Wednesday, October 31. 2007
 How AIDS got to the US. Reuters
The Illustrated Road to Serfdom Dogs and the moral confusion of animal rights. Classical Demon Corn. Corn? Iraq's endangered Christians. Arrogantly titled "The Board," the NYT's new blog by its editorial staff is predictably condescending, and the entries are anonymous. It ain't Opinion Journal. The Globe believes that the Moonbats won the Cold War. Edwards: Full snake mode. He wants a New Deal. A report from the Dem debate, by Riehl. A quote: So I watched the Democrat debate tonight in its entirety, just taking it in. Is there an industry they wouldn't attack? From Hedge Funds, Defense, the Airlines, Insurance companies and, of course, the Oil Companies, it seems they all have investigations, regulations, or some restrictions in mind, assuming they flat out don't just want to do away with it completely? Not once did I hear anything even remotely referencing the individual and certainly nothing that might challenge one. Apparently people can't become Doctors ... unless the government pays their tuition - and the trend discussed was free college for all at the government's expense. I mean, why should people be expected to invest in such a thing themselves? And they seem to be advocating having the State take charge of children as early as from two - four years-old. It's as if parenting should be relegated to a two-year proposition. Okay, you birthed the thing, we'll take it from here. Medical research? We don't need the Pharma's, just turn it over to the NIH, while increasing governmental education-based grants for research across the board. There seemed to be no room for a market-based dynamic in such things at all.
Tuesday, October 30. 2007
 A California doc with some good proposals for medical insurance, at Pajamas. Practical, and not scary for the poor. Got to listen to the docs in the trenches, not the pandering pols.
Five years for one manly punch? Something wrong there. Rudy: Hillarycare would have killed me. Surber NYS: A driver's license that labels you as illegal The world's oldest clam. Blue Crab. Yum - vintage clam. The new Cardinal of Baghdad. If global warming causes more rainfall, why try to blame droughts on it? Flopping. And yes, I am still waiting for more hurricanes. I love stormy weather. Mukesh's new billion dollar home. Gender and Science: Globe You're a good man, Brian Lamb
Monday, October 29. 2007
Your Halloween card here.
American kids are dumber than dirt. Record numbers of Brits travelling abroad for medical treatment. Is the battle for Iraq over? Yes, says Reason El Baradai: "We are the eyes and the ears of the international community." No, they are a joke. Why Eleanor Roosevelt declined the invitation to run for President after FDR died. RTLC Get health care or we'll kill you. Viking. (Odd how it is that nowadays they say "health care" when they mean "insurance.") What if you're a Christian Scientist?
Sunday, October 28. 2007
 Hillary knew all about Bill's affairs. Duh. Jerry Ford had some thoughts about all that. I think Bill is an ordinary sociopath.
Meanwhile, terrorists say "Vote for Hillary." "Bled white" by 171 casualties, Brits pack it in. Buddy says this is the web's best business site. h/t, Flares. It is surely a fine news site. Bobby Jindal is too white? Or are his politics the wrong color? Why cities like Buffalo can never be what they once were. City Journal Courting natural disasters. Betsy. I believe that homeowner's insurance should cover the costs - including governmental costs.
 There is a 16 billion pixel image of The Last Supper here, but I cannot get onto the site as yet. Story here.
World's hottest pepper. Harshest food critic ever, at The Onion. Bad language. How New Hampshire turned Blue. Opinion Journal Rufus would debate this: UN official warns of biofuels driving up cost of food worldwide Biochemist Arthur Kornberg dies at 89. Arthur Kornberg was born in Brooklyn on March 3, 1918. As a youth he helped out in his parents’ hardware store. He was only 15 when he entered the City College of New York. Dr. Kornberg earned a medical degree from the University of Rochester in 1941 and interned at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He applied for research training grants but failed to receive any, he said, because of anti-Semitism.
Kling on The Road to McMedicine. He quotes Shannon Brownlee's book: "Our relentless search for wellness through medicine has created a kind of therapeutic imperative, the urge to treat every complaint, every deviation from the norm, as a medical condition."
--Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated, p. 206
Tom Lantos: Europeans more upset about Gitmo than they were about Auschwitz. True. You have to notice that critics say Gitmo symbolizes bad things - not that it is a bad thing. Confusing symbols with reality is insane.
