Daily Archives: August 5, 2007

Finally! A “Climate Change” Initiative That Will Be Popular!

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Gaius

This is absolutely hysterical. Using official British government statistics a noted environmentalist, who is a published author on environmental subjects as well as a Green Party parliamentary candidate, has come up with a program that will be good for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | 5 Comments

Exactly Right

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Gaius

Patrick Ruffini, writing over at Hugh Hewitt's blog, has a masterful analysis of what the right has gotten right – and wrong – on the web. Who is jealous of who here? YearlyKos, and also the Take Back America Conference, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogosphere, Politics | 3 Comments

Whitesnake, Black Bear

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Gaius

Everyone is a critic, even in the Animal Uprising™. The lead singer for big hair metal band Whitesnake is under siege by black bears in his Lake Tahoe, Nevada home. David Coverdale has had bear peeping toms, bear burglars and … Continue reading →

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“Damn The Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!”

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Gaius

On the morning of August 5, 1864, a fleet of 18 Union warships under command of Admiral David Farragut entered Mobile Bay. Under heavy fire from Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, the fleet maneuvered through a "torpedo field", what we … Continue reading →

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The Sick(o) Truth

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Gaius

Liz Mair, writing in the San Diego Union-Tribune, takes apart socialized medicine as depicted in Michael Moore's Sicko in an op-ed today. She knows what she is talking about – she lived in Britain under the National Health Service. And she … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, Politics, Taxes | 2 Comments