Saturday, July 15. 2006
It's a beach and boat day! Carpe diem. Hope you meet no rogue waves; hope the gals meet plenty of handsome rogues. If you're single, Hey, Jude, don't be afraid: reach out and touch someone today! Summer is the time for luuuuuuv.  Rogue Waves. Most of us were introduced to rogue waves in A Perfect Storm. Turns out they are more common than thought. NYT Science News.
Why do Jews tend to vote Dem? Kesler takes a look. The Healthy Forests Restoration Act is a waste of $. No doubt. The Commons Dems try to figure out how to manipulate religious people. RWN Microsoft, the European Commission, anti-trust. The EU hates success: they want to be KING. Disturbed people love power. Coyote Ptown gay group goes terrorist against "breeders." That ain't smart. Polipundit From Bob, a happily rambling Bobistical, but not solipsitical, piece on the inner universe, the soul, Hopkins, the human face, and God. One Cosmos. His piece made me think of The Kingfisher, which is why it's today's Saturday Verse. A quote: But one of the fundamental teachings of any spiritual view is that the universe has a within that is accessible to humans. In other words, the universe is not simply an exterior, made up of discrete parts that are external to one another. Rather, by looking at the parts in a certain way, we may discover a wholeness in the world that in turn reveals its interior dimension--and therefore its meaning. Parts show us only the exterior of the cosmos, while wholeness shows us the great within (and vice versa).
Read our Dr. Bliss' piece on Happiness posted on Thurs.
Friday, July 14. 2006
"Black Culture" blamed for Katrina woes. Synthstuff. The battle for Harry Truman's ghost. Oxblog. Good piece. Gentlemen's Sports: Martini-mixing, insulting foreigners, and hitting on ladies. FMFT How complicated are things in Lebanon? Breibart Krauthammer: It's about Israel's right to exist. Here. But if they got rid of Israel, who would they blame for their problems? A Soccer comment from our Gwynnie: In June 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée of over 600,000 men (mostly Germans pressed into service) crossed into Russia. Gwynnie thinks that the head-butting of Materazzi by Zizou (mostly Algerian) was the most aggressive and courageous action by a Frenchman in uniform since.
Tom Brokaw: Drives a Prius, bemoans global warming, owns a charter jet company. Tim Blair/ Gas for me but not for thee. What Londonistan is up against: Daniel Pipes, h/t, Smart Christian  Lebanon was just about to get its tourism business back. From a piece in Travelwire:
Tourism is one of the major economic drivers in Lebanon, generating a significant revenue for the national income. In 2004, around 1.3 million tourists arrived reflecting a 26% from 2003. The numbers grew higher above the average regional rate of 20.5% in the Middle East region. Visitors count was impressive for a country so small in size and population. Of the 2004 total, 545,150 were Arab nationals, 338,475 North and Latin Americans, and
152,075 Europeans and Asians. Up till end of July 2005, the statistics office said the country received 422,000. Tourism Minister H.E. Joseph Sarkis was bent on topping last year’s growth rate, if not, reaching at least the 1 million mark the country has traditionally enjoyed since 2000 until February 14 when the late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated.
Read the whole piece - a good update on the country in general.
Buying wine online: What's the future? Bainbridge at TCS Is the ABA's Diversity Standard legal? volokh An amusing advt (beach video) for Israel vacations (maybe not this week, tho) When the govt tells doctors how to treat their patients. DB What did the NYT really do when they published the SWIFT story? Villainous Company Post-modernism, deconstructionism, another wacko professor, and Israel. Sigmund, Carl and Alfred Obesity and political correctness. Can a doctor tell a patient that they are "fat"? Of course. Like it's not obvious anyway. Dr. Helen
Thursday, July 13. 2006
Who killed Fidel? Zidane. Video at Babalu Another addition to the Maggie's Olde Blogrolle: A Slower Pace. His family is seeking a sane, wholesome life. Why is John Calvin a "rhetorical negative"? Middlebrow says "Blame the textbooks." We agree. Many of us have shot tennis balls from backyard cannons towards the sea, but potato guns? Orange guns? New to me, but I like the idea. Alphecca. Vanderleun - a quote from his recent confessional piece: After some years had passed it surprised me to realize that I had not really thought of her for months. It was surprising to notice that my once nightly mantra of secret thoughts centered on all the wrongs done, and all the years of my child's life stolen from me, had retreated to a much more infrequent pattern. I was relieved that the thoughts that always spiraled down into the dark (where I would imagine the worst sort of things happening to the woman I once loved above all others) had faded to a sometime thing. And there it stayed, a sometime thing. A steady state of hate.
