Tuesday, December 12. 2006
Forbidden Hollywood. Loophole's essay is good. I don't know any of the movies. Unchanging weather is a human right? Moonbattery . Whoever invented the term "Watermelon" had it right - Green on the outside, Red on the inside. Serious colleges. HH. Good to see the great University of Chicago on there. Students in Tehran getting feisty. Good. Gateway
 Obama insulted me. SISU. Indeed he did.
Little black dress update. I thought that the flying imams were doing a probe or a test, but now it looks like it might have been a planned extortion. Michelle Organic chicken update. Right Wing Nation. Avoid them. Blame the Jews. That's what Annan is expected to say today. NY Sun Perfect example of why the EU is a bad idea. Blue Crab Oral tolerance. How food allergies occur. Am. Scientist A Taliban ministate in N Pakistan. Nice. (via Lucianne). And apparently the Taliban army wants Pakistan back - TCS. Another civil war.
Monday, December 11. 2006
 Dept of Intolerance: Moonbattery has two examples. "Tolerance" has become a euphemism for submitting to other people's intolerance.
Department of Ignorant Politicians: RWNH UN backing off on global warming. Am. Thinker Reconsider your end of year donation to MADD. Synthstuff Darfur update: CSM. And Ralph Peters slams the world for weeping over Darfur, and doing nothing. A quote: Darfur deserves more than self-satisfied words. As does Iraq. And Afghanistan. And Zimbabwe. And Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and so many other "sovereign states." But if we're ever going to stop the killing, we first have to stop the lying. Especially the lie we tell ourselves about the universal desire for peace: Try telling that one to the Janjaweed militaman raping your wife, burning your house, taking your children into slavery - and cutting your throat. Meanwhile, the Sudanese government laughs at all of us. Khartoum is so confident that the world doesn't give a damn about black Africans that it's recently moved to destabilize neighboring Chad. The hypocrisy of the intelligentsia, here and in Europe, stinks to the throne of God. No campus seminar ever provoked a cease-fire, and no demonstration ever halted a massacre. Those who are unwilling to fight injustice will ultimately face injustice and a fight.
No More Christian Nice Guy: A book review. A quote: Fortunately, Coughlin’s testosterone-filled text promotes Christ’s masculine qualities, presenting them in a way that gives a feel for what must disturb Green Anglican Marxists: a kind of taking off of the eco-socialist rainbow robes we’ve tried to dress Jesus up in for decades. The most publicized lie, of course, is that Jesus was a non-judgmental prophet, a contradiction in terms, but a seductive myth nonetheless. Coughlin agrees. “As Mark Twain mused, Jesus said to pray for your enemies; he never said you couldn’t have any.”
Saturday, December 9. 2006
Saw The Nativity Story today. It's about Joseph. Well-done. No surprises in the story! Deval Patrick. Fooled ya again, MA. Massbackwards. Suckers. Union political dues. A national scam and a quiet, chronic scandal. Betsy. How can this be legal? Remembering Dacca. Superb blog piece: plain good writing. Jules C Good news for Medical Savings Plans. Only way to go. Good news for oil drilling too. You don't like it? Ride a bike. Can we bring back trollop and strumpet? Humbug. Methinks these words are not outdated. Dinesh D'Souza: "Thank God my grandaddy got on that boat." SDA. Anyone in America, of any color and from anywhere, should say the same. What makes raindrops? Turbulence. Olabelle. A Dr Bob recommendation. With Larry Campbell and Amy - Levon Helms' daughter. Fats and Freedom. Need I mention that Nanny-Fascists bug the hell out of me? It bothers Gandelman too. Would somebody please tell Mayor Bloomberg that he is not my Jewish mother? Next, he'll make a law to make me wear my rubbers - or try to re-do Prohibition. Yo, Mayor! I am not Jewish, and you are not my Mom. I do not want your worries about me! Get off my case. Pelosi likes campaign finance reform. As long as it doesn't apply to her. Nyhan. How about if a Repub Speaker tried that little trick? Can you see the NYT editorial?
We mentioned this poor fellow yesterday, a victim of idiotic laws and an idiot of a DA, I suspect. 15 years? (Shouldn't jail be for people who actually hurt someone else? Fines and a whuppin' for the rest of them, so we don't have to pay their keep.) But this one really takes the cake.
Friday, December 8. 2006
 Spoil sports. Moslems do not like greased pigs. MVRWC. Too damn bad. Show some tolerance: "When in Rome..."
