Friday, August 25. 2006
My  Dear Generale Bird Dog, Kudos for an excellent blog. I read it twice daily, before I brush my teeth in the morning, and before I go to bed with my most recent proletarian sex slave comrade, (carefully selected by Raul from our political prisons Happy Thinking Centers, well-fed, smelling sweet, and cleaned up nice almost like a chiquita South Beach gal with Victoria's Secret thong, etc., just for poor little ol' me). Yes, the girls cheer me up. How would you like a visit from Hugo or Raul on your death bed? Would that cheer you up? No. Or old Mrs. Castro? With her old lady smell? And her Bible and rosary? God forbid! You raise the level of discussion of the entire blogosphere, with wit, intelligence, and cultivation. And you keep my kind of people thinking, instead of stultifying in the coffin of dead ideas and dead theories. We leaders must be stimulated, but, alas, we cannot allow the People to get confused! Keep up the good work. You capitalists have such humor! I wish we could afford it. But please, amigo - just three minor criticisms: Too many Jesus pictures - it reminds me of my blessed mother, God rest her soul. More babes instead, please, to distract us from the subject of age and death. And how come no baseball commentary? And, lastly, how come no stock tips? You Yanquis know the score, but my Swiss bankers were behind the S&P last year, not even including fees! And my hedge funds did great, but after fees, and after your terrible US short-term capital gains taxes, I hardly kept up with inflation! Sheesh. Thanks a ton, Hugo, Thesesa, Cindy, and Hillary, for the necessary introductions to your hedgie friends - I might as well have had a proletarian Vanguard tax-exempt fund! And my "pal" Georgie Soros can ---- me for his after-tax gains! He is a burro and a closet capitalist pig, masquerading as an internationalist socialist! With warmest personal socialist regards from beautiful Cuba, (where the sunshine is from Fidel, the hurricanes are from Bush, the cigars are great, freedom is just a bourgeois indulgence, and the money is from, wait, where? Oh, there isn't any for them, but why do the People need money if they're happy? Free medical care from aging experienced Russia-trained doctors!!! Free rice!!! Free beans!!! Beano from your Miami relatives!!! No more revolution, and no more confusion!!!) Your amigo, Fidel Castro Fidelito PS. Still waiting for that next Viagra shipment from the States, the large WalMart package. I have left orders to leave it all in my coffin, just in case. Not to worry - Raul will send you the cigars via Mexico. Haha. Like Freud? Sometimes a good one is worth a Cuban cigar? Viva WalMart. The price is right. PPS: Are you sure you can sneak me into Sloan-Kettering if I need to go? You have a certain connection? Are you sure they have priests there? It doesn't matter to me, but it matters to my beloved countrymen. I think I might need a good Jewish doctor, and all we have are these glorifed Russian nurses that call themselves "Dr.," and shake so much they give you the creeps. Rum and tequila. If they drink rum at breakfast, they settle down and seem OK, but it's not exactly New York medicine, and Raul says they are 40 years out of date, but what does he know? Their medicines expired in 1972, but its free! Heck, it's good enough for The Little People! But they are ignorant! Thank God! If they got the internets, we'd be SCREWED!
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Thursday, August 24. 2006
 Should the West decide that Iran has won? And then work from there? I don't know. What I do know is that fighting, while trying to "win hearts and minds," and trying to please the "international community" - whatever that is - does not work. You fight, and maybe make up after, but not during.
