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Monday, March 5. 2007An unspeakable embarassment: Hillary tries blackface in Selma
I just see Hillary Clinton sinking deeper and deeper. We read about her a couple of days ago at the Gay, Transgender and Lesbian group, pleading a partnership. A Partnership? And did she wear leather or try out the fem thing? But her fake black southern accent in Selma, and doing God-talk like she was MLK Jr, is just too much. I could hardly listen. But you can hear it here. If you can stand it, you can SEE IT here. Is this how she thinks people should talk to black folks? Or is she mocking them? Who expected the campaigns to become so amusing, so soon? Such questions already! Is Edwards gay? Is Hillary black? Does Romney have 6 wives and three heads? Is Giuliani a transvestite? Wizbang has a good idea: ally yourself to the person who most pisses off the right people. I am voting German Shorthair. Monday MorningThe Great Global Warming Swindle - a documentary coming to the UK this week. And another documentary coming on Michael Moore's lies. Agriculture is bad for the environment. Synthstuff Gen. Wesley Clark on Iraq, etc. Democracy Now. Is he a Jihad-denier? If so, maybe he needs this little reminder of how long this has been going on. Roger Simon: Get over it, with the Gay Rights controversies. A quote:
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Sunday, March 4. 2007Good News from IraqReality check, from Flopping Aces. The MSM aren't talking about it, and the anti-war folks are strangely silent. Who would not like to be in that sniper's shoes? Photo from the piece.
Sunday Links
No region will be spared. Tim Blair. I am scared. Help me! Why large businesses like big government. Gen Petraeus' message to his troops. Lib. Leanings In the Crime Capital of the US, Mayor Nagin decides to hold up the US Govt. Meaning you and me. We somehow never linked this Lego story, and most have probably seen it by now. I like Anchoress' take on it. My opinion? Do just like Mao did: Make the teachers custodians and the custodians teachers. Bill Maher. Never seen him on TV (and, like most of us at Maggie's, I refuse to waste any life time watching TV, and do not even own one), but I understand that he is is a big deal of some sort. If he likes the idea of assassination of American politicians, he is not sick - he has a twisted, criminal mind. Whoever he is. The political challenges of the surge. Jules. How did this place change from the cradle of civilization to a place incapable of civilization? Wealthy Brits continue to abandon the UK. Tim Worstall suggests facetiously that this might be good for equality. Cherokee Nation votes to expel descendents of their black slaves. Chew on that one for a while. Justice Thomas talks about himself. Althouse. I'd like to buy the guy a beer. Weenie culture. Quoted from a piece at Fred on Everything, via Small Boiled Polar Bears: Not too long ago, Americans were a hardy breed—foolhardy at times, but the one comes with the other. Now we see attempts to eliminate all risk everywhere. Cities fill in the deep ends of swimming pools and remove diving boards. We require that bicyclists wear helmets, fear second-hand smoke and the violence that is dodge ball. Warnings abound against going outside without sun block. To anyone who grew up in the Sixties or before, the new fearfulness is incomprehensible. Image demonstrates the ongoing usefulness of newspapers in the internet age
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Saturday, March 3. 2007Saturday LinksJesus meets The Terminator. A Youtube. And, related: "I totally found the tomb of Jesus." http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com/middlebrow/archives/i-totally-found-the-grave-of-jesus/ A very green solution to the human contribution to unpleasant greenhouse gasses. YouTube Canadadadanian wisdom: SDA on http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/005686.html Britain to permit animal-human genetic mixes. Um, isn't that a tautology? Consider the moral issues here. It's all beyond my feeble animal brain. 