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Wednesday, June 8. 2005
Fish Farming - Offshore
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Federal Program to Help Tell White Christians Apart at Polls: Dean asked for this one from Scrapple-Man. - when he said yesterday that the white Christians just keep voting repeatedly because poll workers can't tell them apart. Seriously said that. Learning to Walk - Literally. At Cognitive Daily. Immigration Alert, from The American Thinker: In fact, the total immigrant population of the United States now stands at 33 million, or 11% of the entire population, which, according to The Center for Immigration Studies, is significantly higher than at any time in history.At this rate, immigration will swell the population of the United States to 400 million in 50 years. (This includes all immigrants, legal and illegal.) Consider that we have 10.3 million illegals here now, with at least 800,000 more entering every year. In twenty years we will have 26.3 million illegals, plus any children they may have. The population of the United States when it was founded was only 3 million. This is over 8 times that number, and these people have all entered this country illegally. In fact, there are over 3 million children born in the United States to families headed by illegals. The Population Reference Bureau, furthermore, shows that the overwhelming number of illegals are men between 18 and 39 (43%) followed by Women between 18 and 39 (29%) with 17% being children. The age breakdown is important; it means that the bulk of the population is at prime childbearing age, or will be in a number of years. We are about to have a baby boom of children of illegal immigrants. I'm Sick of these money problems Excepted from The Onion: Hola, amigos. What's goin' on? I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya, but it's like life keeps raining shit down on me and I don't have a shit shovel big enough to clear it all away. My ride is giving me grief. The muffler is coming loose, so it's making a lot of noise. The car might sound badass if it were, like, a Thunderbird or something. But it's a Festiva, so it sounds like a souped-up lawn mower. I took a tin can and some muffler tape and patched the pipe up, but my repair job isn't going to last for long.
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Last Day of Sale From our Department of Free Advertising for the Worthy: Today is the final Sale Day at Wayside Nurseries.
We Yalies always enjoy winning in football, but now the crimson has pooped in its pants in public, and you almost have to feel sorry for them. Our team here has done the "Larry is a weenie" bit endlessly over recent weeks, but Powerline has taken the story a bit beyond name-calling (not that it isn't entirely justified). Scott has also quoted our favorite and most essential essay of all time - Politics and the English Language. Watch a once-grand institution try to commit slow suicide on the altar of PC: Here. Sewage in our Rivers, from DC to us. The Fed EPA wants to lower sewage standards. While such things are state and local issues, the EPA sets the minimum. Bad idea. Science Daily. Lefties in Charge of 9-11 Memorial. You won't believe this. In Dons Attic - thanks LGF. The beginning of the end of the Euro. Prins: This remarkable week has put onto the agenda a development that was previously unthinkable but which may materialise rather quicker than the elites expect: the unpicking of the euro. Read entire excellent analysis of the European runaway brides. Hodgson: Conservative Blogs Poison Political Atmosphere. Yup, blame it all on Maggie's Farm. Free speech is a big problem, isn't it? The Klein Book: The pre-emptive strike against the book has begun. The book will have no impact on anything, sorry to say. Hope I am wrong about that. Rip Currents: A timely piece, and excellent, in the NYT. I always believed that you just let it carry you, and that seems to be the case.
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Tuesday, June 7. 2005Prayers for Iowahawk: The most droll, the most wise, the most adolescent, the most...well, you know - we love the Hawk. He needs your prayers. We have been worried about him. Steyn: Hillary is Dems only hope. Repubs know it, too. How did it get to this point? Who is she and what has she done? Krauthammer on US grovelmania Ferderalist 45 and Pot: I agree with Right Thinking. What are these folks thinking on the SC? "Why would the Times publish this article?" Turner nails it but good on Tech Central. Saving Hemingway's House in Havana., in CSM. Faith of the Framers: And yet more on this recently-reawakened story. Border Patrol Catch and Release: What am I missing here? Oh, I get it - both parties are closing their eyes. From RWN. Columbia Drug Wars - A good summary in Reason A Note to Repubs in DC from the News Junkie: Earth to Repubs - you won. Act like it.
