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Foolproof Contraceptive? It’s Called Abstinence
3:36 pm, May 7th, 2010 on Abortion, Liberalism
Seattle Times had an article a few days back on the search for the perfect contraceptive, because, apparently, the pill isn’t good enough:
But despite the freedom in career and family planning the pill extended to so many women and couples, it has not fulfilled one big hope. Fifty years on, about half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended and 22 percent of pregnancies end in abortion.
The only foolproof and perfect contraceptive that’s available to each and everyone – men and women for that matter - is called abstinence. M-W defines it as:
1 : voluntary forbearance especially from indulgence of an appetite or craving or from eating some foods
2 a : habitual abstaining from intoxicating beverages b : abstention from sexual intercourse
We already have the tool at our ready disposal to prevent all the problems mentioned above. But, we don’t want to have anything to do with it. Go figure.
Jokes Apart
UPDATE: CNN wants a male birth control pill … that’s also called abstinence.
Bangladesh: Jobs or Coconut Trees?
12:38 pm, May 3rd, 2010 on Economy, Liberalism
For one of the poorest countries in the world, the answer seems obvious. Coconut trees don’t provide jobs. Ship breaking yards do, besides the immense amounts of cheap steel and other materials.
But shop-keeper Abul Kalam is worried more about finding a coconut to hold on to when the next storm comes around. Has he ever wondered whether a decent paying job at a ship-yard could earn him enough money to build a proper house? Perhaps, he then wouldn’t have to worry about all the coconut trees lost to the ship yards. Sour grapes?
This is just like the liberal attitude pertaining to sweatshops – those workers can starve to death but will not be allowed to earn a few dollars a day.
MSNBC Out of the Closet; CNN Still Hiding
11:53 am, May 3rd, 2010 on Liberalism, Media
MSNBC President Phil Griffin has finally admitted that his channel has a far-left leaning, claiming:
Fox News Channel is “a big force. You have to be aware of what they’re saying … That’s our goal. … I don’t think we have quite the passionate support that Fox does. Some shows do, but as a network we don’t. Our prime time is getting there. But that’s what we want to get.
While MSNBC has finally admitted its liberal bias and wants to do it hardcode, CNN, on the other hand, is hiding even deeper inside the closet. Jon Klein of CNN feels:
Our mission, our mandate, is to deliver the best journalism in the world: firsthand reporting, incisive analysis, no bias, no agenda … That puts us in the world of cable news in a category of one. Our traditional competitors have abandoned the field.
Yeah, right.
Oklahoma’s Abortion Law: Unconscionable or Reasonable?
3:50 pm, April 29th, 2010 on Abortion, Liberalism
I am a human too
Guilt-free abortion is one of the perks in a socialist/communist society, but, thankfully, we are moving away from that model here in the U.S.A. one state at a time. Oklahoma has passed a law, over-riding an earlier veto, that:
… requires doctors to show women an ultrasound of their fetus and point out its physical characteristics—even if the patient was impregnated through rape or incest.
The Week calls it unconscionable because:
The first measure, which legally requires doctors to give any pregnant woman considering an abortion an ultrasound probe, plus a “detailed description of the fetus,” before she makes her final decision.
and,
It stipulates that doctors cannot be sued if they decide not to tell an expectant mother that her baby has birth defects.
I personally think the bill is unconsidered “unconscionable” because it will potentially detract women from actually murdering their unborn children when the fetus becomes more than just a piece of useless flesh.
Hey, that’s just not acceptable. We want an abortion NOW! Planned Parenthood and all those murdering doctors need to make a living, after all.
Noah’s Ark Found? MSNBC Recycles Liberal Propaganda
4:57 pm, April 27th, 2010 on Liberalism, Religion
Did Noah Dwell in This?
While we can justifiably be skeptical of any far-reaching and religiously-significant discoveries, such as the recent finding of Noah’s Ark in Turkey, if it were so unimportant, would MSNBC let loose its liberal dogs?
Alan Boyle opines:
Even if you assume the explorers found what they say they found, linking the discovery to Noah’s Ark requires lots of leaps of faith: Is the carbon dating accurate? Cornell’s Kuniholm said he would like to know who did the dating, especially considering that previous tests reportedly came up with more recent dates. Is it more plausible that the structure is from a miraculous ark, or from an ancient shelter on the mountainside? Is there any evidence of a catastrophic flood that rose to near the top of Ararat 4,800 years ago?
