Daily Archives: November 26, 2006

Fiji Water, Fiji Coup?

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

Australia has been warning that it looked a lot like a coup attempt was going to be made in Fiji. THE risk of a military coup in Fiji had become too close for comfort, the nation's police chief said today. … Continue reading →

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Everything Old Is New Again – Yet Again

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

Although the candidate had many characteristics that drew strong support, there was one tiny problem. It seems that while his heart was in the right place, as many people saw it, he was handicapped by one little problem. His religion. … Continue reading →

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Rangel Continues To Insult The Troops

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

This time it is that people join the Army only if they can't get a "decent career". I want to make it abundantly clear: if there’s anyone who believes that these youngsters want to fight, as the Pentagon and some … Continue reading →

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Worried All The Time

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long Got … Continue reading →

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Horrible Story

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

This is a disturbing story, click through at your own risk. Via Ann Althouse and the BBC article she linked. Tweet

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Something Is Weird About This Story

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

I don't really know what to make of a story like this one from the Telegraph. The story is that there have been a rash of rustling incidents in Britain and that the stolen horses are being flown to the … Continue reading →

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Hog Heaven

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

From of all places, the Telegraph, comes this story of hogs running amok all over the countryside of Texas. Now, sure, they cause a lot of crop damage, but Texans, being Texans have figured out how to handle the situation: … Continue reading →

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Massive Demonstration Of Support

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

For the challenger to Hugo Chavez for the presidency of Venezuela, Manuel Rosales . This is reportedly the largest demonstration ever seen in that country. Venezuela News and Views has video that gives you an idea of just how large … Continue reading →

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Dissenting Voice

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

Ralph Peters has a decidedly different idea of the issue of large, unassimilated populations of Muslims in Europe. Many people have been warning of the impending demographic disaster in Europe as aging welfare state populations fail to reproduce at similar … Continue reading →

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Balkan Britain

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

It seems a majority of people polled in Britain now want the country broken up into its constituent parts. The United Kingdom should be broken up and Scotland and England set free as independent nations, according to a huge number … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Dissonance At The WaPo

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

After all the cheerleading, after all the gleeful pronouncements of American disaster in Iraq, after all the willful spinning to help shape public perception during the election campaigns the Washington Post has an epiphany. There are other players involved in … Continue reading →

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Packing Heat

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

Steve Chapman has a good piece up over at Real Clear Politics about concealed carry permits, the facts versus the scaremongering. The fact is that the horrific, lurid predictions that the gun control zealots keep spouting have not come true. … Continue reading →

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Fun With Insanity

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

Dr. Sanity has the Carnival of the Insanities for this week up. We're proud to have contributed to the madness. Tweet

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Fake Money, Real Problem

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

The Washington Post has a story  about a massive counterfeiting operation originating out of South Ossetia, a separatist enclave in Georgia. The enclave is under Russian protection. (Notice the amount of very negative press that Russia is getting all of … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between Opposing And Governing

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Gaius

The Washington Post is reporting that the Democrats have suddenly discovered that one of their nebulous campaign promises, so easily stated, is not at all easy to actually implement. Their promise to allow Medicare to "negotiate" lower drug prices (which … Continue reading →

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