Author: Simon

An article on automatic pilots sent me to the above video. I was amused. Just another bit to add to The History of Sex. Cross Posted at Power and Control

A newspaper report out of Connecticut paints a dire picture of heroin use in America. The destruction of the country by these evil drugs is nearly complete. We have zombie Armies roaming the streets whose only motivation is drugs and death. Painter also sees a misconception about heroin addiction, and the hysterical fears of a…

I thought I’d add a little to the dog treatment the Present is currently complaining about. Cross Posted at Power and Control

John Derbyshire in a critique of the Glenn Beck Million Christian March (Well really Restoring Honor Rally – but…) mentions a few things about “conservatives” he doesn’t like (I agree with his list – mostly). This is one of my biggest pet peeves: the infantile narcissism of believing that all life’s ills have a remedy…

In a comment some one was complaining about the tiny clique of Jewish libertarians. Tiny but influential. Take Alisa Rosenbaum for instance. A lot of people have.

Pat Caddell, Jimmy Carter’s pollster, says the Republicans will do well this November despite their unpopularity. On Monday, Gallup released a new weekly poll showing Republicans leading Democrats by an unprecedented ten-point margin, 51 to 41 percent, in congressional voting preferences — the largest gap in Gallup’s history of tracking the midterm generic ballot. “I…

Despite some people who insist on fighting a war, President Obama has announced the forthcoming peace in the Middle East, declaring that war will not be an impediment to peace. WASHINGTON – Condemning Mideast peace “rejectionists,” President Barack Obama convened a new round of ambitious talks Wednesday and vowed not to allow a fresh burst…

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. – Ulysses S. Grant I believe Grant was a Republican. I wonder if he could get elected these days. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Nate Silver is discussing Democrat prospects for this coming November (bad and getting worse) and says the results are overdetermined. …there is reason to be skeptical of two types of analyses: those that claim that Factor X definitely isn’t contributing to the Democrats’ troubles, and those that assert that it definitely is. For instance, I’d…

I an article on age discrimination in the high tech industries a commenter came up with this analogy. memomachine Hmmmm. Actually to me the software industry appears to have more in common with prostitution. 1. Time is money. 2. You can’t be choosy about customers. 3. Everybody wants you on your back with your legs…

H/T Jccarlton Talk Polywell Cross Posted at Power and Control

I was reading a post about economic collapse, H/T Instapundit, and the handle of the guy making the following comment got my attention. Then I read deeper. by Gully Foyle on Thu, 08/26/2010 – 17:24 In addition to the Argentinian survivor post above. http://www.thepowerhour.com/news/items_disappearfirst.htm From a Sarajevo War Survivor: Experiencing horrible things that can happen…

My friend Eric just called me this morning with a bad case of blogger withdrawal syndrome. He is at the Michigan Republican Party Convention representing the anarcho wing of the Tea Party. So he says. He also said that there are about 700 delegates openly favoring the Tea Party out of about 2,000 total. And…

Because of my last post Beat Whitey Night I have been hanging at some rather strange places. And then I came across Angry White Dude. Where I found this comment which refers to this murder. olds442says: August 26, 2010 at 7:05 am Black Bart: “”He didn’t bother a soul,” said neighbor Kathy Mathis. “He was…

In news about all the post racial harmony we have heard so much about lately, there was a Beat Whitey night at the Iowa State Fair. Des Moines police are trying to determine what led to a series of attacks outside the Iowa State Fairgrounds over the weekend that included the assault of two police…

I got the video from Reason Magazine via Instapundit. What is interesting is that two of his three key markers for psychopathy are: genetics and trauma or abuse. Those are the two markers that I have been saying for years are the cause of chronic drug use. You can follow my trail some by reading…

It’s A Beautiful Day. I wonder if Eric was in the audience?

Seeking Alpha is taking a look at the problem with bundled mortgages. And they are huge. As in bigger than you can possibly imagine. Mortgages bundled into securities were a favorite investment of speculators at the height of the financial bubble leading up to the crash of 2008. The securities changed hands frequently, and the…

There is a bill pending in Congress to require FM radios in cell phones. The FM chip mandate is an attempt to mollify the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters); under the terms of the Performance Rights Act, the [broadcast- ed.] industry would pay approximately $100 million to broadcast music on terrestrial radio. The inclusion of…

Tall Dave (as he is known in Polywell Fusion circles) wrote a bit on Israel: The Jewish Burden of the Israeli Paradigm. Here is the video that can be found at the link he posted.