California first-grader sent to principal’s office for misgendering classmate

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/23/california-parents-feel-betrayed-transgender-revea/

The perils of "free" gmail and other "free" Google services: Stats Prof Salil Mehta banned by Google (without explanation).

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-21/one-statistics-professor-was-just-banned-google-here-his-story

This tweet from Salil Mehta:

https://twitter.com/salilstatistics/status/898912228128296960

Weekend TV sports.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9640

How Anti-White Rhetoric Is Fueling White Nationalism: White people are being asked—or pushed—to take stock of their whiteness and identify with it more. This is a remarkably bad idea.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/273891/

It never ceases to amaze me how much can a handful of lone wolves can achieve.

Indonesian militants planned to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb, security sources said, highlighting the rising ambitions of extremists to wreak destruction in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-security-idUSKCN1B51FW

The underlying question would seem to be "Why is the government in the flood insurance business anyway?" At a time when the Feds are trillions of dollars in debt this is clearly something that can be handled privately, without running up still more national debt.

The underlying question would seem to be "Why is the government in the flood insurance business anyway?" At a time when the Feds are trillions of dollars in debt this is clearly something that can be handled privately, without running up still more national debt. ~ kenmce at August 26, 2017 1:25 PM

Because the insurance companies gave a price for flood insurance and the people living in flood zones said "that costs way too much, but we won't move." So, the government subsidized the flood insurance.

On this difficult afternoon, let's all recall that this is one of the most beautiful pieces of the 20th century.

Or, if the weather's good where you are, take a moment to remember that Barry White was underrated.

(PS-- I'm only 40% convinced that melody is actually Barry White... Research continues. But Barry White is in fact underrated.)

(That's a nice synth line. Right? Totally. The 1970's had some good moments as arrangers were figuring out what to do with that weird little box, especially in the context of get-laid-tonight music.)

> It never ceases to amaze me
> how much can a handful of
> lone wolves can achieve.

Well, "a handful' isn't lone, but atomized warfare is the future.

"Because the insurance companies gave a price for flood insurance and the people living in flood zones said 'that costs way too much, but we won't move.' So, the government subsidized the flood insurance."

State governments bear some of the responsibility too... the restrictions that nearly every state has against buying policies across state lines makes it more difficult for insurers to pool risks across geographic areas. It creates too much exposure to a localized natural disaster.