Maggie's Farm

The Great Global Warming Swindle - a documentary coming to the UK this week.

And another documentary coming on Michael Moore's lies.

Agriculture is bad for the environment. Synthstuff

Gen. Wesley Clark on Iraq, etc. Democracy Now. Is he a Jihad-denier? If so, maybe he needs this little reminder of how long this has been going on.

Roger Simon: Get over it, with the Gay Rights controversies. A quote:

Anyone who's been living in real life America the past twenty-five years has been surrounded by gay couples living together. Oh, you say, but what about somewhere-in-North Dakota? Okay, what about New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Portland, Denver, Seattle, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Atlanta, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore, Miami and New Orleans (of course)... I could on. Am I getting boring yet? You add it up. I don't want to be bothered. Meanwhile, in most of these places, probably all, thousands of gay couples are living together, sharing households, raising children, etc., etc. If this bothers you, it's already happened. Get used to it. It's not going to go backwards, not a chance. Oh, yes, there is one way it could change - Sharia law. If you don't like gay America, root for the Islamists.

Finding Osama: Trying again? NeverYet Melted. He is too tall to hide from a daisy-cutter, or so one might think.

No region will be spared. Tim Blair. I am scared. Help me!

Why large businesses like big government.

Gen Petraeus' message to his troops. Lib. Leanings

In the Crime Capital of the US, Mayor Nagin decides to hold up the US Govt. Meaning you and me.

We somehow never linked this Lego story, and most have probably seen it by now. I like Anchoress' take on it.  My opinion? Do just like Mao did: Make the teachers custodians and the custodians teachers.

Bill Maher. Never seen him on TV (and, like most of us at Maggie's, I refuse to waste any life time watching TV, and do not even own one), but I understand that he is is a big deal of some sort. If he likes the idea of assassination of American politicians, he is not sick - he has a twisted, criminal mind. Whoever he is.

The political challenges of the surge. Jules. How did this place change from the cradle of civilization to a place incapable of civilization?

Wealthy Brits continue to abandon the UK. Tim Worstall suggests  facetiously that this might be good for equality.

Cherokee Nation votes to expel descendents of their black slaves. Chew on that one for a while.

Justice Thomas talks about himself. Althouse. I'd like to buy the guy a beer.

Weenie culture. Quoted from a piece at Fred on Everything, via Small Boiled Polar Bears:

Not too long ago, Americans were a hardy breed—foolhardy at times, but the one comes with the other. Now we see attempts to eliminate all risk everywhere. Cities fill in the deep ends of swimming pools and remove diving boards. We require that bicyclists wear helmets, fear second-hand smoke and the violence that is dodge ball. Warnings abound against going outside without sun block. To anyone who grew up in the Sixties or before, the new fearfulness is incomprehensible.

The explanation I think is the feminization of society, which seems to be inseparable from modernity. The nature of masculinity is to prize freedom over security; of femininity, security over freedom. Add that the American character of today powerfully favors regulation by the group in preference to individual choice. Note that we do not require that cars be equipped with seat belts and then let individuals decide whether to use them; we enforce their use. The result is compulsory Mommyism, very much a part of today’s America.

Image demonstrates the ongoing usefulness of newspapers in the internet age

Jesus meets The Terminator. A Youtube.

And, related: "I totally found the tomb of Jesus." http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com/middlebrow/archives/i-totally-found-the-grave-of-jesus/

A very green solution to the human contribution to unpleasant greenhouse gasses. YouTube

Canadadadanian wisdom: SDA on http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/005686.html

Britain to permit animal-human genetic mixes. Um, isn't that a tautology? Consider the moral issues here. It's all beyond my feeble animal brain.

2/3 of Americans are investors in the stock, bond or money markets. Ain't capitalism great? But some teachers don't think so. Who do they think makes the money to pay their salaries?

Vaginal tightness, Myra Bradwell, and Mary Todd Lincoln (who did have a little emotional problem, I suspect). S,C andA. Bipolar or something. Her decorating and clothing bills from her routine shopping trips to NYC drove Abe nuts, and drove him deep into debt while President. She was known to spend a year of his salary on a single trip. I wonder whether those debts were ever paid. He had been a hugely successful railroad lawyer, but the big job in DC didn't pay very well.