2/3 of Americans are investors in the stock, bond or money markets. Ain't capitalism great? But some teachers don't think so. Who do they think makes the money to pay their salaries? Vaginal tightness, Myra Bradwell, and Mary Todd Lincoln (who did have a little emotional problem, I suspect). S,C andA. Bipolar or something. Her decorating and clothing bills from her routine shopping trips to NYC drove Abe nuts, and drove him deep into debt while President. She was known to spend a year of his salary on a single trip. I wonder whether those debts were ever paid. He had been a hugely successful railroad lawyer, but the big job in DC didn't pay very well. A smoking ban in Virginia? The primary home of the transfer of the joys of tobacco from the Indians to Europe? What is this world coming to? Although I know the Pilgrim women in MA smoked Indian tobacco too. Yes, they grew it in MA - as is still done today. Premium cigar-wrapping tobacco in the Connecticut River valley. Tobacco should be a multiculturally sacred tradition - at least as sacred as the right to pray to Mecca at Logan Airport. Islam flourishing among American blacks. Lovely. What an excellent foundation for life. Jesus was for our Grandma. Mohammed is hip. Isn't he? Like James Dean, or something? And speaking of Islam, from http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/03/theyll_never_stop_saying_shari.html
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Friday, March 2. 2007Friday Morning Links
Arthur Schlesinger: Rick Moran has an excellent obit Re Dr. Bliss' piece on Good Spanking yesterday, related thoughts from Code Monkey Been to Gabon recently? They have 28 gorillas, and a darn nice preserve, and all the game meat you can eat. I would go in a flash - if invited. Conservative anti-poverty programs. Chequerboard. Just one of many conservative ideas Bush could have championed. This is what should happen when an ACLU-type runs a school like William and Mary. I never heard of Katie Couric or ever saw her on TV, but it sounds like she is making a name for herself. Family-First Conservatism. Interesting idea. Evangelical Outpost. This might be what I think, but never really articulated. Jews still using blood of Christian children in their matzohs, according to Egyptian "researcher." LGF Al Gore said:
Meanwhile, along with our Gwynnie, Austin Bay and Protein wisdom each take a look at the reality of "carbon offsets."
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Thursday, March 1. 2007QQQImpartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance. G.K. Chesterton (h/t, Samizdata)
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Thursday Morning Links
Department of Geeky chairs. Marg. Revolution "It's exceedingly hard to run a business." Sippican Sissy takes the David Brooks piece a bit further. SISU Powerline reminisces about the global cooling crisis of a few years ago. Yes indeed: temps are always going either up or down. Photos of Fort Drum troops in Afhanistan in February "Evil right-wingers just don't understand carbon offsets." SDA. No, because we're too stooopid. Doing Democracy. One of the books that tells leftist activists how to take over American institutions. (thanks, Reader) Thornton on suicidal good intentions, at Augean Stables No Pasaran found some great quotes about Europe's view of the USA:
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Boston's institutional architecture. Is there any worse outside of the old Soviet bloc? Coyote Bush lives greener than Gore. Funny, but true. Not that it matters. What concerns me is that maybe Bush takes it seriously, while clearly Al secretly knows it's a crock: we always give more cred to what people do than to what they say. Here are some photos of one of Al's three houses (h/t, Gay Patriot). As Coulter said of Al's houses, etc: It’s great that he’s using solar panels and all that, but notice he’s not disputing how huge his electric bill still is. What the hell is he doing in there? Is he a Terminator from the future and requires constant recharging? (That would explain pretty much everything.)