Johnny Cash tops record charts. Here's a Johnny Cash website. Does being wealthy make people Liberal? Then why do they love the inheritance taxes? View from 1776. At Maggie's, we oppose all inheritance taxes. We would like everyone and every family to have the chance to become free of relying on the government - whether that makes them liberal or conservative. "The religious left that doesn't exist." In Britain. Asst Village Idiot. And in the US, the Dems go up against the Pope with their Religion of the State: Ankle Biting Prostate Cancer: Does it always need to be treated? Many docs say No. The Gay Sea Scouts, or The Black Sea Scouts, or the Hispanic Sea Scouts, or the Jewish Sea Scouts, would have no problem in Berkleley, but the real Sea Scouts have a real problem. Stop the ACLU Dinosaurs in Alaska? There were herds of them, due to global warming. Will they return if we warm it up again? Could be some exciting hunting. Nice head mounts. More details on the Big Dig. Talk about sloppy execution. MassBackwards. Engineering details at Viking. Did I help pay for this boodoggle? The consequences of gun confiscation in East Africa. Never take away people's right to self-defence. You take away their humanity. h/t, Barone And here is why: Dept of Righteous Shooting by Kim du Toit. My opinion? No responsible home should be unprotected by firearms. More on Rove and La Rasa. "Shared values." Lieberman update. Ex-Donk. I could almost support this Lefty guy, just because of the people behind his opposition. Psychedelic drugs and religion. A new study. Yes, they make people more "spiritual," whatever that means.
Wednesday, July 12. 2006
Can you write the worst opening line for a novel? A contest. The Bombay (Mumbai?) Bombings. Looks like Jihadists. Gateway Fluffgate continues in MA: At Maggie's Farm, we support the basic and Constitutionally-guaranteed freedom to eat fluffernutter sandwiches if they wish. CSM As we have noted, millions of otherwise normal Yankees have been raised successfully on this disgusting concoction, alternated with baloney sandwiches. June Allyson died. Shelf The Big Dig - more problems. We are reminded that Reagan tried to veto this boondoggle, but Ted Kennedy got it through. Novak unravels the Valerie Plame kefuffle: Atlas Karl Rove and La Raza. What's the deal? I think I know - it's probably about POLITICS! (Don't tell anyone.)LinknZona has his own view, along with some disturbing documents. Fantasy Cowboy by John Podhoretz. Good stuff in the NY Post. h/t, Powerline The NYT is confused by why tax revenues are up, and the deficit down. The Conspiracy. Would someone please explain it to them? Speaking Truth to Power. Haha. Yesterday's protest at the NYT. Michelle We are adding a few more new friends to the Olde Blogrolle: Assistant Village Idiot from the Granite State, Blue Crab Boulevard from Blue Crab Boulevard, and LinknZona from the land of 65 year-old women who dress like they are 17 (up here, we term that "mutton dressed as lamb"), and someone who doesn't like the notion of the Reconquista. Also, Villainous Company, with whom we feel quite at home. Remember this joke we posted in April? Can anyone here make me feel like a woman? Does paranoia interest you? How about websites that term those who think the Jihadists did 9-11 "conspiracy theorists"? http://911tvfakery.blogspot.com/, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/911InsideJobbers/
http://911closeup.com/nico/911truthlings.html
Tuesday, July 11. 2006
A couple of new posts last nite - don't miss 'em. Duct Tape in space: repairing the shuttle. Lying lies and the liars who tell them. When you smear someone with a lie, it never goes away, even after corrections. The American Left has learned that lies work as well as facts, but you run out of facts too quickly. For example, after Rather, how many Americans still think Bush played games with his Guard service? Tons. How many people still believe the NSA was listening in on their phone calls? Tons. Now the Ann Coulter plagiarism smear has been corrected, but as a commenter to the piece at Lucianne succinctly says: Sorry, Ann, too late. The progressives' stink bomb has gone off and the old media doesn't care what you say. As long as some know-nothing moderates now think there was plagiarism, the left's idea of the greater good has been served.
