Wednesday, January 31. 2007
Maggie's Farm is up and running. Limping, bleeding, but alive to fight  another day. See our post from last night on Our Denial of Service Attack. We continue to block a good deal of our legitimate traffic, and commenting will be open sporadically today - if at all. An Aussie is offended by the Aussie flag. I am offended that the Aussie is offended. Mark Green's brother buys him a radio network. Air America. What a nice brother. Those outside the northeast don't know who Mark Green is. Here's the story. Mr. Edwards Builds his Dream House. Richard Clark - yes, that Richard Clark, on Iran. When people ask "When will we go to war with Iran?", I say "We already are." Meanwhile, Jon Cary attacks the US from Iran. That is beyond dissent: that is disloyal, if not utterly insane. But that's why we call him Pariah Kerry. Someone needs to run against him in MA. How about it, Neo-neocon? Two new books by Warming doubters. via Drudge Some of the problems with Vista. Chris Hedges scares me. Coyote A rational Senator? Lugar on Iraq.
Tuesday, January 30. 2007
Just got off the phone with our Webmeister Chris. Here's what I learned about the Denial of Service (DOS) "attack" which we have been dealing with on and off since Thursday, and which has made access for our readers intermittently difficult or, today, impossible. We have been subjected to what is termed a DOS Botnet Attack, consisting mainly of lengthy black market drug advertisements, containing multiple links, directed to our trackback system and to our commenting system (which is why they are shut down at the moment). A "bot" is, of course, a robotic software program. Chris determined that this attack is coming from China, India, Japan, and Korea, simultaneously. It is probably a criminal consortium of some sort - and a large one. DOS attacks are not designed to damage specific sites, and they are not designed to result in a DOS - after all, that would defeat the purpose, which is advertising. Like any parasite, a bot is not intended to kill its host - just to feed off it. Just like the Welfare State.
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Moscow Mayor terms gay parade "Satanic." via Drudge. Why married people don't want sex. Dr. Helen LaShawn reminds us of an important piece by Walter Williams - Bogus Rights Color photos from the Depression Era. Very cool. (h/t, Done with Mirrors) Taking offense is offensive. Indeed it is, and hostile and manipulative too. Am Thinker. A quote: The great victory of the left is that it has made us apologize for being right. A few may be truly offended, being in the grip of primitive pride. But, mostly, we are in the grip of a primitive ploy. We need more offensiveness, not less. We must offend the liars, the degraded, the darkness, the destroyers of civilization. So my answer to the offended is, you have every right to be offended. Now, grow up. If you can't sit at the table of reasoned debate, go back to your bread and circuses. Let the adults figure out the problems of the world.
The new Battleground Poll shows a conservative America. Intell Cons. The anti-war march. Old folks, reminiscing about 1968. Some people never grow up. (h/t, Instapundit) Quite pathetic, really.
Monday, January 29. 2007
 China warns against "wine and women" at Olympics. I guess song is OK.
A case against women's suffrage, at Althouse. Emotional, impulsive, and elections are a popularity contest, like high school. Is that true? Dumbest thing: he put the duck in the fridge without cleaning it. And now the bird has a name. Sheesh. Can he shoot it again? The debate about Iran's role in Iraq. Regime Change Iran From a piece at Driscoll: Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times runs a piece titled, "Was 9/11 really that bad?" with the subhead, "The attacks were a horrible act of mass murder, but history says we're overreacting".
Yeah, LA Times. Let's wait 'til they do something really bad. Ethanol and corn prices. Willisms Webb, and absolute vs. relative poverty. Betsy. Good point. Now that absolute poverty is gone in the US, the envy-mongers need to focus on relative poverty. What else can they do? Everybody is relatively poor, compared to someone. New black realism in a post-civil rights world. Hymowitz in City Journal. A quote: For a younger generation of blacks, the symbolic, I-marched-with-Martin politics, not to mention the Jackson-style cronyism that it often degenerated into, doesn’t cut it—and not just because this generation is too young to have felt the billy clubs at Selma. Instead of rights activists and ministers, many of these newcomers are lawyers or businessmen. Even though a few grew up poor, they’ve all spent their formative years swimming in the mainstream, including major universities, corporations, and law firms, and they are now solidly middle class. “These politicians are comfortable in a post–civil rights world,” explains Vanderbilt political science professor Carol Swain, author of Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress. “They’ve had white friends; they’ve had white girlfriends. They may still be frustrated by racism at times, but they’re functioning fine in the world they’re living in.”
