Tuesday, June 21. 2005
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Thanks, JS. Here. Aid to Africa Preble in Reason: In recent decades, of each dollar given to Africa in aid, 80 cents were stolen by corrupt leaders and transferred back into Western bank accounts. In total, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo estimated, "corrupt African leaders have stolen at least $140 billion from their people in the [four] decades since independence." All that is left when these regimes eventually collapse is a massive public debt. Click here: Reason: Trade, Not Aid: Farm protectionism threatens farms in Africa, wallets in America, and lives everywhere Glacial Meltdown Is this why Hannibal's elephants survived? Click here: The Coming and Going of Glaciers: A New Alpine Melt Theory - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News The Politician Stole My Penis African politics.
Monday, June 20. 2005
Jew-Baiting Leftists Is the Left anti-semitic? Well, they do not wish to appear so. Anklebiter. also in American Thinker. Ataraxy A good explication of the oft-misunderstood Epicurus, who was no epicurian, in NRO Our Rights in Time of War Shape of Days adds some good perspective to the subject.
Wow Paul Johnson gets it re Euristan, with a punch: There is another still more fundamental factor in the EU malaise. Europe has turned its back not only on the U.S. and the future of capitalism, but also on its own historic past. Europe was essentially a creation of the marriage between Greco-Roman culture and Christianity. Brussels has, in effect, repudiated both. There was no mention of Europe's Christian origins in the ill-fated Constitution, and Europe's Strasbourg Parliament has insisted that a practicing Catholic cannot hold office as the EU Justice Commissioner. Read entire piece about the failures and arrogance of Europe on Opinion Journal here.
The EU Vote The problem was that the voters "got too much info" - MartiniPundit Sri Lanka taxing aid vehicles Truly disgusting, mercenary, and deeply wrong. Makes you want to say "the heck with 'em." Gay and Right. I (Heart) Gitmo Isn't capitalism something? The Band T Shirts Proudly display your excellent taste in music. From Riverdance to modern dance In CSM - Cool. What is your emotional age? Blogthings. Don't lie! Lying is a far worse thing than being immature, and self-deception is maybe the worst form of it. "Nuke the Jews" Rafsanjani: It doesn't bother the BBC? in LGF Maureen: Too much pressure No Maureen to kick around any more? Is she really leaving the Times? To start a blog, maybe? Anklebiter.
Saturday, June 18. 2005
The Hawk The deluxe super-duper ultra-stupendous and also real good Iowahawk is back. We hope all is well with him. Now back to the garden.
Friday, June 17. 2005
Turban Durbin, more From the Dartmouth guys at Powerline: "We give Durbin failing grades in attention, conduct, intelligence, knowledge, candor, logic, manners, loyalty and decency."
So many blogs, so little time: three excellent blogs we have recently found: Atlantic Blog, by an American economist in Ireland
Ex-Donkey Blog, a fellow New Englander from Connecticut
Free Market Fairy Tales, from England And a site for the legal implications of blogging: EFF Legal Guide for Bloggers
Welfare State Demographics It's not a crisis yet in the US, but in Euroland it is. Ponzi schemes can only work if you have growing, working populations. If anyone but a government pulled this crap, they would be in jail. A piece in The Economist goes through the details of the population declines in Western countries, and the consquences.
"Turban" Durbin and Treason Excerpted from Scrapple-Man, but... "The unspeakable cruelties that Sen. Durbin decried on the Senate floor must stop before his own detention on treason charges," said Mr. Rumsfeld. "After all, Dick Durbin is an American citizen, not an ordinary enemy combatant bent on destroying this nation and increasing the danger to our troops by inflaming the passions of the Muslim world."
Termite Non-Profits: The International Committee of the Red Cross I have been assigned the cheerful task of following up on anti-American or America-undermining non-profits. The ACLU and Amnesty International are no-brainers - they have been dramatically outed recently. The ICRC has no direct relationship with the American Red Cross, but is 35% supported by US tax money. I cannot copy excerpts from the Senate Republican Policy Committee report, but you can read the whole report here:
Click here:http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/Jun1305ICRCDF.pdf Why am I paying for this?
Blogs akin to "unpoliced conversation" Huh? WTF? Well, according to the Archbishop ("Archdruid") of Canterbury...in Country Store Bernard Goldberg's new book The author of Bias has his new book, 100 People Who are Screwing Up America. Surely a book about the Big Termites. This will be a best-seller. No, the review won't tell you who the 100 are - I checked. Al Quaida in Canada Gee, Canadians are just so nice and tolerant. At some point, the famous "Canada nice" begins to creep me out. Is it nice, or is it sheer fecklessness and spinelessness? In Jihad Watch. Vast Left Wing Conspiracy An interview with York, at American Enterprise: Click here: The American Enterprise: The Empire Strikes Back Peace Studies for Jihad From the nation's Orkin man, Horowitz: Click here: FrontPage magazine.com :: Pacifists for Genocide by Eugene Girin
Thursday, June 16. 2005
Gay Patriot's Ordeal Gay Patriot, an excellent anonymous blogger, has been on our blogroll since the beginning, but it is only now that we realize what has been going on with him. LGF had the story in March, and now Gay Patriot tells part of the story of harassment by left-wing activists. It is an ugly story, judging from what his post implies.
