Saturday, January 7. 2006
Sexual Harrassment in the Workplace: How To's and How Not To's Quick video download: harrasment.wmv
Proof? So what? Now that we have proof that Saddam was supporting and protecting terror, will there be a change in tone from the defeat-America crowd? No. Because the whole thing is about partisan attack, and nothing more.
Most Senate Dems took Abramoff cash. Is this whole Abramoff thing a real story? I can't find the story in it yet. Politicans accept campaign donations from a sleazeball? That's a story? A real story would be a politican not accepting $ from sleazeballs, but that guy or gal would be a goo goo schlemiel loser, wouldn't he? "F-ing Welsh." Tony Blair said it, and now police investigating it as a possible hate crime. Protein. "F-ing crazy Brits." I said that. Arrest me. (Reductio ad absurdum) Cat evolution finally understood, via mitochondrial DNA. Two things pain me about this article: 1. The great cats of the world are essentially extinct, or on the verge of it. 2. House cats are not close to extinction, sad to say - it would be a far more perfect world without those damn things. How Alito might alter the balance of the Court. CSM 2005 was second warmest year since the 1890s. Reason unknown. Book of Daniel is an unholy mess. WaPo New Orleans refugees raise crime rates in Houston. City Journal Chavez' antisemitism. Tangled Web Duke Cunningham wore a wire for a while. I see sleepless nights in DC. Wizbang Zawahiri: US troop reductions in Iraq prove insurgent victory. BKP Hey, NYT, check this graph. Mine deaths rose during Clinton, declining now. Not that a Pres. has anything to do with such things anyway. Poor and Stupid Palestinians have begun fighting eachother instead of Israel. Gates
Friday, January 6. 2006
Fascism, Islamism, and Anti-semitism Loconte in Weekly Standard. A quote: "Hardly anything has infuriated certain critics of the Bush Administration more than the president's vocabulary to describe the war on terrorism. Bush warns of an "axis of evil," in which rogue nations collude with Muslim extremists to acquire nuclear weapons. He regards Osama bin Laden and his cadre of suicide bombers as "evildoers." He compares the theology of radical Islam to that of European fascism and "all the murderous ideologies" of the twentieth century. Intellectuals and others reject this talk as sophomoric and supremely arrogant-just another manifestation of Bush's cowboy diplomacy. Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor in the Carter Administration, voices a typical note of contempt: "We have increasingly embraced at the highest official level what I think can fairly be called a paranoiac view of the world." Perhaps it's no surprise, then, that these same critics remain mostly mute over the stunning remarks of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Two weeks ago the Iranian president shocked Western leaders when he claimed that the Holocaust was "a myth" created by Jews and "Zionist historians." This followed a previous slander against Israel as "a tumor" to be "wiped off the map"--or, at best, relocated to Europe. "Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury," Ahmadinejad told the Organization of the Islamic Conference. His anti-Semitic tirade comes as the Iranian leader continues to defy the United Nations to pursue a nuclear weapons program. "I thought, my God, he's a Nazi," a German resident told Knight Ridder. "I couldn't believe that again the world was faced with a Nazi as a head of state. It's beyond comprehension." "
Two views of the miner story - we goofed vs. we were perfect: Pressthink Moslems sacked Rome in 846. Did not know that. Jihad has a long history. Dems and leftists reveal their contempt for democracy, according to Hitchins. Gaza seeks to encourage tourism. Think again. Travelwire. Academic physicians complain of focus on income instead of research. Chronicle of H.E.
Schwartzenegger bends to the will of the people. No-one could have made a better or more earnest effort to bring Calif. into reality, but even he was not strong enough. Too bad for Calif. Only a bit of psychiatric medication in the drinking water, and a double-dose of American Spirit, could solve their insane mess. You will not believe what this Vermont liberal judge did. Ex-Donk. I guess with the years of the Supreme Court making things up, other judges think they are above the laws too. Oh, there really is a relationship between demand and price? Booze at Cafe Hayek Is a war between Israel and Iran getting closer? Very possibly. Front Page. Not a pleasant thought when one considers all of the innocent Iranians. Crime in Nice Canada. Worse than the US. Go figure. Small dead animals. A look at the Florida Constitution at their court's decision yesterday to reject Charter Schools. Crescat Sententia More on Lynn Swann at the PA gov. race. Plus the interview with Hannity. Pol Teen "Feelings." NE Repub has the money quote from the Letterman thing.
