Thursday, October 18. 2007
 I, your News Junkie, am leaving for a three-day bird hunt tonight, but I am leaving our readers with these:
Keep your $5 million. Joe Torre is gone. Sad about it. It's the end of the Torre Era in New York. If you don't know what a "Hudna" is, you'd better learn. h/t, Jules Pakistan finally getting serious. This looks like the real deal. Brown hands UK sovereignty to Brussels. The Last British Government "Everything and its opposite is prima facie evidence of a US conspiracy." No Pasaran The Garden State will be left with nothing but weeds. Ankle Biting Voters vote with their gut. Pajamas (h/t, Blue Crab's comments on the subject) A poll of the Right blogosphere. We are centrist, which is surely why Mr. Hawkins did not poll us. The Barrister referred to obesity earlier today. Mr. Free Market asks "Who ate all the pies?" Opie sent us the Thelonious Monk download site. Thanks, Opie Is the value of wine fully reflected in its price? Prof B The backlash against Gore and globalistical warmening begins Will Massachusetts be the first state to legalize marriage with robots?
The history of curing ham. The Dems on education, before they were in the Teachers Union's pocket. Geographical history of world religion in 90 seconds. Schools and the sexualization of children. Moonbattery Rudy on Hillary: "Honestly, I don't know Hillary's experience. She's never run a city. She's never run a state. She's never run a business. She's never met a payroll. She's never been responsible for the safety and security of millions of people... So I'm trying to figure out where the experience is."
Rudy is telling us - showing us - that he has what it takes to take on the Dems. That is more important to me than whether I agree with everything he has ever said. After all, the only person who is always perfectly right about everything, and with whom I always agree, is me - and I do not want a political job.
Wednesday, October 17. 2007
Bloomberg reports that it was Morgan Stanley who dumped the NYT stock today, in a block trade. Who else will dump? And, speaking of Morgan Stanley, Tyler Cowen on Morgan Stanley in the 70s, vs. now.
 The Microsofting of Google. Opinion Journal
Major shareholder bails out of Times How is the Chinese government doing? The NYT takes a look at dentistry, finds an unmet need which only government can solve. (Yes, the NYT is shocked that dentists work for the money.) Further discussion, including how it's done in the UK, at Gates Opie wonders whether this cool exercise machine does any good. Hammacher Schlemmer
Pig Daddy's. Read the update by Ric. Can lack of sleep affect your kids' cognitive ability? The New Republic claims Osama has won the war. Wishful thinking, TNR. Speaking of which, How to find the bad news in a pile of good news. First Boomer. Welfare for the prosperous. I agree with neoneo: The only reason to blast Turkey for what was done in 1917 is to undermine the fight for Iraq. It's not stupid - it's malevolent.
Tuesday, October 16. 2007
 As we have said here, free-riders (parasites) on our medical care amount to 3% of the total funds. Mankiw. So what's the big deal?
The death of the record industry. TimesOnline "It's too bad they can't make hysteria illegal." Classical Values "You can't be too careful," so finish your wine. Indoctrination vs. Instruction in Iowa "Wars have been fought over less than what the ACLU is doing to this country." Moonbattery Google top-ranked video: Hillary scandals The schools that Katrina built. A hurricane is what it takes to change the schools. h/t, Viking "News you can use." Where are the most libertine women?
Monday, October 15. 2007
There is little in this piece in American Thinker about Soros that we have not mentioned here before, except we did not know that he was born Gyorgy Schwartz before he changed his name. Why would he do that? And how pleasant it must be to be guilt-free. I wish I knew that trick.
 Suspended for picture of Jesus. Daily Mail. If you can't hang pin-ups anymore, and you can't hang a picture of Jesus or a cartoon of Mohammed, what can you decorate with? Thomas Kincaids?
Al Qaida crippled? WaPo. They decided to make their stand in Iraq, and counted on the anti-war movement to aid in their success. Wrong. It will be discouraging for their recruitment efforts. More Art for Art's Sake. Daily Mail. Can you hear me now? The New Yorker used to have little bits titled "There will always be an England." If they still had that, they would have printed this squirrely story. Big Mako. 844 lbs. Celebrity phones. Gore slammed by prominent meteorologist. My pheasant-shooting woes. The sad tale at Mr. Free Market. That's why shooting preserves in the Eastern US put birds out and shoot them a half hour later. Admittedly not very sporting, since they have never been outside a pen. That's why we call them "flying mattresses," and try to give them plenty of distance. 80 million years without sex. BBC Science. It does feel that way sometimes. Photo: Big bunny. Patrick Pleul, EPA / Corbis - German Giants: Breeder Karl Szmolinsky, here in January, breeds rabbits like this one weighing more than 20 pounds at his farm in Eberswalde.
