tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83689542011-08-01T21:04:40.379-04:00An eccentric fellow's fitful filibusters...PSGInfinityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09778921507090905909noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368954.post-36141283998035422642009-10-12T23:34:00.000-04:002009-10-12T23:34:14.172-04:00

Orin Judd runs a website that appears to be heavily weighted toward reviewing various media.  One of the blogs I read linked to this review of Lewis Sorley's A Better War.  I'm highlighting it because it dovetails with the views of many Vietnam-era vets that I've come to respect over the years. Namely, we had the war won, and a series of stupid and/or malicious actions threw that win away.

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Maureen Dowd is one of the many NY Times columnists whose seeming specialty is driving the sane crazy.  However, every once in a while, when she has the truth at her back and bellyful of righteous rage, it’s a joy to read her work, as in this piece demolishing the Obama Nobel Prize.  When she’s on, there are few finer, and it makes sense for the Graying Lady to have her.  And for all the grief

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Wow...

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It occurred to me that when we recommend a new experience to someone - a restaurant, movie, or what-have-you, we're also subtly hyping our own insightfulness...

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Steve McIntyre is a retired statistician who decided to fact-check the claims of the AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) crowd. What he found was a disturbing lack of openness compounded by a one-way error pattern that suggested something else besides science was afoot. Recently, however, he was able to get his mitts on the key data behind the infamous, and debunked, hockey-stick graph. In this

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During his speech...I heard former President Bush ruefully ponder misunderestimated eloquence. I felt the plinking of popcorn bouncing off Michael Savage's TV. And I saw Jack Kennedy looking down from Heaven, beaming with pride.

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The Battle of the Sexes, round 156,423,212,090...So Sen. Clinton got caught looking less than perfect the other day. Matt Drudge posted this pic on his website, Rush Limbaugh asked if America's ready for an aging woman president, and the debate was on. Ann Althouse, law professor and fine blogress, waded in by asking if standards were impossibly high standards apply to men as well.The

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I spent the evening having fun on this thread at LittleGreenFootballs. A convivial, 1,000+ post chat session that focused on customizable avatars, Charles Johnson's newest toy. "WriterMom" and "Noam Sayin'" coined "Enviroyenta", while I added "Enviroyentas" and "Enviroyentalist". Later, "MandyManners" was the center of a long retail theft thread. Further on, "realwest" schooled me on NY

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I noticed this sign while sitting on a bench at Bethesda Place. It's a pity this classy, refined sign is now hidden by foliage the photo hints at; I may be the only non-groundskeeper to see it in months.

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Yes, I've been quiet for two years. Best laid plans, and all that. I've concluded that I actually need to read less, and write more, both diary/short stories and blog posts. You likely won't see the stories; aren't the posts punishment enough?But anyway, fall Sunday's in DCTown are surprisingly pleasant. Today was in the mid-70;s, sunny, low humidity, with a nip in the air. Love it. Opted

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Today's WaPo Outlook section has a lengthy piece by Gebreselassie Tesfamichael, former Eritrean finance minister, that recaps Africa's developmental woes. The Man Bites Dog aspect is that he's not pleading for big bucks. He's pleading, instead, for support of Africa's reformers. His emphasis is spot-on. With transparancy, accountability, and the rule of law, a nation can develop with

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"Mona Eltahawy is a New York-based columnist for the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat". And she has a great op-ed in today's WaPo. From hatemongering clerics to liberal apologists, she takes the relevant jackfools to task.First Money graf:"I'm sure it was also those dog-eared statements that our clerics and religious leaders read out telling us that Islam means peace -- it actually means

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Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog. I've changed the template, and found that Blogger added a links section. Hence, my first attempt at a blogroll. Hi Betsy and Jheka! I hope to blog a little less infrequently more frequently. But, we'll see...

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I got the idea for this post while perusing Betsy Newmark's fine blog. This post extends the comment I made on this post.Betsy wondered if this wasn't being glossed over because it's a repudiation of John Sweeney's longstanding ties to the Left. She has a point. The MainStream Media's tendencies are well - documented, and not worth rehashing now. I wanted to focus on her other point: that

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Betsy Newmark has a very nice little blog going, click the title to go visiting. I mention this because I had fun with three or four Lefties today. Here's the link for the thread.

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I haven't blogged for a good couple of months, more on that [in a few days]. But Jheka over at LGF asked about my lack o'blogroll. No good reason, so it's on the to-do list. Next week, maybe? Meantime, If you like this site, you'll certainly like his, so please check him out. (Hint: click the title of this post). ;)

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Hillary is seeking middle ground on abortion. In a speech in Albany, she restated her support for Roe v Wade, but pointedly noted that "faith and organized religion were the "primary" reasons teenagers abstained from sexual relations" (fedora tip: Mr. Matt). The Insightful Bartender thinks moving to the center is a good idea. She got a gasp from the crowd when she revealed that '7% of the women

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I saw this post at BuzzMachine, and it got me to put in words something that has been bothering me for years. I've long felt that the First Amendment was being used as a Trojan Horse by Big Media. Consider it from GM's point of view: How would you like to duck behind an Iwo Jima-esque defensive wall, obliterating all but the most cursory restrictions on your product, but still get to treat

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There is a subscription-based infopinion© site called To The Point that I don't read. Fortunately for me, WorldNetDaily does, because "Point's" Dr. Jack Wheeler has a provocative article. His thesis is brutally simple: the reason the U.S. hasn't been attacked since 9/11 is that Bush has warned Osama that another attack will provoke a nuclear retaliation against Mecca. And that part of the

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I got a chance to see Nora Graves, Eric and Amy's first, on Christmas Day. I also got to try out this nice consumer camera I bought, thanks to saved BestBuy Gift Cards. I like fast, easy, and versatile, and gift cards really fit the bill. Pics are up on my website, please click the title for the linky. I'm still working on posts about Scoop Jackson and the Iraq Funnel Disruption. But in the

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And here, courtesy of INDCJournal is a hilarious Santa slideshow! Enjoy!

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Thought so. Probably shoulda posted a follow-up. but anyway... Once baseball started to make softer, "let's work this out" overtures, I figured a deal could get done, but didn't post that thought. I guess I preferred to wait-and-see how it turned out. The original deal stands. Here are the changes: D.C. will seek, but not require, partial private financing. Major League Baseball (MLB) agreed

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Well, the kangaroo court that is the D.C. City Council has struck again. This revolting menagerie of maniacal genetic misfits has deigned to weigh in on the D.C. Nationals Baseball Stadium deal. And they killed it. D.C. has been waiting thirty three years to get a baseball team back, and now the window is shutting, forever. The deal was to be financed by bonds that would be repaid by local

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This is adapted from my post to a thread on Polipundit's web site. The ACLU was at it again, and it proved to be a hot-button issue, with over 150 posts. Since most of them were quite good, I commend the whole thread to you. This post's title is a link to the thread. I hope you enjoy... It seems to me that Creationists and Evolutionists aren't fighting over the facts, nor the implications.

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I've been wondering about the Left's complete revulsion of George W. Bush, and disdain for the War On Terror. Dr. Sanity, a psychiatrist's weblog, has this post that posits "displacement" as the cause of this revulsion. I think the theory makes sense, and is well worth a read...

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I just wanted to vent. So, taking a deep breath, I logged in. But that got uncomfortable. Oh, yeah: exhale...

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