Grouchy's Grumbles

More terrorist incitement goes unpunished.
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Here Are All The People Applauding The Planned Parenthood Shooter

In case you think that only ISIS promotes terrorism in the USA, consider these responses.
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Friday, November 27, 2015

Burger King manager told grand jury of gap in Laquan McDonald video of police shooting

Why have all the officers involved in this been charged? The whole affair from the cover-up to the ill-timed release of the video smacks of poor management from the mayor down at best, and most likely criminal malfeasance.
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Biggest, most powerful engine in the world: 109,000 HP

This beats the crap out of a whimpy Intel Processor.
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Saudi woman Gang-raped, Court Gives Her 200 Lashes And Jail Term

“It is scandalous that the UN chose a country that has beheaded more people this year than ISIS to be head of a key human rights panel. Petro-dollars and politics have trumped human rights. Saudi Arabia has arguably the worst record in the world when it comes to religious freedom and women’s rights, and continues to imprison the innocent blogger Raif Badawi” via Tina Manley
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Photos by Clive Moss

Three years ago, courtesy of Google.
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Photos by Clive Moss

Google photos does interesting things when you dump all your photos into it. It picked up this bunch from 5 years ago all by itself with no curation or editing on my part!
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BDS Fail Of The Day: SJP Needs To Boycott Its Own Website

"If you're gonna build a website telling people to boycott Israel, don't build your website on Wix! They are an Israeli company. Idiots." Thanks to Hillary Lynne Glaser
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Thursday, November 26, 2015

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I would exercise more but I usually forget that I need to.
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Jacob on Drums - November 2015

This video is about Jacob on Drums - November 2015
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

ScienceAlert

Heh. I thought it was just cleaning problem.
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Facts about the Syrian Refugees

Facts can be useful, except for politicians.
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Monday, November 23, 2015

Kennedy Expressway tops list for congestion in U.S., study finds

My Google Maps or Waze almost always routes me away from this and down Lake Shore Drive
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A very simple explanation of why it's wrong to demand that Muslims condemn terrorism

"Condoning the killing of civilians is, to me, about the most monstrous thing you can to do. And to be suspected of doing something so monstrous, simply because of your faith, seems very unfair. Now when you look at the majority of terrorist attacks in the United States, according to the FBI, the majority of domestic terror attacks are actually committed by white, male Christians. Now that's just the facts. When those things occur, we don't suspect other people who share their faith and ethnicity of condoning them. We assume that these things outrage them just as much as they do anyone else. And we have to afford this same assumption of innocence to Muslims."
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Against NRA Opposition Sen. Feinstein Pushes To End Gun Sales To Suspected Terrorists

So now we know where the NRA's loyalty lies. Given this, would it not be appropriate to classify it as a terrorist organization?
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The Cold Realism of the Post-Paris War on Terror

"Syria merely confirms the lesson the West should have learned from Iraq: that the freedom agenda in the Muslim world is dead."
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StandWithUs

This, together with the comment stream, illustrates the core of the problem in Israel.
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Saturday, November 21, 2015

The Threat Is Already Inside

"The cheapest and easiest way to reduce the benefits of terrorism is to stop overreacting. That 129 people were killed in the Paris attacks is a terrible tragedy and a vicious crime, but 16,000 people in the United States are murdered each year in “ordinary” homicides, 30,000 die in accidental falls, 34,000 die in car crashes, and 39,000 die of accidental poisoning. We should mourn each and every death, and we should take all reasonable steps to prevent more deaths from occurring and punish those responsible for intentionally inflicting harm. But we need to stop viewing terrorism as unique and aberrational. The more we panic and posture and overreact, the more terrorism we’ll get."
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10 Years ago - November 19, 2005 Jacob and Julia

Taking advantage of the snow day to catch up on the 10 years ago series.
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Friday, November 20, 2015

New Nerve Drugs May Finally Prevent Migraine Headaches

That would be nice - but "a single dose of a CGRP drug decreased headache days by more than 60 percent (63 percent in one study and 66 percent in the other)" does not indicate that the root cause has been addressed.
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Muslim woman puts NBC's Chuck Todd in his place with this calm response (VIDEO)

Why don't we expect or demand that American Christian leaders speak out against Christain gun violence? Good question.
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Definitely snow☃
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Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It

"Daesh has a mother: the invasion of Iraq. But it also has a father: Saudi Arabia and its religious-industrial complex. Until that point is understood, battles may be won, but the war will be lost"
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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Gun purchases legal for those on US terror watchlists

Well, they are often members of a "well regulated militia" so they are protected by the Constitution.
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The real risk is in barring Syrian refugees