Of course, had this carbon dating involved the remains of a prehistoric human being (thereby proving evolution and disproving creationism), Mr. Boyle would right now be proclaiming it to be the greatest discovery in the history of the universe.
But, alas it isn’t so.
Awww: Indonesian Palm Oil Giant Breaks Greenpeace’s Heart
3:26 pm, April 27th, 2010 on Global Warming, Liberalism
Not Negotiating with Terrorists, But For How Much Longer?
It has just come to my attention that Greenpeace might need a little something to help it get over the reality that no rational corporate entity will support its radical, environmental agenda unless there’s some benefit in it for the company.
Sinar Mas, an Indonesian firm specializing in palm oil production, could not justify following Greenpeace’s directives without harm to its shareholders and employees. It has been flipping off environmentalists for the past several months and most recently:
Activists from the environmental group said they had discovered recently that a Sinar Mas subsidiary, PT BAT, was still clearing rainforest near a habitat of orangutans, an endangered species, in Central Kalimantan.
Two weeks ago, Greenpeace unveiled what it said was evidence that another Sinar Mas subsidiary, PT ALM, was “destroying deep peatland and high conservation value forest” in West Kalimantan.
Sinar Mas should be idolized for the way it is completely disregarding these environmental terrorists’ brainwashed agendas.
Real Life Avatar: Whither The Blue People?
3:01 pm, April 13th, 2010 on Liberalism, Media
No, There's No Moral of This Story
So, apparently, we have a real-life Avatar scenario going on right now in the Amazon:
Director James Cameron said Monday that a real-life “Avatar” battle is playing out in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest, where indigenous groups are trying to halt the construction of a huge hydroelectric project.
… Cameron said he was in Brazil’s capital to support Indian and environmental groups as they stage protests against the Belo Monte dam project.
… He said he came to Brasilia on his own initiative because he was drawn to the activists’ plight.
Apart from its stunning visual effects, Avatar barely adds anything new to the world, but leave it to the liberals, and it becomes the new 95 Theses.
My question: Whither the blue people in Brazil? Or, is brown the new blue?
RIP: Fighting Sioux No More
10:44 pm, April 9th, 2010 on Liberalism
Replaced!
Political correctness has scored another victory over freedom of speech and college mascots.
University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux have been left bereft of their mascot and name because it offends some liberal.
I like donor Ralph Engelstad’s solution: build a private stadium and display the mascot prominently.
Unilateral American Concessions on Nukes, But Whither the Russians?
12:29 pm, April 7th, 2010 on Democraps, Liberalism, Russia
Admittedly, nuclear weapons are an anachronism in today’s world of guerrilla warfare and suicide bombing, but they still provide a useful deterrent to rogue states like Iran and North Korea. Nukes are still a psychological goal for any nation trying to achieve a position of military strength and understandably so.
As such, it makes little sense for the U.S. to voluntarily or unilaterally reduce its nuclear arsenal or usage scenarios, if nobody doing the same and if there exists a clear threat to the country. These threats include terrorists getting a hold of nuclear weapons from North Korea, Pakistan or any other unstable nuclear state; China, whose nuclear program and intentions are still unclear; Iran, North Korea and other rogue states; a resurgent Russia; and so on.
The Obama administration has now proclaimed: Read on »
Dartmouth Parity Lawsuit to Die in NH Supreme Court
4:51 pm, March 29th, 2010 on Liberalism, dartmouth
Dartmouth alumni have been trying to restore parity to the College’s Board of Trustees since the 2007 coup led by Charles Haldeman and his liberal cronies in response to resurgent conservative victories in recent Trustee elections.
Recently, the Grafton County Superior Court dismissed the alumni lawsuit that had been filed to invalidate the Haldeman take-over. The plaintiffs are now appealing to the NH Supreme Court to overturn the decision.
It seems unlikely, however, that the appeal will succeed. The NH high court is stuffed 4-1 with Lynch appointees, all undoubtedly liberal and beholden to the left.
The decision to affirm the Grafton court decision will most likely end up 4-1 with possibly Chief Justice Broderick the only dissenting vote. This will end effectively end any possibility of restoring Dartmouth’s long-standing position as the only educational institution that gave its alumni real governance power through democratic elections.
