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Archive for November, 2007

A slice of Mencius Moldbug

30th November 2007

Read it. It has truly been too long.

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Just An Average Night Of Car Burnings In France

30th November 2007

Read it. Muslims are just so cute when they’re angry.

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Sarkozy Says Riots Were ‘Thugocracy,’ Not a Social Crisis

30th November 2007

Read it. Pretty embarassing when the French are more sensible than we are.

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Heritage Areas vs. Property Rights

30th November 2007

Read it.

Guess which side the government is on.

Now guess which side is winning.

And YOUR tax money is paying for this.

Suckers.

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Fred’s Folly

30th November 2007

Read it. She’s got a point.

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Medicare for everyone?

29th November 2007

Read it. What happens when politics gets involved in providing goods and services.

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Objet Geometries set to unveil multi-material 3D printer

29th November 2007

Read it. We are on the verge of a new and highly exciting era.

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Hamas: ‘No Room for Jews’

29th November 2007

Read it. I have often wondered why Israel didn’t expel all Muslims as security threats. Guess they’re just too nice.

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A plea for more anthropology of ideology

29th November 2007

Read it. Not sure I’d be as willing as he is to give polemicists the benefit of the doubt with respect to these questions, but I’m naturally a cynical and suspicious personality.

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Emergent morphology and informative tautologies

29th November 2007

Read it. Why I won’t be voting for Guiliani. If I ever vote for a crook, it will be a Democrat crook.

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Social Engineers In Paradise

29th November 2007

Read it. George Will spanks some Democrats. Fun to watch.

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Trend to Fat Goes Flat

29th November 2007

Read it. No, I really have no interest in this subject — I just wanted to use that headline.

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Bill Clinton’s Claim of Opposing Iraq War From Outset Disputed

29th November 2007

Read it. Now there’s a headline from the Washington Post I never expected to see.

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For Lott, Money Trumps Service

29th November 2007

Read it. No surprises here.

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Google’s Real Innovation: Recognizing The Power Of Complementary Goods

28th November 2007

Read it. Excellent insight. In short supply these days.

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Harvard Hacks

28th November 2007

Steve Sailer points out the a lot of “big name authors” don’t actually write their own stuff. Of course, that’s been the cornerstone of academic writing from time out of mind. But it doesn’t hurt to remind people of it now and again.

That also applies to politicians who put out books when they’re running for President. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that some bottom-tier candidates run for President merely to increase the sales of their books, which otherwise would probably sink without a trace. Just monetizing the name, that’s all; if a football player can do it, why not a Congressman?

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The Death Penalty

28th November 2007

Steve Sailer points out a good reason to have the death penalty.

Of course, those who maintain that the death penalty doesn’t provide any deterrent effect will deny this.

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Flat Tax Fred

28th November 2007

Read it. Go, Fred.

The interesting thing about the Thompson proposal is that it will actually introduce a market (i.e. democracy) into the American tax system – and people will be able to vote with their money (which is the only kind of vote that is truly honest). And, of course, the nominal “Democrats” will oppose it tooth and nail, thus revealing themselves (once again) as the Oxymoron Party. (They’re all for choice, when it’s a choice of which they approve.)

The really interesting part is how many RINOs show up to join the Idiocrats to oppose it. A good litmus test, I’m thinking.

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Will the secular left soon attack the religious right for being pro-science?

28th November 2007

Read it. Why, they would never do that, surely?

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English-Only Showdown

28th November 2007

Read it. Of course, it’s all about power and money. Any Democrat will sell our culture down the river in order to get more of either.

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Open Source Rough Justice

28th November 2007

Read it. I am of two minds about this sort of thing. On the one hand, social pressure has for millenia been the way that what, for want of a better term, one might call “good manners” have been enforced. On the other, we often wind up in Romeo-and-Juliet situations that can be pretty tragic. I suspect that it will be a while before we work out a livable balance between these two concerns; I’m hoping that it will be sooner rather than later.

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How No. 1s Pick No. 2s

28th November 2007

Read it. Just in case you decide to run for President some day.

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Solar-powered kayak attachment nixes need for paddling

27th November 2007

Read it. We all want one, of course.

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Ruggedness: how bad terrain helped parts of Africa

27th November 2007

Read it. A reminder of how Arab slave traders have been in business for a long time — and may be in business even today. Remember, the Koran explicitly condones slavery.

