Jan 30, 1933 – Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000. Feb 22, 1933 – 40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary police. Feb 27, 1933 – Nazis burn Reichstag building to create crisis atmosphere. Feb 28, 1933 – Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the Reichstag fire. March 22, 1933 – Nazis open Dachau concentration

Via Insty, Eric Posner on Bill “Guilty as Sin, Free as a Bird” Ayers: ERIC POSNER: Was Bill Ayers a terrorist? Pretty much. “Under current law, Ayers was a terrorist. This definition is not idiosyncratic; similar definitions can be found in the laws of foreign countries and in international treaties. Ayers seems to think he ought to be excused for violence because his motives were good, but that is the

Stolen from PsyBlog: We tend to think of our emotions as having laws unto themselves, but one psychological researcher has suggested that our emotions do follow certain general rules. This post begins a new series on the psychology of emotions with Professor Nico Frijda’s twelve laws of the emotions (Fridja, 2006). As for most laws there are exceptions, but these have been synthesised from years of psychological research and hold

Four miles into last Sunday’s Seattle Marathon, runners came on a sight so singular that some stopped to be photographed with it. It was a banner, 3 feet by 6 feet, that read: “SEATTLE ATHEISTS — WE BELIEVE IN YOU.” Behind it, handing out water to the runners and cheering, were 30 volunteers with one thing in common: They say there is no God. Why in heaven’s name were atheists

It has happened repeatedly in the last several weeks — well-paid, well-known journalists questioning the wisdom of “bailing out Detroit,” of helping an industry whose union-represented workers have substantially better wages and benefits than other manual or skilled laborers, or, more precisely, who are better compensated than their nonunion counterparts working at foreign-owned rival companies building cars and trucks in the United States. The questions are tinged with outrage and

in Pakistan, protesting low-mileage American imports.

Pee-wee: I don’t remember. Texan: Where are you from? Pee-wee: I don’t remember. Texan: Do you remember anything? Pee-wee: I remember… the Alamo. [Texans cheer] Pearl Harbor can be placed in the same line as the Alamo and Custer’s Last Stand. They are stories of surprise defeat and a military response. Sept. 11 fits there as well. Pearl Harbor is part of another line, though, Mansoor said. That one includes

After eight solid years of Trooferist howling about teh eeeeeevil BOOOOOOSH REGIME? Their little crusade won’t go anywhere. But to them that will mean only that the Supreme Court has joined the mainstream media and perhaps Congress in a great conspiracy to put a foreignlike man in the White House to launch a Marxist revolution with the help of his terrorist friends. For four years, maybe eight, we’ll be hearing

I denounce it: A man who got carried away at a karaoke bar has been stabbed to death for singing too much and refusing to hand over the microphone. Abdul Sani Doli was performing in Sandakan town, Malaysia, and not letting others share the limelight. A group of men grew furious that Mr Doli was hogging the stage and a brawl broke out, police said. The 23-year-old was punched and