(Former?) Democrat and radio ventriloquist Phil Hendrie has a blog. With a surprising name. He’s not impressed with Cindy Sheehan.
Bipartisan Stupidity
James Lileks has some suitably arch commentary about the moral obtuseness of certain Presbyterian church leaders:
The Presbyterian church – not the members, but the learned elders – has announced it will use the church
Death Of A Skeptic And Aerospace Journalist
Jim Oberg emails that Phil Klass has died:
Phil was a friend and colleague for more than thirty years, an award-winning technical journalist specializing in avionics, for ‘Aviation Week’ magazine. His iron will carried him through his last difficult years against physical hardships brought on by age and medical errors. He had a bulldog persistence in digging into stories most journalists considered too technical, too difficult, or even too un-researchable, both in military and civilian aviation and space systems, and in his pastime of ‘UFO stories’. He aroused fierce enmity in many circles, most of it a credit to his percing intellect and acerbic wit, and if one is best measured by the enemies one makes, Phil had even more reason to be proud. I was proud of him and proud to be his friend.
Nadya [Phil’s wife] went on to say that funeral services will be held at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, plot 18-4, Section 8B, at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 14. They will be in ‘Temple Micah Cemetery’, located at 2829 Wisconsin Avenue, interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, which is located at 9500 Riggs Rd., Adelphi, MD (DC suburb).
She Died For Our Sins
An Italian woman was killed by a crucifix.
Well, At Least It Makes It Hard To Hide A Bomb
I’d like to see this woman try this trick in her homeland, say, protesting Syrian support for the Iraqi “insurgents.”
And I wonder why these nutballs think that watching mental defectives do a strip tease and covering their naked selves with dumb graffitti is somehow going to make us hit ourselves in the forehead, forget all of the logic and facts that got us to our positions, and say “Of course! The war is Iraq is wrong!”
Only in America.
Ten Years Of The Web
Patrick Ruffini has some thoughts on the decade since Netscape’s IPO.
Prognostication
My prediction was borne out. Except it was a day late. And on the other side of the country.
More Intelligent Design Criticism
Cathy Young has a piece in today’s Boston Globe in which she quotes yours truly. I’ll probably have more on this subject later in the week, but this is my last day in California, and I’ve got a lot to do before I head back to FL tonight.
[Update on Wednesday morning]
David Adesnick says teach the controversy.
Living Their Dream
I mean, most of them think money and greed are evil, anyway, right?
Amidst the financial scandal at Air America (which (not so) shockingly, seems to get little attention from the MSM), they seem to be having trouble meeting their payroll.
This (though off topic) is a little irritating, though:
Written by company Vice President/Finance Sinohe Terrero (this article confims Terrero’s corporate role), it inferred the payroll processing company was to blame…
No. It implied. The author of the above inferred. This confusion between the two words, apparently suffered by many, is one of my pet peeves (like the inability to distinguish between “loose” and “lose”).
Still Oriana After All These Years
Taylor Dinerman has a new review of an old book. There seem to be only two copies available. With all of the Apollo nostalgia going around these days (especially at NASA) I’d bet there’s a market for a new printing. The proceeds would go to a brave and noble woman, who could use some legal (and sadly, medical) help.