An update/element of the Saatchi story which may not have been seen here yet.




Much of this Cosh link is over my head, but if you have any interest in statistics and the recent investigations of experimental reproducibility, see this video from 2010.

And please, please, please... check your cursor before pasting in Excel.

I avoid Excel like I avoid metal concerts.

Cars.

Genes. I was impressed especially by #5.

You don't see this every day:

http://www.newser.com/story/229092/ump-stops-game-to-eject-a-fan.html

No, no, Philly fans cheering an ump is surprising.

It took 2 news report for me to find out that the London knife attacker was a Norwegian national of Somali origin versus being just a Norwegian.

Maybe the first "News" report needed to cut 3 words from their article. Maybe not.

Strange as it's most likely that this guy was having some mental problems but ...

The stuff of nightmares (Or Furry fantasies but your mileage may vary):

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/04/488387729/nih-plans-to-lift-ban-on-research-funds-for-part-human-part-animal-embryos?

That's a nice bit of religious claptrap Crid. You remove 90% of the environmental factors that affect intelligence and then you claim the environment has no effect on intelligence. Add a little lead to a child's diet and see what happens (it was and still is a common environmental factor). We recommend pregnant women take vitamins for a reason. As for an odder one, toilets and closed sewer systems. Rural Hindi in India are shorter and dumber than rural Muslims. The issue appears to be sanitation. And then there are the wide variety of parasites and diseases that impact intelligence. Sure you won't find most of them in the western world. We've worked very hard to eliminate them.

'Oh, little snowflakes, when did you all become grandmothers and society matrons, clutching your pearls in horror at someone who has an opinion about something, a way of expressing themselves, that's not the mirror image of yours?

WARNING: The article has a picture of a topless lady. So NSFW tag for those at work.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/read-bret-easton-ellis-excoriating-monologue-on-social-justice-warriors-and-political-correctness-a7170101.html

Because that's were the money is. Also, where armies of tax lawyers and CPAs aren't.

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/08/04/hillary-were-going-to-raise-taxes-on-the-middle-class/

> That's a nice bit of
> religious claptrap

Then Muffin, don't read it.

Caution, Amy

"Philly fans cheering an ump is surprising."

That guy must have been on his own plane of obnoxiousness. Philly hockey fans have nothing on Philly baseball fans. This is the group that used to routinely boo Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton. I think about the only player they never booed was Pete Rose, and that's because they knew Rose would come up there and beat the crap out of them.

The documents,which Heat Street obtained under open records laws, reveal that a member of the Bias Incident Team reported the students herself: “There was concern about their choice as it makes fun of a disability,” says the team’s meeting minutes.

http://heatst.com/culture-wars/bias-incident-team-students-three-blind-mice-halloween-costume-makes-fun-of-a-disability/

I think about the only player they never booed was Pete Rose, and that's because they knew Rose would come up there and beat the crap out of them.

That could be why the Flyers fans are relatively restrained. Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yNNTHuWHoA&feature=youtu.be&t=1m57s

I'm closing in on 2 hours of hold time with the IRS. Should have been a simple matter, easily handled online, but for whatever reason that wasn't working. So. 2 hours of my life gone. And people want the government handling healthcare????

Crappy day.

Just a quick post to say thanks to Amy for getting my unblocked after I accidentally posted 11 times in succession. I know everyone missed me (you're probably thinking, "He was gone?").

The Evolutionary Origin of Female Orgasm

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22690/full

I think about the only player they never booed was Pete Rose, and that's because they knew Rose would come up there and beat the crap out of them. ~ Cousin Dave at August 4, 2016 11:09 AM

He still might.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/08/03/wearing-dont-tread-on-me-insignia-could-be-punishable-racial-harassment/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/04/sell-alcohol-and-pork-or-we-will-shut-you-down-french-town-tells/

Next target: Vegan general stores.

They're everywhere . . .

Trinidadian terrorist urges attacks against Christians

Taqqiya.

Khizr Khan: ‘There Is No Such Thing’ as Sharia Law

"Get that Fucking dog away from me."