Sunday, October 14. 2007
 John Wayne to the rescue. "One sneeze and you're a dead man." Good job, dude. 12 ga. is what you want for home defence.
The new cure for TMJ. Ace Warmening killing off all the Europeans. Not Americans or Aussies, however. I guess we get to the hospital, in our SUVs, where our docs are our friends, and do not view us as expense items. The Daring Book for Girls. Dr. Helen About the famous "long telegram," by Steyn, via Blue Crab The Single Man's Diet. Hog Read Colbert filling in for Maureen Dowd yet? CIA hijinks. Most unique horse farm. Coyote Defining poverty upwards. Driscoll. Get everyone on the dole and/or the government payroll that you possibly can, and they might vote for you, forever. The "poor" are already in the bag. Next, the middle class. And, speaking of which, more on Hillary's million ideas at Oxford Insanities Time again. Dr. Pat often finds our insanities to be quite insane. Speaking of insanities, Vermont Pot? Good grief. Can't a government employee afford the good stuff? Photo: A Theo lovely. It's Art for Art's Sake, for Pete's sake.
Saturday, October 13. 2007
Vaclav Klaus "surprised" by Gore Nobel, wonders what Gore has done for peace. Where our Homeland Security money is going. And, even dumber, The Gumball Threat. The Family Cloth. Sheesh. I do not want to be that Green. h/t, Thompson Secrets of the Knights Templar. AOL News Jewish Elders lift 6000 year-old ban on ham! Onion The rest of the story: What the MSM omitted from the Sanchez speech. Draft Al Gore! Not likely, I think. Is said to despise the Clintons, but is fearful of them. Did you know that the environmental movement was a moral "struggle"? And that I am, apparently, morally bankrupt? At least I have no debt, and I only lie to girls. White lies. From Flopping: On Wednesday, Hillary said: "I have a million ideas. The country can't afford them all."
Hillary's just getting started. In another year this figure could be quadrupled. See the background material here.
Gee, that's funny, because I have a million ideas too, and all of them are about reducing the power and scope of the federal government for the freedom and benefit of the citizens.
Friday, October 12. 2007
This is rough, from an editorial piece in The Telegraph: The former US Vice-President has already taken over from Michael Moore as the most sanctimonious lardbutt Yank on the planet. Can you imagine what he'll be like now that the Norwegian Nobel committee has given him the prize?
I don't know what bothers me about him most - his condescension or his lying and hypocrisy. But I could care less about his weight: I'd bet that the Gores have a very good chef. All of this will seem very silly, though, when we hit the next crisis of global cooling, in which case Al will be well-insulated.
Has the political atmosphere shifted back to redistributionism? Be careful. It's easy to kill the goose. Kiss my ass, Empire State Building, says Ace Moronic Islamists go after Buddha again. They hate Buddha as much as they hate Jews. Also, how the Islamists attempt to influence Western elections. Banning knives in the UK Burning food for cars is stupid. Coyote. We agree. We have 500 years worth of oil in North America. Let's use it, while we build nuke plants. Sarkozy: “If you think 53 makes you old enough to retire, then fine, go ahead and retire. But don’t expect the state to pay for it.” Rudy's to lose. Cafe Hayek. I agree. Imperfect as he is, I think he's my guy. I was hoping for Thompson, but he seems half-asleep.
Thursday, October 11. 2007
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Tri-State University tried a faculty dress code - for a week. The Army is looking for a new rifle. The banality of evil. A Nazi photo album. Interview with Hirsi Ali. Reason The 11 lies in Al Gore's movie. Crittenden Dems considering personal retirement accounts. Didn't we just go through this last year? Larry Summers is a symbol. John Leo. Not a human being anymore. Obama wants Calif. to provide college aid to illegals The bogus Dem poster people. Gateway Live free or die? Jailed for using old token in NH This is what I call Hand Soap. Trying to get rid of feral hogs in Texas. Not easy. A rowing boathouse in Oklahoma? Fregans seek salvation in dumpsters.
Wednesday, October 10. 2007
 Moose using human shields.