The College is already in deep financial trouble with its liberal administration spending away to glory with literally no accountability to anyone or oversight by any effective body. With the Board of Trustees firmly in leftist hands, any hope of responsible fiscal management at the College will be finished. Dartmouth’s decline to 2nd tier status has already begun.
Just ask the professors and top students literally fleeing to other colleges.
Dartmouth Sets Up Financial Hardship Fund for the Unemployed; Stupid SEIU President Critical
3:51 pm, March 29th, 2010 on Liberalism, dartmouth
SEIU Local 560: Always Betting the Wrong Way?
Dartmouth has always been a pioneer in providing financial assistance to the the needy in difficult times. Its Haiti Fund has become a model for other colleges and organizations to rapidly raise much needed monies for natural disasters. It has been need-blind for U.S. students for a long time, but recently expanded the program to all students. Dartmouth had also eliminated loans for lower-income families and replaced many loans with scholarships.
And now, realizing that layoffs and budget cuts at the College are hurting many employees, Dartmouth has set up a special hardship fund to provide grants for:
unmet financial needs not addressed through the layoff package and loan programs
The fund has been accepting donations internally and will open to the public in April.
I don’t think any other college, business or organization of any sort has come up with this kind of a grant program for its laid-off personnel. Even though the grant maximum of $2,000 may not be enough to cover too much and the funds might get depleted pretty quickly, it is still an excellent idea – a step forward.
But local SEIU President, Earl Sweet, isn’t happy at all. He is apparently “allowing” his members to take advantage of the program, as if the SEIU is doing the College a favor by participating in the program. Read on »
No More Religious Music in Western State Graduation Ceremonies
4:39 pm, March 23rd, 2010 on Liberalism
The Supreme Court has denied review of a case involving religious music at high school graduation ceremonies. An Everett, Wash., high school had banished all religious music from school programs beginning 2006 because a previous performance “drew complaints from some students and residents.”
In dissent, Judge Alito explained the problems with an overly broad interpretation of the 9th Circuit’s decision in the school’s favo:
School administrators in some communities may choose to avoid ‘controversy’ by banishing all musical pieces with ‘religious connotations…
The appeals court ruling might be extended beyond the context of religious music at graduation and lead to “wide-ranging censorship of student speech that expresses controversial ideas…
The plaintiff’s lawyer’s had argued along similar lines:
…the appellate [court] ruling represented “political correctness run amok.”
As with an institution involving liberals, especially those from the NEA, any ruling along liberal lines will be used to justify unnecessary restrictions on free speech, especially any that is even remotely religious or conservative.
The only good thing about this ruling:
[This] ruling … is binding on federal courts in the [Ninth] circuit’s nine states, which include California.
The rest of the nation is still somewhat safe from this ridiculous ruling. Had the Supreme Court accepted the case and then affirmed the circuit decision, we’d have the NEA banning religious performances in schools across the country.
ACORN No More: A Loss For All
11:21 pm, March 22nd, 2010 on Liberalism
ACORN has announced that it will shut down by April 1st. The closure will be a loss for Republicans and conservatives – we had one name to identify the villains involved in all kinds of voter fraud.
It is, of course, a loss for Democrats and liberals - they will no longer have a national organization coordinating voter fraud in all 50 states, until the next one springs up.
R.I.P. ACORN.
Sheehan: Gays Brought Down the Dutch Army and Allowed Srebrenica
6:50 pm, March 20th, 2010 on Europe, Gay Marriage, Liberalism
The Dutch Could Have Prevented This
The Dutch are all getting out of shape over American General John Sheehan’s comments about openly-gay soldiers in the Dutch army posted in Bosnia during the civil war there in the early ’90s. He testified before a Senate committee:
[the] socialisation process … included open homosexuality … led to … a focus on peacekeeping operations because they did not believe the Germans were going to attack again or the Soviets were coming back.
Soldiers from the Netherlands had just surrendered to the Serbians at Srebrenica right before thousands of Bosnian civilians were massacre and tens of thousands of refugees were “cleansed.” These Dutch soldiers posted as part of the UNPROFOR mission failed to protect civilians and just stood by as the Serbs murdered and raped to their heart’s content. The Srebrenica massacre is considered the worst mass murder of civilians since WW II.
Riding the high horse, Democrats and the Dutch were equally critically of Sheehan:
It is astonishing that a man of his stature can utter such complete nonsense…
[he was] totally off-target
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands has also waded into the fray, calling Sheehan’s comments “disgraceful.”
