tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51396512011-09-03T20:13:30.047-07:00Blog Junkya group blog for the political omnivore (objective and equitable)Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3881100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1100036407515562352004-11-09T13:36:00.000-08:002004-11-09T13:40:07.516-08:00The Ten Worst Media Distortions of Campaign 2004Interesting indictment of mainstream media’s egoistic fascination with itself and its perceived power. Checks and balances seem to be giving way to partisanship...what a big surprise. Click here for the longer and more detailed version of the story. It's worth the read even if you don't believe in the Liberal Media theory.via FARK Chimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1100023118598163942004-11-09T07:30:00.000-08:002004-11-09T10:13:33.583-08:00Don't Blame JesusBlame the atheists: I found that the percentage of voters sampled who said they attended church at least weekly was the same—42 percent—in both 2000 and 2004. The percentage never attending church was also the same, at 15 percent. The middle group, those attending occasionally, was, you guessed it, 42 percent each time. Interestingly, while Bush slightly improved his standing among frequent Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1099943765792512382004-11-08T12:01:00.000-08:002004-11-08T11:56:05.793-08:00Good perspective on American morals from, of all places, the UK. Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1099941498522886422004-11-07T13:14:00.000-08:002004-11-08T11:20:24.690-08:00A WSJ reader has some advice for democrats. Dear Democrats, While you think about how to do better next time, please stay true to your core values and feelings. Don't restrain your anger; part of your problem in this election was that you didn't put it out there enough. If other Americans understood how truly mad you are it would make more of an impression. You need to try harder to make them Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1099732861020121882004-11-06T01:18:00.000-08:002004-11-06T01:21:01.020-08:00Map cribbed from NY Times java showing population density as bubbles: Population Map, NY Times Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1099714319029973112004-11-05T20:10:00.000-08:002004-11-05T20:11:59.030-08:00Another good animation, for some reason with the colors reversed but shows intensity for each county: Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1099680068276381132004-11-05T10:39:00.000-08:002004-11-05T10:41:08.276-08:00Another good blue/red map here: http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ervdb/JAVA/election2004/ Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1099632451766867532004-11-04T21:21:00.000-08:002004-11-04T21:27:31.766-08:00 Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1077916406186944292004-02-27T13:13:00.000-08:002004-02-27T13:16:21.326-08:00Why stop with gay marriage when there are so many more moralistic targets? In fact, the devil's own cocktail snack shellfish, which everyone KNOWS is an abomination before god, is just as evil on a sliding scale of 1-213 points.via bluishorange.comChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1077225305223787022004-02-19T13:15:00.000-08:002004-02-19T13:17:01.576-08:00No End to War or Phooey to the Neo-Cons Pat Buchanan issues a harsh rebuke of Perle-Frum. Long, but absolutely worth the read. READ ON!!!!!UffDanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1076541070974639012004-02-11T15:11:00.000-08:002004-02-11T15:12:59.356-08:00Chimeranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1076353631955701322004-02-09T11:07:00.000-08:002004-02-09T11:09:06.263-08:00Since we got rid of those stodgy old bastards known as the Taliban, heroin production is on the rise!!! Woo-hoo!!! War-On-Terrorism: 1 War-On-Drugs: 0 NATO ignores Heroin output increases UffDanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1068574824944087622003-11-11T10:20:00.000-08:002003-11-11T10:22:58.303-08:00Apparently, we are 29% evil. Which, of course, means that we are 71% good. So we’ve got that going for us, which is nice.via NerdygirlChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1067745833989960622003-11-01T20:03:00.000-08:002003-11-01T20:04:52.760-08:00 A Toolbox Opened Now we’re working on solutions .Bummer for the housing market though.Dreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1067367403449404562003-10-28T10:56:00.000-08:002003-10-28T10:56:59.246-08:00Television is eating your child’s brain!Report finds pre-schoolers use media as much as play outsideBut of course, you already knew that.The