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Reformation of the House of Saud: While I agree, I doubt the reforms will succeed

10/30/2017

Fight for Saudi reform is fight for global security

"Countries don't usually re-invent themselves; unlike a commercial company, a country can't easily discard its history and traditions, nor can it brush aside its various interest groups."

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Kim Joo Hyuk: Gangnam Style Tragedy

10/30/2017

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South Korean actor Kim Joo Hyuk killed in traffic accident in Gangnam

Daughter loves watching Korean TV. Don't ask, I don't get it but what the hey.

It is tragic to die by the last great predator of humans, the auto, immediately before the self-drive car eliminates this problem.

On a lighter note:

A trailer for one of his films:

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Is Britain really this low Testosterone?

10/30/2017

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A midlife survival guide to hellish Halloween

My petite, 105 lb, 5'4" wife has more T than Hogan. What are they feeding men in Britain today, valium and birth control pills?

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Wait, I thought it was turtles all the way down!

10/30/2017

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Great news for any consumers of building services like homeowners, businesses, and, well, everyone else

10/30/2017

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Rise of the robot brickie: Automation could wipe out 600,000 construction jobs by 2040

Journalists are idiots. This is not a story about the loss of jobs. That is an unproven assumption. This is a story about lower costs construction methods. It is more likely that more people will be able to afford to build and this will actually lead to more jobs not fewer.
Don't count on a journalist to get the story correct.

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Oh, look Kevin Spacey's stock is down, way down!

10/30/2017

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Kevin Spacey's 'apology' is an appalling betrayal of the gay community

Not all is well in La La land.

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Time to get the feel of Halloween with one of my favorite Big Bandmen Cab Calloway

10/30/2017

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Relax, it drops into an acid trip horror shortly, and it is rotoscope goodness with Cab singing his classic Minnie the Moocher.

Here is the song jazzed up for the 80s in the Blues Brothers, with Cab singing the lead! Dude doesn't miss a beat. Love ya Cab!

Here he is in 1958.

A few other old time videos to get you in the mood.

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Fascistic college totalitarians let the mask slip

10/30/2017

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Socialist Group at Kent State Says Conservative Student Belongs in Gulag

Don't believe? To the gulag with you! But of course, free speech is anathema, and liberty detested to these minions of evil.

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Vancouverites hate their children and hope the worst for them

10/30/2017

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Vancouver Tops List of Most Unaffordable Cities in North America - Small Dead Animals

How else can you interpret this chart?

A median multiple of 5.1 or higher (median house price divided by median household income) describes severely unaffordable home prices. I have no idea how to quantify a median multiple of 17.3 particularly in a nation with as much land and as few people as Canada. Canada and Australia are the lowest density nations in the first world. Both of them suffer from idiotic land use regulations which force the people in cities to live in undesirable high density.

The Canadian Boomers were able to buy real property decades ago before it became unaffordable and did so. Their children cannot. The Boomer land owners enjoy huge paper wealth driven by land use regulations which force their children out of the housing market all so they can be wealthy. Such is Canadian morality.

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The low testosterone guys on Buzzfeed

10/30/2017

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Buzzfeed Crew Shocked To Learn They Have Low Testosterone Levels

I've seen these guys on YouTube and they are one big wuss package. I thought their butt plugs might be a size too large, but I guess it is just abnormally low T. You go girls!

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Reformation of the House of Saud: While I agree, I doubt the reforms will succeed

Kim Joo Hyuk: Gangnam Style Tragedy

Is Britain really this low Testosterone?

Wait, I thought it was turtles all the way down!

Great news for any consumers of building services like homeowners, businesses, and, well, everyone else

Oh, look Kevin Spacey's stock is down, way down!

Time to get the feel of Halloween with one of my favorite Big Bandmen Cab Calloway

Fascistic college totalitarians let the mask slip

Vancouverites hate their children and hope the worst for them

The low testosterone guys on Buzzfeed

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