Tuesday, February 21. 2006
More on Summers and Harvard. NY Sun. Is he so traumatized by being mau-maued by the feminists that he cannot defend himself? More from Horsefeathers. A tougher Summers: Christina Hoff Summers on Crying Wolf over Sexual Harassment. NRO. Some surprising facts re male vs. female abuse Killer freakin' robots! Ace Three arrested in Toledo for terrorism Why Sharia Law is uncivilized. From the highly multiculturally-sensitive Wizbang. Newspapers are still making $ - and moving onto the web to do so. IBD The F-14 Tomcat is retired. One Hand Clapping
Hey, New York Times: More on the Russians moving Saddam's WMDs Who's organizing all the the loony tunes riots? Moonbattery figgered it out - and it's not Rove - but it's funny. A spineless Sweden slowly collapses. Michelle. Two generations of decadent socialism has broken this nation's spirit. Maoism at Harvard: We must all study diligently Correct Mao Thought. Am. Thinker on the latest Larry Summers ridiculousness. Veritas?
A re-posting from Monday: Our Chickensh-t Press: If our Leftist press portrays Cheney as the devil incarnate, how come they aren't afraid of him? And if the Jihadists are just misunderstood peaceful folk, how come they are so afraid of them? The press is supposedly giving the Jihadists a pass on the cartoons, etc, because of "sensitivity"!!! Huh? The press isn't sensitive to anyone except Hillary Clinton. "Sensitivity" is just a euphemism for "scared." They are pure chickensh-t. Captain Ed gives them hell, here.
Monday, February 20. 2006
Who knew that Dr. Seuss was a political cartoonist? Volokh As predicted, media ignores story of Iraq's enriched uranium. I guess it's not a Dem talking-point, is it? Newsmax Minnesota Dems go over the edge: their efforts to block pro-war advts. What about diversity of opinions? Why acting so fascist? Powerline insists it's a prototypical story about the Left's fear of debate, and their capture by their extreme wing. Could be.
Did you miss our piece on The Dems' Valentine's Day Manifesto last week? If so, read it. Covers a lot of ground. Scroll down - it was posted on the 15th. Our Chickensh-t Press: If our Leftist press portrays Cheney as the devil incarnate, how come they aren't afraid of him? And if the Jihadists are just misunderstood peaceful folk, how come they are so afraid of them? The press is supposedly giving the Jihadists a pass on the cartoons, etc, because of "sensitivity"!!! Huh? The press isn't sensitive to anyone except Hillary Clinton. "Sensitivity" is just a euphemism for "scared." They are pure chickensh-t. Captain Ed gives them hell, here. Help Wanted! Apply now! Iranian men and women sign up to be suicide bombers. BKP. That's the Religion of Peace, folks. They can't wait to spatter you with their shrapnel and their guts. Did Russians move Saddams WMDs? I want to know why the CIA seems to be keeping a distance from these new reports about WMDs. Atlas discusses the Russian angle. Rick Moran, Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Right Wing Nut House, keeps getting better as an essayist. I say that enviously. He's ready for the big-time. Next thing you know, he will change the whimsical name of his blog. An excerpt from his reply to Simon Jenkins' critique of the Iraq war: For at bottom, the “alternative strategy” being pushed by Jenkins and most of those on the left is one of reaction – waiting for the terrorists to strike before committing ourselves to countering them. In an era where weapons of mass destruction are becoming more widespread and easier to manufacture and/or acquire, this policy is not only suicidal, but morally reprehensible. It condemns hundreds perhaps thousands of innocent people to death all in the name of a simpering kind of internationalism, a belief that most countries are on the same page when it comes to combating terrorism. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are many countries – Russia and China come to mind immediately – that would not be averse to seeing a catastrophic attack on America. Mr. Jenkins and his reactive strategy would make such an attack more likely by several degrees of magnitude. I daresay that Beijing especially wouldn’t mind seeing America severely weakened as it would probably mean affecting our ability to block their designs on Taiwan and establishing economic hegemony over the rest of East Asia. Read his whole piece.
