Daily Archives: April 13, 2008

Boomtown

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Gaius

A 1,500 pound World War Two German mine was destroyed on Stert Island in Bridgwater Bay, Somerset on Saturday morning. The leftover ordnance was discovered by a local fisherman. A huge 1,500lb Second World War German mine washed up on … Continue reading →

Posted in War, World news | 1 Comment

Weakening?

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Gaius

Joe Klein at Time will doubtless raise even more fury than he usually does over on the hard left with his latest post. He makes a number of points contradicting the analysis today by The Politico which pretty well savaged … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 2 Comments

Terror Coming Home For Iran?

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Gaius

There has been a deadly explosion at a mosque in Shiraz, Iran. At least ten people have died and 160 have been wounded in what is described as a huge explosion. Local authorities are vehemently denying that the explosion was … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran | 8 Comments

Graphical Nightmare

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Gaius

The BBC produces a page of graphical data that shows what is happening to the price of food worldwide. These are not pretty pictures, folks. Now you know why attacks on ethanol production have suddenly become the rage in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Environment, World news | 1 Comment

False Promises

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Gaius

You know that an implosion in the ethanol mania is coming soon when even the Boston Globe comes out strongly against the false promises of ethanol. Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production. The energy self-sufficiency that all … Continue reading →

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Wife-Swapping, Bulgarian Style

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Gaius

The Telegraph reports on an unusual deal recently reached in Bulgaria. A farmer, less than lucky in love has swapped his wife – for a goat. A luckless Bulgarian farmer who was been married three times has decided to try … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, World news | 3 Comments

Little “Perverts”

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Gaius

Mark Steyn goes off on the latest craze in education: labeling pre-schoolers and very young children as "perverts" and sex offenders by "school officials". As always, it is worth reading the entire piece as Steyn dismantles the so-called adults making … Continue reading →

Posted in PC Run Amok | 3 Comments

Obama’s Dreadful Timing

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Gaius

Mike Allen at The Politico lays out 12 good reasons – or 12 bad reasons, if you will – why Barack Obama has made a terrible mistake by attacking small town Americans. If he's analyzed it correctly – and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 3 Comments

Wasteful Stupidity At The United Nations

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Gaius

In a move that has outraged a lot of people, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) destroyed about 100,000 books rather than move them. While UNESCO contends that a large percentage of those now-pulped books were obsolete, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization, World news | 4 Comments