Wednesday, December 7. 2005
Dems will go down on Iraq and Alito: Chapman. Wish they would learn - or glad they don't learn - that there would be lots more Dems if they didn't pander to their wackos. Hillary gets it. "Raise the white flag, boys." Morrissey on the Dem. approach to warfare, at Daily Standard What liberal media? Nice find, Lee. Israeli bomber? Leonard Wood and running empires: Max Boot in WSJ
Remember Pearl Harbor - and remember this photo (as if you could forget it): The Enemy Press in the US: Horowitz Conspiracy theorists, from neoneocon: "What's the origin of the need to see a conspiracy behind every unpleasant event? One reason is the desire for order and control--even though, paradoxically, conspiracy theories posit a shadowy world out of the control of most of us. But, like children who want everything to have a reason and an explanation, conspiracy theorists can rest assured that at least someone (if only the conspirators) is in control and that there are few accidents, few random terrible and unpredictable events that we cannot control." For Christmas - The Bob Dylan Store Book for Christmas: The Martini and other tasty related subjects. Steyn rips into the eco-cultists. Telegraph The Birds of Baghdad: Michael Yon. Who knew he was a bird-watcher too?
Tuesday, December 6. 2005
A Note from Netanya An email from our pal Nathan in Netanya yesterday (author of our weekly - each Tuesday - Aliyah Diary): Bombing in Netanya yesterday. Quite terrible. The guard who was
killed, grabbed the fellow by the shoulder as he appeared suspicious.
At the same time, a policewoman driving by saw the same fellow and
shouted out to the guard to pull the man's hand from his bag. She
jumped out of her car and ran towards them. As the man blew himself
up, she fell to the ground four meters away.
One question asked here, is whether the guard should have simply shot
the man. But, there is also concern here that being too quick on the
draw (as happened with a soldier and a 15 year old a few weeks back)
can kill innocents. Not easy at all. I was in Netanya studying
Hebrew; quite safe from the bombing, but somber the mood afterwards.
Four killed on the spot; a half dozen critically wounded and some
dozens wounded. Life continues, but it dampens people's spirits. The
mall where it happened was splattered with blood for hours afterwards;
the tiles on the wall lifted away and pock-marked from shrapnel.
Too many are suffering. It does seem to me that the palestinians have
a talent mostly for destruction. Saul Bellow once wrote that the Germans
were good at two things: making cars and killing Jews. Seems that the
palestinians have only got the knack for half the job. Update from Nathan today: Those confirmed dead include Eliyah Rosen, a 39 year old mother of
three, a psychologist; Daniel Golani, 45 , who had come to the mall to
look at opening a store; Naim Amram, 26, the guard who apprehended the
bomber, but did not shoot him, a graduate from the air force;
Alexhandra Garmitzki, 65 , from Ukraine, whose only son is a doctor;
and Keinan Tzoami, 19, who requested delay in army service in order to
help his father's carpentry shop. Zichron L'vracha.
The policewoman, Shoshana Atiay-Deloya had drawn her gun as she ran
towards the bomber, but didn't shoot as there were too many people
around.
What Opie wants for Christmas: a Flybook. Got that, Santa?
Five types of people you meet in every office. Which Type are you?: Blogcritics EU OKs airline blacklist. A good idea, and it's about time. Travelwire Thornton at VDH, on Sowell: "The cause of this sorry state of affairs is the transformation of a once-noble Civil Rights movement into the Civil Rights industry, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party and the Social Welfare Plantation. This collection of academics, activists, pundits, bureaucrats, lupine lawyers, and all-around busybodies has reduced the discussion of race in America to a crude melodrama in which the prime mover is white racism, and black people are kept helpless victims in chronic need of rescue by big-hearted liberals and race-tribunes like Jesse Jackson. The economic and political gains made by black people are ignored, while the true sources of the problems and dysfunctions afflicting many black communities are obscured."
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Monday, December 5. 2005
DNC supports illegal immigration. There's a winning formula...if you let foreigners vote. (Why not let the whole world vote? A lame doofus Kerry by a landslide, with the French vote. Wasn't he French, or just look French, or whatever?) CA Yank Got an idea - the UNternet: Let the UN start their own internet. Why didn't the UN think of that? All it takes is a big server and a good programmer. And they can build in all the controls China and the other dictator countries want, from the ground, up. It will be a big hit - Go For It, UN! Competition between free speech and bureaucratic totalitarianism. A good fight. Star Wars. They can call it the UNternet. A piece on the UN and the internet here: Belmont The Prof. beats up on Jefferson. As always, he has a point. Tommy had a way with words, though, didn't he? Fla. taxpayers supporting terrorist-founded school. Very bad idea. LGF
A changing approach to global warming: 
Science Times Neckties are coming back: CSM Triangulate this. Hillary heckled: Newsmax Child sex tourism on sale at Amazon. Travelwire. Hey Congress - I want my MTV: Reason Gay marriage now OK in UK: BBC. The Scots seem thrilled.