***The Loony Tunes Story, contd. An excellent review of the cartoon issue by Anne Applebaum in the WaPo. She points out what we have been observing: The more we learn about Moslem culture, the less we trust them and the less we want their alien values in our countries. One quote from her piece: Of course, some good may come out of this story, even in this country. If nothing else, this controversy should bring an end to that naive, charming and sadly incorrect American theory of international relations that "the more we all learn about one another, the less we will fight." Gradually, the Islamic world is learning that we don't respect religion in the same manner they do. Slowly, we are learning that they feel differently about the printed word, and the printed picture, from us. And somehow, I've got a feeling that this new knowledge will be not the beginning of understanding but the inspiration for more violence. *** means this is a must-read.
Sunday, February 19. 2006
Stones play for 1 million in Rio. Video clip here. Jingjing and Chacha are watching you: 1984 on the internet in China. Fin. Times More on Sarkozy, who will probably be next French President. Interesting fellow. Weekly Standard The theory of the Just War, considered by No Oil Congress punts on the NSA oversight issue. They don't want the responsibility. Captain Ed. Do the Loftus Tapes confirm that Saddam had a uranium enrichment program? If so, why isn't it front page news?
Saturday, February 18. 2006
A bit late with the links this morning - was "overserved" last night at Rudy's. Not my fault. Psiphon. Psiphon will break down the Great Internet Wall of China. small dead animals. Good. We want their traffic! Brits move abroad for a better life. The Independent. And the population replaced by....Moslems. Hey, Brits. Lower your taxes, encourage free enterprise, protect your traditions, place some sane limits on immigration, and folks will want to stay. Just watch Canada under Harper. Laffey attacks Chafee. Many Yanks would love to see Laffey win in RI. Laffey's column here. Religion of Peace: Where is this photo? NYC!!! WTF? And why are these people here, if not for freedom? Just for $? Piece at our pal Pamela's place: Atlas. They obviously have no clue what America is all about, or its history, or what it stands for, or what its soldiers have died for. Disgusting, shameful. We'll buy you a plane ticket home - today. We do not welcome, or want, your values. We prefer our own. Build the Caliphate in France or, better yet, just go home. Dealing with our own Lefty-Fascists is enough work. Dealing with this kind of stupid BS is just...ridiculous! And if these kinds of jerks frighten the American press, the American press is worthless. These folks are unready for Western Civilization if freedom and civility are not their priorities. One question: How would the media react if these were Christians? 
Friday, February 17. 2006
Annan wants US military help in Darfur to support any NATO efforts. What about the rest of the world? The US will only end up being hated if we go in there. Religion of Peace. You already saw this probably, but the imams have put a price on the heads of cartoonists. Michelle. Freakin' idiots. You can insult my God all you want. Neither He, nor I, will feel harmed. Canada turning warmer towards US. Great. Am. Thinker. It also looks as if they will dismantle their huge expensive and equally ineffective gun registration bureaucracy. Captain Ed. That's even better. I guess it was time for a change up there. What the heck is going on with young teens at My Space? NY Sun The Common Man in NH. Eaten there several times. Good for after skiing. Wizbang shows the true NH heart in the face of nagging Feds. So sensitive: (from Chronicle of Higher Edn) College students in Arizona may be able to opt out of required reading assignments they consider personally offensive, under a bill approved on Wednesday by the State Senate's Higher Education Committee. The measure would allow students to decline assignments that "conflict with the student's beliefs or practices in sex, morality, or religion."
Gee, that about covers everything, doesn't it?
 We were convinced by Brother Kesler at Democracy Project that there is a genuine legal issue about internet providers and China, and that it isn't simply a matter of commerce, but a matter of Commerce Law. He said, via email, that the law
forbids selling them the handcuffs (indeed, this is currently forbidden), the WMD technology (currently forbidden), and the other means of direct repression (Internet censoring) which is actually forbidden but Commerce has not paid attention to this "expansive" interpretation of existing law, so added interpretative legislation is needed. Otherwise, sell them food, or other items that do not further repression or further threats to West.
