Daily Archives: November 21, 2006

“A Different Point Of View”

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

Well, isn't this special. Teaching third graders the lessons of victimhood. LONG BEACH, Calif. – Teacher Bill Morgan walks into his third-grade class wearing a black Pilgrim hat made of construction paper and begins snatching up pencils, backpacks and glue … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing | 2 Comments

A Thanksgiving Day Dinner That Couldn’t Be Beat

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

Ah, Brutus the bear is busy this time of year. He is very much in demand for photo shoots. American grizzly bears are not usually very cooperative. Or friendly. But Brutus appears to be both. So he gets called on … Continue reading →

Posted in Foto Phun, Humor | 3 Comments

Deliberate Provocation

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

After reading some of the updates about the story of the six imams removed from a Northwest Airlines flight at the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport, it looks very much like a deliberate attempt to provoke and incident. It looks even more … Continue reading →

Posted in News | 5 Comments

Lost In Space

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

NASA scientists have about given up on finding out why the Mars Global Surveyor suddenly went silent. They took their last, best chance of locating the craft by using the new Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. That effort was not successful. After … Continue reading →

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Attention Darwin Awards Committee

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

We have a contender for honorable mention. Unemployed British man suffers broken relationship. Despondent, he drinks considerably more than a little bit. People he is drinking with appear to understand that man is too drunk to have any brains left. … Continue reading →

Posted in Dumb Stuff, World news | 5 Comments

Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

SWM, 26, likes to cuddle. Not very bright. Well that's how it should have read. You see, it is generally considered extremely stupid to plaster your face and name on a dating website when you are wanted for a double … Continue reading →

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Syria? You Want To Negotiate With Syria?

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

If you don't think Syria was involved in the murder of a prominent Lebanese anti-Syrian cabinet minister, you're dreaming. Pierre Gemayel was murdered in cold blood in Beirut just a short time ago. Hezbollah, closely tied to both Syria and … Continue reading →

Posted in World news | 4 Comments

Get Your Wallet

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

Donald Sensing looks at good old Charlie Rangel's "universal service" bill and calculates the cost. He goes much, much further than I did when doing this calculation and looks at what the entire program would entail. So we have 8,000,000 … Continue reading →

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Talkin’ Turkey

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

Well, it must be Thanksgiving week. The turkeys are coming out all over the news. Or the business of turkeys, as the case may be. It seems that the Butterball brand has been sold to a privately held company. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Business | 2 Comments

She Spent What?

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

It seems that Hillary Clinton, who frankly did not face any credible challenge in this election, managed to spend $30 million dollars for her walkover victory. That got the New York Times' attention. Since 2001, when she took office, Mrs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 3 Comments

Hard Numbers

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

Philip R. O'Connor, writing in TCS Daily takes a look at numbers. This is a hard calculus because it involves the deaths of soldiers through American history. But it is something that needs to be understood as well. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in War | 1 Comment

Knives Out

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

The LA Times fired a warning shot last week, letting Nancy Pelosi know that passing over Jane Harman for the chair of the intelligence committee would be bad for her media coverage. This week, they fire the first broadside with … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 9 Comments

A Surreal Reality

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

Christopher Hitchens asks a simple question: why in the world are we going to take advice about Iraq from James Baker? This man happily gave up Lebanon to Syrian control in exchange for their "help" in the Kuwait war. His … Continue reading →

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Pea In A Bottle

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Gaius

As in green peas. As in a new flavor for a soft drink. Honest. Green pea flavored soda.  But the chief executive of the company has a confession. He has absolutely no idea why anyone would actually drink the stuff.  Green pea, … Continue reading →

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