Saturday, October 27. 2007
What are you doing today? Heavy rain here, so the Mrs. and I eschewed our usual Saturday morning horse fun and are making enough mincemeat for 8-12 pies, using Grandma Myers' recipe but doubling it and backing off on the sugar a bit: I do not care for an overly-sweet pie of any sort. I am adding dried cranberries and dried currants, and I am using Canada Goose and beef because I have no venison this year: it's been too warm to hang one, so it makes no sense to shoot one. I will age the mixture until close to Thanksgiving. I used rum in it last year, brandy this year. Also, to sip a little for a bracing brunch while cooking and chopping meat, suet, and apples. I am, at the same time, making my special beef bourguignon for dinner, so the kitchen smells of spices, molasses, raisins, vinegar, apples, wine, brandy, bacon, and cooking meat. The smell is a hearty meal in itself.
 15 people I do not wish to hear another word about. Kim
How cold weather spreads the flu. h/t Flares How Che met God. Classical Everybody has occasional lapses in judgement, but FEMA made a dumb one. Fred videos Megan McArdle's rant about school vouchers. h/t, Right Wing Prof Bush's inspiring speech about Cuba Putin saber-rattling. What for? Isn't it obvious at this point that we mean them no harm? Photo: Poodles can hunt. It isn't widely known that the breed originated in Germany, for duck hunting. They love marshes. The only problem with Poodles is that they are smarter than humans.
Friday, October 26. 2007
New architects design without ego. It's about time. Hate speech and dumb speech, and plain dumb, at Thompson Summary of Al Qaida weakness. CSM San Diego fires vs. New Orleans floods: Protein I hope this is not true: We did not kill Bin Laden Funny: NYT bashes Commentary for nepotism. Also, is the NYT for sale? I doubt it. Food price controls in Russia Joe Klein negative about Bush Iraq leadership, despite progress. Similar despair at Moderate Voice. Related: Hollywood's war on the war on terror. Driscoll Opinion Journal on Charlie Rangel's Trillion Dollar Baby. More at Blue Crab The gap between rich and poor - very small, in Cuba
 Moral dilemmas and counterinsurgency in Israel. TigerHawk
Is Mark Zuckerberg the next Bill Gates? The Italian government uneasy about the internet. Why? And how many other governments want to control the flow of ideas and facts? In my opinion, any government that wants to do that is illegitimate, by definition. The Al Qaida video game. Meanwhile, Bin Laden declares war against the UN "occupation" of Darfur. And amusingly, terrorists turn angry with Bin Laden. Such things happen when people are losing. Sir Piers at Agincourt, plus some other tough Brits The obesity crisis in squirrels. A Government program is needed. Who are the arsonists? Flopping Rude leftists shut down Horowitz speech at Emory. Thus are their intolerant and totalitarian impulses revealed. Jules says "The Army is at war, and Tom Friedman goes to Neiman Marcus." "Double reverse chicken hawk"? Photo: It's finally hunting season again. Long-time readers of Maggie's know that she is the famous Maid of the Marsh, a lovely and elusive mythical creature known only to duck hunters, and seen only on foggy days by hunters with serious hangovers combined with mental instability. We were fortunate to catch this photo, which is clearer than most photos of Bigfoot.
Thursday, October 25. 2007
 October has been a very good month for new Maggie's readers. A fine harvest of new friends, whether you agree with us about things or not.
A hearty welcome to all of you in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and the rest of the world. We are pleased and honored to have you all as visitors. Please sample some of our "recent essays" on the upper left column - we only post "thought pieces" there - not that we are really capable of orderly thought: we do our best, with limited time, limited IQ, not to mention our neanderthal lack of intellectual sophistication. We are simple country bumpkins, recently fallen off the turnip wagon, who aspire only to Common Sense - and a few other things. And don't forget to send us around to all of your friends and enemies. They should not feel left out. Image: Autumn, by Currier and Ives, 1871
How to give a hand to your neighbors. No Left Turns
The myth of middle class job loss. Lib. Leanings Carl Hiassen (one of our favorite authors) on stinking campaign cash It's good to see that Canberra has its law enforcement priorities in the right place. The 52 Senators who want you to pay for other peoples' abortions. Corner. May I mention that an elective abortion is not a medical treatment? Million dollar painting found in NYC trash. Moral of the story: Always look through other people's trash. I admire the honesty of this lady, too. Knife fight: Bateman at Media Matters goes after VDH. Bush and Cheney lit the forest fires. Everybody knows that. Dems propose 4% surcharge on incomes over 150,000. Why? I suppose just on general Marxist principles. The rich? A cop married to a supervisory nurse make that much around here. It isn't "soak the rich" - it's "soak hard-working families." To soak the rich, go after Ted Kennedy's and George Soros' offshore investments. Anyway, a tax increase won't happen, now.
