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Well not actually. It was the 153 Anniversary of his birthday. So I’m a day late. No matter. Tesla is always interesting. If you would like to read some Tesla in his own words (plus some other really whacked out sh*t) I really like this book: The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla (The Lost Science…

Ian Plimer says human induced global warming is the biggest con trick in history. Imagine how wonderful the world would be if man-made global warming were just a figment of Al Gore’s imagination. No more ugly wind farms to darken our sunlit uplands. No more whopping electricity bills, artificially inflated by EU-imposed carbon taxes. No…

Glenn links another calorie restriction study, but I’m skeptical the benefits will extend to humans, even if we develop drugs based on these diets. These studies are all of things that live much shorter lives than we do. Most likely, the diet causes them to express genes that we express regardless of our diet, such…

Nearly everyone has been talking or writing about Sarah Palin, and while that makes me feel that I should write another post about her, the notion of “should” acts as a deterrent, and makes me want not to. But thanks to an email from a friend, finally my neurosis has waned a bit. I have…

When I saw the supplement to yesterday’s newspaper, I was taken by surprise. I thought maybe a local gay periodical had been dropped on my porch, and I didn’t remember subscribing to anything like that, so naturally I had to pick it up to investigate. It turned out it was just a Detroit Free Press…

This is getting to be to be a pattern. Last month it was President Obama’s mischaracterization of Muslim history and his assertion that we were in debt to Islam for Western culture. I wondered whether he really believed what he said, or was merely trying to imply it for political advantage. And now the president…

Paul Krugman says that another stimulus is needed to get the economy moving. (from July 2nd) O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus. But does the president know that? Let’s do the math. Since the recession began, the U.S. economy has lost 6 ½ million jobs — and as…

Some interesting things are going on in New York State. During the long years of Republican control, the all-white GOP “conference” would regularly bemoan its lack of diversity, and make extra efforts to recruit minority Senate candidates and hire minority staff. During the first five months of this year, with the Senate under the control…

While I wouldn’t say that the story of Michelle Obama’s expensive alligator purse rises to the level of a scandal (much less a crisis), I have to say I’m glad to see it being reported: Earlier this week (while strolling the wooded landscape outside of Moscow), she carried a sexy black clutch, which Italian luxury…

Here is one petition I like: Stop Cap and Trade. If you sign, don’t worry about your e-mail. It will not be displayed. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Barry Rubin tells on Facebook Why Obama Doesn’t Understand Putin; Why Putin Doesn’t Like Obama Mr Rubin then says at this link: If one looks deeper into Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s annoyance at U.S. President Barack Obama it reveals a lot more than just the differences between the leadership in Moscow and Washington. Putin…

After years of Bush=Hitler the lefties are all upset about this ad comparing Obama to Ahmadinejad. One other parallel they forgot to mention in the ad is people taking to the streets (Tea Parties). It is true that there is no violent suppression in America but otherwise it adds to the parallels. Hitler got about…

In a comment to an earlier post, “Moneyrunner” (whose own post here seems to assume I’m against Christianity, in favor of out-of-wedlock births, in favor of libertinism, and in favor of anti-conservative “snark”) is upset with what I did not say: Our host… never once says that he would support my right to pray during…

It doesn’t matter who the Rs run. Americans generally favor divided government. And given the the #1 Democrat promised that massive spending would keep unemployment from going above 8% and it is now 9.5% and still rising it may be time for Change and A New Hope. (cue up Star Wars theme music). Since we…

Carbon is going to be the next big thing in computer chips. Carbon–the basis of all organic compounds–seems destined to displace silicon as the material of choice for future semiconductors. According to researchers, various structures based on the element that sits just above silicon on the Periodic Table can surpass silicon’s abilities in thermal performance,…

Questions like this one from Ann Althouse make me feel so out of touch that they hurt my self esteem: I’m watching the Michael Jackson Memorial. Isn’t everybody? Um, no. I didn’t even know it was on TV. While I did take a brief peek at the set earlier it was only to read the…

Linking a poll purporting to show that Americans have grown more conservative, Glenn Reynolds asks a good basic question: Hmm. Can this be true? To that I’m almost tempted to sneer, “Yes it can!” It seems bit counterintuitve that a more conservative America not only elected the most left wing president in United States history,…

At Israpundit Mario Goveia has done a guest post on our Sarah. Mario makes a very good point: The US left wing is justifiably terrified of Palin and have begun to realize why she earned the nickname Sarah Barracuda as a high school athlete. Unlike them, she stands as a real-life example of real feminism,…

I don’t know what I should title this post. Maybe “How I became labeled as a conservative.” But labels are the damnedest things. People start calling you something, and pretty soon the label begins to takes on meaning, and if you’re not careful, the label can influence your thinking one way or another, and you…

Writing about Honduras, and the fact that the US is now taking sides with Castro, Chavez, Morales, and Ortega in showing “revolutionary solidarity” with a would-be dictator, Victor Davis Hanson offers a disturbing but accurate analogy: It would be analogous to an Obama or Bush demanding a third term, illegally acquiring ballots to force a…