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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Israel's Iron Prime Minister

- Michael Shermer: Free Speech and Theater Fires. Even Oliver Wendell Homes Jr. later said his quote was wrong.

- Colorado Springs artist appeals rejection of trademark over AI art.

- Why satellites are finding more Mayan ruins than ever before. (HT Borepatch)

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- FIRE probably underestimates how badly universities are burning.

- Churchill Endures by Michael Mandelbaum. (HT Execupundit)

- California Bill requires all new cars to beep if going 10 MPH over the speed limit. This will kill sales of new cars in the state if the law remains.

- Democrats aren't creating disorder; they're preserving it.

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- Bari Weiss: Dark Tunnels and Moral Beacons. Morning the deaths of 6 Israeli hostages brutally killed.

- Mathbabe Blog. Periodic math-related content that I'm going to check out. Can't vouch for the quality - but like I said wanted to check it out.

- Glenn Reynolds with some thoughts on Labor Day

- Government censorship and the war on free speech. Reminder that Kamala Harris's campaign manager was one of the ones in charge of government censorship in the Biden-Harris administration.

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- From the archive: Thomas Sowell's 3 questions. Good practice to be in.

- John Fetterman has no regrets. Interesting (but longish) profile of a guy who could become the face of a new Democratic Party or is one step away from saying he's an Independent.

- Jonathan Turley on the EU declaring war on free speech in the US. People should boycott traveling to Europe in favor of traveling to US states instead in response to this attack on our "indispensable right." Tourism from America to the EU is big business.

- Biden accused of abuse of power, obstruction in blistering House Republican impeachment report. Not new details but still kind of chilling to see this all documented in one place.

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- Supreme Court strikes down Biden/Harris Title IX stance. Big win for biological females.

- Social media and smart phones in schools.

- Elon Musk, X, and Free Speech must be protected. People used to value free speech - what happened?

- On price controls. Or as Kamala Harris calls it "price gauging," (HT Steve Layman)

 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share,

- The Comic Books Script Archive. Probably spend hours here. (HT Tim Ferriss)

- Brits are setting up "decoy" protests to lure in Islamist counter-protesters that police then have to deal with. Genius!

- Jonathan Turley: A Harris-Walz administration would be a disaster for free speech. A woman who claims to be black and a man who claims to be a combat veteran want to be in charge of what you are allowed to say.

- Even Tim Walz' National Guard chaplain calls him "cowardly." Wow!

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- There was never a Beepocalypse

- Trillions in tax dollars hasn't made wind or solar power better or less expensive. Time for nuclear power!

- Unscientific American. Haven't even looked at the magazine in years. Long time ago they went from writing about science to writing garbage.

- Two sets of free-speech on college campuses. You can fly a Palestinian flag on college campus but not a Confederate one and you can scream "kill the Jews" but not mutter the lyrics of a popular song that says the N-word.

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- Jonathan Turley on the Left's lack of support for free speech.

- Tucker Carlson Episode 90

- From the archives: Why Dune's litany against fear is good advice.

- Where does $1 US tax dollar go?

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly; but the good endures. If you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure; the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures." - Gaius Musonius Rufus

"Offer me money. Offer me power. I don't care. I'll say what I want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it." - Elon Musk

"War is when the government tells you who the bad guyis. Revolution is when you decide for yourself." - Benjamin Franklin

"The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." - Samuel Johnson

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- The Robert Heinlein interview. Interesting read. The quote by Heinlein, "You can't learn from a man who agrees with you" is a wise one. (HT Harvey Morrell)

- Elon Musk on the 7-month sentence against meme artist Douglass Mackey

- Houston Astros get caught stealing signs. Jim Harbaugh and Michigan say, "Hold my beer."

- Interesting: Do you have a question for Tim Ferriss based on his blog or podcast? Go ahead and ask his AI. This could be the future.

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- The Democrats Jan 6th narrative is falling apart. Nancy Pelosi said she never spoke with the Capital Police but Police Chief Sund has the receipts.

- The Daily Coach on Commitment vs Hard Work

- On a related note" former FBI DC head is caught perjuring himself on Jan 6th testimony. Will he face any repercussions?

- We should not be listening to the UN or New Zealand when it comes to free speech.

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- Dan Wetzel on Dabo Swinney. Have a gut feeling tat Clemson isn't done yet.

- Harvard is named worst school for free speech - getting 0 out of a possible 100 points. However, on the Harvard grading slope that's a B.

- Was Wagner boss's assassination business or revenge?

- VDH on what the Left did to our country. He does not spare Barack Obama from being crucified. 

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- Thomas Sowell's Three Question. Good practice to ask these questions in all aspects of your life.

-  City Journal on Jordan Peterson on trial in Canada. I'm on team Peterson. Hail Lobster! (HT Execupundit)

- Jonathan Turley on free speech on campus in the US. Mask policies should be universally condemned. Maine should be ashamed of itself.

- China is working hard to influence your opinion. Don't let them! And remember it is against the law to post or share any negative economic information about China in China - a clear tell that the CCP is afraid of the truth.

And fight child sex trafficking. What's not to like? 

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- .According to Yahoo! Arizona is all set to join the Big 12. Next up Arizona State and Utah?

- The 13 most beautiful libraries in the world. Think all libraries are beautiful but that's just me I guess. (HT Some Its Just as Well)

- .Tucker Carlson episode 13 up on Twitter X. Less than 300k views as I type this.

- Jonathan Turley on Making History the Wrong Way. Too bad the title "A Bridge Too Far" is already taken when discussing the charges against Donald Trump.

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Remember thar all is opinion." - Seneca

"They don't ban hate speech; they ban speech they hate." - Elon Musk

"The Government seeks a stay of the injunction so that it can continue violating the First Amendment." - Judge Terry Doughty

"Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come though people feeling quite certain about something which, was in fact, false." - Bertrand Russell