Where the Slaves Were Actually Shipped from Africa

 Notice the small amount that was actually shipped to the colonies. Yet white guilt seems to belong only to Americans.

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- Jonathan Turley on why the House has no choice but to Impeach Joe Biden. Now every Democrat up for election will now have to face questions about Hunter Biden.

-  Reports say the Pentagon misled Congress about bases in Africa. What else could they be lying about?

- On a related note: VDH on the historical lessons of Imperialism in history.

- Any trust I had with the CIA is gone

War and Food

Arabs fear for wheat supplies after Russia invades Ukraine. There will be bread riots in the Middle East and Africa. And don't forget China who has trouble feeding itself as well.

This is a chance for America to deploy some food diplomacy. We are the world's breadbasket. Just converting the corn used to make Ethanol back to food for human beings, starving human beings, could make a big difference. And we should make that pivot from biofuels back to food permanent. 

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- And the entire continent of Africa is not a small sample size either.

- China's Microsoft hack may have had a bigger purpose than just spying. We keep seeing stories like this yet so many remain in denial that China is not our friend. (HT Stephen Landry)

- One of my favorite Elon Musk Tweets

- Fresh insights into the growing home garden trend. When I was growing up it seemed half of the homes in my neighborhood grew tomatoes and other vegetables. Now I'd be curious on the percentage of homes that grew tomatoes vs legal marijuana plants?

- The Locker Room. Interesting take on culture and competition in the investment world.

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- How often do underdogs win outright in college football? Interesting - underdogs of between 10.5-14 points win one out of every five games while underdogs of 7.5 -10 points win outright one out of every four games.

- Sweden - "the country the media loved to hate is reaping the best of all worlds: Few current cases and deaths, stronger economic growth than the lockdown countries, and its people never experienced the yoke of tyranny."

- Some good news out of Africa

- Flying X-Wings Into the Death Star: Andreessen on investing and tech. A long read but Marc Andreessen interviews are ALWAYS worth the time.

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- West Virginia implements the most expansive school choice program in the country. Good for West Virginia! It will be interesting to see how this program effects state standardized test score. (HT Instapundit)

- Personal data from over 500 million Facebook users leaked online. Why anyone is still on Facebook is beyond me.

- Why is Africa the global COVID "Cold Spot" and why are we afraid to talk about it?  When science isn't politically correct it becomes cancelled.

- Cracking the Case of London's Elusive, Acrobatic Rare-Book Thieves

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Heh heh - Joe Biden: "I'm just like you regular folk. I put my pants on one arm at a time",,, A blonde is a blonde. A brunette is a brunette. A redhead is a redhead. So what do you call a woman with black hair? She's not a "black" and definitely not a "blackhead." And don't come at me with raven because that's a bird or a pro football player from Baltimore... Ron Rivera is a good man. He'll make someone an excellent coach next year with the team with the most obvious need for someone like Rivera being the Cleveland Browns... It has to be said that the world has really gone to hell since the passing of Abe Vigoda. Was he some sort of sentinel guarding the gates of chaos or something?... This is an interesting map. Islam is losing its grip on Northern Africa. Also interesting is in these sorts of graphs red is generally bad and green generally good. Were the map makers trying to insinuate that religion on a whole is bad?... As a rule I don't judge people but I will judge you if you play Hotel California on a digital jukebox that has access to thousands of other songs. And my verdict won't be kind...

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- Billy Joel screws up lyrics to We Didn't Start The Fire and handles it great

- Speaking of screwed up lyrics - Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter by Misheard Lyrics

- Interesting - Biomarkers could tell doctors when concussed athletes are OK to return to sports

- Africa is a really big place

- Carlton Fisk's historic HR ball up for sale

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- Heh heh - where the customer always comes first!

- When Clarence Thomas wrote to George Jones

- I want this painting for my place - JFKFC

- The human body truly is amazing. Why your nose gets stuffy one nostril at a time.

- George W. Bush saved more lives than any other President