study found that even the youngest of children are no exception. Nearly two-thirds of kids under 2 spend a couple of hours a day in front of the screen. (The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that children under 2 not watch TV at all.)via CNNChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1067365927833233882003-10-28T10:32:00.000-08:002003-10-28T10:35:11.980-08:00Mr. Mafioso tells us why today’s male youth are garbage.”Elders and people in a position of authority deserve respect. Today's youth seem to think that respect is not picking their nose when someone is talking to them.”It’s worth reading for the quotes if nothing else. The scary part is that I have a hard time disagreeing with most of it, and it is supposed to be satire. I MUST be getting old...Chimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1067014443738609262003-10-24T09:54:00.000-07:002003-10-24T10:06:09.880-07:00If you are at all interested in science, be sure you don’t miss this special on PBS on Tuesday the 28th. Let your lobes out for a little stretching, as it were. (Calabi-Yau make my heads hurt)via PBS.orgChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1066845880836979342003-10-22T11:04:00.000-07:002003-10-22T11:04:40.883-07:00Chimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1066413793574128042003-10-17T11:04:00.000-07:002003-10-17T11:04:28.376-07:00An Iraqi speaks out . . . Via John ColeCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1066165767085559092003-10-14T14:09:00.000-07:002003-10-14T14:10:06.540-07:00 Dane has a nice little rant about subjective reporting from Iraq. Which ever side you are on, you have to agree that the spin is a bit out of control And listen up. Optimism trumps pessimism and reality trumps delusion, every time. You are stinky little journalists, you are not a fourth branch of counter-government. Your job is to objectively document reality, not to construe and misrepresentChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1066164859559682922003-10-14T13:54:00.000-07:002003-10-14T13:57:47.783-07:00Michael Totten has an interesting take on the evolution of Libertarians and libertarians in today’s climate. Go give it a read.Oh, and he couches his opinions in a subtle bashing of status-quo French politics and their beloved anti-Americanism through a antithetical newcomer to the scene.Who can resist a good French bashing these days?? Call me arrogant and imperialistic, but I know I can’t.viaChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1066085243048026152003-10-13T15:47:00.000-07:002003-10-13T15:47:22.526-07:00Chimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1065715058286027502003-10-09T08:57:00.000-07:002003-10-09T08:57:37.650-07:00Bush and Blair refuse to look away from tyrannyCanadian commentary on Iraq.Via InstapunditCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1065568086873738382003-10-07T16:08:00.000-07:002003-10-07T16:08:06.940-07:00Yet another reason to vote Guns and Dope PartyCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1065135877656583102003-10-02T16:04:00.000-07:002003-10-02T16:18:01.190-07:00Because we all, from time to time, struggle back to a place where we wish we had been a bit, just a little bit, different. A heart-felt commentary on the immortal John Denver’s rendition of The Box Called War and its place in the great circle of post-modern politicking and, redundantly, pre-pubescent schleping.He gets an extra 100-points for using the phrases, “…struggling feebly amidst the Chimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1064513723465772302003-09-25T11:15:00.000-07:002003-09-25T11:21:44.396-07:00Sorry guys, Calvin has been sick, I’ve just taken a new job and haven’t been able to get rid of the old job yet, Dreamer is tired of talking to a bunch of brick walls, and UffDa is playing new daddy. We’ll get back to our junky activities ASAP, but it might be a few more days before any substance emerges.Notice I didn’t say “re-emerges”. In the mean time, here are some snarky political Chimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1063216090905508822003-09-10T10:48:00.000-07:002003-09-10T11:03:46.160-07:00Opps!via FARKChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1063065765981073522003-09-08T17:02:00.000-07:002003-09-08T17:02:45.920-07:00The Aquariums of Pyongyang and the Insane Asylums of SeoulTacitus writes well about Korea.Via InstapunditCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1063036791923432872003-09-08T08:59:00.000-07:002003-09-08T09:01:47.763-07:00I watched 60 Minutes last night (doesn't happen often) and they had a great segment (extremely unusual) about security North Of The Border: Last month, Canadian authorities arrested 19 foreign students suspected of ties to al Qaeda. One of the students attended a Canadian flight school and liked to fly over the local nuclear plant. Others were apprehended outside a nuclear facility in the middle Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1063036542331328712003-09-08T08:55:00.000-07:002003-09-08T08:55:42.206-07:00Independant Journalism at Instapundit. Hmmm, so much for the "so called" liberal media.Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062719389774651262003-09-04T16:49:00.000-07:002003-09-04T17:07:07.830-07:00ABC, after noting this post by Oregon blogger Iron Monkey, states that leaving off caps is a stylistic choice. I have noted the same trend toward permanently implanted ee cummings style sheets. I think it is following the self deprecating logic that says "If capital letters is considered yelling, no capital letters must be the same as having a calm, quiet, reasonable voice. Hey, I'm calm and Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062714919972936052003-09-04T15:35:00.000-07:002003-09-04T15:55:51.046-07:00Haight Speech: Depriving the Third World of Flush ToiletsAs Gramps stated in the comments: "You can have my flush toilet when you pry it off of my cold dead ass."Via Instapundit Another link from the comments with the obvious solution: a full 100 lb. propane cylinder will burn 16 maximum capacity loads. More actual experience with a dry toiletCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062714358847785952003-09-04T15:25:00.000-07:002003-09-04T15:27:21.130-07:00Wrong TurnOn airbags and the Left.But Nader was never the kind of activist who had great faith in the people whose lives he was trying to protect. He and the other Haddonites were sworn to a theory that said that the way to prevent typhoid is to chlorinate the water, even though there are clearly instances where chlorine will not do the trick. This is the blindness of ideology. It is what happensCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062712253903500382003-09-04T14:50:00.000-07:002003-09-04T14:53:35.646-07:00Man killed in Amish tomato-tossing prankPretty sad, I hope they catch the guy. What brought me up short was this:The group told the sheriff's office they had been throwing tomatoes and firing paintball guns at passing vehicles."Paintball guns"? I'm pretty sure that paintball guns are somewhere above cars on the Luddite scale. Sometimes religion just makes no sense . . .Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062703106891491802003-09-04T12:18:00.000-07:002003-09-04T15:56:30.380-07:00101st Airborne Scores Success in Reconstruction of Northern IraqAs I have opined before, the guys doing the fighting and dying are the ones that will care the most if we fail in Afghanistan and Iraq. US soldiers actually believe in their job and genuinely want to help the people of Iraq.Via John ColeCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062619020912225362003-09-03T12:57:00.000-07:002003-09-03T12:57:00.936-07:00So George, how do you feel about your mom and dad?For you Dreamers out there . . .Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062235612599151042003-08-30T02:26:00.000-07:002003-08-30T02:30:44.990-07:00Finally, a political party that I can get behind: Via American DigestCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062182933064074742003-08-29T11:48:00.000-07:002003-08-29T11:54:27.586-07:00Fear me . . .What Is Your Battle Cry?Rampaging through the tundra, clutching gilded boxing gloves, cometh Calvin Hobbes! And he gives a vengeful howl:"Hail the blood-letting! I come like a storm and lay waste like a hurricane!!!"Find out!Enter username: Are you a girl, or a guy ?created by beatings : powered by monkeys Via DodgeblogiumCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062179459103936872003-08-29T10:50:00.000-07:002003-08-29T10:56:32.990-07:00Hoping We FailWho loses and who wins in the high-stakes poker in Iraq?The US has a huge amount of credibility on the line in Iraq and Afghanistan. Personally I am pessimistic and don't believe the US will continue pouring blood and money into those countries even if it is the right thing to do. At some point someone is going to say "Screw Iraq" and we will walk away. Do you know who will be most Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062022401206367252003-08-27T15:13:00.000-07:002003-08-27T15:14:19.953-07:00Mars Approach Will Spawn Record Number Of Alien Hybrid BabiesWho says I stopped posting science stories?? via FARK->NCbuy newsChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062015821081862902003-08-27T13:23:00.000-07:002003-08-27T13:26:42.620-07:00Supreme