A smoking ban in Virginia? The primary home of the transfer of the joys of tobacco from the Indians to Europe? What is this world coming to? Although I know the Pilgrim women in MA smoked Indian tobacco too. Yes, they grew it in MA - as is still done today. Premium cigar-wrapping tobacco in the Connecticut River valley. Tobacco should be a multiculturally sacred tradition - at least as sacred as the right to pray to Mecca at Logan Airport.

Islam flourishing among American blacks. Lovely. What an excellent foundation for life. Jesus was for our Grandma. Mohammed is hip. Isn't he? Like James Dean, or something?

And speaking of Islam, from http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/03/theyll_never_stop_saying_shari.html

Rather than solving the problem, many have foolishly allowed Sharia's gradual unchecked spread in the names of diversity and tolerance.  Unfortunately, as this dark-age jurisprudence is totally incompatible with any democratic society, those buying into this creeping multicultist folly are doing so at the peril of their own heritage and freedom. Of course, it comes as little surprise that anti-American countries like France have all but surrendered. Yet, ironically, it also appears that our best ally in the war against Islamic extremism may unwittingly be among our worst in the struggle against its fundamental objective - a world ruled by the strict Islamic Law of Sharia

The "functioning core" of the world economy. Big Lizards. And its history.

Arthur Schlesinger: Rick Moran has an excellent obit

Re Dr. Bliss' piece on Good Spanking yesterday, related thoughts from Code Monkey

Been to Gabon recently? They have 28 gorillas, and a darn nice preserve, and all the game meat you can eat. I would go in a flash - if invited.

Conservative anti-poverty programs. Chequerboard. Just one of many conservative ideas Bush could have championed.

This is what should happen when an ACLU-type runs a school like William and Mary.

I never heard of Katie Couric or ever saw her on TV, but it sounds like she is making a name for herself.

Family-First Conservatism. Interesting idea. Evangelical Outpost. This might be what I think, but never really articulated.

Jews still using blood of Christian children in their matzohs, according to Egyptian "researcher." LGF

Al Gore said:

"I think if it is important to look at the pressures that made it more likely than not that mainstream journalists in the United States would convey a wholly inaccurate conclusion about the most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue humankind has ever faced."

Meanwhile, along with our Gwynnie, Austin Bay and Protein wisdom each take a look at the reality of "carbon offsets."

Why John McCain's campaign is going down the tubes. Ace.

Department of Geeky chairs. Marg. Revolution

"It's exceedingly hard to run a business." Sippican

Sissy takes the David Brooks piece a bit further. SISU

Powerline reminisces about the global cooling crisis of a few years ago. Yes indeed: temps are always going either up or down.

Photos of Fort Drum troops in Afhanistan in February

"Evil right-wingers just don't understand carbon offsets." SDA. No, because we're too stooopid.

Doing Democracy. One of the books that tells leftist activists how to take over American institutions. (thanks, Reader)

Thornton on suicidal good intentions, at Augean Stables

No Pasaran found some great quotes about Europe's view of the USA:

As I see it, having visited the United States, the great advantage it's citizens possess is the ability to succeed, should they so wish. There is no class culture, consequently those who are successful are admired and indeed encouraged to achieve more. Envy and jealousy simply do not exist. It is something the rest of the world cannot understand and this is manifested by the so called "hatred" expressed against a country which is totally different to the class system which dominates all other nations.

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The truth is it's not the US that's arrogant, it's the romantics that want a cause that exaults humanity into some kind of superman, when what is actually being offered is the chance to be ordinary.

Boston's institutional architecture. Is there any worse outside of the old Soviet bloc? Coyote

Bush lives greener than Gore. Funny, but true. Not that it matters. What concerns me is that maybe Bush takes it seriously, while clearly Al secretly knows it's a crock: we always give more cred to what people do than to what they say. Here are some photos of one of Al's three houses (h/t, Gay Patriot). As Coulter said of Al's houses, etc:

It’s great that he’s using solar panels and all that, but notice he’s not disputing how huge his electric bill still is. What the hell is he doing in there? Is he a Terminator from the future and requires constant recharging? (That would explain pretty much everything.)