If you are a Repub, what kind are you. A dumb quiz, via Bainbridge, here. The great Steyn, on video, on Iraq, here. Today, in 1914, a great naval victory. "What should we do? We're single parents." Volokh. You could grow up, for starters. Do you want govt to "fix" the best health care in the world? Dem Project 25 years in jail? This is insane. Poor fellow hurt no-one. Coyote. The guy should be given a good spanking, and be sent home and back to work. It's time to bring back the olde village stocks: it would not cost the taxpayer $60,000 per year to lock 'em up - for what purpose? A day or two in the stocks is enough humiliation. Seriously dirty FL politics. Gateway Jeane Kirkpatrick, American. RWNH. Ditto. Webb: An officer but no gentleman. Kim. A gentleman does not insult his host. It's quite basic to treat all with respect, regardless of one's feelings. Unless drunk, of course. Bush supports and signs one billion for autism research. Ex-Donk. Good intentions, but there is no cure for bad wiring. We are all mis-wired, but it's a matter of degree. Natural sons and daughters. Haha. Linknzona A Pagan Yule, via VA schools. There's a good idea. Witches. Don't they already own Halloween? Now they want Christmas? Greedy witches. They need to chill. A good scam, quoted from Overlawyered: "Lawyers familiar with [wheelchair user David Allen] Gunther’s activities estimate he’s taken more than $400,000 in the last 36 months, mostly from mom-and-pop shops in Garden Grove, Anaheim, Fountain Valley, Orange, Tustin, Buena Park, Stanton, Seal Beach, Santa Ana, Dana Point, Huntington Beach and Los Angeles. If true, that’s quite a haul for a man who has spent most of his adult life unemployed, according to records obtained by the Weekly."
The venerable Mount Washington Hotel featured in NY Sun. Photo above. Cool place. Their website here. I have a friend who climbed Mt. Washington in January, off-trail. Impressive. Stayed at the MWH, of course. D.C. attacks Second Amendment in Fed. Appeals Court. Newsmax. Why don't those darn evil guns just relax and sit on the shelf, and quit shooting people? Scalia and Breyer debate world views. Slate How many Bibles are there for sale? How many of them do you own? Op. Journal. Am I slightly old-fashioned to prefer the song and sound of the King James? Ebola virus wiping out gorillas. Not good. What is sin? S,C&A How genetically close are humans to sea urchins? Very. That is humbling. First Things looks at The Nativity Story, and Apocalypto, here Star swallowed by a black hole. What a mess. Alphecca. It's a very strange universe. Makes you wonder what the other ones are like. How the media builds "consensus". Quote via YARGB: 'In 1995, I published a short paper in the academic journal Science. In that study, I reviewed how borehole temperature data recorded a warming of about one degree Celsius in North America over the last 100 to 150 years. The week the article appeared, I was contacted by a reporter for National Public Radio. He offered to interview me, but only if I would state that the warming was due to human activity. When I refused to do so, he hung up on me.
Google search engines. Noticed that we had visitors to the blog searching for "lesbian experiences" last night, and "nude farm slaves," along with the regular "farm porn" searches. It's about time we did another "farm porn" post: it's usually a really nice, sexy, antique Farmall tractor, and sometimes it is turtles in love. But who knows how the lesbian experiences ended up here....not that there's anything wrong with it...
Thursday, December 7. 2006
 We now have more evidence of global warming on Mars than we do on the earth. As the ice melts, it is causing harmful erosion, and soon the beautiful natural deserts may be under ten feet of water, thus destroying potential happy habitats for camels and Arabs. (Nice for the Dutch, though, who prefer to live in swamps, below sea level.)
