Daily Archives: February 8, 2007

Blogrolling For Bucks

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

I actually occasionally try to find new and different blogs to link when I do roundups on my posts, not just linking "the usual suspects" every single time. One of those new to me bloggers that I found through the Technorati links … Continue reading →

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Seizing Power

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

(T)Hugo Chavez has just completed the theft of the electric utility that has served Venezuela – investor owned until now – since 1885. The company he stole it from, US based AES was paid $739.3 million. They had bought controlling interest … Continue reading →

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I Do Believe It’s Time

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

Here's a historical oddity I found while wandering aimlessly around over at YouTube. The Band with the Staple Singers performing The Weight. I have no idea what year this is from. But do check out the bass player. He is … Continue reading →

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Bring On The Interpretive Dance!

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

I imagine that the vicarious communists of the San Francisco bay area are already practicing their interpretive dances to celebrate the Hell worker's paradise that Venezuela is in the process of collapsing into descending into evolving into under the benighted … Continue reading →

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When Amazon Anacondas Attack

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

Some humans go the whole nine yards to stand up to the Animal Uprising™. Or at least 16 feet. When a 16-foot reptile raider launched an assault on Joaquim Pereira's grandson, the man wasn't about to allow the tyke to … Continue reading →

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When To Know You’re Really Wrong

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

Is something weird happening in Seattle that I don't know about? Seattle is not exactly known as a conservative stronghold after all. And yet twice today the Seattle media has come to my attention with sensible columns from two different … Continue reading →

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Squirrel Knocks Over Bank

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

And we mean knocks over, too. The Animal Uprising™ has come up with a new attack technique that involves creative use of their "swerve strategy" where they hurl a suicidal animal in front of a moving motor vehicle in hopes … Continue reading →

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Anna Nicole Smith Dead

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

According to reports just coming across the wire services, Anna Nicole Smith has been pronounced dead after she was found unresponsive in her hotel room. One of her lawyers reported it and ABC news is standing by at the hospital … Continue reading →

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Setting Records

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

American astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria has set a new record for time walking in space. He exceeded the old record of 58 hours and 32 minutes while only halfway through his latest excursion. The all-time record is held by Russian Anatoly Solovyov with over 82 … Continue reading →

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Lebanon Update

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

The Lebanese government seized a truck carrying munitions to Hezbollah fighters in the South of the country. The truck had come from the Bekaa valley and was grabbed as it tried to head out of Beirut. And Hezbollah is pitching … Continue reading →

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Bloggers NOT Fired

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

The John Edwards blog just posted this a short while ago: From John Edwards: The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte's and Melissa McEwan's posts personally offended me. It's not how I talk to people, and it's … Continue reading →

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We Keep Telling People

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

We warned people about the new terror tactic of the Animal Uprising™, that of crazed Cervidae crashing through windows and wreaking havoc inside people's homes. We also provided thoughtful and completely rational advice on how to stop the home invasion … Continue reading →

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Killer Mascot!

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

Authorities in China have seized a large number of counterfeit Olympic mascot souvenirs. Bad enough, right? Well, it also turns out that the counterfeits are not only crude knockoffs of the real mascots, some are also made with toxic materials. Inspectors … Continue reading →

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Debunking The Denials

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

Jim Lindgren, writing at the Volokh Conspiracy, has done a masterful dismantling of the denial by the left and by an often quoted academic, Jerry Lembcke, that Vietnam-era veterans or servicemen were spat upon by anti-war protesters. Lindgren has found … Continue reading →

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Comparing The Records

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Gaius

Robert L. Jamieson, Jr., writing in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has one of the most powerful columns I have read recently. It compares two soldiers. One you have heard endlessly about, another you probably have not. I am not even going … Continue reading →

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