Saturday, April 29, 2006

NASCAR on Staten Island, and other stuff

A few good blog entries...

5. "Europeans wouldn't know a truly free and open market if it bit them on the ass." No Pasaran.

4. "Another victory in the centuries-long struggle against bigotry and oppression can be celebrated today, as "community leaders" ... have forced capitalist land developers ... to abandon an appallingly racist name that had, with incredible insensitivity, been chosen for a local shopping centre." The Daily Ablution names the shopping center: Merchant's Corner.

3. "But while that meeting may convince the anti-NASCAR crowd the track is doomed, it ain’t necessarily so." Leather Penguin discusses NASCAR's drive for a new track on Staten Island.

2. "If you are one of those who saw United 93 and are keenly disappointed that Director Greengrass failed to turn his project into a 90 minute brief to prove the incompetence and evil of the Bush Administration, you would think Ms Stevens a genius rather than the pouting philistine that she appears to be." Right Wing Nuthouse.

1. "Bitching about taxes is a national pass-time in America because, by and large, people grasp the basic concept that one cannot tax oneself into prosperity. The Europeans on the other hand harbor no such misconception." Prairie Fire.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Sprint's mobile wireless

I've spent the last few days using Sprint's EVDO (mobile wireless service) with my laptop all around Southern California. It's nice to have high-speed internet everywhere I go.

Spint had a 30-day trial period, so there was no reason not to give it a whirl.

It will end up costing me $90 for the PC card, plus $60/mo. I keep telling myself I'm paying for a reliable service that's completely portable with the laptop, not blinding speed. That said, the speed of Sprint EVDO (Evolution, Data Optimized) is very good for web surfing and uploading and downloading large files. The only speed issues I've seen so far is with large video files. My downloads chug along at 15-50 kbps, where my home connection runs at a minimum of 120, and usually above 200. Streaming videos at youtube.com and similar sites has been just as good with EVDO as cable.

I knew there would be speed issues, so it's not a bar. After all, it's just not fair to compare mobile wireless to cable, at least not yet. Overall, I'm very impressed with the usability. There have been no frustration issues anywhere on the web, with anything I do.

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Run the Sprint Connection Manager, press Go, and I'm on in five seconds.


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Coverage is very good.

Again, it has only been a few days, but so far I'm very pleased. Sprint has been really good so far, with a fast, simple setup -- which we demand nowadays. With Sprint's trial option, this is a no-brainer for anyone with a laptop who wants fast internet absolutely everywhere. As a bonus, Sprint/Nextel supports NASCAR. These people should be paying me.

Scheuer defender wallowing in quagmire

My McCarthy / rendition post (here) drew an interesting comment. The guy, icono clast, likes Michael Scheuer and his messy retirement experiment, "Imperial Hubris." I don't. Interestingly enough, I was bringing up the fact that Scheuer and I agree on one fundamental thing, one that the Left rejects: rendition is a successful program and must continue. Go here for the guy's comment. My response to that comment is below.

I appreciate your opinions, "icono clast". To answer a couple of your questions...

Imperial Hubris is not a great book. I have a copy, and it's a messy internet search crammed into hardcover. I've done a little writing in my life (I've earned more than $100,000 so far with the profession), and I'd be ashamed to put my name on that book, too. This is why he labeled it "anonymous" at first, not because he was protecting his identity for intelligence or security reasons. He was embarrassed.

And there's nothing terribly inspiring about any of Scheuer's content. A sophomore journalism student could have done better. And, sure, writing a book can be done without hate.

Yes, I have kids. Two. I'm beside myself with glee that they have not been close to any serious terrorist attacks in five years. The U.S. has suffered no major attacks since 9/11 -- an attack conceived of and planned in its entirety under Bubba Clinton. We've had no attacks, while Europe has suffered 37 major attacks. Europe's tolerant socialism has failed, whereas someone here is doing something extremely well. Why do I think the left won't give any credit to a Republican president? Perhaps it's just a coincidence we've not been attacked here -- the terrorists, oops, I mean "dissidents", must be biding their time.

Scheuer believes, as most on the far left do, that being "bogged down" in Iraq, or getting stuck in the "quagmire of Iraq" or "reliving Vietnam" through Iraq is preventing the hunting and capture of al-Qaeda terrorists.

That's false on its face.

We're using a small percentage of U.S. military and intelligence capability in Iraq, and also Afghanistan. To assert the contrary, as the Left does every day, is a willful misrepresentation of the facts, or, at best, pure ignorance about the most capable fighting force in the history of humanity.