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Wednesday, February 28. 2007This Alterman guyJust a note to highlight that the dude Gwynnie ranted about here yesterday was indeed the esteemed commentator and fascist-in-training Eric Alterman, about whom the truly admired Ms. Althouse had a few words, today. I do not know this Alterman guy from Adam, but not only does he possess a dangerous attitude, but he is a first class schmuck. Weds. Morning Links
Rare image, on loan from LGF. Take a left turn, and you could be killed. Funny how often "tolerance" is a one-way street. Praise for Moslem efforts to kill Dick Cheney via SC&A. It's a disease. If we killed everyone we disagreed with about something, we'd be alone on the planet. Jim Miller has some fun Al Gore links. At this point, it is just getting too easy. Your children are your responsibility. LaShawn. What a radical concept! I thought they were the village's problem. RomneyCare not working out too well. Prof B. Celebrities can fart but I can't. Celestial Junk. No, their farts are pure and beautiful. One Baghdad family likes the surge. So do we. Too bad it's a few years too late, but who had the crystal ball? The fingers of unrepentant Nazi-collaborator Soros (woops - is that a character assasination?) invading government. Pelosi hires his guy as her Counsel. Front Page. Watch out. These deep swimmers of the internationalist Left have their own agendas. Seymour Hersh gives a hand job to Egypt, says Sandmonkey. Hersh has always been a knee-jerk America-hater. What's new? Buy a lie. Alibi Network at Business Pundit Gun ownership is not about hunting, nor is it mainly about self-defence or ordinary gun games. It's about war. Shape of Days. Quite right. Which is why it is critical - it's not about recreation. What is The Tides Foundation, and what are they doing? Like so many foundations created by benevolently-minded successful capitalists, they have been hijacked by the radical Left.
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Tuesday, February 27. 2007Tuesday Morning Links
Why normal people avoid politics - or are driven away. P/T Pundit. And if you think that is bad, try Guatemalan politics. So now Europe wants Star Wars. Ungrateful wretches. More Clintonphobia. How come they only like rich people? Betsy. Don't they have any regular old friends? I suspect not. How birds plan ahead. Smarter than people who count on Social Security. Jihad is planning cyberwar against unfriendly websites. Why we are not McCain fans.
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Says it allI'd hate to be Pervez MusharrafThere is no way this dictator can please both his US sponsors and his radicalized population. Yet he must. How can he walk that tightrope, with Taliban armies gathering in the north, and bomb attempts on Cheney? Only one solution: NATO forces attack the camps, and Musharraf screams about it. Monday, February 26. 2007Monday Links
Wesleyan Univ - remove from your kids' college list. A once-great school, but they drank the Kool Aid years ago. Small Dead Polar Bears IRS goes after EBay sellers. Sorry, folks. There is no escape, unless you are rich enough to know what to do. Very rich. Since we have Death Taxes, how come the Rockefellers and Kennedys and etc. still don't need jobs? But you will not be able to hand any of your hard-earned wealth down, because you cannot afford the lawyers who arrange these things. A cool political dirty trick from Long Island: Pester people with phone calls during the Super Bowl, ostensibly from your opponent. NY Sun Adding to our blogroll: Above the Law. Also, something new which I think has great promise, and aims to do what independent blogs have been trying to do: Reporters without Borders. Wonder if they have a job for me. NYC still doesn't allow dancing in bars. NYC is not exactly a Libertarian stronghold. Homeland Security Pork. Synthstuff. My guess: 70% pork. Government works for government. Is that news? Largest gun sales in the US? Walmart, of course. But they are cutting back. Alphecca. Hillary still afraid that Bill will blow it for her. Newsweek. Upset Mexicans? Too damn bad. What about our border? I am afraid that it is a two-way street. Some excellent comments on George Orwell, at Asst. Village Idiot Image: A damn good micro-brewery beer. Coddington's, from Newport, RI. Empty bottle, of course. A very pleasant gift from our RI friends. Something Dust my Broom needs to try.
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A well-deserved Oscar
As Michaels points out in NRO:
So there you have Hansen commenting on his own honesty. Gore did it earlier, which we discussed here: yes, he admitted lying in the movie. But who in Hollywood cares whether it's a fairy tale or not? They live in, and by, fairy tales. Image borrowed from YARGB. Saturday, February 24. 2007Sat. Morning LinksClassical Values looks at "equality" and the genetics of IQ and ability. Giuliani gains on the Prom Queen. But what do such numbers mean now? Other than signs of Hillary's vulnerability? That's what Peggy Noonan thinks. How to tell a lib from a Leftist. No Pasaran Modern medicine meets Islam. What happened to Islamic Civilization? The Advanced Geometry of Islamic Art How secure are home networks? I just assume nothing on the internet is very secure.