Nature Conservancy buying fishing fleet. Good example of the market approach to conservation. Marginal Rev. No religion please - we're English. Brits believe they have better ways to reach and reform jailbirds than through religion. Wish they would share this hitherto unknown knowledge with the world. Dinocrat Probably read this already, but Al Baradei was covering for the Iranians. But he keeps his UN job. Wizbang The beheadings, on video. I cannot watch. Can you? My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. But go ahead, and ask me what we are fighting for. Bill Keller in 1944. Why do these folks love Jihadist Islam? Horsefeathers. Is John McCain unstable? He just sounds like a tough guy to me, but how come no-one who knows him likes him? Corruption? More Clintons and money. They do love their money. Captain Ed. Always funny how socialists love their own money, but don't want you to keep yours. Bush 41. What a gentleman. He gets a ship named after him, with grace and humor. Rhymes with Right Wackos reveal their true view: The US Army are Nazis. Is there a name for this disorder? LGF
Monday, July 10. 2006
The University of Wisconsin at Madison has, in their wisdom, hired a certain Mr. Barrett to teach a course called "Introduction to Islam." Mr. Barrett has founded an organization called: "The Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance for 9-11 Truth." That sounds nice, if a nightmare for the caterers; people of many faiths getting together to... hey! What's this "truth" he's talking about? ''The physics of those collapses clearly could not have resulted from plane crashes and jet fuel fires with office materials.'' Barrett says jet fuel does not burn hot enough to melt steel, and says recent tests on melted steel from the building prove his theory that it was wired to collapse, by the Government. Barrett says the Bush Administration is fooling the American public with the Adolf Hitler 'Big Lie Technique'...
Out there in Iowa...I mean Wisconsin... That's truth with a capital "T" and that spells out Trouble! the Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance, which claims the Bush administration planned the attacks to create a war between Muslims and Christians. He argues that members of the faiths must work together to overcome the belief that terrorists were to blame.
"The 9/11 lie was designed to sow hatred between the faiths," Barrett has written on the organization's Web site.
"Either we discuss the compelling evidence that 9/11 was an inside job, or there is precious little to talk about."
Oh, I see. George Bush is a crazy lunatic that wants to foment war with the Muslims. Hmmm. Well, since George Bush is the President, I guess he can do that without all the genocidal urban renewal Mr Barrett figures he needs to undertake, but hey, I'm not the expert. Apparently, Mr. Barrett is. He claims to know all about the structural properties of skyscrapers, and the ramifications, if you'll pardon the term, of ramming big airplanes filled with jet fuel into them. Who are we to quibble? He's got degrees in Arabic and African Folklore. Those come in handy when you're setting rebar in concrete, no doubt. He's a deep thinker, Mr Barrett: 9/11 was designed by non-religious, Machievellian-Straussian cynics who believe that hatred and hostility are what move the world. By uniting for 9/11 truth we are standing up for love and compassion against their hatred. And we are standing up for astonishment and awe against their cynicism. For them, it was just a minor special effects extravaganza, put together by Hollywood specialists to manipulate audience emotion and pave the way for war—a slightly more realistic version of Wag the Dog. For them, the deaths of a few thousand people mean very little..
Astonishment and awe? I thought it was "shock and awe." And he wants to do swell things by talking about this stuff: Kevin Barrett will discuss strategies for turning the 9/11 psychological warfare operation against its perpetrators, and using 9/11 truth as a "magic bullet" that could demilitarize the American economy, overthrow corrupt elites, turn attention and resources toward pressing environmental concerns, and usher in a new era of peace and justice.
