Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Ogling For Allah
If the Geology gig goes Gaia on our favorite Patalonista, there is always gainful employment down there in Islam Way
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Good Confluences
Last couple posts AA and I have been talking about Argentine sacramental wine, the gods and their babes. Best I could do.
A Question from "All Things Beautiful"
As one of that distrusted minority, imagine how gloriously distrusted we will be once we've organized ourselves into a terror network and freely indulge in purse snatching and petty fog-- er, crime.
Doctor Gore
So, Bush is Bond's CIA homeboy? Mark Steyn is M? Pepe is Ciphre, poker playing Versaillian with a bloody tear running down his eye? Hillary is the biddy from Smersh with the poison tipped metal bladed shoes of death? It almost casts itself......BUT, who is BOND??
Ben Stein wants us to be rich (don't read this, Pepe)
I've always enjoyed Ben Stein, whether I agree with his monotone points or not (not long ago he was calling for a sort of redistributionist tax system that took money from the wealthy to give to soldiers — I didn't think the U.S. needed any sort of Soldier of Fortune military). This article has nothing to do with Soldier of Fortune, but rather explains how to make money: read the instructions, and pay attention. It's often just technical rather than theoretical. At least how Ben Stein presents it. It sounds awfully plausible...
The Day Peter Singer Didn't Kill His Mother
This guy is good--up to the last paragraph. On his right sidebar he has other articles.
New Mexico urinal talk
...there's a photo out there on the internet somewhere that would really do wonders for this story.
News you can use
"The results revealed that young women in swimsuits performed significantly worse ... than those wearing sweaters. No difference were found for young men."
How about older men? Will they do math differently in sweaters or swimsuits?
flip ... flop
'I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history,'' McCain said to applause.
The comments were in sharp contrast to McCain's statement when Rumsfeld resigned in November, and failed to address the reality that President Bush is the commander in chief.
''While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service,'' McCain said last year when Rumsfeld stepped down.
it sounds like even the staunchest war supporters are distancing themselves from it.
The comments were in sharp contrast to McCain's statement when Rumsfeld resigned in November, and failed to address the reality that President Bush is the commander in chief.
''While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service,'' McCain said last year when Rumsfeld stepped down.
it sounds like even the staunchest war supporters are distancing themselves from it.
helpless Europe; another study
Just a week or two ago I remember reading or hearing about how European countries were so much better than Britain and America in the welfare treatment of children. Now this story today.
AI, it also looks like we need another study: "Living in a household where no one works affects both children's current living conditions, and the conditions in which they develop by lack of an appropriate role model," according to the study.
AI, it also looks like we need another study: "Living in a household where no one works affects both children's current living conditions, and the conditions in which they develop by lack of an appropriate role model," according to the study.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Drip, Drip, Drip......
Suleiman's gang of obscure paranoidists continue their assault on the sensibilities of Friends of Pepe (Le Paponista )[FOPS]
Suleiman the Magnificent
Pepe, meet Courage. Courage, mee.......Sacre Bleu, that Pepe runs swift!
"Reported by Al-Masree Al-Yawm (The Egyptian Today), with thanks to Dalia.
The article is in Arabic. Here’s my translation:
Family of Al-Azhar Student, Accused of “Contempt of Religion”, Disowns Him Before His Court Verdict Session
Written by Nabeel Abu Shal and Tamer Al-Sharqawy
18/2/2007
The family of Al-Azhar student Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman, accused of “contempt of religion”, has disowned him before his court verdict session on the upcoming Thursday. His father, a retired mathematics teacher, has demanded applying the Sharia [Islamic law] ruling on him by giving him three days to repent, followed by having him killed if he does not announce his repentance.
The father of the Al-Azhar student, who is accused of contempt of the Islamic religion, harming the reputation of Egypt, and inciting to disrupt the peace and to overthrow the regime, has decided to rescind from boycotting his trial hearing sessions. [He has decided] to attend the court verdict session with his four brothers, who completely memorized the Holy Quran, to announce disowning the accused Abdul Kareem inside the court room, in order to reduce the embarrassment and pressure that civil rights organizations are applying on the court panel.
The father of the accused also described the organizations that are working on having his son acquitted as “monkey rights” organizations, in his own words. He also described his son as the “monkey” who has imitated the atheists of the West in their intellectual thinking.
The family also said that they will announce their disownment of their son on the Internet as well..."
"Reported by Al-Masree Al-Yawm (The Egyptian Today), with thanks to Dalia.
The article is in Arabic. Here’s my translation:
Family of Al-Azhar Student, Accused of “Contempt of Religion”, Disowns Him Before His Court Verdict Session
Written by Nabeel Abu Shal and Tamer Al-Sharqawy
18/2/2007
The family of Al-Azhar student Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman, accused of “contempt of religion”, has disowned him before his court verdict session on the upcoming Thursday. His father, a retired mathematics teacher, has demanded applying the Sharia [Islamic law] ruling on him by giving him three days to repent, followed by having him killed if he does not announce his repentance.
The father of the Al-Azhar student, who is accused of contempt of the Islamic religion, harming the reputation of Egypt, and inciting to disrupt the peace and to overthrow the regime, has decided to rescind from boycotting his trial hearing sessions. [He has decided] to attend the court verdict session with his four brothers, who completely memorized the Holy Quran, to announce disowning the accused Abdul Kareem inside the court room, in order to reduce the embarrassment and pressure that civil rights organizations are applying on the court panel.
