Category: Bits and Pieces

Every few years, I find it useful to drag out into daylight what my cousin, a Christian prison chaplain, said about Islam and prisoners: It is not a contradiction to be a Muslim and a murderer, even a mass murderer. That is one reason why criminals “convert” to Islam in

Britain joyfully welcomes every two-bit Pakistani Islamic radical into its country, but it took an intense, years long legal battle to force the British government to allow the Gurkhas — men who wore the British uniform — to settle in Britain.  First, major kudos to British actress Joanna Lumley (best

This week’s Council submissions, all of which look finger lickin’ good, are: Council Submissions Joshuapundit – Land For Peace, American Style Bookworm Room – Has Obama already written the history books? The Provocateur – Honeymoon’s Over: Now Obama Faces Reality Right Truth – In the name of God Rhymes With

I’m pretty sure it was Yasser Arafat who asserted that Jews had no connection to Israel in ancient times.  How inconvenient for him that the earth keeps revealing reminders of precisely that connection: Archaeologists digging on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives have discovered a nearly 3,000-year-old jar handle bearing ancient Hebrew

Must gloat:  I had lunch today with both Don Quixote and Charles Martel.  Aside from scintillating conversation, I think I was able to bully both of them into thinking about guest posts for the blog.  So they wouldn’t feel too pressured, I said the deadline was for a year from

Clearly, swine flu is spreading, with 10,243 cases reported worldwide.  There have also been 80 deaths.  Now, I’m no math maven, but my simple math tells me this is a .0078 mortality rate.  My question:  Is a .0078 mortality rate supposed to worry me?  ‘Cause if it is, I’d better

I’m a Darwinist, so this is not a question about creationism or intelligent design or the virtues of Darwinism or anything else.  I’m simply confused about why everyone is so certain that Ida’s the missing link. This lovely site simply says “She lived around the time that primates split into

My Dad, former Communist, eventual Reagan voter, had a particular pet peeve:  the way in which the welfare system handed out money to women who got pregnant while on welfare.  Since the women got more money for each child, even though it was questionable whether the child’s costs justified that

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwtwC8-42-k[/youtube] This is only a ten minute snippet.  I’ve heard the whole thing is equally good. I’m not surprised.  I caught a few minutes of Steele on the O’Hannity radio, and he was on fire there too.  Could it be that Steele has finally found his footing?  I hope so. 

I don’t know why I’m sharing this one with you, but it’s so horrible it’s almost newsworthy.

Gathering my thoughts and doing paying work, so blogging will be light to non-existent right now.  As for you my friends, consider the comment section yours.

Marin County, land of holier than thou liberals, embraced the whole notion of climate change with the typical fervor rich, pampered people can apply to their pet projects.  The local schools inundate the kids with “Green” messages (inducing fear along the way), and people slap various earth friendly bumperstickers on