Gregg is trying to get the new masthead and other type the right size. Yes, there's a change, and I have a post about it. I'll put it up after all the type is right (and after I wake up).

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Not a link, more observations.

Surfing back on the blog, I find some things amusing...
Crid, Patrick and I agree on more things than we differ. That's true of most of you, but I have argued more with those two guys.
Crid remains the master of prose. It's not even close. I don't write as carefully as I did.
Andrew Garland still leads my content/syllable index. Artemis/Orion and Chuck(les) Pelto are tied for last.
Islam has been consistently represented here, whatever you think of the merits of the approach our hostess has taken, for more than ten years.

In the "learning something new every day" mode, I found out -- after being referred to as one of the "Skypes" and as a "merchant" -- that these are new derogatory terms for Jews that Jew haters use on Twitter to avoid getting thrown off.

> Crid, Patrick and I agree on
> more things than we differ

No.

Pelto's not been around for about ten years, right?

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Those personality tests are boring. Click on all the Yes and you're a danger to society, click on all the No and you're a normal human being.

The best ones are those that give you a random answer even if you input the same answer all of the time.

Great test, Crid. Once again I'm proven to be a shining beacon, an example to emulate in the pursuit of man's highest truth, bringing hope to a sea of floundering humanity.

I may have fudged the answers a bit.

Okay, that's just nasty:

https://twitter.com/LainZer0/status/837912823556636673

Behold, the legendary American Shieldmaidens:

https://twitter.com/Doomskander/status/838343293071163394

"Do you believe you have special extrasensory abilities?"

No. My extrasensory abilities are all rather common.

"Are you plagued by suspicions that other people, including loved ones, may be doing things behind your back that will end up hurting you?"

Yes. Oh god yes! Why aren't I allowed to have two ply tissue paper? Why!?!? (Wife doesn't like it for some reason. Go fig.)

"Do you often feel like people are saying negative things about you behind your back?"

Yes, and I was bcc'd on the emails to prove it.

"Do you intentionally injure yourself, for instance by cutting yourself or taking too many pills?"

Does talking with Artemis count?

"Do you always feel the need to have a story to tell?"

But in all fairness I'm really boring. If I don't have amusing anecdotes to share no one would want to talk with me. And I can't blame them.

"Have you ever been in jail or done something that you could be put in jail for?"

With the laws today who hasn't. Can't you get 5 years for putting an ice cream cone in your pocket on a Sunday?

"Do you tend to lie a lot?"

Would people who lie a lot answer that honestly?

"Have others accused you of being arrogant?"

Yes, but they are just jealous.

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Self reporting may be cheap but it is rarely accurate.

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Tsk. Go look. Don't worry - it makes you more correct. Actually, you don't disagree with me. Most of the time. Sure, the argument about my employment and your ridiculous idea that pensions should not be monitored are there, but those are outliers.
And you really do have that way with words. Write a book, I say again. Please!

"Barely legal" gifs

http://birdjaguar.blogspot.com/2017/03/barely-legal-gifs.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/10/fbi-chief-given-dossier-by-john-mccain-alleging-secret-trump-russia-contacts

The Guardian has learned that the FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials. The Fisa court turned down the application asking FBI counter-intelligence investigators to narrow its focus. According to one report, the FBI was finally granted a warrant in October, but that has not been confirmed, and it is not clear whether any warrant led to a full investigation.

Seattle man changes clothes in women's bathroom, cites new gender law, isn't charged.

So he comes back again when it's full of little girls changing into their swimsuits.

Amy, the "alt-righters" also use "googles" to describe blacks, since Google doesn't take kindly to their racism, and they describe Muslims as skittles, due to the famous poisoned skittles comparison made with Islamic refugees.

In the meantime, Paul Ryan's Obamacare "replacement" is mostly a continuation of the statist-quo.

Rand Paul's Obamacare repeal plan gets there — Paul Ryan's doesn't

I've thought long and hard about possible Obamacare replacements and all I can see is that the GOP is up shit creek without a paddle on that issue. There is nothing they can do that will please the Obamacare winners without pissing off the Obamacare losers. The system is already in full death spiral and there is nothing anyone can do to stop that.

"There is nothing they can do that will please the Obamacare winners without pissing off the Obamacare losers. "

The Obamacare winners are a Democrat bloc vote anyhow. The GOP needs to bite that bullet, and replace Obamacare with a plan that normalizes the tax treatment of employer-provided and individually purchased plans, re-legalizes ad hoc buying groups (which were banned by Obamacare), eliminates barriers to selling across state lines, creates an FDIC-like body to insure plans, and creates an assigned-risk pool for people who can't get insurance otherwise. There will be a short-term backlash from the Obamacare winners, but over the long term, the Obamacare losers will appreciate getting their freedom and their purses back.