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Friday, December 8. 2006Friday Morning LinksThe venerable Mount Washington Hotel featured in NY Sun. Photo above. Cool place. Their website here. I have a friend who climbed Mt. Washington in January, off-trail. Impressive. Stayed at the MWH, of course. D.C. attacks Second Amendment in Fed. Appeals Court. Newsmax. Why don't those darn evil guns just relax and sit on the shelf, and quit shooting people? Scalia and Breyer debate world views. Slate How many Bibles are there for sale? How many of them do you own? Op. Journal. Am I slightly old-fashioned to prefer the song and sound of the King James? Ebola virus wiping out gorillas. Not good. What is sin? S,C&A How genetically close are humans to sea urchins? Very. That is humbling. First Things looks at The Nativity Story, and Apocalypto, here Star swallowed by a black hole. What a mess. Alphecca. It's a very strange universe. Makes you wonder what the other ones are like. How the media builds "consensus". Quote via YARGB:
Google search engines. Noticed that we had visitors to the blog searching for "lesbian experiences" last night, and "nude farm slaves," along with the regular "farm porn" searches. It's about time we did another "farm porn" post: it's usually a really nice, sexy, antique Farmall tractor, and sometimes it is turtles in love. But who knows how the lesbian experiences ended up here....not that there's anything wrong with it...
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Thursday, December 7. 2006Crisis of the Week: Climate Change on Mars (with a humble and heart-felt apology to the entire Dutch Community)We now have more evidence of global warming on Mars than we do on the earth. As the ice melts, it is causing harmful erosion, and soon the beautiful natural deserts may be under ten feet of water, thus destroying potential happy habitats for camels and Arabs. (Nice for the Dutch, though, who prefer to live in swamps, below sea level.) There may be a risk that Martian craters, now in their pristine natural form, may fill with water and be destroyed like Crater Lake in the image. Water vapor will doubtless add to the heat-trapping of Martian warming, and erosion will release more CO2 from the soil and rocks, creating a true crisis for Martian planetary stability. An atmosphere means weather, and weather means bad weather, like Katrina. Thus the policy of environmental destruction continues unabated under Bush. But what can we, as individuals, do to save the Martian environment from further degradation? More recycling and more car-pooling are fun places to start. Another good idea is to have a neighborhood "Save the Martian Environment Party." Serve Mars-friendly hors doeuvres and snacks, and exchange ideas about what we all can do to save the Martian environment. Remember: No idea is wrong! It's fun, and Mars-friendly! (Editor's Note: "Neighborhood Save the Martian Environment Party" is a UN trademark. Used with permission. "No idea is wrong" is a trademark of the US Department of Education. Also a shared international trademark of the EU Department of The People's Education, Sub-Directorate of Empathy, Pity and Condescension, Sub-sub Division of Cheerful Slogans For the Ignorant Masses. Used with permission, of course.) (Editor's Second Note: Our most humble apologies to the Dutch, and all those of Dutch extraction and to the entire Dutch community, who might have been offended, or felt insulted, by any unintentional negative connotations regarding flooding of Martian land. We know the Dutch would know how to deal with Martian flooding, and supportively and admiringly invite them to give it a try - you go straight up in the air, then take a hard left at the Moon. That will take you right there. It's the big red thing on the right, just before the Asteroid Belt.)
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Wednesday, December 6. 2006Weds. Morning LinksAmerica is the most charitable nation in the world. RWN Funniest Nativity scene I've ever seen. Come 'n get it, ACLU! Breast-feeding saved those kids' lives. Heather MacDonald goes after the race hustlers. A quote:
LaShawn: "Regardless of the findings, what could justify government-mandated racial discrimination, for crying out loud???" Piece here. LaShawn, we love ya, but you don't get it. It's not about skin color - it's about racial politics, pure and simple. I call it "plantation politics," regardless of the "community" involved. Be careful what you wish for. If we cripple "big pharma," we hurt ourselves. The entire world depends on us for these pills. Who's gonna develop new meds - the Post office?