Sheehan could have been telling us the truth. Dutch gay soldiers were probably too busy smoking legal weed and having fun with each other to protect Bosnians. Their morale and fighting courage was probably entirely non-existent.
The truth is always hard to swallow.
Illinois Politicians Facing Evictions Due to Unpaid Rent
10:53 am, March 14th, 2010 on Liberalism, Politics
Illinois is is such a deep financial hole that its lawmakers face eviction from their home bases. If the state can’t pay up right away, perhaps a tax cut for the due amount in April might suffice.
Of course, a much better outcome would be for the landlords to actually expel all Springfielders as apt punishment for their financial profligacy, just as would happen to any private citizen. Why should a tax-and-waste(+corrupt) politician be given any preferential treatment?
Another Blow for Newdow
4:34 pm, March 11th, 2010 on Liberalism
A federal court in San Fran has ruled “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance does not violate the constitution, in another blow for atheist Michael Newdow. His previous attempt to discontinue pledge recital in schools was dismissed by the Supreme Court on a technicality.
The judge opined:
The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded
The same court had previously ruled in Newdow’s favor.
Newdow should try to channel his energies towards more useful activities, such as discovering God.
Activist Judge Fights on Behalf on ACORN
12:02 pm, March 11th, 2010 on Liberalism
Center: Judge Nina Gershon at Yale event
ACORN has been and is being investigated for all kinds of fraudulent activities – including advising clients on whorehouse best practices – and was rightly barred by the Congress from receiving any funds.
Yet, activist judge Nina Gershon of New York had already decided that:
[it is] unconstitutional that Congress tried to cut funding to the activist group ACORN
rejected a government request to change her mind and has ordered government agencies to make it clear the funding isn’t blocked.
Gershon was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1996 showing us just why all Democrat judicial appointments need to be blocked.
Michael Moore Wants a Job
11:44 pm, March 10th, 2010 on Democraps, Liberalism, Media
The Crazy
Michael Moore has written to President Obama that he wants to replace Rahm Emanuel to “clean up the mess that’s been created around” the President. His recent crap hasn’t been faring well at the box office.
So, I suppose he’s just looking for something to do other than making pathetic and flop movies.
U.S. Climate Action Partnership: 3 Down, Few More To Go
4:40 pm, February 16th, 2010 on Global Warming, Liberalism
The End is Nigh?
The United States Climate Action Partnership, an organization created to appease climate change fanatics/liberals, is slowly coming apart at the seams.
The WSJ is reporting that BP, ConocoPhilips and Caterpillar have quit the group, because:
USCAP was focused on getting a climate-change bill passed, whereas [the quitters are] increasingly concerned with what the details of such a bill would be.
… USCAP was starting to do more and more on trying to get a bill out without trying to work as much on the substance of it.
USCAP seems to be following the lead of its non-profit members – NRDC, The Nature Conservancy and others – and focusing on the “environmentally effective” and “fair climate change program” agendas of its mission statement rather than the “economically sustainable” part.
Now that Democratic ship is slowly sinking, it is hardly surprising that the rats are deserting it in droves.
The Enforced Homosexual Agenda
12:12 am, January 19th, 2010 on Gay Marriage, Liberalism, Media
Two and a Half Men’s new episode tonight featured the parents of the protagonist Charlie’s fiancee. The father, who is initially depicted as a conservative “bigot”, comes out of the closet to reveal that he has always been in love with a man.
While the episode itself was better than most stuff that Chuck Lorre has been putting out recently, I had predicted that the story line would feature a closet situation once the character’s wife pointed out he was always on guard against the “homosexual agenda.” As with most other TV shows, movies, and books these days, the liberal media establishment is forcing the “homosexual agenda” down our throats.
Incidentally, I recently finished reading Ursula Le Guin’s The Telling and it is the same deal in the book as well. Aliens are depicted to have lower moral standards than humans, involving homosexuality that is widely accepted. In fact, Le Guin’s aliens are bisexuals who have no conception of marriage or fidelity or morality. Characters switch sex-partners freely, choosing from either gender, with little or no emotion involved in the relationship, if you could even call it that. Previously, in The Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin depicts a world in which the aliens can choose their gender once every month.