The same old, tired arguments were trotted out by the Bush-hating left when hurricane Katrina struck. The chord strummed by anti-Bush morons was, "Our troops are all tied up in Iraq, and that's why the Katrina response was slow." It was like an old, plastic LP skipping on a dime-store record player.

"Five hundred thousand peanut butter and jelly sandwiches weren't ready to go on the night of the hurricane, therefore Bush is inept, and racist to boot!"

This is laughable stuff.

Of course, anyone who spent two and a half minutes doing research knew that Louisiana alone had 18,000 available National Guard troops, and Mississippi and surrounding states had similar troop levels that could have been used (at the behest of a Governor, not Bush).

Presently, there are approximately two million trained, equipped troops that could be used for any military action, such as removing Iran's nuclear program.

So, if you feel Scheuer is some kind of great writer, or perhaps that the publishing of his book was an "act of honor", I'd say that when soemeone bashes Bush, the screechy Bush-haters will yell, "Bully for us!" This feeling of "greatness" you have is not as a direct result of any new information or insights from Scheuer, rather it is because the guy feels as you do, and nothing more.

Rather than getting stuck in a "quagmire" of anti-Bush books, why not read some insightful, well-respected works of non-fiction that lack political bias. I suggest "The Case for Democracy", and "America's Secret War". You will learn something about the world from folks who neither hate nor love a Republican president.

Monday, April 24, 2006

Dual-use tech toy

This new Motion Sickness Wristwatch, which uses mild electrical impulses to the arm, could easily be strapped onto the Big Pole for an interesting experience. That would be the first thing to try.

One could also wear the device as advertised, but reverse the polarity. Would you feel as if traveling on the ocean while on dry ground? There would be no hangover with that.

McCarthy's leak an "act of honor"?

The McCarthy leak case:

1. John Kerry is "glad" she leaked information to the press.

2. Juan Williams, a strong liberal and employee of public tv / radio, called the leak an "act of honor".

The issue today is about the consequences of leaking confidential information to the media. Even Kerry had to grudgingly admit that laws were broken and McCarthy will have to face up to that. But the underlying issue here is rendition. Why would a CIA agent speak against the practice of rendition and the use of foreign jails?

Remember Mr. Anonymous, Michael Scheuer? He's the former CIA guy in charge of catching Bin Laden, and he wrote "Imperial Hubris", a book highly critical of GWB. In a shameful, Michael Moore-style attempt to make a quick buck, and to affect the outcome of a presidential election, he released the book just prior to Bush's second electoral victory. It was Scheuer's retirement gift to himself.

So, the stage is set, right? We ALL KNOW Scheuer is a Bush hater and an al-Qaeda expert.

Now, read this New York Times article dated March 11, 2005. Scheuer did what all liberals are doing -- bash Bush -- but he also said some interesting things about rendition, chiefly that it is an "overwhelming success."

Rendition = overwhelming success

The full quote from Scheuer, a leading expert in these matters, as well as a foaming-at-the-mouth Bush-hater, is as follows:

"Perfection is never attainable in the fog of war, and any errors should not distract from the overwhelming success of the program."

So now we must ask ourselves, why would liberal leaders like John Kerry and Juan Williams be against rendition and support somebody who broke the law trying to stop it?

Their thinking is steeped in Vietnam. It was in that era of paranoia that it became cool and popular to distrust a Republican government. Today that translates into being "glad" a CIA employee single-handedly tried to stop a rendition program that is an "overwhelming success." Was it really an "act of honor" to help the enemies of the United States, Juan Williams?

Vietnam damaged the united states because liberals used it as the poster for being anti-government, especially anti-Republican. We've been hamstrung ever since. I can't wait for Kerry's generation to be lowered into the ground and covered with dirt. We need to move on. Sometimes not fighting is the greater evil, folks.

Liberals want us to lose the war on terror. There is no other conclusion one can make.

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Cynthia McKinney is out of control

I turned on CNN this morning and saw a small piece on Cynthia McKinney. I almost spit out my beer when I heard her big, flapping jaws. She learned something -- even a highfalutin Congresswoman doesn't decide what the media can, and cannot, use.

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Expose the Left has the video here.

McKinney is the most arrogant person I'm aware of. Surely somebody, somewhere, must be more arrogant and righteous, but I can't think of who. Even "talent on loan from god" falls short of this woman.