Rare image, on loan from LGF. Take a left turn, and you could be killed. Funny how often "tolerance" is a one-way street.

Praise for Moslem efforts to kill Dick Cheney via SC&A. It's a disease. If we killed everyone we disagreed with about something, we'd be alone on the planet.

Jim Miller has some fun Al Gore links. At this point, it is just getting too easy.

Your children are your responsibility. LaShawn. What a radical concept! I thought they were the village's problem.

RomneyCare not working out too well. Prof B.

Celebrities can fart but I can't. Celestial Junk. No, their farts are pure and beautiful.

One Baghdad family likes the surge. So do we. Too bad it's a few years too late, but who had the crystal ball?

The fingers of unrepentant Nazi-collaborator Soros (woops - is that a character assasination?) invading government. Pelosi hires his guy as her Counsel. Front Page.  Watch out. These deep swimmers of the internationalist Left have their own agendas.

Seymour Hersh gives a hand job to Egypt, says Sandmonkey. Hersh has always been a knee-jerk America-hater. What's new?

Buy a lie. Alibi Network at Business Pundit

Gun ownership is not about hunting, nor is it mainly about self-defence or ordinary gun games. It's about war. Shape of Days. Quite right. Which is why it is critical - it's not about recreation.

What is The Tides Foundation, and what are they doing? Like so many foundations created by benevolently-minded successful capitalists, they have been hijacked by the radical Left.

I just can't quit singing those unforgettable lyrics to Gorespell this snowy morning.

Why normal people avoid politics - or are driven away. P/T Pundit. And if you think that is bad, try Guatemalan politics.

So now Europe wants Star Wars. Ungrateful wretches.

More Clintonphobia. How come they only like rich people? Betsy. Don't they have any regular old friends? I suspect not.

How birds plan ahead. Smarter than people who count on Social Security.

Jihad is planning cyberwar against unfriendly websites.

Why we are not McCain fans.

This Iraq rape story is beginning to sound like Duke. Confed. Yank

Wesleyan Univ - remove from your kids' college list. A once-great school, but they drank the Kool Aid years ago. Small Dead Polar Bears

IRS goes after EBay sellers. Sorry, folks. There is no escape, unless you are rich enough to know what to do. Very rich. Since we have Death Taxes, how come the Rockefellers and Kennedys and etc. still don't need jobs? But you will not be able to hand any of your hard-earned wealth down, because you cannot afford the lawyers who arrange these things.

A cool political dirty trick from Long Island: Pester people with phone calls during the Super Bowl, ostensibly from your opponent. NY Sun

Adding to our blogroll: Above the Law. Also, something new which I think has great promise, and aims to do what independent blogs have been trying to do: Reporters without Borders. Wonder if they have a job for me.

NYC still doesn't allow dancing in bars. NYC is not exactly a Libertarian stronghold.

Homeland Security Pork.  Synthstuff. My guess: 70% pork. Government works for government. Is that news?

Largest gun sales in the US? Walmart, of course. But they are cutting back. Alphecca.

Hillary still afraid that Bill will blow it for her. Newsweek.

Upset Mexicans? Too damn bad. What about our border? I am afraid that it is a two-way street.

Some excellent comments on George Orwell, at Asst. Village Idiot

Image: A damn good micro-brewery beer. Coddington's, from Newport, RI. Empty bottle, of course. A very pleasant gift from our RI friends. Something Dust my Broom needs to try.

Classical Values looks at "equality" and the genetics of IQ and ability.

Giuliani gains on the Prom Queen. But what do such numbers mean now? Other than signs of Hillary's vulnerability? That's what Peggy Noonan thinks.

How to tell a lib from a Leftist. No Pasaran

Modern medicine meets Islam. What happened to Islamic Civilization? The Advanced Geometry of Islamic Art

How secure are home networks? I just assume nothing on the internet is very secure.