Hmm. Magic bullets. What, no magic beans? Now when someone tells me they want me to believe them about one thing, so they can get me to do something else, I wonder about the veracity of that thing I'm supposed to believe. Like when bums ask you for money for food. Sometimes, I hate to disappoint you, but they spend the money you give them on booze and drugs. That's just FYI; I don't want to cast aspersions on hobos by associating them with Mr Barrett. And so if Mr. Barrett wishes to have me pay attention to his beliefs on environmental concerns and so forth, which seem, well, not germane to discussions of mass murder, and to get me to do so by accusing the President of the United States, along with large numbers of other persons in the government and military necessary to mount such an audacious scheme, I have but one question for him. Just the one.
Continue reading "Just One Question, Please, Mr. Barrett"
 Vacation is over. A Dunkin Donuts and back to work for me. If you have been away, scroll down so you do not miss one iota of our efforts! We do it for you!
Image? You noticed? Seen on the beach on Cape Cod on Saturday. When body-surfing in the Atlantic, the ocean waves can play fun tricks with a gal's bathing top. World Cup - Great game, until the end. The trouble with low-scoring sports is the larger role of luck. Maybe just eliminate the goalies? Naw, that would worsen unemployment in Europe. What are colleges warning the kids about in freshman orientation these days? Poker, facebook photos, etc. VDH's latest: Facts about the war that no-one is talking about. Racist Oil: RTLC has Jesse Jackson's number. Last week I posted the following: Hamas can't let Israel go. That's right - opposing the existence of Israel is their only claim to power. If the Palestinians were interested in anything else - like running a country, and an economy, having normal happy lives, getting educated, etc. - these terrorist creeps would be outta there. Tiny Israel, with no natural resources other than people, is the Great Middle-Eastern scapegoat and distraction from their own failings. Without Israel, or the Americans, they'd have to look at themselves in the mirror - and who wants to do that? So killing Jews, a handful at a time, can keep them in power for a long time, because there are lots of Jews in Israel.
As if to confirm that notion, Ahmadinejab said this on the 8th (Gateway): "The basic problem in the Islamic world is the existence of the Zionist regime, and the Islamic world and the region must mobilise to remove this problem," the president said at the opening of the two-day conference.
Well, if Israel is the greatest problem, then the Middle East has no problems. These guys learned from history that distraction, hatred, and scapegoating are effective political tools, especially with the ignorant and the uneducated.
Sunday, July 9. 2006
A new drug to quit smoking. Kevin MD Joe Lieberman's problem: He doesn't hate Bush enough. So it's all about hate? Good update on the challenge against Lieberman, and their debate, in which Ned was crushed - so they accused Lieberman of being a bully. Lieberman?!? Is it just possible that Ned isn't ready for the Major League? Ned is being used, and the danger is that it will go to his head. Wkly Standard Truth, Justice, and the American Way. That's not cool anymore? But, may I ask, what adult seeks to be cool? Oh, right. Hollywood adults. Betsy, with Lileks. Rudy is running. I think the Repubs are going to face some good, tough choices in the primaries. Cap'n Ed Missing Headlines: Jobs growth continues apace: Am Thinker Bill Keller Unplugged. The NYT defence is unravelling. At the brand new shiny Town Hall Blog Europe must look to the US to find their roots. Brussels Journal David Warren suggests prayer as a foreign policy towards North Korea.
Friday, July 7. 2006
The DaVinci Barcode. A new train - the Beijing to Tibet express. A plea for support for Diana Irey - she is running against Murtha. Cotillion Hamas can't let Israel go. That's right - opposing the existence of Israel is their only claim to power. If the Palestinians were interested in anything else - like running a country, and an economy, having normal happy lives, getting educated, etc. - these terrorist creeps would be outta there. Tiny Israel, with no natural resources other than people, is the Great Middle-Eastern scapegoat and distraction from their own failings. Without Israel, or the Americans, they'd have to look at themselves in the mirror - and who wants to do that? So killing Jews, a handful at a time, can keep them in power for a long time, because there are lots of Jews in Israel. How dumb can you be? Coke employees try to sell secrets to Pepsi. NYT Nice clips from the Volvo sea-racing video. Not for the faint of heart. You Tube The economics of the minimum wage. Good, clear stuff. Cafe Hayek. Nutjobs in lab prove 9-11 was a hoax. Good grief. Yup, that sure looks like proof to me. Gateway A good birthday post for our youthful Pres, by Anchoress Update on the Iraq govt's peace plan. Oxblog. For better or worse, control is gradually being transferred to them, as it must be. Why would a state pay for kids of illegals to go to college? Wizbang takes a look at Massachusetts. Walkin' down Main Street, looking for a hoe. Any idea how many kinds there are?
