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Concentrate in the important.

The Times has an interesting set of comments. In New Zealand, we have, until recently, kept private things private. For we are fully aware that our politicians are not saints. But things changed… slowly. Having the PM and Leader of … Continue reading

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A boot in your face, forever.

The Left, in the 1890s, had a hypothesis. That if a revolution occured, and those who were workers (the low, the proles) ran their own lives by means of a dictatorship of the proletariate (well, I guess that is Lenin, … Continue reading

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John McCain on Independence Day

McCain, good on ya. Our appreciation for what happened on a hot summer day in Philadelphia all these years ago is often limited to a fleeting, warm feeling about an ancient generation of Americans who, against great odds, stood up … Continue reading

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Note to warmists: Snow, rain and gales bring winter chill

Ah yes, everyone is moaning. We expect a clod snap aorund now but then we want cold bright frosty days and to see the son. Not miserable gray chilly coldness. And ii is cold. Full winter cold. Too early. Philip … Continue reading

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How to be an opposition.

Hat tip to Power Line. THis is what leadership looks like. Gov. Pawlenty and the minority Republicans have stopped the Peronistas. Cold. Dead. For two years. Today is the last day of the legislative session here in Minnesota. The action … Continue reading

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The scientific method in action.

California has been run by Peronists for a while. The government works for the unions and the legislators. There is an effluvium of populism and sloganeering. However, the budget is bloated. Taxes are soooo high that firms and people are … Continue reading

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Trainwreck on the way.

I like Bloomberg. Like most financial papers, it has to give figures. Businesses need ‘em. From today. President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by … Continue reading

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New York Times sends legal threats to blogs – Boing Boing

Last gasp of a liberal dinosaur: get the suits. Reminds me of SCO. Or Hollywood. Or Obamaborg… o hell, that was his first gasp. Pop quiz: You’re a troubled media dinosaur struggling to find your way on the Web. What … Continue reading

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Why is Obama the Borg?

The term has some history. Firstly, Slashdot has used the Borg symbol to describe those who use Windows… in part because Microsoft says that there is no alternative and you have to join us. To a certain extent this 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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