Monthly Archives: August 2007

We’re Glad You’re Getting Punished For Something We Did, Too

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Gaius

That appears to be the underlying theme in this editorial from the Los Angeles Times. They are celebrating the Democratic National Committee's plans to penalize Florida for changing the date of the primary election. Which, by the way, California did … Continue reading →

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Windy Promises

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Gaius

Here's an interesting item from Britain. It seems that the windy promises of low-cost wind energy are not exactly panning out. In fact, the rush to build wind farms is not working out very well at all. Blowing in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Economy, Energy, Environment | 2 Comments

Yankee Doom

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Gaius

In a story fraught with mythological doom, the New York Times waxes poetic on the story of the squirrel at the end of creation. But more significant, perhaps, was the pesky and distracting squirrel that scampered up and down the … Continue reading →

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Take Out Deer

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Gaius

A deer decided that she had a craving for Chinese food. So she visited the Canton restaurant in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada to get a big dish of beef chow mein. A deer that found itself in a downtown restaurant was released back … Continue reading →

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“If We Pull This Off, We’ll Eat Like Kings”

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Gaius

The post title is the punchline from one of the all-time best Far Side cartoons. The cartoon shows two spiders who have constructed a giant web across the bottom of a playground slide. What would you do if you walked into such … Continue reading →

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Mount Soledad

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Gaius

My wife and I made it a point to visit the Mount Soledad Veteran's Memorial while we were out in San Diego earlier this week. The memorial itself had been the target of a relentless lawsuit that was finally resolved … Continue reading →

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A Nonexistent Consensus

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Gaius

This is a fascinating little revelation, isn't it? A widely cited study from 2004 performed by history professor Naomi Oreskes found a widespread consensus in published papers about global warming. The study has been updated, Using the exact same methodology and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Junk Science | 1 Comment

Puffin Away

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Gaius

Here's a rather odd story. A project has been underway since the 1970s to bring puffins back to Maine. The birds were once hunted regularly and puffins disappeared sometime around the turn of the 20th century. But there are now … Continue reading →

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Wait

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Gaius

Michael Totten has an op-ed up over at the New York Daily News that describes what he saw while he was in Iraq. As usual, Totten describes the situation in Iraq honestly – the good and the bad. And he … Continue reading →

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Losing Vietnam

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Gaius

Robert Tracinski, the editor of The Intellectual Activist and TIA Daily, has a thought-provoking piece up over at Real Clear Politics. He argues, pretty convincingly, that the left is rapidly losing control of the Vietnam war. As odd as that … Continue reading →

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Animal Rights = Human Loathing

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Gaius

I've mentioned this on numerous occasions. "Animal rights" activists are really not motivated by love of animals.  They really, at heart, are all about loathing humans. Case in point: a self-styled group of "animal rights" activists in Britain are bragging about … Continue reading →

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Dirty Money

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Gaius

I'm in the hi-fidelity first class traveling set And I think I need a Lear jet Money it's a crime Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie Money so they say Is the root of all … Continue reading →

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No Evidence

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Gaius

NASA released its long-awaited report on their investigation into anonymous allegations that astronauts had flown while drunk. Investigators were unable to find any evidence that such incidents had happened. The review released Wednesday could not verify two drinking allegations described … Continue reading →

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Cutting Edge Medicine

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Gaius

A German court has just awarded a man there €3,000 in damages. It seems doctors lost the top of his skull. Doctors removed the top of the man's head and put it in cold storage while they operated on his … Continue reading →

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Systematic Collapse

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Gaius

For a long time, the presidential primary schedules were pretty well rigidly controlled. Did they make sense? Maybe not, but they were predictable and yet also, by nature of the oddity of having Iowa and New Hampshire go first, capable … Continue reading →

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