There may be a risk that Martian craters, now in their pristine natural form, may fill with water and be destroyed like Crater Lake in the image. Water vapor will doubtless add to the heat-trapping of Martian warming, and erosion will release more CO2 from the soil and rocks, creating a true crisis for Martian planetary stability. An atmosphere means weather, and weather means bad weather, like Katrina. Thus the policy of environmental destruction continues unabated under Bush. But what can we, as individuals, do to save the Martian environment from further degradation? More recycling and more car-pooling are fun places to start. Another good idea is to have a neighborhood "Save the Martian Environment Party." Serve Mars-friendly hors doeuvres and snacks, and exchange ideas about what we all can do to save the Martian environment. Remember: No idea is wrong! It's fun, and Mars-friendly! (Editor's Note: "Neighborhood Save the Martian Environment Party" is a UN trademark. Used with permission. "No idea is wrong" is a trademark of the US Department of Education. Also a shared international trademark of the EU Department of The People's Education, Sub-Directorate of Empathy, Pity and Condescension, Sub-sub Division of Cheerful Slogans For the Ignorant Masses. Used with permission, of course.) (Editor's Second Note: Our most humble apologies to the Dutch, and all those of Dutch extraction and to the entire Dutch community, who might have been offended, or felt insulted, by any unintentional negative connotations regarding flooding of Martian land. We know the Dutch would know how to deal with Martian flooding, and supportively and admiringly invite them to give it a try - you go straight up in the air, then take a hard left at the Moon. That will take you right there. It's the big red thing on the right, just before the Asteroid Belt.)
Wednesday, December 6. 2006
America is the most charitable nation in the world. RWN Funniest Nativity scene I've ever seen. Come 'n get it, ACLU! Breast-feeding saved those kids' lives. Heather MacDonald goes after the race hustlers. A quote: Since 1993, 11,353 people have been murdered in New York City. The large majority of victims and perpetrators have been black. Not a single one of those black-on-black killings has prompted protest or demonstrations from the city’s black advocates. Sharpton, Barron, et al. are happy to let thousands of black victims get mowed down by thugs without so much as a whispered call for “peace” or “justice”; it’s only when a police officer, trying to protect the public, makes a good faith mistake in a moment of intense pressure that they rise as vindicators of black life. (As for caring about slain police officers, forget about it. Sixteen cops—including several black policemen—have been killed since 1999, not one of whom elicited a public demonstration of condolence from the race hustlers.)
LaShawn: "Regardless of the findings, what could justify government-mandated racial discrimination, for crying out loud???" Piece here. LaShawn, we love ya, but you don't get it. It's not about skin color - it's about racial politics, pure and simple. I call it "plantation politics," regardless of the "community" involved. Be careful what you wish for. If we cripple "big pharma," we hurt ourselves. The entire world depends on us for these pills. Who's gonna develop new meds - the Post office?
Tuesday, December 5. 2006
 Why is Santa happy and tired? Because of his elves (T-rated). Yes, Rum and Coke - it's basic - and all-organic.
World's best dad. With a splendid and tear-jerking YouTube. It's about Dick Hoyt Daniel Gross gets it wrong, on medical care. Dem Project. By the way, I am still demanding free legal care, free car insurance, free dental - and free beer. Oh - almost forgot - did I mention free happiness? Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, has a new book. Interview at TCS I have heard of Britney Spears (current winner in the Firecrotch Derby), Bill Clinton (runner-up? Was he some politician or something?), Gwyneth Paltrow, Sean Penn, Al Gore, etc. But who is Norman Borlaug? A genuine celeb. Liked Bird Dog's Advent post, but it received not a single comment. Too corny, or what? I kinda thought it captured the idea. Save the House Mouse! Classical Values. Found one drowned, but well-preserved, in an uncapped bottle of extra-virgin olive oil in my cabinet recently. These mice are Euro-weenies, and do not belong in the USA. If you catch one, mail it back to France. But they make good toys for cats, if you can stand cats. Yes, being the finicky sort, I tossed out the bottle of oil.
How Sarbanes-Oxley has been destroying NYC as a financial capitol. Quote from John Fund in Op. Journal: Perhaps the top culprit in New York's relative decline as a trading center is the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate accountability rules that were put in place in 2002 in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals. Henry Tang, Hong Kong's financial secretary, couldn't be more blunt on the good fortune Sarbanes-Oxley has brought his city. "Our success is giving [Treasury Secretary] Hank Paulson a few raised eyebrows," he told a delegation from the Fraser Institute, a Canadian free-market think tank, last week. "Thank you, Mr. Sarbanes and Mr. Oxley," he said, referring to Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes and GOP Rep. Mike Oxley, the law's chief sponsors.
It's that pesky old Law of Unintended Consequences. Whole piece here.
Monday, December 4. 2006
That's the USS Makin Island (LDH 8), which will not be commissioned in San Francisco. Ship's website here. More than a vagina: Part-time Pundit. Feminism finds its "inner slut." Russia update, with Putin. CSM Re-reading Frances Fukayama. Dean Barnett Is Nancy Pelosi a political genius? Wizbang Kotb's Islamic sex program. (h/t, Jules C.)