Thursday, July 6. 2006
Wordplay. Pejman likes this new movie. For iPods, file-sharing is down, legal music is up. Ars Technica The Godfather of the Muslim Brotherhood and Grandfather of Al Quaida: Saayid Qutb. A bit of recent history at Gates of Vienna Flag-burning on July 4th. Moonbattery First it was dodge-ball, now tag, soccer and flag football are being banned from school recess. Ed. Wonks Henry Paulson is a bird-watcher and nature lover. I like this guy already. The Commons Brit National Health Service attacks "complementary and alternative" cancer treatments. These things are enjoying growing popularity in the US. Is Hawaii really part of America? Brown at RCP Haha. Fred Sanders offers a bit of art criticism at Middlebrow Is Bin Ladin turning into a religious fanatic? Blame Bush Why do some gays want kids? Gay Patriot explains. Multiculturalism is a social nuclear weapon. View from 1776
Wednesday, July 5. 2006
EU votes for "green tax" on airfare. What will a tax on airfare do to reduce air pollution, I wonder? Daily Pundit Everyone on earth has royal roots. Knew I did. That asteroid near-miss: It will come back again, in a while. Excerpted from The Conspiracy: According to the Theory of the Unitary Editor, whenever a Times reporter is given unauthorized classified information, Bill Keller's editorial conscience allows him to unilaterally declassify national secrets, bypass Congress, and violate the law in the interest of keeping the nation safe from a popularly elected President who he fears may be bypassing Congress and breaking the law.
Rhode Island has a 9% state income tax. Even their Dems are now trying to cut. Lib Leanings From Jed Babbin, via Dinocrat: Since 9-11, none but a few of our former allies have given us more than lip service to help fight terrorism. And among them, fewer still have been willing to do so openly. When those who cooperate in secret are exposed, the damage is enormous, whether someone dies the next day or not. The NYT and WaPo bloody well knew, before the stories ran, that their publication of the CIA prisons and the SWIFT program would make it impossible for some nations to continue cooperating with us. By using their power to interrupt nations’ cooperation with us, the New York Times and the Washington Post have done more damage to our nation’s security than Usama bin Laden has been able to since 9-11. They have become a weapon in the terrorist arsenal. Their claims to still be guardians of our freedom are laughable, and tragically so.
Stossel adds himself to the Gore debunking squad: RCP From Atlas: 
Tuesday, July 4. 2006
Samizdata found this good blog which deals with Chinese business and law: China Law Blog Govt unions oppose performance pay. Big surprise. Redstate We love our Brit cousins, but we are still glad that we had the revolution. After all, we have less crime, a booming economy with essentially no unemployment, more babies, no class system, millions of people gleefully resisting nanny-statism and political correctness, freedom of medical care, lots of guns, and the ability to hunt foxes with dogs and horses. Plus better skiing, better beaches, better sex - and NO MARMITE. Hey - I guess we just do not have the serf mentality. Gateway on how the Brits look down on us. Shame on them. They gave us our foundation, for which we are forever grateful, but our self-determination had to be taken by arms, and we still detest, or at least distrust, State power. I never exhaled. Enviros want to control CO2 emissions. In New Zealand, cow farts are the major source (really), but animals and people exhale tons of it all day long. Let's face it - the enviros want YOU to go away. They could always set an example? Coming out of the closet by becoming a black Repub: neo neo Why solar energy won't work: you'd need to cover two states with solar collectors. YARGB did the math. Read Powerline yet today? Too much good stuff. George Mason has benefited from reaching the Final Four. Good for them, but it's still a dumb way for a university to get visibility. Volokh Haha. Chomsky is a deep cover CIA operative and agent provocateur. Sure, probably. But isn't he a bit obvious? Church of England: being destroyed from within. Big Lizards shows how the same news is and would be reported, depending on the party involved. He is right as rain. Just heard Sean Hannity say he doesn't read blogs. Too bad, but I don't know how he would have the time. Really, talk radio is just a verbal blog anyway. Or vice-versa.
