Month: January 2007

And I may not be blogging here much longer….. In fact, if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is right, very soon I might not be blogging at all: Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria’s foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website…

The bloggers are watching.

John Derbyshire caught my attention this morning with this: One of the lesser evils of our age is the passing of “anti-discrimination” laws by legislators in democratic countries. These laws amount to systematic destruction of the principle of freedom of association. While governments should of course treat all citizens impartially, legislators have no business telling…

Clayton Cramer comments on an interesting cultural phenomenon: female Muslim police officers who refuse to touch men: In addition to refusing a traditional congratulatory handshake from Sir Ian, the WPC – who wore a traditional Muslim hijab headscarf – also declined to be photographed with him as she did not want the picture used for…

Via Drudge, I now see that the experts have been counting Pelosi eye blinks, and timing McCain’s little snooze. Ah, the vital issues this country faces! While I noticed these “issues” last night, I was trying to be funny when I commented on them, and I did not mean to imply that they were of…

Here is a short video of an Iranian woman confronting the morality police in Iran. Dymphna has this to say about it: …I think you will enjoy the thirty seconds or so of sweet revenge, I urge you to click on what my friend described as an example how “Iranian women are sick and tired…

In my post on the State of the Union I included a video by Stuck Mojo. I went to their www site and found a tale of woe about how record companies rip off bands and fans. However, Mojo has an answer. The tracks on our new record, “Southern Born Killers,” will be posted at…

…. is all being taking care of by Stephen Green — the one and only VodkaPundit — (along with others) so I can relax. I’m delighted he’s feeling better too, and this occasion calls for a drink. Have to say, I’m glad I don’t have to live blog this one, as I’m so distracted by…

In her last Boston Globe column, Cathy Young shares a valuable political insight while discussing the “Mommy Wars”: The “Mommy Wars” of full-time motherhood versus career are likely to remain intractable, with some feminists accusing stay-at-home mothers of letting down the sisterhood, some conservatives accusing working mothers of letting down their children, and people in…

It appears that in the US determination to get a regime change in Iran the Gulf States are siding with America. Just as they sided (by acquiecense) with Israel’s strike against Iran’s cats paw Hizballah last summer. Under-Secretary of State Nicholas Burns clearly knew his audience in Dubai and the reception he’d get if he’d…

Nothing new. Palestinians are unpopular where ever they live. The Lebanese didn’t like them. The Jordanians didn’t like them. And now it appears that some Iraqis don’t like them. Palestinians living in Iraq have been warned that they will be killed by Shia militias unless they leave the country immediately. Iraqi police say the immigrants,…

It appears that Lebanese Hizbaballah leader Hassan Nasserallah is tired of knocking heads with Israel and is going after an easier target. His own country Lebanon. Thousands of Lebanese loyal to Hizbullah leader Nasrallah blocked main roads in Beirut and around the country at the start of what may be a putsch against the government.…

Commenter firebug at Durham in Wonderland points out this really wonderful site called Pandagon and a discussion of the Duke case going on there. They talk about the culture of rape that allowed and encouraged the “rape” of the “victim” in the case. If Federal Crime Statistics[pdf] are to be believed there is very little…

A friend (who happens to be a loyal Democrat) has just sent me this: FWIW, I am already sick of the above picture. Naturally, I didn’t know what to do with it, so naturally, I’m putting it in this blog post. I’d hate to be manipulated by the vast right wing conspiracy, though, and I’m…

Are people getting ruder? We all hear about the collapse of good manners — a complaint often fraught with cultural implications (“coarsening of culture” is, I believe, one of the common terms). And anything with cultural implications quickly morphs into a political issue. I don’t want this to be about politics, because I see it…

While Eric had planned to do a surrealistic RINO carnival based on the rhinocerotic art of Dali (the world’s first surrealistic RINO Carnival), it seems that something went awry in the channeling department. Eric was trying to channel Dali, but Dali is instead channeling Eric. To illustrate: Of course, Dali does not believe in politics,…

It was reported on Janurary 12th that the US attacked an Iranian Embassy in Iraq and detained five “diplomats”. BAGHDAD: U.S. troops in Iraq raided an Iranian consulate in the Kurdish city of Arbil in northern Iraq and captured six staff members early Thursday, according to Iraqi state television reports. Later Iran’s official news agency…

Over the weekend, a friend sent me a picture which reminded me how large a chunk of life a dog occupies in the life of a dog owner. Regular readers will remember Puff, who’s pictured over on the right and who died in June of 2005. The picture shows me on my deck in Berkeley,…

You can go vote in the election now, at Pajamas Media! And be sure to check the early results. Not to spoil anything, but a candidate I’ll call “Mommie Dearest” isn’t doing as well as I would have thought. (I guess the blogosphere isn’t Hollywood, and this ain’t the Oscars….) VOTE!

What is morality? Perhaps that’s a silly question, for we all know it when we see it and those who don’t are said to be moral relativists. By merely posing the question, I may have already caused hard-line moral absolutists (if such a thing exists in logic) to roll their eyes in disgust. One of…