While I believe in equality and all that good stuff, we don’t have to be constantly reminded that homosexuality is normal and gay marriage is inevitable. Gay marriage will not become right just because the media forces us to get used to the idea.
The Queen of USA
4:15 pm, January 7th, 2010 on Liberalism, White House
Despite this being an “old” story, it is still despicable that Michelle Obama needs 22 attendants – all well paid – even Queen Victoria, the monarch at the height of the British empire, would have been proud.
The Problem with Socialism and Relativism: A Confused Society
2:09 pm, December 23rd, 2009 on Feminism, Liberalism
Sweden is one of the most open-minded and liberal countries in the world. Gay marriage is legal and the Church of Sweden even allows its priests to wed same-sex couples.
The problem with this immense societal openness is a general lack of morality and super-sexuality. According to a recent study:
We are seeing a greater openness among young people, particularly among young women. There is an increasing interest in experimenting and pushing boundaries, and a growing resistance to defining oneself as heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual…
Many no longer wish to be tied in to rigid sexual identities, they want to be open and free as people and as sexual beings.
BA: Fire The Strikers
1:06 pm, December 17th, 2009 on Liberalism
In an ideally capitalist society, British Airways would have fired all employees threatening to go on strike and hired new ones (from the former globespan employees, for instance).
But, at least the High Court in England has ruled against the union’s strike on technical grounds.
Political Correctness Loses in Supreme Court
11:27 pm, November 16th, 2009 on Liberalism
The Washington Redskins survived a nomenclature challenge today when the Supreme Court refused to allow political correctness to rule our lives (on technical grounds, of course).
The lefties haven’t lost hope yet…
A new group of challengers has filed the same trademark cancellation suit in hopes that their slightly different circumstances can avoid the procedural bar that halted this case.
Are they hoping for a new Supreme Court by the time it gets all the way to the High Court next time around?
Blame the Unions and Gregoire For Boeing’s Move
11:33 pm, October 28th, 2009 on Liberalism, Washington State
WSJ reports:
Boeing Co. said it would build a second final assembly line for its troubled 787 Dreamliner jet in South Carolina, a move that spurns the powerful aircraft machinists’ union that had been negotiating with Boeing to locate the work at the current factory near Seattle.
…
On Wednesday the South Carolina legislature moved to offer Boeing a variety of tax incentives to lure the company to build a massive new factory on the site of an existing facility it owns in North Charleston.
Why didn’t Gregoire provide the same incentives to keep Boeing in its home state?
It’s the first time since 2006 that Boeing will assemble a commercial airplane outside of the Puget Sound area and provides the company with an assembly line beyond the reach of the labor union that has caused production headaches off and on for decades in Seattle
The union is hurting itself (and Washington’s economy) through its absurdly stubborn positions.
Well, we now know who really cares about Washington.
Obama: Cut Your Paychecks.
1:12 pm, October 21st, 2009 on Economy, Liberalism, White House
Obama’s socialism czar, Kenneth Feinberg, has decreed that recipients of federal bailouts must cut the compensation of their top executives.
In the private world, the real world, the capitalist world, people need incentives to perform. Outsized salaries and benefits provide just such incentives. Look at Goldman, JP Morgan and others that have been declaring massive profits over the past few months.
Cutting paychecks will only cause these companies to behave more like government entities than their private competitors. Why would the head of a division work 100 hours a week at this company when he’s getting paid half of what his counterpart gets paid at a different firm? He can switch or stop working as hard…
Why does it feel more and more like the Socialist States of America?
Obama Wins the Peace Prize?!
10:30 am, October 9th, 2009 on Liberalism, Politics
The Nobel Committee lost its credibility when it started using the Peace Prize for explicitly political purposes … Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Wangari Maathai, El Baradei, and many others over the years. Yasser Arafat was rewarded for his terrorism in 1994.
The Peace Prize has always been one of those fuzzy little accolades that can be awarded to anyone for pretty much anything, especially when it comes to “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” and such other non-quantifiable contributions.
So it should come as no surprise that Barack Hussein Obama is the latest laureate. Quite frankly, any Democrat succeeding GWB would have won the same. Or a goat for that matter. Even a martian. R2D2.
UPDATE: So, the head of the Committee says:
“It was because we would like to support what he is trying to achieve”
People “try” to achieve a lot of things. They should be encouraged to do so, but awarding them even before they have accomplished even a single thing is quite wrong headed.
