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The Nauseating Political Commentary in Rolling Stone
2007-09-24 15:38:00 Yes, I know Rolling Stone has always had raunchy political coverage (except for PJ….and that odd period where they tried to become a marginally less titillating rival for Maxim). But Contributing Editor and neo-gonzo columnist Matt Taibbi, has one of the more grotesque and profane hit pieces on the American voter I’ve read this side ... More About: Elections , Commentary , The Media , Political , General
Charity Case or Prime Investment?
2007-09-24 13:35:00 T. Rowe Price has a new mutual fund and half of its investment is in Africa. Why? While the NGOs fret, those nefarious American capitalists have been paying attention: Loan forgiveness by Western governments has allowed Africa to cut its external debt in half. Soaring oil prices have driven annual growth as high as 8 percent ... More About: Charity , Investment , Case , Prime , Rime
The New York Times Ruins My Discount Advertising Campaign
2007-09-24 13:09:00 Well, shucks. Apparently the New York Times found some scruples just when I was closing in on a credible angle for making my business appear anti-Bush in a full-page print ad: After two weeks of denials, the New York Times acknowledged that it should not have given a discount to Move-On.org for a full-page advertisement assailing ... More About: Advertising , General , Campaign
Caustic Commentary on Chavez
2007-09-23 02:59:00 Ms. Feather’s has an awfully acute insight into sympathy for Hugo Chavez in Europe & America: And [Chavez] has the people over the first world, the international useful idiots who cheer his jokes like they just discovered a new favorite monkey in the 3rd world zoo. (CitizenFeathers) Socialist Venezuela as pet. It’s an apt metaphor, for the zoogoer ... More About: Commentary , General
The Miscalculations of the Myopic
2007-09-23 02:31:00 (photo: USMC) Since we’re plinking the Iran ian apologists today, the latest from Joshua Foust at ASHC: NATO keeps insisting it?s finding Iranian arms and saying it?s government policy, I keep wondering why they don?t think it?s the drug lords along the open border. I mean, the Iranians have NO reason to try to destabilize a friendly government ... More About: Afghanistan , General
The Southern Bulwark
2007-09-23 01:20:00 I didn’t see this report on CNN, but wish I had: Therefore, when recently the CNN Inside Africa crew went to chat with them on the streets of Cairo, their views were expected as all the respondents rejected the notion of being Africans in the first place. It must be emphasized that this same view is ... More About: Christianity , Islam , Egypt , General
Laughing at Distant Lightning
2007-09-23 00:01:00 Here’s some footage of Iran ’s “advanced” new tactical fighter the Saegheh (”lightning”), which the theocracy claims can match the American F/A-18 Hornet. They’ve recently announced full production of this little toy. (via MykSandbox) Ahem. Yes, it does indeed resemble the ancient Northrop F-5. As Lex puts it: Slap a dihedral tail on a forty year old airframe, paint ... More About: Lightning , General , Laugh , Laughing
Getting Away with Murder, Iranian Style
2007-09-22 22:26:00 (photo: Headquarters Marine Corps) It was once said that regional stability in the Middle East was impossible as long as Saddam Hussein was in power in Iraq . For me, given events, this was manifestly true. Faced with the situation we acted and acted decisively. Yet as nettlesome as Iraq under the Baath was, since its fall, ... More About: Murder , Iran , Afghanistan , General
Barrett Firearms Become Impossible to Acquire
2007-09-22 12:29:00 (photo: AtlanticFirearms ) How popular are Barrett’s .50 BMG rifles these days? Ha. Try buying one new. It ain’t happening. As military, police and plain old sport shooters have been gobbling them up, I’ve been watching the waiting list times creep up in handfuls of weeks. By the time it had surpassed the wait time for a Harley ... More About: General , Impossible , Acquire , Ossi
Cars: The Next ?Big Tobacco?
