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Slaving AwayA few days ago I posted an email from a reader questioning me on abortion. I wrote a response to this reader's views. That reader, Mark Anderson (who gives me permission to use his name), now has a rejoinder. I'll...The Vegetarian Issue
I guess Dave Kranz wrote about the news in recent weeks about the Democrats' vegetarian spokesperson:It started when Randy Frederick, state Republican chairman, suggested that his Democratic counterparts at the national level are out of touch with most South Dakotans.Frederick...Things That Tax & Spend In the Night
I have no children of my own yet, but it's never too early to stock up on select children's bedtime stories: Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed!...ZAP! You're Dead!
Amazing VideoDARPA's 'Star Wars'-style Laser Cannon
Laser cannon. The words evoke immediate visions of the space war scenes in Star Wars. As it turns out the US is starting to build this new way to do it to them before they get a chance to do it to us. The Darpa program is called the High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS).
No muss, no fuss. Direct application of lethal energy to the target with no need for ammunition. Nice.
If you have an interest in other sorts of advanced projects, the DARPA TTO site (use the PROGRAMS link) describes some of the sorts of things that are coming down the chute. SciFi comes to life - our tax dollars at work, and worth every cent!
Via Volokh, this Mississippi television station has some amazing helicopter video from the Katrina disaster....Limbaugh takes on Daily Kos
From Rush Limbaugh: RUSH: This is dicey. It's like I say: law and order in New Orleans is a code word for racism. You don't talk about law and order because you'll have people like Jesse Jackson on your case....CINCPAC: ChiCom Naval Buildup Raises Questions
KatrinaWhy does China need that navy?
The new commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Gary Roughhead, an interested onlooker of the joint Chinese-Russian military maneuvers during the past eight days, has posed a critical question about the rapidly modernizing Chinese navy: "What do [the Chinese] see as the intended use of that navy?If that navy "is to ensure the free flow of commerce, that would not be surprising," he said, nodding toward the sea lanes in the South China and East China seas through which pass the oil and raw materials that feed China's expanding economy, not to mention its soaring exports. The admiral added, however: "What if the intent is not purely to defend the sea lanes?" He left the question open.Indeed. That IS the question.
Holy shit. Those are really the only two words that I can think of that can accurately describe what they're predicting for New Orleans. It's a category 5 hurricane. Hundreds of thousands are fleeing. "Millions" may be homeless. Parts...
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