Obama is not a kid who needs to be encouraged to study and “try” to do well on exams. Obama is the President of the United States – an entire nation depends upon him. He just can’t “try” to achieve something. He bloody well has to do.
Morgan Tsvangirai, one of the most popular nominees with a record 205 commendations, should have been awarded for his efforts to stabilize Zimbabwe. Obama is all talk, while Tsvangirai is actually toiling despite constant death threats.
The Perfect Way To Promote Tourism – Free Sex!
2:47 pm, September 16th, 2009 on Europe, Liberalism
That’s the Danish angle. Come to Denmark – have free, guiltless sex with beautiful young women!
Apparently, the video is about:
a nice and sweet story about a grown-up woman who lives in a free society and accepts the consequences of her actions
But, how does that promote tourism?
NYT Forgot the Real Problems with British and Canadian Health Systems
4:05 pm, August 14th, 2009 on Health, Liberalism, Media
Discussing the Canadian Medicare system, Theodore Marmor writes in the NYT:
Q. What is your biggest criticism of it?
A. The continued nastiness of federal-provincial negotiations about the shared financing of Medicare is one unappealing feature of the Canadian system. This dual responsibility leads to endless blaming between the national and provincial governments for the pressures of medical expenditures on the budgets of other public programs and tax levels. This, in turn, has partly prevented Canada from handling drug costs in the uncomplicated Medicare program.
With regards to the British NHS, Robert Mackey writes and quotes:
NHS often makes the difference between pain and comfort, despair and hope, life and death. Thanks for always being there…
Millions of people are grateful for the care they have received from the NHS – including my own family. One of the wonderful things about living in this country is that the moment you’re injured or fall ill — no matter who you are, where you are from, or how much money you’ve got — you know that the NHS will look after you.
Both writers have missed the critical problems with both systems: medical rationing and shortage of quality medical care. Read on »
ObamaBabies™: Where Art Thou?
5:18 pm, August 11th, 2009 on Liberalism
The expected surge in child-births 9 months after Mr. Barack Obama was elected in November is turning out to be, well, disappointing. Even Chicago, the holy-land of the Obamamites, has not seen a significant uptick in child-births.
I guess ObamaFans™ were too busy celebrating and getting drunk that they forgot all about the ObamaBabies™. What will now happen to the ObamaGeneration™?
Via, drudge.
Graham Votes for Sotomayor
12:22 pm, July 28th, 2009 on GOP, Liberalism, Politics
Of the 7 Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, only Lindsey Graham voted for Sotomayor, alongwith all 12 Democrats. Even Chuck Grassley and Orin Hatch, both noted moderates, voted against her.
His excuse:
I feel good about Judge Sotomayor… she would decide cases based on what she thinks is right and be an inspiration for young women
What a lame excuse. He should just own up to the fact that he’s sucking up to the Hispanic lobby more than any thing else. Just like the Republicans who plan to vote for Sonia.
Not that Republicans shouldn’t suck up to the Hispanic lobby, but there are many other better ways to do it. Such as pushing for sensible immigration reform that takes into account the importance of Hispanics in the USA. Such as moderating the position on illegal immigration. Such as the guest worker program. But Sotomayor? Ewww, colloquially speaking.
Republicans need to, at the very least, put up a show of unity these days. Sotomayor is a terrible choice – a liberal feminist who claims she’s the “wise latina;” a bully with little intellectual backing; an affirmative action activist.
Well, here’s to Justice Sotomayor.
Seal Imports Banned By EU
5:40 pm, July 27th, 2009 on Europe, Liberalism
Under pressure from animal rights nutcases, the EU has decided to ban the importation of all seal products, except:
Products from traditional hunts by indigenous peoples in Canada and Greenland will be exempt from the ban.
Most affected by this ban will be Canada, where hunters take down almost 300,000 seals every year.
Apparently, the reasoning behind the ban is that it is:
in response to concerns about the animal welfare aspects of seal hunting practices
Did I Miss the Obama-Gates Brouhaha?!
12:55 pm, July 24th, 2009 on Liberalism, White House
I have been busy over the past week, which should explain the paucity of posts, but I am dismayed I didn’t read or blog about the Obama/Gates affair until now.
So, an African-American professor gets arrested for a minor issue and the President of the United States makes a phone call about it?!