Monday, July 3. 2006
 Maggie's Farm is still in vacation mode. A long July 4th vacation.
How to force your liberal arts major kids to grow up? Reality boot camp. Someone should have sent Pinch Sulzberger. It's for kids who are reluctant to grow up. I could run this: are whips and chains allowed? Jeff Jarvis: Can the press please just tell us what their principles are? Other than trying to bash conservatives? American Left going crazy. Why don't they move to France or China or Bolivia or Venezuela or Cuba, where voting doesn't mess things up? norm. Rejection hurts, but you have to adjust. Moonbattery thinks he found a prof who is nuttier than Ward Churchill. A State Department officer talks, after two years living in the Green Zone. No Pasaran Where is the Supreme Court? In transition? And what's with Justice Kennedy? Greenhouse in the NYT Belgium: "The Frog is getting warmer" by Dymphna USA Today corrects/retracts their NSA spy story. It's too little, too late, and the damage is done. A defense of Ann Coulter's book Godless, by Kirk in Am. Spectator
Sunday, July 2. 2006
Big Moslem Hate-fest this weekend in the US. Front Page. Canada Day yesterday. Will they figure out how others are taking advantage of them, while they bask in their innocent and foolish nursery school virtue? Maxed Out Big reptile show at the American Museum of Natural History. I always think of it as Teddy Roosevelt's place. Two-tier Anglicans? Is that like business class and coach? WTH? Where's God in this? Newsmax
Saturday, July 1. 2006
 Here. What's the big deal? It's your own yard, and it feels cheerful and wholesome to have the summer breeze blowing past your private parts. And why is anybody looking anyway? Keep your eyes to yourself. What goes on in my yard, stays in my yard.
For Santay, Sasha threw on some clothes for the photo, while taking a break from lawn-mowing and dead-heading the roses in the most charming manner. Who cares for your gardens in the nude? Or am I just lucky?
Friday, June 30. 2006
 Resurrecting mothballed Navy ships: a great piece by Confederate Yank - photo on right, of the former USNS San Diego, stolen from him. Few things as sentimental or soulful as an old Navy ship: the combination of ocean, power, and vulnerability is plain wonderful.
Gonzales wants porn ratings for web sites. I want the govt's hands OFF the internet. Marvin Olasky has written a novel. h/t, SmartChristian Robinson Jeffers. A fine appreciation of the California poet, by Middlebrow. "Now, I'm going to make like a divorce and split." Althouse on Dylan's radio show. Hawkins on the Lieberman challenge in CT. Ned Lamont is having fun, but is he doing the Dems any favors? They would be nuts to give up Joe Lieberman, unless they want a very small tent. It's about emotion, not reason. Ankle Biting Pundit takes another look at Howard Dean's 60s nostalgia. Have you seen dignity? Joe at Evangelical Outpost looks at human dignity as the foundational concept of civilization. Manliness vs. Boyishness. Part-time Pundit seems to get it right. Academic political correctness in Holland. Do not say "It can't happen here." Augean Stables.
How media leaks damage intel-gathering: CSM China trying to crack down further on internet: expected to have 60 million blogs this year. The internet is a heck of a challenge for a totalitarian country. via Drudge Kesler says Bill Keller had good legal advice. I agree. Legal, but immoral. Al Gore's mentor, and how Al Gore tried to bury him. Am Thinker Hostas. Bridgewood Gardens Hosta Catalog. Nice. Dem Strategy: Everybody RUN! People's Cube Black Americans come out of the GOP closet: Hawkins at Human Events. Yes, it's way past time for this. Is Canada part of Europe? No Pasaran doubts it.