Court Rules Ashcroft's Anal Probings Unconstitutional"Total Human Body Screening" (THUMBS) had called for police and federal agents to insert a variety of large, uncomfortable and beeping devices into millions of bodily orifices to seek out weapons of mass destruction.Hey, I don’t write this stuff. I just post it. via New NewsChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062014203085516142003-08-27T12:56:00.000-07:002003-08-27T12:56:51.750-07:00 Universal Healthcare Here’s an exceptionally well written article that focuses on just one on the economic benefits of nationalizing health care .It is really past time for this country to get on board with what other thinking nations have already provided for themselves.Dreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062012076147863772003-08-27T12:21:00.000-07:002003-08-27T12:21:21.110-07:00 The scorched Earth president Did n’t the outgoing EPA director say that fly boy was “compassionate” about the environment? Surely she said this with a straight face. .I’ve always considered that no matter how bad the economy or political condition was this nation would have a recovery path so long as it maintained a resilient and sustainable environment while the reverse condition is guaranteed.Dreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062011012337666252003-08-27T12:03:00.000-07:002003-08-27T12:04:07.686-07:00 Well this is cute! Bremmer says “…the bill for economic needs that he described as ''almost impossible to exaggerate.'' What is particularly sweet is that the GAO estimates the deficit is approaching $500B and the costs for Iraq are not even included. .… Can anyone offer why these costs would not be included in budget estimates??Dreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1062005122227551532003-08-27T10:25:00.000-07:002003-08-27T10:54:37.000-07:00Can American Idol teach democracy?Evidently the answer is yes. Seems that the Reality TV lovin', SUV drivin' illiterati Right can teach the ME a thing or two beyond how to take an ass whuppin'.Also note that the Arab street 'seethe' trigger seems to have a fairly light pull."'With our blood and souls, we sacrifice for you Melhem,' the protesters chanted, waving pictures of the defeated singer."OKCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061999784854455482003-08-27T08:56:00.000-07:002003-08-27T09:08:49.700-07:00Mars from HubbleVia SamizdataCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061999119453147732003-08-27T08:45:00.000-07:002003-08-27T08:48:39.060-07:00More yummy Fair treats from Lileks at the Minnesota State Fair. Remind me to plan a trip to Minnesota next August . . .Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061936049400073392003-08-26T15:14:00.000-07:002003-08-26T15:19:24.340-07:00Since Chimera, our resident science editor, is evidently on break, I'll bring the following breakthrough to your attention: Time is continuous! More here via Samizdata: New Theory of Time Rattles Halls of ScienceCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061924953824886282003-08-26T12:09:00.000-07:002003-08-26T12:15:01.530-07:00Open Up Your Mouth And Feed ItA few more comments on obesity in America.What makes this guy an expert, you ask? Just follow him to the 2003 Minnesota State Fair:CAUTION: Clicking image below may prove hazardous to your lunch.Via The BleatCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061873130416489872003-08-25T21:45:00.000-07:002003-08-25T22:09:12.816-07:00These idiots do realize that this thing is not the original 10 commandments, right . . . right? I can definitively resolve the issue with 20 minutes and a 20 lb sledgehammer. All I need is Moses to part the sea of Rednecks around the courthouse. Then again, God may want to investigate the whole idolatry, graven image angle since the Christian Soldiers seem to think this little monument is Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061842926503731282003-08-25T13:22:00.000-07:002003-08-25T13:32:30.533-07:00The Left: The food industry and advertisers are big bullies that practically force feed people with gimmicks and high-calorie treats.The Right: You're fat, your fault via FARK->RednovaChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061571956870459502003-08-22T10:05:00.000-07:002003-08-22T11:01:27.663-07:00A wonderful speech by Ron Paul (R) Texas This sucker is long, but ABSOLUTELY worth the read. This is a wonderfully written piece talking to Neo-Con vs True-Con. I can't remember if this was posted earlier, so I will post [again?]