The story of Shanahan and the new NHL rules. CSM Too much good stuff on Radioblogger with HH: Tancredo, Steyn, and Matthew Dowd, here. (Scroll down) Height and birth order: Boys later in the birth order do tend to be taller than the first. Same holds for girls, but only through the first couple of girls. The cause for the tendency is unknown. Which would you prefer? Taller, or short but inherit the kingdom? Am I the last person on the planet to know about Engadget? The growing mess in the Worker's Paradise of Venezuela. Publius
Thursday, January 5. 2006
Jobless claims at a 5 year low. Curiouser and curiouser. The Tice story. RWNH A thoughful response, or rebuttal, to the Steyn piece, at YARGB Did Castro have JFK killed? Is it paranoid to wonder? Irish Pennants
World Economic Forum at Davos coming up: Their agenda here. Are Saddam and John Murtha talking? Gateway First, Canada blames the US for their gun violence. Now MA blames NH for theirs. Grow up. NH Insider Risen seems to prefer "experts" to elected leaders: Pline Blogs: Is their time past? Hope not - we are just getting warmed up. A Scottish blog we have found. It's about time for a blog with kilts. Right for Scotland Taxes and growth in local and state economies: from the Willism files. Are birds dinosaurs? It is quite an interesting debate. And it's funny, because birds don't taste like dinosaurs.
Providence Journal claims New Englanders and Pacific Northwesterners better than other Americans. Anchor Rising questions their "reasoning." A Citizenship Test: ex-donk Chess, Appellate Briefs, Newton, and Creation. Pejman Althouse on Dion Lynn Swann to run for PA Gov.
Wednesday, January 4. 2006
I did have the same idea but Dymphna did it first: the two ladies marketing their sons' deaths: Gates of Vienna Kuala Lumpur is closed today. Travelwire. You want a reason? The death of Spain. Tangled Web. Brits, Danes and Dutch are next in line. The French... Who cares? Holocaust was pure propaganda. So says Iran. Protein A Democratic dictatorship in LA? Lonely Centrist. Gee, maybe afraid of an "election"? A prediction: Alito is in like Flynn. He isn't even a conservative. He's an Italian from NJ.
A therapeutic rant against the press re the miner story. Ex-donk An excellent WW 2 time-line. Very useful. Do you want Canadian medical treatment, aka "health care" ? From the Conspiracy. People think Hilary is a conservative...Good strategy - fool the people some of the time. Pol. Teen Ham at HH addresses Castro: HH New-wave feminism: Let's become men. Am Spectator Larry Summers was right: Squaring the Globe Neo does our wonderful Robert Frost: Neo Michelle does the dumb Letterman story. France (properly) tries to defend their constructive colonial heritage. CSM
2005 sucked blew: Wilma, Rita, and Katrina. Miami Herald California Wines: The Prof's picks Best photos of the year from the WaPo View from the Left: We lost the war. Ash. We did???
Tuesday, January 3. 2006
The always-composed Hinderaker is provoked into a true blogger rant by Dean. China ratchets up controls of the press. CSM IQ vs. Self-Discipline. Cognitive Daily
Death cult celebrity: LGF Is abortion necessary "health care" ? Am Spectator Newspeak at the NYT: Scott How men and women use the internet differently Big Oil becoming Small Oil: Opinion Journal Bird flu - Sim Science, esp epidemiology. Very cool. From Captain Ed: " I, for one, would rather have the NSA checking on valid leads on al-Qaeda terrorists here in the US than to have my granddaughter vaporized by Islamofascists at the Mall of America." No doubt.
The most important news of 2005. Productivity. TCS An alcohol-related visual-brain problem: measuring alcohol. We thoughtfully saved this one for after New Year's Eve. Geothermal energy. It's a growing thing, and seems good. Still, we need nuclear. Finally, the truth about poor Sacco and Vanzetti. Norm covers it. Has anyone missed Patterico's summary of the LAT's bias in 2005? If not, read with despair. Or can he have an impact? If so, we need a Patterico for the NYT. Preferably a sharp legal mind with time on their hands, and yet willing to read the damn thing.