Thursday, June 29. 2006
Can you believe that NYC has a "rent control board"? It's a vestige of socialism in the Leftist town, the world center of capitalist dynamism. Weird. We spend 350 million for the EEOC. What do we get? a lawsuit against Hooters for not hiring men. Jeez. Your tax dollars... The Mexican elections: What does it mean for the USA? VDARE Traffic calming. The govt slows you down, hoping you will use mass transit instead. A Desire named Streetcar. h/t, Gumshoe More climatologists say Gore is full of baloney. Hugh Hewitt interviews the LA Times on the subject of "crossing the line." Eisenhower's Autobahn at 50 - do we like it? I don't. The Interstate Highway system. But it was built for war. But it created "sprawl." Peekaboo, Assad. We know you're there. Israeli jets buzz Assad's summer house. Putin sends out "kill" order. Bet they will, too. We could use a bit of that attitude. Nice update on Simon Schama's career. Have his new one - haven't opened it yet. Landscape and Memory was remarkable. Overheard today in an elevator from Sulzberger, Jr.: "Hey, 200,000 cancellations today! We must be doing something right! Yeah, man - we are cool - in the vanguard! We are like hip. Finally, a groovy newspaper like Ramparts! Dig it, man." How the others think: Glenn Greenwald thinks Bush is the greatest danger to America. Does he really think this, or is he just saying it for effect? I cannot tell. Piling on the NYT. Howard Kurtz at WaPo The 2006 PlanetOut Travel Awards. Favored gay, lesbian and transgender destinations. Opie thought you might be interested, even if you're not g,l, t, etc. Good news for guys who appreciate: American bra sizes increasing. Is it a crisis for givernment intervention? The AP hides the climatologists who think Gore is an "embarassment." The more I learn, the more I think this is a big scam, foisted on a scientifically-ignorant public. Can you pass the US Citizenship Test? If you are awake, you can. Here. These are the "hard ones"!!! Is India one nation, or many states? Try driving a truck through India. CSM. Their corruption, and obstacles to commerce, are astonishing. Yet they continue. Howard Dean: "We're about to enter the 60s again". Umm, I think the problem is that he never left the 60s. How childish. Amazing to me that he would say that - so dumb. Some folks never grow up. Kumbaya, dude. Love and peace and pass me that bong. Hey, got any 'shrooms? Reality is getting to be a major drag, man.
Wednesday, June 28. 2006
Vote for Miss Hoosegow 2006, at Iowahawk. They are almost as cute as the Wal-Mart girls (see below) Climate scientists say Gore is an embarassment. The AP ignores them. Very windy and rainy here today: Thanks, George Bush for the rain - it is soaking in all the fertilizer I put out this weekend, very nicely, and my tomatoes are growing like crazy. Anchoress says environmentalism is a religion. She doesn't say "pagan," but she might as well have said. So we have two theories: a religion, or (last nite's post re Dr. Sanity) or a socialist power grab. Could be both, eh? Very curious about what is going on in Gaza - very hard to get any info. "Youths" in Antwerp kill bus driver. Belgium having increasing problems with Moslem "youths." If they cannot carry guns, I'd suggest Louisville Sluggers or knives. You cannot just let the punks kill you, if you have kids at home. Brussels Journal h/t Daily Pundit Bolton vs. Gore - How to Save the World? Hunger and disease, vs climate? The Economist. Che Guevera: Let's try to remember who this guy was. Sandmonkey South Florida Sun Sentinel praises CAIR. Front Page disagrees. Bush a threat to our very democracy, claims Gore in fund raising letter. That's fund-raising for ya: Scare the ignorant. Get their money. Why Moslems would rather move to the US than to Europe. Economist. Meet your new UN Human Rights Council. Gateway. Germans kill their only wild bear. Ridiculous. They should see all the bears in New Jersey. Bears in the garbage, bears under the porch. No need to kill the darn things, except during hunting season. You already saw this, didn't you? NYT caught with their pants down again, revealing their cute panties with pictures of Al Gore's face on them. Powerline. In 2002, they editorialized that we needed more aggressive intel on international bank transfers. Moral of the story: they are partisan pure and simple, without any apparent guilt about it. Playboy does the women of Walmart. Buy the DVD!
