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Bringing Up Baby…

From the Editors at National Review Online: Some traitors, from Benedict Arnold to Robert Hanssen, betray their country out of greed; others, like the Rosenbergs, out of conviction. Even as the Rosenbergs were extreme but predictable products of Communist opinion, so Walker is a grotesque but unsurprising product of his milieu. But more important than any milieu are a man’s nearest and dearest, and more important than they is his

It’s the Policies, Stupid…

Via the irrepressible Tim Blair: Global survey of world “opinion leaders” concludes that American policies provoked the Semptember 11 attack. The Pew Research Centre and The International Herald Tribune conducted the survey, part of a project on global attitudes headed by Madeleine Albright. The specific policies “responsible” were not identified. Naturally. In a related story…”Frustrated son blames student loan debt on mother’s longtime policy of sleeping with father.”

It’s the Policies, Stupid…

Via the irrepressible Tim Blair: Global survey of world “opinion leaders” concludes that American policies provoked the Semptember 11 attack. The Pew Research Centre and The International Herald Tribune conducted the survey, part of a project on global attitudes headed by Madeleine Albright. The specific policies “responsible” were not identified. Naturally. In a related story…”Frustrated son blames student loan debt on mother’s longtime policy of sleeping with father.”

Irredeemable Garbage, The Web Edition…

Cock-burn and St.Clair’s paranoid li’l rag Counterpunch is fronting John Chuckman’s horrific essay, “The First Victim in the War on Terror.” Predictably, the “first victim,” to Chuckman’s deluded way of thinking, is not some poor innocent sliced open with a boxcutter or blown to smithereens by a hijacked, weaponized airliner, but rather — yup! you guessed it! — the Palestinian people! Y’know, I’m no longer surprised by the tortured mental

Irredeemable Garbage, The Web Edition…

Cock-burn and St.Clair’s paranoid li’l rag Counterpunch is fronting John Chuckman’s horrific essay, “The First Victim in the War on Terror.” Predictably, the “first victim,” to Chuckman’s deluded way of thinking, is not some poor innocent sliced open with a boxcutter or blown to smithereens by a hijacked, weaponized airliner, but rather — yup! you guessed it! — the Palestinian people! Y’know, I’m no longer surprised by the tortured mental

Gunnin’ for the HyperPundit…

Brian Linse takes the Instapundit to task for treating gun show “loopholes” lightly. Both Linse and Reynolds refer to this AP article by Melissa Robinson. Linse writes: If you read the article … you’ll find out that they were referring to a case where a Lebanese man was convicted of conspiring to export guns purchased at a Michigan gun show to Hezbollah! Get it? He bought guns at a Michigan

Semantic Clarification No. 12 :  Studies in Elision

In an earlier post, I used the term “hempsters,” by which I meant members of that hypervisible group of advocacy whingers who tend to hate globalization, worry about the “CO2 blanket,” eat lots of lentils, and buy clothing woven from hemp. I did not mean (as an emailer offered) “pot users who enjoy hampsters” — though the next time I need to describe some weedpuffin’ rodentaphile who owns a tiny

Semantic Clarification No. 12 :  Studies in Elision

In an earlier post, I used the term “hempsters,” by which I meant members of that hypervisible group of advocacy whingers who tend to hate globalization, worry about the “CO2 blanket,” eat lots of lentils, and buy clothing woven from hemp. I did not mean (as an emailer offered) “pot users who enjoy hampsters” — though the next time I need to describe some weedpuffin’ rodentaphile who owns a tiny

Canadian Academic Pinches Self, Find He’s a Figment of His Own Imagination

The engaging Damian Penny, along with Bruce Ralson, on his fine new blog, “Flit,” each report on U. of Guelph philosophy professor John McMurtry’s claim that American Intelligence was complicit in the 9/11 terror attacks. In his speech to the Toronto chapter of Science for Peace, McMurty called the attacks “a big lie” and compared them to the Reichstag fire. Doc McMurty, a former CFL player, further argued that the

Canadian Academic Pinches Self, Find He’s a Figment of His Own Imagination

The engaging Damian Penny, along with Bruce Ralson, on his fine new blog, “Flit,” each report on U. of Guelph philosophy professor John McMurtry’s claim that American Intelligence was complicit in the 9/11 terror attacks. In his speech to the Toronto chapter of Science for Peace, McMurty called the attacks “a big lie” and compared them to the Reichstag fire. Doc McMurty, a former CFL player, further argued that the