Or will Israel decide to take on Iran, mano a mano? Jerusalem Post What do Canadian unions want? They want to try socialism again. It's "progressive"! Dust my broom. On the other hand, those who want to work and to do things - like doctors - have energy and drive and want to work and want more private opportunity. (aka freedom, h/t, Instap.) The Lebanon ambulance hoax - exposed. Michelle The end of easy credit. It's a good thing. First mortgages, then credit cards democratized credit, which had once been a preserve of the privileged. Viking Auster smacks down Heather MacDonald, re God. Right - God is not to be confused with Santa Claus. It's a tempest in a teapot, of course, because who cares about Heather's religious beliefs? She's a fine essayist. A quote from Auster: I’m glad she’s gone public with her views, revealing to the public her uninformed understanding of the Christian and Jewish God, and giving more people the chance to reply. I myself pointed out to her at length that this is not what Christianity says. For example, I noted that the phrase “Thy will be done on earth” in the Lord’s Prayer suggests that in the ordinary course of things, God’s will is not done on earth. I also said that the main point of God’s relationship with man is not that God doles out good material things to man like the government, but that man (through God’s grace) strives to live his life in accord with God’s will. I made many other arguments, including Augustine’s great explanation of evil. None of this made any impression on her. She is basically saying that if Christianity fails to live up to her liberal, secular, and materialist expectations of what Christianity ought to be, then it is a false religion.
What do European Moslems believe? Who feeds them this crap? It's dangerous. Natural selection at work. This is painful. FMFT CT took pride is its Yankee lack of an income tax, until Weicker decided they needed one. It was a short-term fix, but a long term disaster. Zero growth since the tax. Florida Commissioner says "get a gun." Some scream in horror, but it makes sense to me. Fire a shotgun over some bad guys' heads - or into their butts - and they run like hell and soil themselves in the process. They will not come back. They will bother unarmed persons in the future. Maryland's Steele is giving the Dems fits. Blacks are supposed to say "Yowsa, Massa," and never think for themselves. And if they run off the plantation, Donna Brazile, their Simon Legree, will run them down with the baying hounds of the Party and bring them back, dead or in chains. Capn Ed
Good fun. Never heard his voice before. The guy is a natural for radio.
Another Duccio (b. 1255) Don't believe Human Rights Watch any more. They have other agendas. Sowell warns of Islamic fanatics with nukes. What is the world supposed to do about it? The sale at Filson's ends soon. Focus on the Family launching its Truth Project. (h/t, News for Christians) Let Bush be Bush? Scott at Powerline. As further proof that politicization of medical treatment has poor results, see the AIDS industry sucking up all the dollars (piece in Am Spectator): No matter that even the current AIDS budget swamps spending on malaria and tuberculosis, which together kill about twice as many people annually as does AIDS. Antiretroviral therapy for AIDS cures no one and while it costs relatively little in the Third World -- $300-$1,200 per year -- compared to North America, TB can be cured with $65 of medicine. Malaria in Africa and Asia can be prevented for a pittance by spraying DDT, yet environmental activists and the European Union have essentially blocked its use in those areas that need it most.
Alas for these victims, they don't have a politically correct disease. And for that they must die.
Of all people, the LA Times defends WalMart against Dem demagoguery. Everybody likes WalMart. It's a dumb choice of scapegoat. Maxed out Mama on the subject of men. A quote: The best thing a mother raising a daughter can do in this society is to teach her to be virtuous, and to make demands of herself to do the right thing towards others. Then, and only then, will the daughter become an adult woman who is capable of recognizing and appreciating a fine man. Because decency is hard. Decency is a struggle! Trying to live a decent life is an epic adventure much more praiseworthy and admirable than climbing Mount Everest. Anyone who tries it will find that out, and in light of the knowledge of her own failures to live up to her own standards will then be able to appreciate the attempt in a man.
Read the whole thing - worth it.
Wednesday, August 23. 2006
Why Duccio today? I was in a Duccio mood. Never, never jest in airports. No matter how droll you may be. Full of humorless SOBs. Liberals do not reproduce, statistically. I could come up with all sorts of hypotheses to explain why, but I won't. But it makes a difference in voting projections. Opinion Journal Government employee pensions. This will not be pleasing to tax-payers, and it explains why the toll-takers smile despite the crappy job they hold. Ankle Biter Buchanan's book on immigration is # 1. What do liberals mean when they say they want "progressive reforms"? Mickey Kaus responds to Josh Marshall, via Viking Pundit When an armed person breaks into your house and is taking your kids and your stuff, the UN suggests phoning "the appropriate diplomatic channels," to file a complaint. Good essay by Betsy on "How Dionne went wrong" in trying to understand why liberal is a dirty word these days. "Does govt stupidity know any bounds?" No, of course not. That's why we aren't progressive/socialists. Excellent examples at Volokh: they will ruin your day, because we pay for this crap. Update on Dr. Bob's ongoing photo-essay of the construction of the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Good stuff. Mandatory voting? Horrible idea. Will never happen. Who wants people voting who don't know and don't care anyway? Ornstein proposes mandatory voting.