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Tuesday, December 5. 2006Tuesday Morning LinksWhy is Santa happy and tired? Because of his elves (T-rated). Yes, Rum and Coke - it's basic - and all-organic. World's best dad. With a splendid and tear-jerking YouTube. It's about Dick Hoyt Daniel Gross gets it wrong, on medical care. Dem Project. By the way, I am still demanding free legal care, free car insurance, free dental - and free beer. Oh - almost forgot - did I mention free happiness? Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, has a new book. Interview at TCS I have heard of Britney Spears (current winner in the Firecrotch Derby), Bill Clinton (runner-up? Was he some politician or something?), Gwyneth Paltrow, Sean Penn, Al Gore, etc. But who is Norman Borlaug? A genuine celeb. Liked Bird Dog's Advent post, but it received not a single comment. Too corny, or what? I kinda thought it captured the idea. Save the House Mouse! Classical Values. Found one drowned, but well-preserved, in an uncapped bottle of extra-virgin olive oil in my cabinet recently. These mice are Euro-weenies, and do not belong in the USA. If you catch one, mail it back to France. But they make good toys for cats, if you can stand cats. Yes, being the finicky sort, I tossed out the bottle of oil.
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Sarbanes-Oxley and NYCHow Sarbanes-Oxley has been destroying NYC as a financial capitol. Quote from John Fund in Op. Journal:
It's that pesky old Law of Unintended Consequences. Whole piece here. Monday, December 4. 2006Monday mid-day linksThat's the USS Makin Island (LDH 8), which will not be commissioned in San Francisco. Ship's website here. More than a vagina: Part-time Pundit. Feminism finds its "inner slut." Russia update, with Putin. CSM Re-reading Frances Fukayama. Dean Barnett Is Nancy Pelosi a political genius? Wizbang Kotb's Islamic sex program. (h/t, Jules C.)
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Sunday, December 3. 2006Sunday evening links: Can you find the moose?Hunted yesterday and this morning in northern New Hampshire (near Pittsburg, NH - The Grouse Capital of New England), and now back to good old Pittsfield, MA, with a few grouse in the bag along with some dawdling woodcock who dawdled too long. And a very tired pup, with plenty of cuts from the brambles. Our ancestors sure did name a lot of towns after William Pitt, did we not? Intrepid update. Ready to sail again. And Rightly So. I liked her fine the way she was. Hilarious YouTube: IED Hunter. Oldie but a goldie. Oh crikey! Wealth and education increase Islamic jihadism. View from the Right. Oh crikey! Those crazy Episcopalians. Or Anglicans. Or whatever. Falling apart at the seams. Lucianne The AP busted yet again! .Atlas "Goat fornicators"? That isn't nice. Very rude, and almost insulting. But is it true, multiculturally-speaking? RWHowler. Let's be tolerant of other cultural traditions: some goats are cute Queen Bertha? Forgot about her, but remembered King Aethelbert, her pagan hubbie. The Dark Ages. Early Christian findings in Britain. h/t, Smart Christian Opie sent this in:
The moose? We didn't see her either until she walked out of that patch of spruce on the lower left, after the camera was zipped-up back in my pocket. There is a brown shadow - we think that was her at the edge of the water.
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Sunday Morning FunniesA superb put-down of the sanctimonious Bono. Macho Man of the Year contest The PC Poetry Corner Lessons in modesty for Britney Spears. Fabric is your friend. Negotiating with cancer A breakthrough:
Saturday, December 2. 2006Saturday Links - Updated through the day by our busy elvesWinter is here. Time for nude surfing down under. Since Christmas is coming, I am thinking that it would be fun to decorate her with lights. But, on second thought, she needs no improvement. The smell of money. Viking. Haha By the way, how did you do on the Bovine exam? These are the best of times, world-wide. Samizdata. Granddaddy loves Dylan. Of course - he has excellent taste. Who said this? A pop quiz at Betsy The concept of "relative poverty." Asst. Village Idiot. Sounds like a way to make non-poverty sound like poverty. Daddy drove an Olds, I drive a Chevy - so I'm poor. Meine kleine Deutsche penis, at Right Thinking Smearing Mitt. With a very good point about The Globe's sudden interest in illegals, at Wizbang Killing because of stingy dowries. Lib Leanings. There's an idea for the U.S. - Dowries here have been shrinking steadily, to the point of crisis, in my opinion. Where else can a guy get capital? And, speaking of punishments, what's your opinion? Stoning or hanging for adultery? Moonbattery. For women only, natch. Boys must be boys, as Mohammed said. Christian theologian advises forgetting about Jesus, if you want to get along with others. LGF. Not a joke. Why Dick Morris thinks the Dems are now "pitiful": Ex-Donk. Slaves to their special interest caucuses. Who lives by the slave will die by the slave. What he said. Hawkins:
Whole thing here. Friday, December 1. 2006Friday Morning Links"Critical thinking, " in practice. Rosen at Rocky Mtn News, via RCP. Yes, it is a euphemism for anti-American cant. Giant Gambian rats in Florida. Nice. Socialism in France: Not very socialistic, in fact. American.com Kling, from a piece at TCS:
Great piece. Read it all here.