We agree with Robert Reich! - against farm subsidies. Long outdated, but proof that once a govt gives a handout, it's tough to take it away. New NASA evidence refutes global warming. Gateway. The video is good. Even SF is fed up with human poop on the sidewalk. Jules. I thought they were compassionate and tolerant there. Bums are people too. Got an elephant problem? Try bees. Brit National Health turning to private insurors for help. Who would expect this in Switzerland? Is "personal responsibility" a "simplistic" notion? The NYT thinks so. Vincente Fox called me a racist. Not only is he in error, but what did he do to make his citizens want to live in their own country? Did you read about the "cascade effect" among scientists? They are human, after all. Wise advice from Scott at Powerline, with this quote from Tony Blankley: Every faction within the GOP coalition should agree immediately to make no further demands of their party. Just as the liberals did in 1991 and 1992, the conservatives of 2007 and 2008 simply should let their strongest candidate campaign in a way most likely to gain victory. Every conservative principle thereby would be safer than if heavy demands yield a Hillary presidency. Given the grotesque irresponsibility of the national Democrats, keeping them out of the White House should be the first calling of every patriotic conservative.
Photo was from Classical Values, last year
 I'm goin' to Jackson. Good deals on ammo. h/t, Right Wing Prof
American kids refuse to grow up. Jon Swift. Many will refuse to if they have the choice not to. Are taxes fair? No. The prosperous pay more than their fair share. Willisms Dems turn protectionist. I don't see why this is "left." Clinton was a free-trader. I think it's populist - and irrational. Are Americans fed up with "over there"? A security leak has damaged US intel on Al Qaida. I hope someone is in deep trouble. Islamo-fascism Awareness Week at GW creates a stir. Scapegoat time. Mugabe blames the West. Nice try, moron. Is the death penality constitutional? Wizbang says yes. Who trusts the media? Dems and Repubs polled. Also at TigerHawk Bashing Woodrow Wilson. Linknzona. Reality is not optional. Medical care, at Cafe Hayek The need for "narrative." Assitant Village Idiot Chavez is going to create the New Man. Good luck, pal. Stalin tried that already.
Tuesday, October 9. 2007
Randall Hoven's 101 Top Media Lies. Am. Thinker Moslem medical students want special rules Media still searching for the "defining atrocity." Neoneo. Exactly right. More on the inside story of Haditha at Sister Toldjah Obama mixes church and state, says God should be guide. MSM silent. Also at Riehl. Driscoll says Obama wants to immanentize the eschaton, which we have discussed here at some length. That ain't Christian theology. Two years of summer Arctic ice melt. Here's why. The suicide bomber academy in Damascus.
Monday, October 8. 2007
 China evacuates 1.4 million in face of typhoon. I think they have a more compliant population than New Orleans.
Father Desbois studies the fate of the 1.5 million Ukrainian Jews shot by the Germans. "The holocaust of bullets." Quoted from Viking: Hooverville, it's not - Suitably Flip: "It's Official: Bush Economy Achieves Longest Period Of Job Creation On Record" I blame the tax cuts. (HT: Astute Bloggers)
Purpose of appendix found, maybe. It's a bacteria-container. Al Gore understands the need for the US to be in Iraq. Anchoress Anti-semitism at the University of California? Stillwell Image: Chris Columbus, noted Italian-American racist, imperialist tool, Capitalist, and killer of brown people. He was also the founder of Columbia University and Columbus, Ohio.
Sunday, October 7. 2007
 I want a Wingle.
A Wingle is a pick-up truck made in China by the Great Wall Motor Company. How could you not want a Wingle if you read their advertising copy? How could you resist: Bold design of chrome plated grill, infiltrating with the desire to conquer all from inside to outside.
Hmm. They may want to drop the conquering thing. Never mind that; check this out: Inner decoration equipped with streamline incorporate central console, its innovative outline and comfortable tactility unified with vehicle style, clear legible high brightness dashboard, fashionable, honorable, and comfortable.
Isn't that a daisy? Like all advertising copy, it's pure unadulterated horsehockey. But it is adulterated by the translation. It's charming, in the same way it's charming for everybody else when your toddler says: "Daddy makes boom-boom and Mommy lights candles. The bathroom is just like church." It reveals much in its innocence, like a pretty coworker who dresses sleepily and shows up to work in a slip. Company’s advanced four wheel drive system make manipulation arbitrary.
This is perfect for those late-night rides home from the tavern. "It washnt mee offshisher. My Wingle ish arbitrary. I can't manipoolate it any other way -- don't tase me, bro..." The solid headlamp gives the vehicle spirituality and top artistic charm
Solid headlamp? Are they burning coal in there? That's a decidely low beam. Fashion in every detail demonstrates innovative design concepts, creative design and avant-garde daring style, without any meaningless decoration. Brilliant achievements in their careers enjoy life passion.
