Maggie's Farm

Academics soft on fascism? Isn't that an academic tradition? (h/t, Instap.)

Somebody pulled down Move-On's pants, and people do not like what they see. Israpundit

Do these "top professors" really believe this crap? I doubt it. I think they are just spreading disinformation, in the classic Marxist manner. Atlhouse

Tolerance for me but not for thee. "Tolerance" is always a one-way street. In fact, "tolerance" is always intolerance. Samizdata

Germaine Greer is pleased with Steve Irwin's death. But she doesn't much care for men in general. Dust my Broom

Do we need any more evidence that Special Counsel Fitzgerald is a rogue prosecutor? Thge NYT wants to "keep hope alive" that the story will continue, at least for two more months. Just one Minute

Atlas reminds us of the "stench of Soros."  Yes, he is trying to buy America, but his name should be a dirty word. Let's make it one. The man hates America, and American traditions, and he likes anything that leads towards world government...controlled by him, no doubt. The battle of freedom vs. empire never ends. People who seek power because they "mean well" are the creepiest of all.  Hey, George: "If you're so rich, how come you ain't smart?"

I did not realize this, (but how many Americans know anything about Mexican history?). Mexican democracy is facing yet another crisis:

To get a sense of the danger hovering over Mexican democracy, consider these numbers: In the 681 years between the founding of the Aztec empire in 1325 and the present day, Mexico has lived for 196 years under an indigenous theocracy, 289 years under the absolute monarchy of Spain, 106 years under personal or party dictatorships, 68 years embroiled in civil wars or revolutions, and only 22 years in democracy.

Whole piece at WaPo.

Chimpanzee crossing guards. Cool.

"I know the material - I just don't do well on exams."  Right....  Betsy

Debtors could make a difference in the election?  Why? The economy happens to be excellent. If you go into debt, it's your own damn problem. Ankle-Biting

Marketing made very simple. This is good. Reasoned Audacity

Sometimes you just have to trust the pilot: (stolen from Mr Free Market)

Superb short piece at Rhymes with Right on the subject of gun rights, highlighting a surprisingly frank NYT editorial on the subject, in which the gun control advocate declares that too much individual freedom is too risky. One quote:

I've always wondered if the anti-gunners are simply folks who are too scared of individual liberty to permit the unrestrained exercise of the rights protected by the Constitution -- or even to permit the crabbed, limited exercise of such rights. But rarely have I seen such a frank and startling admission of this reality by an anti-gunner. But the NY Times' Verlyn Klinkenborg makes it clear that such a fear of liberty is exactly what animates some anti-gunners in today's lament that even "progressive" Minnesota allows for "concealed carry".

Dare I ask what is "progressive" about limiting rights and freedom, especially one so basic as the human right to self-defence? I too have always suspected that gun control has been just one piece of a left-tilting anti-individual rights process. Whole piece here.

Image: The Minuteman statue in Lexington, MA., where our farmers forcefully confronted the Brit imperial tax-collectors.

Michael Caine is sick of modern movies. Me, too.

Arrested for stealing garbage? Dumpster-diving is a fine American tradition. These cops goofed.

Being a public atheist is not fun. Life is tough. Anti-faith writers: Newsweek

Iranians love America. I have said it here many times. Their leaders are just nuts. I do not wish to bomb these good folks. Powerline

Healing faith. Dr. Bob

Life is not an alcohol deficiency.  Psychiatry and AA try to get it together.

The government can raise kids better than you can. Of course they can. They are so wise! They do studies!  Did the Brits ever read Brave New World? Or did they like it? SDA

We offer a Guernsey cow today, to get the fall off to a good start. Most American Guernseys are descendents of the original six imported to the US in the 1840s. Good buttermilk.

Have a good holiday, readers. I am visiting friends in Rhode Island, and hope to meet the lovely miss on the right at the beach today. I could not find her yesterday, and I have to be back in Pittsfield by Tuesday morning. Cherchez la femme. I once met a Swedish gal like this in Riverside Park, but was too timid to proffer the appropriate invitation. "Let's get something to eat and go back to my place and have some fun." No more. Life is short. Hey, Jude. Carpe diem and all that. Nothin' to lose but your pride and self-esteem, and the agony of rejection: part of the challenge of being a guy: guys have to learn to suck it up. (?)