Not to mention that tourist visas are much easier to obtain.
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To Weld, Perchance, to Dream

"Philosophers don’t know the answers, but we do know the questions and the fact that we keep on asking them is evidence to the fact that human beings are still perplexed by the major issues of truth, reality, God, justice and even happiness."
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Here's The List Of Governors Who Will NOT Take Refugees Into Their States | The Sean Hannity Show

Stupid is as stupid does. It is far easier to enter the US with tourist visa than as a refugee. Maybe these "Governors" will refuse tourists as well? GMAFB!
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Here Are The Muslim Leaders Who Condemned Terrorism That Sean Hannity Ignored

It seems that the reason that Fox News and their blogging cohorts are whining that mainstream Muslims do not condemn terrorism is that Fox et al do not carry the condemnations - and if Fox does not carry it - it never happened. To be fair - most other news channels do not carry the condemnations - because ratings?
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Monday, November 16, 2015

Space station suffers short circuit, power system degraded

...and I thought that replacing the remote control for the fan in my bedroom was a hassle!
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City of Chicago :: Ward 2

Our ward in the City of Chicago is possibly the most gerrymandered unit in the USA!
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Anonymous Declares War On ISIS After Paris Attacks

Time to get the CIA doing the same thing - and physically taking down their internet access.
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Ten French warplanes drop 20 bombs on ISIS Syrian HQ

Surely it cannot be hard for the US and its allies to bomb every admin center and camp in ISIS territory! Why is it not being done? An underground bunch of terrorist cannot be bombed, A state such as ISIS is trying to establish can have its infrastructure totally destroyed, Even its access to the Internet must go through physical routers which can be hit. It may mean roughing up "allies" in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states - but so what?
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Anonymous vs. the Islamic State

Anonymous could be our most effective weapon!
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Conservatives Immediately Criticize Obama After He Condemned Paris Attacks

If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, is it still Obama's fault?
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The problem with moderate Muslims

"In my childhood I was told that every day that passes on the Islamic nation without a caliphate is a sin. That the failures and miseries of the Muslim world started the moment we gave up conquests and wars against the infidels. That our prosperity depends on conquering new lands, converting new believers, looting new resources and enslaving more women. I was taught that a Jew is essentially a demon in flesh and that it is our destiny as good Muslims to kill them all. I was regularly fueled by battle stories and stories of lethal feuds of seventh century Arabia. It was not just me, a small child in Cairo, who was raised with these great apocalyptic prophecies, it was also so many people from all around the globe."
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‘The Attacks Will Be Spectacular’

On the direct path to the Bataclan...
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Le Bataclan, une cible régulièrement visée

In case you were wondering why the Bataclan...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

FactChecking GOP Economic Debate

So, are politicians uninformed, dishonest, or both?
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Sunday, November 08, 2015

A man’s jail term turns on a comma

Why syntax really matters. Watch your punctuation, especially if you are drafting a law that will be voted on by politicians who don’t read it!
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Saturday, November 07, 2015

The overwhelming evidence against spanking

The comments are mind blowing, especially when taken in conjunction with a society that favors "open carry" and "concealed carry"
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Correcting statistical biases in "Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white...

Be wary of statistics, especially when the analysis is performed by non-statisticians.
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Shaadow Sefiroth

Grace under pressure!
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Does Defensive Medicine Even Work?

"in six out of seven specialties, higher-spending physicians faced fewer malpractice claims, accounting for differences in patient case-mix across physicians." Now, wait for the malpractice lawyers to find a reason to sue for over-treating - perhaps a class action suit for the class of people who did not see a doctor but paid for insurance!
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Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Monday, November 02, 2015

Why you might want to stop eating fish

At last - an ethical basis for my dislike of fish (pickled herring and lox excluded)
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Bill Gates: The private sector is completely inept

"“Since World War II, U.S.-government R&D has defined the state of the art in almost every area,” Gates told the Atlantic. “When I first got into this I thought, ‘How well does the Department of Energy spend its R&D budget?’ And I was worried: ‘Gosh, if I’m going to be saying it should double its budget, if it turns out it’s not very well spent, how am I going to feel about that? But as I’ve really dug into it, the DARPA money is very well spent, and the basic-science money is very well spent. The government has these ‘Centers of Excellence.’ They should have twice as many of those things, and those things should get about four times as much money as they do.”" And Congressmen will respond "I am not a scientist but yada yada yada. We must cut spending so our donors can get their payback"
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Photographers are different, but I bet you didn’t know just HOW different…

I would love to see this repeated with more than one sample per group, and include artists in the sample.
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