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Open thread May 4, 2018

Dan Crawford | May 4, 2018 5:41 am

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  • EMichael says:
    May 4, 2018 at 11:47 am

    Mystery of life.

    How does this thing have a job?

    “If you’ve ever heard of George Mason University economist Robin Hanson, there’s a good chance it was because he wrote something creepy. Over the years, the libertarian-leaning professor has become notorious in certain circles for his odd and disconcerting dips into socio-sexual commentary; he once mused on his blog, for instance, about whether women who suffered a “gentle, silent rape” were really worse off than men who experienced infidelity. Last week, Hanson was back at it again. In a post that left many readers agog, he decided to use a heinous incident of misogynistic violence as an opportunity to contemplate the concept of “redistributing” sex to men who have trouble getting laid.”

    https://slate.com/business/2018/04/economist-robin-hanson-might-be-americas-creepiest-professor.html

  • ilsm says:
    May 4, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    Cinquo De Mayo, in certain arcane* views, is linked to keeping the French (Mexico defending the Monroe Doctrine) out of the American Civil War.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Puebla May 5 1862

    While these days US, UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, GCC etc. supply and infiltrate forces to start and keep the insurrection in Syria going and the media propagandists call it a civil war!

    *I am not sure, France had a large faction which was anti slavery as did Great Britain. The benefit of a new colonial empire over Mexico and a canal was a stretch for France in their new empire.

  • ilsm says:
    May 4, 2018 at 7:33 pm

    Remember!

    This date in 1970 four university students were killed in an Ohio National Guard “riot”, a mistake on Kent State University campus.

    I do not remember it as any different than the police “riots in Chicago during the democratic convention. Others see differently.

    Like all things about Vietnam Kent State was a senseless tragedy. six students including the Jackson event along with 58000 US service men and women!

    If you were aware at that time you remember!

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