Ninth Stage

Sorry about the lack of posting but I’ve been in CA for a week and a half and I rarely post while I’m on the road. I still read blogs but unless something really annoys me or I get a free moment (like now) I just save it for my time at home in [...]

What the? Tyler Cowen at The Volokh Conspiracy must hang out with the wrong bunch of book readers. He says:
For the most part, people read books to construct a favorable self-image for themselves.
I never would have imagined anything like that and then he says this:
They like to think of themselves as the kind [...]

The MOAB bomb may have a new job to do. And this time it’s Mr. MOAB to you, thanks to James Lileks.
Mr. Enrichment Facility, meet Mr. Moab. Mr. Moab, Mr. Enrichment Facility. I�m sure you two have much to discuss, so we�ll just leave you to sort it out.

Rand Simberg has a confusing post. It’s about the first amendment (I think) but my mind kept drifting towards the second amendment.
Via Instapundit.

The July/August issue of Archaeology perpetuates the lie of massive looting in Iraq.
We’re waiting for the correction … (sound of foot tapping) … still waiting … (sound of crickets) … waiting … (footsteps) … (light switch off, door closing) … (silence) … (silence).
This post Certified Dowd…Dots� free

We (The U.S.A.) must be Romulans or Klingons.
I repeat my earlier theory about these [nutjob] people: they already believe that we are living in a Star Trek world with one global government, and the US is some rogue holdout fighting the existing order.
From todays Bleat.
Also this.
When I was growing up, the term �professor� connoted respect [...]

“Shiva the Destroyer?” This article dissects “Postmodernist anti-science thought” and points out the repression of “the other” this kind of thinking produces.
Dr. Vandana Shiva is likely the world’s most celebrated holistic ecofeminist, deep ecologist, postmodernist luddite, anti-globalizer, and spokesperson for those she claims are without a voice. Because she has advanced degrees in science, [...]

Glenn Reynolds goes on and on about exploration of Mars.
We could probably make it to one of the planets likely to be discovered in our planetary neighborhood before Mars could be terraformed. But after seeing these stunning images of Mars it would be a shame not to give it a shot (at least try [...]

Since I wasn’t blogging last week I neglected to link to this translation of Paul Mauser’s letter to the Denver Post.
Publicola says what I wanted to and does it much better. In other words: What he said.
Update: If the above link doesn’t work go here and scroll to the latest June 11th post.

Zonitics Points to a BBC poll for their readers to choose “Who is the greatest American?”
As stupid as this poll is, the funny thing is that as of this writing Bill Clinton is dead last at 3.37% at a tenth of a percent behind FDR. Homer Simpson is, of course, in the lead at [...]

If you are a true supporter of the second amendment you have heard of the assault on gun rights by the UN. Read the first few lines of this UN webpage of Conventional ArmsDisarmament Affairs.
Conventional Arms cover a diverse range of land, air and sea-based weapons including warships, battle tanks and assault rifles.
Warships, battle [...]

At the Smallest Minority I found a post about proposed and new [anti] gun laws for The Children�. It made me think and I came up with the best beat all safety law for The Children�. Remember when the law changed and required that children’s pajamas be fire proof? Well I’m thinking [...]

I thank Publicola and Publicola thanks Say Uncle for the link to a San Francisco Gate story about the CA state assembly:
The Assembly approved a bill Wednesday that would add a high-powered rifle to the state’s list of dangerous weapons.
[non-Dowd-dots] … The gun was built for military, not civilian use, Koretz [surely a military expert] [...]

Instapundit is bloggered this evening.
Wait a second, he isn’t hosted by blogspot and he doesn’t use blogger anymore.
Indeed or heh?

The Smallest Minority refers to this Den Beste post as the “modern domino theory”. Heh.

More: Today James Lileks reminds us of the following from (again) The Simpsons.
SNEED�S FEED AND SEED
(Formerly Chuck�s)

Now for humor. While browsing I found this to be sung to the tune of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “I am the very model of a modern Major-General” (as heard in an episode of The Simpsons):
I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk
I rent my own apartment and it’s full of electronic junk
I own [...]

Congratulations to The Smallest Minority who won The Truth Laid Bear’s first weekly “New Weblog Showcase” with his post Is the Government Responsible for Your Protection, Part II. I had read Part I (read it too!) before my last post last night and Part II afterwards. I didn’t know about the competition until [...]

I was reading a magazine with actual paper pages that I held in my hands when I came upon an article by Jeffrey Snyder (this article is not there at this time though it may be found here at some future time). The magazine was American Handgunner and the article was titled “What You [...]

If you don’t think I’m blogging enough it’s just that I’m taking my cues from the man.