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Wednesday, December 26. 2007Weds. Morning Links
Brit smoking ban kills pubs. Now people are drinking at home, alone, where they can light up a cigar. Who in the UK deliberately voted for such a Nanny? There are two Christmases. Quite right. One of them is Saturnalia. What's So Great About Christianity? Am. Thinker Just war, the UN, and Iraq. Asst Village idiot Tortoise Thompson? Tony Snow interviewed at Reason What exactly is Hillary Clinton's experience? Perhaps she is pumping the experience theme because there isn't much of it, which is a weak point. John Kerry - unprincipled pimp Christmas in Bethlehem The persecution of Christians in Moslem lands Those tiresome manipulators. Dino The Dem racist history they want you to forget. Opinion Journal, A quote:
A critique of George Bailey. What I Saw in America. Fair enough, but Scrooge-like, Dr. Pat: it misses the reason the movie brings tears to our eyes. Massachusetts health care plan is a mess. Of course. You can use teh power of the State to make me insure my car, but leave my body alone. Related: The untold story of the disaster of French medical care. What American accent do you have? I have Northern Inland. All I want for Christmas is an EU-approved slurry tank. I guess the EU doesn't believe in the nitrogen cycle, in which animals eat the stuff, and then recycle it by pooping it back on the fields. Business success must be stifled. No Pasaran. It's just not fair to the losers in the sport. "Culture" is a sham perpetrated by the rich to oppress their poor victims. Pajamas. No doubt. Those despicable rich are the only people who want filthy lucre. A clever solution to restaurant and bar smoking bans. The imaginary coming Recession. It might happen, and it might not. Like global catastrophe. Dems try to cut eachother's throats at Christmastime. Some people like dogfights, some like cockfights, some like streetfights, and some like politics. Bare ruined choirs. Europe's empty cathedrals. American Thinker Why is Greenland ice melting? After all, the ice sheet is growing in Antarctica. I want our federal government to have less power and less money. Nevertheless, these Laffer data should please governments, from Willisms:
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Monday, December 24. 2007Christmas Eve Morning Links
George Bush's excellent year. Kudlow The Peace march in Baghdad. Gateway Reintroducing beavers to Scotland. h/t, Englishman. Next on the agenda: snakes to ireland? Is it really all about Bill? Maureen Dowd, via Lucianne. I am sick of these people. In 2008, the US will become the world's largest consumer of wine. Speaking of which, The Art of Drinking Well. A Jew responds to "Merry Christmas." h/t, neoeneoneoneo How to read the newspaper. Sippican Al Quaeda's quagmire. Small Dead Little Cuddly Animals Virtual Science. We have frequently noted that no meaningful "climate change" has occurred yet other than random variation. An ex-Greenpeace guy discusses the hysteria. As we remind our readers frequently, the real threat to civilization will be the next Ice Age, about which we will be able to do little other than to drive our SUVs as much as possible, hoping it will make a difference. "Mr. Bush has bought into some of the Beltway's most useless climate superstitions." Sisu Free Mark Steyn! Sign me up The Star, at American Digest, which begins:
Read the whole thing. A holy and merry Christmas to our readers. God bless you all. Your NJ will be back on duty after Christmas.
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Sunday, December 23. 2007Sunday Morning Links
DC has a new schools Chancellor, and she is kickin ass. Opinion Journal. Godspeed to her. Environmentalist supports a whale fishery. Tony Blair converts to Catholicism Will the climate hucksters take us to the cleaners? A blogger in Cuba. Video at Babalu Four Revolutionary battle flags come home to the US. No choice. Hillary had hoped to run as herself, but it didn't work. Now she has to run for co-President. Captain Ed Compulsory voting in Australia. Norm. Sounds utterly insane to me. And if somebody is running for an uncontested seat, it's like Saddam Hussein or Russia. My old hippie friends. NE Republican, which has a great new look Department of Sartorial Intimidation. Powerline An interview with a former ACLU lawyer, mainly about the ACLU's war on religion Sacha Baron Cohen is killing off Borat. I'll miss Borat. Saudis plan world's largest SWF: 900 bn. Is Al Gore God? London: Capitol City of the World. Looks like NYC is #2. Photo: The Wellfleet, MA First Congregational Church sits on a hilltop overlooking the harbor. It has curved pews and rings ship's bells instead of landlubber time.
