Hope
This works on so many levels it transcends humor (warning- moonbat head explosion alert)
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April 30, 2008
Judgement Day in 3, 2, 1...
'Kay now, this is starting to get creepy- self-repairing robots-
Yeah, yeah, this looks pretty crude. First steps, man, first steps. When do I get to see Asimov's Three Laws getting implemented?
via io9, my new go-to site for everything non-political and fantastic
April 28, 2008
Zombies
62%
Hmm, looks like I might not last all that long...
RAH said it first
April 23, 2008
Food Pr0n
Stephen Green has himself some yummy
April 22, 2008
Aliens are... alien
Glenn links to an article by Jerry Pournelle. Key point:
...All I am saying is that both "sides" miss the point: we should be humble about ourselves and our place in the universe. We cannot know if a Creator exists. We can only believe if one exists, or does not. And we should definitely be humble about our own tools to probe the universe---they are sparse and primitive.
The Fundamentalists who say the most ignorant things about evolution are wrong on their side. And Dawkins and Myers and their ilk, who dare to call people of faith "stupid" (while their own atheism requires as much faith as any snake handling fundamentalist), revolt me.
Count me as revolted as well by fanatics of any stripe.
April 18, 2008
Freedom
Every once in a while I read something that gives me hope for humanity. This is the latest.
h/t Instapunk
Western Civilization
Some thoughts on where we are and how we got there.
Just to fire you up- I happen to agree that Christianity and the monogamy that is woven tightly into it are the reason European, and later, American civilization became ascendant. A quote from the comments:
whiskey_199 said...
I would argue the reverse Aenea. That Europe is central. Without it and Europeans, in their former state, the world is doomed to poverty and misery and repeating the cycle of Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians, Chaldeans, Hittites, etc. Flower, boom, decay, die. With the same misery, poverty, disease, lack of knowledge, and so on that characterized life outside of Europe circa 1500-present.
Europe, and Europe alone had the engine of prosperity: monogamy. Now it is true that most of humanity lacked that, and resembled a pride of lions, with the big man hoarding all the females (and wealth) and many long to return to that state. Among them many women it is safe to say.
Europe, and Europeans, were totally unlike ANYTHING that had came before. More cooperative. Less Big-Manish. Far more freeholder-ish. Spreading wealth and power DOWNWARD. Without Europe and Europeans, we'd see humanity living in something approximating the level of technology of 1200. Perhaps less than that. With a bit of fireworks.
China invented gunpowder, printed money, printing itself (the basics), and the first modern fleet of sailing ships. And did nothing with it because all that knowledge was locked up in Eunuchs and died with them. Whereas Europe took Chinese gifts and constantly improved upon them (for the benefit of family craftsmen and their sons) to the point where each generation, guns or printing or navigation (and ships themselves) were qualitatively better than before, and available in far greater numbers.
It isn't guns, germs and steel (Europe was province of ill-smelling barbarians who accomplished pretty much nothing before monogamy). Or Civic Militarism (Hanson). Europe was the punching bag for Vikings and Muslims before monogamy really took hold.
The explanation is cultural. It's decisive. China by contrast along with Islam have given the world relatively nothing. How can they with a few Emperors and a mass of Eunuchs.
Ouch. But it needs to be said.
April 17, 2008
Missing Rush Limbaugh
April 16, 2008
A Eulogy
Christopher Buckley's Eulogy for his Father
via Volokh
More popcorn please
Some gleefulness at Wizbang blog.
Disgusting doesn't begin to describe it
April 15, 2008
I'm a nut- with brown eyes
|
You Are A Peanut |
 You are popular, even with people who tend to have picky taste. Kids love you, as do dogs. From rednecks to snobs, most people have a place for you in their hearts. As popular as you are, there are some people who can't be near you. Don't take it too personally. There's just a few people you rub the wrong way. |
Odd that a displaced Georgia boy would get this result...
|
Your Eyes Should Be Brown |
 Your eyes reflect: Depth and wisdom What's hidden behind your eyes: A tender heart |
- and they are.
Idea shamelessly stolen from The Anchoress
April 09, 2008
Those rockin' 70's
I scored a Far Out
80% on theQuiz by SheGoddess: Lose Weight Fast
I should have done better...
Reality denial
Dr. Sanity has a brutal take on the congressional questioning of General Petraeus yesterday-
But then it's 2008 and we all know what that year signifies.
Yes, we all know what that year signifies. And you don't have to be a psychiatrist to understand the fundamental priority that motivates a narcissist.
The narcissistically driven denial of reality endures that they will never willingly or consciously reassess their socialist/leftist/PC ideology, or even question it.
Such reflection is far too threatening.
Anna Freud once wrote that the ego of a child in denial "refuses to become aware of some disagreeable reality.... It turns its back on it, and in imagination reverses the unwelcome facts."
The essence of psychologica denial is a refusal to look at, or acknowledge, reality.
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Psychological denial and the avoidance of an unpleasant reality are certainly not confined to one side of the political spectrum or the other. But what I find endlessly fascinating is how the political left has created and fully integrated specific ideological tools that facilitate ongoing psychological denial.
It reminds me of all the paranoid patients I have observed over the years, who effortlessly are able to dismiss or explain away those facts that don't fit in with their carefully constructed conspiracy theories. If you get too assertive in pointing out those uncomfortable facts, you find yourself in no time fully integrated into the theory. For the paranoid, the case is closed and the argument is finished.
Smack! The question is, are we going to sit back and allow this to continue, or are we going to rid ourself of this pestilence? In the end it's "We the People" who decide.
Religion- and Courthouses
Glenn has an entry that notes that in Crossville, TN, there is a boldly religious statue right outside a courthouse! Oh, the humanity...
RFK
Wow. What could have been. I'll never ever forget 1968...
via The Anchoress
April 04, 2008
Splinter
I meant to post this a couple of days ago, but, well, here it is now:
When I grow up I want one of these- along with a bodacious babe to periodically refinish it, of course.
A. 600 hp. wooden. car. God bless America!
h/t Toolmonger
Discovery prep
April 03, 2008
So am I a moron for sure now?
17
I feel guilty just reading it, and I put it up for ya'll to see. Pathetic.
April 02, 2008
Issac Bickerstaff
Possibly the best April Fool's Day joke ever perpetrated- and almost assuredly the cruelest.
April 01, 2008
Wal-Mart to the rescue
So, for those of you who think all big box stores are eeevil, there's this. Rather heartwarming.
Blog rating
Since I'm a rather profane individual, this surprised me:
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I guess when it comes down to "putting it on paper" I'm a chicken...