Sunday, January 28. 2007
This was some fight. NY Sun. This is what happens when they stand and fight - 200-300 bad guys dead, two Americans dead in the chopper, and 2 dead Iraqi soldiers.
 Ethanol production damaging the Mexican tortilla business.
Iran in Iraq. It's not news, but watch us go after them...covertly, and at night. Prelapsarian, innocent vs. naive, and pompous language. Shape of Days. The BEEB bans LGF. Augean Stables. Are Americans saving enough for retirement? Cowen Liberals don't give a damn about human rights. Gay Patriot Is freedom dying in Central Europe? Reason Ruth Wisse in Opinion Journal. What happened to America, I wonder? A quote: The year was 1917. At the beginning of the spring semester, the Harvard Crimson reported that 1,000 undergraduates were ready to enlist in the Reserve Officers' Training Program (ROTC), including students from the law school, from other graduate schools, and even members of the faculty. The recent crisis in international affairs had created a need for qualified military leaders, and the editorial hailed the school's vigorous response to it: "That Harvard is the first University to adopt an intensive system of training officers should not be a matter of pride, but rather a basis for the hope that other colleges will establish the same system, and that the foundations of a great citizen army will be laid among our young men." Ninety years later, Harvard leads in the opposite direction.
 Wake up America! Civilization calls!
Red-neck fun - human sling shot. YouTube Milblogger interviews milblogger. Roggio talks with PFC Alanko. Your blog helped my law school grades. Volokh The Mavericks sing Blue Moon. Nice The future of hydrogen power. Env. Economics How much autonomy will doctors give up? Kevin MD. In socialized medicine, you doctor doesn't work for you anymore. A suicidal Turkey? Ralph Peters Global warming throughout the Solar System Black Hawk Up. David Warren The Guardian loves Chavez, because it means Socialism is Back! Up from Liberalism. Powerline takes a look at recovering liberals. Consider taking The Pledge. No, not the pledge to quit drinking. Krauthammer on energy. A quote: There is no free lunch. Producing energy is going to produce waste. You pick your poison and you find a way to manage it. Want to do something about global warming? How many global-warming activists are willing to say the word nuclear?
So much easier to say ethanol. That it will do farcically little is beside the point. Our debates about oil consumption, energy dependence, and global warming are not meant to be serious. They are meant for show.
Saturday, January 27. 2007
Listen to the recording - it's a kick, and a grammar lesson. Nyhan. But who is prolix here? (Just an idea: Prolix - the new antidepressant that gets you talking again.)
 Why the dude photo? Opie complained that we never show any eye candy for the gals. So here's a photo of me, in my side job. Yes, I do work out. No, there is not a wad of kleenex in those shorts. And I am straight. And no, you cannot have my phone number.