Gates may be a respected Harvard professor but no one has the right to say this to an officer of the law:
Ya, I’ll speak with your mama outside
Of course, a Harvard professor has a constitutional right (Gates Amendment, forthcoming) to scream at and abuse a police officer. The police officer was wrong the minute he even responded to the breaking and entering call – he should be suspended and exiled to Kiribati.
Is that what we’ve come down to? Is this what engages President Barack Obama all day long? Did we elect him to scold allegedly “racist” police officers and bail out nasty liberal professors?
With over 10% unemployment, half a million people losing their jobs every single month, trillions in tax dollars spent away without any results, states running out of UI money, Obama still has the time to call a police sergeant when his friend gets arrested?
I am thinking of switching sides and befriending Obama. That’d be like a “Get Out of Jail Free” card. And, he’s always available to make the call too. Day or night. Sweet.
NYT’s Pseudo Bi-Partisan Dialogue
12:25 pm, July 24th, 2009 on Liberalism, Media
Spare Us!
You’d expect something a bit more classy from the Gray Lady, but, no. Today’s The Conversation column titled, In Praise of Partisanship, is typical of the liberal media… Have a pseudo-conservative debate a super-liberal and call it bipartisan. Read on »
Milbank Criticizes Steele’s Puppetry; What About Obama’s?
4:20 pm, July 21st, 2009 on Health, Liberalism, White House
A running theme on this blog has been the media’s liberal bias and constant grovelling to Obama, Pelosi, Reid, et. al. Today is no different.
It seems that criticizing Obama amounts to racism or some other -ism, but Steele is fair game because he’s a Republican. Steele’s race and everything else is trumped by his ideology.
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post today criticizes Steele’s adherence to his consultant’s suggestions. He claimed Steel used Castellanos’ memo word-for-word for his speech, which was full of: Read on »
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- T-Mobile in Talks for New Phone 2: 23 am, September 4, 2010
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- Earthquake hits south New Zealand 6: 41 pm, September 3, 2010A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck New Zealand's South Island, the US Geological Survey says. […]
- New phone hacking inquiries call 6: 40 pm, September 3, 2010Senior Labour politicians urge fresh inquiries into phone hacking claims surrounding the News of the World newspaper. […]
- Pakistan rally bomb kills dozens 6: 33 pm, September 3, 2010A bomb kills at least 50 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days. […]
- Mozambique police fire at rioters 6: 23 pm, September 3, 2010Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio. […]
- City centre plan for 20mph zone 6: 14 pm, September 3, 2010Edinburgh's transport leader admits speeding but said he still believes a 20mph zone would be a good idea. […]
- Cargo plane crash near Dubai road 6: 12 pm, September 3, 2010A UPS cargo plane crashes after take-off near a motorway in Dubai, killing two crew members aboard, officials say. […]
- Murder inquiry launched in Armagh 6: 07 pm, September 3, 2010Detectives in Armagh have begun a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in the Castle Street area on Friday. […]
- Plane body women face no charges 5: 38 pm, September 3, 2010Two women who were arrested after trying to take a dead relative on to a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport will not face charges. […]
- Fans jailed for Uefa screen riot 5: 27 pm, September 3, 2010Eleven football hooligans who took part in the worst destruction Manchester has suffered "since the Blitz" will be going to jail, a judge has said. […]
- Explosion at Hare Krishna temple 5: 20 pm, September 3, 2010An explosion partly destroys a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester, but none of the worshippers are seriously hurt. […]
- HSBC threatens to quit London HQ 5: 19 pm, September 3, 2010HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says. […]
- Six men jailed for Portugal abuse 5: 04 pm, September 3, 2010Six Portuguese men are sentenced to between five and 18 years in jail after being found guilty of multiple charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home. […]
- Anthrax outbreak hits Bangladesh 5: 02 pm, September 3, 2010Officials in northern Bangladesh battle to contain an anthrax outbreak that has infected more than 250 people. […]
- Armenia 0-1 Republic of Ireland 5: 00 pm, September 3, 2010Keith Fahey's 76th-minute goal earns the Republic of Ireland victory in a tense opening Euro 2012 qualifier against Armenia in Yerevan. […]
- Farah out of Commonwealth Games 4: 55 pm, September 3, 2010Double European champion Mo Farah announces his withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games because of fatigue. […]
- Earthquake hits south New Zealand 6: 41 pm, September 3, 2010
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