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\u201cDogs are discouraged from eating people, but you can only just have so much throat in your jaws before you have to swallow\u00a0some…\u201d<\/p><\/div>I call it The Batman Fallacy, with the argument being: Batman is nuts.<\/p>\n
The ideal, when some bad thing is happening, is that a previously-unsuspected Batman should swoop in to right the wrong with some instant justice.<\/p>\n
In the second place, this is irrational just because it is unlikely. Your only reliable self-defense is your persistent defense of yourself. Yael is insurance, if you married right. Batman is imaginary.<\/p>\n
But first: Batman is nuts. In any instant matter, you might crave the intervention of a vigilant violent vindicator \u2013 but what about when you’re double-parked, you know, just for a sec?<\/p>\n
The law might be an ass, but Batman \u2013 for real, not in comic books \u2013 would be a dictator. Be careful what you wish for…<\/p>\n
In other news:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n CNBC:<\/strong> Homebuilder confidence is high, but rising costs of materials present major risks.<\/a><\/p>\n Redfin.com:<\/strong> For Low-Tax States, Four People Move In For Every One Person Who Leaves.<\/a> Rational people respond appropriately to incentives! Who’d a thunk it? They stretch out the timeline to bury the lede, of course, but it wouldn’t be Redfin without little-riot-lies.<\/p>\n City Journal:<\/strong> Galt\u2019s Gulch in Music City, USA: Nashville is attracting a sizable share of blue-state transplants looking to escape hostile economic policies or cancel culture.<\/a><\/p>\n Joel Kotkin:<\/strong> How Los Angeles Descended Into Neo-feudalism And How To Fix It.<\/a><\/p>\n Brad Polumbo:<\/strong> Lockdown-Weary New Yorkers Fled to One Free State in Droves, New Figures Show: Tens of thousands of families chose freedom over big government.<\/a><\/p>\n American Thinker:<\/strong> Bye-bye Broadway: A grim prognosis for New York\u2019s theaters.<\/a><\/p>\n Karol Markowicz:<\/strong> If woke companies really \u2018care,\u2019 let them help where it counts: fighting crime.<\/a> Any activity at all beyond mere jawbone would be an actual demonstration of an actual commitment. Accordingly: The purpose of the jawbone is to divert your attention from the company news that actually matters. Caveat lector.<\/em> Mind what goes into your mind.<\/p>\n Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas:<\/strong> Caniglia v Strom, et al.<\/a> We have one man who can do the job and eight Imposter Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cDogs are discouraged from eating people, but you can only just have so much throat in your jaws before you have to swallow\u00a0some…\u201dI call it The Batman Fallacy, with the argument being: Batman is nuts. The ideal, when some bad thing is happening, is that a previously-unsuspected Batman should swoop in to right the wrong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18298,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18298\/overnight-news-guess-what-the-police-arent-coming-now-what-batman\/","url_meta":{"origin":18153,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: Guess what? 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