Daily Archives: April 21, 2007

Journeys

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Gaius

Tweet

Posted in Because I Felt Like It | 2 Comments

Blue Angel Pilot Killed

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Gaius

One of the members of the US Navy Blue Angels has been killed when his aircraft crashed during an air show. Witnesses said the planes were flying in formation during the show at the Marine Corps Air Station and one dropped … Continue reading →

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Where Are The Grown-Ups?

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Gaius

I missed this yesterday. Peggy Noonan hits one right out of the park with her weekly column in the Opinion Journal. She is writing about the Virginia Tech tragedy and wonders where the grown-ups were. She also wonders what is … Continue reading →

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Refusing To Be A Victim

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Gaius

Miss America 1944, Venus Ramey is now 82 years old. She is also one tough lady. And she is not going to allow thieves to victimize her. Venus Ramey has earned lots of fame in her 82 years. She was … Continue reading →

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It’s Official! Yale Has Gone Loco.

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Gaius

In what is probably the silliest, most infantile response to serious events that I have heard of recently, Yale's Dean of Student Affairs, Betty Trachtenberg, has responded to the killings at Virginia Tech by banning stage weapons – props – … Continue reading →

Posted in Yale Follies | 6 Comments

Slamming Harry

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Gaius

Joe Lieberman slammed the hell out of Harry Reid for his grossly irresponsible statement to the media that the war in Iraq is "lost". (Harry must have seen some really bad polling numbers, because he tried hard to talk his … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, War | 2 Comments

The Vegetating Catastrophe

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Gaius

George Walden writes in today's Times of London about France. He appropriates the term vegetating catastrophe, coined by French author, Louis-Ferdinand Céline to describe the Soviet Union and applies it to what he sees in France. Whoever wins the election … Continue reading →

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Fakery

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Gaius

Max Schulz has an op-ed in the New York Post that really should be read. It addresses a few of the environmental myths that are being pushed by some groups. These are widely believed, but totally untrue. Result? According to … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | 3 Comments

Greetings From The Easter Batty

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Gaius

Authorities in Memphis, Tennessee would very much like to talk to anyone who attended an Easter egg hunt at the Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. It seems one of the Easter eggs some children found had wings. And fur. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, News | 2 Comments