the grifter elite
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Trash, White Trash, and REAL Trash
Writing in Oxford American, Chris Offutt’s Trash Food almost gets it right: My thoughts and feelings were completely irrational. I knew they made no sense. Most of what I owned had belonged to someone else—cars, clothes, shoes, furniture, dishware, cookbooks. I liked old and battered things. They reminded me of myself, still capable and functioning Read more
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Maybe NOT every job will be automated
Turns out there may be an upper limit to automating retail businesses. When confronted with self-serve checkouts, many folks turn into thieves: “There is NO MORAL ISSUE with stealing from a store that forces you to use self checkout, period. THEY ARE CHARGING YOU TO WORK AT THEIR STORE.” It’s so pervasive that it’s not Read more
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There’s STILL a sucker born every minute.
I’m a real Goop Boy now. If a pricey shot of B vitamins gives you the same thrill as taking a dump, why not save time and money, and go take a dump? Read more
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How to stump a local politician
Just ask what his/her plan is to address unfunded pension liabilities. Turns out San Antonio pols, who pat themselves on the back for the city’s AAA bond rating, have been playing hide the ball for years (check out page 78). Read more
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Bad Choice, Pop
Spurs coach Greg Popovich continues to lecture us about President Trump’s shortcomings. Nice try, Pop, but you’re getting tuned out with all the other pro sports and Hollywood folks who’ve squandered what little moral authority they ever had. Victor Davis Hanson recent wrote Pollsters, pundits, and the media have vastly underestimated how many in America Read more
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The 2016 Election, Summarized
The domestic issues of the recent election, summed up in one photo: Tip from American Digest. Read more
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Safe Spaces
Seems like every WLB in Christendom wants a “safe space” these days. The rich and stupid are doing it with luxury bunkers, while a Texas chapter of the Sons of Martha are taking a more proactive approach. Tips from American Digest and Happy Acres. Appropo of nothing, I’m reminded of this bit of bunker lore: Read more
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Two Reasons to Distrust the Powers That Be
ONE: Irina Sendler TWO: George ♥s Michelle It’s like they’re all just in it for themselves, and screw the little guy. A$$holes. Read more
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Intellectual Yet Idiot*
Beware the semi-erudite who thinks he is an erudite. He fails to naturally detect sophistry. Nicholas Taleb off on a delicious rant. Tip from Gary Jones, who did make the smallest peep of a comment (so I know he likes it). *I’m more of an intellectu’all. And I DO deadlift. Read more
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The Old Emotional Support Animal Gag
In my more curmudgeonly moments, I complain that progressivism is turning us into a Nation of Grifters. None more egregious than these What a wonderful time it is for the scammer, the conniver, and the cheat: the underage drinkers who flash fake I.D.s, the able-bodied adults who drive cars with handicapped license plates, the parents Read more
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