Monthly Archives: February 2009

The Real Root Causes of Violent Crime:  The Breakdown of Marriage, Family, and Community

Hat tip to Ann Coulter. And to quote her or Sowell… or Skinner for what it is worth… if you reward a behaviour it will continue. While this link between illegitimacy and chronic welfare dependency now is better understood, policymakers … Continue reading

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The problem with not having kids – Featured – Macleans.ca

Go and read the article. Then the comments. This one reflects what I think… And for those who need to know, I have three kids,amregretfully too old to have others. Love the grandkids…. but choosing to have kids is choosing … Continue reading

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Weather… and cat

It’s wet/ Rainshirt and nylon ahirt weather: the forecast says it will not get above ten degrees. Even this fellow is spending most of his time inside. The heat pump is on in the evening and morning, and it is … Continue reading

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Klavan On The Culture » Misconstruing Miss Coulter

Politeness is not truth. Ann Coulter is doubleplusnogoodthink in Obamaspeak. At time her nicotine filled New Yorker (sorry, Ann, but Connecticut is a superb of Gotham) grates, but as Andrew says she believes aplogising is wrong… But the whole way … Continue reading

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A special report on the new middle classes in emerging markets: Burgeoning bourgeoisie | The Economist

Excellent article, By the standards of the Obamaborg, of course, Marx was a Tory, as this quote attests. The bourgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all, even the … Continue reading

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Pakistan car bomb kills five | The Australian

The militant arm of Islam feel that they are right and any means jusify the end. They have murdered five, because a local politican is (finally) enforcing the laws in the North East of Pakistan. Which is a hellhole: many … Continue reading

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Join the Internet Blackout – Protest Against Guilt Upon Accusation Laws in NZ — Creative Freedom Foundation creativefreedom.org.nz

If one goes back and reads the information & notes that across the spectrum geeks are saying this is fundamentally unfair… to the point that Jordan Carter, Tizards (who kicked her party in the guts by forcing this through) electorate … Continue reading

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Yeah, I’m a calvanist. So nuh?

My Political Views I am a right social libertarian Right: 4.84, Libertarian: 3.88 Political Spectrum Quiz I beleive the state should ensure that there are appropriate laws around property and safety of one’s live and limbs. And try not to … Continue reading

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Fined for illegal clearing, family now feel vindicated | smh.com.au

Homepaddock notes that the same thing is happening in NZ. What most Greens don’t understand is that Farmers have to respeck land in both countries because if they do not the fertility erodes. Which is not profitable. They aslo forget … Continue reading

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The Free World Fatwas Itself – Mark Steyn – The Corner on National Review Online

More Mark. He writes good. He writes true. Canuckstan (a small village situated somewhere in a cold part of Ontario) wants to ban him. So let us think ungood thoughts and eat share our bacon bagels with the local Mullahcracy… … Continue reading

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