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Sunday, May 11, 2008

The British Don’t Want Higher Taxes In The Name Of Saving The Planet

I’m not very surprised. Setting aside all the alarmism about global warming, I think we can all agree that we want to live in a clean environment.  None of us…...

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Today’s Unfortunate Acronym

Heh: ...

Monday, April 28, 2008

Feed Your Prius, Starve A Peasant

The indispensable Mark Steyn. ...

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Male Stripper In Britain Prosecuted For Carrying Night Stick

Because a billy club is an “offensive weapon.” Three judges have ruled that a male stripper who dresses as a policeman can use a real truncheon in his act. Stuart…...

Friday, April 25, 2008

Prosecuting Al Gore For Crimes Against Humanity?

Bbbuut...he invented the internet! ...

Monday, April 21, 2008

President Bush Is Serious About Protecting Southern Border

Well Mexico’s southern border: Today President Bush announced his request to fund a new security cooperation initiative with Mexico and the countries of Central America in order to combat the…...

Fox News Confronts Jimmy Carter Over Meeting With Hamas

Jimmy defends his meeting with Hamas, but says he’d never meet with al Qaeda. ...

Shocker: Increased Social Welfare Spending Leads To Less Motivation For The Poor To Find Jobs

They’re calling it the “why bother” economy in Great Britain. We, as Americans, should be learning from their mistakes but I have a sneaking suspicion that American liberals will just…...

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Obama Tells Jewish Group That He Would Never Meet With Hamas

Obama tries to draw a distinction between himself and Jimmy Carter, who spent part of this week hugging Hamas’ founder. Obama told the Jewish crowd that “We must not negotiate…...

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Deaf Couples In Great Britain Could Win The Right To Make Their Child Deaf As Well

Because children are just like accessories, right?  Just modify them to match your personality. Under the proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, using embryo-screening deliberately to create a child with…...

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Bush Blasts Democrats For Axing Colombian Trade Deal

I guess nixing free trade deals with our friendly allies is how Democrats are going to raise America’s standing in the world.  You know, the standing the Democrats accuse Bush…...

Bush To Carter: Please Don’t Meet With Our Enemies

What an embarrassment to the country this man has become. WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Bush administration has urged former President Jimmy Carter not to go forward with plans to meet…...

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Free Speech Is Fading Away In Canada

That the Canadian government is letting foolishness like this go on is an indictment of that country’s claim to be a free society, and rather ironic given that it’s coming…...

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Barbarians Don’t Understand the Concept of Insurance

Big surprise: NEW DELHI: Comparing the benefits of health insurance policy to gambling, key Islamic organisations have termed the policies as “illegal” and directed Muslims to keep away from them.…...

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Switch From Food To Fuel Crops Causing Global Food Price Crisis

According to officials at the World Bank, the price of staple crops has risen 80% in three years thanks to farmers being fuel producers instead of food producers. What’s troubling…...

Friday, April 04, 2008

The Cost of Global Warming and How We Should Approach the Issue

The global warming scam carries a HUGE price tag! According to a study done by the American Council for Capital Formation and the National Association of Manufacturers, the Climate Security…...

Woman In Great Britain Forced To Pull Her Own Teeth Because She Can’t Find A Government Dentist

She was told that if she wanted to, she could have paid a private dentist to have the work done. Of course, that just made the poor woman wonder why…...

Global Warming It’s All About the Money

Our money that is: BANGKOK (Reuters) - Developing countries and environmental groups accused the World Bank on Friday of trying to seize control of the billions of dollars of aid…...

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Hugo Chavez…Mouseketeer?

Heh: ...

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Baghdad Jim McDermott’s Travel Agent Met With Hillary At The White House

Sigh... A Michigan man facing federal criminal charges of illegally working for Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Intelligence Service says he met with Hillary Clinton at the White House in May 1996.…...

Fitna The Movie: Geert Wilder’s Film About The Koran

Shocking stuff.  Not for the weak of heart. For those of you not in the loop, this is Geert Wilders.  Here is some background on the film. ...

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Shocker: Most Palestinians Favor Killing Jews Over Talking To Them

Which isn’t really shocking at all.  The Palestinians, for the most part, aren’t interested in co-existing with an Israeli state.  They’re interested in wiping the Jews out. But what is…...

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Iraq Marketplace McCain Visited Last Year Too Dangerous For Americans To Visit Now

According to CNN: I’m not buying it.  This is according to CNN and their “security advisers” and given the way the press responded to McCain’s visit to this market last…...

Vietnam Today

Grand Forks Herald reporter has recently visited Vietnam where he was born.  He has a couple Blog posts on the changes he’s seen since he last visited and 2) was…...

Great Britain Officials Would Like To Keep DNA Database Of School-Aged Pre-Criminals

Get ‘em while they’re young. Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating they may become criminals in later life, according to Britain’s…...

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Seven Members Of Cuban National Soccer Team Flee Their Nation’s Free Health Care

Long live socialism. ...

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Is Consensual Adult Incest Ok?

Apparently Germany’s high court is about to rule on that very question. Generally, I think what consenting adults do with one another in private is their business.  But that being…...

Burqa Chic?

Apparently some fashionistas thought it would be a good idea to feature the garment which is the symbol for oppression of women across the middle east at a Norwegian fashion…...

Belgium Jailing Parents For Not Getting Their Children Vaccinations

What’s more important, the health of the collective or the rights of the individual? LONDON - As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading…...

Britian’s Health System Makes It the Sick Man In Europe

Go figure: Britain remains “the sick man of Europe” because the NHS is overwhelmed by Government targets, a think-tank has claimed. This is the reason that drugs and treatment are…...

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