Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt
October 20, 2012
GAFFES AND GAFFES: These bumps in the road just aren’t optimal.
October 19, 2012
MY CATS WOULD KILL ME IN MY SLEEP: Cats get dressed up for US breeders show.
WALLS, WALLS, THEY ALL FALL DOWN: Firewall in ruins?
AND OTHER CRAZY IDEAS: The Economic Record in Favor of Limited Government.
IN OTHER WORDS, STANDARD OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE: Department of Energy Insecurity. “Security Agents Charge Dept. of Energy with ‘Fraud, Waste, and Abuse’ in new letter.”
MILEHI CON: Science fiction convention in Denver starting today. I’ll be dropping by tomorrow for a signing and a reading. I’ll be reading from the upcoming A Few Good Men (Baen, March 2013) Come out if you wish to say hi.
THE BURDEN OF HEROISM: Weighty memento: war veteran’s secret revealed after his death.
The family of a war hero only discovered the full weight of his bravery after his death when his cremation left behind a huge pile of shrapnel.
WHY NOT JUST LISTEN TO THEM: LAPD blocked from executing warrant to grab Manson related tapes in Texas.
WELL, IT’S NOT ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION: MILLOY: EPA’s illegal human experiments.
HAUNTING: The Ghosts of World War II: The photographs found at flea markets superimposed on to modern street scenes. (Also via Ace of Spaces HQ).
COLD FUSION, ANYONE: British engineers produce amazing ‘petrol from air’ technology. If not a hoax, I’m all for it. It would allow us to stop financing terror.
BUDGET? WHAT BUDGET: DNC host committee comes up $13M short.
LOSERS FEAR MOCKERY: Renowned Turkish pianist charged with offending Muslims for Twitter posts. (And this was very mild mockery.)
THEIR 19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN: EU leaders agree ‘fiscal facility’ plan with eye on budget union. Note how their answer to problems caused by central planning is… more central planning. What is the definition of madness again? Do they make Thorazine for continents?
BY ANY MEANS: Cummings goes after group combating voter fraud.
TRUST ISSUES: Former SEAL Team 6 Commander Supports Romney.
SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU: Surprise! CA Official Who Underreported Unemployment Figures is Big Obama Donor Of course, this is the merest coincidence. (via Ace Of Spades HQ)
BOOK PUBLISHERS, ARE YOU LISTENING: Newsweek Took Its Audience for Granted.
“It’s rather a case of institutions thinking that their gatekeeper status was a commercial asset to be exploited rather than something that had to be earned day by day.”
AS I WAS SAYING: Don’t mourn the end of fuddy-duddy feminism.
Feminism has often been hateful about men, and has missed the point that most women like men and that there is a natural sympathy between the sexes.
WEALTH AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: China: What Flows in, Must Flow out.
The manufacturing boom of the past twenty years has made China more powerful and made its citizens wealthier than ever before. But China is quickly finding out that a wealthier population is often more demanding. The past few years have seen a spike in domestic unrest, as millions of Chinese demand higher pay, better living conditions, and an end to government corruption. Now wealthier Chinese are skirting the rules too, finding ways to avoid the restrictions the Communist Party counts on to keep the country under control. It’s becoming increasingly difficult for Beijing to keep the lid on the tensions around the country.
Yes, I think they understand this over here too. They’ll make us into beggars, ’cause beggars are easy to please.
October 18, 2012
MADNESS OR IDEOLOGY — WHO CAN TELL: Debates 2012: An Exercise in Liberal Pathology
OBAMA THOUGHT HE WAS BAITING A TRAP: Says Neo-Neocon