I came across this comment over at TierneyLab, the blog of New York Times libertarian science columnist John Tierney. In our modern world, computer program algorithms coordinate commercial aircraft traffic across entire continents, optimize investment strategies for billion dollar wall street portfolios and define national political poling [sic] strategies. However, it now appears that brilliant […]
Via Blackfive comes this disturbing story of the court martial of retired Green Beret Smokey Taylor, 80. Retired Army Green Beret Smokey Taylor got his court martial this weekend and came away feeling good about it. Taylor, at age 80 the oldest member of Chapter XXXIII of the Special Forces Association, was on trial by […]
The sound wasn't turned up on the TV set closest to my desk this evening as the Super Tuesday returns rolled in, so I didn't hear any explanations on air for this curiosity/conspiracy that I'm about to describe. I'm sure that there's a good explanation for all of this, but some super-pollster is going to […]
CIA Director Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden confirmed Tuesday for the first time that the United States had used the interrogation technique known as waterboarding three times. Those waterboarded included: Abu Zubaydah, the man who planned the unsuccessful 2000 milennium attack on Los Angeles International Airport. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who masterminded the attack on the USS […]
A lot of media bias isn't conscious, it's merely a result of the way the reporter sees the world. Here's an example of an unconscious right-wing bias courtesy of the Associated Press: When it comes to presidential primaries, Democrats and Republicans play by different rules. One party takes decisive action. The other hems and haws. […]
The GOP presidential race should be a heck of a lot clearer tomorrow morning. Super Tuesday has 24 states voting -- including delegate-rich California and New York. Sen. John McCain is the prohibitive favorite, but Gov. Mitt Romney has an outside shot. Gov. Mike Huckabee is nothing more than a stalking horse for McCain. I've […]
Some easily offended members of the religion of pieces have discovered that Wikipedia's entry for the founder of their religion, Muhammad, includes historical artwork depicting him. This has resulted in a lot of anger and a petition, but no riots -- yet. Surprisingly, the editors at Wikipedia have demonstrated a heck of a lot more […]
I'm certainly not going to defend the free-spending ways of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress over the past several years, but the unveiling of Bush's new budget plan has proven that while ready cash may be in short supply on Capitol Hill, gall is not. Selected quotes: "Today's budget bears all the hallmarks of […]
Another of the Greatest Generation has died. Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82. Jacobs died January 29 of natural causes at a Redding hospital, his daughter, Nancy Jacobs, told […]
A bunch of left-wing crazies showed up at the Marine Corps recruiting office in Berkeley on Friday and protested. The pseudonymous photographer/operative known only as Zombie took some pictures of the lunatics which you can find here. What I found most interesting, however, was in this San Francisco Chronicle report. As the right-wing blogosphere railed […]