Month: October 2007

….the struggle is whether Hubal, the Moon God of Mecca, known as Allah, is supreme, or whether the Judeo-Christian Jehovah God of the Bible is Supreme. — Pat Robertson. Regardless of whether you take Pat Robertson seriously, the argument that Allah is the Moon God of Arabia is one which will not go away. I’ve…

One of the dirty little secrets in the so-called “Animal Rescue Movement” is that they take advantage of people who are emotionally wounded, and unable to say “no” to animals in need of help. There are networks of people who take animals in, and some of them are simply extreme cases of what might be…

So says Fred Thompson, responding to James Dobson’s latest attacks with what have to be the most refreshing words in the presidential campaign so far. Glenn Reynolds watched the interview and later linked Ian Schwartz’s video, which is now on YouTube: With all due respect, screw James Dobson and his repeated screwball attacks. And screw…

In March of ‘003 I did one of the first interviews with LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. It was a very interesting interview and got a lot of attention. Today I want to present a video full of interviews with police officers. The video is about 13 1/2 minutes long. You can get the gist…

John Stossel has an interesting piece about health insurance titled “Control Your Own Health Care.” He argues that buying a high-deductible policy is just good common sense: If people paid their own bills, they would likely buy high-deductible insurance (roughly $1,000 for individuals, $2,100 for families) because on average, the premium is $1,300 cheaper. But…

Accomplishment-wise, Coco is ahead of most dogs. While I don’t like to brag about her excessively lest she develop a swelled head, I had a chance to review some of her many accomplishments today, and I have to say, she could cobble together an impressive resume. Not only has she reviewed and tested a number…

Last week, Rudy Giuliani interrupted a speech to the NRA in order to chat with his wife on the cell phone: Most Americans understand it takes an extra chromosome to run for President, but there are some limits on odd behavior. Which makes us wonder what Rudy Giuliani was thinking last Friday when he accepted,…

I was having a discussion of a post at Classical Values My People with Brett. Let me reprise the gist of the short post: If Hitler put them in camps they are my people. Count me with the Jews, the gays, the mental defectives, and the drug users. Brett then asks: What I don’t understand…

Totalitarians always find some group characteristic that is “objectionable” and use it to have a nice little pogrom on the group. Schizophrenics take drugs. Alcohol and cigarettes in excess. They seem to also like other drugs to self medicate. Pot being among the more popular. Heroin for those with more serious trouble. Our war on…

An off topic discussion at Climate Audit was considering Fenton/Soros and their relationship to the AGW (man made global warming) movement and how Soros intended to profit from his rent-a-mobs: If I was a savvy investor with inside connections I wouldn’t place my bets until my objective was nearly a sure thing. First generate a…

And how I hate repeating myself! The problem is, when history repeats itself, and you’ve seen it before, what else can you do? When I read about the third party threat by religious conservatives, I started a post titled “Good News for Hillary,” but now I see (via Glenn Reynolds) that the Anchoress has done…

Roberto, a grower of the herb yerba mate who lives near Yaguaron, tells me that Paraguayans “need another Stroessner to stop Lugo.” He is one of those who fall into the trap of thinking that the alternative to left-wing populism is right-wing authoritarianism. “He did some nasty things to some people,” Roberto acknowledges of the…

“Distrust anyone in whom the desire to punish is powerful” Friedrich Nietzsche

I’m having an e-mail discussion with a rabid “punish the drug users until they quit or die” type. Here is my response: If Hitler put them in camps they are my people. Sad that they are not yours. Count me with the Jews, the gays, the mental defectives, and the drug users. Cross Posted at…

Hmmm… Maybe the title should be “Why I won’t email Oprah.” Anyway, I get email. And the latest is from a man named Justin Hart, who’s with an organization I’d never heard of before called Family Fragments, which is in turn run by the Lighted Candle Society. Here’s the email: Subject: O Oprah…! ES –…

Evan Coyne Maloney has made a film. Here are some out takes. Here is what the makers have to say about about the subject matter. Speech codes. Censorship. Enforced political conformity. Hostility to diversity of opinion. Sensitivity training. We usually associate such things with the worst excesses of fascism and communism, not with the American…

Click on the photo for more pictures HT Ikar M.

In Oakland, California (antiwar leftist Mayor Ron Dellums’ town), 204 Marines were prevented from being allowed into passenger terminal: In short: “On September 27th 204 Marines and soldiers who were returning from Iraq were not allowed into the passenger terminal at Oakland International Airport.Instead they had to deplane about 400 yards away from the terminal…

It was painful to watch peaceful Buddhist monks brutally crushed in Burma. Too painful. Pacifists (and the related “conflict resolution” people) who are against all violence must have especially hated seeing how well pacifism works as a strategy when you’re not Mahatma Ghandi, and the enemy does not consist of sentimental British rulers who believe…

As I often do when I have an idle moment I follow strange links to see where they lead. This one is strange indeed. Police in the Chandra Levy murder mystery are investigating a link between Levy and “madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey, whose “little black book” may contain the name of the man who killed…