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January 2011

Random Observations

Poverty in the US is not simply a lack of money: Well, Ted Williams is back on the bottle, it...

Burning other people's money

Good (short) article over at the PJ "Tattler. Key point, about some peoples' desire to hurt "the rich": Are people...

WaPo: Republicans Not Serious

Top article on Google News at the moment: On public investment, Republicans again show they aren't serious When talking about...

"Birthers" not so wacky?

I've pretty much avoided the whole "birther" controversy. On one hand, I don't understand the alleged motivation: the "birthers" seem...

Shortcuts to Self-Esteem

LA Times: His hands and feet shackled, Jared Lee Loughner on Monday shuffled into the special proceedings courtroom in the...

More Defamation, Anti-Christian Hysteria; ADL: Christian Beliefs "Shocking"

The governor of Alabama is in a whole heap of hot water today. Why? Because he believes orthodox Christian beliefs...

Ask Yourself: Why Do They Hate You?; Part 681

1. Quasi-respectable American leftist gets access to the foreign press. 2. American leftist tells foreign press absurd things which confirm...

Today's Political Litmus Test

From Gary Varvel: Choose one: A. The economy must be "built", like a road or bridge; it is a kind...

Random Observations

Fuller, who? Eric Fuller, almost everything the media narrative desired: Victim, wounded in the Tucson shooting. Check. Blames right-wing rhetoric....

Adding Fuel to Loughner's Fire

It would be false to say there has been a lot of interest in Jared Loughner's motives. In reality, there...

"Unprecedented" Levels of Vitriol

... from the, um, "tolerance" crowd, that is. Via Weasel Zippers, and mentioned here by popular demand (the guilty know...

"Blood Libel"

Well, Sarah Palin is again a truly evil person. She claims she has been subjected to a "blood libel" —...

The Amazing Powers of Sarah Palin

Washington Post: Hours after the statement's release, two law enforcement sources said that FBI agents had found a 2007 letter...

Dan Barker: Irrational Atheist

There is nothing wrong with having poor reasoning skills: we are all different, and all have different strengths and weaknesses....

Danger: Space Aliens!

Anyone wanting to make a case for the low bar needed for a so-called "study" (the left-wing equivalent of holy...

Vitriol Time!

I'm having trouble thinking of reasonable examples of this allegedly awful "right wing vitriol" which is imperiling both our democracy...

Breaking News: Arizona has Talk Radio!

Well, this is surreal: A pair of New York Times reporters think the most pressing national news is... morning AM...

Jared Loughner, Phase 2

Well, I see that while I slept, we've moved into phase 2 into our public portrayal of Jared Loughner —...

Random Observations

Earliest Humans from Israel? Would certainly be interesting, if true. From a Christian point of view, all human history would...

Closed Systems of Thought

Arthur Koestler, via Ed Driscoll: A closed system has three peculiarities. Firstly, it claims to represent a truth of universal...

God Bless Egyptian Muslims

In an earlier post, I suggested that the west doesn't care too much about human rights. Many Egyptian Muslims, on...

Sex on the Front Lines?

In the comments of a recent post on DADT, the issue of sex at the front lines was raised: Ryan...

Fox Misinforms Its Viewers

A friend first mailed me the "Fox Viewers Misinformed" article — from "AlterNet" — an outlet whose moniker I take...

When Ignorance Seems Smart

A while ago, I heard a story, related by a college professor, about the high levels of self-confidence — combined...

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