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Saturday, December 22. 2007Saturday Morning Links
Jules' questions for Al Zawahiri. Mine: can I call you "Al"? George W. Clinton? A Bolton interview at Gates California's Health Plan proposes to be supported by a tax on hospitals? "Change" and "hope" are simply cynical political tactics Tyranny of a minority. Tangled Web This just in: Global warming isn't happening anymore Murdered cities: Done with Mirrors Just an excuse to take your clothes off Guns don't kill people - ham sandwiches do. Also, Four year-old dies from epidemic The greatest gift? Sex. Also, Why females make noise during sex The real Man of the Year: at Gay Patriot Publishing while Catholic. The Corner. More at Catholic Insight A war reporter is not a nature reporter. Neoneo Hillary is a world-class genius. Says Bill. Related: It Takes a Village (to write a book). Also related: Kinder, Gentler character Assassination Old forests are killing Gaia. They are also of no use to songbirds or to Ruffed Grouse. The Met's marvellous year. Who benefits from the Federal government? More on those climate scientists who dispute the IPCC reports. More at Small Dead Reindeer.
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Friday, December 21. 2007Friday Morning Links
CT Principal bans "competitive activities" during recess. I wonder if that rule includes "rock, paper, scissors"? How to win at rock, paper, scissors. h/t to somebody, but I forget to whom An Oklahoma State University bans the word "Christmas." Brilliant idea, certain to be popular. Of course, what these morons do not understand is that Advent is the religious time. Christmas is just a party. If you are an angry enough person to hate Jesus, then ban Advent. And Lent. Virtual Legos. h/t, David Thompson Bonuses surging on Wall Street? Hillary Clinton launches two different Obama attack websites on the same day. I guess that's a Merry Christmas from Hillary to Barry O. A critique of Edward Said's Orientalism. NY Sun What happens when medical care becomes politicized? Dem Project Race horse genetics: less important than people think God is a conservative and Santa is a liberal Michael Savage vs. CAIR. Cinnamon Putin has 40 billion bucks. Not bad for an altruistic servant of the people. I'm glad somebody has the time to worry about the mental health of worms Zimbabwe introduces the "kajillion dollar bill"
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Thursday, December 20. 2007Thursday Evening Links with Santa's trophy wife
Archbishop of Canterbury claims nativity "a legend." When you take the laws seriously, illegals go home. Polipundit Men who look like old lesbians. h/t, David Thompson. How can we compete with sites like that? Charter schools get top grades in NYC Santa receives fire in Brazil. I did not know that Rio was one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Conrad Black got revolutionary justice. I agree. Stanford credit for Harry Potter. How about for reading Dr. Seuss? Or watching Gunsmoke? Evil Border patrol oppresses innocent Mexicans Government as Santa: Hillary video at Althouse. Unintended self-satire. Huckaboom = conservabust? I'm sure he's a fine fellow, but he is a goober if I ever saw one. These are the sort of quotes that make me like Fred. 400 climate scientists now dispute global warming. NYT decries media deregulation. Of course. Every large voting group in the US opposes illegal immigration. Red wine prevents colds.
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The iBoob - for Christmas!Wednesday, December 19. 2007Weds. Morning Links
Not repairing the AMT? Blue Crab Iran's new friends in the Americas. Dino Infra-red art photography. Good Communists and Bad Christians. Dr. Sanity English-speaking in England's schools. Tangled Web The rich pay for the federal govt. Adopted kid finds his real mother at his workplace, working the register at Lowes. More on the Inquisition in Canada. Attack machine
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Tuesday, December 18. 2007What a jerk
You've read this already, but since we did link the original Princeton story (with a hoax warning), this is for the record. What a jerk. The guy is as bad as the AP or the NYT.
Tuesday Morning Links
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Geography quiz at Flares. Ruled Britannia? Kimball Iraq launches a new tanker. Surber Greedy selfish boomers will bankrupt America Is "Clinton amnesia" coerced? Classical Firearms dilemma, at Mr. Free Market:
Do Christians mind being called "barking bonkers"? Not really. I just read somewhere that 30% of Americans identify themselves as evangelical Christians. Justice done for wounded and injured soldiers. How to become a virgin. LGF
Not dead yet? Fidel is retiring, he hints. Why do people buy individual stocks? Prof B on McArdle Is waterboarding really all that bad? Tammy
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Monday, December 17. 2007Monday Morning Links
The violence at Princton. NY Sun. The Sun doesn't mention the rumors that this might be a hoax. A kinder gentler Hillary? Blue Crab Bali and the media. Dino Media were equally biased against Reagan. Willisms The poor farmers and the Farm Bill. Driscoll Hamas: Jews creating earthquakes. Video at LGF Al Gore's unpleasant habit of denouncing the US when overseas. Moonbattery
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Sunday, December 16. 2007Sunday Morning Links
Jesus wasn't homeless. Steyn on demographics of aging, 30 year-old Italian Romeos living with Mom and Dad, and the "don't have kids to save the planet" silliness. Good stuff. h/t, Lucianne Six major bogus stories from the MSM within six weeks. Gateway. How are our readers doing with that simple geometry problem? It's good fun, unless you're a serious math whiz. Same old Russia. Putin incarcerating dissidents in psychiatric wards. Republicanophobia. Mrs. Edwards is "scared." She would not be so scared if she met me. Guns don't kill people - Christians do. I was going to ignore the newspaper endorsements, since everyone else is linking them, but Jules has a good take on them. Cherry-picking data points to create alarm about an income gap. View from 1776. Dishonestly fueling envy for political purposes is low. Somebody needs to tell the NYT that 1) We Americans aren't Commies and 2) Who cares what other people make? I don't want their money - I want to do what I chose to do. The 10 Economic Media Myths of 2007: Dem. Project Today's Hillary Quote: "You know, I'm going to start thanking the woman who cleans the restroom in the building I work in. I'm going to start thinking of her as a human being." - Hillary Clinton, from the book "The Case Against Hillary Clinton" by Peggy Noonan, p. 55
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Saturday, December 15. 2007Saturday Links
Jonah Goldberg at UMass:
From Insty:
Opie likes this guided tour of Art Basel Miami. Jumping all over the CIA will make them more cautious and less effective. And more about the waterboarding story at Family Security Matters.