Tuesday, August 22. 2006
 New York has their own Lamont, but nobody discusses it. And the moonbattery isn't supporting. Wonder why? (h/t, Instapundit)
Browning will continue to produce Winchester models, now that Winchester is defunct. That is pretty good news. Alphecca. The psychology of fame-seeking. NYT Science News (h/t, Marginal Revolution) 14% of Brits favor immigration. Is anyone listening? Sounds like the US. Tangled Web A fresh look at Mother Courage and Brecht. Horsefeathers. How Islamic terrorists bugger the media, while the media enjoys the experience. Mowbray at RCP (h/t, SDA) Greenland may be turning green again. It was, during Viking times. Cramer looks at the Greenland data. Everybody wants their color in the history books. How mature is that? I call it feel-good history, for babies. Ten Napel. Turns out they use fake wheelchair kids, too. Moonbattery demonstrates their diversity quotas - it's a world of non-history, same as in the Soviet Union: History as You Wished It. Easy to laugh, but it is insidious and destructive as heck. Buddhist monks battle peacenik loonie Tamil Tiger supporters. What a world! David Warren Jihad and the battle of the womb. View from the Right Hey, babe, let's do one for Allah. Cassandra at Villainous Company finds some reason for hope in the essay of an America-appreciating Brit. Did you read Shelby Steele's op-ed piece today? Our readers ought never miss a latest Steele, here, via Conspiracy
Galaxies collide, separating dark from "normal" matter. Science Daily
South African women prefer shopping to sex. This piece invites any number of clever comments, but I will restrain myself. The UN is a "dangerous charade," says View from 1776 There is a new domain, called "dot travel." Here's a good new one: search.travel Megayacht fans can follow the movements of their favorites. (Chris says he saw the 162' jet-drive Mystique in CT this week - one heck of a machine.) Yachtspotters.com. Only the internets could make such a fun, harmless hobby possible. Links are the thing. For a generation, Dems have sought to reduce American power, says Lib. Leanings, and I agree. But towards what purpose? A serious hurricane shortage this year. Caused by Global Warming? Or did Bush and Rove decide to turn off their secret hurricane-generating machine, which is hidden on a CIA oil rig somewhere in the West Indies or the Gulf of Mexico, before the fall elections? Bush claims Dems do not understand threats to US, as the fall campaign season approaches. I think they do - it's just that they need an issue to try to push. Dumb idea. A World Trade Center Memorial Museum. What for? Oh well, it will only cost about a billion. Another manatee visits New England for the summer. Very intelligent. Remember Chessie in 1995?
Monday, August 21. 2006
Why technology doesn't improve education: his experience. Rt Wing nation The Washington Post didn't know how to handle Juan William's new book, but they did manage to find someone to criticize it. Pitiful, when his views could actually do some real good for real people who are caught up in negativity. The ozone cure was worse than the disease: Big Lizard Great example of how some people think: at Babalu: With such wonderful additions to the world, why vilify Fidel any longer? What's a little suppression of political dissent when people can get treatment for diabetes? What are a few innocent human rights violations when people have access to locally grown produce without toxins? What's a little communism when Cuba is contributing less to global climate change than the rest of us?
What is the IQ threshold for college these days? Auster makes his view simple and clear: Islam is the problem.
However, we do not have the ability to defeat Islam.
Nor do we have the ability to democratize Islam.
Nor do we have the ability to assimilate Islam.
Therefore, the only solution is to separate ourselves from Islam.
