Archive for December, 2004

AN EMAIL FROM NORTHERN SCOTLAND: Blogger Dave Terron is a distinguished British soldier and I felt honoured to receive the following email from him about the Scottish/English rivalry that I noted in my Christmas-day post. And, given the Scottish passion for celebrating the new year, it feels very right to start off with... »

AN EMAIL FROM NORTHERN SCOTLAND: Blogger Dave Terron is a distinguished British soldier and I felt honoured to receive the following email from him about the Scottish/English rivalry that I noted in my Christmas-day post. And, given the Scottish passion for celebrating the new year, it feels very right to start off with... »

 Robert Meyer has taken his swipe at evolution. To give him all due credit, he handles the subject about as well as most critics do. Which is to say, about as well as fish handle tap dancing. It’s not his fault, or at least not entirely. He’s never been taught science. He has... »

From: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/eibessential2/the_occupation_of_germany.guest.html “Headline: Germans Reveal Hate of Americans. Oct. 31, 1945. (Stories) The German attitude toward the American occupation forces has swung from apathy and surface friendliness to active dislike. According to a military government official, this is finding expression in the organization of numerous local anti-American organizations throughout the zone... »

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=2&u=/nm/20041231/pl_nm/quake_usa_aid_dc The president said the dramatic increase in assistance, which eclipsed a $250 million aid pledge from the World Bank (news – web sites), was based on initial the findings of U.S. assessment teams in hard-hit areas of southeastern and central Asia, and on a recommendation from senior officials including ... »

http://www.un.org/apps/sg/offthecuff.asp?nid=660 Q: Mr. Secretary, picking up on Richard’s question, I think a lot of people are asking exactly why you waited three days on vacation in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, before you decided to fly back to New York in the face of this extraordinary crisis. Could you give us a full... »

FOXNews.com – U.S. & World – Boy Handed Over in Three-Way Custody Battle A summary, because the story is confusing, and you need a scorecard. Boyfriend and Girlfriend make a baby. It indicates she alleges an assault, but not by whom. Only that it was “In the residence.” As the feminized media lapdogs don’t label... »

This is one of the few events in Chicago where the women actually are interested to talk to guys. I’d put it up there with the Green Tie as the best two nights out in the city. »

The doubts about the validity of Christine Gregoire’s victory in the recent manual recount continue, as the GOP wants to know why the list of voters in King County who cast valid ballots does not match the actual number of votes certified. As has been the case since Election Day, much of the attention... »

This could be a lot of fun if he really does it. Really bizarre, but fun nonetheless. If it were a country song, the hero might be a love-struck cowboy astride a lame horse chasing after a doe-eyed girl who’s bound for the altar in the arms of another. But if it were a... »

John Podhoretz is frustrated by how politicized the tsunami situation has become. He points out that we should be focused on helping those effected by the disaster instead of exploiting it as a way to take cheap shots at George Bush and the United States. THE political and ideological exploitation of perhaps the worst natural... »

From the “and you thought you were having a bad day” department: Anna Nicole Smith has lost 88.5 million… and not pounds this time. A Federal Appeals Court threw out a judge’s ruling that gave Smith $88.5 million of her former husband’s estate. Smith married J. Howard Marshall when she was 26 and she was... »

Okay, this article may be blowing things a bit out of proportion, but this is still awfully disturbing news. On Patong Beach and Kata Beach – where hundreds died or disappeared four days ago – the smell of suntan lotion wafted from the shore as a new influx of tourists determinedly ignored the carnage... »

Alan Brain at Command Post shows graphically that the tsunami that just struck Southeast Asia, as horrible and devastating as it was, could have been significantly worse if the direction of the waves was focused a bit differently. »

If you’re one of these people, like my aunt in Florida, who still believe that the economy is in bad shape, you might want to take a look at this. Of course, my aunt still thinks Al Gore won the election in 2000, so maybe I shouldn’t use her as an example. It’s been... »

This is really frightening. The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the sandbox: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday. That is up from 7 percent in 1994, according to the heart association’s annual statistical report on heart disease and stroke. The 10... »

The U.S. military is at the frontlines of the tsunami disaster, helping to deliver aid to those who need it in Indonesia. A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier battle group is heading from Hong Kong to the shores of Sumatra. The first of many Air Force C-130 cargo planes has landed in Indonesia... »

A LEFTIST GAME-PLAN FOR 2008 It is pleasing to see a post on Daily Kos that shows a considerable grip on reality. Some of his attempts to deal with the reality concerned are a bit amusing, though. The point of the post is to tell Democrats how to change their message so that... »

A LEFTIST GAME-PLAN FOR 2008 It is pleasing to see a post on Daily Kos that shows a considerable grip on reality. Some of his attempts to deal with the reality concerned are a bit amusing, though. The point of the post is to tell Democrats how to change their message so that... »

2005 Predictions: 1. Yakov will begin teaching a university course on advanced fisting techniques. 2. Gus will be knighted and stop talking to us. 3. Pete will join Southwest as an engineer/greetor type. 4. Mike will display the link/name of the blog in 78 point font above “MND.” Okay, that’ll never happen. 5. The Lions will go 8-8 next year... »