Tuesday, June 27. 2006
Dr. Helen on "Desperate for friends?" Are we becoming a friendless society? I doubt that this is anything new. Transvestite gangs terrorizing New Orleans stores. Did they get the idea from Monty Python skits? Garrison Keillor is "the shock jock of wholesomeness."? Sam Anderson in Slate. But does his comfy schtick reflect the real Gary? Doubt it. Now Jackie Mason is a guy whose schtick is very close to his real self. Why Hillary can't win. Hawkins - h/t, Alpha. And may I take this opportunity to ask the obvious question to our feminist friends: What has this lady ever done, other than marry a successful man - and leverage that celebrity? Aw, who cares? But that's what they would be saying if she were a Repub. Palestinians threaten chem and bio attacks. Claim they made them. Right - and they invented the automatic camel milker too. LGF Dem poll numbers slipping. Am. Spectator Michelle's update on pieces on the NYT's treason. Scroll up - she has more. A .357 Smith and Wesson goes berserk in an Ohio Mall. Cottontail rabbits endangered in New England. Not in my neighborhood, they aren't. Who ever heard of this Glenn Reynolds guy? Well, his remark on Bill Keller's defense of the Times was pretty smart (h/t, Just one minute): A deeper error is Keller's characterization of freedom of the press as an institutional privilege, an error that is a manifestation of the hubris that has marked the NYT of late. Keller writes: "It's an unusual and powerful thing, this freedom that our founders gave to the press. . . . The power that has been given us is not something to be taken lightly." The founders gave freedom of the press to the people, they didn't give freedom to the press. Keller positions himself as some sort of Constitutional High Priest, when in fact the "freedom of the press" the Framers described was also called "freedom of the use of the press." It's the freedom to publish, a freedom that belongs to everyone in equal portions, not a special privilege for the media industry.
Correct. It is a people's freedom, making blogs possible - the mini-me pamphleteers and Tom Paines of our time. But if lowly blogger posted classified material, me suspects lowly blogger might be receiving friendly visit from Mr. FBI. Nouns! The top 25 most commonly-used nouns, in order of use: time, person, year, way, day, thing, man, world, life, hand, part, child, eye, woman, place, work, week, case, point, government, company, number, group, problem, fact. (h/t to someone, but I forget who). It says a lot about what we think and write about. Vietnam again? Wait a minute...the Tet Offensive had the enemy on their knees. But who knew? Not Walter Cronkite. The MSM lost that war, not the USA. Powerline refers to the "calcified" brains of the MSM, stuck in the past. Jack Kelly on Vietnam, Dan Rather, the MSM, Vietnam, etc.
Monday, June 26. 2006
The media jihad against the US: Atlas takes a look. Volokh considers the legal implications - can the Times be prosecuted? Peter King wants the NYT prosecuted: Ace discusses. Just One Minute takes a closer look at Bill Keller's explanatory letter. An interesting future for the Townhall website: A center for centrist Repubs. Daily Pundit The WMDs - Lib. Leanings agrees that nothing that is found will make any difference. Who is a liberal and who is a conservative? It isn't obvious. Auster takes a look. What nation has the third largest population? The USA. We will hit 300,000,000 this fall, and the baby that tips us over the number will be Hispanic. Rhymes with Right
Sunday, June 25. 2006
Another good blog bites the dust. New England Repub - RIP. Running a blog is real work. Life under siege in the New Orleans swamp: Open Democracy. No-one with any sense would live there. 100 Brit soccer fans held by police in Stuttgart. Haha. Not politically correct. Sounds like Dartmouth.
Friday, June 23. 2006
Lieut. Watada refuses deployment. This is a very serious matter, of course. The Lieut. surely would not be pleased when his team refused his orders on the battlefield. And he will not be pleased with the consequences of disobedience - just like any job, but in this case, more severe. If this guy is so much smarter and wiser than his commanders, then why is he not a professor at West Point? "Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character." - Gen. Robert E. Lee War is a very good way to separate the men from the boys.
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