Jay Tea does religion - an agnostic takes on the faiths of the world.

Rick takes on restaurants, and wants the fattiest, most delicious stuff he can find.

Climatologists moderate their predictions. Am Thinker

A good senior moment joke: Lib Leanings

The death of the First Amendment, thanks to McCain-Feingold. From the DC Examiner (via Polipundit)

Something almost without precedent in America will happen Thursday. That’s the day when McCain-Feingold — aka the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 — will officially silence broadcast advertising that contains criticism of members of Congress seeking re-election in November. Before 2006, American election campaigns traditionally began in earnest after Labor Day. Unless McCain-Feingold is repealed, Labor Day will henceforth mark the point in the campaign when congressional incumbents can sit back and cruise, free of those pesky negative TV and radio spots. It is the most effective incumbent protection act possible, short of abolishing the elections themselves.

The right to self-defence, and the UN, at Willisms. One quote:

The UN is most eager to deny that self-defense is a right, because this would obligate the UN to defend the concept of individual self-defense. Since unarmed self-defense in a world full of weapons is too often meaningless, this puts the UN in the position of having to defend the individual right to bear arms. Quelle horror! Is there anything more vulgar to a silk-suited euroweenie diplomat than individual gun ownership? This should not baffle you - the UN and its supporters are proponents of a single world government, under the ludicrous belief that a unitary government would hold a monopoly on all arms throughout the world, thus abolishing violence. Then, once violence is abolished the UN may disarm itself and the glorious new age of peace, love and rainbows can ensue.

Convert or die: The new Al Quaida tape. These guys need a cultural sensitivity program. How come it's always us who need them?

The Dem 1864 Party Platform. Astonishing parallels. Gateway

Clausewitz on the Iraq war. The politics of war. Dem Project

Ernesto wasn't much of a hurricane, but it brought some strong winds to New England. Chris took this in his harbor in CT (more of his storm photos here.) Quite a few boats came off their moorings, despite storm harnesses (heavy cables).

Only in Lebanon. Photo borrowed from Big Pharoah:

Frank Furedi in Spiked:

How long before British adults will need a licence to parent their children? UK prime minister Tony Blair and his colleagues believe that the solution to society’s problems is to get their hand on the nation’s toddlers before their parents get a chance to ruin them.

Is Maryland ready for a transgender lawmaker? WaPo. I don't get what it is in the first place. Everybody's confused, if they think too much about it.

Two good hunting pieces for Sept 1: What and how do deer see? And a short profile on the Duck Commander.

An alternative view of the war on terror, by Paul Rogers at Open Democracy

New lightbulb. Instapundit

Is the sky falling? More on the global warming (absence of) debate. Volokh

Munch's Scream found intact. Synthstuff

Remember this one from last year? Iowahawk's back to school letter, beginning thus:

Dear Parent or Guardian:

On behalf of the faculty, staff, administration, and grief counselors of Rockwood District 603, please let me extend a warm welcome to you and your student for the upcoming 2005-6 school year at Rockwood Public Schools. In the enclosed information packet you will find your student's classroom assignment and schedule, a calendar of important dates, staff contact information, and a handbook of detailed first aid tips. Please read and review carefully. Your cooperation will help insure that your student enjoys an enriching and survivable year of educational opportunities.

Some of our international readers may not know that Labor
Day, this Monday, is the counterpart of Memorial Day - the official book-ends of summertime, but with both holidays having solemn and important meaning.

Labor Day, of course, was designed to celebrate the trade union movement, which succeeded in raising the American blue-collar worker to the middle class. A very worthy accomplishment, but perhaps not a reason for a national holiday. So we ignore its meaning and make a long weekend out of it, which many seem to be beginning today.

Image: a 1920s worker's lunch bucket, made by Thermos, no doubt designed to contain a loving wife's preparing of a thermos of coffee, a sandwich, an apple, and a hunk of cheese or something, and maybe a piece of chocolate for her hard-working man.

