I tuned in to Fox News earlier today to see a John Kerry campaign speech about the war on terrorism. After a eulogy for American soldiers (I speak from experience the notorious peacenik said) he said that a new policy in the war on terrorism was needed so that their deaths are not in [...]
No comment:A Hamas suicide bomber blew up two armed Palestinians who tried to rob him at gun point in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas claimed the stickup men worked for Israeli intelligence, while Palestinian security forces said the two were ordinary thieves.
Rather than give up his explosives, the bomber detonated them, killing himself and the two robbers [...]
One for the humor/irony file: I just came across this review for Brave New World on Amazon.com:
Reviewer: A reader from Elmwood Park, Illinois United States
While cultural pundits try to convince you that some literature is better than ther literature, the truth is that all art is relative to individial tastes. Thus, it doesn’t take any [...]
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If you missed Dr. Andrew Bernsteins talk Global Capitalism: The Solution to World Oppression and Poverty, you can find an mp3 recording at Keenans site.
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[...]I’m very pleased to announce an online chat that I have organized with ObjectivismOnline.NET, the Ayn Rand Institute and the #AynRand IRC channel.
On Friday, April 23rd at 5:30 PM (Pacific) Drs. Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate will be guests of Objectivism Online for a one hour moderated public chat. The purpose of the chat [...]
I would like to take a break from my INFO paper to mention three contemporary artists I recently discovered and cant get enough of: Jack Vettriano, Robert LaDuke, and M. Kungl. All three have strong art-deco influences and an exaggerated, colorful, and essentialized style that is bursting with joy for life. And of [...]
Washington, April 9, 2004. A hush fell over the city as George W. Bush today became the first president of the United States ever to be removed from office by impeachment. Meeting late into the night, the Senate unanimously voted to convict Bush following a trial on his bill of impeachment from the House.
Also see [...]
Some technical details of Googles infrastructure that made me drool all over the keyboard: The Secret Source of Google’s Power. Also see this PDF on the Google File System.
A controversial college professor who thinks parents should be able to kill disabled children says though President Bush makes himself out to be a good Christian leader, he has the moral development of a 13-year-old boy.
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A truly Christian leader, he said, would have “turned the other cheek” when the United States was attacked by terrorists [...]
Slashdot: Starting on May 11, and for a duration of three months, you’ll be able to go to a virtual church…This experiment is launched by a Christian website, Ship of Fools, and will be named Church of Fools. Even with such a foolish name, the virtual church project has been approved by the church hierarchy.
Appropriate, [...]
The Agitator: Norway is the latest European police state country to go fjord-to-fjord smoke free, though with an interesting twist. Apparently, bar and restaurant owners are subject to fines if their patrons are caught smoking, but same owners do not have the authority to eject patrons for lighting up. And patrons themselves can’t be punished [...]
A great day for freedom: Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the new leader of Hamas was taken out yesterday by the IDF. Just a few weeks ago, he proclaimed his love for death and said that “If by Apache or by cardiac arrest, I prefer Apache.” Looks like he got his wish! Rantisi is estimated [...]
Bush:
Palestinian refugees can go to Palestine when the new state is created, he said; Israel is a Jewish state. The major Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are facts on the ground and cannot be wished away. The separation barrier Israel is building between its population centers and those of the Palestinians is OK, as [...]
FYI:
The Ayn Rand Institute’s Objectivist Academic Center (OAC) is now accepting applications to its undergraduate program for the fall. The April 26 deadline is quickly approaching. So, if you are interested in applying go to www.aynrand.org/academic and complete the online application form.
The OAC’s program is a systematic course of study designed to give aspiring intellectuals [...]
The New York Sun:
The 41-year-old man sits in a filthy 18-by-24-foot cell that he shares with 10 other prisoners. He knows he is fortunate because up to 18 men are routinely squeezed in cells of that size…. The water is rationed and the little that is available is contaminated. His food rations are meager and [...]
North Korea claims that it’s at the “brink of nuclear war” with the U.S. All I have to say is.. I wish!
(From Cox & Forkum)
If you live anywhere near Bryan/College Station (East Texas), you may be interested in coming to this talk next Wednesday:
Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been
taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.-- Ayn Rand
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