Hollywood loves Cuba. Moonbattery. What should that tell all of us? Seriously, not as a rhetorical question. If someone defends or idealizes Fidel, doesn't that mean that they would like a Fidel here in the US? And is it not odd that someone would actually say that, in public?

Is envy really such a bad thing? Augean Stables

Another look at what the New Deal did to destroy America - and the thinking behind it. View from 1776. Totalitarianism always comes in the disguise of benevolence, or with the excuse of dealing with a "crisis." The guy or gal always "loves the people" but hates their freedom, which exposes their hidden contempt and arrogance. The power-hungry - not the money-hungry - are the enemies of freedom. Everybody wants some money, but few of us desire power over others: it is a disease.

The strategery behind the surge. Austin Bay

Illegal immigration will drive down skill and IQ levels, says ETS

Why Brit women aren't getting married. Stumbling and Mumbling. Those may be the economic reasons, but aren't the real reasons that they do not like sex, and prefer dogs, horses, and shooting, to romance?

What's a bigger kick to shoot than a 50 cal? See the video

Canadians admit: We didn't mean it when we signed Kyoto

The right time to quit smoking?

How they treat "internet addicts" in China.

Is Hillary's real enemy Ralph Nader? NY Sun

From Gov. Mark Sanford, in a piece at WaPo:

When George W. Bush, The Post and the insurance giant Lloyd's of London agree on something, it's obvious a new wind is blowing. The climate change debate is here to stay, and as America warms to the idea of environmental conservation on a grander scale, it's vital that conservatives change the debate before government regulation expands yet again and personal freedom is pushed closer toward extinction.

The fact is, I'm a conservative and a conservationist -- and that's okay.

Yes it is: he is mostly on the same page as Maggie's Farm - except we don't take warming seriously. And, if real, we welcome it.

Civilization. A Sid Meier update at Drezner. Meier says he cannot win at his game.

Greedy Geezers want more of our money. Viking. Of course they do - everyone wants to separate me from my money. Honestly, they don't give a damn about me. Why don't they get a job?

How does Europe put up with the EU? Now the EU wants to re-write history to glorify themselves. Is this a would-be Empire?

Israel's oldest kibbutz goes private. How about an LBO? (h/t, Samizdata)

The strange story that refuses to go away. Why? Because you have to wonder who is protecting Berger - and why. If I walked out of the National Archives with national security documents in my underwear, would that be OK? Or an absent-minded mistake, because I usually put all of my documents in my underpants. More thoughts at RWNH and Blue Crab.

Women in politics, at Gates of Vienna. A quote:

The silence of the professional feminists in the face of the barbarities of Islam regarding women has long been a source of wonder — if not disgust — for regular folks. We keep waiting for them to speak out on behalf of women who suffer slave status in Muslim theocracies. There has been only silence…or even worse, a disturbing preoccupation with trivialities like the Vagina Monologues or the rage against those who dare to disagree with their victim whingeing. The decades-old complaint about gender inequity has been transformed into a full-fledged deep hatred of men that makes these upper middle-class women look like spoiled, overprivileged narcissists.

The elected women in Congress are a good example this narrow self-absorption, the kind that follows in the wake of setting oneself up as a victim…in this case, of course, women are the victims of patriarchy. Yawn.

Mississippi vs. State Farm: What does this sound like to you? It's about flood insurance. It sounds like tyranny to me. Theft of services, too.

Gotta like this quote from Maliki (piece at Flopping):

Iraqiya state television showed Maliki, a Shi'ite Islamist leader, talking to an Iraqi soldier near an armored vehicle in central Baghdad. The soldier pointed to an area from where he said insurgents had been firing at security forces.

"Don't just fire back, crush the place where the fire came from," Maliki replied. "Don't treat them with leniency. This is an armored vehicle here, use it."

Would you call this stalking and this attack a hate crime? Quotes from a nice, tolerant Dem at Michelle.

Not being big TV people, we never posted this obit. But it's interesting to see that the guy wasn't a TV-watcher.

I often agree with Hewitt, but on this one, I am with Balloon Juice. No need to "go Lamont".

Most boring legal case of the year: Libby update at Lib Leanings. Tell me, what did he supposedly do wrong, again?