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Friday, December 14. 2007Friday Morning Links
A Moslem approach to difficult teens. SDA Arkansas tackiness? Powerline. Huck: Tacky. Hillary: Tacky and corrupt. She might be as dishonest as Bill. After all, doesn't water seeks its own level? Al Gore, swindler? God knows, he is getting richer and fatter, and A young Brit's Road to Damascus A Munich flavor to the NIE? David Warren Harvard for free? Fay Vincent in Opinion Journal The legacies of the Duke Case, at Durham in Wonderland. h/t, David Thompson. Yes, it is a systemic problem. Who invited the dog? Family allergy holiday fun, at The NYT Today's Hillary Clinton quote: "I am a fan of the social policies that you find in Europe "-Hillary Clinton in 1996," from the book "I've Always Been A Yankee Fan" by Thomas D. Kuiper, p.6 Derbyshire quoted in a piece at Powerline about Nativism:
Photo: From Theo, who is now on sabbatical
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Thursday, December 13. 2007The Apophis Asteroid
Wikipedia notes, in the thorough entry on Impact Events:
Most impact events are small, like shooting stars and meteorites, but the Apophis asteroid is big, and it is due to come too close for comfort in 2036 If it hits the earth, as others have done in the past, it will surely solve all the problems with humans messing up the planet. Help us, Obi-Wan Algore! You're our only hope.
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Thursday Morning Links
Everything's coming up Bush. Jules Crittenden Why you cannot treat war detainees like domestic criminals. Wizbang The Economist addresses the rising cost of food. Hillary quote of the day: "Where is the G-damn f***ing flag? I want the G-damn f***ing flag up every f***ing morning at f***ing sunrise." -From the book "Inside The White House" by Ronald Kessler, p. 244. (Hillary to the staff at the Arkansas Governor's mansion) Wednesday, December 12. 2007Weds. Evening LinksWe are expecting a nice, good snow here in Yankeeland. Judging by the radio, you'd think it was the end of the world. "Major storm" and all that. Global snow catastrophe. It's just snow, folks. Nice stuff. Lovely, gently falling like a good dream, covering hill and dale with a pure coating of white. It's wintertime, and it will melt by May. Sheesh. If I lose my internet connection, I'll just go out and find my own stories. Or make them up, like The New York Times does.
Hey Gals! Whoring for health! I will charge you only a nominal fee for practice sessions, and I am clean, trim, young and single. Call me if you are cute and clean, with no body piercings. (h/t, Mr. Free Market) Comp USA shutting down. Too many doctors? Kevin, MD. No. This jerk wants to fly all over the world warning about global oblivion. No, it's not Al this time. Half of women want to change how their partner looks. Only half? What about vice-versa? 99%? h/t, Pajamas A Brief Primer on the Problem of Evil. h/t, Dr. Bob PM Brown suggests negotiating with Taliban. Ace. Great idea! How come nobody else thought of that? Huckabee displays a strange misunderstanding of forgiveness. School voucher success in Florida. h/t, Chequerboard The religion of peace. Moonbattery Led Zeppelin coming to NYC?
