Forget everything you know or think you know about plate tectonics. According to a retarded mentally-challenged Iranian cleric, earthquakes are actually caused by immodestly dressed women. A well-endowed female blogger named Jen McCreight (AKA Blag Hag) took exception to this sexist feat of mental gymnastics, and has organized a ‘protest’ to take place today wherein [...]
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Yoda Needs To Visit Oslo
I think that the committee which awards the Nobel Peace Prize needs to buy a six pack and rent the original Star Wars movie, paying particular attention to the wisdom imparted through Yoda’s mangled syntax. When Jedi-in-training Luke Skywalker says he will try to do something, Yoda responds: Do, or do not . . . [...]
No “Coup” in Honduras
Earlier this morning, I posted an article which essentially said that both those condemning the ‘coup’ in Honduras and those praising its new government were wrong. My opinion was that Honduras was right to get rid of Zelaya, but went about it the wrong way. Thanks to a helpful commenter, Viva Honduras Libre (whose very [...]
A Better Response to Honduras
UPDATE: Please see my new article, “No ‘Coup’ in Honduras,” for a more complete look at the issues raised in this article. My initial thoughts regarding the actions by Honduran leaders were greatly revised upon learning that there is no mechanism for impeachment in the Honduran constitution. Everything else has been moved past the jump.
Iranian Unrest
Whatever the implications may be of the current protests in Iran of Friday’s rigged presidential elections, they are giving us some shining examples of courage and selflessness. One ‘tweet’ in particular caught my eye and tugged at my heartstrings (time is CDT, UTC -5): PD90, Sun 14 Jun 12:19 via web Going out to join [...]
Should Japan Go Nuclear? Not Without Strong Leadership and Competent Diplomats
Despite the buzz over Obama’s nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the most important news item this week — and possibly this year — is North Korea’s nuclear test and increasing beligerance. (Does it make me a terrible cynic to think Sotomayor’s nomination was announced when it was precisely to let Obama regain [...]