Sunday, December 3. 2006
Hunted yesterday and this morning in northern New Hampshire (near Pittsburg, NH - The Grouse Capital of New England), and now back to good old Pittsfield, MA, with a few grouse in the bag along with some dawdling woodcock who dawdled too long. And a very tired pup, with plenty of cuts from the brambles. Our ancestors sure did name a lot of towns after William Pitt, did we not? Intrepid update. Ready to sail again. And Rightly So. I liked her fine the way she was. Hilarious YouTube: IED Hunter. Oldie but a goldie. Oh crikey! Wealth and education increase Islamic jihadism. View from the Right. Oh crikey! Those crazy Episcopalians. Or Anglicans. Or whatever. Falling apart at the seams. Lucianne The AP busted yet again! .Atlas "Goat fornicators"? That isn't nice. Very rude, and almost insulting. But is it true, multiculturally-speaking? RWHowler. Let's be tolerant of other cultural traditions: some goats are cute and horny, too! Is there a film in this? Brokeback Mountain Goat? "Love is a force of nature." Oh - it's already been done. Queen Bertha? Forgot about her, but remembered King Aethelbert, her pagan hubbie. The Dark Ages. Early Christian findings in Britain. h/t, Smart Christian Opie sent this in: Chavez will be reelected today and Castro is on his deathbed and everybody goes to Cuba to party. There is a lot happening in Latin America these days. This is one of the best sites for information.Click here: Latin American News Agency Prensa Latina
The moose? We didn't see her either until she walked out of that patch of spruce on the lower left, after the camera was zipped-up back in my pocket. There is a brown shadow - we think that was her at the edge of the water.
A superb put-down of the sanctimonious Bono. Macho Man of the Year contest The PC Poetry Corner Lessons in modesty for Britney Spears. Fabric is your friend. Negotiating with cancer A breakthrough: Apple Computer reported today that it has developed computer chips
that can store and play music inside women's breasts. This is considered a major breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts instead of listening to them.
Saturday, December 2. 2006
Winter is here. Time for nude surfing down under. Since Christmas is coming, I am thinking that it would be fun to decorate her with lights. But, on second thought, she needs no improvement.  The smell of money. Viking. Haha
By the way, how did you do on the Bovine exam? These are the best of times, world-wide. Samizdata. Granddaddy loves Dylan. Of course - he has excellent taste. Who said this? A pop quiz at Betsy The concept of "relative poverty." Asst. Village Idiot. Sounds like a way to make non-poverty sound like poverty. Daddy drove an Olds, I drive a Chevy - so I'm poor. Meine kleine Deutsche penis, at Right Thinking Smearing Mitt. With a very good point about The Globe's sudden interest in illegals, at Wizbang Killing because of stingy dowries. Lib Leanings. There's an idea for the U.S. - Dowries here have been shrinking steadily, to the point of crisis, in my opinion. Where else can a guy get capital? And, speaking of punishments, what's your opinion? Stoning or hanging for adultery? Moonbattery. For women only, natch. Boys must be boys, as Mohammed said. Christian theologian advises forgetting about Jesus, if you want to get along with others. LGF. Not a joke. Why Dick Morris thinks the Dems are now "pitiful": Ex-Donk. Slaves to their special interest caucuses. Who lives by the slave will die by the slave. What he said. Hawkins: You know, if you didn't finish high school, spent time in prison for dealing drugs, and have 3 different kids by 3 different mamas, I don't care what color you are, you're probably not going to be a very successful person. But, if you're white and behave like that, people will blame you for your behavior, while if you're black, because of the soft bigotry of low expectations, you'll have a lot of people excuse your behavior on the basis of the sort of garbage Ann McGinley wrote in the above quote.
Whole thing here.
Friday, December 1. 2006
"Critical thinking, " in practice. Rosen at Rocky Mtn News, via RCP. Yes, it is a euphemism for anti-American cant. Giant Gambian rats in Florida. Nice. Socialism in France: Not very socialistic, in fact. American.com Kling, from a piece at TCS: I have been losing interest in the contests between Democrats and Republicans in Washington. I am more anxious about the outcome of the struggle between innovators and incumbents in the field of education. The incumbent policy is more of the same. Both parties in Washington champion more government involvement in primary education and more subsidies for existing colleges and universities. The innovative policy is to support any alternative to our current education system. Ultimately, we would trust consumers to keep the best alternatives and discard the rest.
Great piece. Read it all here.
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