Fresh truffles, out of season, from Australia. A good thing.

US incomes rising. That's another good thing.

Class and politics. Fabrizio wonders whether the poor are tired of being politically exploited, when they could work - and shop - at WalMart. Am Spectator

Chavez taking golf courses for housing projects. So much for private property. Rule #1 of the Left: Make the "little people" dependent on you, no matter what.

A propos of Labor Day, Maxed Out Mama takes on Marxism - and wins!

Are manatees dumb? Maybe so. NYT Science News

Legal bill-padding. What's OK, and what isn't. the Prof

Stephen Schneider - MIT's inconvenient scientist.

More on the ethanol scam. Synthstuff. Many would be happier if they just called it corn alcohol and gave it away free.

Move-On's "Jew Lieberman"?  Is something creepy going on here that I am missing? Israpundit. Sounds like the Dems are going after the anti-semitic vote, big-time.

Never mind. Hyped storm fizzles.

American Moslems increasingly huddle together. Bad idea. Daily Pundit. Join the club, or go away. More at LGF: "I don't have to assimilate."

Rethinking birthright citizenship. Yes, it's about time to do that. h/t, HH

It's the Koran, stupid. Afraid so. View from the Right

"Artist" running con job? Kincaid's stuff is popular schlock. h/t Lucianne

Never wrote a bit about Valerie Plame. Never believed it was worth the virtual ink. Was right, for once. Hitchins at Slate.

A book: The Life of the Mind, by Georgetown's Schall

The US-Canada passport mess. This is not good for Canada: fewer than a quarter of Americans have passports.

Aren't Commissions great?  The Commission on Higher Education cannot say what colleges do. There's a start. Dem. Project. 

The cow? The Holstein, of course. German. The cow of the northeast dairy business for over 100 years.

Belgium, going down the tubes, with eyes wide open. Opinion Journal. Very sad. And free speech in the UK takes a major hit. Samizdata. Who do these government people think they are?

Alito: "It's sort of surreal." Althouse

That was no missile, any more than the missile that hit the Red Cross truck. The press will buy anything if it seems anti-Israel. P'line And for more media bias. the open-border bias: Michelle.

The real crime of WalMart? It does more for poor people than the government does. Dino

The true secrecy in Washington - how they spend our money to buy votes. Captain Ed. The RICO laws should apply.

New Hampshire is supposed to be a loony-free zone, but AVI found one.

Mary K. Ham to the MSM: Why we don't believe you.

What's going on with the Mexico election? Bad stuff, dangerous, too. Calif Yank

The cow? That's a Brown Swiss. The prettiest coat of all dairy cattle, and a good milker, from Switzerland, of course. Only 155 of them were brought to the US before foot and mouth disease halted cow importing  in the 1800s. It's about time for some cows on the blog.

A reader clues us in that gold is back in fashion, that there are only a few more shopping days until Christmas, and that Neiman Marcus has good stuff ("Neims," the gals call it.)

The US Open began yesterday. It's about time. For me, it's the only worthy spectator sport of the year.

Black babies exterminated in the US, by liberals. Ten Napel.

Religion of peace executes 16 year-old girl. LGF

Record number of major black candidates this year. That's good, but we hate counting colors, ever since kindergarten.

Speaking of color, how about fiber-optic clothing?

129 kids sent home for poor clothing. Makes sense to me. Dress like a kid, act like one.

A change in thinking in the UK re multiculturalism? Wizbang

Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman fails to show up to receive his Fields Medal. His Wikipedia entry reveals him to be an unusual fellow. A heavy dose of IQs can do that to a fellow. Thankful I was only blessed with a modest number of them.

Remembering the remarkable Rahsaan Roland Kirk. NY Sun

Humanism and sub-humanism. Gagdad Bob says the Left cannot do vertical. It's an interesting point, but I still think he misses the point - honest communication is not their thing. They say "by all means necessary."

Phila. more dangerous than Iraq. Time to re-deploy from Phila?

