MichaelW on Oct 31 2006 | Filed under: Culture, Humor, MichaelW's Page
I thought it might be fun to cruise around the internets and highlight what some people will be wearing as a costume for Halloween this year.
To start off, it looks like slutty Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz is popular amongst the pre-teen girls.
And of course, Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My!
Apparently, Karl Rove […]
Lance on Oct 31 2006 | Filed under: Lance's Page, Technology
I am not the most tech savvy blogger on the internet, but I do spend a fair amount of time on the web. So I have been waiting for my beloved Firefox’s latest upgrade. I also had the chance over the last week to work a bit with Microsoft’s latest entry, Internet Explorer 7. So […]
MichaelW on Oct 30 2006 | Filed under: Economics, Environment, Media, MichaelW's Page
Old joke:
A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job.
The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks “What do two plus two equal?” The mathematician replies “Four.” The interviewer asks “Four, exactly?” The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and […]
Lance on Oct 29 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Lance's Page
Tom Maguire notices this item from the New York Times:
“This notion that elections are stolen and that elections are rigged is so common in the public sphere that we’re having to go out of our way to counter them this year,†said Donna Brazile, a Democratic strategist.
This will be the first midterm election in which […]
MichaelW on Oct 27 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page
Political consultants are notorious for the colorful categories created to characterize various groups of voters that are then precisely targeted with carefully crafted campaign messages. Who can forget “Soccer Moms” and “NASCAR Dads“? These monikers, often overly cute, are derived from all that voter research that goes on prior to elections, yielding the […]
MichaelW on Oct 26 2006 | Filed under: Books, Domestic Politics, Economics, MichaelW's Page
I heard an interview late last night on Washington Post Radio (which, for me, is fast becoming a preferable alternative to NPR) with author Timothy Carney discussing his new book, “The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money” (available at Amazon and through Laissez Faire Books). Tim ponders the question […]
Lance on Oct 25 2006 | Filed under: Culture, Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Law
Without being finger printed and monitored by the state that is. Having made my way over to Samizdata I came across a post which has one of my favorite Lewis quotes:
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under […]
The Poet Omar on Oct 25 2006 | Filed under: Economics, Religion and theology, The Poet Omar's Page
***Update*** A point I neglected to mention is that distributism, like Marxism, seems overly concerned with labor and production of concrete goods. It does not adequately address what could broadly be considered the “service sector,” which could be said to include anyone who does not directly produce a concrete product (bankers, financial professionals, […]
MichaelW on Oct 24 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Law, MichaelW's Page
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You may have heard the other day that the cause célèbre of terrorist sympathizers everywhere recently concluded the sentencing phase:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York attorney convicted of aiding terrorism by helping an imprisoned Egyptian client smuggle messages to […]
Lance on Oct 24 2006 | Filed under: Developmental economics, Domestic Politics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Lance's Page
While I was at Division of Labor today I noticed this post referencing a John Tierney article asking who had done more to reduce poverty, Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank or __________? Go see the answer and the rest of the question.
Technorati Tags: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, poverty
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MichaelW on Oct 24 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, MichaelW's Page
[UPDATED: Links corrected, per Kav in the comments; I had inadvertantly left out one link (to FDL), and misplaced another (to Greenwald). Now corrected.]
It is often amazing to me just how seriously some people can take themselves, how they can get so caught up in their own rhetoric so as to forget to look at […]
Lance on Oct 24 2006 | Filed under: Developmental economics, Domestic Politics, Economics, History, Lance's Page, Law, Media
While at the University of Oklahoma I was subjected to a course on the History of England taught by a professor of Womens Studies. The course, and the professor, was economically illiterate which was unfortunate since the course covered the period of time, and was most concerned with, the Industrial Revolution through the 1960’s. I […]
Lance on Oct 23 2006 | Filed under: Culture, Domestic Politics, Lance's Page
I almost didn’t blog about this, and for petty reasons. Basically I don’t want to appear to be giving equal time just because Glasnost has spewed links all over my comment section showing Republicans are just as bad (good?) as Democrats in using sex as an issue;^)
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The Poet Omar on Oct 23 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, The Poet Omar's Page
It seems like Queen Hilary I may be in for more of a nomination fight than may have initially been thought. Recent Democratic party golden boy Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. has just indicated that he is seriously considering throwing his hat into the ring. While I’m thrilled to see a minority candidate for […]
The Poet Omar on Oct 22 2006 | Filed under: Environment, The Poet Omar's Page
I know, I know. This is one of the signs of the Apocalypse. Actually, believe it or not, I find that this happens more often than you’d think. The specific issue that I’m referring to here is the idea that corporate welfare needs to end. This is a great piece on how the American Smelting […]
The Poet Omar on Oct 20 2006 | Filed under: Culture, The Poet Omar's Page
Like many other people who find themselves slightly to the right of the Hollywood crowd (both politically and geographically speaking), I find myself constantly baffled by the fact that despite the legions of potential conservative or libertarian movie fans out there, very few conservative or libertarian films every appear at our local twelve screener. In the past, […]
Lance on Oct 19 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Since I picked on Andrew this week, it is only fair that I praise him for this.
