Don Burton

Small-government conservative, small-L libertarian. “Ars gratia artis.” 丼屯

[Don Burton @deburton63]

@michaelshermer @instapundit @daumkeziah Rule of thumb: no one who complains about cultural appropriation has ever created anything that anyone would think was worth appropriating.

[Don Burton @deburton63]

@AmazingPopPod We’re almost the same age.

[Don Burton @deburton63]

@SandyofCthulhu Unfortunately, they're basically stuck with their system. Going to a purely phonetic system was considered, post-war, but it's impractical due to all the homonyms and needing to decide where to put in word breaks. Conversely they can't just use kanji because of inflected words.

[Don Burton @deburton63]

The WSJ has been a lost cause for years now.

[Mark Penn @Mark_Penn]

War at the Journal

I’ve never seen a greater disconnect from reality in covering the news.

Front page WSJ: the caption calls the stabbing co-pilot “a rogue pilot.” Rogue? No use of the words “high jacking” or “terrorist.” Quite a cad this rogue.

Article says no clear motive but there are “troubling possibilities”

Then comes this doozy of a paragraph:

“Negotiations to end the war that Israel and the U.S. launched against Iran appear stalled, and anger runs high over Israel’s conduct in the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.”

No mention here of Oct. 7th, Hamas or Hezbollah or Iran’s link to terrorism in the UK yesterday — clearly the US or Israel must be to blame for this incident.

Contrast the editorial inside at the same moment with the headline about how brave passengers averted a “highjacking” and calling the stabber a “terrorist” and putting it in the context of the Iranian actions, threats and history of terrorism.

It seems if you want the news straight you need to read the Ed page and I’m at a loss as to the game being played on the front page, but there are “troubling possibilities.”

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

In California, numbskull. Back in America it’s $4.00

[Don Burton @deburton63]

So glad I canceled my subscription.

[Arynne Wexler @ArynneWexler]

Dude

A Muslim pilot stabbed his copilot and tried to crash the plane full of passengers

But @WSJ called it “an apparent struggle” with “both pilots injured”

Have some fucking moral clarity

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

NY Times just got hit with a BRUTAL community note.

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

Oh give me a break - you and all the fake news organizations purposely lied, enjoy the community note.

[Matt Cover @MattCover]

The actual cure for student loans is simply to make the schools hold the loan.

If the school is on the hook for the loan, it has a real interest in a) charging a price that reflects the future earnings of students and b) taking reasonable measures to ensure the students succeed

[GG @GarryGates]

The NFL has released footage of the proper technique Chop Robinson should have used to hit Patrick Mahomes.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

what Elon Musk has done to make my life better:

- electric cars
- satellite internet
- saved free speech

what Jeff Bezos has done to make my life better:

- nationwide next-day delivery
- architecture that powers the internet

what Larry Page and Sergey Brin have done to make my life better:

- made the internet searchable
- online email and documents platform

what Mark Zuckerberg has done to make my life better:

- social media to keep me connected to friends
- online ads platform

what Larry Ellison has done to make my life better:

- database software for my businesses
- data centers for AI and cloud computing

what Jensen Huang has done to make my life better

- hardware that powers the AI revolution

what Bernie Sanders has done to make my life better:

[Don Burton @deburton63]

I don’t understand why the Chargers are playing a team from the SWAC.

[Hawkeye Football @HawkeyeFootball]

NO EXTRA TIME NECESSARY

[Leo @Leonajardinho]

My sister bought a starter home in suburban Ohio back in 2018 for $195,000.

Her property taxes were originally $2,400 a year.

Last week, her county completed its mandatory 6-year reappraisal and arbitrarily jacked her home’s paper valuation up by 42%.

Her new tax bill? $4,600 a year…. adding nearly $200 every single month to her escrow payment.

She hasn't remodeled the kitchen, added a pool, or upgraded a single square foot. She just painted the front porch and mowed the lawn.

When she called the county auditor to protest, they told her: "Your home’s market value increased based on recent neighborhood comps."

She looked at the representative and said:
"I’m not selling my house. I just live in it. Why am I paying a penalty tax on unrealized equity I can’t spend?"

Unrealized capital gains taxes aren't a futuristic policy proposal.

Local governments are already enforcing them every single year through property tax reassessments.

[Don Burton @deburton63]

Haha

[Andrew Malcolm @AHMalcolm]

No thank you

[Will Collier @willcollier]

This mindless educrat nonsense drives me to an inchoate rage. I was reading at 3, and tested out at high school level my first day of school. Being an early and voracious reader was the single greatest advantage in my life.
https://t.co/UkbP6QRkXX

[Don Burton @deburton63]

@MerriamWebster Disinterested does not mean uninterested.

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

Never trust the Fed.

[Don Burton @deburton63]

I liked Arrested Development, both The Offices, It's Always Sunny. Saw: Mad Men (a few episodes, didn't care for it), Curb Your Enthusiasm (same), Parks and Rec, Black Mirror. Plus one episode of Schitt's Creek because Linda Thorson from The Avengers guested. I think that's it.

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

Succession was the most loathsome, zero redeeming value TV show I have ever watched for more than 3 episodes, and I have a personal vendetta of revenge against everyone who told me to watch it and then assured me it would get better

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

Every Midwesterner this week

[Don Burton @deburton63]

A partner at the law firm I worked at for described some settlement agreements as "we didn't do anything, and we promise not to do it again."

[CarolinaConservative3 @1776Carolina3]

Great news! That thing that "absolutely was NOT HAPPENING"....is now going to be happening less. 🙄