UN aided Hez with military data. Being raised on the sanctity of the UN, we are all slow to get the message.

"I'm tired and I want to go home." Max Mayfield to retire.

"Stem Cell hustle." Are they really that important, anyway? Town Hall/ Scientists always follow the money, because they live on grants.

Is Israel's deterrence damaged? Radlauer in JP Blog

Glaciers expanding....due to warming?

When reality doesn't fit your narrative... distort reality, of course. Ace via HH

Slightly peeved with the UN. Rick Moran

What is Cuba really like, these days? Babalu

Marrying a career woman seems like a bad idea. SDA

Anchoress likes men.

Goin' back to school? Writing for Maggie's Farm? How to structure your basic essay.

Nagin? Big-time loser tries to rebuild image by knocking down others. Very lame.

How good is Mark Steyn? Extremely good. Mark on one of our favorites, Alaistair Cookie  Cook.(thanks, reader.)

Travel with your pets. A growing trend. But I would say - leave them behind. Vacation is for humans. Every day is a vacation for a pet.

A day late with the morning after pill. Woops. Yesterday's news.

Are the details confusing from the Duke "rape" case? The NYT thinks so. I do not know.

Murtha lied. But everyone already knows that. Lib. Leanings.

Luttwak on why not to bomb Iran....yet. Not persuasive, in my opinion. Commentary

Should the West decide that Iran has won? And then work from there? I don't know. What I do know is that fighting, while trying to "win hearts and minds," and trying to please the "international community" - whatever that is - does not work. You fight, and maybe make up after, but not during.

Or will Israel decide to take on Iran, mano a mano? Jerusalem Post

What do Canadian unions want? They want to try socialism again. It's "progressive"! Dust my broom. On the other hand, those who want to work and to do things - like doctors - have energy and drive and want to work and want more private opportunity. (aka freedom, h/t, Instap.)

The Lebanon ambulance hoax - exposed. Michelle

The end of easy credit. It's a good thing. First mortgages, then credit cards democratized credit, which had once been a preserve of the privileged. Viking

Auster smacks down Heather MacDonald, re God. Right - God is not to be confused with Santa Claus. It's a tempest in a teapot, of course, because who cares about Heather's religious beliefs? She's a fine essayist. A quote from Auster:

I’m glad she’s gone public with her views, revealing to the public her uninformed understanding of the Christian and Jewish God, and giving more people the chance to reply. I myself pointed out to her at length that this is not what Christianity says. For example, I noted that the phrase “Thy will be done on earth” in the Lord’s Prayer suggests that in the ordinary course of things, God’s will is not done on earth. I also said that the main point of God’s relationship with man is not that God doles out good material things to man like the government, but that man (through God’s grace) strives to live his life in accord with God’s will. I made many other arguments, including Augustine’s great explanation of evil. None of this made any impression on her. She is basically saying that if Christianity fails to live up to her liberal, secular, and materialist expectations of what Christianity ought to be, then it is a false religion.

What do European Moslems believe? Who feeds them this crap? It's dangerous.

Natural selection at work. This is painful. FMFT

CT took pride is its Yankee lack of an income tax, until Weicker decided they needed one. It was a short-term fix, but a long term disaster. Zero growth since the tax.

Florida Commissioner says "get a gun." Some scream in horror, but it makes sense to me. Fire a shotgun over some bad guys' heads - or into their butts - and they run like hell and soil themselves in the process. They will not come back. They will bother unarmed persons in the future.

Maryland's Steele is giving the Dems fits. Blacks are supposed to say "Yowsa, Massa," and never think for themselves. And if they run off the plantation, Donna Brazile, their Simon Legree, will run them down with the baying hounds of the Party and bring them back, dead or in chains.  Capn Ed

Another Duccio (b. 1255)

Don't believe Human Rights Watch any more. They have other agendas.

Sowell warns of Islamic fanatics with nukes. What is the world supposed to do about it?

The sale at Filson's ends soon.

Focus on the Family launching its Truth Project. (h/t, News for Christians)

Let Bush be Bush? Scott at Powerline.