The myth of the shrinking middle class. Env. Repub

Dems fight like girls. Atlas. Ouch.

IBD, via Attack Machine:

New Orleans: Nearly a year and a half after Katrina, most of the Gulf Coast is recovering nicely — with one major exception. So who is to blame for that?

Hornet problem? Blame Bush. In fact, blame American global warming for all the weather that happens until there is a Dem in the White House. If fact, blame him for anything. Why stick to weather? I have ants in the kitchen this year... Or, for example, Fitzgerald today.

Reconstruction teams in Iraq. Dem Project. Sounds like a big piece of the puzzle.

An enemy is not a friend. SC&A. Amazing that we are so far gone that this needs to be said.

Long overdue. Adding to blogroll - Good old Mr. Smash at Indepundit

Gore may get honorary doctorate in climatology. I say - why not a free real doctorate? After all, he discovered the Gore Effect.

Another multicultural death. It should be a daily feature.

Ghosts. This brief recollection of a Mom at YARGB is moving and disturbing.

Clown awards. He should make it a weekly feature. 

Everybody needs their ideas challenged, but not by psychotic sociopaths. No Pasaran

CAIR update, at Powerline

There will always be an England: Hedgehog Rescue. How about a Culture Rescue?

Do women make an informed "choice"? Villainous says no.  Your eggs do get old, ladies, and your bodies do not make fresh ones.

Did these idiots deserve rescue on my nickel? No, but the dog did. Lucianne. What would it cost to put up a sign saying "Climb mountain at your own risk", for the morons who think that Mt. Hood is a Disney Experience?

Rodham Clinton takes offence at Rebel flag. To us, it symbolizes the American rebel spirit, states' rights, and Federalism. Has nothing to do with promoting slavery. We oppose slavery, except for our own slaves (who work on this blog, and are mainly of the sort-of whitish persuasion, but with some Indian and Spanish and Italian mixed in), and God knows we believe skin color to be a big, irrelevant nothing. We happily discriminate on the basis of behavior - never on skin color or race or any of that BS.

Long may that proud flag wave for the positive things it represented... just like the Federal flag, which once flew over a slave nation, an Indian-abusing nation, an imperialist nation, etc. etc. blah blah blah evil country blah blah blah.

Woops. Did I just say that Israel was the greatest threat to world peace?

Giant mosque blocked in London.

Tiny houses the new fad? I doubt it. Althouse found the article in the NYT. Didn't we call these cabins?

Momentum shifting? Indepundit thinks so.

Multiculturalism fails again. Egypt and Abdel Karim. Can't they just be tolerant? It's nice to finally see a little judicial understanding somewhere.

Cow farts a major threat to planet. I suggest free Beano for all cattle and other ungulates. And let's kill all the Aurochs. Oh, we already did? Great. Then let's kill all the buffalo. Oh, we already did that too? Gee, great.

10% of EU households contain no-one who works. Cool, dude. Very progressive. How do we get to 100%?

Cool blog: World Climate Report. Will add to our Science blogroll.

Legal persons and limited liability. Bainbridge

Murtha in command. Novak. I hate to ask it, but is he in command of his senses?

NYT terms illegal immigrant critics Klansmen. That's one way to sell a newspaper: insult the intelligence of all of your readers. Hey -  is there a FREE Spanish edition?

New Orleans murders. Cops blame the schools. Nice try, cops.

Genetics of Autism advances. BBC. A cure? Never. But, like Down's, will it be a new reason for abortion? No doubt.

A piece of the HIV virus seems stable enough to base a vaccine on. Good news for gays who hate condoms.

76,000 Loonies to find out "you are too American."

Scroll down here for info on the new weight loss meds.

Steve Jobs beats up on teacher's unions. Fine, we know it's a scam. But I blame the parents first. Grade school teachers want to do their job well, like everyone else. But I do agree that unionization of a profession removes it from the "profession" category.

Today in Brooklyn, 1902.

Gun control doubles gun murders in the UK. Duh.

You don't get Yankee Magazine? Why not? (free advt)

It is true about the Brits.