The father of the accused also described the organizations that are working on having his son acquitted as “monkey rights” organizations, in his own words. He also described his son as the “monkey” who has imitated the atheists of the West in their intellectual thinking.
The family also said that they will announce their disownment of their son on the Internet as well..."
Il lago del diablo
Shockingly, there are multiple locations in the United States with the name "Devil's Lake." A very heated war broke out here regarding which one should be featured, whether a disambig page was needed, even over the usage of the apostrophe- eventually literally degenerating into "my lake is better than yours!"
THAT's How to Run a Business!
Nos freres allemands seem to be getting anxious about Messerschmidt having sang impur. Look out Sudetenland! Croatia gets into the act, too.
Pyongyang Rabbit Camps
"Smolinsky says a giant [German] rabbit needs to eat about two pounds of food a day. That's twice as much as the North Korean government distributes to many of its people to survive."
Pepe and mft: the singular crossing point of worldviews
"During a recent protest by angry bar owners at O'Toole's, several dozen people crowded the pub to light up cigars and cigarettes, but after police arrived everyone put out their smokes."
...and then they'll come for your marbled ribeyes, your single malt, your olive oil, your confit, your butter, your heavy cream, etc. It's good to see a little civil disobedience on the big island. Here's the scene in Dakota.
Energizer Binnie
The Binnie Boyz keep comong back. So what will Pepe's reply be? Don't Worry Be Happy? It's Just Molotov Cocktails? Far Away From Versailles? It's All Bush's Fault!!!! All of the above? Whatever it is, it surely will not address the "root cause" (a favorite pinko-lefty construct). To wit, we need to kill these guys dead, and keep them this way. Anything else is just wanking up the wazoo in Waziristan.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Oppie
Here's another review by Harvey Klehr, this time of a book about Oppenheimer. A complicated figure, that's for sure. By the way, did you know about him "poisoning his tutor's apple, an act that almost got him charged with attempted murder"? You don't say! I wonder what would happen to your randomn grad student if he tried such a stunt with a prof -- you think he'd get in hot water?
oral sex ? no thank you very much
i had the same thing once after dining at Juan's flying burritos. only it came out the other end. damn texmex.
Yet another test
This one is much easier to take. As you can see, I scored smack dab in the middle. Did I cheat, or what?
Save the sex addicts
He argues that other workers with worse offenses were disciplined less severely -- including a couple who had sex on a desk and were transferred.
AI! New Ammo!
[C]ommentators drilled in every unbecoming association (“tax and spend liberal,” “big government liberal,” “ivory tower liberal,” “limousine liberal,” “commie, hippie, purple haired, weak kneed, bleeding heart, limp-wristed, weepy eyed, take your choice liberal”).
Where is Coanda when you need him?
Of course, Pepe will say, these are just a bunch of random guys, throwing the odd Molotov cocktail, so don't worry, be happy. Whence the labels.
The Gouzenko Affair
Arguably, Gouzenko's defection in Ottawa in September 1945 was the starting point of the Cold War. Some nitty, Amy Knight, wrote a book about it. Harvey Klehr, a very smart prof from Emory, rips her a new one in a review that escaped me before.
North Dakota "snow angel" record...
Michigan held the previous record, and some city in New York state has attempted it too. So far, however, North Dakota holds title to most absurd... uh, I mean, holds the title for the snow angel record: the simultaneous making of 8,911 snow angels.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Attn. JJ: Britney and Razor Control (or lack thereof)
Two bald heads on one Britney Spears? Talk about shaving...
A brilliant career
Papon was promoted five times during the war, becoming police supervisor in the Gironde from 1942-44. Afterward, he became cabinet director of Gaston Gusin, named by de Gaulle to administer Bordeaux when the Germans pulled out in August 1944. ... After the war, Papon enjoyed a brilliant political career, easily slipping into the machinery of the postwar state. He rose to become Paris police chief under then-President Charles de Gaulle in 1958, holding the post until 1967. He was named budget minister in 1978 under President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and kept the post until 1981. ... Because of Papon's credentials, and efforts at the highest levels to shield him, the case dragged through France's legal system. In 1994, President Francois Mitterrand admitted he had intervened to stall the case.
The Godfather, Part II
He is a more modest man: a mere mafia don, seizing the economic resources and political power of a country for himself and his mostly KGB cronies. And promoting his vision of the Russian national interest — assertive and expansionist — by engaging in diplomacy that challenges the dominant power in order to boost his own.
Pepean search engine
Ah, I get it! That's where he gets all the wisdom he imparts to the unwashed masses. Thank you, Pepe, thank you.
Royal rulz!
Actually, I agree with Royal on this one: why would the French even attempt at buiding an aircracft carrier? We all know that they wouldn't even be able to operate it properly (look what happened last time they tried), and, if push came to shove (even if attacked by a dinghy), they would promptly surrender. So, OK, just hand out the money to the rubes, buy some votes from the Nanny State addicts, and get it over with, already: I'm waiting for my jeroboam of VCP from JJ.
Friday, February 16, 2007
I'll let you fellahs dissect this...
Read and comment. Hillary, as of 10/10/2002, is first up:
...So it is with conviction that I support this resolution as being in the best interests of our nation. A vote for it is not a vote to rush to war; it is a vote that puts awesome responsibility in the hands of our President and we say to him - use these powers wisely and as a last resort. And it is a vote that says clearly to Saddam Hussein - this is your last chance - disarm or be disarmed.
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