As further proof that politicization of medical treatment has poor results, see the AIDS industry sucking up all the dollars (piece in Am Spectator):

No matter that even the current AIDS budget swamps spending on malaria and tuberculosis, which together kill about twice as many people annually as does AIDS. Antiretroviral therapy for AIDS cures no one and while it costs relatively little in the Third World -- $300-$1,200 per year -- compared to North America, TB can be cured with $65 of medicine. Malaria in Africa and Asia can be prevented for a pittance by spraying DDT, yet environmental activists and the European Union have essentially blocked its use in those areas that need it most.

Alas for these victims, they don't have a politically correct disease. And for that they must die.

Of all people, the LA Times defends WalMart against Dem demagoguery. Everybody likes WalMart. It's a dumb choice of scapegoat.

Maxed out Mama on the subject of men. A quote:

The best thing a mother raising a daughter can do in this society is to teach her to be virtuous, and to make demands of herself to do the right thing towards others. Then, and only then, will the daughter become an adult woman who is capable of recognizing and appreciating a fine man. Because decency is hard. Decency is a struggle! Trying to live a decent life is an epic adventure much more praiseworthy and admirable than climbing Mount Everest. Anyone who tries it will find that out, and in light of the knowledge of her own failures to live up to her own standards will then be able to appreciate the attempt in a man.

Read the whole thing - worth it.

Why Duccio today? I was in a Duccio mood.

Never, never jest in airports. No matter how droll you may be. Full of humorless SOBs.

Liberals do not reproduce, statistically. I could come up with all sorts of hypotheses to explain why, but I won't. But it makes a difference in voting projections. Opinion Journal

Government employee pensions. This will not be pleasing to tax-payers, and it explains why the toll-takers smile despite the crappy job they hold. Ankle Biter

Buchanan's book on immigration is # 1.

What do liberals mean when they say they want "progressive reforms"? Mickey Kaus responds to Josh Marshall, via Viking Pundit

When an armed person breaks into your house and is taking your kids and your stuff, the UN suggests phoning "the appropriate diplomatic channels,"  to file a complaint.

Good essay by Betsy on "How Dionne went wrong" in trying to understand why liberal is a dirty word these days.

"Does govt stupidity know any bounds?" No, of course not. That's why we aren't progressive/socialists. Excellent examples at Volokh: they will ruin your day, because we pay for this crap.

Update on Dr. Bob's ongoing photo-essay of the construction of the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Good stuff.

Mandatory voting? Horrible idea. Will never happen. Who wants people voting who don't know and don't care anyway? Ornstein proposes mandatory voting.

New York has their own Lamont, but nobody discusses it. And the moonbattery isn't supporting. Wonder why? (h/t, Instapundit)

Browning will continue to produce Winchester models, now that Winchester is defunct. That is pretty good news.  Alphecca.

The psychology of fame-seeking. NYT Science News (h/t, Marginal Revolution)

14% of Brits favor immigration. Is anyone listening? Sounds like the US. Tangled Web

A fresh look at Mother Courage and Brecht. Horsefeathers.

How Islamic terrorists bugger the media, while the media enjoys the experience. Mowbray at RCP (h/t, SDA)

Greenland may be turning green again. It was, during Viking times. Cramer looks at the Greenland data.

Everybody wants their color in the history books. How mature is that? I call it feel-good history, for babies. Ten Napel. Turns out they use fake wheelchair kids, too. Moonbattery demonstrates their diversity quotas - it's a world of non-history, same as in the Soviet Union: History as You Wished It. Easy to laugh, but it is insidious and destructive as heck.

Buddhist monks battle peacenik loonie Tamil Tiger supporters. What a world! David Warren

Jihad and the battle of the womb. View from the Right  Hey, babe, let's do one for Allah.

Cassandra at Villainous Company finds some reason for hope in the essay of an America-appreciating Brit.

Did you read Shelby Steele's op-ed piece today? Our readers ought never miss a latest Steele, here, via Conspiracy

South African women prefer shopping to sex. This piece invites any number of clever comments, but I will restrain myself.

