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When I looked at the inner side of a pot lid the other day, I thought it looked like one of Salvador Dali’s rhinocerotic creations (a collection of which I featured in this particularly obsessive post). Dali thought that almost everything could be deconstructed and broken down into rhinoceros horn shapes, including human beings and…

I’m glad to see (via Glenn Reynolds) that President Obama is calling for some sort of crackdown on Yemeni terrorists, because so far, things seem to have gone quite well for them. Yemen’s Foreign Minister has complained that there are hundreds of al-Qaeda operatives who may be planning attacks like the recent one, and that…

According to this report, terrorist suspect Umar Abdulmutallab was refused a new visa by Britain and placed on a watch list. Today Alan Johnson confirmed Abdulmutallab had been refused a new visa and placed on a watch list last May after applying for a bogus course. Mr Johnson said: “If you are on our watch…

I hate to be repetitive, but reading things like the new TSA regulations really burns me up: 1. During flight, the aircraft operator must ensure that the following procedures are followed: 1. Passengers must remain in seats beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination. 2. Passenger access to carry-on baggage is prohibited beginning 1…

Yesterday, Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano was reported as saying that the “system” worked. Today, she says the system failed: A day after saying the system worked, Napolitano backtracked, saying her words had been taken out of context. “Our system did not work in this instance,” she said on NBC’s “Today” show. “No one is…

Gerald Posner examines the horrendous bureaucratic flaws that allowed Nigerian terrorist bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to waltz onto an incoming flight to the United States, and asks a question on many people’s minds: How did someone whose father, the recently retired chairman of Nigeria’s First Bank, apparently warned American embassy officials several weeks ago that…

I hate to sound like one of those NIMBY types, but when I read about the terrorist who tried to blow up the incoming flight with a suicide bomb, I was not terribly happy to learn that it nearly happened right over Detroit. While I’m delighted that there are heroes like Jasper Schuringa (more here),…

Andrew Cockburn, who is not a conservative politically, has a few words about what is really behind the global warming scam. You will note that the piece appears on Counter Punch which is not in any way shape or form associated with American Conservative thought. Shortly before the Copenhagen summit the proponents of anthropogenic –…

Christmas has kept me offline for the past few days, but now that I am back and finally have a couple of minutes, I thought I would show off some Christmas gifts. As you can see, Coco likes to be involved in the Boxing Day unboxing ceremony: The unwrapped gifts: From left to right, two…

I second this post! (What are you doing here?) Me, I’m back after a long drive to avoid driving in the snowstorm that’s on the way. Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday.

From Ron Bailey, the best piece on health care I’ve seen all year: What would the results look like? It’s impossible to predict all the specifics, but here’s one partial vision of what markets might bring us. The typical American might purchase high-deductible insurance policies that cover expensive treatments for chronic diseases such as heart…

Cross Posted at Power and Control

There has been a discussion in the comment section of Watts Up With That about the use of tow vs toe in the phrase “Toe the line”. It means not exceeding bounds or limits. A commenter there said: Aaagh! I can’t stand it any longer! The phrase is “toeing the line” i.e. “not stepping over…

Turn Off The Computer. Spend time with your family. And A Merry Christmas to all. From all of us at CV.

I have zero time right now, but regular readers might enjoy this post from David Swindle, “Conservatives Need to Reconsider War on Drugs.” HT: Michael van der Galien

Blogging from me will be sparse in the next few days, as I will be doing the usual Christmas stuff. Frantic time, but I will try to check in when I can. Kill the bill! Ho Ho Ho!

Tom Ligon will be on the Space Show at 9 PM CDT, 22 December 2009. That is this evening. The Maker willing and if the technical details work out I will be joining him. You can listen live at the link. Cross Posted at Power and Control

As if any further proof was needed that global warming hysteria was a pretext to invade people’s lives and tell them what to do, a “study” — by so-called “specialists in sustainable living” — advances the claim that dogs are worse for the environment than SUVs: PARIS (AFP) – Man’s best friend could be one…

I couldn’t agree more with what Gene Healy says here: In a party-line vote at 1:17 a.m. yesterday, Senate Democrats cleared a key procedural obstacle to a federal takeover of health care. With Saturday’s buyoff of Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., a pre-Christmas vote now looks likely. But Obamacare’s far from a done deal. There are…

According to Future Pundit (who Glenn Reynolds linked), the latest research shows that “dogs rule”: New research from the University of Missouri has found that people who walk dogs are more consistent about regular exercise and show more improvement in fitness than people who walk with a human companion. In a 12-week study of 54…