I looked through our ABC Carpet link and found the rug in the photo. A Caucasian Kazak, my favorite "brand." Readers, buy it for me! It would add beauty to my life.
Malthus, Scrooge, and others.
Lionel Tiger on bonobos and utopia
What the heck is this "ranked choice voting" all about?
Most embarassing global warming claims of 2008
Cigarettes are sublime. Too true.
Harold Pinter hated us.
Quoted at Big Lizards:
The U.N. General Assembly split over the issue of gay rights on Thursday after a European-drafted statement calling for decriminalization of homosexuality prompted an Arab-backed one opposing it.
Diplomats said a joint statement initiated by France and the Netherlands gathered 66 signatures in the 192-nation assembly after it was read out by Argentina at a plenary session. A rival statement, read out by Syria, gathered some 60.
The State is our shepherd
Jeb Bush? Why not?
Why we need newspapers. Surber. I agree. Just the facts, please.
A final look at Barack, The Magic Negro
From New England Repub:
Obama isn’t going to put gas in your car nor pay your rent. As for Gov Patrick, he thinks you’re good for one thing, more taxes, and Barney Frank doesn’t like you.
Now compete with Jose for the lawn mowing job.
From Andy McCarthy:
The question is whether the Palestinian people are educable. Which brings me back to the first point: the Palestinians voted to put in power — i.e., vest with the power of a quasi-sovereign government — a terrorist organization which thinks legitimate governing consists of bringing about the annihilation of its sovereign neighbor and, meantime, targeting the said neighbor's civilian population with bombing attacks. When you do that, you make yourself a target.
There are worse things than war — like Hamas. They have to be defeated, just like al Qaeda had to be defeated in Iraq.
Sowell, via Betsy:
Detroit and Michigan have followed classic liberal policies of treating businesses as prey, rather than as assets. They have helped kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. So have the unions. So have managements that have gone along to get along.
Toyota, Honda and other foreign automakers are not heading for Detroit, even though there are lots of experienced automobile workers there. They are avoiding the rust belts and the policies that have made those places rust belts.
A bailout of Detroit's Big Three would be only the latest in the postponements of reality.
George Bush, The Great Liberator. I'm down with that. Good man, lousy pol.
Quoted at American Digest:
President-Elect Man-Child:
The man-child projects a simultaneous sense of not being comfortable in his own skin and perpetually on display to others. He's twitchy, approval-seeking, and doesn't know when to shut up. He's never been tested to anywhere near the limits of his physical or moral courage, and deep within himself he knows that because of this he is weak. Unproven. Not really a man. And it shows in a lot of little ways - posture, gaze patterns, that sort of thing. He'll overreact to small challenges and freeze or crumble under big ones. - Armed and Dangerous ? Blog Archive ? Where the men are
Reality will grow him up, as it does with all of us. He has had a charmed life thus far, in many ways.