So will re-refer you to his two recent pieces on the subject. Scroll down and read them both. The Loftus tapes to be released today. Should be interesting. Daily Pundit The sickening Abu Graib tapes. I know this is 5 out of 150,000 soldiers, and I understand that they are pissed at these Jihad creeps, but this is not the American Way. Video here. What did these guys do, surrender to troops? WaPo has a piece on this. Is Blogging done? Captain Ed looks at the numbers, and concludes that blogging is event-driven, especially election-driven. I think it's a good thing, but hardly worth the effort without thousands - at least - of daily readers...which we need here...and we will burn down a KFC shop if we don't get what we want!!! (Just kidding.) From a piece by Max Boot on Scapegoating of the West: The most depressing aspect of the whole cartoon affair is not the intolerance for press freedom exhibited throughout Muslim lands. It is the willingness of so many Muslims — even those who would never burn a consulate or threaten a newspaper editor — to scapegoat the West for their own failures. Muslim nations will never make any progress unless they stop focusing on the offenses, real or imagined, visited upon them by the outside world and start looking within for what ails them.
No Oil remembers the Steyn piece -well, who doesn't: [Euro apologists] appear[] to be arguing that our tolerance of our own tolerance is making us intolerant of other people's intolerance, which is intolerable. Thus the lop-sided valse macabre of our times: the more the Islamists step on our toes, the more we waltz them gaily round the room...
Somehow missed this one from Michelle: University of Washington student leaders: Student senator Jill Edwards, according to minutes of the student government's meeting last week, said she "didn't believe a member of the Marine Corps was an example of the sort of person UW wanted to produce." Ashley Miller, another senator, argued "many monuments at UW already commemorate rich white men."
Who raised these kids to be such spoiled morons? Anti-Christian Hate. We Christians hate it. But accept it. It's been going on for two thousand years. But why is it no big deal to the media? Surely they are not all Jihadists? American Thinker. Reason vs. Pretext for rioting and mayhem. We know it's been pretext for the Molsems. Eric makes the point well - "Another Day, Another Pretext." Teflon causes cancer? Aw, man. I think Life causes cancer. Ya gotta die of something, right? Not gonna live forever, right?
Thursday, February 16. 2006
What is Al Gore's price to sell out his nation? $250,000. for his speech. Jeez, I'll rant for an hour for free...but never like that. I guess Humility is still knockin' on his door. Still crazy, notes Powerline. Isn't he the permanent Garfunkel of Simon and Garfunkel? Lost in the ozone of Ego, disappointment, moral confusion, and too much good pot in Vietnam? Shark attacks decline as people fight back - with their fists! Wash. Times. Punch that killer shark in the nose! Hey, European friends - there's a moral to that story. Italy stands up to intimidation. Good for them. Gateway Steichen photo goes for 2.9 million at auction. Well, it is a pretty picture. Scalia terms ideological foes "idiots." C'mon, Scalia. Even if they are, how about a little dignified behavior. Pictures of Mohammed in many art museums. Is this really true about Islam forbidding pictures? The China-Internet debate. Not sure what the right side is on this one. Kesler considers the law and the issues at Democracy Project. Wedded bliss lasts one year. Amazed those researchers have the balls to go home after announcing that one. Art Therapy for the Middle East. From Dissident Frogman: So everybody is going at it and having fun, from The Amazing Retecool to Draw Mohammad.com (hat tip: Blonde Sagacity) all the way to Iran's mullahcrats who launched a goat spanking worldwide "Draw me a Joo" contest: Iran's biggest-selling newspaper has chosen to tackle the West's ideals of "freedom of expression" by launching a competition to find the 12 "best" cartoons about the Holocaust, (...) See? No need to get all red faced under the turban and all sweaty-shaky in the burnoose, you can have a go at freedom of speech too.
Just put down the torches, grab a 2B pencil, and let your inner self roam free. We, in the West, will call it Free Speech while the rest of you in Tehran, Indonesia, Kabul and California will call it Art Therapy.