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A New Global Warming Hypothesis: The "Home-Run" Theory - Hot bats replace hockey sticksSince we're speaking of global warming today, check out this chart. The red line shows the average annual temperature in the northeast United States, while the blue line shows the average number of home runs hit per game in Major League baseball each year (the graphs have been overlaid for convenience of comparison). Graphs are science, and the two lines clearly track together: the gradual warming of the first half of the century moving along with the end of the dead-ball era; a slow cooling as home runs declined from the 1950s to the 1970s; then a spike in the late 80's and 90's, with the warmest year all time (1998) the same year that McGwire and Sosa were chasing the home run record. My conclusion is that while Al Gore is definitely right on about the warming caused by CO2, we also need to do something to cut down on the number of home runs hit if we are going to get this runaway warming under control. Maybe controlling steroid abuse can help. Regrettably, we heard nothing about this critical subject from the soccer-oriented and baseball-deprived attendees at the UN Bali conference this week. (Related: see our piece on monomania)
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Weds. Morning Links
Now it makes sense. The Venezuela vote Hillary's Glass House. National Journal The Camorra - Naples' international criminal empire. Don Martin's genius. Dirda in WaPo Study: Ethanol can improve mileage. h/t, reader Hillary Clinton quote: "We just can't trust the American people to make those types of choices.... Government has to make those choices for people " -From the book "I've Always Been A Yankee Fan" by Thomas D. Kuiper, p. 20 - (Hillary to Rep. Dennis Hasert in 1993 discussing her expensive, disastrous taxpayer-funded health care plan.) My reaction? Who the heck is she to make my adult decisions? She's not my mommy.
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Tuesday, December 11. 2007Tuesday cocktail hour links
Warming skeptic scientists urge world to do nothing. Hillary desperately searching for dirt on Obama. That lady "security guard" who saved many lives was an armed church volunteer. Great story. Powerline notes that this was a true hate crime. More on the Canada/Steyn story. This evil sword is two-edged. Special to Maggie's Farm:
We have been writing about evolution, and this makes no sense in evolutionary theory. Walter Williams on poverty in America:
Read the whole thing, which tells the truth.
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Weather ReportIt was 78 degrees in Nashville today - an all-time record for the date, and perfect weather for taking a walk outside. Here's a scene along Belmont Boulevard, the former site of another streetcar line.
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Monday, December 10. 2007Monday Evening Links
How to identify a cigar at a distance: Know your cigars. Dems knew about "torture," but kept silent until now. Why? They knew all along. Lying phonies. Who is Andrew Ferguson? An interesting guy. Four hours, 400 on stage, plus a goat. War and Peace at the Met. Somebody, please invite me! How green was Bali? Bali was a joke. Nanny-staters just never, ever, ever stop fucking with people. Ace Nobel winner: Y chromosome greatest threat to mankind. Take your glasses off and try saying that to my face, you pencil-neck weenie. Best-kept secret in the MSM: Despite everything, the Bush economic boom continues. Boom and Bust. US housing. CSM. And Kling on your income and your house, at TCS Let them eat cake. NY Philharmonic to play in N Korea Candidates' net worth. Money Rubber room? Big tension in Hillaryland. As low-life scheming politicians go, I do like Obama - but none of his views. I think Hillary is a liar and a Commie and a closet Fabian. Time Magazine has carried a torch for Russia since Stalin. Still does. Afghan Army goes after Taliban. CSM
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Monday Morning Links
K-Mart Shoppers! Holiday Trees? I still do not know why "Christmas" is so offensive to retailers. Is any shopper in the world outside of Saudi Arabia offended by Christmas? IPC caught manipulating data on sea levels. IBD. Locally subsiding lands, like eroding places, are not examples of sea level rise - and how can sea level rise be local anyway? h/t, Tangled Web Cathedrals of Insanity. EU Referendum on wind turbines in the UK Clear simple explanation of the sub-prime ripple effect. S&M. And how it happened on the ground, at Dino. Is there a grim hysteria in the financial world? Yes. I hear it everywhere I go. Ignoramus du Jour. Maureen Dowd Dems admit that "paygo" was a con game. No kidding! Somebody told me that they thought Hillary Clinton was a Fabian. I think so. She looks like one. The horserace. There is something to this at NY Magazine:
Romney would be a fine President, but he is not an inspiring candidate, and people - rightly or wrongly - want to feel inspired. He is like the CEO/Country Club candidate. That's what we need.
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Sunday, December 9. 2007Sunday Links
Politics: The Oprah and Obama Show: Althouse. The show is making big waves. CA diocese splits from the Episcopal Church. I doubt that it's all about homosexuality. The Episcopal Church has been an empty suit for years. Do we need death? Bailey at Cato Unbound Nowadays, even cranks get a hearing. Central Park horses A quote about Krugman and health care at Just One Minute:
Biofoolishness at Blue Crab. I was about to comment that Rufus will have something to say about this, but I see he has already engaged Gaius in the comments. "Should my wordless kid go to school with your normal kid?" Another view on 9-11 and Afghanistan and Iraq at Overcoming Bias:
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Saturday, December 8. 2007Saturday Morning Links
Cuba damaged by Chavez defeat. h/t, Insty How our military has had success in Iraq. A Merry Media Christmas. Am. Thinker Gays in the military: A statement from some retired generals. China to the West: You can go to hell messing with your emissions. Gay Patriot thought this sounded like an interesting book, and I think so too. Education's End: Why Our Colleges Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life
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