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Monday, June 6. 2005
Too Funny - Clinton gives advice to Chirac - on Drudge. Just cannot keep themselves out of the news, can they? Lens Lice, those Clintons. How do you pry their suction-cupped fingers off the cameras? What are they, when they are alone? Empty shells hoping to be filled? The Analyst might know, but she wouldn't say. There is a sickness there, I suspect.
Bad Bad Books Human Events online has compiled a list of the ten most harmful books of the 19th and 20th centuries, with The Communist Manifesto easily grabbing first place. The runner-up list provides comprehensiveness, but I'm sure there are a few more works which readers could add (or some which they feel don't belong on the list). Any ideas?
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Why is Condi Still Single? A wise group of deep thinkers by poolside Sunday afternoon concluded that it is her STUPID HAIRCUT, maybe by the same guy who cuts John Edward's hair. Because she is otherwise perfect. ![]()
Darfur. Why is no-one doing anything? Has the entire world decided that Africa is a lost cause? If you want a waking nightmare, put yourself in the shoes of these folks for about ten seconds. But the question is serious: Why?
"Larry is a Weenie, Larry is a weenie." Heather McDonald: Even Harvard’s bottomless resources cannot buy a miracle, however. So instead of a magician, the university has brought forth the next best thing: a report on “diversity” that, like all such products, possesses the power of shutting down every critical faculty in seemingly intelligent people. For connoisseurs of diversity claptrap, Harvard’s just released “Report of the Task Force on Women Faculty” is a thing of beauty, a peerless example of the destruction of higher learning by identity politics. Because the report will undoubtedly serve as the template for future diversity scams in colleges across the country, it’s worth studying. Read entire in City JOurnal. Vote won't affect EU: No, they will just keep on doing what they do, regardless: CSM They have created a kingdom of bureaucrats. NPR: There must be something sick and perverse in me that enjoys some of the NPR stuff. With only 2% of their income now coming from the govt=us, time to quit that 2% and let them do their thing. What the heck. Piece in Intell. Conservative. Hayek is of course the hero of modern conservatism and a fountain of wisdom. View from 1776 is always referring to him. A good piece on Hayek from Ocean State. Koran. Will post nothing re this trivial silly non-issue. Not worth the virtual ink and I am fresh out of virtual urine. But I will quote LaShawn: Despite what they may say, Muslims are and have always been on a mission to conquer and kill infidels. They’ve been doing it for centuries and will continue until we’re all dead, or they’re all dead, or the world ends, whichever comes first. We need to get over ourselves and focus on stopping the spread of Islamofacism. Period. Save civility and Koran “handling” for less perilous times. Gun Nut. The real thing in NJ, the kind of idiot that makes responsible gun owners look bad. Shame on this old fool (82 years old). The Dutch EU Vote has been sort of ignored by the MSM. Nice summary in Squaring the Boston Globe - quotes from the voters are great. Christian-Hating Dems: Why, why, why? Someone please explain to me why the Dems hate Christians. Harkin, in this case, but it might as well be Dean. Hillary too smart to say stuff like this, whatever she thinks - and that you will NEVER know. Captains Quarters.
