…when Iowahawk goes after you.
On this Thanksgiving Eve, it is indeed a wonderful life.
You Don’t Want To Be Dan Rather
…when Iowahawk goes after you.
On this Thanksgiving Eve, it is indeed a wonderful life.
What Would Jesusland Do?
What would be the difference between Thanksgiving menus for Jesusland, as opposed to southern Canada? How would a “Red” Turkeyday differ from a “Blue” one?
Provide both menus, and prayers.
The comments are open…
Cranberry Recipes Galore
…over at The Corner. Just Control-F “Cranberry.” (If you’re reading this in the (more distant) future, go back to the November 24th, 2004 archives.)
In the meantime, I’m appalled that Jane Galt peels her mashed potatoes.
Alexander The Fabulous
That’s what it sounds like Oliver Stone should have named his latest cinematic atrocity.
Stone gives himself much credit of “telling the truth” about Alexander’s bisexuality as if it’s some progressive badge of honor, but at the same time he can’t get away from the cruelest, least imaginative stereotyping: His Alexander, as expressed through the weepy histrionics of Colin Farrell, is more like a desperate housewife than a soldier. He’s always crying, his voice trembles, his eyes fill with tears.
Actually, he sounds like an early version of Bill Clinton. If he got the lip-biting thing down, he’d be ready to run for “Alexander The President.”
The movie apparently tells us a lot more about Oliver Stone than about Alexander:
The movie lacks any convincing ideas about Alexander. Stone advances but one, the notion that Alexander was an early multiculturalist, who wanted to “unify” the globe. He seems not to recognize this as a standard agitprop of the totalitarian mind-set, always repulsive, but more so here in a movie that glosses over the boy-king’s frequent massacres. Conquerors always want “unity,” Stalin a unity of Russia without kulaks, Hitler a Europe without Jews, Mao a China without deviationists and wreckers. All of these boys loved to wax lyrical about unity while they were breaking human eggs in the millions, and so it was with Alexander, who wanted world unity without Persians, Egyptians, Sumerians, Turks and Indians.
Read the whole thing. It’s Mark Steynian.
Slick Grope Vets For Truth
Kathleen Willey says that Senator Clinton had better be aware of what will happen if she decides to run for president. Like the Vietnam vets, these women haven’t forgotten that she was complicit in the lies and smears.
[Update at 1:15 PM EST]
So much for Bill’s legacy.
A Private Trip Around The Moon?
Jim Oberg says that it’s possible. It’s certainly technically doable, and a cool idea. The big question, I think, is the market at the price that it’s doable for. As they point out, though, it’s certainly within the capability of many governments to do it, if they just want the prestige. I’m not sure that it could be justified scientifically. Unfortunately, the Soyuz capsule is too small to fit someone like this.
[Disclosure: I’ve done some consulting for Constellation Services in the past, and may in the future, but I was previously unaware of this.]
APS Follies
I haven’t (yet) commented on the American Physical Society’s little screed against human exploration, but the membership should be embarrassed over this. Keith Cowing is being threatened with a slander suit (why slander? Why not libel–it was published on his web site?) for criticizing it.
I think that they need to get someone for their public affairs office who knows how to actually deal with the public. Professor Lubell is not as bad as this guy (yet), but he shows promise. And now I suppose he’ll send me a threatening email, too.
Hatred
Cigarette-Smoking Man has an interesting post on that subject.
[Via Winds Of Change]
More On Stealth Killer Comets
Jay Manifold says we’re still being too complacent. This is one of the stronger arguments for becoming a true space-faring civilization as soon as possible, to my mind.
He also links to this collection of textbook disclaimers, which seems to be pretty popular on blogdex right now:
This textbook suggests that the earth is spherical. The shape of the earth is a controversial topic, and not all people accept the theory. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.