miscellany
10/9/09 WTH? —> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_nobel_peace
Ronald Reagan made actual, real nuclear weapons reductions after some tough, John Wayne-style negotiations with the Soviets in Iceland. BHO gets a peace prize for a “change in global mood wrought by Obama’s calls for peace and cooperation”. IOW, for talk and promises.
I guess those Norwegians are just practicing affirmative action.
Sigh….
7/01/08 LOL: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTNmYzhkZmMwNDAzNGRkMDE5NTlmYzdjNDg3MmQzYmI=
6/9 And they want to take over health care??? http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2VmZDMxN2YxNzBiYmI2ZjJlMjY5YmYzMWQzMTI4ZmE=
6/2 How convoluted it must become when simple capitalism is abandoned: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_re_us/massachusetts_health_care
5/15 They should have used pure gold: http://www.hillsdale.edu/admissions/news/news_story.asp?iNewsID=1014&strBack=/Default.asp
5/15 Check it out, USA in a few years: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080515/wl_africa_afp/zimbabweeconomyforex
5/14 Neat story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lightbulb5-2008may05,0,3217216,full.story
4/24 A nice story. http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTE3NmQ3MjQwYTQ4NDFhNDIyZWNlYmRlNjIyMzkyNTc=
4/15 Eurabia or bust: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23539446-5013480,00.html
4/7 Good idea from 60’s – square beer bottles:
http://www.made-in-england.org/947
3/31 Nice piece in WSJ re: jihad. This author, I presume a naturalized Dutchman, is more European than the native ones.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120692614173175795.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
3/20 Gorbachev, the believer. Nice piece at NRO:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTQzOTExMjc1NmFhZjI0NmQxMDVhYWFiNjZhMTU5NDg=
2. Link to WSJ article on David Mamet’s political conversion (with internal link to his Village Voice article “Why I am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’ “).
http://online.wsj.com/article/wonder_land.html
3/4 – A thoughtful piece, esp on election day:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjRiNjRhNjVmMmM1M2YzMjZkNGEzZWRlMmIxNDIzOWY=
1. After the fact, but a quick blurb on Leap Day and the Gregorian calendar.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmQxMzhmMmQ1ZmVkZDI5MjgwMTFmODFiOGNiYTUwMDM=
2. Diogenes, here was your honest man:
http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDFjNzA5NjM5ZDIwZjZjMjVmMzNiMDgxYmQyYjY4Nzc=
A prize already severely cheapened by going to Yasser Arafat somehow manages to sink even lower. The winning strategy now is clearly to denigrate or harm the United States in some manner. Can Hugo Chavez be far behind?