. I agree with so much that he says...I don't know where to begin to start. [The old-school conservatives]...instincts were correct, and the politicians placated UffDanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061510135069779182003-08-21T16:55:00.000-07:002003-08-21T16:56:57.040-07:00An interesting fisking of Jessica Stern's idea that it's all our fault over at Michael Totten’s place. Click on over and test your analogies and assumptions. (yes, dreamer, I’m pointing in your general direction.)via michaeltotten.comChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061503186007934012003-08-21T14:59:00.000-07:002003-08-21T14:59:45.866-07:00Woman In SUV Kills Three, Is Punished For Some ReasonIt’s a travesty. In our backyard even!via Enduring VisionChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061481571816940862003-08-21T08:59:00.000-07:002003-08-21T08:59:31.780-07:00PLEASE GOD THROW THIS GUY IN JAIL By 12:01 this morning, Chief Justice Roy Moore of Alabama was to have removed the 5,280-pound monument of the Ten Commandments that he secretly installed one night in the lobby of the State Supreme Court. A federal judge had ruled that the granite block, known as Roy's Rock, violated the separation of church and state. But Justice Moore did not budge. And he UffDanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061417193838598902003-08-20T15:06:00.000-07:002003-08-20T15:40:27.283-07:00Egg - sort of like watching grass grow. Yes, this is creepy. Hat tip to wwp. Just in case that wasn't creepy enough, consider this. I think the nurse in the first story might have some additional data - about 20 minutes worth. In case you feel left out of the California Recall: Am I Governor or Not "It was a plain case of "he said, she said." No, not really. Definitely not. From Jim Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061414101990622222003-08-20T14:15:00.000-07:002003-08-20T14:15:02.060-07:00Check this out.According to The Gender Genie, I am mostly male. As far as you people know.via bluishorangeChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061412833511453302003-08-20T13:53:00.000-07:002003-08-20T13:53:53.566-07:00Enough with this useless political posturing! Now HERE is some truly useful informationAnd don’t tell me you never wondered why it was only nine minutes.via FARKChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061326945577987482003-08-19T14:02:00.000-07:002003-08-19T14:04:20.290-07:00Victory! FOX News calls 2004 presidential election for Bush(If ever there was a website for dreamer.com, this is it)via gwbush04.comChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061318351681603712003-08-19T11:39:00.000-07:002003-08-19T11:40:57.753-07:00Current events economics on the webDaniel Drezner helps put the 'chicken little' to my outsource paranoia in item 2, with a couple good essays from the Washington Times. The Brad DeLong link in item 3 is also interesting with some good counterpoints in the comments including this from the NY Times: "The proportion of the work force employed in manufacturing has fallen to 11 percent from 30 Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061314695645209002003-08-19T10:38:00.000-07:002003-08-19T11:46:51.620-07:00A moderately funny photoshop contest over at FARK.com A little help for Al Franken in designing his new book cover.Not all are funny, but a chuckle or two anyway. Chimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061255339540091772003-08-18T18:08:00.000-07:002003-08-18T19:45:47.193-07:00WWP believes he has found a sure-fire way to send Lars into orbit.I just have to ask, have you seen Lars lately? OK, cheap shot. But, really, Lars is a huge disappointment as a gadfly - he has Limbaugh's bulk, all the personal presence of Michael Savage (Weiner) and Ann Coulter's subtle approach to topics. He sounds like nails on a blackboard to me and I'm about as conservative as it gets on BlogCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061233311214590832003-08-18T12:01:00.000-07:002003-08-18T12:01:51.066-07:00Evidently the University of Chicago breeds slimy Neo-cons.I'm glad that we have managed to keep the pages of Blog Junky free from such nefarious influences. These guys are easy to spot - just look for the "I [heart] John Ashcroft" tattoo on one arm and a 400-page Bloom tome tucked under the other. Stay alert . . .Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061070133677892042003-08-16T14:42:00.000-07:002003-08-16T19:13:25.813-07:00Sgt. Stryker has a lengthy article (with graphs) on the big blackout. He was a nuke technician in the Navy and has a Masters in Electrical Engineering. He pulled a lot of info from the utility web sites and makes some informed comments. He has some other great links on the page.Via InstapunditCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061046217551600392003-08-16T08:03:00.000-07:002003-08-16T08:03:47.643-07:00 Technical problems I love this latest spin. When a pipeline gets blown up in Iraq it is due to “technical problems” . I guess when a sniper picks off another soldier, that soldier does not return due to technical difficultiesDreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1061045691860639842003-08-16T07:54:00.000-07:002003-08-16T07:54:57.703-07:00 Air bag Rummy rejects responsibility again Jim Hightower says “100,000 sperm and you were the fastest?”. Now not only are the terrorists back in Afghanistan but so is the opium. Hey Calvin, should we Nuc’ em yet?Dreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060995457738211732003-08-15T17:57:00.000-07:002003-08-15T17:57:39.306-07:00 Changes in biomes tend to follow multiplicative models rather than linear models It’s a good thing that this won’t affect us. . Here in the land of plenty.Dreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060979284046237522003-08-15T13:28:00.000-07:002003-08-15T13:28:02.230-07:00Confessions of a Baggage ScreenerIn case you had any trips planned, this is bound to make you feel better. Actually has some good stuff on x-ray hardware on page 2.Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060977899293637492003-08-15T13:04:00.000-07:002003-08-15T14:10:16.526-07:00CNN.com - Defiant chief justice vows to keep Ten Commandments monumentThrow him to the lions! But, seriously, I would be sympathetic to the lawsuit if it wasn't started by three organizations representing three lawyers who were 'forced' to walk by the monument every day. Is defending the delicate sensibilities of lawyers really the best issue for the ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center to throw Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060976765544279332003-08-15T12:46:00.000-07:002003-08-15T12:57:36.760-07:00Gamma-ray weapons could trigger next arms raceWho would we be racing against?The hafnium explosive could be extremely powerful. One gram of fully charged hafnium isomer could store more energy than 50 kilograms of TNT. Miniature missiles could be made with warheads that are far more powerful than existing conventional weapons, giving massively enhanced firepower to the armed forces using them.TheCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060970028541100072003-08-15T10:53:00.000-07:002003-08-15T10:55:39.993-07:00You all probably know this already, but Mars is closer to earth on Aug 27th than in the last 59,000 years.If you figure a new generation every 20 years on average, that means that your Grandparents 2950-times removed were the last to see it this close.via techcentralstation.comChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060901861991690802003-08-14T15:57:00.000-07:002003-08-14T16:02:11.690-07:00IT’S REAL……ly fun to read. An utter load of crapola, but he makes it sound good. I give it an 8 out of 10 points for creativity and perseverance. via NerdyGirlChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060898344011934472003-08-14T14:59:00.000-07:002003-08-14T15:03:34.240-07:00John Deutch and M.I.T. flunk energy economicsDaniel Drezner shoots down my hopes for abundant nuclear energy. I'm not convinced he didn't do the exact same thing as the folks he criticizes. Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060888916797821222003-08-14T12:21:00.000-07:002003-08-14T12:26:28.456-07:00Samizdata.net - Who renamed my cheese?EU bureaucracy at its finest. Can anyone seriously argue that the EU will ever be a 'balancing' power relative to the US while building their PoMo paradise? Even Steven is losing his fear of French nukes.Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060873449548877942003-08-14T08:04:00.000-07:002003-08-14T08:20:08.580-07:00JS Online: Back from Iraq, activist finds price of protest is $10,000 fine"Dude! That's like real money. How am I gonna pay that? How? I'd have to sell, like, a million turntables!"Via InstapunditCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060830039607337822003-08-13T20:00:00.000-07:002003-08-13T20:05:46.456-07:00Talking Dog blogs about the big SAM sting. As I stated in his comments, trapping 3rd rate businessmen with paper machè missiles gives me the same safe feeling that I get from watching an episode of "Cops". Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060810872102023832003-08-13T14:41:00.000-07:002003-08-13T14:46:26.113-07:00worldwide pablo surveys public spending in Portland using the American answer to the haiku; the Mastercard commercial.Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060807437053704512003-08-13T13:43:00.000-07:002003-08-13T13:49:50.283-07:00The New Diamond AgeAlchemy made real - materials science is set to bust out in the next decade. Via DaypopCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060793149219919662003-08-13T09:45:00.000-07:002003-08-13T10:01:14.863-07:00Study of Bush's psyche touches a nerveTrying to cut the bitter aftertaste of conservative liberal bashing here at Blog Junky, I submit the above post. I will also refrain from mocking or pointing/laughing at those who choose to comment in support of the article's conclusions. Via Counterspin commentsCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060711842603895772003-08-12T11:10:00.000-07:002003-08-12T11:10:56.663-07:00Good news from FallujahFor some reason this didn't get wide play. Hopefully the US will continue to learn from the mistakes and cultural gaffes that are inevitable.Via WSJ Opinion JournalCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060709613119722882003-08-12T10:33:00.000-07:002003-08-12T10:59:35.183-07:00Gulliver Unbound: Can America Rule the World? Counter-aggregations do not deal very well with the postmodern nature of power. Let's make no mistake about it. 'Hard' power – men and missiles, guns and ships – still counts. It remains the ultimate, because existential, currency of power. But on the day-to-day transaction level, 'soft power' is the more interesting coinage. It is 'less coercive and Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060707663949253192003-08-12T10:01:00.000-07:002003-08-12T10:01:24.850-07:00Naivete and narcissism: What makes a liberalAt the heart of liberalism is the naive belief that people are basically good. As a result of this belief, liberals rarely blame people for the evil they do. Instead, they blame economics, parents, capitalism, racism, and anything else that can let the individual off the hook.I found it hard not to laugh as I read this one. On the one hand, I think he’Chimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060466015281531582003-08-09T14:53:00.000-07:002003-08-09T15:03:22.273-07:00On 'outsourcing', this article should be mandatory reading: Global: The Half-Empty GlassThere is a reason the economy still languishes - jobs are going overseas; not just manufacturing. Real jobs.Design jobs. Management jobs.Your job. Via Brad DelongCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060382229943691852003-08-08T15:37:00.000-07:002003-08-08T16:04:58.470-07:00 Is "Calvin" better? I decided if Chimera and dreamer.com (WTF?) can post totally anonymously, I should be able to also. After trying it on, I decided I didn't want to take the Blog Junky name because that would identify me too directly with the blog, which, as a whole, averages to a much more reasonable political viewpoint than me alone.Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060381020139172292003-08-08T15:17:00.000-07:002003-08-08T16:20:28.316-07:00Boo fricken Hoo In other news: ODOR AS CULTURE, ODOR AS PUBLIC NUISANCEIn February, Mr. Chirac explained it thus: "An unwashed body gives to life, as to the world, flavour, sense and beauty."Contrast that with a recent comment by Britain's Secretary of State for Health, Alan Milburn: "The UK has some of the cleanest bodies in the world. We find it makes everyone get along a little bit better, Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060377149255164522003-08-08T14:12:00.000-07:002003-08-08T14:12:29.293-07:00This is getting out of control. PETP bastards. I hope the anarchists don’t join the protests this time. I still have a big welt from that bean-bag projectile.via BB SpotChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060372191453995022003-08-08T12:49:00.000-07:002003-08-08T12:53:08.013-07:00This could be the defining issue for the EU, but personally, I blame the metric system. They are probably forming a committee right now to straighten things out. Via Grim's HallCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060371279056146642003-08-08T12:34:00.000-07:002003-08-08T12:42:29.870-07:00The Taliban re-surges in Afghanistan. Curious to hear Bush try to explain this one away . . . maybe if we took some resources out of the War on Drugs, we could beef up the effort in Afghanistan. Via Instapundit Update: On the re-surges link, above, scroll down one story to a good bit on napalm and military word tricks. I think I am going to read this guy's blog some more.Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060366712735110962003-08-08T11:18:00.000-07:002003-08-08T11:18:40.893-07:00 Pre-order 9/15! I can’t even get started on this. . The possibilities take me all over the map and some of my ideas I am sure would land me in jail.Dreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060365832006097802003-08-08T11:03:00.000-07:002003-08-08T11:04:38.406-07:00Researchers Determine Plants Can Feel Pain, Vegetarians Eye Rocks"If a potato feels pain, I might as well eat a baby seal," said Carrie Selby of Lansing. "Or maybe, I'll try out that all-dirt diet I've heard so much about."People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants sprang up concurrently with the announcement. "We've placed picketers at cornfields around the country. They grow these things so Chimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060306036718584902003-08-07T18:27:00.000-07:002003-08-07T18:27:27.490-07:00 We were getting kind of distracted W keeps us straight . Just so no one thought that we wanted separation of church and stateDreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060289894896557672003-08-07T13:58:00.000-07:002003-08-07T14:22:34.610-07:00A Korean politician wants to change the name of Korea to Corea. To minimize the issue is to ignore recent history: it was referred to as Corea until it was annexed by Japan in 1910. If you go to the museum in downtown Seoul, they have a model of the old WW2 Japanese administration building built on the grounds of Kyongbokgung (at least they did 3 years ago) by the colonial Japanese occupiers. It Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060282149359536282003-08-07T11:49:00.000-07:002003-08-07T12:14:02.410-07:00ABC finds something vaguely familiar about a comment that characterizes Washington state politicians as being terrorized by "citizens signing petitions" and "pulling the rug out from under said pols at the ballot box". He's talking about California, right? Can we all at least agree that conducting any state government like a New England town meeting is bad?Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060269152713056702003-08-07T08:12:00.000-07:002003-08-07T08:31:35.460-07:00Lileks weighs in on the Governator: “Ah dunt beleaf in making fun uf an immigranz ahgcent.” Beat. Big toothy grin. “Unless Ahm togging about myszelf. Zen vut ze hell.” Fifty thousand more votes, right there.Got some popcorn?Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060226683598654492003-08-06T20:24:00.000-07:002003-08-07T12:14:43.600-07:00Mike Hawash pleads guilty as part of a deal that will put him behind bars for 7 years. In exchange, he has agreed to testify against the other 6 defendants. It has to be tough for his family - 7 years will seem like a very long time. It could have been worse. Update: Apparently the isolation in federal detention that so outraged everyone (incl. me) was at Mike's request. It also sounds like he Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060223359115088732003-08-06T19:29:00.000-07:002003-08-06T19:30:49.516-07:00Virginia Postrel briefly comments on RATIONAL IGNORANCE & THE PROGRESSIVE PROCESS. More on rational ignorance. Via PejmanesqueCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060214292207501532003-08-06T16:58:00.000-07:002003-08-06T16:59:15.010-07:00Ben Stein's Museum of Liberal ThoughtI'm pretty confident that I'm a hardcore lefty after 4 hours of drinking. Via American DigestCalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060201161428104822003-08-06T13:19:00.000-07:002003-08-06T13:45:02.173-07:00OK, I have had it with enetations! Our comments are all on HaloScan now - I paid $14 to upgrade to the enetations pro server and, whaddya know, the pay service is worse than the free service. I think HaloScan is pretty robust - let me know what you think. Unfortunately, it means that we will be missing all the comments up until now. To see this weeks old comments, click here. If I don't Calvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07139966313576295070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060115012032640832003-08-05T13:23:00.000-07:002003-08-05T13:23:32.103-07:00Governor Davis files for "Takebacksies" with Supreme Courtvia thewiredpress.comChimeranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139651.post-1060109192631538802003-08-05T11:46:00.000-07:002003-08-05T11:46:48.306-07:00 Nothing but good news here This is a WIN-WIN for Marko in particular. Looks like the military spending is just stimulating the heck out of the economy and Marko gets to see his tax dollars go to Hughes, Lockheed, and Northrop in his state of envy. . Wow! Blow away those commie terrorists and give a boost to Southern Cal. Marko’s a happy man. No new jobs though – can’t have everythingDreamer.comnoreply@blogger.com0