Archive for March, 2004

March 30th, 2004

Another teenage terrorist caught

Palestinian terrorists tried to recruit a 15-year-old as a suicide bomber, at one point locking him in a dark room, but also luring him with clothes, a cell phone and promises of paradise, his family said Tuesday.
I get how a Muslim kid would be desperate for 72 virgins and booze, but whom does he plan [...]

March 30th, 2004

“Your Attention Please”

I think this is my favorite Cox & Forkum cartoon yet:

You can read my commentary here.

March 30th, 2004

New Toy

The Swiss Army knife for the 21st century:

(Found here.)

March 29th, 2004

McCain calls for un-bundling cable packages

Slashdot: Senator John McCain wants to force cable companies to sell cable channels a la carte, so you only pay for the channels you want. He argues that “When I go to the grocery store to buy a quart of milk, I don’t have to buy a package of celery and a bunch [...]

March 29th, 2004

The “F Scale:” a test for fascist tendencies

Shortly after WWII, it was in vogue among leftist types to call people whos politics they disagreed with fascist while freedom and democracy were used to designate favorable positions and governments, regardless of actual policy. Since this trend is on the rise again, I though a 1946-era quiz would be of interest:

The F Scale, [...]

March 27th, 2004

“Ask for Death!”

A deeply disturbing video about the systematic, government-run campaign to instill death worship in generations of children by the Palestinian Authority. Compared to this, Nazi brainwashing was childs play. For more, check out my gallery of PLO child abuse.

This dialogue from the video comes from two 11-year-old Palestinian girls:
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Host: “You [...]

March 27th, 2004

7,700mph

Wow:An experimental pilotless plane has broken the world speed record for an atmospheric engine, briefly flying at 7,700 kilometres per hour – seven times the speed of sound, NASA says.
The SCRAMjet program is an attempt to find a replacement the Space Shuttle. The air-breathing supersonic engine is NASA’s prime candidate for the next generation [...]

March 27th, 2004

Excellent op-ed at TCS: Which Anti-Terror Model Do You Like?

March 27th, 2004

More lunacy

Kerry’s plan to create 10 million jobs—a plan that Republicans branded yesterday as unworkable and ineffectual—depends on an array of tax cuts and changes in the tax code. The centerpiece is an end to a tax break enacted in the early 1960s, known as deferral, that allows US companies to delay paying taxes on foreign [...]

March 27th, 2004

Oh, the madness

His wife is suspected of being “six to eight” weeks pregnant, although an autopsy didn’t show it:
Investigators are trying to determine if the victim, Ashley Nicole Wilson, 19, was pregnant when she died in January. If so, Leach could face a capital murder charge in the slaying of two people during the same act. Capital [...]

March 27th, 2004

Pin the Tale on the Donkeys

A satirical video demonstrates the hypocrisy of leftist politicians who accuse Bush of lying about Iraq when they themselves made the same claims. But the truly revealing thing the video shows is that peaceniks dont find this hypocrisy new or shocking they dont let small things like facts get in the way [...]

March 26th, 2004

BB&T offers $1 million to study Capitalism

The University of South Carolina announced Wednesday a $1 million grant from North Carolina-based BB&T to promote the study of capitalism.

USC will get the funds over the next couple years, said business school dean Joel Smith III, and will use the money to create a capitalism ethics class, a capitalism-focused professorship, a lecture series and [...]

March 25th, 2004

The UN supports terrorism

It has become obvious to any honest individual that the UN is essentially a pulpit for dictators, communists, and looters of all sorts to attack and demand welfare from the few free countries of the world.

The latest resolution against Israel condemned “the most recent extrajudicial execution committed by Israel” and “all attacks against [...]

March 25th, 2004

On a “lighter” note

Want to send email from the grave? Now you can!

March 25th, 2004

Carving up the loot

I don’t need to mention what I think of the EU ruling to fine Microsoft 497.2 million ($605 mil U.S.) for having the audacity to make superior software. However I was curious how the loot would be split it up. Turns out that it will be a trickle into the 100bn EU [...]

March 24th, 2004

Rattling the Chains of Slavery

From “Rattling the Chains of Slavery” by Thomas Sowell:
Europeans enslaved other Europeans for centuries before the drying up of that supply led them to turn to Africa as a source of slaves for the Western Hemisphere. Julius Caesar marched in triumph through Rome in a procession that included British slaves he had captured. There were [...]

March 24th, 2004

Hamas leaders are cowards after all

If you believe the mainstream media you might think that its common knowledge that Israels policy of assassinating terrorist masterminds creates more violence. New Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal would like you to believe that:
Your leaders, chaired by Sharon, will only bring you destruction. Blood begets blood. The Palestinian people can endure a long struggle and [...]

March 24th, 2004

Virus writers are getting more crafty then ever. Here is the content of two out of the dozens (!) of viruses I receive daily:

Please read the attached file!

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March 21st, 2004

Guilty of Being Innocent

Britain’s Labor Home Secretary is suing people wrongfully imprisoned for crimes they did not commit to pay for the costs of their incarceration.
Diana Hsieh comments:
John McManus of the Scottish Miscarriage of Justice Organisation put his finger on the issue in saying that the government seems “to want to punish people for having [...]

March 21st, 2004

Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike

Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas was just killed in an Israeli airstrike. MSNBC was quick to point out that he was a quadriplegic, but not that he has been planned uncounted terrorist attacks, openly assassinated IDF soldiers, and murdered many Palestinian spies. Earlier this year, he made his [...]