Month: February 2011

While I have long worried about the possibility of the government shutting down the Internet, recent events in Egypt show that what I have been told is technically impossible in this country has become possible — at least in other countries. The most ominous development to date is an actual proposal to have an Internet…

The title of this post is an ironic reference to a song by The Zombies. But the question has come up in reference to the Obama birth certificate question (not that again). And there are some strange alliances at work here. Gay run site Hill Buzz is quoting gay haters WND. Drudge has linked this…

Rick Santorum may be making a run for President. Back in September, I wrote a story about former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, who was jetting around to Iowa and New Hampshire laying the obvious groundwork for a presidential run in 2012. But Google Santorum and some very ugly crap comes up. Similar results come up…

As you may or may not know 14 Wisconsin Senators were camped out in Rockford. The first mate and I had gone out today for a late Valentines Day lunch (we often celebrate holidays early or late depending) at Aunt Mary’s on State Street which is owned by Sam from Albania. We had the best…

[This was not written by me but by I friend who wishes to remain anonymous.  I realize it falls under taking a sledgehammer to an ant, but sometimes ants deserve to be crushed with excessive force.  This one certainly does.] You know, there’s a certain kind of political radical that, observed from a safe distance,…

On Valentine’s Day of last year, I wrote a post about the long tradition of political ridicule, in which I featured an unflattering political cartoon of Thomas Jefferson:   It’s not very nice. Disrespectful, even. But presidents have been subjected to innumerable comparisons with animals. George Bush was so routinely likened to a chimpanzee that…

There is a lot of craziness going around about healthy eating. Last night I saw a TV news clip showing that poor eating habits (mostly in the South) have led to poor medical outcomes. I think I have a solution. “The Pink Taco Diet” I’m waiting for the “The Pink Taco Diet Book – Illustrated”.…

In a down economy, it’s easy to understand the socialist impulse. After all, if businesses are failing everywhere, and “The Government” has “All That Money,” why, it seems almost a no-brainer to use that money to “keep everything going.” At least until things “get back to normal.” What is normal? Stasis? Should the government have…

There are people living in the flood tunnel system under Las Vegas. Further into the maze are Amy and Junior who married in the Shalimar Chapel – one of Vegas’s most popular venues – before returning to the tunnels for their honeymoon. They lost their home when they became addicted to drugs after the death…

There has been an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in South Korea. The severe foot and mouth epidemic that started in South Korea at the end of November could have even more serious repercussions for public health. Some 3m head of livestock have already been slaughtered but now the environment ministry is concerned about…

As Sarah was having trouble opening the blog software earlier, she asked me to post something about the Border’s Books closure. I’ve echoed two of a friend’s posts on the borders situation on my FB.  I view this as a sign of the things happening all over — both in publishing AND in government.  The…

On Valentine’s Day of all days, Glenn Reynolds linked a fascinating article (by fellow University of Tennessee law professor Michael J. Higdon) titled “Fatherhood by Conscription: Nonconsensual Insemination and the Duty of Child Support.” Quipped Glenn, I was thinking of writing an article on this subject someday, entitled “Ejaculation As An Ultrahazardous Activity.” As most…

The first speaker in the video, John McWhorter, makes points similar to those made in the article Demographics. Here is a book with a rather ironic title given the subject of the video: Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market Cross Posted at Power and Control

Sorry to be posing what sounds like another rhetorical question, but the other day I wrote a post in which I worried about the security of the Sphinx and the Pyramids. I was somewhat cheered by a comment from Kathy Kinsley: Indeed, it’s not funny. However, I don’t think the people of Egypt would allow…

“I’ll wager $6,435,” Watson said in his pleasant electronic voice. “I won’t ask,” said host Alex Trebek, wondering with everybody else where that figure came from. Another step forward for AI, as IBM’s supercomputer tramples the organic competition.  Perhaps what’s most interesting about Watson is that it included a copy of Wikipedia — which came into…

From Glenn Reynolds, a quickie project: TRANSLATE THIS. OK, I’ll try. Help facilitate the destruction of human rights (which is what Sharia Law does) while claiming to be promoting “Human Rights.”

In a discussion of CPAC, Greg Gutfeld argues that religion alone seems to be the basis for some people’s distastes: …if you want to argue against homosexuality, you need to move it beyond religion. Fact is, if I get mugged, I can explain to the police why the mugger must be arrested – without saying…

Niall Ferguson schools some lefties on the amateurism of the Obama foreign policy team. Update: If the above video wasn’t enough you can watch the whole thing (11 minutes) at No Quarter. Niall Ferguson has written books. This one looks interesting: Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for…

Sarah’s son Robert (who wrote a great post on Post Modernism) has done such a marvelous job with the Blogfather T-shirt design that I just ordered one. (Hey what’s with that Valentine’s Day rose? Coincidence?) Quite incidentally (and quite fascinatingly, from a historical perspective),when I first read about the design, it was in Glenn’s post…

Delightful as it was to read, Sarah’s recent post about squirrels reminded me that there is no end in sight to the war between Coco and the Rodentine Occupation Army, which oppresses her on a daily basis and causes her extreme mental consternation. (Seriously, she is obsessed with them, and the fact that they cannot…