Hollywood loved Bill, but they do not seem to love Hillary. Not their type. Heck, that's in her favor, but she is not for me. Does Mormonism bother you? Not me. RWNH. Romney is OK with me. Where would we be without government's help? Spain decrees fashion sizes. Althouse. Hahahaha. It's not a joke. Journalism is a dying trade. Not at Maggie's Farm, but we don't get paid. No benefits, either, other than world-wide fame. On the other hand, we rely on journalists, but we take them with a tablespoon-full of salt. We prefer Michael Yon and his ilk, the volunteers. Going after the Iranian govt. About time. Jawa. Get those "special forces" on the job. No contest. Mountain lion attack. A tough lady. Cao. Everybody is on this cool story. The heartbreak of income inequality. Cowen (!) in the NYT. (via Instapundit - how does he do it, with a job? Well, he's a Prof, but still...) The new UN scandal. What is the US doing with these scumbags? Unions are still dying. No wonder they want the illegals. Eventually, the only unions will be government employees, which is truly ridiculous when you think about it. Anchor Rising The gay sheep story, at the NYT. What was this all about, anyway? Apaches in Baghdad. Iraq the Model. This so-called country is nuts. Numerology gone wild, in Belgium. Is this satire? Brussels Journal. A jet-powered turtle. Perfect. You thought guns were illegal in Britain? Silly you. The crims have all the guns they want. Dust my Broom. The honest people have nothing. My solution: Arm the populace, and train them in handguns. Winning elections. This quote is right, alas, from Neo-neo: Most of today's politicians are pragmatic, rather than principled (perhaps it was ever thus); and their pragmatism tends to focus on a single goal: getting re-elected.
Unremitting opposition--with no need to come up with a better alternative--has defeated the Republicans, put the Democrats in power, and contributed to the lowest approval ratings for Bush of his Presidency (he's done his bit in that endeavor, as well). So it's not surprising that so many Republicans (especially those in somewhat liberal states) are jumping on the oppositional bandwagon as well.
Friday, January 26. 2007
Chicago Bears inspire a city still reeling from the Great Fire of 1871 The new military ray gun Obesity and osteoporosis. Apparently carrying 80 lbs. of lard around doesn't help. One would think that it would. Dogs and health.: "In some cases, the social support offered by an animal is greater than the support another human could offer." Ain't that the truth. Calorie quiz. Rich guy wins yacht race.
Thursday, January 25. 2007
 Sent to re-education treatment facility for bad thoughts. Definitely watch the video. Ex-Donk
Please take a few minutes to read the Fukuyama post from yesterday - you won't regret it. It is meaty and important. Polipundit: Re Duke and Nifong's come-uppance, "And the chorus of cheers from “civil liberties” liberals everywhere is just deafening." Newt warns of holocaust. YNET Shacking up with Jesus. Spirit and Eros, at Asst. Village Idiot Blatant racial sterotyping in the NYT. Horsesfeathers. A quote: Thank goodness for the New York Times; without it we might think America had made progress towards overcoming discrimination. Instead we stand reminded that whites are cold, robotic, uncaring exploiters of blacks and that success by blacks occurs because they possess the empathic intelligence lacking in their white counterparts. Thanks Selena, we needed that!
Wednesday, January 24. 2007
 Comments on the SOTU from Michelle and Powerline. The NY Sun editorial here.
A pre-comment on Bush and medical care. Kesler at Dem Project Global warming backpedalling. Moonbattery Abandon hope, all ye who read here. (Finally added this blog buddy to our blogroll) Ahmadinejad getting deeper into trouble in Iran. How long can he last? Ethanol is a scam. Maggie's readers already know this: it takes more energy to produce ethanol fuel than ethanol fuel contains. Soon we can cast off the obsolete, Puritanical taboo against bestiality. Yes, we can be modern if we want to be. Why Britain does not react to treason within. Auster How come you can have black-only organizations, but not white-only? (not that I can think of anyone who would want a white-only)
Tuesday, January 23. 2007
George W terms Islam "a fanatic and fraudulent religion." 1619 blast furnace found in VA Hugh Hewitt is a "pathetic pedant." Aren't we all? Isn't a pedant just a stickler for truth? A serious football fan. Probably the doc felt the same way. I'd call this a win-win-win-win. Bainbridge compares Hillary with Maggie. Al Quaida to Bush: Bring 'em on. Brave words? Am. Thinker slams the Duke faculty.
 Image stolen from a piece at Sisu, Two for the price of one.
