Daily Archives: April 12, 2006

The Party That Cracks Down

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

On illegal immigration will win the elections. Period. Want proof? Read this. Even the rumor of an amnesty brings massive increases in illegals trying to get in. Time to listen, politicians. UPDATE: We here at Blue Crab Boulevard would like … Continue reading →

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A Placeholder

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

I'm working on a post but wanted to link this piece. Tweet

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Wasting An Education

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

Brainster's Blog has a bit of research on the charming group of people who caused a disturbance at UCSC yesterday, forcing military recruiters to leave the job fair they were attending. (Briefly reported here). I don't think they're a serious … Continue reading →

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Hey! None Of That!

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

An amateur cricket team in England has had to buy new jerseys and refund a sponsors money after the local league objected to the sponsor and threatened to take away every point the team scored. Why? Because the would be sponsor … Continue reading →

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The Right To Keep And Bear Potatoes

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

A Swedish man has been convicted of firing a potato gun. A court fined him eighty days wages for the offense. The 25-year old man had seen a potato gun on television and decided to build one. He and some … Continue reading →

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Good For Him

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

White House press secretary Scott McClellan really took exception to the crappy reporting in the WaPo and on ABC news this morning over the trailer issue. White House spokesman Scott McClellan called the account "reckless reporting" and said Bush made … Continue reading →

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Land Shark!

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

Actually, land catfish. Scientists have been studying an African eel catfish that can move about on land and capture small insects. These particular eel catfish, Channallabes apus, live in tropical swamps in Africa, where most of the water is confined … Continue reading →

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American Duchy

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

Here's one I had never heard of. The city of Vernon, California has about 100 residents. Almost all of the residents work for the government and live in government owned housing at low rents. They hadn't had an election in 25 years. … Continue reading →

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Hand Over Those Eggs, Bunny….

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

OK, my ancestry includes grandparents who were immigrants from Norway after the first world war. So I grew up with at least a smattering of Norwegian culture which popped up at odd times during the year. But this I have … Continue reading →

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Thank Heavens That’s Finally Settled

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

We now have a government authorized "factual reality", folks! The South African Government has declared that beans make you fart. A TV advert for sweet onions showed a rugby player eating beans that made him smell "stinky". The advert claims that … Continue reading →

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John Hawkins

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

On the turning the illegal immigration issue into a winner for the GOP. Something I've been saying for a while now. Tweet

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The Global Warming Racket

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

Note: I started drafting this piece a few days ago. I am very glad I waited to post it.  I got into a discussion with a guy who writes science columns for a newspaper in the comment section of another … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics, Science | 16 Comments

Reality Based Reality

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

Some of the folks on the far left have taken to calling themselves the "reality based community". It doesn't matter that their brand of reality appears to be based in a different universe entirely from where everyone else lives. For an … Continue reading →

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Interesting Article On Indian Politics

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

I kind of hesitate to post this, since I got hit with that attempted DDOS attack a while ago, but hell, this ties right in to my earlier posts. I noted earlier the "wardrobe malfunctions" at the fashion show in … Continue reading →

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Want To Bet?

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Gaius

Eugene Volokh has a good takedown of a really dumb thing John McCain said the other day. McCain made a statement that nobody in the crowd he was adressing would take a job picking lettuce for $50 per hour. Um. What … Continue reading →

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