Author: Dave

Suppose there was trouble in the hood. Suppose you were the head Code Pinker. Who would you call? Who else? You call the Marines. Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, who can turn the air blue when shouting chants against American Marines called out for the Marines in front of Marine Recruiting offices in Berkeley yesterday.…

The Bussard Fusion Ram Jet has its own song. It might go well as an introduction to the Bussard Fusion Reactor. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Often, situational awareness and a move to initiate deadly force can prevent trouble. I cringed as I approached the greeter at the door with a bag in my hand. Thankfully, the elderly lady ignored me and we exited the first door into the foyer. I became vaguely aware of two scruffy young men behind us…

According to Professor Bainbridge European teaching on economics is not very market friendly. He quotes The Wall Street Journal article by Heidi Moore: Theil, who studied French and German financial textbooks as a fellow for the German Marshall Fund, compiles a couple of quotes from the books that guide Europe’s impressionable young into what he…

It appears Barrack “the Change” Hussein Obama is in trouble. The denials were sweeping when Senator Barack Obama’s campaign mobilized last week to refute a report that a senior official had given back-channel reassurances to Canada soft-pedaling Mr. Obama’s tough talk on Nafta. While campaigning in Ohio, Mr. Obama has harshly criticized the North American…

I haven’t been following the news much lately. I’ve been more interested in working on The Bussard Fusion Reactor (BFR). So I missed the beginnings of happenings in Gaza. So for those of you as out of the loop as I am and for those interested in a recap and the latest news. Here goes.…

It seems the Palestinians have invented a new sport destined for the Olympics. They call it baby rushing. Tiny victim : A Palestinian medical worker rushes a baby into the hospital in Gaza City. (AFP/Said Khatib) Israelly Cool explains. Not much of a caption. Brief and to the (painful) point. But look at the picture…

There is no truth to the report that Obama contacted the Candians and said “I’m serious about gutting NAFTA” [Youtube]. Instapundit remarks: REBUILDING AMERICA’S IMAGE IN THE WORLD (CONT’D): “Mexico and Canada yesterday voiced concerns about calls by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, as the Democratic presidential…

Barry Rubin of GLORIA Center is taking a look at the latest call to arms by Hamas. If it is to be believed, it sounds like a last desperate message from a cut off segment of the army hoping the cavalry will arrive soon. From the looks of things the cavalry is not coming. In…

I’m seeing a general discontent with politics I haven’t seen in other election years. The Right is not solidly for McCain. The left hasn’t even made their final choice. At Talk Left one commenter expresses it this way: With endorsers like Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, how does he shake off the “superLiberal” tag. I…

First farce then tragedy. Seinfeld gave us a TV show about Nothing. Obama is proving it can work for a political campaign. Why a campaign about nothing? It is obvious. There is nothing to disagree about. We can all join together. Nothing will keep us apart. Nothing will bring us together. Nothing is best and…

Well we have already have Ein Volk. The Unity Candidate who will bring us together. If this latest Obama idea is any indication Ein Reich is on the way. A patriotism test for corporations. Says Senator Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH): I’ve talked to Barack a lot about his Patriot Corporation Act, which is not trade…

You hope they are lying to you. Except when you hope they are telling the truth.

AVI was commenting on my I Won’t Vote For McCain piece and came up with this gem which I think bears repeating. It occurred to me over the weekend what people in other countries – even freeish, democratic countries in Europe – have for candidates to vote for. If free-marketers in Europe applied the same…

Obama Is The Messiah. “Just follow Barack’s lead and be honest with them,” [Obama’s] site advises. “You don’t need to debate policy or discuss the day’s headlines. You have a very personal reason for investing your time and energy in this campaign – that is the most compelling story you can tell.” Indeed, participants in…

If you are a blog fanatic, as I am, you see a lot of “Ill never vote for John McCain because…..”. And I agree totally with that sentiment. When I vote for John McCain again (I did it 9 or 13 times in the recent primary – hey, it’s Illinois we got to keep up…

Michael Totten has a new report up on the goings on in Fallujah. He covers a subject that I have touched on a time or two. The importance of pornography in changing our opposition. If you want a look back you might like Jewish Porn Sweeps The Arab world and Defeated By Pornography. How about…

A delightful talk about intellectual property its uses and abuses. By a lawyer who actually has a few good ideas. And don’t forget to think about Christmas and dating.

Instapundit has a bit up on the decline of the two party system. He has a look at the book Declaring Independence. So I thought I’d visit the Amazon page and figure out what is going on. Here is a bit from the blurb: America is at a political crossroads. We are growing alienated from…