A trip to the Korean DMZ. Samizdata Oliver Kamm meets Red Ken. I want Kamm to be my prof. Mathematics is always in a mess. Hayes at American Scientist explains why proofs do not necessarily mean all that much. Male and female labor force participation, by year. Interesting trends. Abortion: Culture of death or "culture of me"? Evangelical Outpost. Yes, abortion is a grievous sin, whether it's called a sin of self-love or murder, and whether it's legal or not. Worst universities. Hee hee. Boortz does not care much for Hillary Clinton. Funny. A Left boilerplate rant. YARGB Excellent update on Chavez and neighbors, at Venez. News
Monday, January 22. 2007
Half of Dems want Bush to fail in Iraq. That is sickening. How the 1918 Spanish Flu killed The consequences of losing in Iraq, by VDH Here comes Big Mommy. Good idea? (h/t, Instap) Very cool map of the USA. Coyote Both labor and business want illegals. WaPo Chris Dodd will not run for re-election in CT. That means one less empty suit in the Senate. Is MySpace responsible for how people use it?
Saturday, January 20. 2007
Think Higgs-boson next time you carry a heavy garbage bag to the garbage can. This weighty subject of the nature of matter is impossible for me to get my head around. Weatherman says that no meteorologists believe notion of man-made climate change. (Drudge) A chick fight video goes viral. CNN video More studies to be pursued on cell phones and acoustic neuroma. My theory: it's not the cell phone themselves that are the problem, it's the idiocy of the conversations.
Friday, January 19. 2007
Sundance Festival goes political. Driscoll Dems consider "registering" bloggers who address policy issues. Say Anything (h/t, Dust my Broom). Don't anyone dare tell me that the Left is sympathetic to free speech. Blue Crab What kind of difficult person are you? Althouse Like herding dolphins. Drinko? Noose tightening around Al Sadr's neck. This bad dude needs killing real bad. And he is asking for it.
Thursday, January 18. 2007
That much-discussed NYT piece on marriage in the US: they cooked the books and made it up - even to the point of including 15 year olds. Why do we keep taking them at face value when we know darn well that they are a propaganda organ for the Left? Driscoll explains.
It is semi-amusing that Castro is going down the tubes because of Cuban medicine - that much-vaunted glory of the world. Piecing together the details, it sounds like he had GI surgery for some intestinal ailment, whether cancer or diverticultis or whatever, but, for some idiot reason, they never gave him an ostomy. Ostomies allow the guts to heal post surgery, and prevent surgical infection. They are not fun, but much preferable to unnecessary death. When you cut out a length of gut, and just re-connect it immediately like a plumber, you are asking for big trouble. The doctors brought over from Spain might very well have suggested a new procedure to create an ostomy, but it might have been too late if everything is breaking down and he is leaking fecal matter into his belly. Like I care, in his case. Mind you, this is all speculation based on minimal news info.
 My vote goes to Louis Lunch.
Where is wealth being created, on the global map? YARGB Favorite Myths. Cartoons, at Reason New York Magazine invents "grups." Magazines love to invent terms like this: I guess it gets attention and sells magazines. This is about adults who don't seem fully grown up, and appear to identify more with adolescents than with real adults. Why the trades make good, well-paid careers. At Maggie's Farm, we believe that too many people go to college (which in many cases has become extended high school anyway), and that too many people disdain good honest skilled work. Where I live in MA, you cannot find a plumber, and when you do, they charge $125. for a house call. The repair is on top of that. And, besides that, they want cash only, or they won't come back the next time. Not in my backyard, say MA liberals. First it was the Nantucket windmills, and now it's poor people. Speaking of hypocrisy, more hate speech from the Angry Left. Duke faculty too smart by half? RCP. I wouldn't put it that way. There is a thing called "educated fools" - rich in degrees but dumb in life. Colleges are sanitaria for them. Palestinian Chic. Princeton loves the Palis. Why? They even hate eachother. Knife control on the way, in Canada? States, by net migration. Kinda speaks for itself, doesn't it? Willisms. And, speaking of which, look at New Jersey, about which Viking - and Malanga - have a few things to say. Fear-mongering in CT. This time, it's "chemicals." (h/t, Junk Science) Image: Actually, we love owls and all of God's critters, but we did like this one anyway.