Wednesday, February 15. 2006
A Moslem Brokeback Mountain? Oh, man. This will make the sparks really fly. Coming soon to a theater near Mecca you. Ya gotta laugh. If you are a regular reader of Maggie's, you would have known about these Loftus tapes two weeks ago. Is there a smoking gun? Not clear. Do the tapes prove that Saddam was fixated on WMDs? Yes. New York Times: Give Hamas a chance....for what? To kill more Jews? Didn't the American Left want to give Hitler more time to be reasonable... until he invaded their beloved Stalinist Russia? Ronald McDonald, inflatable Mohammeds with 7-inch wieners, etc: Classical Values - with pictures. The Moslem cyberwarfare. Michelle. A Danish view: the US and Brits pissed on us. Europundits. Gopnik on Shaker furniture, in The New Yorker. Scientists prove what everyone knows: illness in a spouse causes the other to go downhill too. Science Daily Pakistan goes postal. What's the matter with these people? Don't they have jobs? Or is it just Party Time, Middle-East style? NY Sun Darfur: Who is going to fix it? NATO? The UN? Or the USA? CSM. Why not France this time? It's your turn, France. You pull this little metal thing, and then the bullet goes out of the end of that metal tube-thingy. Low-fat diet? More evidence that it's useless. NYTimes Science Times. Great news for carnivores who like their steaks burnt on the outside and rare on the inside, with a mountain of buttery mashed potatoes...hey, what's for supper? A White House on Quaaludes. Cheney finally spoke today, honestly and graciously. Copped to the whole thing, although from what I heard it was a true accident and not an error. He should have spoken sooner. The White House has been doing lots of important things, but, in managing the loony shark-infested waters of the press, they are a bust. Fire the jerk whose job is press and micro-crisis management. Email me...I can do a better job.
Combat for Christ? Ankle Biter has story. From VDH: What will Europe Really Do? Do the Europeans sense that the more open, free-wheeling and non-judgmental the culture, the more it is hated by the jihadists? If Europe as a whole is more pro-Palestinian than the United States, disapproved of Iraq, and yet is still hated as much, is magnanimity at last exposed as appeasement—earning only contempt from an emboldened enemy?
Read entire - especially our wonderful European readers. God is a Democrat? I am not sure this is the right way to try to appeal to voters. God is everyone's, if they will have Him. Quote: “God is a liberal,” declare Jim Carville and Paul Begala in their latest book Take It Back. “Jesus is not a Republican,” demands Clint Wallis, editor of, among other tomes, the very un-Christian sounding The I Hate Republicans Reader. “Jesus is a progressive.”
Read entire piece on the subject in Democrats Misplay the "God Card" by Hynes at Town Hall. A new website to add to your Favorites: Watching America. News from around the world, translated into English.
Tuesday, February 14. 2006
Had to post this Olympics cartoon. How's your German? Story and translation at LGF. 
Enormous 4th Century BC Macedonian tomb discovered by farmer in Greece. It's easy to be Green - so say US corporations. Who knows whether it makes a difference, but I don't think that's what it's about. Cool book: A Treasury of Royal Scandals. More on the Left's efforts to muzzle free speech on the US airwaves. Aronoff at Accuracy in Media. Registering ammo (!?!) in Boston. Good example of how a nanny state becomes a fascist state. MassBackwards. Dhimmitude further defined and explicated. Diana West at Town Hall Katrina $ wasted: Who is surprised? New Orleans is not exactly the world capital of, um, probity. Cheney's attempted murder of lawyer "pal." So, the old guy got peppered. Big deal. It must be a slow news week, especially if you won't report progress in Iraq. I saw one news report that said he was hit with buckshot! More likely #8s or #9 birdshot from Cheney's 28 ga. Not very scary. Hey, but what about the rumors that Whittington is Libby's natural father, and also Abramoff's bag-man for the White House? Investigate that.
Monday, February 13. 2006
Nor'easter caused by Bush's Global Warming. No doubt. Warming causes cold weather, natch. Steyn on Mustafa Shag: If I were a Muslim, I'd be "hurt" and "humiliated" that the revered prophet's name is given not to latex blowup males but to so many real blowup males...
It's too good: Europe is Taking The Wrong Stand. Is Old Europe Doomed? Dalrymple: Europe’s loss of power, influence and importance continues to this day; and however much one’s material circumstances may have improved (just take a look at photographs of daily life in France or Britain in the 1950s and compare them to daily life there today), it is always unpleasant, and creates a sense of deep existential unease, to live in a country perpetually in decline, even if that decline is merely relative.
Read entire excellent piece. Venting, but with the legal details, about Carter and the MLK wiretaps. Rhymes with Right No blood, No fowl: Michelle is worried about fallout from the shooting story. Bird hunters know that this happens on occasion. As long as you miss the eye, it's no biggie, except to people like reporters who don't hunt or even like guns. A damn shame he missed the bird, though. And we learn he hunts birds with a 28 ga. That means he's good. More humorless Moslems: Volokh has the example - a new cartoon - of how not-offending becomes offensive. Jeez. Chill, Moslems. And cheer up.
