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M. Simon sent me a link to a piece which makes some fascinating assertions about what otherwise appears to be a relatively simply piece of legislation (HR 3567), the operative text of which says this: For the purposes of any Federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married…

This is a tale of forensics and what appears to be scientific fraud. And wouldn’t you know it: climate hysteria. Let me start with the famous hockey stick. It is a graph showing unprecedented global warming at the end of the 20th century. It was the icon of global warming hysteria. The wiki has the…

Or something like that. In his characteristically circular manner, Jerry Garcia explains why the Grateful Dead never bothered with anti-war politics and didn’t write anti-war songs — in a video of anti-war demonstrations to the tune of “Cream Puff War”: All in all, it’s a remarkably good period video, and I recognized some people I…

mOST OF THE TIMES YOU HIT IT YOU WERE ACTUALLY AIMING FOR “A”, AND WHEN YOU SEE EVERYTHING YOU TYPED IN CAPS IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE SOME IDIOT WHO IS YELLING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. Fortunately, someone has come up with a handy, easy-to-inplement fix, which I searched out the other day in…

Quick question. Can cigarette smoke travel through walls? Because either it can or it can’t, and this angry woman has filed a lawsuit saying that her neighbor’s cigarette smoke did in fact go through walls of her townhouse: In an age when smoking has been outlawed in most public places – government buildings, bars and…

What did he know and when did he know it? When Democrat Andrew Romanoff made noises about mounting a primary challenge to Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), the White House contacted Romanoff and made an interesting — and arguably corrupt — counteroffer: Jim Messina, President Barack Obama’s deputy chief of staff and a storied fixer in…

Despite the occasional but fervent rantings of idiotarians like Matt Barber, gays in the United States generally do not seem to realize how good they have it. While Bush was president, an observation like that would have qualified as a gay Uncle-Tomism. But now that we have a “progressive” president who has made it clear…

Sarah Palin’s book Going Rogue: An American Life is available for pre-order on Amazon and it is already up to #5 and there is not even a picture of the dust jacket available. I guess she is not as popular as every one thought. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Wretchard and his commenters are discussing what to do before there is a breakdown in civilization. Of course there is the usual – buy guns and ammo. But what else could help? Stock up on tools. Even cheap Chinese stuff if it is not too junky. Voltmeters and for those who are somewhat adept –…

Is there a conflict between freedom of speech and freedom of religion? I don’t think there is, but I think the courts may have screwed things up to the point where people are forgetting something about the nature of free speech. A recent example involves a group of high school cheerleaders in Florida who were…

Anyone remember this cartoon? Far be it from me to criticize artists, but in light of this news report, I think the bomb might be in the wrong place: (CBS) Al Qaeda has developed a new tactic that allows suicide bombers to breach even the tightest security, as CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports. Inside…

For over 14 years, I have been running 3 miles nearly every other day. I had to force myself when I started back in 1995, and I hated running then and now. Really, I hate it about as much now as I did when I started. What I have never quite been able to understand…

I just learned that old blogfriends Kim and Connie du Toit have a new radio show that promises to be most exciting. The Kim and Connie Show begins on Saturday October 3rd on BlogTalkRadio.com. According to Connie, they “hope to present something akin to a ‘Salon’ but the show will probably take on a life…

There are those who believe that taking the Bible literally can be a form of satire, and cartoonist R. Crumb is one of them: PARIS — Subversive US cartoonist Robert Crumb, whose take on the Bible is about to be released worldwide, says people are “totally nuts” for taking the book so seriously for so…

The speaker in the video is Mr. James Duane, a professor at Regent Law School and a former defense attorney. Yeah. Don’t talk. The Mafia Code of Omerta. Silence. The Video explains why. Here is Part 2 by a police officer in case you need more reasons. Which brings up this book: Three Felonies a…

According to The Daily Express UK Saudi Arabia has green lighted an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. INTELLIGENCE chief Sir John Scarlett has been told that Saudi Arabia is ready to allow Israel to bomb Iran’s new nuclear site. The head of MI6 discussed the issue in London with Mossad chief Meir Dagan and…

The ever-didactic newly-Mrs. McArdle, taking what we all hope is only a brief break from breeding a new race of libertarian superhumans (Suderhumans?), notes a disturbing trend: On the other end, requiring LTVs of 80-90% would have made the markets much less vulnerable to a correction. … Meanwhile, what’s actually happening? The percentage of FHA…

In a painfully thoughtful piece, Hollywood insider Roger L. Simon looks at the Roman Polanski case, and concludes that he is a metaphor for Hollywood: Look, Polanski is weak like the rest of us. But in the end, there is something about him that is a metaphor for Hollywood – despite that he has been…

Illinois Republicans are making efforts to connect the Democrats to the SEIU in the race for Obamas old Senate Seat. Roland “I am not a crook” Burris (D – Crook County) is currently keeping the seat warm. Illinois Republicans are using a union endorsement Democrat Alexi Giannoulias received Thursday to again try to make disgraced…

Bill Whittle has a marvelous video that you should watch. And what is Breitbart’s strategy for continuing the attack? In a word make ACORN sue him. Which it has done. What was O’Keefe and Gile’s response when a suit was first mooted? “Bring it on.” Kathleen Parker suggests the next front in the war. SEIU.…