Daily Archives: June 7, 2006

The Media In Action

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

If you really want to see how ugly the media has gotten in it's relentless search to find something bad to report, this post from Bill Roggio should about cover it for you. Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan: Earlier this week, Glenn … Continue reading →

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101st Blog Of The Day

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

Continuing my mission to visit one member of the Fighting 101st each day, today I wandered over to the 7 deadly Sins. I found much love for the French. Don't miss what the French really think of America. There's also a … Continue reading →

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Must. Read. Lileks.

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

This is fabulous. You're an enlightened world citizen. Your T-shirt says "9/11 was an inside job." You're pretty sure we're living in a fascist state, that President Bush taps the Dixie Chicks' phones, Christian abortion clinic bombers outnumber jihadis, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, Media, War | 2 Comments

Sure He Did

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

Pat Robertson insists he did so lift a ton in a leg-press. Honest. Really. "I did it one time, one rep, but I had built up to it for about three years," Robertson insisted on Wednesday in a telephone interview … Continue reading →

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See What Damage A Sweet Tooth Causes?

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

No, not to your teeth. Well, those too. Thieves in Crystal, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, broke into a Little League concession stand and stole a backpack full of candy valued at about $30. The fled when they heard a … Continue reading →

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Please Inform Any Military Personnel

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

Please let anyone you know in the military that the theft of the Veterans Administration data we reported on earlier is even worse than first reported. The data includes personnel data for active duty personnel, reservists and members of the … Continue reading →

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Dishonor

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

Sorry, I have no sympathy whatsoever for this person. In a rare case of officer dissent, a Fort Lewis Army lieutenant has refused orders to head out to Iraq this month to lead troops in what he believes is an … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, War | 4 Comments

Smoking Some Strong Stuff

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

Is Mister Mark Malloch Brown, deputy to Kofi Annan. You see, in Mr. Brown's world the real, honest truth about the UN is being stifled, absolutely RE-pressed by those evil overlords of American information Rush Limbaugh and Fox news. No, … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, Politics | 2 Comments

Well, They Certainly Are Enthusiastic

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

Some scientists are all kinds of excited about a new find. it seems that I. plenipes has again been spotted in a remote area of California. First spotted in 1926, the species has eluded capture ever since, apparently. The scientists … Continue reading →

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Is This A New Rule?

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

Not being a baseball fan at all, since I subscribe to the notion that baseball is 15 minutes of action crammed into a three hour game, I have no idea if this is actually in the rule book or not. … Continue reading →

Posted in Weird Stuff | 6 Comments

An Astonishingly Stupid Bill

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

I already posted my opinion of the idiotic effort to form a "native Hawaiian" government by passage of a wrong-headed bill now pending in the Senate. There's a paper out by the Heritage Foundation that really lays out the problems … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Democracy, Politics | 2 Comments

Actually, This Says A Lot

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

There's an interesting piece in the Baltimore Examiner today that reveals a lot of what is going wrong with media coverage. President Bush is actually racking up quite a few victories, but coverage of them is lacking. SAN FRANCISCO – … Continue reading →

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Constitutional Amendment Fails

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

The attempt to amend the constitution to ban gay marriage has failed in the Senate. Supporters say the effort is not dead even though they actually lost a vote in the totals from the last time they tried to get … Continue reading →

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And Away We Go

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

There is an unsigned editorial in today's New York Times that accuses Ohio Republicans and Kenneth Blackwell in particular of trying to block voter registrations. They also take a swipe at Florida. There is one real jaw dropper in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics | 2 Comments

Well, The Rhetoric Is Changing A Bit

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Gaius

Maybe the White House is starting to understand that an enforcement-first approach to illegal immigration will make a lot of other things possible. Something I've been advocating all along. ARTESIA, N.M., June 6 — President Bush tried on Tuesday to … Continue reading →

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