Sunday, February 12. 2006
Birding Superbowl. Now that is a Superbowl I can care about. CSM. Laura rips Hillary, gently. About time. "Israel will be removed." Ahmadineajahd (why can't these guys have normal names like Jim or Bill? Who can spell these names? Who wants to?) The Graf Spee's Eagle. Cool. Scroll down at RRWH Superb piece on Judith Butler, the academic propagator of Queer Theory and the patently insane wishful (?!?) notion that men and women are the same, at Horsefeathers - which lists no email link on their blog, and requires sign-up for comments - which I will not do. On principle. Pain in the ass. We'd do a reciprocal blogroll, but how do you contact bloggers with no contact link? Jack Carter? Not another Carter? In Nevada. Gateway. His Daddy is helping him - the Daddy that omitted the fact that Bobby Kennedy was the guy who wiretapped Martin Luther King Jr. at the King Funeral Bash-Fest last week. A born dhimmi - to anything and anyone. Govt. Spending, Pork, Entitlements, etc. Willisms
Saturday, February 11. 2006
Only in England! Knife Amnesty!!! Admittedly, it is scary the way a knife can slash out at someone when the holder just couldn't control the willful destructive mind of the knife. On the other hand, if you can't buy a handgun, then what are you supposed to do when someone really pisses you off in England? Hit 'em with a pudding? Then there will be Pudding Bowl Amnesty. Other Side of Kim A Steven Breyer quote which explains a lot. YARGB Laura Ingraham in Iraq. Image below, and story at Expose the Left. Not a pudding bowl in her hands:  Religion of Peace: 5 years in jail for attending a gay wedding. Gay and Right Happy First Blog Birthday, Pamela! Atlas Shrugs Will ABA impose racial quotas on law schools? Volokh Popularity of Sharia law in Moslem nations. Quite popular. One Hand Clapping
Enviros urge: Stop drinking water - bad for the env. Is beer preferable? Env. Economics Moslems march against Valentines Day. Michelle Cartoon via New England Repub via NYPost: 
Florida and gun rights - very advanced, in the right way. AlphaPatriot Porter Goss on the NSA issue: very direct. And Rightly So Budget Deficits: Cafe Hakek considers whether they are short-sighted or not. The comments below the piece are excellent.
Friday, February 10. 2006
Michelle lists the nations and newspapers who have already submitted to Islamic bullying, demonstrating their terminal lack of healthy pride and self-respect. Captain Ed has some good comments. And Bruce does a great job with moral equivalence. Some people waste no time in bending over, do they? You have to wonder whether they like to, and what their problem is. No doubt there is great laughter in Muslim-land that some fake cartoons, some trumped-up emotion, and a couple of rent-a-riots can have such an effect on the world. This kind of event only reinforces their idea that the Caliphate is on its way, and more easily than they might have imagined. If you scroll down a bit at Michelle, see the cover of a Polish magazine this week - very relevant.
Poll: 97% of Iraquis oppose terrorism. Other interesting numbers, too. Blogcritic Big snow coming to New England. Wonderful. What is fun is to watch the TV news hype a normal winter snow. "Winter weather warning" flashing below the screen, etc. I guess it sells soap, though. Weather was more fun here in New England when you didn't have two days' warning. "I insulted Americans, but they aren't going to behead me." Kalitsky in (UK) Times Reid is in deep trouble with Abramoff mess. Good thinking about Defined Pension Plans and Social Security. Willisms Hate speech is good. Coyote. A good point: it lets you know where someone is really coming from. Ice cream vending machines? Why not? A VC Mark Warner is getting his act ready for the road. Hey, Dems. This is the kind of candidate you need.