Monday, January 2. 2006
African literature update: Chronicle of Higher Ed 2 views of Palestine: Belmont Russia, and nuke power: Samizdata Steyn predicts the death of Europe: New Crit, via LGF Useful idiots, at Am. Thinker Is Walmart evil? Pejman Events of the Year: No Oil Farrahkan wins a prize. Unbelievable. Michelle Bush elected President of Iraq. Onion Mars rovers still on the move. Heard about it lately? Ca. Yank That map again, via NRO, H/T Instap. Most ancient canals in the world: Peru $ effects of Title 9 - Willisms
Why legal pro bono work is inefficient: Cafe Hayek The Ferret looks handy, and other Brit military hardware that you can buy. Khaki Corps And on a related topic, a website featuring the ruins of the Third Reich. Coming out of the closet as a neocon - tough thing to do if you live in the wrong neighborhood. Neo 2005 quotes from the news of 2005. Althouse Where Bush went wrong: where they always go wrong, by over-reading an election as a mandate. RCP
Sunday, January 1. 2006
Yes, Monday is a federal holiday and a bank holiday. But we will have at least one post you won't want to miss - a note from the Yankee Farmer, for whom holidays do not exist. Better living in the USA: CSM Orianna Fallaci: Front Page What happened to the tsunami money? Wash. Times Thoughts about hard times: Right Equals Might Thoughts about Kwanzaa: Gay and Right Bloom on Limbo: NYT The press and the leakers: Captain Ed. And the other possible transgressions of the spooks: MSNBC
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Friday, December 30. 2005
Chips after silicon: NYT Science Times LAT falls for a whopper. Newsmax The state of the conservative mind, parts one and two: the Prof The year's top ten stories from Latin America. Publius Military recruiting, and parent's "opting out": CSM Consider the Lobster and other Essays by David Foster Wallace: Just finished my first Christmas book, and I can recommend this fellow whose style is unconventional but who is exceeding smart and clever, whether writing a review of a new dictionary or wondering whether lobsters feel pain. The only sour notes are from his politics which are the usual Calif/off-the-shelf/Lefty/condescending/academic in style but it's forgiveable since he lives in Calif., and it doesn't intrude on his abundant curiousity about everything. You could call it Gonzo essays by a guy with a big brain.
Thursday, December 29. 2005
The NYT is unAmerican, says Michelle in her column. Them is fightin' words, but it's worth considering. And more on the ripple effect of the NYT leaks at Protein. And with all this mess, centrist Dems are appalled. Who is doing a better job cleaning up after Katrina? Govt or private companies? Hayek Canada blames US for their gun violence. I blame Canada for the cold fronts they attack us with. Why Big Labor is opposed to socialized medicine. NYT Art needs moral vision. VDH on the new film Munich.
When we step into the family, by the act of being born, we do step into a world which is incalculable, into a world which has its own strange laws, into a world which could do without us, into a world we have not made. In other words, when we step into the family we step into a fairy-tale. G.K. Chesterton
Wednesday, December 28. 2005
From Dan, EOD technician, on the reality of Muslim culture: Willisms The Real Scandal, and the NYT Toys with Treason: NERepub Dem chances in 2006 squandered by Moonbats: Capt'n Ed How does church-going make you wealthier? The Economist Hilary fund-raising annoying Liberals: NYSun Talking and Driving don't mix. Cog. Daily. Surely true with women. Christmas thoughts from Mark Roberts. Bob Dylan on Ricky Nelson: "Ricky's talent was very accessible to me. I felt we had a lot in common. In a few years' time he'd record some of my songs, make them sound like they were his own, like he had written them himself." Review of Ricky's Greatist Hits Taxpayer funding of the ACLU. A terrible, self-destructive thing. Stop the ACLU Cultural suicide: Shrinkwrapped. What kind of mess has the NYT handed us? Am. Future. Can you imagine this during WW2? The Christmas Truce of WW1. The Week.
Candidates for Idiotarian of the Year. Why didn't we think of that? There is a plethora of fine candidates this year. LGF, via Michelle MSM Spreading FUD: Olive Tree (H/T, Instap.) Moslim rape sprees in Europe: Front Page. Let's all be multiculturally sensitive, OK? Paid punditry: we do not approve. Belmont. But somebody try us - give us an offer I can't refuse. Paranoia in Liberalism: Kriston in Wkly Std. How religion and universities led the vanguard of the Left in the US: View from 1776 Movie ticket sales down again in 2005: CSM Francis Bacon's secular politics: McKnight at New Atlantis
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