Wednesday, January 17. 2007
Michelle is back home. So soon? I was hoping for a longer stay, with more good stuff from Iraq. Tancredo cannot win, but he has the force of ideas. I'd say the same about Newt. How to get rid of cosmolene. It's like vasolene. MassBackwards is building a cosmolene-removing system for his new guns. Too complicated for me: why not just hold them over a campfire? Dylan is buying a house in Scotland. Althouse doesn't understand. IMO, that means she doesn't undertand a thing about Dylan. His heart's in the highlands, Ann. Your choice of parents is your most important decision in life. Cafe Hayek Lies and Videotape: Pallywood. Augean Stables. NB: Lying, in the Middle East, does not carry the moral burden that it carries in the West. Duh. The war on unmannerly speech. Moonbattery The EU wants enlightenment for the Moslems. Good luck. Singleton Who should pay for an externality? Technical, but it's the cutting edge of the environmental protection movement. Env. Economics Run away! Run away! Al Quaida flees Baghdad.
Why do Libs seem to hate Christians? Auster spells out his First Law of Majority-Minority Relations. A quote: The First Law states that because of the modern liberal belief in the moral and substantive equality of all peoples and cultures, the worse any minority or non-Western group really is, the worse the West must be made to appear, as the guilty cause of the non-Western group’s bad or dysfunctional behavior, or as simply bad in itself. If the worse is made to look better, and the better made to look worse, an apparent rough equality is maintained between them, and the liberal view survives.
Whole piece here.
Tuesday, January 16. 2007
 Tinfoil hats for the WaPo. Moonbattery
World champion freehand circle-drawer. (h/t, Tim Blair) A really big legal show: the Libby trial. NY Sun World's environmentally worst-behaving country. Guess. Flopping Are there active and passive occupations? YARGB wonders. Bloggers? Definitely passive. The French pay homage to Walt Disney Iranian executions. And, furthermore, these folks are living in something akin to Europe's Dark Ages. A quote from the NY Sun's piece on banning the letter X: Among the commission's deeds is the famed 1974 fatwa — issued by its blind leader at the time, Sheik Abdul Aziz Ben Baz — which declared that the Earth was flat and immobile. In a book issued by the Islamic University of Medina, the sheik argued: "If the earth is rotating, as they claim, the countries, the mountains, the trees, the rivers, and the oceans will have no bottom." Another bright light of the commission, Sheik Abdel-Aziz al-Sheikh, recently stopped a government reform proposal aimed at creating work for women by allowing them to replace male sales clerks in women's clothing stores. Sheik al-Sheikh damned the idea, saying it was a step "towards immorality and hellfire." The underlying logic is breathtaking: Women are more protected by buying their knickers from men! Over the years, the commission has rendered Saudi Arabia a true kingdom of darkness. Movie theaters are banned, as are sculptures, paintings, and music, and the mixing of sexes in public.
Monday, January 15. 2007
 Lee solves the chickenhawk problem.
Teflon Don can write. Walking on History Rick Moran on 24. RWNH. Is this, like, a TV show or something? Cheney has a pair, says Kim. And Rightly So Carter supports terror. Who cares? (h/t, Powerline) LaShawn on education: I strongly advocate Christian parents taking their children out of government schools and homeschooling or sending them to private Christian schools.
Betsy on Steyn on Pelosi Atlas Shrugged - The Movie. This is John Galt speaking... How do you put a 300-page speech in a movie?
Sunday, January 14. 2007
Fuller Seminary's new worship center. Wow. But didn't we used to call these churches, or chapels? Worship Centers? h/t, Smart Christian The argument against government negotiating drug prices. WaPo (h/t Bruce Kesler) The Moslem "bitchslap culture" No Pasaran The urbanization of the world continues apace. Eliminate disgusting "farmer's tan." Dust my Broom You will not believe this Duke Prof. Durham in Wonderland. What she says sounds psychotic to me, both in structure and content. Vietnam loves America. Not your father's Vietnam
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