The Canadian Forces web site has a message board where you can post messages to the troops. They might appreciate some additional condolences from the Yanks for the tragic accident last week in which Canadian solders were killed by a U.S. bomb.
[Thanks to Damian Penny]
Demonstrators in Paris have taken to the streets with signs proclaiming “I’m ashamed to be French” following the election success of far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Three Armenian priests in the Church of the Nativity, (you know, the ones who “weren’t hostages”?), escaped last night.
The priests told of “shocking sights” inside the church, including the beating by terrorists of some Christian clergy last night.
Nawwww, no hostages there. Just a little friendly S&M.
Of the many instances of one-sided reporting in this war, this particular incident is one that I find the most inexplicable. I’m still having trouble finding anyone who will criticize the Palestinians for taking over the church–all the blame for the standoff still seems to be levied on the Israelis.
Jonathan Last is shocked to discover that gun owners are not only human, but they’re, well…good people.
And I’m shocked to discover that the editor of the Weekly Standard on-line is shocked by this. This, to me, is simply evidence of how pervasive anti-gun hysteria is in our culture.
Jonathan Last is shocked to discover that gun owners are not only human, but they’re, well…good people.
And I’m shocked to discover that the editor of the Weekly Standard on-line is shocked by this. This, to me, is simply evidence of how pervasive anti-gun hysteria is in our culture.
Jonathan Last is shocked to discover that gun owners are not only human, but they’re, well…good people.
And I’m shocked to discover that the editor of the Weekly Standard on-line is shocked by this. This, to me, is simply evidence of how pervasive anti-gun hysteria is in our culture.
And now for something completely different.
What would we do without the Internet?
This guy is collecting euphemisms for “penis.” He has quite a list.
Now, all we need is an equivalent collection from Down Under for vomiting (e.g., technicolor yawn, talking to the toilet, etc.).
[Thanks to Paul Hsieh at Geek Press, who has an amazing ability to dig up wild and wacky stuff like this.]
And now for something completely different.
What would we do without the Internet?
This guy is collecting euphemisms for “penis.” He has quite a list.
Now, all we need is an equivalent collection from Down Under for vomiting (e.g., technicolor yawn, talking to the toilet, etc.).
[Thanks to Paul Hsieh at Geek Press, who has an amazing ability to dig up wild and wacky stuff like this.]
And now for something completely different.
What would we do without the Internet?
This guy is collecting euphemisms for “penis.” He has quite a list.
Now, all we need is an equivalent collection from Down Under for vomiting (e.g., technicolor yawn, talking to the toilet, etc.).
[Thanks to Paul Hsieh at Geek Press, who has an amazing ability to dig up wild and wacky stuff like this.]
As he promised, Brink Lindsey has come quickly up to speed on the asteroid question. It’s a good survey of the problem with some good recommendations, and I appreciate his commendation of my knowledge, but there are many who both follow this issue, and are more knowledgeable about it than me. I’ve just been fortunate enough to have a venue (here and Fox News) to sound the trumpet. Now that Brink has taken up the cudgel, we can make some serious public-policy progress.
(And I don’t know whether or not I’m smarter than Jay Manifold or not, but again I appreciate the thought and I doubt that I know more about this particular issue than he does.)
He makes one other point.
One final thought: I think it’s interesting that the enviro’s haven’t gotten hold of this issue. They’re suckers for apocalyptic scenarios, and asteroid or comet impacts offer real and plausible threats of ecological catastrophe. So why aren’t the greens all over this? Their apathy would seem to be solid evidence for the proposition that the environmental movement is often motivated more by hostility to technology and markets than by love of nature. Because here’s a threat to nature that can’t be laid at the doorstep of capitalism, and that can only be addressed by more technology. As apocalypses go, this one’s no fun at all.
Well, actually, it’s not really a threat to nature, since it is nature. If you’re a Deep Eke, there’s no problem with a natural event wiping out species wholesale, befouling the air and water, devastating vast expanses of the planet–that’s, after all, by definition, natural.
It’s only evil, and a thing to be battled, when we do it.
Never mind that we’re a part of nature ourselves…