Sunday, December 4. 2005
 The nice girl next door: Murielle Degauque - Protein
Interesting gun - the XM109: RRWH. For popping rats at the dump? Gizz yer money: Blair and the EU beggars - Tangled Web Jihad - It's really all about killing Jews (and other infidels): Pres. Ahmadinejad of Iran: “We are in the process of a historical war between the World of Arrogance [the west] and the Islamic world... Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism? You had best know that this slogan and this goal is attainable, and surely can be achieved.” Is there any limit to limp "tolerance" and "understanding"? Do we not value our culture? Where is our Churchill? Read Steyn's comments. Time for a political offensive by the Admin? From Am. Thinker: "The Democrat Party has just entered the McGovern Zone. The nation is at war against deadly enemies and the Democrats are going into an election committed to capitulation. They are gambling everything on failure in Iraq. If, in six months, successful elections have been held in Iraq and we have begun reducing our troop levels there, only a few hardcore nutjobs will still cling to the idea that Iraq is a hopeless quagmire. That idea is all the Democrats have to offer and when it dies the Democrat Party itself will be teetering on the edge of extinction."
The pros like Barone and John Leo are going to drive the amateur bloggers, like us, out of existence. That's OK - we accept Darwin. And we are glad that Barone has a blog. Quote: "The impulse of intellectual elites in Europe, and North America as well, is to show their tolerance by tolerating intolerance of tolerance." Hey - ain't that Virtuous? Most ignored book on the NYT best-seller list: Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam From Gov. Blanco's staff emails after Katrina (NYT, via Drudge): (my bold print): "Bush's numbers are low, and they are getting pummeled by the media for their inept response to Katrina and are actively working to make us the scapegoats," Bob Mann, Ms. Blanco's communications director, wrote in an e-mail message that afternoon, outlining plans by Washington Democrats to help turn the blame back onto President Bush." and "She must temper her anger and frustration," Johnny Anderson, Ms. Blanco's assistant chief of staff, wrote a day after it became widely known that large crowds were suffering at the New Orleans convention center. "We have to work too hard to lose the public relations battle."" As Bird Dog always says, you cannot be too cynical to understand politics. They are not "good people": A "necessary evil."
Saturday, December 3. 2005
A defense of Hillary: RWNH Questioning the Gulf Stream science: Classical Values. Appreciate his looking deeper into the story. Dems ass over elbows in confusion. ACE Subway searches: legal or not? Calif. Yankee. If they're constitutional for airplanes, why not subways? They are just airplanes, with wheels instead of wings. All busses. Bird of Paradise considers Narnia. The declining interest in video games. Have they become too complex for people with day jobs? Vodkapundit
Katrina was just another battlefield of the culture wars: Reason Narnia already under ferocious attack from the Christian-haters. Chronicle of Higher Ed. How Shadegg moved Bush on immigration - a little bit. The Hill Art Town, USA. Paducah, KY? CSM Limbo to be erased from RCC doctrine. Not the dance, one hopes. Bird Isaac Hayes. Can you dig it? Good review at Blogcritics. Sexomnia? Drunksex
Friday, December 2. 2005
Iran should link up with the ACLU: Iran "will stop Christianity in this country." Atlas FIRE burns Univ. of Wisconsin: Bible allowed back. FIRE Norwegian govt hires philosophers for help in spending money. Too funny. Excellent piece on Scandinavian moral bankrupcy at View from 1776. Paul at Powerline: "The Democratic party -- part pacifist, part opportunist, part bureaucratic, part clueless -- is attempting to make the existence of a date certain for victory a condition for supporting war. This is a recipe for impotence."
Will Iraq ever be ready to defend itself? Dirty War in The New Republic. No Christmas Tree in Boston this year. Maybe no Christmas either. Blame Bush Whose politics are filled with hate? Michelle Overfishing in inland waters. Science Daily CIA discovers it's been using black highlighters. Onion
Thursday, December 1. 2005
Gen. Smith on Napoleon. Personally, I think Napoleon was half-crazy. Samizdata. International complaints about Google's eye in the sky: CSM Send a Christmas card to the ACLU (H/T, Michelle): Crosswalk Weakening of Gulf Stream will cool Ireland and England. Via Science Daily NYT will charge for the op-ed online. Real money? Are they kidding? IBD
1. El Al shows record profits. Must be the folks reading the Tuesday Aliyah Diary and heading to Israel for a visit. 2. Try this one:
1- Go to www.google.com 2- Type in "french military victories", without the quotes
3- Instead of hitting "Search" hit "I'm feeling Lucky"
4- Tell your friends before the people at Google fix it
Conservatives Finally Wise Up Perhaps it was the Miers nomination which pushed conservatives over the edge and made criticism of Bush at last widely acceptable among Republican ranks, but the dissection of Bush's recent remarks on immigration policy represents a real and significant shift on the part of the Right. Everyone from Rich Lowry at the National Review to Tucker Carlson has seen Bush's assurances of increased border security for exactly what they are: empty promises that cover for Bush's long-desired guest worker program (i.e., amnesty) and stated goal to actually increase legal immigration. In the midst of all the debate over illegal immigration, the equally valid debate over the proper role of legal immigration has been somehow pushed beyond the pale of debate, as those who oppose illegal immigration often give tacit approval to legal entry with no consideration given to the scale or quality of such immigration. In truth, the numbers of immigrants and their skill levels matter a great deal, whether or not one has a green card. Yet, as Lowry notes, every time the public has risen up in alarm over out-of-control rates of immigration, Congress has acted to increase legal immigration. Bush's proposals are only the latest act in this sad series of events, but this time it appears the public is not going to be fooled by the same tired old rhetoric.