Thursday, February 9. 2006
On the same day that the NYT refused to publish the famous cartoons due to sensitivity, they printed a photo of "Dung Mary". Well, slap me with a mackeral, as Mr. Free Market would say - how dumb can they be? Conspiracy. Yes, I am deeply offended by both Dung Mary and by their hypocrisy and hatred of America. I insist that they cease publication as of today to avoid further offense to me and my friends and family. Let's plan a mass protest march like the Moslems are doing...no, that would be cruel to kick 'em when they're down. They could be headed to jail anyway for revealing defense secrets. Will the wedge issues for 2006 be terrorist wiretapping and illegal immigration? If so, I think Repubs win. Am. Prosect. A cure for AIDS? Ace Inflatable Mustafa has a 7-inch one. Is that all? An insult to Islam! Bare-Knuckle Carnival of Christian bloggers is up at Part Time Pundit With friends like this...Brownie threatens Bush. It proves the guy wasn't really ready for prime time (Brownie, I mean...I think). Get 'em all riled up into a lather, then claim they need an emotional outlet. WTF? 100,000 Moslems to march in London. Sounds strangely like Al Sharpton tactics. Miss the Superbowl Commercials because you were busy blogging? Here they are. H/T , Charmaine No snow, warm weather for Winter Olympics. Should we blame Bush?
A Plea for censorship from the EU: Daily Pundit A plea for self-censorship from Slate. I knew this was coming. H/T Protein Wisdom. The article is worried about "stereotyping". Gimme a break. Since when is sterotyping illegal or unconstitutional? We all do it, all day long. It's called "learning" from experience. What is wrong with these idiots? They are stereotyping themselves to the point of self-satire. And this comes after discovering that the entire Mohammed cartoon thing was a scam by sleazebag Imams to rile up their people against Denmark. Thank God the leaders of the US are not omega male metrosexuals like Europe has. Like Blair. See also our piece on "Dont MaKe 'em Mad" - scroll down.
 Why were Dems so rude and hostile at the King funeral? Here's one reason: more and more black Republican candidates. Dems feel that they need to try to scare their people back to the plantation, so they are pumping victimization, instead of opportunity, as hard as they can. It's a negative message, and it won't work in 2006.
How can you keep selling victimhood when the country is full of black Republican candidates? Despite the Democratic-produced stereotype of poor, single-mother, victimized blacks, American has a rapidly-growing population of middle class, church-going, solid and ambitious black families. Why would they stick with a political party which demeans them and uses them? They won't. Lynn Swann is just one of many. This guy can run. And will win. Aspiring blacks and hispanics are part of the future of the Republican Party - if it will stand for its principles...which it has not been doing recently, for lack of a good orator. This great photo yesterday - not from the funeral.
Abu Hamza gets 7 yrs in jail for inciting murder. That's a start. MoDo thinks Hilary Hillary Mrs. Clinton needs to get angrier. Hmmmm. Anglicans dump Israel investments. Not only is that wrong-headed, but what are they doing with investments anyway? Give what you have to the poor, and follow me, eh? World gone nuts. 6 year-old suspended for sexual harassment. Jeez. I still touch cute gals. Is that wrong? But they touch me much more than I touch them. World gone nuts, #2: Did Yahoo drop the dime on Chinese dissidents? Democracy Project. We have had NO Chinese readers for two weeks, and assume we have been shut down there. Is Maggie's Farm dangerous? How can we check it out? Anybody know? Do not read before breakfast: the Religion of Peace... Atlas. No-one wants to take us up on our Help Wanted advt? We are serious. (scroll down) Blogs and politics: What effect, if any? Ca. Yank thinks it's different for Dems and Repubs.
Wednesday, February 8. 2006
Mediterranean Diet? Healthy for some, delicious for all. Science Daily Gonzales says NYT being probed in leak case. About time. Remember what Nixon got in trouble for? Not the break-in - the cover-up. The totally disgusting Coretta King funeral. Heard a bit of it on the Hannity radio show - too awful to listen too. And the in-your-face hatred and disrespect shown to Bush demonstrated an out-of-control hatred that should be beyond civilized people. Turning a funeral into a political stunt. Beneath normal human dignity, and shows no honor to the deceased's life, or to the corpse. But I guess it's a bully pulpit...for the desperate and shameless. Bush was as gracious as a man can be. Agree with him or not, there is a real person in there with a code of behavior. Do the Dems have a future? Ex-Donk wonders, and doubts it. And Happy Blog Birthday Ex-Donk. We're the same age. And I am an ex-Donkey too. Lots of us are. Gay Tourism. It's big business. Thailand censors biography of their king. What's the fun in being a king if you can't do stuff like that? Evangelical leaders want to fight global warming. Is this their, um, area of expertise? We do understand the idea of stewardship, but... um. Science Times.
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