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Wednesday, November 29. 2006Weds. afternoon linksSend a "Thank you" to a soldier. Here. Good job, Mahmood. One less scumbag. Cramer. Mob rule on campus. A summary. (h/t, Instap.) Britney Spears' private parts, at Ace. Sheesh. That's one way to get some attention. But exactly who is Britney Spears? Haha. Canada Tory "cuts" will produce more Paris Hiltons. Small Dead Animals. Maybe more Britney Spearses, too? "How dare Mr. Rangel denigrate my son?" YARGB Why people want to die in hospitals. Kevin MD Standing up for Jesus. SISU
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Weds. Morning LinksOn this day in 1940, Lieutenant Newgass, RNVR, did something extraordinary. New bio of De Toqueville, reviewed in The Economist here. Bunch of good mil quotes, more here. Sample:
What do women do almost twice as much as men? RWN. Duh. What can Dems do with their new power? Barone. They may want to turn us into France, but not quite yet. Carbon taxes are modern-day Papal indulgences. Crittenden. Imams On A Plane. More on the strange Imams. Lib. Leanings. Only a moron would get on a plane with those jerks. The maneuver is this: make 'em feel too PC to ask to get off. My opinion: Get the hell off. Who cares? Would you rather be polite and dead, or rude and alive? Tuesday, November 28. 2006Tuesday evening linksThe fire next time. One big meteor did it. But the earth recovered, and not all that long ago. This should be reassuring to the doom and gloomers. Not to worry, Greenies: one day, the cockroaches will rule the earth and the nasty humans will be extinct. Gaia will be lovely once again. What's the deal with "corporate responsibility"? I don't know. Who does? Samizdata NYT discovers that income effects job choices. Sometimes, yes, but not always. How stupid are they down there? Conspiracy. In freedom, you make your own decisions for your own reasons. Money matters to lots of people, NYT. Money is fun, and gives you choices in life. More good stuff in the same vein from Asst Village Idiot:
Markets apply for work, too. It has to do with how much economic value you add to an enterprise. This is news? If you don't want to make a lot of money, fine - wonderful. You are free to chose what you do, but grown-ups don't bitch about the consequences of their choices. "Behavior associated with a security probe". Maybe those Imams were doing a security probe. Is that paranoid?
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Tuesday Morning LinksWhat does one do with 50,000 DVDs that nobody wants? Hey Al, we have some ideas for ya. I'll take about 30, for Superbowl beer coasters. Recycling, ya know? It saves the Earth! Chicago doesn't want Christmas linked with the nativity. Are they insane? Wizbang. Hey, Chicago! Christmas is a celebration of Christ's birth, and the annual reminder of the possibility for Christ to be reborn, in each of our hearts, to make us fully human. What planet do they live on, out there? It's not even Advent yet, and the baby Jesus is scaring the bejesus out of them. If the baby is scary, how about the adult? Never believe the AP. One example. Gateway "Supremes tell NYT to pound sand." Wizbang again Were those Imams on the airplane trying to provoke a reaction? Sure sounds like it. You wouldn't get me on that airplane. Rick Moran agrees - so we must be right! Con Law: The "informal process." Never heard of that before. Who made that up? Socialized medicine update: Worstall
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Monday, November 27. 2006Monday MorningFrance's No Go areas. Mapped! (h/t, No Pasaran) A Trojan Horse. How difficult is it to get into places with one? Youtube Racism and redistributionism: It's not what they tell you. Volokh
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Sunday, November 26. 2006Sunday Cocktail Hour LinksPerformance Evaluations:
More here. My love-hate affair with Classical Music. Am. Thinker No room at the inn: Moslems take over Interfaith spaces in Toronto. LGF The major flaw in the Stern Report: Env. Economics More "advocacy" scaremongering at The Lancet: Science Evidence (h/t, Point of Law) Are Mormons Christians? Kinda-sorta. (h/t, Smart Christian) Does education cause growth? Or does growth cause education? Or neither? Sounds like a classic post hoc, ergo propter hoc error. BusinessPundit Of course, at Brown, throwing Christian groups off campus. Worldnet . They can't explain why, but it seems to be because they want Christians in the leadership, which is discriminatory. Hmmm. (h/t, News for Christians) Sunday Morning LinksI'm suing Cisco: Coyote Tammy Bruce reminded me of William Bradford's hard-won education in basic economics. Yes, socialism failed in 1623. Sense of entitlement: NYT wants to be above the law. Wizbang Trying to hand-off Fallujah to the Iraqis. CSM A school adjusts to transgender teacher in Boston. (h/t,Pajamas) What next? How to persuade a liberal: Auster suggests using an approach used by religion. A quote from his piece:
Saturday, November 25. 2006Saturday Afternoon LinksDartmouth: Self-satire gone psychotic. I can't believe these bozos. Powerline. (The thing is, people are upset that they want to play a team called indians.) Fortunately, you can still get Dartmouth Indian gear here. And if you want to read something intense to the point of lunacy on the subject, which sounds as if it is written by an "educator," try this for paranoia. "I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK." A good day for this one. British Airways backs off from banning God and Christ. Very wise. As we always say, "Who is afraid of a cross - except Satan?" PMS Survival tips: RW Howler. Wait until the end. Mere tokenism in Islam: Blair Meant to link this earlier, but forgot to. Michelle on what American journalists should be thankful for. We would not have the contempt we have for journalists if they only told us, up front, what position they were shilling for - but it's obvious, if you do not trust them. Islam is the Roach Motel of religions: Wizbang Dept of Anything Goes: Moonbattery. Do you have to pay the friendly animals? Women: fastest growing sector of hunters in the US. Yahoo News
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Friday, November 24. 2006Friday Links - Updated through the dayI hope our readers had a fine Thanksgiving, with people they care about. My theory about the cooking part - it's the whole deal. Eating isn't special. What is special is having everybody banging around the kitchen together, all day, with no-where to go and nothing else to do. That's a good thing, and very rare. Makes it better than Christmas, I think, as a family time. Christmas shopping? It's for the birds, unless you have little kids or a wife who expects a trinket for putting up with your flaws. Make 'em something simple from the heart, like a Mincemeat Pie or a Dylan bootleg mix. Turkey Coma. Did you get one? I got a semi-coma. The science is here. The NYT: Way wrong on guns: Aphecca. Wrong - and lying SOBs, too. Communitarianism, individualism, etc. Good stuff from First Things. Samizdata Are you ready for the Moslem bomb? American Thinker War is part of life. Afraid so. Flares. Soldiers know this. We would not be here without them. They are our shield. Safe cars, ranked. Not many American cars on the list. Daily Pundit. No wonder the unions want protectionism: they build cars that the market doesn't want. No men next to little girls. And rightly so. Definitely not. We might steal their candy or their teddy bear. Or their Barbie - ooh ooh. No doubt - We are EVIL. Who is dying in Iraq, by color. Villainous. Who cares what color? All great American folks, dying for us, and taking bullets for us. No - not for "us" - for me. While we do life as usual. Our next nuclear age: Popular Mechanics, via good piece at Driscoll. Almost funny: Miss Belgium is a Muslim beauty, but she has nasty friends. View from the Right. Sheesh. Muslim version of a dumb blond, I guess. Funny: Lieberman refuses to endorse Gore: Wizbang. Duh. If he gives Gore the time of day, I'd be surprised. I would drop Gore like a globally-warmed potato. Caveman Chemistry. Cool DO NOT ENGAGE! Dealing with families with political "differences". Ex-Donk. Dang - why didn't somebody tell me sooner! Bunch of dang Commies who want everything free. Meaning, to me, paid for by their next-door neighbor. Economic part of their brain was damaged at birth, or at Education. Part 1 of Instapundit's Digital Camera Carnival. Part 2 today, sometime. Dean Barnett likes Mitt. Image: Our pals, in Manitoba
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Wednesday, November 22. 2006Weds. evening beer LinksA perpetual motion machine? A carbon-free power scam? Worstall All lacrosse players are racist, sexist drunks, says a Women's Studies major (Via Lashawn). This gal is definitely not normal, and she surely does not sound like a fun date. A website that tracks down Dylan's stolen movie lines. Fun. Dem strategy: Destroy health care, so you can "save" it: Dem. Project. Right. The deal is always this: manufacture a "crisis", and have your prepared government solution in hand. What country has the highest quality medical care in the world? The US. What country produces almost all of the medical research, and new treatments, in the world? The US. What country does the rest of the world rely on for cool new medical stuff? The US. What country takes care of every sick person, regardless of money - including illegal border-crossers? The US. To what country do the prosperous around the world fly for medical treatment? The US. How do you "fix" something like that? If you want perfection, dream on...but if you want freebies, as they say, "It's your funeral." Protection racket? Yes, that is what protectionism is - a deal for unions, and a bad deal