1. It must be disconcerting to feminists that the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire is the inventor of Spanx - those undergarments that do so much to perpetuate the myth of the feminine beauty ideal.
She first brought me the familiar Olive Garden salad bowl with crisp greens, peppers, onion rings and yes — several black olives. Along with it came a plate with two long, warm breadsticks. [Ed: Giggidy]
The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day. The portion was generous. My server was ready with Parmesan cheese.
It’s ROMANO cheese!!1!!11!! ROMANO!!
3. President Obama is lobbying Democratic senators to block passage of the Keystone pipeline bill. It must be remembered that Warren Buffet is now Barack Obama’s most-favoriteist suitor and that Buffet – whose Berkshire Hathaway owns a majority of railroad company BNSF - stands to benefit handsomely from curtailment of the pipeline for two reasons. A pipeline decreases the need for railroad transportation as a pipeline is more efficient and cheaper than railroads. Also, a more reliable and cheaper oil source decreases the demand for coal – which is a railroader’s staple.
4. Bill Whittle lays out the argument behind Sowell’s concept of the constrained and the unconstrained vision which I’ve written about a lot (h/t William). Understanding these visions and the arguments that follow from holding either one of them is more important than liberal and conservative labels.
On his best records, Springsteen was simply a storyteller: He wrote about the white working class because that’s what interested him, that’s the world he knew best. In recent years, self-consciousness has taken hold; he’s never sounded so dutiful about his role as bard of the masses.
6. More consequentialist arguments for mandated birth control for women: how birth control boosts women’s salaries. As if an actual pill manufactures paychecks out of thin air. What’s the final destination here? A policy similar to China’s one-child limitation? Forced birth control dosing?
1) I don’t believe for a minute that the Spanx inventor is worth as much as the Under Armor inventor.
2) Parmesan, romano, who knew? Simple woman, simple needs, well written article. No one should make fun of her just because she is glad to get something that people in more populated areas take for granted.
1) I don’t believe for a minute that the Spanx inventor is worth as much as the Under Armor inventor.
Generally speaking, women outspend men on clothing by a longshot. And Spanx appeals to women across a broad spectrum of ages and has a sizable European market.
Bruce Springsteen didn’t come into his own as a bard of the white working classes until he hit his stride with ballads of Amado Diallo and anti Prop 209 concerts.
Okay, I get it. Anyway, Bruce’s Rosalita video is a great example of hypergamy in action. The girls are literally charging the stage just to touch and kiss him.
From Slate: “In “We Are Alive” he sings about striking 19th-century railroad workers, ’60s civil rights martyrs, and Mexican migrants. That’s a lot of “we” to cover in a single verse.”
Yeah, all those government preferences and cultural glorification went to their heads.
As if. The past 40 years has been about the non-working “class”. It’s still shitty to be working poor. Much better to not be working at all. Comes with considerably more spending cash.
That post is the only reason anybody is talking about this thing. Read that smarmy bit of leftish bullying and class-snobbery, and tell me you still think the little old lady’s newspaper column is worth mocking…
My *only* defense is that I work at Olive Garden and reserve the right to be cynical as hell. And the thing about Romano cheese is a long-running joke among servers at work. All customers think it is parmesan cheese, and the servers never correct them in the name of “the customer is always right”. So the myth perpetuates.
Chuck, the new McDonald’s down the street is completely different, especially considering you are not in Grand Forks. I am actually surprised that it just got an Olive Garden considering it is home to UND and 52K people. It may not be “hopping” and it is probably expensive to get a flight out of, but I am willing to bet that Grand Forks is a great to live.
“That post is the only reason anybody is talking about this thing. Read that smarmy bit of leftish bullying and class-snobbery, and tell me you still think the little old lady’s newspaper column is worth mocking…”
You won’t ever see the leftists doing posts making fun of black people eating the crap at McDonald’s. I’ve noticed in my hometown of indianapolis that you can tell the racial composition of any neighborhood without even seeing anyone there when you drive through. Just look at the restaurants. If every restaurant is cheap fast food, it’s a black neighborhood. Even if they have the money, they often prefer that to chain restaurants like Olive Garden or Red Lobster. Spending money on chain restaurants with waiters and slightly higher quality food is a white thing.
I love Spanx.
And Sarah Blakely is pretty good looking, too.
1) I don’t believe for a minute that the Spanx inventor is worth as much as the Under Armor inventor.
2) Parmesan, romano, who knew? Simple woman, simple needs, well written article. No one should make fun of her just because she is glad to get something that people in more populated areas take for granted.
1) I don’t believe for a minute that the Spanx inventor is worth as much as the Under Armor inventor.
Generally speaking, women outspend men on clothing by a longshot. And Spanx appeals to women across a broad spectrum of ages and has a sizable European market.
Bruce Springsteen didn’t come into his own as a bard of the white working classes until he hit his stride with ballads of Amado Diallo and anti Prop 209 concerts.
What is wrong with that woman’s review of The Olive Garden?
My mom loves Bruce and his liberal politics.
Bruce probably saw the white working class he identified get spoiled, and started to look for a new underdog.
I should write a review of the mcdonalds that was just built down the road. “the big macs are big, and the french fries are fried.”
Okay, I get it. Anyway, Bruce’s Rosalita video is a great example of hypergamy in action. The girls are literally charging the stage just to touch and kiss him.
From Slate: “In “We Are Alive” he sings about striking 19th-century railroad workers, ’60s civil rights martyrs, and Mexican migrants. That’s a lot of “we” to cover in a single verse.”
Yeah Bruce. Seriously. Just pick one.
“Bruce probably saw the white working class he identified get spoiled,”
Yeah, all those government preferences and cultural glorification went to their heads.
As if. The past 40 years has been about the non-working “class”. It’s still shitty to be working poor. Much better to not be working at all. Comes with considerably more spending cash.
That Olive Garden review is a hot meme today only because the assholes at Gawker made it one:
http://gawker.com/5891587/grand-forks-olive-garden-receives-positive-review-update
That post is the only reason anybody is talking about this thing. Read that smarmy bit of leftish bullying and class-snobbery, and tell me you still think the little old lady’s newspaper column is worth mocking…
Thomas,
My *only* defense is that I work at Olive Garden and reserve the right to be cynical as hell. And the thing about Romano cheese is a long-running joke among servers at work. All customers think it is parmesan cheese, and the servers never correct them in the name of “the customer is always right”. So the myth perpetuates.
Chuck, the new McDonald’s down the street is completely different, especially considering you are not in Grand Forks. I am actually surprised that it just got an Olive Garden considering it is home to UND and 52K people. It may not be “hopping” and it is probably expensive to get a flight out of, but I am willing to bet that Grand Forks is a great to live.
“That post is the only reason anybody is talking about this thing. Read that smarmy bit of leftish bullying and class-snobbery, and tell me you still think the little old lady’s newspaper column is worth mocking…”
You won’t ever see the leftists doing posts making fun of black people eating the crap at McDonald’s. I’ve noticed in my hometown of indianapolis that you can tell the racial composition of any neighborhood without even seeing anyone there when you drive through. Just look at the restaurants. If every restaurant is cheap fast food, it’s a black neighborhood. Even if they have the money, they often prefer that to chain restaurants like Olive Garden or Red Lobster. Spending money on chain restaurants with waiters and slightly higher quality food is a white thing.