Last year saw the rise of a new narrative of self-loathing Leftists concerning “Male Privilege” involving video games. Well known feminist, Anita Sarkeesian, produced this video on the subject. It’s not clear whether those in her video are just actors playing the roles of real men or simply overgrown Leftist males with daddy issues.
Ms. Sarkeesian is not without controversy. Some have suggested that she is getting quite wealthy playing the role of the permanent victim.
Canadian vlogger Karen Straughan recently made two videos on the subject, here and here. They’re well worth watching!
Bill’s Wife
It is not hyperbolic to declare Hillary Clinton the most paranoid presidential candidate since Richard Nixon…
The Sound Of Settled Science
Long-term oscillations in rainfall extremes in a 268 year daily time series
These results suggest that, because long-term periodicities may likely be present elsewhere, in the absence of observational time series with length comparable to such periodicities (possibly exceeding one century), past observations cannot be considered to be representative of future extremes.
Oh, Shiny Pony!
The World Is Being Run By Crazy People
Bill de Blasio has had three different legal names, court records show. (From 2013)
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
And here we go with yet another viral story that virtually every media outlet drooled over, and none of them cared to fact check it. As it turns out, that viral story about an Australian woman offering to ride the train with a Muslim woman who was self-conscious about wearing her hijab after the Sydney Siege never happened.
The story is a complete fantasy, so admits Rachael Jacobs, the woman who started the whole thing.
h/t nv53
Spoiler Alert! (They Hit An Iceberg!)
Via Tom Nelson
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And from everyone at SDA, may you all enjoy the best of health and happiness in 2015.
Y2Kyoto: Planetary Fever Update
h/t Maz2
Gratz, Brian.
Update: You can listen to the full show here.
Free Weiwei Zhu!
Delicious: A restaurateur violated a male applicant’s human rights when he posted a job ad seeking “female only” servers, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruled despite hearing evidence the man might not have wanted the job in the first place.
Amen
In 24 hrs those non-consensual subsidies forcing voters to support political parties w/tax$ are finally gone.Parties must fend 4 themselves
— Stockwell Day (@Stockwell_Day) December 31, 2014
We Need A Famine
h/t peterj
Peel Appeal
Kingdom of the Courts – Through this appeal, the government is seeking clarity that the democratically elected Yukon government retains the authority to make final decisions on public lands.
(I amuse myself)
UH OH. Democracy warrior @ElizabethMay will be VERY DISPLEASED with #Yukon appeal to restore democratic authority. http://t.co/zhOBvMuznQ
— Katewerk (@katewerk) December 31, 2014
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
The new regulatory revenue stream is now up and running:
PacifiCorp Energy, a subsidiary of PacifiCorp, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wyoming to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act in connection with the deaths of protected birds, including golden eagles, at two of the company’s wind projects in Wyoming.
As a result, PacifiCorp will pay $2.5 million in fines and will take measures at the company’s Wyoming wind farms to increase eagle populations.
Under a plea agreement with the government, the company was sentenced to pay fines, restitution and community service, and was placed on probation for five years, during which it must implement an environmental compliance plan aimed at preventing bird deaths at the company’s four commercial wind projects in the state.
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According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the charges stem from the discovery of the carcasses of 38 golden eagles and 336 other protected birds, including hawks, blackbirds, larks, wrens and sparrows, by the company at its Seven Mile Hill and Glenrock/Rolling Hills wind projects, located in Wyoming’s Carbon and Converse counties between 2009 and the present.
h/t Mike
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In tonight’s seasonal entertainment en route to the tips the Pražští barokní sólisté, under the direction of Adam Viktora, perform Agnus Dei I from Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka’s 1740 opus Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Amazon Customer Reviews: Samsung UN105S9 Curved 105-Inch 4K Ultra HD 120Hz 3D Smart LED TV
(h/t Adrian).
Well, she looks Korean to me.
No?
LinkedIn Profile
Why the FBI felt it necessary to make an “International Spectacle” of themselves instead of just blaming it on “Anonymous” (cough, front, cough), is beyond me…
Unless you think it might have something to do with the proposed laws on Internet regulations….
For every action,
Don’t Bring A Dog To A Gun Fight
When the two dogs — and their walkers — encountered each other on Friday on opposite sides of a narrow pedestrian bridge in Glen Burnie, Md., the difference between the canines must have been obvious.
One was a 180-pound Great Dane. The miniature Schnauzer weighed just 15 pounds…