Sarah Baxter, on the moral and intellectual confusion of the “anti-war” left (both “feminist” and otherwise).
The peace movement lost a foe in Reagan but has gone on to find new friends in today
Inland Spaceports
Jon Goff has some interesting thoughts. I agree, for the most part. If Florida wants to continue to play in the game (at least for commercial vehicles), it has to realize that it no longer has the intrinsic geographical advantage that it’s thought it did for years. This is an issue that is going to take a lot of work with AST to sell, though, particularly for orbital flights.
Fauxtography
My thoughts on the latest Reuters scandal (at least “Routers” has never used fake pics…) over at TCS Daily, and what it may mean for the future of press photography.
Escalation?
If this report is true, it seems monumentally stupid on Syria’s part (not that there’s anything improbable, or wrong with that). In fact, it seems like a golden opportunity for Israel to salvage some face from what is so far (relative to Arab expectations) a disaster.
Israel could take out Syria’s tanks with a trivial effort, and no losses whatsoever. If they think that they’re somehow going to get the Golan back in this little imbroglio, Baby Assad (or whoever is really running the country) is even dumber than he looks.
Coyote Ugly
Faye Flam wonders if we really got it on with Neanderthals. But what’s really funny is the Freeper thread about the story (warning–not work safe–Helen Thomas photoshops involved).
Slump?
It’s the bottom of the eighth, and the Tigers are about to get swept by the White Sox unless they can pick up at least three runs in the ninth. That would put Chicago only five and a half games back, with plenty of time to keep moving up. I hope this isn’t the beginning of a collapse.
[A couple minutes later]
Dang, Chicago picked up another run before the end of the inning. Now Detroit needs four in the ninth to just stay alive. The way they’ve been batting lately, it doesn’t look good.
[A few minutes later]
Whoa! One out and two men on from consecutive singles, with the tying run on deck. Can they pull it out? Probably not, but it’s frustrating when they get your hopes up like this.
[Update]
Dang, two outs now, with two on first and second.
…
And there’s the third out.
They’re going to have to play better ball than that if they want to hang on to the division (and major league) lead.
August 13th
The Berlin Wall was erected forty five years ago today. And it’s been sixty-six years since the beginning of the Battle of Britain.
“A Murderous Tower Of Babel”
Minette Marrin writes about Britain’s disastrous multi-culti policy fashion, and its resulting tragic failure to assimilate its immigrants:
Today, in the borough of Southwark as a whole, about a third of the entire population comes from a black or ethnic minority
“A Murderous Tower Of Babel”
Minette Marrin writes about Britain’s disastrous multi-culti policy fashion, and its resulting tragic failure to assimilate its immigrants:
Today, in the borough of Southwark as a whole, about a third of the entire population comes from a black or ethnic minority
“A Murderous Tower Of Babel”
Minette Marrin writes about Britain’s disastrous multi-culti policy fashion, and its resulting tragic failure to assimilate its immigrants:
Today, in the borough of Southwark as a whole, about a third of the entire population comes from a black or ethnic minority