Author: Simon

Reason Magazine is where I got the video. They have this to say: Fichtner points out, three public policy trajectories converging. The medical marijuana movement is gaining momentum. People are increasingly wakening up to the fact that drug prohibition creates more public health problems than it solves. And, in the same way that the Great…

It seems that Israel is stocking up [pdf] on gasoline and jet fuel. WASHINGTON, August 5, 2010 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of unleaded gasoline, JP-8 aviation fuel and diesel fuel for an estimated cost of $2 billion. The Government of Israel has…

What is the common thread between liberals and conservatives today? They are believers in the power of the state to do good. Or in the short hand form statists. Or in the common vernacular fascists. All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state. Benito Mussolini I have always been an enemy…

In response to my article The Karl Rove Plan about the potential Democrat Plan to use legalization initiatives to get out the vote a commenter has given me a heads up. Fritz said… Yep. And I am planning to throw some money at the “Just Say Now” campaign that firedoglake is pushing. Here in WA…

It looks like the Democrats may take a page from Karl Rove’s playbook in the 2012 election. So what did Rove do? Turning out an extra few percent can be the difference between winning and losing in swing states, a reality Karl Rove exploited in 2004 by papering the nation with anti-gay marriage initiatives. Swell.…

Michael Tanner has a few things to say about big government “Conservatives”. Let me start off with a headline: Memo to Republicans: It’s Big Government, Stupid! Then how about some meat: Despite their repeated threats to stay home if Republicans deviated from a commitment to conservative social issues, it wasn’t the Religious Right that deserted…

This is one I published at Power and Control in September of 2007. I think it deserves a wider audience. Update: it appears that this was published at Classical Values in September of 2007 also. Normally I keep track of these things by adding a “Cross Posted at Classical Values” to my Power and Control…

You can download a free legal copy of Plan 9 From Outer Space at Moving Image Archive. They have quite a few downloads available including the hilarious His Girl Friday which shows the popular press in quite an unflattering light. They seem no different from the press of today except that today there are citizen…

You can find out more at runawayslavemovie.com. Also there is a nice discussion at The Runaway Slave Movie: Truth That Must Be Heard For Our Survival . H/T Jccarlton Talk Polywell Cross Posted at Power and Control

In response to a Wall Street Journal article by Kim Strassel a Journal reader asks an interesting question. JIm Altfeld wrote: I am a fan of Kim Strassel and think she is a helluva good writer. I also think she and many others good writers are missing a very interesting point. Why now, in 2010,…

By the Vince Guaraldi Trio. This a long version which I had never heard before. The short version of Cast Your Fate To The Wind was a Top 40 hit in 1963. I was reminded of it by #3 son who was practicing it on the piano. (He is really into jazz and electronics). He…

The video is a survey from the advent of man to the invention of the computer mouse and what it all means. Highly entertaining and well worth your time. And just today Instapundit linked to an article exactly illustrates the concepts discussed in the video: Progress on Alzheimer’s. H/T to Bishop Hill for the video.…

I bought a copy of Microsoft Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade [Home Premium to Professional Upgrade]. Microsoft says the upgrade will be easy and it has an XP compatibility mode for all those old programs I need to run. Plus I can set up Virtual Machines for things like DOS, Win3.3, Linux, XP, and who knows…

It would seem that one of our satellites may have been misreporting Earth temperature data for as much as a decade. US Government admits satellite temperature readings “degraded.” All data taken offline in shock move. Global warming temperatures may be 10 to 15 degrees too high. The fault was first detected after a tip off…

DRUG WAR = BIG GOVERNMENT As seen at a Tea Party Rally. Cross Posted at Power and Control

From the comments at Washington Rebel. Emphasis mine. Well, there’s no such thing as “conservatism”, and hasn’t been for a while. The clue is in the snarky references to marijuana. Marijuana and cocaine are bad for you, and that’s a fact; I don’t want either, and I’m not promoting the use of the weed. I’m…

Some times you have to divide things up to make them work better. At least in the computer world. Which is why disc users who work with legacy systems often partition their systems. What to do? And how to do it? Well I found the testimonial on this page very helpful. Well what does it…

Cross Posted at Power and Control

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics. – Maimonides It seems the trend these days is to skip all the hard stuff like logic, math, and physics (including chemistry) and go straight for…

I was reading Watts Up With That and came a cross this link to a pdf in the comments which describes the response of the State of Texas to the EPA intent to rule us by regulating CO2 production. In order to deter challenges to your plan for centralized control of industrial development through the…