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Archive for October, 2008

Greek Tanker Hijacked Near Somalia

11th October 2008

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ARRRRRHHH.

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Quantifying the minority mortgage money question

11th October 2008

Steve Sailer does the numbers.

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Surging Amish Spreading Out

11th October 2008

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Some good news for a change.

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Antifa Shock Troops Do Battle With Filip Dewinter

11th October 2008

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The preferred tactics of the “anti-fascist” Left are classically fascist in nature. Rather than engage in spirited debate, they prefer to silence their opponents on the Right by using social pressure, verbal harassment, intimidation, and — if necessary — violence.

Demonstrating that they are, in fact, really fascists after all — as Jonah Goldberg demonstrates at length in his book — in a Clever Plastic Disguise.

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Sugar ‘makes you sweeter’

11th October 2008

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Sugar can help make you a sweeter person, researchers claim.

I am living proof that this is incorrect.

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Was Jesus a Palestinian?

11th October 2008

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Reports that the textbook The World: Social Studies asserts that: “Christianity was started by a young Palestinian named Jesus.” have triggered considerable controversy. Some maintain that this is a gross inaccuracy reflecting the intrusion of anti-Semitism, to which others respond that it is correct and so unexceptionable. The former are correct: the description of Jesus as a Palestinian is both inaccurate and offensive.

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Switzerland’s Green Power Revolution: Ethicists Ponder Plants’ Rights

11th October 2008

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The rot spreads even to so hard-headed a country as Switzerland. There is no hope.

For years, Swiss scientists have blithely created genetically modified rice, corn and apples. But did they ever stop to consider just how humiliating such experiments may be to plants?

I am not making this up.

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Sarah Maple’s exhibition poses questions that anger Muslims

11th October 2008

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The artist, who has shown at Ronnie Wood’s Scream gallery, has a new exhibition with a headline picture showing a Muslim woman cradling a pig.

I’m curious as to how one can tell, at sight, that it’s “a Muslim woman”. Since it’s “cradling a pig”, I strongly suggest that it is not, in fact, “a Muslim woman”.

Maple, 23, who was brought up as a Muslim, has already evoked Islamic wrath. Her exhibition at Rolling Stone Wood’s gallery earlier this year depicted Muslim women in provocative poses, including one suggestively sucking on a banana.

Apparently she just wants to be offensive. Well, Muslims have a way of dealing with that. Unlike Christians, they aren’t a religion of peace.

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Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider killed in car crash

11th October 2008

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How convenient.

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Al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorist chiefs escape Pakistan missile blast by minutes

10th October 2008

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They have to be lucky every time. We only have to be lucky once.

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Teacher leaves Britain for life with African tribesman

10th October 2008

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I am not making this up.

Bet you she drops a lot of that weight….

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Dodd and Countrywide

10th October 2008

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Former Countrywide Financial loan officer Robert Feinberg says Mr. Dodd knowingly saved thousands of dollars on his refinancing of two properties in 2003 as part of a special program the California mortgage company had for the influential. He also says he has internal company documents that prove Mr. Dodd knew he was getting preferential treatment as a friend of Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide’s then-CEO.

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World’s first Islamic helpline dispenses fatwas to troubled Muslims

10th October 2008

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I am not making this up.

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Women in black: Growing demand for female bodyguards in Britain

10th October 2008

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Kevlar handkerchief keeps your nose clean, protects against friendly fire

10th October 2008

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Hey, one of these babies can save your life….

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Obama Nation

10th October 2008

Jerry Pournelle has a premonition of what National Health Care will be under the Democrats.

That was with Kaiser, which is an extraordinarily well run organization — at least in my experience — and staffed with some of the most pleasant and just plain nice people I’ve ever run into. Now imagine this experience when it has all be nationalized and there’s a big national health care system. I can hardly wait.

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The pirate stories keep coming thick and fast.

10th October 2008

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Unfortunately, everybody seems to be caving. Boy, that will really discourage them, won’t it?

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Imagine My Surprise

10th October 2008

Vote to Save the Planet: Your Guide to the Issues That Matter Jeff Schweitzer / Rvive Books / $7.95 / 9781935073000 / 1935073001 / Political Science / Political Process / Elections / Trade Paper / On Sale: Oct 01, 2008

Dr. Schweitzer, a former senior science advisor in the Clinton/Gore administration, well-respected speaker, and Huffington Post blogger, pulls no punches in making the case that we must vote for Presidential Candidate Barack Obama to SAVE THE PLANET.