Whole piece here. Taliban terrorist will remain at Yale afer all. I wonder how his remedial English is coming along? Bulldog, bulldog, bow wow wow. Cao The long tail? A quick video to bring you up to date with the latest business fad concept. Driscoll Welfare reform, ten years later. The gloom and doom was wrong. They misunderestimated people's abilities. Polipundit Race, bodegas, WalMart, immigrants, and American blacks: VDARE Historic advances in math - totally ignored by the press. YARGB The defense budget, 1945 to present. Dino A quote from Ben Stein, as quoted more fully at LFG: WHAT stands between us and the iceberg(of militant Islam)are the miraculously brave men and women of the armed forces. They're heroes and saints as far as I'm concerned. But can they do it without the rest of us? Can they do it while we're all working on our tans and trying to have our taxes lowered again? How can we leave them out there all alone to die for us when we treat the war to save civilization as something we can just wish away?
 Back from a week camping at Acadia Park. I am agreeing with Dr. Bliss - that Maine codfish stew is the best. You can keep your lobsters: they are just expensive chewing gum.
Someone has written an obituary of the conservative movement. Call it obit #3127. Some of their points are correct, however. Time for another Reagan. Bush is not Reagan. Space tourism is about to begin. I wonder whether there is a market for this. European dhimmitude. Heart-breaking. At Moonbattery, with a quote which we could almost have written here: Soon history will look back and ask how Islam could have displaced European civilization without even encountering resistance. The answer will be that this barbaric death cult is receiving a great deal of help from the liberal elite, which semiconsciously shares its goal of obliterating the West. The liberal elite establishment will see to it that thought criminals ? i.e., anyone suspected of opposing Muslims' gradual conquest ? are silenced, as we recently saw with the Brussels Journal, and as has been illustrated so appallingly in the case of Oriana Fallaci.
History note: Kortrijt and the Battle of the Spurs. Write a brief essay describing the historical effects of this famous battle, in which ten thousand French knights were defeated by ten thousand Flemish infantry. Hezbollah wore IFD uniforms in battle. NY Sun Crucifix necklace banned by Aussie school. Either the school is an idiot, or they are smart enough, like the Romans were, to recognize and fear the subversive and transformational power of the cross. That airline mutiny pleases me. Would you risk your life, just to look politically correct? If I feel creeped out, I am outta there. It's my life. Honey, would you scratch my back?
Friday, August 18. 2006
Very poor form: Jimmy Carter continues attacks on Bush Mayor Bloomberg really hates smoking. He does have strong nanny-state impulses, but I'd rather see him as gov of NY than run for Pres. Baleen whales once had teeth. Libertarian Leanings takes on George Will and John Kerry. My opinion? If in office, the Dems would do pretty much the same as Bush has done. What was Israel's goal in Lebanon? Dino Dems declare war on Walmart. They will fight them until they no longer? pose a threat to the American Way of Life. Very brave, the Dems. (I think noone told the limo-liberal snobs how much working class people love Walmart.) Captain Ed Interview with Uri Lubrani on Iran. Gateway
Thursday, August 17. 2006
The Fair Tax. Now some liberals support the idea. No lawyers, no accountants - sounds worth thinking about. Defeated Moonbat in Mexico seems to be almost threatening the government. This does not bode well for Mexico. One miracle: nobody blamed the US yet. Empty suit, or Leisure suit? Middlebrow, like many others, demonstrate's Lamont's lighter-than-air platitudes. Free Market health care? Go to India for cheaper surgeries. Why not? For several generations, the prosperous of the world have come to NYC for top medical care. Why not both ways? The secret is that Hezbollah is the government of Southern Lebanon. The NYT loves Hezbollah. And, by the way, do you know what a "hudna" is? I didn't. It is a sort of Moslem rope-a-dope. The application of markets to LSU academic departments. Interesting unintended consequences. Marg. Rev With a whimper. Cubans view Fidel as slowly fading out.
Wednesday, August 16. 2006
 Global warming is a hoax.