for citizens, as we repeatedly say here. Blue Crab agrees. The unions required two items for their Dem. support this fall: min. wage increase (some union wages are pegged to it), and protectionism. Look who's raising money for CAIR. Atlas. Are radical Moslems a new voting bloc? How creepy are the Chinese? Very. Viking. And how come no-one complains about their liberal use of the death penalty? It's either because they are Commies, so all flaws are excused - or it's because they are beneath us, so it's expected. The Brits need to remove those crosses from the BA tailfins - if they won't permit crosses on their employees. Via Tim Blair, at Telegraph. No crosses, please, we're British. I always was taught that it was the Devil who hated crosses. Image: Honey, hope ya got them lime slices ready. Me don't wanna see no cold Coronas without my slices. Them dang pumpkin pies can wait. Then bring your body over here, and keep me company...while we watch them inflate those Macy's balloons. Wednesday Morning LinksWhat is so great about Turkey? Besides that it is traditional, and you get the stuffing? Is anything really as bland as a supermarket turkey? Statistical analysis for activists: Dust my Broom What is meant by "in Christ"? Middlebrow If it makes you feel good. Aspen takes on global warming. It accomplishes nothing, of course, but it does provide that nice warm feeling of virtue. (h/t, Basil) Dept. of Lunatics Running the Asylum: "Progressive" NYC school run by students. What is the psychological age of the grown-ups at this school? Is this what universities are for?
That is from Mary Sue Coleman, via a piece in Powerline. I guess "diversity" and "solving vexing social issues" has replaced truth and character as their guiding light. My opinion: She is full of baloney. Plus she is seeking ways to dodge the law because she appears to believe that her values are more important than either law or the will of the people. The arrogance and foolishness of academia never ceases to amaze, and, if I had a real skin color, I would be deeply offended by such condescension - but my evil side would probably try to milk it for all it's worth. Photo: From Dr. Bob's Thanksgiving recipe post
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Tuesday, November 21. 2006Tuesday Cocktail Hour LinksGoogle search volume, and news volume, on several major topics. Funny. Who in the world is happy? Cramer. "I wish to become an illegal alien" It's genius. Villainous Company. "Everything free in America!" Here come the polygamists. Althouse. Fine, says I...as long as each one doesn't get a copy of my American Express card. And they have to support their own kids, etc. "Yo, little wifies! It's Party Time! Hand over your work checks, and let's rock!" Fine piece on buying your own Sunday school texts, and the coming German-American economic collapse. Assistant Village Idiot A new victim class: "Asexuals," in Britain. Of all places - big surprise. Eat your wheaties, Brits! RWHowler Is diversity above the law? Daily Pundit. And a quote on the subject, which I know from experience to be true, from Stuart Taylor via piece at Betsy:
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Tuesday Morning LinksWorst newspaper contest at Powerline Chavez and Kennedy: Perfect together. WaPo 750 hp Brabus cop car. 2000 petition to return cross to William and Mary Chapel. Two points: 1. If you want tolerance, then give tolerance. 2. If you want to be a dhimmi, then at least leave the churches alone - or try to mess with the synagogues, mosques and temples, etc equally intolerantly. And, may I add, anyone who is "offended" by a cross is either insane or a lying manipulator. Video of the Monarch butterfly invasion of Mexico Latest Consumer Reports car reliability data
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Monday, November 20. 2006Monday LinksLyndon Johnson said it (h/t, Moonbattery):
The United Church of Canada has gone over the edge, forgotten their mission, and lost their way. RWN. Very sad. How does this gopher know this? Smart gopher. It's all about pandering to the Hispanic voters. Everyone knows that by now: the Dems see a new voting bloc for their plantation of grateful dependents. RW News Captain Ed thinks blogs have power. I disagree. Netroots, nutroots, rightroots, whatever - worthwhile, but minimal meaningful power to persuade. Mostly preaching to the choir. Glad to see that Barnett sees it the same way. Brown will not have open political discussion. Pathetic. I thought it was made from dragon meat. Darn those lying capitalist pigs - it's made of pork. "Take my arm, take my leg, Oh, baby, don't you take my head" There should be a market in organs. Why not? Is there a moral issue? Marginal Rev. Europeans want "climate curbs." Fine. Let 'em have 'em. They are on a determined path to suicide anyway - why not go all the way?
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