Month: January 2010

Here’s an oldie but a goodie: It’s a PhotoShop from 2006, but I can’t remember who did it. Whatever the context, it seems appropriate now.

Last week, M. Simon emailed me a link to a piece in the East Bay Express about Berkeley High School’s decision to cut science labs. The article confirmed what Simon told me in the email: the reason was that too many white kids were interested in science: The proposal to put the science-lab cuts on…

Leave it to Sean Kinsell to point out gems I might otherwise have missed. In this case, some gay jokes by straight men. Sean has noticed a direct relationship between the quality of the gay jokes and the attractiveness of the straight men who tell them. I found Sean’s observation too important to let pass:…

Bill Whittle has made another excellent video about the American Dream. He talks about the efforts of the Alinsky Left to break our hopes and our dreams. The funny thing is even the left acknowledges the power of hope in America. They ran their election campaign on it. Bill’s diatribe is an exhortation to, as…

As a longtime advocate of sexual freedom who grew up in the West, I have a natural tendency to see the world in Western terms, which means that I see sexual freedom in Western terms. I pretty much agree with the IASHS framework of “Basic Sexual Rights” (which Glenn Reynolds aptly described as a “Sexual…

Climate researchers at Penn State are in for a nasty shock this morning. As I said yesterday, one of our jobs this year is to wipe the complacent smiles off the smug faces of the lobbyists, “experts”, “scientists”, politicians and activists pushing AGW. This is why I am so glad to report that Michael Mann…

In a comment to my post about the practical problems of constitutional issues, Veeshir stressed the importance of anonymity, We’ve come full circle back to when it was best for your gov’t to not know your name. Our only defense is anonymity. The right to anonymity is an important right, and fortunately, it is constitutionally…

I know I am sounding like a crank, but I hate it when I am asked by strangers to donate money. Not that I am uncharitable, but I prefer to select causes myself, and donate to them whenever I feel like it. I don’t mind being told about worthy causes, nor do I mind it…

Prometheus Fusion reports that the University of Sydney is building a small Polywell with copper coils. He has picture and a link to a series of Power Point slides explaining the work. Cross Posted at Power and Control

I’d like to get some sleep before I travel, But if you got a warrant, I guess you’re gonna come in. — (From the Grateful Dead’s Truckin’) The recent government harassment of bloggers who published a TSA directive (which I discussed here) is worrisome for a number of reasons, not the least of which is…

The two wings of the Democrat Party are the Crooks and the Communists. (about 7 minutes into the video) Part 2 – A Patronage System for Communists H/T Jccarlton at Talk Polywell Cross Posted at Power and Control

So many people on the left are wishing Rush Limbaugh dead that the death-wish “movement” has caught the attention of legacy media. Rochelle Riley (no Limbaugh fan) has a column titled “Stop wishing Rush Limbaugh Dead,” and quite predictably, the Limbaugh death-wishers are showing up in the comments. One champions his First Amendment right to…