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Friday, February 23. 2007Friday Morning
Is envy really such a bad thing? Augean Stables Another look at what the New Deal did to destroy America - and the thinking behind it. View from 1776. Totalitarianism always comes in the disguise of benevolence, or with the excuse of dealing with a "crisis." The guy or gal always "loves the people" but hates their freedom, which exposes their hidden contempt and arrogance. The power-hungry - not the money-hungry - are the enemies of freedom. Everybody wants some money, but few of us desire power over others: it is a disease. The strategery behind the surge. Austin Bay Illegal immigration will drive down skill and IQ levels, says ETS Why Brit women aren't getting married. Stumbling and Mumbling. Those may be the economic reasons, but aren't the real reasons that they do not like sex, and prefer dogs, horses, and shooting, to romance? What's a bigger kick to shoot than a 50 cal? See the video Canadians admit: We didn't mean it when we signed Kyoto The right time to quit smoking? How they treat "internet addicts" in China. Is Hillary's real enemy Ralph Nader? NY Sun From Gov. Mark Sanford, in a piece at WaPo:
Yes it is: he is mostly on the same page as Maggie's Farm - except we don't take warming seriously. And, if real, we welcome it.
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Sex Organs on Parade
I think these two Maggie's Farm readers below were in a bit of a hurry to get through the toll booth to catch the Orchid Show. The real question is - Whose EZ Pass paid the $3.50 toll? (I think it was the schlemozl on the right, and the schlemiel on the left tried to sneak past his "GO" signal.) Good old New York - if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Just throw your manners overboard.
Thursday, February 22. 2007Thursday Links
Greedy Geezers want more of our money. Viking. Of course they do - everyone wants to separate me from my money. Honestly, they don't give a damn about me. Why don't they get a job? How does Europe put up with the EU? Now the EU wants to re-write history to glorify themselves. Is this a would-be Empire? Israel's oldest kibbutz goes private. How about an LBO? (h/t, Samizdata) The strange story that refuses to go away. Why? Because you have to wonder who is protecting Berger - and why. If I walked out of the National Archives with national security documents in my underwear, would that be OK? Or an absent-minded mistake, because I usually put all of my documents in my underpants. More thoughts at RWNH and Blue Crab. Women in politics, at Gates of Vienna. A quote:
Mississippi vs. State Farm: What does this sound like to you? It's about flood insurance. It sounds like tyranny to me. Theft of services, too. Gotta like this quote from Maliki (piece at Flopping):
Would you call this stalking and this attack a hate crime? Quotes from a nice, tolerant Dem at Michelle. Not being big TV people, we never posted this obit. But it's interesting to see that the guy wasn't a TV-watcher. I often agree with Hewitt, but on this one, I am with Balloon Juice. No need to "go Lamont". Most boring legal case of the year: Libby update at Lib Leanings. Tell me, what did he supposedly do wrong, again? The myth of the shrinking middle class. Env. Repub Dems fight like girls. Atlas. Ouch. IBD, via Attack Machine:
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Wednesday, February 21. 2007Weds. Cocktail Hour Links
Reconstruction teams in Iraq. Dem Project. Sounds like a big piece of the puzzle. An enemy is not a friend. SC&A. Amazing that we are so far gone that this needs to be said. Long overdue. Adding to blogroll - Good old Mr. Smash at Indepundit Gore may get honorary doctorate in climatology. I say - why not a free real doctorate? After all, he discovered the Gore Effect. Another multicultural death. It should be a daily feature. Ghosts. This brief recollection of a Mom at YARGB is moving and disturbing. Clown awards. He should make it a weekly feature. Everybody needs their ideas challenged, but not by psychotic sociopaths. No Pasaran CAIR update, at Powerline There will always be an England: Hedgehog Rescue. How about a Culture Rescue? Do women make an informed "choice"? Villainous says no. Your eggs do get old, ladies, and your bodies do not make fresh ones. Did these idiots deserve rescue on my nickel? No, but the dog did. Lucianne. What would it cost to put up a sign saying "Climb mountain at your own risk", for the morons who think that Mt. Hood is a Disney Experience?