Wednesday, November 30. 2005
A nicotine vaccine for smokers? Good idea. How journalists spread crazy rumors during Katrina. Reason The moslem war in southeast asia. Awaiting Saddam's return - Libertarian Leanings: "Only Saddam can save us. It felt terrible but I am willing to hang and torture again. Saddam taught us about force. He is a strong personality," he said. Boston Globe advises the Church on theology? Squaring the Boston Globe John Dos Passos, Hemingway, the Spanish Civil War, and useful idiots: neoneocon
Tuesday, November 29. 2005
Did anyone miss this? Frank Rich's War, in the NY Sun. Or this on civilian deaths in Iraq: Logic Times? In praise of Joe Lieberman. Ex-Donk
Thomas Fraser to enter Country Music Hall of Fame. Who? A Scotsman. Here. H/T, Norm. Brits censor Christopher Marlowe, to not offend Moslems. WTF? What happened to the progressive line that art is meant to unsettle people (a loony idea with which I disagree, anyway)? : GOP Bloggers Iowahawk has a Christmas present suggestion - a charming item. Tax cuts for whom? Env. Repub. Democide numbers. Marg. Revolution
Monday, November 28. 2005
The Bible as a career handbook? Christian Science Monitor Repub pushback works. Protein and No Oil comment. Willis to make film about Michael Yon: Michelle Vouchers for Special Ed? Acton Inst. Roggio blogging from Iraq: Fourth Rail
Barone on the plight of the car companies: Op. Journal: "The end, or the beginning of the end, of a familiar and comfortable world: That's how General Motors' announcement last week of massive layoffs and plant closings, following the bankruptcy of Delphi last month, strikes one who grew up in the Detroit area in the two decades immediately after World War II." Increase immigration? I don't think this is what Americans have in mind. Calif. Yankee Another take on the Iraq poll: optimism about freedom in Iraq: Pardon my English Cindy's book signing. Kinda sad. Synthstuff Ice cores reveal carbon dioxide level changes. CSM Our shortage of skilled workers: Cafe Hayek
Sunday, November 27. 2005
We're all victims, aren't we? John Leo on the victim culture: Town HallConcubines are back in style in China, but it gets expensive: LAT The Administration's immigration reform plan: Fred Barnes in the Daily Standard
Saturday, November 26. 2005
Another charming offering from the refined Brooklynite, on terrorists and Louisville Sluggers: myfeelingsexactly.wmv. At least he isn't hung up on political correctness.
Deconstructing the Pew polls on Iraq: Dinocrat The Second Amendment in New England: Alphecca Scott at Powerline on multiculturalism: " I don't know enough to judge whether France is in better shape than Great Britain with respect to the corruptions of multiculturalism. Moreover, it seems to me that elites in the United States -- the "leaders" whom John wrote about yesterday -- have similarly elevated multiculturalism into an operative principle, if not a principle of governance." A Marine reports the good news from Iraq: Democracy Project Grandma takes on Liberal Larry: Blame Bush Free Jack Idema. Cao's Blog Why did Welfare lose political popularity? Marginal Revolution Bill Richardson mishandles a baseball lie: Tammy Bruce Charitable giving, by red and blue states: Irish Pennants Why do Europeans work less than Americans? Kenneth Anderson
Friday, November 25. 2005
Liberal fear of American power: LLBS Buying medical insurance: Right Thinking Postal service eliminating Christmas stamps? Tell me it's not true. Darleen. Is anti-muslim racist? Daniel Pipes The great Aldous Huxley died the day JFK did. Grampa remembers. The new DDX destroyer: Calif. Yankee. Very cool. Makes you want to join the Navy. Nagin bitches from Jamaica: Sweetness The Chinese blogosphere: Samizdata
A Brooklynite, on Terrorism Crude, straight-talking, humorous, X-rated video: Terrorists.wmv
Thanks, Steve, for this charming slice of real New York.
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