The UN is a "dangerous charade," says View from 1776

There is a new domain, called "dot travel." Here's a good new one: search.travel

Megayacht fans can follow the movements of their favorites. (Chris says he saw the 162' jet-drive Mystique in CT this week - one heck of a machine.) Yachtspotters.com. Only the internets could make such a fun, harmless hobby possible. Links are the thing.

For a generation, Dems have sought to reduce American power, says Lib. Leanings, and I agree. But towards what purpose?

A serious hurricane shortage this year. Caused by Global Warming? Or did Bush and Rove decide to turn off their secret hurricane-generating machine, which is hidden on a CIA oil rig somewhere in the West Indies or the Gulf of Mexico, before the fall elections?

Bush claims Dems do not understand threats to US, as the fall campaign season approaches. I think they do - it's just that they need an issue to try to push.

Dumb idea. A World Trade Center Memorial Museum. What for? Oh well, it will only cost about a billion.

Another manatee visits New England for the summer. Very intelligent. Remember Chessie in 1995?

Why technology doesn't improve education: his experience. Rt Wing nation

The Washington Post didn't know how to handle Juan William's new book, but they did manage to find someone to criticize it. Pitiful, when his views could actually do some real good for real people who are caught up in negativity.

The ozone cure was worse than the disease: Big Lizard

Great example of how some people think: at Babalu:

With such wonderful additions to the world, why vilify Fidel any longer? What's a little suppression of political dissent when people can get treatment for diabetes? What are a few innocent human rights violations when people have access to locally grown produce without toxins? What's a little communism when Cuba is contributing less to global climate change than the rest of us?

What is the IQ threshold for college these days?

Auster makes his view simple and clear:

Islam is the problem.
However, we do not have the ability to defeat Islam.
Nor do we have the ability to democratize Islam.
Nor do we have the ability to assimilate Islam.
Therefore, the only solution is to separate ourselves from Islam.

Whole piece here.

Taliban terrorist will remain at Yale afer all. I wonder how his remedial English is coming along? Bulldog, bulldog, bow wow wow. Cao

The long tail? A quick video to bring you up to date with the latest business fad concept. Driscoll

Welfare reform, ten years later. The gloom and doom was wrong. They misunderestimated people's abilities. Polipundit

Race, bodegas, WalMart, immigrants, and American blacks: VDARE

Historic advances in math - totally ignored by the press. YARGB

The defense budget, 1945 to present. Dino

A quote from Ben Stein, as quoted more fully at LFG:

WHAT stands between us and the iceberg(of militant Islam)are the miraculously brave men and women of the armed forces. They're heroes and saints as far as I'm concerned. But can they do it without the rest of us? Can they do it while we're all working on our tans and trying to have our taxes lowered again? How can we leave them out there all alone to die for us when we treat the war to save civilization as something we can just wish away?

Back from a week camping at Acadia Park. I am agreeing with Dr. Bliss - that Maine codfish stew is the best. You can keep your lobsters: they are just expensive chewing gum.

Someone has written an obituary of the conservative movement. Call it obit #3127. Some of their points are correct, however. Time for another Reagan. Bush is not Reagan.

Space tourism is about to begin. I wonder whether there is a market for this.

European dhimmitude. Heart-breaking. At Moonbattery, with a quote which we could almost have written here:

Soon history will look back and ask how Islam could have displaced European civilization without even encountering resistance. The answer will be that this barbaric death cult is receiving a great deal of help from the liberal elite, which semiconsciously shares its goal of obliterating the West. The liberal elite establishment will see to it that thought criminals ? i.e., anyone suspected of opposing Muslims' gradual conquest ? are silenced, as we recently saw with the Brussels Journal, and as has been illustrated so appallingly in the case of Oriana Fallaci.

History note: Kortrijt and the Battle of the Spurs. Write a brief essay describing the historical effects of this famous battle, in which ten thousand French knights were defeated by ten thousand Flemish infantry.

Hezbollah wore IFD uniforms in battle. NY Sun

Crucifix necklace banned by Aussie school. Either the school is an idiot, or they are smart enough, like the Romans were, to recognize and fear the subversive and transformational power of the cross.

