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FiveThirtyEight Weighs In With Some Odd Affirmative Action Statistics

FiveThirtyEight ran the piece "Here's What Happens When You Ban Affirmative Action In College Admissions" that ran some dicey stats. Affirmative Action is, as all know, the practice of rewarding…

Culture Philosophy

I Self-Identify As The Yak King

Person I know was attending recently a mandatory training session at a well known university. Session was led by trainers not themselves employees of the university, folks who self-identified as…

Culture Statistics

Odds That a Panel Would ‘Randomly’ Be All Men?

There are no such thing as the "odds" a panel would be "randomly" all men. Yet The Atlantic thinks there could be, and so does a fellow named Greg Martin,…

Culture

Stream: Climate Circus, Climate Clowns at #COP21

Update Tell me: are we getting sick of discussing this topic, or what? It seems that, as is sane and rational, most of us would rather move on to something…

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Memo to GOP Presidential Hopefuls (Who Aren’t Named Trump). Guest Post by The BB

Mr Editor says: note the name of the author. Dear GOP Presidential Hopeful, You are probably wondering why your campaign isn't turning out as well as you expected. Up to…

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Stream—This Week In Doom: Women In Combat Edition

Today's post is at The Stream: "Women In All Combat Roles Necessarily Means a Weaker Military." Reality suffered another defeat Thursday, routed by the forces of Political Correctness. The army…

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The Real Reason For The Paris Global Warming Talks #COP21

Today's post is again at The Stream: The Real Reason For The Paris Global Warming Talks #COP21.. Many are asking, "Why are they holding this global warming conference now, after…

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Stream: Most Idiotic Aspects of the Paris Global Warming Conference

We're already sick to death of global warming. If it were up to me, I'd never write about it again. There are far more interesting subjects. But, our dear leaders…

C-Marie on Register Your Predictions For 2026!January 6, 2026
President Trump will no longer give support to In Vitro Fertilization as he will learn of the devestation and deaths…
Zundfolge on Register Your Predictions For 2026!January 5, 2026
Lets see if I can do better than my abysmal predictions from last year. Obergefell will be tested at SCOTUS…
Zapollo on Register Your Predictions For 2026!January 5, 2026
1. A highly successful recent book, appearing on multiple bestseller lists, will be revealed to have been written mostly by…
John Pate on Register Your Predictions For 2026!January 5, 2026
1. Queer Starmer will continue to implement WEF policy in the UK in the exemplary fashion he has so far…
Cookie on Register Your Predictions For 2026!January 5, 2026
Prediction time? 1. I will get politics out the way first. Maduro will be found not guilty by a U.S…