Archive for 2009

GOTH GIRL rising.

THIS IS INTERESTING: The “Republican” Justice of the Peace who refused to marry an interracial couple in Louisiana was a Democrat until this year.

This came from a reader tip, but a quick Google search indicates that it’s been blogged already.

MARK STEYN:

These young men are, de jure, British subjects and, de facto, the demographic energy of every city down the spine of the country. “Islam will dominate!” they yell, impatient that it doesn’t already, not entirely. The delusions of multiculturalism have brought about the death of England – in nothing flat. An amazing feat.

It’s what happens when you have a ruling class that decides that it doesn’t believe in the country it rules. And a citizenry that lets that rule continue, anyway.

AMY BURKE OF THE CINCINNATI 912 PROJECT sends a picture from the Organizing For America pro-Obamacare rally in CIncy. But don’t call them socialists! More pics here.

Organizing for America 10/18/09

WILL THE LEFT KILL BARACK OBAMA? I’ve been seeing this site show up in blog comments. Who’s behind it and why? A WHOIS search shows a non-public registration. Any thoughts?

THIS IS INTERESTING: Iran accuses Pakistan over attack. “Iran’s president has accused Pakistani agents of involvement in a suicide bombing in south-east Iran targeting a group of elite Revolutionary Guards.”

CASH FOR . . . GOLF CARTS? Stimulus!

CHRIS DODD UPDATE: Scandals, But No Censure.

Two years ago, after a scandal that centered on the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the House created an independent ethics office as part of what Speaker Nancy Pelosi called an effort to end the “culture of corruption” in Washington. The Senate also took action, setting up what it described as tough new regulations.

Since then, however, no member of Congress has been censured, the toughest punishment short of expulsion, despite a number of recent scandals involving sexual impropriety, financial dealings and conflicts of interest. The record illustrates how Congress has struggled to police itself after years in which its ethics committees were often derided as ineffectual.

I don’t think they’re “struggling.” I don’t think they’re even trying very hard to look as if they’re struggling.

Read the whole thing, but here’s the bottom-line quote: “Congress will protect its own, no matter what.”

THIS WEEKEND’S TWO-MINUTE HATE. “Exit question, as Allahpundit would have it: how much of this is just pique over the administration having to drop the Humana probe? I’m guessing at least a third.”

NOBODY COMMENTS ON PAUL KRUGMAN’S BLOG, IT’S TOO POPULAR: What is the theory here, economist guy? You don’t want too many people on your webpage? Well, I’d be the last one to say that people have any obligation to allow comments on their page. You can always comment about them on your blog! Including commenting about their decision to turn comments off when they say something incoherent . . . .

PROGRESS: ‘ECG For The Mind’ Could Diagnose Depression In An Hour. “Monash biomedical engineer Brian Lithgow has developed electrovestibulography which is something akin to an ‘ECG for the mind’. Patterns of electrical activity in the brain’s vestibular (or balance) system are measured against distinct response patterns found in depression, schizophrenia and other Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders.”

ARE MARRIAGE PROPOSALS DEAD?

HURRICANE RICK: “Hurricane Rick continued to intensify yesterday. It may be the strongest hurricane ever observed in the East Pacific, and it is certainly one of the fastest growing ever, anywhere.”