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First Blood
She wants a coronation, but very few like her very much. What is there to like? And what has she achieved, besides sticking with a scum husband for her own ambitions? David Geffen calls her a bigger liar than Bill. Many links at Drudge. Best bit from the "Clinton intimate" and always outspoken Geffen:
Go, Obama! I wouldn't vote for Obama because he's Left-wing, but I like the guy's hutzpah to be willing to blow a possible VP spot. He has to bear in mind that Hillary is not a girl - and she is nobody's Prom Queen. A black opponent is her worst nightmare. And great fun for the press. The only thing the press likes more than a Dem is a good story with a byline. Tuesday, February 20. 2007Tuesday Night Links
Long may that proud flag wave for the positive things it represented... just like the Federal flag, which once flew over a slave nation, an Indian-abusing nation, an imperialist nation, etc. etc. blah blah blah evil country blah blah blah. Woops. Did I just say that Israel was the greatest threat to world peace? Giant mosque blocked in London. Tiny houses the new fad? I doubt it. Althouse found the article in the NYT. Didn't we call these cabins? Momentum shifting? Indepundit thinks so. Multiculturalism fails again. Egypt and Abdel Karim. Can't they just be tolerant? It's nice to finally see a little judicial understanding somewhere. Cow farts a major threat to planet. I suggest free Beano for all cattle and other ungulates. And let's kill all the Aurochs. Oh, we already did? Great. Then let's kill all the buffalo. Oh, we already did that too? Gee, great. 10% of EU households contain no-one who works. Cool, dude. Very progressive. How do we get to 100%? Cool blog: World Climate Report. Will add to our Science blogroll. Legal persons and limited liability. Bainbridge Murtha in command. Novak. I hate to ask it, but is he in command of his senses? NYT terms illegal immigrant critics Klansmen. That's one way to sell a newspaper: insult the intelligence of all of your readers. Hey - is there a FREE Spanish edition? New Orleans murders. Cops blame the schools. Nice try, cops.
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Gene NewsGenetics of Autism advances. BBC. A cure? Never. But, like Down's, will it be a new reason for abortion? No doubt. A piece of the HIV virus seems stable enough to base a vaccine on. Good news for gays who hate condoms.
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Monday, February 19. 2007President Coolidge Day Links
Scroll down here for info on the new weight loss meds. Steve Jobs beats up on teacher's unions. Fine, we know it's a scam. But I blame the parents first. Grade school teachers want to do their job well, like everyone else. But I do agree that unionization of a profession removes it from the "profession" category. Today in Brooklyn, 1902. Gun control doubles gun murders in the UK. Duh. You don't get Yankee Magazine? Why not? (free advt) It is true about the Brits. Iran's obsession with the the Jews. The history of this nutty thing. For women: A sex health quiz. The Blackwater live eagle cam is up. The eagles have two eggs already. Ospreys not back north yet, of course. Left rooting for defeat? They always do. We have said it many times. Wizbang says it better. Why do they hate this fine country, still with more freedom and more opportunity than anywhere else in the world? Is it a disease, or something? A touching gift for the angry divorcee. Empathy for Britney, from RWNH. I agree with him. Life is tough enough, and staying centered is an endless challenge, but celebrity can be a real killer unless your head is screwed on straight. If you like old cars, do not miss this link from us, the other day. Drool with envy. Image: A southern New England coast, yesterday
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Friday, February 16. 2007A few Friday cocktail hour links
Clayton Cramer's new book. Armed America: The Remarkable Story of How and Why Guns Became as American as Apple Pie Iran's economic house of cards. Shulman at American Future A parrot with a 1000 word vocabulary. BBC Castle Doctrine spreading - now to TX The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming Warming is our friend. Tyrrell at Am Spectator Antarctica defies warming fears. Still quite cold down there. Bangkok Street Dogs. There's a site for everything. William and Mary, No to cross, yes to hos. Not my America. Sign a petition. Powerline
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