Semi-related

I found this on her cynthiaforcongress.com website:

"...I have seen proud men in the hills of Appalachia, who wish only to work in dignity--but the mines are closed, and the jobs are gone, and no one, neither industry or labor or government, has cared enough to help."

Uh, Cindy, could the "proud men" possibly help themselves?

Michael Schumacher wins F1

Michael Schumacher's win at San Marino is less important than his qualifying effort. He set the pole, No. 66 of his career, breaking Ayrton Senna's last record.

Even if you don't follow Formula 1, go here to get acquainted with the greatest driver of all time. You know about Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, and Wayne Gretzke -- now go find out about the highest paid athlete in the world.

For the uninitiated, F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport. Everyone involved -- drivers, engineers, crewmen, etc. -- are the best of the best worldwide. Schumacher is the best, in history, in this crowd.

Morbid Creature of the Left

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Madeline "None-Too-Bright" Albright

From the mouth of the morbid creature: "You can't go to war with everybody you dislike." And: "I think Iraq may end up being one of the worst disasters in American foreign policy."

Going to war with 'everybody you dislike'? Hmmmmm. We didn't go to war with France, North Korea, Burma, Sudan, Venezuela, Cuba, or the dozen other nations and dictators we 'dislike'.

How many of our soldiers will die because of None-Too-Bright's flapping mandibles? How much longer will our task in Iraq take because of the Left's penchant for lambasting politicians and policies while we're at war? Will American voters remember that Bin Laden and the Left have the same position on the war on terror?

From AFP.

Saturday, April 22, 2006

No warning label at Overlawyered

I am considering suing Overlawyered for causing my blood pressure to rise. There is no warning label to protect the idiot masses, and to protect them from idiot suits like mine.

Just kidding. I'd never file a frivolous law suit. My DNA lacks greedy and dishonest genes.

Here's an idea: "The chronicling of America's desperate need for torte reform, as is tastefully accomplished here, may lead to high blood pressure, bloating, nausea, and may cause fits of anger. Do not eat. Professional driver; closed course. Do not try this at home. Ask your doctor to check for liver problems before taking Overlawyered. In the event of an erection lasting four hours or more, sing for joy and call everyone you know."

(The latest case of high blood pressure involves their post about a verdict against Chrysler).

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Free breast exam, may I come in?

This one's real -- no alterations to the photo or story.

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Via Yahoo News: "MIAMI (Reuters) - A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the offer, police said on Thursday."

The two women who took him up on the "exam" are as dumb as rocks. I sincerely hope they have never sat on a jury, voted, or driven a car.

Monday, April 17, 2006

Michael Moore wins Boston Marathon

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Michael Moore edged out a Kenyan stick figure to win the Boston Marathon today. Eleven bystanders suffered minor injuries after being thwacked by Moore's jouncing jowls. Moore said his bitter hatred of the United States kept him going through the grueling race. After crossing the finish line, he collapsed in a heap, causing a magnitude 4.2 earthquake. Paramedics administered ho-ho's, ding dongs, and twinkies.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Wonder Mullah enriches uranium

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"At this historic moment, with the blessings of God almighty and the efforts made by our scientists, I declare here that the laboratory- scale nuclear fuel cycle has been completed and young scientists produced enriched uranium needed to the degree for nuclear power plants Sunday."

Duke Nukem Forever is here?

Is the next Duke Nukem PC game really upon us? This sucka was announced in 1997, which is ancient times for 3D gaming.

In 1997:

++ Doom 2 was still raging, with titles like Quake and Half Life spreading across the globe like a plague.

++ Windows 95 was the only gaming operating system to have, and boy did it suck.

++ Speaking of sucking, Bill Clinton was in hot water over a presidential pole waxing.

++ I had hair.

Presently we're about to see Windows Vista, Doom 3 is already old, and still no Duke!

But then Ben Kuchera at Ars Technica received, played, and wrote about the new Duke demo. He speculates it's the first true Web 3.0 game. In other words, you will install this game, then play it in your default web browser. The magic is that it should work for every platform.

Every platform.

Linux? No problem. Mac? No problem. Windows, for sure - until now, gaming has been the main reason for owning a Windows box. Kuchera says Duke "plays evenly well on all three platforms."

So, technically, this game could mark a dramatic change in ... everything. The only reason I don't run Linux on my primary PC is because of games. If they'll run on something as stable as Linux, the usefulness of Windows will shrink towards insignificance. And just when Windows was getting good!

As for the quality of game play, Kuchera tells us all we need to know in a single sentence: "Finally we get a man's shotgun back in gaming."