“The maintenance of a free society is a very difficult and complicated thing. And it requires a self-denying ordinance of the most extreme kind. It requires a willingness to put up with temporary evils on the basis of the […]
MichaelW on Oct 19 2006 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, History, MichaelW's Page
Most everyone knows, although a suprisingly large number of us ignore, the admonishment to “take all of your medicine.” Any doctor will tell you that if you fail to take the full course of anti-biotics prescribed for you ailment (say, a sinus infection) that you risk the cause of the infection coming back in […]
Lance on Oct 19 2006 | Filed under: Culture, Domestic Politics, Humor, Lance's Page
It is Eric Scheie who finally filled me in. Go and see what an evil man the blogfadduh really is. While you are at it, you can find out more about the sexual McCarthyism in our era as well. I just hope Eric will be the one who helps me figure this out as […]
MichaelW on Oct 19 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, MichaelW's Page
There is much exortation from Democrats and the Left to join them this November in vanquishing the Republican majority, and from Republicians and the Right for their supporters not to stay home when said vanquishing begins. It occurs to me that what the severely political set is missing about the average voter is that, […]
The Poet Omar on Oct 18 2006 | Filed under: Culture, Foreign affairs, The Poet Omar's Page
I recently had a chance to read this very interesting post dealing with Stephen Browne’s Observations on Arabs. Woody M. at GM’s Corner blog has dissected Browne’s analysis and offered up a few observations and questions. It’s actually quite a good post and I recommend having a look at it. The original post from Stephen […]
Lance on Oct 18 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Lance's Page
****Welcome readers of Instapundit and Jonah Goldberg. The main discussion of Greenwald’s bad faith is here and previously dissected in more detail here. Jonah Goldberg fans can find an interview with his friend Michael Ledeen, which touches on Greenwald as well, here.
Michael Wade had our last Newsflash on the Sock Puppet king here.
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My […]
Lance on Oct 18 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Lance's Page
Let me make a disclaimer right now, and one I have made before, but it seems to be necessary, bad faith is a bipartisan exercise, no let me say it is a multipartisan exercise. Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter are famous examples on the right, today I am discussing libertarians for the most part, but […]
Lance on Oct 17 2006 | Filed under: Culture, Domestic Politics, Lance's Page, Media
I wandered over to the Conjecturer where Joshua was lamenting the decline of Andrew Sullivan, and so of course I had to go over and take a look since I hadn’t been to Andrew’s in a few days. I came across this post. Go on over and watch the video.
Are you back? Good. Now I […]
Lance on Oct 17 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, History, Lance's Page
So, if the official documents they found are to be believed (and they should have gotten copies of each one, a major error) and their contention is that the vast majority of these documents have not been included in the numbers that have been reported as an explanation of the discrepancy, then that should have been tested. How? I would think making a good faith effort to see if they had been recorded officially would be a good place to start. If we had copies of each one, that could even be independently verified by other researchers. That wouldn’t be enough for me, but it would be a good start. They could then check to see how many had been included in the IBC data, and if not find out why or why not. That is real science. Hiding behind the statistical validity of your methods is not.
The Poet Omar on Oct 17 2006 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, The Poet Omar's Page
Early this morning, North Korea issued a statement indicating that the UN Security Council resolution calling for sanctions and an end to it’s nuclear weapons program was tantamount to a declaration of war. http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1161079746602&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home also covered here http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/17/world/main2096678.shtml (with slightly more amusing graphic of Kim Jong-Il).
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MichaelW on Oct 16 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, MichaelW's Page
PACs and incumbents: [Based on the year 2000 statistics] PACs continue to give more to incumbents than challengers, and to House Members more than to Senators. The numbers have stayed remarkably steady: typically more than 40% of the money House members raise comes from PACs, compared to 20-25% for Senators. Overall, more than three-fourths of […]
Lance on Oct 16 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Media
I was going to write an extensive post on the problems I saw with the Lancet study, and I will expand this post later, but Iraq Body Count has pointed out the issue that first hit me.
I was reading Jane Galt when I noticed this:
insecurity during this survey could have introduced bias by restricting the […]
The Poet Omar on Oct 16 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, The Poet Omar's Page
In the last several weeks, many of the blogs that I’ve visited (including ours) have been enmeshed in the ongoing debate over how to vote in the coming elections. The hard-cores of the group advise that we adopt what I’ll call Plan A and vote a straight Democrat ticket in order to throw the […]
The Poet Omar on Oct 15 2006 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, The Poet Omar's Page
I happened to be browsing the net this afternoon when lo and behold, look what I stumbled upon : http://www.schoolandstate.org/home.htm
Now while I admit that some of the solutions presented here are, at best, naively optimistic, the overall theme is one that I agree with completely. Here it is presented far more eloquently than I […]
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