That airline mutiny pleases me. Would you risk your life, just to look politically correct? If I feel creeped out, I am outta there. It's my life.

Honey, would you scratch my back?

If these bombers were indeed second- and third-generation Brits of Pakistani origin, and therefore reasonably assimilated, then their plot and organization falls into the same category as all of the others: Jihad is what it's about, pure and simple. Hatred of the infidels. Here are some life details about one of them, at Jihad Watch. Thanks are due to the Brits, the NSA, and the Pakistan govt, for coordinating on this.

What terror threat? RWN

Charles Johnson has made it to the big time, again. CSM

American Exceptionalism and the current Dem party. Betsy

Trained rats locate land mines in Africa. Video

Reducing the g-load for affirmative action. LaShawn. What it says is that blacks are not as intelligent as others: is that what Affirmative Action supporters really believe? I do not believe that, but I do believe that Affirmative Action is a political scam.

U-Haul: Does anyone have any idea why U-Haul will not permit trailing with Ford Explorers? Apparently Taurus is fine with them - even Mustangs, but not Explorers. Strange.

The bomb plots are the big news. Details at Drudge. More here at the BEEB. Gee, I sure hope they didn't trace any terrorist phone calls to catch these guys, don't you?  How long will it take for someone to blame the US for this? My message: Yo, Brits - You have injected yourself with cancer cells, while pretending that all kinds of cells are "just cells." Yes, they are "cells" - terrorist cells. Now you have a big problem: metastatic cancer.

Getting to know you. We will learn more about Ned Lamont over the next few months. Kesler reviews his political heritage: A red diaper baby.

Funny. Admadinejad on "the hook-nosed Jew."

Bloomberg rushes to support Lieberman. CT happens to be a state with more Independents than either Rs or Ds. (Foolish of them, for sure, because they cannot vote in the primaries. You have a larger voice by registering, picking your candidate first, and then voting for whomever you wish.)

Mike Wallace "impressed" by Ahmadinejad. Umm, what does this say about Mike Wallace? I recall that Joe Kennedy thought Hitler was a fine, earnest fellow who loved dogs (but neither of them were overly fond of Jews). Evil and danger rarely come with labels on them, but this guy has labelled himself.

Image: Fine art from Australian Nude Surfing. They know how to have a good time. I like the wholesome, focused attitude of this gal: it appeals to me very much.

"Wrong and Weak": GOP already making the most of the Lamont win. (h/t, Townhall)

Words and Pictures: Our team member Roger made the point earlier in the week, but here is a prime example of the increasingly shrill and desperate emanations from the Left-wing MSM: Globe slanders Iraq amputee vet - Gateway

Iranians claim to have cloned a sheep? Any relation to my post on goat genitals? Perhaps their women dislike scratchy beards, but the goats and sheep are used to it.

So DO IT, already. Olmert still hanging fire. He wants a war where no-one gets hurt. Wrong guy at the wrong time.

Goodwin in NY Daily news: a snippet:

This is fantasy. And that's what Lamont's victory is based on. That somehow we can pull out of Iraq, tell the terrorists they win - and we and our allies will not suffer any consequences. And if those Islamists misbehave, well, we'll just scoot back over there with our police force and arrest those naughty fellows.

I believe that Islamic terrorists will stop at nothing in their mad quest to rule the globe. As a result, World War III has started, whether we like it or not. It will continue, whether we fight back or not. But if we think we can win by not fighting, then we're not just wrong. We're nuts. As in nutmeg.

Worker's Paradise news. Also, hey! Is Fidel dead yet? Haha - he is dancing here.

Few hurricanes this year. Thank Bush.

Yes, it was inevitable. The return of The Green Helmet Guy. h/t, SDA.  
Many thought he was the mortician, but he's a Director of Press Relations for Hezbollah!

A stew of related topics: Victimhood, Fake but Accurate, and "Greater Truths" - at Sisu. A good example of a blog post: engaging, many links, many sources, and a stew of ideas.