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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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China’s “Kill Weapon” – Don’t Make Me Laugh

China’s “Kill Weapon” – Don’t Make Me Laugh

| March 31, 2009 | Reply

Today the Drudge Report had a rather alarming red faced link, describing that China now had a special “Kill Weapon” that was a threat to US aircraft carriers. The article cited was produced by the US Naval Institute, and outlines this weapon: After years of conjecture, details have begun to emerge of a “kill weapon” […]

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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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Sunday in the park

Sunday in the park

| March 29, 2009 | Reply

OVERNIGHT LINKS (and don’t go waiting for any updates, either) ITEM: Headline of the week: “Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale.” ITEM: Economic common sense from … Germany? ITEM: There is some justice in the world, after all:  “Vindictive people make less money.” ITEM: On the other hand, this explains a lot: […]

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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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A brief surfacing, with observation

A brief surfacing, with observation

| March 27, 2009 | Reply

I’ve been swamped with work (always a good thing), which is why my morning link roundups haven’t been here the past few days. Plus I was getting a bit discouraged at just how rapidly the handbasket seems to be plunging towards hell. Woooooooot! Well, I tried to make it Sunday But I got so damned […]

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Get them while they’re young

Get them while they’re young

| March 24, 2009 | 1 Reply

My daughter — who spent 16 months in Russia (her husband spent 22 months there as well) — had the following observation about my link this morning regarding the House bill on compulory youth service (the first link was in the e-mail; I inserted the second link): Your entry today on your blog about the […]

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Gumball Rally for a Tuesday

Gumball Rally for a Tuesday

| March 24, 2009 | 1 Reply

EARLY MORNING LINKS — they’ll still be brief, because I’m still busy ITEM: The mainstream media tells us how to cope with difficult times: eat more candy (NY Times), play more (USA Today).  No, really. ITEM: Think of it as evolution in action: Josh Freeze comes up with a novel (and brilliant) tiered pricing structure […]

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