Schiavo We hated the entire Schiavo story, but RWNuthouse has written a very thoughtful retrospective on the whole thing. Worth your attention. And, for balance, BlameBush has some tasteless black humor on the same subject: Malicious rhetoric from right-wing polemicists like the Pope has done serious damage to the Right to Die crusade, but there's still a glimmer of hope for those longing for death - either their own, or of a loved-one whose continuing existence has become an inconvenience to everyone. Read entire.
"Christers" An antique insulting term for believers, unearthed recently and coming back into fashion by Christian-haters and, presumably, Christ-haters. Bird of Paradise researched it. Call me a Christer - fine with me.
Germany prepares for more than the World Cup
Banning Spanking, Again Massachusetts, and now Canada. What are these people thinking? In MassRight The Cuyahoga Valley Land Grab Thompson describes his first disillusionment with the Federal Govt, on a conservation issue, in Thompson
The Chinese spy network in Australia Is Spitzer following the Giuliani path to office, on the backs of innocents? Bainbridge on the Grasso case. The Warrior Ethos. Winds of Change More on Rule 18: John Leo mentioned this last week. Now Steyn:Click here: Selective angst - Commentary - www.washingtontimes.com, America's Newspaper No serious allegation of torture at the camp has been substantiated, and in the al Qaeda training manual found in Manchester, England, a couple of years back Rule 18 couldn't be more explicit: When held captive by the infidel, members must "complain to the court of mistreatment while in prison" and say "torture was inflicted on them."
Wednesday, June 15. 2005
Austin Bay having a better time than you are, right now.
Treason, Gitmo, etc. Watching the furor about Gitmo, Gwynnie asks us to imagine the furor if the Republicans proposed a bill that said the following: A. Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States. B. Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully makes or conveys false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies; or Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully . . . obstructs the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service or the United States, or attempts to do so shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. If two or more persons conspire to violate subsection (a) of this section and one or more such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as provided in said subsection (a). Whoever harbors or conceals any person who he knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe or suspect, has committed, or is about to commit, an offense under this section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Oh, wait! Gwynnie can’t read! That IS the law of the land: paragraph A is in Title 18, Part I, Chapter 115, Section 2381, Treason, and part B is in Sec. 2388. Isn’t it time that the Department of Justice opened their law books? Can anyone remember some US citizens giving aid and comfort to our enemies (other than the French-looking presidential loser)? Does anyone remember if some institutions of higher "learning" have interferred with any military recruitment efforts? Recently?
Did Kofi lie? Captains Quarters How to Lie with Statistics: Hawkins points out another example of the numeric illiteracy of the press. How to Lie with Statistics, #2: Krugman is a lying propagandist, not a columnist. Powerline rips him a new one. Arnie goes to the People: In Ankle Biter She studies; he plays. Duh. But this is chimps. Billy Grahams' Last Hurrah for Jesus - In NYC. God bless him. Turkey (love that country) blames themselves.
Tuesday, June 14. 2005
Like Recycling Makes you feel virtuous, but it goes to the same darn landfill. Just like money to Africa.
ACLU Thuggery Darr in Intell. Cons. The ACLU turns into Brownshirts - It's not your father's ACLU: The ACLU is out of control. They can no longer even be pretending to support freedom, the Constitution and Bill of Rights. What once may have been an organization dedicated to high ideals has now degenerated into a literal threat to our liberty. They are going beyond just trying to prosecute every Boy Scout troop and are now moving on to either sue people just like you and me, or actually have us arrested and subjected to criminal prosecution. How ironic it is that a group who thinks terrorists should not be in prison feels that those who disagree with them should. Sounds a little like the ACLU is no longer endorsing civil liberties but political prisoners. Read entire.
Big Bird to Leave Nest after 25 Years, here. More on the Canada Health System Breakdown, from Ex-Donkey Sex and the Family - where Protestants and RCs come together - from Touchstone: Click here: Touchstone Archives: The Facts of Life & Marriage Steyn on why to not fear China: here. Take Back the Memorial. A website: Click here: Take Back The Memorial
Monday, June 13. 2005
A Jackson Verdict Thank goodness. We don't have to hear about that any more. (NG on all)
Blogs replace journals and diaries for college students needing to vent "So I'm taking a Neuro Anatomy class this semester, and the Prof announced a quiz after only 2 lectures and one lab. The quiz is covering the entirity of the spinal chord/brain stem organization including facial nerves. Yes, we tried to cover all of that in two classes. Tried. Oh my god, I'm gonna die." Piece here: Click here: The Chronicle: 6/17/2005: Inside the Student Mind Comment from Editor: Neuroanatomy is not for crybabies.
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