights, a former Clinton flack, has now outed himself.
Via Instapundit.
UPDATE: Meanwhile, in Morocco…
Posted in Obamalot, Science/Engineering, The Culture
Tagged Boeing's Thank You, Godzillary's graft in plain sight
The only strange thing about Tuesday’s Amtrak crash is that it doesn’t happen more often. It happens often enough, as it is. But that’s what you get with government railroad. Not to mention the rest of us are paying for it.
“Given that the bulk of its rail traffic occurs in the well-heeled Northeast corridor, the company primarily serves as a means of transferring wealth from middle America to D.C., New York, and Boston. In its current form, Amtrak is less a for-profit passenger rail corporation and more a union jobs program (its ridiculous labor contracts are a major reason why the company is perpetually swimming in red ink).”
A union jobs program? Could that be why Tuesday’s 32-year-old engineer was recklessly driving 109 mph in a 50 mph zone? Possibly also texting. Police are after his phone records.
I’ve ridden Amtrak. It’s pathetic. Vending machine food. Smelly seats. Dirty windows. Flooded bathrooms. Just what you’d expect from “government work.”
UPDATE: Some answers on the crash, though not why the engineer was so young and apparently neither experienced nor reliable enough to drive the speed limit.
Posted in Obamalot, Science/Engineering, The Culture
I’m late to the party as usual, but I like BosWash as the name for the northeast region of the country—where all the Democrat voters live—linked at the north and south ends by the two pretentious cities of the term.
It’s only a pity that BosWash was coined in 1967 and so really isn’t an Internet thingie like WaPo. Everything, I decree, should be a spinoff of the Internet. Where, after all, would we be without it? Not here, that’s for sure.
Via Dustbury.
And it’s not just because of all the states and cities legalizing its use. No, the new Cannabis Law Prof Blog is more about enforcement of the drug laws (particularly the federal ones) still banning its use, sale, etc.
For reasons such as these details from a 2013 report by the American Civil Liberties Union:
“The report finds that between 2001 and 2010, there were over 8 million marijuana arrests in the United States, 88% of which were for possession. Marijuana arrests have increased between 2001 and 2010 and now account for over half (52%) of all drug arrests in the United States, and marijuana possession arrests account for nearly half (46%) of all drug arrests.”
Smokers are easy to catch, allowing the drug police plenty of leisure while still making their quotas. And the arrests fall disproportionately on blacks, though their use is about on a par with whites. Maybe more blacks spend more time on the street where the cops can see them toking.
“Such racial disparities in marijuana possession arrests exist in all regions of the country, in counties large and small, urban and rural, wealthy and poor, and with large and small Black populations. Indeed, in over 96% of counties with more than 30,000 people in which at least 2% of the residents are Black, Blacks are arrested at higher rates than whites for marijuana possession.”
That the new blog is edited by a law professor at Texas A&M University is also a plus. Gig ’em, Ags. 😉
Via Instapundit
Posted in Obsessions, Texana, The Culture, The Drug War
Tagged Cannabis Law Prof Blog, Marijuana arrests 2001-2010, Texas A&M
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” —H.L. Mencken.
When it comes to imaginary global warming climate change, the UN, aka the Dictators Club, finds it very useful for an assault on capitalism and freedom. When they’re not busy bashing Israel, of course.
Meanwhile, dueling data sets produces this vs this. Take your pick.
I’m with H.L. I’m checking none-of-the-above.
Via BrainyQuote
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