All this for only $7.95. What a bargain.

This comes from the “Drop-In Titles” service of the Unshelved comic strip, which is very funny so long as you remember that, like most public employees, they’re tofu-brained socialists.

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Risk Appetite Measurable With Brain Scans

10th October 2008

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Imagine employers scanning people’s brains to choose more or less risk averse depending on job needs.

Uh, no thanks. Imagine the potential for workplace violence.

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Man beats attacking bear to death with stick

9th October 2008

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Sometimes you beat the bear….

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Dinner lady ‘killed herself in freezer over £400 debt’

9th October 2008

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Mutant fish develops a taste for human flesh in India

9th October 2008

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Wonder if they’re related to the giant catfish that guy caught in Spain.

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Zimbabwe faces severe food crisis

9th October 2008

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Boy, those Zimbabweans are sure lucky they’re no longer under the boot of that oppressive white regime.

Thank God for the U.N. and the international community, or who knows what sort of hell they’d be living in now.

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British angler catches huge catfish in Spain

9th October 2008

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Jeebus….

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Researchers demo “unbreakable encryption” based on quantum cryptography

9th October 2008

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Researchers say “spin Seebeck effect” could lead to new batteries, storage

9th October 2008

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Azentek SmartMirror heading to “major retailers” by end of the year

9th October 2008

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My question is whether the display is too small to be useful. I don’t know many people who spend a lot of time looking in the rear-view.

“First rule of Italian driving — what is behind me is not important.”

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Peugeot HYmotion3 Compressor concept is high tech, low risk

9th October 2008

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And think of the repair bill you’d face if (when?) it falls over.

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London restaurant claims fame with touch-sensitive tables, colorful menu projectors

9th October 2008

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Human remains found inside crocodile

9th October 2008

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Dinner lady found dead in freezer

9th October 2008

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But the kids are alright.

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Truffles facts

9th October 2008

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The one with the hat is the human.

Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet

9th October 2008

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Some good news on the language front.

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Resident who chopped down trees to tackle vandals prosecuted

9th October 2008

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  1. Thank God you don’t live in Britain.
  2. Without eternal vigilance, it could happen here. Probably in California.

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Nebraska parents abandon teens in backfire of newborn drop-off policy

9th October 2008

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Good ol’ Unintended Consequences strike again.

This is such an absurd idea I’m surprised the Europeans didn’t think of it first.

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Firm Says Test Judges Risk For Common Breast Cancers

8th October 2008

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DNA finger printing could soon reveal your surname

7th October 2008

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What if somebody way back when changed their name?

Be ready for some surprises….

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Marginal vs Average Tax Rates

7th October 2008

David Friedman, son of Milton, who has forgotten more about economics than all four of the current candidates ever knew, explains it in simple terms.

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HAL robotic suit rental is ready for Tony Stark wannabes, the elderly

7th October 2008

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Call me when they install the mind-control lasers.

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Airline Threatens To Sue Betting Site For Taking Bets On When It Would Go Out Of Business

7th October 2008

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Some people just have no sense of humor.

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Man with seven wives is to become a father twice in three months

7th October 2008

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Good thing he’s not a Mormon or he’d be in real trouble.

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How to handle the crisis in your 401K

7th October 2008

Megan McArdle has some of the soundest advice you’ll read anywhere.

Don’t look.  Seriously, don’t look.  I have no idea what’s going on with any of my equity investments, because that is not short term money that I need to keep my eye on.

Preach it, sister.

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China cuts military ties with the US

7th October 2008

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I have a question: Why did we have military ties with a COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP in the first place?

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Studies Lift Hopes for Great Lakes Wind Turbine Farms

7th October 2008

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Certainly there are enough Democrat blowhards in Illinois and Michigan to power the country for centuries.

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A Nightmare for Sales of Dream Cars

7th October 2008

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Hey, don’t laugh, this is serious business for the readers of the Washington Post.

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Mr Gay UK tried to ‘attack boyfriend with meat cleaver’

7th October 2008

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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Ice climbers cheat death as waterfall collapses around them

7th October 2008

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Will they take the hint? Probably not.

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Olive oil ‘helps prevent hunger’

7th October 2008

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World War 1 artist went behind enemy lines to sketch German positions

7th October 2008

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Nowadays, an artist behind enemy lines is more likely to be drawing stuff for their side.

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Apparently The Financial Crisis Is The Fault Of Flickering Computer Screens

7th October 2008

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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