A bear (looks like a Griz or a Brown Bear but a brown-colored Black Bear garbage hound, I believe) was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit, Truckee) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared the bear into clambering over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety. Authorities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge. After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized, fell into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net. The first photo: 
The rest of the photos of the successful rescue below on continuation page:
Continue reading "A Dramatic Bear Rescue"
Wednesday, October 24. 2007
Beauchamp wanted to be the next Hemingway. Don't we all? Suburban counterterrorist Shannen Rosmiller Sorry, Northeast - the South has Risen. Am Thinker Thompson talks tough on illegal immigration The truth about Jena, via Powerline via Goldberg. Belgium update. Moslem immigration is turning it upside down. Atlas
From NASA, showing the Santa Ana wind blowing the smoke west. 
 Time for another Boston Tea Party? And, related, how much is America taxing its rich?
Serious pumpkin-carving. Coyote Why the California fires? CSM. Fire suppression is one of the factors. Ethanol: Neither renewable nor reliable A "successful blog"? TechCrunch brings in $250,000 per month in ads. That sort of blog income might cause even Maggie's Farm to reconsider taking ads: it would help cover our bar tabs at Rudy's. Who endangers Europe more? Islamists or Islamophobes? Augean This sounds like Mao's China: Touch your toes Thoreau was a knucklehead. Sippican Pat Buchanan on global warming: Like the panics of bygone eras, this one has the aspect of yet another re-enactment of the Big Con. The huckster arrives in town, tells all the rubes that disaster impends for them and their families, but says there may be one last chance they can be saved — but it will take a lot of money. And the folks should go about collecting it, right now.
More at Moonbattery
Tuesday, October 23. 2007
Why Chomsky's logic is "non-viable." NormPelosi plans a PR blitz to protect the House. The Hill Thompson talks about his daughter who died. The myth of the Latino voting bloc. Polipundit Why Hillary is the GOP's dream opposition. LA Times Fair and balanced book reviews at the NYT. TigerHawk
This came in over the transom: We need to tell you that there was some damage to the statue of the American Bison in front of the house in Big Sky. We did attempt to prevent the damage, throwing stones at, and hitting, the attacker. The attacker could not be dissuaded, and kept up his assault for several hours and fortunately the attack was photographed - see below. The incident even caused a traffic situation in front of the house, The damage consisted of: 1) The loss of about two inches from the left horn. The broken piece is on the work bench in the garage. 2) Hoof scratches on the side of the Bison. 3) Some chips in the right rear hoof. 4) Blood stains behind the Bison. The statue was also moved eight inches forward. We attempted to center the statue on the pedestal, but to no avail. 
 Thomas Jefferson was a geek with the ladies.
Thompson: I will campaign the way I want to. Violence in Iraq drops 70%. Ace. Also, The surge is only the first step, by Jeff Emmanuel at Am. Thinker. And Bin Laden gives Iraq terrorists a pep talk. Also, What's the next challenge in Iraq? by Ignatius at WaPo. Advice for the Indians of Manitoba. Black Rod. #1 - No Excuses. h/t, SDA The UK's NHS has made dentists obsolete. John Fund on Louisiana's Boy Wonder "He knew what he was fighting for." The Congressional Medal of Honor, with video. A push to legalize internet gambling. Today's speaker line-up for Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. Did you miss The Barrister's Yankee Code during our technical problems over the weekend?
