Links!

Hard to believe it is December with the weather we are having, not that I am complaining...I can assure you of that.  :)

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/k-dropped-from-food-stamp-program-after-not-finding-work/article_c43de9a2-a932-5b30-9df7-d5fd5d0fc7e3.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_daily202

 Color me extremely skeptical for a few reasons, such as 1) If all this Hope and Change was happening as advertised, we wouldn't have all of these poor people; 2) From my experience, it is more lucrative for SOME people to collect food stamps, rather than work; and 3) Check out the salaries of your local food pantry...just saying.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/why-students-foot-the-bill-for-college-sports-and-how-some-are-fighting-back/2015/11/30/7ca47476-8d3e-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_headlines

This is a good thing, to be sure, but after a while, a state legislature -- such as one populated by spending-cutting Tea Partiers, for instance -- needs to step in and both outlaw this nonsense, and force universities to spend on sports what they take in.  The solution would involve salary cuts, I think, as well as, say, cutting sports...but I would argue that Title IX doesn't apply; if women really cared about their sports, they'd support them -- and the same is true for men.  Crazy idea, of course, but it just might work!

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-11-30/u-s-developers-could-build-a-lot-more-apartments

I'd like to note that I am shocked, shocked, that this is happening in the blue areas...which are of course the ones that are the most costly to live in -- and thus need these less-expensive options to single-family housing for residences.