Time for extreme pumpkins.
It’s That Time Of Year Again
Time for extreme pumpkins.
It’s That Time Of Year Again
Time for extreme pumpkins.
Building Stronger Bones
…through vibrators.
No, not that kind of vibrator. Get your mind out of the gutter:
Dr. Rubin, director of the Center for Biotechnology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is reporting that in mice, a simple treatment that does not involve drugs appears to be directing cells to turn into bone instead of fat.
All he does is put mice on a platform that buzzes at such a low frequency that some people cannot even feel it. The mice stand there for 15 minutes a day, five days a week. Afterward, they have 27 percent less fat than mice that did not stand on the platform
The Awakening Spreads
…to Taji:
“(The Taji Awakening) involves all the sheiks (in Taji), both Sunni and Shi’a. Over the period of four weeks now, it has gathered momentum,” Burke said. “The movement here has become dynamic.”
He said that the largest gathering of Sunni and Shi’a sheiks in Iraq occurred on Aug. 20 in the Taji area and that the terrorist forces in the area are now “on the run” because of the sectarian reconciliation. As a result, the overall quality of life in rural North Baghdad Province has improved, with marketplaces “flourishing” and critical infrastructure needs being met, according to Burke.
I’ve commented before about the evolution of cooperation, and its potential role in Iraq. It seems, finally, to be happening. Bad news for those who have been fully invested in an American defeat, on both sides of the Atlantic.
Armadillo Thoughts
From Clark Lindsey, and from John Carmack himself:
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Space Property Rights Open Letter
Glenn,
I enjoyed your space property rights article. I am a big advocate of space property rights [here, here and here].
I don’t think a race is useful.
Just In Time For Halloween
A tale of true horror: Night of the Living Democrats. Of course, Bob Hope beat them to it, by decades.
Making It More Explicit
Apparently academia is no longer satisfied with marinating students in a politically correct on-campus environment. Now they’re being sent to the reeducation camps.
[Evening update]
John Leo has further thoughts:
The indoctrination program pushes students to accept the university’s ideas on politics, race, sex, sociology, moral philosophy and environmentalism. The training is run by Kathleen Kerr, director of residential life, who reportedly considers it a “cutting-edge” program that can be exported to other universities around the country. Residential assistants usually provide services to residents and have light duties, such as settling squabbles among students. Kerr and her program are more ambitious. She has been quoted as saying that the job of RAs is to educate the whole human being with a “curricular approach to residential education.” In this curricular approach, students are required to report their thoughts and opinions. One professor says: “You have to confess what you believe to the RA.” The RAs write reports to their superiors on student progress in cooperating with the “treatment.”
The basic question about the program is how did they think they could ever get away with this?
Good question. But maybe, given the history of the past thirty years or so, it’s not really surprising that they thought they could. And the depressing thing is that they still may.
The deeper follow-on question is: where are the parents, who are paying the bills for these atrocities against the Enlightenment? Maybe if the word gets out, they’ll show up…
A Modest Proposal
Ron Silver has some suggestions of things we can do to make the world like us more.