Jul 30 2007
Does anyone else find this extremely odd/disturbing/alarming? From the Daily Mail’s piece: Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp’s mass wedding. “They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia”. Obediently, couples move to a special section of dormitory tents arranged in a heart-shape [...]
Jul 24 2007
A couple in Florida has been awarded $21 million dollars after a doctor failed to diagnose a genetic defect in their first child, the knowledge of which would have lead to a pre-natal test to identify the same condition in their second child, who also has the condition. Had they known, they said, they would [...]
Jul 24 2007
Newt Gingrich on Presidential debates: Gingrich mocked Republican presidential candidates for subjecting themselves to a May debate hosted by Chris Matthews of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” “You’re watching an utterly irrelevant, shallow television celebrity dominate everybody who claimed they want to lead the most powerful nation in the world,” he said. Gingrich ridiculed “the idea of 10 [...]
Jul 11 2007
There was a long discussion over at Crunchy Con yesterday about a recent release by Pope Benedict. As was soon revealed by commenters, the fuss was all the result of ABC’s poor reporting. Essentially, ABC promulgated – incorrectly – a common myth: that the Catholic Church believes, doctrinally, that Protestantism and Orthodoxy are illegitimate and [...]
Jul 10 2007
From an article in this week’s Economist: Mr Obama is generating the most heat. An actress recently starred in a saucy video called “I [sic] got a crush on Obama”. (Sample lyrics: “You can Barack to me tonight” and “Univesal health-care reform, it makes me warm”.) It is hard to envisage any other candidate inspiring [...]
Jul 09 2007
Sad, but true. Excerpt: “The political brain is an emotional brain,” he said. “It prefers conclusions that are emotionally satisfying rather than conclusions that match the data.”
Jul 06 2007
OK, setting aside for the moment liberals’ conflation of sexiness and political viability, which girl do you think is hotter: The one from the I’ve got a crush on Obama video -or- The one from the Hott4Hill video? And how come no one thinks John Edwards is hot? I mean, c’mon, the hair?
Jul 04 2007
In lieu of my own pontificating (like last year), I direct you to the Patriot Post’s great Independence Day piece. I now leave my computer to celebrate America’s birthday in the American way: drinking beer and grilling on the beach. Have a Happy 4th!
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