Daily Archives: July 7, 2007

Old And Alone

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Gaius

The Associated Press recognizes Europe's devastating demographics problem. There simply are not enough children to support the elderly in Italy – and things are beginning to fall apart. ROME – As a police officer, Luigi Marzano was used to being … Continue reading →

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The Beat Goes On

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Gaius

The Telegraph punches – again – at the Live Earth concerts. And they also have a couple of very telling quotes from folks attending the British event at Wembley. She provided the finale to yesterday's Live Earth concerts, even writing … Continue reading →

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Bad Review

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Gaius

The Times of London has released its review of the British leg of the Live Earth concert. Their judgment: tedious. It did what it said on the poster – but no more. The British leg of Live Earth started at 1.30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Left Wing, Music | 1 Comment

Beary Bad News

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Gaius

In what can only be considered bad news, a bear climbed a 100 foot tall power pole and completely stopped traffic in the California desert. LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Must've been a poler bear. A black bear climbed 100 feet … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Machines, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Robert Anson Heinlein, 1907-1988

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Gaius

Robert Anson Heinlein was born on July 7, 1907 in Butler, Missouri. He is one of my favorite science fiction authors of all time, as I have mentioned before. Here's an excellent short biography of Heinlein. There is also one on … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Thoughts | 2 Comments

A Day At The Track

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Gaius

It seems that as the Animal Uprising™ gets closer to realizing its goal of conquering humanity, they are actually getting to be more and more like humans themselves. Thus we have stoned deer, pub crawling rats and drunken moose wandering about. … Continue reading →

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Shark Jumping

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Gaius

John Berlau argues that the global Goregasm of the whole Live Earth concert extravaganza (along with massive energy consumption and subsequent enormous release of carbon) is an indication that the entire global warming hysteria has jumped the shark. This weekend, rock … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Junk Science, Left Wing | 4 Comments

Death Cult

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Gaius

Michael Hirsh takes a look at the history that has brought about what he calls the cancer infecting the Muslim religion – the violent death cult that tolerates and encourages the murder of innocents, the use of children as human shields … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, War, World news | 2 Comments

Hostages

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Gaius

The "brave" jihadis holed up in the Red Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan appear to be holding children as hostages against their will. They have actually fired on family members who have approached the mosque trying to get their children out. … Continue reading →

Posted in War, World news | 2 Comments