2007-09-22 11:41:00 How does the old Martin Niemöller poem go? “When they came for the Jews, I said nothing, for I was not a Jew.” So it was when businessmen outside the tobacco industry turned a blind eye as statists in Europe and America systematically raped and ruined cigarette manufacturers, destroyed the reputations of their executives and ... More About: Business , Cars , Automobiles , General
A Fuss in the Foggy Woods
2007-09-22 11:14:00 Sometimes comments threads are better than the original post. Our friends at ASHC get themselves into an example of this, when an all-hands-on-deck comment brawl breaks out between contributors MichaelW, Joshua Foust and Lance over Blackwater, Josh’s snide snarkiness and the threat of lawsuits. OJ Simpson even gets drug into this fight. What more do ... More About: Woods , Fuss
Canadians in Syria
2007-09-22 09:25:00 Canadian energy firm Loon is making an sizable investment in the Syria n dictatorship. Worse, the price of Canada ’s conscience comes cheap: The Syrian government will receive 12.5% of production, while the rest will be split between the state-owned Syrian Oil Co. and the Canadian company at a 71-29 or 80-20 ratio, depending on the production amount. (Edmonton ... More About: General , Canadians
The Price of Lunch in Zimbabwe
2007-09-22 08:56:00 Lunch for eight people costs a diner six million Zimbabwe an dollars (about $18 US). (Daily Mail) More About: Lunch , General , Price
Confronting Mugabe
2007-09-22 08:53:00 Nancy Reyes has a source telling her that former Archbishop Pius Ncube –the key figure in Zimbabwe ’s internal opposition– may indeed stand for election against Mugabe himself: “Pius is determined to fight Mugabe on the political front. All along he has been supporting other candidates, but none of them has been able to topple Mugabe. So ... More About: Africa , United Kingdom , General , Robert Mugabe
Ronpaulist Truthers Attack
2007-09-22 03:32:00 Ronpaulist 9/11 deniers attempt to confront Fred Thompson outside a private luncheon on their signature paranoid delusion, the dreaded “North American Union” (cue Psycho shower theme). Thompson responds appropriately by turning his back on the nuttery. It also sounds like the Ronpaulists were heckling FDT outside, with their stupefyingly idiotic contheorist slogans. I guess it’s better ... More About: General , Attack , Atta , Ruth
Poland Takes a Stand Against Abortion
2007-09-22 03:07:00 (photo: Bartek Kucharczyk) Conservative Poland is causing more trouble for the European Union . This time by vetoing the EU’s plan for an “anti-death penalty day.” Were Poland’s veto of this “sacred secular” political grandstanding not offensive enough to Western European sensibilities (the moral modus there being “death for the innocent, life for the guilty”), the Polish ... More About: General , Abortion , Stand
Have You Walked Your Fish Today?
2007-09-22 02:35:00 Apparently the fish-as-pet owner may be feeling a bit left out by the owners of more mobile pets. Here’s the pitch: “fish bowl take away. to carry your fish friend with you outdoors. by the designer Michal Shabtiali from Israel made [the] product for “kids with divorced parents” (Pan-Dan) Nadejda asks: “why? why? Why?” Because people are silly and ... More About: Fish , Today
Productivity & Christianity in Africa
2007-09-22 02:16:00 We’ve often written about how radically the introduction and spread of Christianity is changing sub-Saharan Africa , culturally, politically and economically (for the better, in our opinion). Something that is almost totally ignored by Western media. But too often we tend to focus on the Protestant side of this effect. It should be said that Catholic ... More About: Islam , General , Productivity
Filner Flips Out
2007-09-21 13:39:00 Democrat Representative Bob Filner, speaking as he was trying to physically force his way into an INS detention facility in 2003: ?I am a Congressman and I can do whatever I want, I want to see my constituent and I am not moving from here until I do so,? and later telling one officer to ?shut ... More About: California , General
Down with the Cult of Youth
2007-09-21 09:38:00 (photo: j’aime le cru) It being my birthday yesterday, I was once again reminded of the merits of the gift of aging. I’m a year older now and happy to be a better man because of it. How often does one hear that simple and obvious truth? There was a time –before the cult of youth ... More About: General , Cult , Youth , The Cult
Blendtec Finally Meets its Match
2007-09-21 07:59:00 We all know those fabulous Blendtec blenders will blend everything. Well, almost everything. Everything except Chuck Norris. More About: Match , Finally , Fina , Ally
Change starts with us? Vote for mandatory healthcare!