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Back on the Streets

27th November 2007

Read it.

The study is interesting reading if only to remind oneself how crime is concentrated among a small minority of repeat offenders.

Can’t have profiling, though; that would be wrong.

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Four Killed In Protests Over Bolivian Constitution

27th November 2007

Read it. Well, that’s what happens as socialists consolidate power. Better get used to it.

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Shelby Steele’s book on Barack Obama

27th November 2007

Read it. Steve Sailer talks about Shelby Steele talk about Barack Obama. Well, I guess you had to be there.

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‘Give One Get One’ Is a Hit, So OLPC Wants To Kill It

27th November 2007

Read it. A very good illustration of the idiotarian nature of most do-gooders: They’d rather fail than succeed in a way that contradicts their a-priori political and economic beliefs.

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Omega 3 Fatty Acids Protect Against Parkinsons Disease?

27th November 2007

Read it. Time to hit the supplements section again.

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The Rise of Family-Friendly Cities

27th November 2007

Read it. There’s still a long way to go.

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The Lowdown on Doomsday

27th November 2007

Read it. The Sky Is Falling! Not convinced? Join the crowd.

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French Intifada Flare-Up, Night Two

27th November 2007

Read it. Our future, unless we choose to learn from the mistakes of others.

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What Michael Gerson’s “Heroic Conservatism” gets wrong.

27th November 2007

Read it.

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That ‘Top One Percent’

27th November 2007

Thomas Sowell points out some inconvenient truth.

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Follow the Fundamentals

27th November 2007

Read it. “Lou Dobbs is winning.”? What a bizarre thought.

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Maid Without Tears (1978)

26th November 2007

Read it. I graduated from college in 1978; I could have used one of these.

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Maglev wind turbines 1000x more efficient than normal windmills

26th November 2007

Read it. So naturally they won’t be used. In fact, they’ll be banned by legislation on some specious excuse. Mark my words.

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Philips super high-res CT scanner shows you from the inside

26th November 2007

Read it. Get in touch with the inner you.

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Siemens rolls out ultrasound-equipped MacBook Pro

26th November 2007

Read it. Not a bad idea.

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Democrats Give Away Veterans’ Benefits

26th November 2007

Read it. Take money from people who aren’t likely to vote for you and give it to people whose relatives probably will. Sounds like Democrats to me.

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Why is Dick Cheney smiling?

26th November 2007

Read it. Why not? If the people who hate him hated me, I’d feel pretty good about myself.

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Why don’t American kids respect their parents more?

26th November 2007

Read it. Because too many parents don’t beat their kids when they do bad things. Kids who are beaten when they do bad things cease to do bad things, and eventually develop a habit of not doing bad things. From the habit of not doing bad things grows responsible citizenship.

Pain is nature’s way of saying “Stop doing that.” Those who waste such a gift deserve the results.

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Bride, groom stopped in Iraq actually terror suspects

26th November 2007

Read it. Oh, no! Nuptial profiling! Call the ACLU!

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Rock syncopation: stress shifts or polyrhythms?

26th November 2007

Read it. No niche too big, no cranny too small.

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Automated paintball gun keeps the residence secure

26th November 2007

Read it. And then you inject the paintballs with butyric acid….

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Lott to resign by end of year

26th November 2007

Read it. Good riddance. It’s those like Trent Lott that people point to when they want to demonstrate that Republicans are as corrupt as Democrats. The manner of his departure makes it quite clear that “public service” was always about lining his own pocket, not serving the public.

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Report Questions Big Spending by Seminole Leaders

26th November 2007

Read it.

Leaders of the Seminole Tribe of Florida have spent millions of dollars from the group’s vast casino income on themselves and their relatives, a newspaper reported Sunday.

You would think they were in Congress or something.

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Fixing Social Security The FDR Way

26th November 2007

Read it. The problem with Social Security is that it’s a defined-benefit, rather than a defined-contribution, plan. If you don’t know what that means, we discourage you from voting, because you’re too ignorant to be trusted with the franchise.

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Cars Detroit Forgot To Build, 1950-1960

26th November 2007

Read it.

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Politics of Race and Religion

26th November 2007

Read it. Life at the Washington Post: A black Republican? How weird is that?

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