Daily Archives: November 25, 2006

Trackback Spam Overload

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

People trying to access the Crabitat may have gotten a "suspended" error today. I have just spent a long time on the phone with the hosting company and there appears to be evidence that someone has been trying to hack … Continue reading →

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Hooked On Phonics

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

Apropos this post at Powerline. Isn't that 15 minutes over? Tweet

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Exposing Lies

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

A lot of extreme pontification has been going on in the blogosphere over the reports of all the burned mosques. Curt over at Flopping Aces has been working very, very hard to get the to the truth of the matter. … Continue reading →

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No Disrespect

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

Ann Althouse, who has long been one of my personal favorites in the blogosphere, has a rather pointed takedown of Andrew Sullivan. Sullivan is really on a bender over his personally-coined word "christianist" and, in this case, Mormons in general, … Continue reading →

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Miscarriage

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

Crimes involving children are extremely upsetting to me. So the so-called kiddie porn offenders are, to me, very serious criminals who deserve to be hammered with every day of prison time that the law allows. I care not at all … Continue reading →

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WordPress Upgrade

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

Ok, I just went through and upgraded to version 2.0.5. Everything appears to be functioning, but please leave a comment or drop me an email if you find some errors or malfunctions. Tweet

Posted in Geek Stuff | 7 Comments

False Reports

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

Curt over at Flopping Aces has been running down some of the reports coming out of Iraq at the moment. And he's discovered that there appears to be outright lies being reported as complete fact by the media. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, War | 1 Comment

When You Fire The Experienced Workers

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

And hire political supporters, you really shouldn't be surprised when maintenance is done improperly and accidents occur. You can just ask Hugo Chavez. There has been an "operational event" at Venezuela's Amuay refinery. This "event" could be heard and felt … Continue reading →

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Scaremongering

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

I think the Daily Mail has gone a little bit overboard with this article. Calling polonium 210 "the deadliest poison known to man" and furiously clanging the alarm that nobody knows how many more will die from this is a … Continue reading →

Posted in World news | 1 Comment

Desperados Waiting For The Train

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

I'd sing the Red River Valley and he'd sit in the kitchen and cry Run his fingers through seventy years of livin' Wonder Lord has every well I drilled ran dry We were friends me and that old man Like … Continue reading →

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Good Riddance, Eh?

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

I what honestly reads like a parody, a man who moved to Canada with his wife after George Bush was reelected in 2004 writes the LA Times to tell the world why the happy couple is staying in Canada. MY WIFE … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, Politics, World news | 4 Comments

Losing Russia

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

There have been a lot of signs that Russia is rapidly sliding back into the old, totalitarian ways. It may not exactly be the old Soviet style, instead being a weird mixture of communistic ideas, oligarchy, cronyism and outright gangsterism. … Continue reading →

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“This Wasn’t Cooked Up By Amatuers”

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

The experts being consulted about the use of polonium 210 to poison Alexander Litvinenko agree on a number of things. This may have been the very first use of this radioactive isotope as a poison, which is part of the … Continue reading →

Posted in World news | 3 Comments

London Rampage

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

A 30 year old Tunisian man went completely berserk in West London, very near the gates to Heathrow Airport. He beat one man to death, critically injured another and hurt scores of others. With his bare ands and feet. No … Continue reading →

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PETA Buffoonery

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Gaius

PETA, never really living in what most of us understand as reality in the first place, has crossed over into their own little cartoon land. They have delivered a fierce email attack on a church in Anchorage, Alaska over the … Continue reading →

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