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Friday, June 3. 2005Last chance to email the FEC Today is the last day the FEC will be taking public comments on their plans to regulate campaign-related speech and advertising on the internet, including blogs. Reportedly, the FEC has been disappointed by the low volume of comment. Please refer to yesterday's post here, and send the FEC a polite email, not a rant, about how you use or view blogs and how that relates to your opinion on political campaign speech-regulation on the Internet, esp in the "Blogosphere". Make sure you include your name and address - they don't read anonymous. Wellfleet, MA, on Cape Cod - last summer, of course - note the Olympics sign. Rain and/or fog, as usual. And blueberry or cranberry pancakes. Cranberry is the best. Live Aid, Band Aid, etc. Bob Geldorf is back with another version of his save-the-world rock concerts. Chrenkoff has the real story about how these well-meaning but naive efforts misfired. Kerry and the Bible Maybe it's because Gwynnie is under 24 inches tall, but she seems to notice things others don't, like how do you flush a Koran down a toilet into a septic system that you have to use daily? As a Corgi, septic systems only amuse her, but she knows they are really, really important to people. She also knows that paper clogs them mercilessly. She also knows that no person smart enough to be in the Army would foul his or her own septic system! The latest item about which she is astounded is that no bloggers have commented upon is Mr. Kerry's famous recent quote: "I went back and reread the whole New Testament the other day. Nowhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ did I find a suggestion at all, ever, anywhere, in any way whatsover, that you ought to take the money from the poor, the opportunities from the poor and give them to the rich people." Gwynnie suggests a new game of fill-in-the-blanks: Nowhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ did I find a suggestion at all, ever, anywhere, in any way whatsover, that: ___________________! The only rule is that what you use to fill in the blank must appear nowhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ, no suggestion at all, ever, anywhere, in any way whatsover! Suggestions to get you started: Nowhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ did I find a suggestion at all, ever, anywhere, in any way whatsover, that children shound be allowed to eat pizza after noon! Nowhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ did I find a suggestion at all, ever, anywhere, in any way whatsover, that you ought to take the money from the rich, the opportunities from the rich and give them to the poor people. Nowhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ did I find a suggestion at all, ever, anywhere, in any way whatsover, that John Kerry has ever picked up a Bible! Nowhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ did I find a suggestion at all, ever, anywhere, in any way whatsover, that John Kerry was fit to be president! McCain permanently in the doghouse: kiss the ass of the NYT and you are GONE, pal. AI is as gone as McCain: story here. What jerks. Grow up or go away. Deep Thought: No, not Deep Throat - that was a tempest in a teapot, all to get Tricky Dick who the lib media hated. Not that he was a nice guy, but who in politics is? They do far worse right here in West Bumfuk, MA. than Tricky Dick ever dreamed of. No, this is Henrie's piece on what Traditionalist Conservatism is all about. It deserves your time. Satanic EU: Auster thinks so.
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Thursday, June 2. 2005
Naturally the WaPo calls this a handout to the gun business but I wonder whether it might be a model for tort reform in general. If you kill someone with a Stanley hammer, can your victim's family sue Stanley, and Home Depot, where you bought the hammer? There are plentiful laws regulating the sale of firearms already, and none concerning the very lethal hammer. What is insane in this country is tort litigation, which has become a gold mine, and not "evil" products. This isn't about justice, it's about $. Excellent summary of insurgency tactics in Iraq, and their evolution, and the counter-measures, in Conferderate Yankee. Feeling good? Read this one in Democratic Underground and feel like your normal grumpy self again. Or laugh. Bloggers and the FEC: Let the FEC know what you think - RedState has the links and the info, and I quote RedState here:
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Wednesday, June 1. 2005Bird People "A loosely-knit community of birdwatchers in New York’s Central Park; ornithologists with their specimen collections at a dozen different natural history museums; bird banders gingerly extracting birds from mist nets and collecting data in upstate New York; six people searching for a nearly extinct bird in a Louisiana bayou: these are the strands that are woven together by The Birdpeople as it documents a passionate fixation."
Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" As sung by the great Tom Lehrer with charming animation by Private Hand. Kerry says he "re-read the New Testament the other day" and guess what? The New Testament is a Democrat. I can't believe this jerk. Nobody on earth "re-read the New Testament the other day." Story here. Not fun being an MD in Iraq. The problem isn't lawyers - it's armed relatives. Yes, it's from Al Jazeera, but it rings true. They have to throw in some true stuff once in a while. Egyptology: Where is Egypt headed? Interesting. Save the Tasmanian Devil. A sad story, in the NYT. Why the Tom Delay story will go away. Here. Oregon goes Canadian. Maoism arrives at the University of Oregon, and the faculty doesn't like it. But ain't it always this way - they want to do what they think is best for YOU, but hate it when it applies to THEM. Cuz they're virtuous - right? And you are evil, right? Love is powerful. Hmmm, gee, well, if the scientific studies say so, maybe it's true. Correcting the Blacklist Myth: Always thought they got more mileage out of being listed, than the other way around, in the end. A new book, noted by Simon. Lame Duck? Say it enough times, and, in DC, it becomes "true." Hey, Karl Rove - vacation's over. It's the ideas, stupid. Hawkins joins the truth squad on the left's political problems. GK Chesterton: Took a peek into that website posted yesterday. This guy could write essays. An excellent role model for all bloggers. Try this one: A Piece of Chalk
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