If this was a PowerPoint presentation, all you'd need to do is throw in a few "synergy" and "enterprise" sorts of words and paste in the pictures. Fantastic. Available in several colors. "Milky White" is nice, but sounds too much like cataract surgery for my tastes. I'll take one in "Fashionable Orange." And don't skimp on the lead.
Tips for lap dancers. Dust my Broom. The founders never separated God from State - just "church". Cherry at Am. Thinker We need to add Grow a Brain to our blogroll. The average American gets 41 miles per gallon. Theo What victim trumps the other victims? The Socialist Food Chain, at Dr. Sanity FLARES' Photo of the Day. Cool. What's the deal with science and Islam? Something went very wrong. Synthstuff How the NYT has tried to wiggle out of its past Haditha pronouncements. Dem. Project Hillary a socialist? Classical Values. Her famous quote, in which she sounds excited, rather than reluctant, to use your money: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good," she told San Franciscans in June 2004. As first lady, she said: "We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society."
Quite a revolutionary sort of statement from an American politician. What strikes me, again, is that she views such things as positives, rather than occasional necessary evils and impingements on freedom. I simply do not want her to do anything for me if the price is my autonomy. I'll let you unpack her statement yourself, word by word and phrase by phrase.
Saturday, October 6. 2007
The largest frozen burger patty company in the US has folded after massive recall. Just looking at that burger machine is sickening enough. Meanwhile, if you wait long enough, maybe everything will be recalled.
Friday, October 5. 2007
Violence in middle-class schools. How come nobody wants to admit that rotten behavior comes from rotten character, and not from the outside? A Davos Declaration on Tourism. To my vast surprise, the tourist industry did not declare a ban on air travel despite its effects on the global warming crisis. They really do care, though - and that's what counts. Al Qaida bagman in the bag. Lucianne. That has gotta hurt. No more Halloween in Broomfield. What's Broomfield? And who dislikes Halloween other than evangelical Christians? Moslems? WTF? WTH? Ancient engineers, without "math skills." Without math, too. Science Daily "Where have all the peaceniks gone?" Am. Thinker, re Burma The venerable Hamilton College finally gets a Hamilton Institute. In part, they objected to "Hamilton." Huh?
Wednesday, October 3. 2007
MSM running from the Rush "phony soldier" story being pushed by Media matters. h/t, Insty. And Riehl on the Dem quagmires MoveOn and Media Matters are creating. Good comment from a commenter at Gun Shots about the UN's program to disarm people: Why do we need guns? The UN does a fine job of protecting the citizens of member nations. Rwanda. Bosnia. Darfur. China.
Commenter might have included Burma. In The Buffalo News: Global warming alarmists must be held to a higher standard. A good short piece asking 4 simple questions. Stuart Taylor runs through the most egregious recent examples ouf double-standard free speech in higher education. h/t, Volokh Neuhaus: Christianity "not only disestablished but banished" in Canada. Bloomberg wants surveillance camers around NYC, calls opponents "ridiculous." Call me ridiculous, Mr. Mayor. Nanny-statists always have a totalitarian side.
Tuesday, October 2. 2007
The Burmese need guns. Samizdata. Which leads me to another thought: If the Left wants people disarmed, why do they always admire armed rebels and "insurgents"? UK plans to cut Royal Navy in half. I guess they figure their Uncle Sam wiill protect them. Russians depart from Iran's nuclear installations. A Debkafiles rumor. Interesting, if true. Ego tripping. Bloomberg in the UK. Vienna? An al Qaida bust in Vienna. Atlas What the sexperts don't understand about sex. Slate The NYT promises to keep a close watch on Freedom Watch. neoneo. You can bet they will, since they're working for the Dem campaign. Tom Friedman as an exemplar of the naivete of the Left. Flopping Why Fred Thompson will win. Am Thinker. Gee, is he still running? Rick Moran: The Repubs seem determined to alienate almost everybody.
Monday, October 1. 2007
 iTNews claims Americans are giving up friends and sex for internet surfing.
I suspect that that is an exaggeration and that (except for p*rn junkies of whom there are millions) most regular internet users, such as the good sorts of folks who read Maggie's and the people we link to, have, over time, moved some of their TV, newspaper, and magazine time over to internet time. So I hardly consider reading, getting information in a way that the reader can control and chose - plus the wonder of links and comments - to be a bad thing. It sure beats the boob tube. In my experience, it's the internet writers and bloggers who need to watch their clocks, assuming they are not trying to make a living doing it. Writing and the gratification of instant publishing can eat up a lot of time that might be better spent weeding the garden, at the pub, watching Desperate Housewives - or nude surfing. Photo: Nude surfing in Australia.
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