Monday, October 22. 2007
 It's Islamofascism Awareness Week. Some of the speakers here at Gateway. Photo from No Pasaran
NYC has a private school crisis! NY Sun Unsexy businesses are the best. Coyote Ivory Tower hypoxia at the NYT Apple Cider Pot Roast. This looks good to me. Barone: The election picture has changed since last year. A photo visit to Auschwitz. h/t, Grow A Brain The Clintons and their pets. Can you judge people by how they handle their animals? Sounds like disposable stage props to me. Chissano on What Africa Needs. S,C&A. When work becomes a video game. The Carnival of Education at Education Wonks
Sunday, October 21. 2007
I am back from my Adirondack hunt. Great fun, of course. I missed quite a few grouse, but I knocked down a few too. Plenty of woodcock around, but I am always ambivalent about shooting them. Glad I missed the technical problems on the blog: it comes of using rustic servers made of wood and baling wire. Saw a fine shooting star, too, and made a wish. Photo is the West Branch of the Ausable River, in Whiteface. 
Daniel Botkin: Global warming doesn't matter. Blue Crab Jindal's election. A good thing. So that is supposed to prove what, Paul? Classical Basic difference between libs and conservatives. Captain Ed Bonfire of the Moral Vanities. Dr. Sanity Clintonistas rip "cheating Rudy." Is that a wise approach? ABC spins the funny Limbaugh smear story. Confed. Yank Gun-free zones and an unarmed citizenry. Wash. Times. Bad guys love gun control. Who can understand the modern UK? Dust my Broom Sex criminals vs. fun gals. TigerHawk Dopamine and mussel glue? Neurophilosophy Has Harry Reid gone too far to be re-elected? Betsy. I think so. Does half of America hate Hillary? I don't find her very likeable, but I don't hate her. Just another arrogant, power-hungry pol, who has some wrong assumptions about life and human nature, who wants to use the fruits of my labor to build power, and who thinks she's smarter than she is. Good news for the Cod? h/t, Flares "I caused the market crash of 1987." Conspiracy The EU will not have Free Speech. Gates. The Mandarins will not tolerate it. Related: The Enemy in Brussels. Liberals are a puzzlement to me, by Bert Prelutsky. A quote: Why is it that liberals seem to believe that recycling cans is an important issue, but defeating terrorism isn’t? Why do they put so much stock in the blathering of Al Gore and Michael Moore? Why do they regard secondhand smoke as a bigger menace than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? What is wrong with these people? Why will the same folks who’d call a cop if someone set foot in their front yard be so unconcerned about 20 million illegal aliens setting up camp in their country? And why will the same saps who work themselves into a tizzy if some small town sets up a Christmas tree in the public square defend a church’s right to provide a sanctuary for foreign nationals who have no business being in our country?
Friday, October 19. 2007
 More on Pakistan's war against Waziristan, at Rick's Place. This could be good. I guess you could call it a "civil war." I don't think there will be anything civil about it, now that they have Ms. Bhutto on board. The Pakistanis are good folks, and should not be "misunderestimated".
Celebrate Diversity Sameness. "Classical" music does not exist as an entity. Montiverdi and Ravel are not in the same category - it's just a dumb convenient category for lousy record shops that make their money selling pop schlock to teens. Nevertheless, it sells online. Do real "record shops" even exist anymore? I used to enjoy them very much. Half a billion of the UN's tsumami money went to fraud. In my opinion, the UN is just another virtuous-sounding, feel-good fraud, and Betsy agrees. Heck, if countries want to talk to eachother nowadays, they can just pick up the phone and give them a jingle. I think all those people just like a nice excuse to get out of their shitholes and spend time in wonderful NYC and America, on their country's nickel. No News Here. None. MLK had a house full of guns. Classical Values. Who knew? Good for him. I did not agree with much of his politics, but he was a good-hearted, flawed Christian fellow with a highly worthy mission. I am sorry he wasn't carrying the day he was shot, because he might have been able to save himself if he was quick. The real Ann Coulter. TigerHawk. She has always enjoyed being provocative. People should not get upset with her - she's just a typical cantankerous Yankee character, but female, blond, photogenic, and on the TV. (We have tons of folks who think like her up here, but not ready for TV.) More on Ann, and Bad Advice, at Dr. Bob (I left a comment). Was going to link a piece at Blue Crab, but he has so many good ones up that I'll just send you over there to nose around. I missed this great, little story from Iraq. One more murderous bad guy killed, by a 72 year-old. Photo: Robert Frost's New Hampshire farmhouse.
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