Category: Creeping socialism

Saturday swans

Saturday swans

| April 11, 2009 | 3 Replies

OVERNIGHT LINKS ITEM: Why newspapers are dying — note the lead headline for the online version of the Denver Post: ITEM: Speaking of animals, this story of a dead whale on the beach at Del Mar brings up memories of one of Dave Barry’s funniest columns and the video that inspired it. ITEM: Y’know, articles […]

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Friday spawns

Friday spawns

| April 10, 2009 | 3 Replies

MORNING LINKS [Welcome to AoS readers, and thanks to Genghis for the links and the kind words! Feel free to bookmark ASIP! Also, my Saturday links are posted here, my Monday links are here, my Tuesday links are here, and my Wednesday links are here.] ITEM: Remember me quoting Machiavelli (“It is better to be […]

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Wednesday prawns

Wednesday prawns

| April 8, 2009 | 1 Reply

MORNING LINKS BREAKING NEWS: The American crew on that ship hijacked by Somali pirates has retaken control of the ship. A reminder to the world: don’t screw with Americans. ITEM: Two books you really, really should read are Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan, both by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. These are outstanding works that […]

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Tuesday dawns

Tuesday dawns

| April 7, 2009 | 1 Reply

AFTERNOON LINKS! Yes, there are actual afternoon links! ITEM: Maybe it’s because he paid all his taxes — actor Kal Penn (of the “House” TV series and the “Harold and Kumar” movies) joins the White House staff. ITEM: President Obama visits Baghdad. Good for him, and I mean that in all sincerity. My son Jon […]

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Monday yawns

Monday yawns

| April 6, 2009 | 1 Reply

MORNING LINKS — get ’em while they’re fresh ITEM:  “Should war be a game?“ is the fatuous subhead of the day, from an article talking about a new videogame recreating the battle for Fallujah (Iraq). The reporter shows no awareness that wargames have been around for centuries and that most of them do indeed “use […]

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Thursday peaks the arc

Thursday peaks the arc

| April 2, 2009 | 1 Reply

MORNING LINKS — a few updates of interest. MAJOR ITEM (bumped from overnight links): My co-blogger Bruce Henderson applies his intelligence background to the forthcoming North Korean launch and whether Japan will intercept it. Go read the article. ITEM: Hope and No Change: there’s a group that wants to repeal the 22nd Amendment so that […]

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Wednesday with the snark

Wednesday with the snark

| April 1, 2009 | 1 Reply

MORNING LINKS –first two are bumped from overnight links Item: (April Fool’s joke): The 2010 All New Omobile! ITEM (ah, if only it weren’t a joke): Obama forces GM chief out, puts Reid, Pelosi on leave ITEM (not a joke, but wouldn’t it be ironic?): Penn State researchers have discovered how to use microbes to […]

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Monday in the dark

Monday in the dark

| March 30, 2009 | Reply

OVERNIGHT LINKS ITEM: Hey! Al Gore and I both celebrated Earth Hour with our lights on! We’re buds now! As for Kentucky, heck, they celebrated a whole Earth Week not long ago! ITEM: Creeping socialism/fascism alert: Obama tells GM CEO to hit the road. For firms and organizations still considering taking government money, there’s a […]

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Better to light one candle…

Better to light one candle…

| March 28, 2009 | 2 Replies

Happy Earth Hour, everyone! I may leave these on all night! Naah.  ..bruce w..

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Saturday matinee

Saturday matinee

| March 28, 2009 | Reply

MORNING LINKS (Gotta post!) ITEM: Hey, “Earth Hour” is tonight, another blip of self-congratulatory, feel-good environmental idiocy and irrelevance. Here’s how I think we should really celebrate Earth Hour (from Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle; and if you haven’t read it lately, why the hell not?): Be the First In Your Block […]

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