Iran's obsession with the the Jews. The history of this nutty thing.

For women: A sex health quiz.

The Blackwater live eagle cam is up. The eagles have two eggs already. Ospreys not back north yet, of course.

Left rooting for defeat? They always do. We have said it many times. Wizbang says it better. Why do they hate this fine country, still with more freedom and more opportunity than anywhere else in the world? Is it a disease, or something?

A touching gift for the angry divorcee.

Empathy for Britney, from RWNH. I agree with him. Life is tough enough, and staying centered is an endless challenge, but celebrity can be a real killer unless your head is screwed on straight.

If you like old cars, do not miss this link from us, the other day. Drool with envy.

Image: A southern New England coast, yesterday

What do black votes cost? Ask Hillary

Clayton Cramer's new book. Armed America: The Remarkable Story of How and Why Guns Became as American as Apple Pie

Iran's economic house of cards. Shulman at American Future

A parrot with a 1000 word vocabulary. BBC

Castle Doctrine spreading - now to TX

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming

Warming is our friend. Tyrrell at Am Spectator

Antarctica defies warming fears. Still quite cold down there.

Bangkok Street Dogs. There's a site for everything.

William and Mary, No to cross, yes to hos. Not my America. Sign a petition. Powerline

Hey Al! It's 14 degrees this morning up here, and a Wooly Mammoth is stalking me. I can just barely see him through the trees. I am going inside to start a fire and meditate on Aussie nude surfing babes since I was without a girlfriend on St. Valentine's day - as usual. Summer down there, isn't it?

Speaking of which, Nor'easter road rage is good!

Valentine's Day flowers - in Egypt?

How many Moslems does it take to screw up a country? Ace. And speaking of those sneaky jihad Moslems, take a look at how Jihad-apologist CAIR is trying to insinuate itself into the mainstream. Atlas. Via PBS, of course.

FARK shut down our "Prayers for Global Warming" piece, so it didn't even appear on Total Fark, which almost everything does. A bit humorless over there at Fark, when it comes to Planet Catastrophe? Bird Dog thought they might enjoy it. I did.

Truly bad taste. Do not look. Free Market Fairy Tales

French plan lovefest for Fidel. Hmmm. I thought they were proud of murdering their King. Maybe they prefer Commie Kings? Difficult to understand French psychology. But why bother? They have sexy babes, and that's what is important.

Adding to blogroll: Calculated Risk, and Reference Frame from Harvard.

Did you know that Bush was the first president to fund embryonic stem cell research? Willisms. I guess it doesn't fit the narrative.

Giant squid blind their prey with light. Cool.

Old? Get out of our way. Brit national health

Where's Mookie? On vacation, of course. Michelle.  Terrorists need vacations. Just like Osama. Seen him lately? No, he's at Sandals in Jamaica, which is full of virgins.

Don't send my boy to Harvard. Horsefeathers. Bunch of Kool-Aid drinkers over there.

Cleopatra needed a nose job? AOL news

We are all on welfare now. Who did this to us? Viking. This is not the proud Yankee way of life. But isn't co-dependency a lovely thing? We all care so much about each other. Kumbaya, man. Crikey.

A game: Name that Party!  Surber

A fine MSM update. Driscoll

Dems work hard to plan our Iraq defeat. RWNH. May I ask why they do this? Is it perhaps political? Naw, they'd never do that. Or would they? AP admits Dems undermining war.  Do many Dems hate America and the freedom and opportunity and can-do spirit and independence it stands for? No doubt. And it's a shame: it didn't used to be that way. There is a cancer in this country, eating its soul and spirit, which is I why I take the time to post with my friends at Maggie's Farm.

Taliban copying the Palestinians, and using children as shields. Singleton. Heroic freedom fighters.

Al Gore and global coldening. Blair. Quit it, Al. I am freezing.

Obama is famous because he's black. SDA. Hillary is famous because she has female genitalia (supposedly), and was married to a President. Where would these two be if they were white men? Fairly average-bright nobodies, like all the rest of us guys.

Brit Anglican moonbats try to salvage the Anglican Church. It won't work, because everyone knows they are Moonbats.