Well, if anyone should have a time machine to the future, it should be the Instapundit! (Hint: if you don’t get the joke, follow his link. No, not that one–the second one…)
Comments Hygiene
I don’t know if the most recent cowardly troll is a new Anonymous Moron, or the old one with a new IP address (it seems to share a lot of features–lousy grammar and punctuation, sneering tone, use of the fallacious and idiotic “chickenhawk” argument, refusal to use its name), but I’ve banned it.
[Bumped at the end of the day]
I just banned another one (at least partly because I suspect it’s the same one–just with a different IP). I leave the comment up to show why I banned the commenter. I hope it’s obvious.
My patience grows thin over this kind of off-topic drive-by crap. This is not a site for BDS graffiti.
Reframing CO2 Reduction
There’s no way countries that are growing their economies the most will agree to stringent caps on carbon dioxide emissions based on historical levels. This historical-cap framework rewards the countries that have shrinking populations and manufacturing. Instead Canada (as also noted in today’s WSJ) and others are focusing on CO2 intensity. E.g., how much CO2 is produced per kwh of electricity generated or per barrel of oil pumped? These are measures that don’t hurt production and labor mobility. Some say they don’t have bite. But if a CO2 reduction policy bites too much (pun intended)–especially in a way that caps economic growth–then the growing polluting countries will ignore it.
Asking The Right Question
Looks like a lot of interesting stuff at The Space Review today. I’ve only gotten to this one, so far, by Mary Lynne Dittmar, on selling NASA to the general public. I was pretty familiar with most of this analysis, and it hasn’t changed much since I was looking over public opinion data that we were doing at Rockwell in the early nineties, in terms of the public’s ignorance of the size of the NASA budget. But she identifies the real problem at the end:
…the second category of responses that emerged when asked about how NASA could become more relevant was that NASA could do so by actually engaging in activities that are perceived to be of value [Gee, what a concept…–rs]. This response may be difficult to understand at first. It also may provoke a defensive reaction among those who already believe NASA
Musharraf’s Problem, And Ours
Stanley Kurtz writes about the resurgence of Al Qaeda in Waziristan.
Tragically, this may be the only solution:
No patchwork scheme
Musharraf’s Problem, And Ours
Stanley Kurtz writes about the resurgence of Al Qaeda in Waziristan.
Tragically, this may be the only solution:
No patchwork scheme
Musharraf’s Problem, And Ours
Stanley Kurtz writes about the resurgence of Al Qaeda in Waziristan.
Tragically, this may be the only solution:
No patchwork scheme
“You’ll Put Your Eye Out”
A failed attempt at the Darwin Award:
A 66-year-old man shot himself in both his legs Saturday afternoon while trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut with a 12-gauge shotgun.
The deputies described the man’s legs as “peppered” from his feet to his mid-abdomen with pellets, pieces of the wheel and other debris. Some injuries went as far up as his chin.
Surprisingly, no alcohol was involved. Wonder how he adjusts his distributor timing–with a Glock?
Anyway, I think he was just using the wrong tool. He should have used a slug instead of double-ought shot.
“He’s bound and determined to get that lug nut off,” Wilson said, who did not know how long the man had been trying to free the lug nut.
Apparently.
I suppose now the lawyers at the shotgun manufacturers are going to insist on warning labels on the stock: “Do not use as lug wrench.”
“You’ll Put Your Eye Out”
A failed attempt at the Darwin Award:
A 66-year-old man shot himself in both his legs Saturday afternoon while trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut with a 12-gauge shotgun.
The deputies described the man’s legs as “peppered” from his feet to his mid-abdomen with pellets, pieces of the wheel and other debris. Some injuries went as far up as his chin.
Surprisingly, no alcohol was involved. Wonder how he adjusts his distributor timing–with a Glock?
Anyway, I think he was just using the wrong tool. He should have used a slug instead of double-ought shot.
“He’s bound and determined to get that lug nut off,” Wilson said, who did not know how long the man had been trying to free the lug nut.
Apparently.
I suppose now the lawyers at the shotgun manufacturers are going to insist on warning labels on the stock: “Do not use as lug wrench.”
“You’ll Put Your Eye Out”
A failed attempt at the Darwin Award:
A 66-year-old man shot himself in both his legs Saturday afternoon while trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut with a 12-gauge shotgun.
The deputies described the man’s legs as “peppered” from his feet to his mid-abdomen with pellets, pieces of the wheel and other debris. Some injuries went as far up as his chin.
Surprisingly, no alcohol was involved. Wonder how he adjusts his distributor timing–with a Glock?
Anyway, I think he was just using the wrong tool. He should have used a slug instead of double-ought shot.
“He’s bound and determined to get that lug nut off,” Wilson said, who did not know how long the man had been trying to free the lug nut.
Apparently.
I suppose now the lawyers at the shotgun manufacturers are going to insist on warning labels on the stock: “Do not use as lug wrench.”