Daily Archives: June 14, 2006

This Is Kind Of Weird

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

Apparently, Blue Crab Boulevard is listed on Blogshares – I was completely unaware of this until just a few minutes ago. I had vaguely heard of Blogshares at some point a while ago, but really hadn't thought about it in … Continue reading →

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This Will Generate As Much Excitement

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

As watching paint dry. The Democrats plan to unveil their magical plan to regain control of Congress. Frankly, if these points are the best ideas they can come up with, they are totally and completely out of touch with people. … Continue reading →

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She Blinded Me With Science!

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

Conventional wisdom: Men react more strongly than women do to erotic images. Men are highly visual, women are not. Scientific proof: The conventional wisdom is completely wrong. Erotic images elicit faster and stronger electrical responses in a woman's brain than … Continue reading →

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Security Crackdown Begins

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

Iraqi forces have hit the streets in Baghdad in record numbers during the initial phase of the crackdown promised yesterday by the Iraqi Prime Minister. BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi troops were out in force and cars were backed up at … Continue reading →

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Actual Scientists

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

Debunking Al Gore's movie. Appearing before the Commons Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development last year, Carleton University paleoclimatologist Professor Tim Patterson testified, "There is no meaningful correlation between CO2 levels and Earth's temperature over this [geologic] time frame. In … Continue reading →

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Along Came A Spider

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

A young man from Leicester, England was fed up with his job, so he quit. Apparently, he was also fed up with a female co-worker. He left her a lovely parting gift, in a nice box addressed to her. A … Continue reading →

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They Don’t Get Out Much

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

The folks in New Zealand appear to either be very odd, or very out of touch with the world. It would seem that the big attraction at an agricultural exhibition in Wellington are live sex shows featuring an amorous bull … Continue reading →

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Another Sign Of Shifting Momentum

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

Dana Milbank also has a piece in the Washington Post today about the positive developments that have been happening in the past weeks that are improving the political situation for the White House. There is a very, very revealing fact … Continue reading →

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Actually A Smart Move

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

I suspect that John Droney, Jr. is a very smart political operator indeed. He publicly called for Joe Lieberman to run as an independent. A prominent ally of U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman urged Monday that Lieberman run for re-election as an … Continue reading →

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TRUA Scores Big Interview Again

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

My blog buddy The Real Ugly American scored another really big interview, this time with Mary Katherine Ham. Rick has some good contacts, let me tell you. Mary Katherine comes across as a very intelligent, very well informed person. Good … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Throwing Money At Problems

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

Well in today's ode to the obvious, the AP is reporting that a GAO study shows that quite a sizable sum of the money Congress threw at the Katrina disaster was misspent and that some people used fraud to obtain the … Continue reading →

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Bush Out Of Reactive Mode?

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

Well, the Washington Post notes that Bush is having a pretty good run right now with quite a lot of good news. Zarqawi killed, the very media-savvy visit to Iraq, the CA-50 election and the fact that Rove is not … Continue reading →

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Well, Now We Know

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

Why the Butterfly landed when she did. She'd gotten as much publicity as she could and knew the eviction was about to happen anyway. LOS ANGELES – Sheriff's deputies evicted people from an urban community garden to make room for … Continue reading →

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The Death Of Truth

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

Lori Byrd, writing in the Examiner, has a piece up describing the death of truth in political discourse. WASHINGTON – Many have lamented the lack of civil discourse in the world of politics today. It seems the “new tone” has … Continue reading →

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The UN And It’s Agenda

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Gaius

There appears to be a full court press going on right now by the United Nations. First it was Kofi Annan's deputy (and Soros pal) Mark Malloch Brown deriding Americans and saying we need to work more closely with the … Continue reading →

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