Random Observations about...
September 2005

Agent 86: Over and Out

Don Adams, better know as Agent Maxwell Smart -- or Inspector Gadget -- has died at the age of 82....

Religious Intolerance

I see peaceful Buddhists are at it Sri Lanka: More than one thousand Buddhist monks... attended a meeting held Tuesday...

More Proof of Global Warming

There's some serious trouble on Mars! The spacecraft also observed a gradual evaporation of carbon dioxide ice in one of...

The Most Violent First-World Nation on Earth...

Is, er, um... Scotland: A UNITED Nations report has labelled Scotland the most violent country in the developed world, with...

Product Review: iRiver Mobile FM Transmitter

A while ago, I'd purchased an iRock FM Transmitter (review) to allow me to listen to MP3s in the car,...

Affirmative Rescue

Oh good heavens... Witness: Hey, somebody help him! He's drowning! Five volunteers, in unison: We'll do it! (Volunteers begin scrambling...

Ted Turner on Kim Jong Il

How does a guy this dense get to be a millionaire? Or, perhaps more accurately, how can a guy this...

Air America & The Pledge: Having It Both Ways

During a recent listen to Air America I heard a rather heated ... uh ... agreement (since there were no...

Demogogues, Left and Right

I've been listening to Air America lately. For one thing, these people seem obsessed with Pat Robertson. While most conservatives...

Cindy Sheehan and the Unprincipled Left

People make the mistake of thinking the left, collectively, actualy means what it says. They remind me of the sheep...

Help Me, Obi-Wan...

Honestly, I did not think this was actually possible. And although I understand they use latent humidity, I don't understand...

AudioBooks: Just Not Getting It

I've recently purchased a nice, small MP3 player, and have been considering getting some spoken-word content for it. Yet content...

Greg Palast on Galloway

Sometimes, I actually get a twinge of hope for liberals, when I read one writing sensible stuff like this: We...

Why They Hate Us: Bush?

Powerline references this poll which seems to indicate that support for groups like al Qaeda has decreased in Muslim nations,...

Moby on Christ and Christianity

I keep seeing Moby referred to as a "devout" and "radical" Christian. I didn't know that, and was interested to...

Answering Abortion Ignorance

This isn't a topic I write about much, but sometimes inaccurate or half-true statements just need to be corrected somewhere....

Political Correctness and Propaganda

A great observation by "Theodore Dalrymple" (whose real name escapes me at the moment): Political correctness is communist propaganda writ...

Grandfather Twilight and the Department of Peace

Some things are just too bizarre for parody: Grandfather Twilight: Children are dying from bombs and guns. The moon sees...

George Clooney Hates Diversity

Apparently, it means you'll have to think: Clooney, who has just directed Good Night and Good Luck, which is about...

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