Lamont-Lieberman. Not many people care. Bernard Goldberg on Mike Wallace. Soros says "war on terror" is no more than a lousy metaphor. (I agree - it's a war against Islamic imperialism.) Ankle Biting. More thoughts on Soros' foreign policy views at View from 1776. You have to wonder who named Soros an expert on anything other than currency trading? Bishop of Rochester blames multiculturalism for Brit Jihadism. I don't know whether he is right, but he makes good points. YARGB Rates up, housing values down. What will be the effect on spending? Daily Pundit A chat with Bibi Netanyahu: Am Thinker A propos of our post on the Red Fox this week, I see that the killing has begun at Free Market Towers, now that the pheasant poults have arrived. Fat? Blame yourself. The world now has more obesity than hunger. Put that on your plate and eat it, Mr. Malthus. Obama delivers anti-pollution speech, then hops into his SUV. How many times have I told you that this is all about politics and power: no-one really believes this stuff. Lebanon. A bit of backlash against Hizbollah, but of course always some anger at Bush!
Tuesday, August 15. 2006
"A pic of the Global Hawk UAV that returned from the war zone on Monday under its own power. (Iraq to Edwards AFB in CA) - Not transported via C5 or C17..... Notice the mission paintings on the fuselage. It's actually over 250 missions.... (and I would suppose 25 air medals). That's a long way for a remotely-piloted aircraft. Think of the technology (and the required quality of the data link to fly it remotely). Not only that but the pilot controlled it from a nice warm control panel at Edwards AFB. It has really long legs- can stay up for almost 2 days at altitudes above 60k.
They flew it via satellite control to Australia, and we flew missions during OT&E that went from Eddy to upper Alaska and back non-stop.
 It was Iran that humbled Israel. Plus Olmert, who did not want any casualties. Long-term, Israel cannot survive that way.
At that rate, they will all have to move to Arizona, and let the Moslems turn Israel into the useless, backwards dump they have done everywhere else. Moslems respect force, and nothing else. Now Olmert is in trouble. He was not ready for prime time, nor was the army ready for anti-tank missiles. No more angels and baby Jesuses, but the US will have this "Christmas" stamp this year, FYI. Reserve yours now! And Happy Kwanzaa, too! BTW, a mere 131 shopping days 'til Christmas. (Am I allowed to say that evil word?)
 Racial profiling begins in the UK. It's about time. If my sort of people were blowing things up, I would not mind a bit - it keeps everyone safer, including honest Moslems. Ace
Resurrecting the Wooly Mammoth. Always wanted a pet mammoth. And they would be the green way to get to work, except that the nether end of their GI tract probably produces more greenhouse gasses than the average Hummer. Darn those Indians for killing them off. Gunther Grass admits his membership in the Waffen SS. "...before anti-semitism was fashionable," notes Glenn. "Diversity" and the illiberal academy: good stuff. Protein. A quote: True diversity, of course, is to be celebrated:
Monday, August 14. 2006
 That was a huge billboard, many years ago, as you approached NYC from Yankeeland, via the Bruckner Blvd. Levy's rye bread. Good bread, with the whole flavorful caraway seeds in it. The perfect bread, for us gentiles, for ham and swiss cheese, with plenty of mustard!
That old sign was up there for 15 years or more. As a kid, it seemed exotic: I never had met a Jewish person. Later, they ran ads like the one on the right, in the newspapers. A sort-of precursor of Benetton. You do not have to be Jewish to find Nathan's Aliyah Diary interesting. Check it out, if you haven't. Israel is serious about citizenship: it is not a right - it is a hard-earned privilege. Requiring a Jewish doctor/professor from America to work in the persimmon orchards, and to clean the horse stalls, says it all. Would your doctor do that? What would you or I be willing to do to become an American citizen? It just happens that Maggie's Farm has no Jewish staff (except for our guest author Nathan, who posts willy-nilly from various points in Israel). However, we support Israel - not as a US puppet - but as a democratic, free, civilized, peace-loving state which has become the scapegoat of the Middle East, and their favorite hate-object with which they maintain power.
