Monthly Archives: June 2007

About The Light Posting

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Gaius

Yeah, I know, new posts have been pretty scarce here for about the last day. I've been busy with a number of issues in the real world. One of which has been to "repot" one of my computers. I always had heat … Continue reading →

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Germany Urges Kicking Poland To The Curb

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Gaius

Germany is, quite literally, urging the others members of the European Union to simply ignore Poland and go ahead with negotiating a treaty to replace the failed EU constitution. This is not an unprecedented move, incidentally. The EU did it … Continue reading →

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“No, Really, Some Of My Best Friends Are Military.”

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Gaius

Although it isn't exactly clear which military. Speaker Nancy Pelosi managed to do it, yet again. Last year it was the Democratic party who used a photograph of a Canadian soldier to illustrate their concern for the troops. This time … Continue reading →

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A Sad Tail

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Gaius

We regret to inform our readers that not all of man's best friends have remained loyal in the face of continuing pressure from the Animal Uprising™. And when man's best friend goes bad, there is no telling what can happen. … Continue reading →

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Last Chance For Abbas

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Gaius

Charles Krauthammer looks the recent takeover of Gaza by Hamas and the de facto splitting of the Palestinian territories. He tentatively supports giving Mahmoud Abbas one last chance to get it right in the West Bank – but only one … Continue reading →

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Law And Order

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Gaius

One is almost at a loss as to how to take this particular article from the German newspaper der Spiegel. Quite obviously, Hamas is trying to curry favor with the Western press – like that's hard. But the reporter also … Continue reading →

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The Latest In Fashionable Smoking Accessories

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Gaius

Well, the anti-smoking zealots will have to come up with a whole new campaign after news of this hits the circuit! The very latest in ultra-fashionable smoking accessories. No, not a humidor full of smuggled Cuban cigars. A pipe made … Continue reading →

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Shipwreck

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Gaius

At 1:30 in the morning of April 27, 1850, the sidewheel steamboat General Anthony Wayne suffered a boiler explosion and sank in Lake Erie. 38 people lost their lives. Now an amateur underwater detective, Thomas Kowalczk, has located the wreck … Continue reading →

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The Drunks Of Cardiff

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Gaius

Yesterday we reported on the drunks in Patna, India and their besotted revelry. The police there are quite sick of drunken rats. Well, it isn't just India that has a problem with inebriated rats. Wales has its own population of … Continue reading →

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“He’s Already Got One, You See.”

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Gaius

King Arthur: Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night, he can join us in our quest for the Holy Grail. … Continue reading →

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About Those Problems

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Gaius

Irshad Manji, writing about the same subject as Victor Davis Hanson in the last post names the problem with Islam right now. That problem is Islam – or rather, the extremist, fundamentalist version of Islam that threatens, bullies and terrorizes … Continue reading →

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Temper Tantrums And Thin Veneers

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Gaius

As a follow-up to his column about the thin veneer of civilization, (and if you have not read that one, now is a good time) Victor Davis Hanson writes today about what is going on in the Middle East. And … Continue reading →

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Reid, Pelosi And The Drive For The Cellar

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Gaius

The Gallup Poll has announced that the Democrat-controlled Congress has reached a new milestone in the eyes of the public! This is a never before reached number! The lowest poll number ever – in history – for Congress. As in … Continue reading →

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Taking On Gorezilla

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Gaius

R. Timothy Patterson, who happens to be professor and director of the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, is calling Al "Gorezilla" Gore and his sycophants out on "global warming". This is not someone with no credentials, this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Environment, Insanity, Junk Science | 7 Comments

Suicide Turtle Attacks

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Gaius

Not content with letting the deer, the enforcers for the Animal Uprising™, hog all the glory (you should excuse the expression), the turtles have decided to get into the action. That's right suicide turtles are causing automobile accidents. UPPER TOWNSHIP, N.J. … Continue reading →

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