I went to hear Neal Boortz live for four hours this morning. He was generally right on everything he mentioned, though he lacked Rushs smooth delivery. Although hes known for being a libertarian, he correctly identified the threat presented by Islamic terrorism, and praised Americas military. Unfortunately, he rarely went beyond the [...]
“30 Years Since Egypts Victory Over Israel:”
In the war of October 1973, Egypt crushed the Israeli army of occupation. They destroyed the Barlief Line that was described by military experts as unparalleled in military history and ended the lie that Israel had an invincible army. This year for the first time Egypt is celebrating its [...]
Weak and puny, small and frail,
Helpless he with tooth or nail,
In a world of fang and claw
Where sheer power makes the law.
Into battle he had gone
With the shaggy mastodon,
With the cruel beasts of prey
Snarling in their lust to slay,
Thirsting for the taste of blood;
He has fought with fire and flood,
With a heart and soul elate
Warred [...]
A random prediction from sci-fi writer and futurist Robert Heinlein in 1950: “The cult of the phony in art will disappear. So-called modern art will be discussed only by psychiatrists.”
In 1980: “One pay hopeWhile “fine” art continues to look like the work of retarded monkeys, commercial art grows steadily better.”
Perhaps in response to the widespread ban of Jewish Barbie dolls in Muslim countries, an American company has created Razanne, a Muslim Barbie. Um…no comment.
In related news, a survey by a evangelical Christian group claims that that 81% of American’s believe in some sort of an afterlife, and 90% are open to [...]
The university-funded Gay Lesbian and Transgender Alliance debated with the self-funded Young Conservatives tonight. Here are the comments I posted at a local forum:
The GLBTA president is a typical leftist. His sole argument was: “Students are not capable of deciding which groups they should support, so their money should be forcibly taken from [...]
It’s been a few months since I added any essays to my site, so it’s time for a new one: “Creativity, the Man-Made and the Metaphysically Given” (Let me know if you have a better title for it.) I also added my essay on sex. I wrote it several months ago, but was [...]
Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Beirut suicide attacks that killed 241 Marines. How have our politicians commemorated the first victims in the terrorists war against America? By demanding that we open up trade with Cuba. Dictators of terrorist regimes dont pose any threat to Americaright?
Steve sent me two interesting stories about nuclear proliferation in North Korea and the Middle East. I don’t think there’s any better way to sum up the matter than this.
In other news, a new poll says that 59% of Palestinians would support terrorist bombings of Israel even if Israel pulled out of West [...]
Why shouldn’t the soul of a mortal be proud?
Life goes, it is true, like a swift-flying cloud
But while it is going and ere he has died
A man may do many things worthy of pride
The high and the humble, the meek and the brave,
Are all of them destined in time for the grave,
But while they are [...]
If you haven’t done so recently, check out the spiffy new look of the ObjectivismOnline forum.
I got an email today from HotSexyYellaFella31:
...i am very interested. I am a 17/m/tx and I live very close to the area you live in….I am str8 but I wanna see what messing with a guy is like. If you need your dick sucked or a quick jack off email me or give me your [...]
Here is the actual ruling handed down by a judge in the Eminem defamation case, quoted verbatim:
Mr Bailey complains that his rap is trash,/
so he’s seeking compensation in the form of cash./
Bailey thinks he’s entitled to some monetary gain,/
because Eminem used his name in vain./
The lyrics are stories no one would take as fact,/
they’re an [...]
Monkeys brains move robotic arms: researchers at Duke have conducted experiments in which monkeys learned to operate a robot arm using only their brain signals.
Winamp 5 is in beta. I have just two words to describe it: GET IT
In other news, iTunes is now available for Windows. I was not particularly impressed with it. On the plus side, $1 per song is a lot cheaper than buying CDs, especially since you only pay for the songs you [...]
Terrorists can have serious moral goals, says Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams. Furthermore,
“Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons,” he said. “If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it acts in a way analogous to a private person. It purports to be judge [...]
In response to Yahoo’s refusal to delete a listserv run by “banned separatists,” the Indian government forced Indian ISPs to ban the entire Yahoo Groups community. The easily circumvented ban is one of many instances of censorship in India and Pakistan. Im curious as to whether the site is still being blocked. [...]
Amir Taheri writes on “The Real Iraq”: “a first-hand account of an Iraq that is rapidly moving forward in nearly every aspect of life – political, economic and cultural. And a people that, while understandably skeptical after decades of tyranny, is nonetheless hopeful – and grateful for their liberation.”
China has successfully flown its first taikonaut. According to Glenn Reynolds, Chinas space program represents a new outward focus thats an improvement over, say, preparing for WWIII or invading Taiwan. Im more inclined to think that its an attempt by the Communist leadership to show the relevance of the Party in response to [...]
So I finally installed Microsoft Office 2003. I disliked the new interface at first, but after a few days, its grown on me. I cant say there is anything objectively better about all the new icons more like the latest fad in UI design. You can be sure that in a [...]