I will pitch in and give Bird Dog a hand with some
Hello. Good morning. The Left is anti-Semitic. End of rant. Read it yourself "Nazi Kikes out of Lebanon." And the Left doesn't want to believe in Jihad. Why? Because they don't know what to do. And one more rant/thought: Why is war a "crisis"? War is not crisis. It is war. Jihadists throughout Brit universities. Very nice. Aren't those Brits "nice." Very MULTICULTURAL! But they caught the head of Al Quaida in Britistan. Also, Brit Moslems urge Blair to "stop violence." Huh? Scoop? Good fun. "I was raised in the Hebrew faith, but I converted to narcissism."
Sunday, August 13. 2006
Ths is good - touches all of the bases. Watch it, and see anti-Israel propaganda at work, live. Fake, but accurate? http://www.aish.com/movies/PhotoFraud.asp
 Editor Bird Dog feels like a one-armed paper-hanger around the Farm right now, with the News Junkie in Mt. Desert Island, the Chairman at Northeast Harbor, The Barrister preoccupied with his grandkids, and Gwynnie at her California mountain retreat. With the help of some Summertime Re-posts, we shall persevere.
The Doryman's Reflection: A Fisherman's Life. This looks good. Bookslut And speaking of dory fishing, here's a good link about it. 51% of Dems want Bush to fail. There is something deeply wrong about that attitude towards one's country. Polipundit When you flush in NYC, where does it go? Sierra Blanca, Texas. Remind me to never go there. Does masturbation make you blind? Furedi at Spiked makes the case that the Masturbation Movement's agenda is to make people blind to love and passion. Brave New World: Biology. From a piece in The Atlantic: Inside the Billionaire Service Industry: "A comparable level of exclusivity is available to the well-heeled patient wanting insulation from the American health-care system. For initiation fees of $1,000 to $15,000 and annual dues of between $2,500 and $50,000 (six levels of membership are available), a company called PinnacleCare assigns “advocates” who will manage a client’s health care—investigating specialists and medical research, securing access to top doctors, and juggling appointments. (The cost of the treatment itself is separate.) Nearly all of the advocates are women, and they exude a motherly efficiency, cooing to their clients and sweet-talking the surgeons. But one suspects that their claws come out when necessary. Having an advocate present during a hospital stay, one client said, is like having an extremely knowledgeable relative on hand for hours a day, exerting relentless pressure to get whatever the patient needs."
Saturday, August 12. 2006
Guys dancing on treadmills. Very clever You Tube The Fantasy World of International Law. Rabkin in Weekly Standard. h/t, Powerline The Eurosoviet Union? Free speech in the EU under threat. Classical Values NYT tries to understand terrorist "grievances." It's very simple, folks: The world isn't dominated by mullahs yet. That's the grievance. The Times is so Left that they cannot contemplate religious/spiritual motives: everything is material, and only the US is evil. And here is an example of what mullahs do to women. Betsy takes a look at Reuters' anti-Israel and anti-USA bias. A nuclear power website. h/t, Synthstuff It's time to profile terrorists. Duh. Examiner Al Gore: hypocrite.
Friday, August 11. 2006
If these bombers were indeed second- and third-generation Brits of Pakistani origin, and therefore reasonably assimilated, then their plot and organization falls into the same category as all of the others: Jihad is what it's about, pure and simple. Hatred of the infidels. Here are some life details about one of them, at Jihad Watch. Thanks are due to the Brits, the NSA, and the Pakistan govt, for coordinating on this. What terror threat? RWN Charles Johnson has made it to the big time, again. CSM American Exceptionalism and the current Dem party. Betsy Trained rats locate land mines in Africa. Video Reducing the g-load for affirmative action. LaShawn. What it says is that blacks are not as intelligent as others: is that what Affirmative Action supporters really believe? I do not believe that, but I do believe that Affirmative Action is a political scam. U-Haul: Does anyone have any idea why U-Haul will not permit trailing with Ford Explorers? Apparently Taurus is fine with them - even Mustangs, but not Explorers. Strange.
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