2007-09-20 21:59:00 Here’s the new Mitt TV spot. It’s called “Change Starts With Us”. In the ad, Romney criticizes Republicans for “acting like Democrats”. And while I’ll give some props to Romney for the ad, as I enjoy hearing Republicans finally talking bad about their opponent party, there’s just something really phony about this guy isn’t there? More About: Elections , Healthcare , General , Vote
Tase Craze, Continued
2007-09-20 04:04:00 (image: theage) Just an additional thought on tasing punk college kids… As I noted below in my Miller post, for me, the tasing incident at the University of Florida was refreshing to watch. And I don’t say that purely because of visual stimulus. Of course, the video was hilarious. I’ve always said that there’s nothing more ... More About: Conti
The Tase Craze
2007-09-20 03:45:00 So I’m driving home from class tonight… Don’t know if it’s the late night fatigue setting in or if this was the funniest thing I’ve heard all week. Shy of the actual tasing incident, a refreshing outcome to watch from the usual ridiculous leftist protests, this t-shirt made available through the Dennis Miller Show is ... More About: Marketing , John Kerry , General
The Perfect as Enemy of the Good
2007-09-19 23:21:00 John J. Miller has a lovely piece in this week’s print edition of National Review on the Ronpaulist advent. Although it’s far more sympathetic to the man and his movement than most of us on the rightblogs (who have seen firsthand the villainy of the supporters) would like, it is nevertheless very crushing. Miller portrays Ronpaul ... More About: General , Spending , Perfect , Good , Omnipotent Government
The New Rudy Ad Is Brilliant
2007-09-19 15:26:00 There’s nothing like deflating someone’s credibility as an anti-war advocate by playing old video clips of their speeches. That’s exactly what Rudy Giuliani’s team has done in this brilliant piece, targeting Hillary Clinton’s disgraceful flip flop on the Iraq War. To many conservatives, myself included, Rudy’s “attack dog” mentality is quickly causing his stock to ... More About: Elections , General , Three Amigos , Brilliant
Rush at Memorial Stadium
2007-09-19 13:58:00 (photo: BigRedNetwork) Apparently Rush Limbaugh was at the USC/Nebraska game with Ward Connerly and Justice Thomas on Saturday. Yes, I’m still depressed about the outcome. Good tales from Maha Rushie though: RUSH: I gotta tell you about the trip to Nebraska. It was just a hoot. It was unfortunate the way the game turned out, USC ... More About: Football , College Football , General , Stadium
Tase Him Again
2007-09-19 11:46:00 You’ve probably heard about this whiny little twerp (Andrew Meyer) who got himself tasered at a John Kerry speech at the University of Florida . I’ve no idea what he was getting at, whether his remarks were an effort at sarcasm or a genuine belief that John Kerry won the 2004 election (a contheory that Kerry ... More About: General
Russian Constructivism Against Crystal Meth
2007-09-19 10:46:00 Have you ever visited the the anti-drug site ResistMeth? It’s a rather odd site produced by public service marketing specialists at Better World Advertising, a SanFran & NYC ad agency. According to BWA, it’s targeted at “Gay male methamphetamine users, non-users and gay community” and funded by the San Francisco Dept. of Public Health and ... More About: Marketing , Russian , General , Crystal
A Music Thread
More articles from this author:2007-09-19 09:27:00 Alright, time for another music thread. Front Line Assembly’s video for The Blade, from arguably their best album: Tactical Neural Implant. The tour show of which was incidentally the best concert I’ve ever seen (Troc, Philly, 1992 ). I can still smell the acrid fog machine smoke they were using if I concentrate. Kitbuilders sexy and ... More About: Music , General , Thread 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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