Godfather caught in Italy

It's the stuff of movies. The "boss of bosses" of Sicily has been on the lamb for 40 years. He's rich; could be anywhere. They found him hiding in a farm house near the town of Corleone, Sicily. (Bloomberg has the story here.)

In The Godfather series young Vito Andolini was given the name Vito Corleone when an Ellis Island official saw "Corleone" on his papers. The official mistook his city of origin, Corleone, for his last name. And the Godfather was born.

Sunday, April 09, 2006

'Si se puede'

"Yes we can"

The immigrant march in downtown San Diego...

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Saturday, April 08, 2006

Indonesian Playboy Issue No. 1: Exclusive sneak preview

The Shaved Ape presents an exclusive first look at the new Playboy magazine from Indonesia -- the world's largest Muslim nation. (Reuters story here.)

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Centerfold: a beautiful damsel from Jakarta

The upcoming "Gifts for Dads and Grads" issue will include the following:

-- Bin Laden pez dispenser

-- Beekeeper suit "for that special someone"

-- Wooden paddle with gold inlays, suitable for beating wives, daughters, and Christians

-- Deluxe turban cleaner, imported from Saudi Arabia

-- "Mein Kempf" in hardcover

Dan Brown victorious over 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail'

After reading The Da Vinci Code and Holy Blood, Holy Grail, it's hard to believe Dan Brown, author of the former title, won the UK plagiarism trial.

The devil is in the details -- copyright infringement and writing along a very similar theme are two different things, it seems. It's funny that the whole thing involves a wardrobe malfunction of epic (and biblical) proportions.

One thing is certain; the theme in those books is correct, as the painting below clearly shows. It's one of Leonardo Da Vinci's early renderings of The Last Supper.

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BBC follies

The BBC News home page is displaying a huge mistake right now. I got a chuckle out of it.

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Friday, April 07, 2006

Nothing runs like a Deere

Mexican immigrants are planning more protests for Monday...

One of the main arguments for amnesty is that these immigrants pick all of our food. I thought massive harvesting machines did most of it.

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Introducing Juan Deere and his brothers Enrique Deere and Jose Deere. Let's give them amnesty so they can continue harvesting the crops.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Introducing Wonder Mullah

Straight from Iran, Wonder Mullah offers battle to anti-Islamic forces wherever they may be found. In the name of Allah and the Prophet (PBUH), this mullah has high-tech weaponry to defeat the enemy.

Watch out, infidels, Wonder Mullah is coming soon to a theater of war near you...

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Inspired by D.D.

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Hamas broke

A BBC news headline today reads 'Hamas says PA coffers are "empty"'.

Newsflash! Terrorists are out of money because the free world won't give them any more. What complete, fucking morons.

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

NASCAR being set up by Dateline NBC?

There's a web rumor about NASCAR fans being set up during the April 8, 2006 race. Since NBC has the contract to broadcast the 2nd half of the NASCAR season, I'm doubtful.

See The Jawa Report for more info.

Update 4/5/06: MSNBC.com has the story. NASCAR fans were set up.

Thank you immigrant protesters

I want to thank the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been marching in the streets of the USA recently. I have been extremely critical of their message and desires, but I'm grateful the protests were peaceful. I overlooked this very positive note in my earlier diatribe.

Right now I'm watching protesters throw rocks in Paris, Fwance, live on cable news, and the situation is ugly. They're also pulling down street signs and fighting amongst themselves. The Fwenchies don't seem to realize that this is hurting their cause.

Monday, April 03, 2006

New Cynthia McKinney doll

One of 535 members of congress wasn't recognized yesterday, apparently giving Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) the go-ahead to assault a police officer. More here.

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McKinney's publicists have released an exclusive new talking Cynthia McKinney doll to coincide with the assault. The first 10 buyers can get a comb to try to tame her hair -- for just fitty cents!

Pull the cord to hear the darndest things!

This traffic light has been red a long time. The engineers who made the lights are white. This is happening because I'm black!

My eggs are over-medium; I ordered them over-easy. The cook is white. This is happening because I'm black!

My alarm clock didn't wake me up this morning. It was designed by white engineers. This is happening because I'm black!

I refused to obey the orders of a police officer, so I punched him. That's okay, because he was white, and I'm black!

I've had a chip on my shoulder since slave days, and even though no white men have owned slaves in generations, I'm going to work my victimhood for maximum advantage -- because I'm black!

Saturday, April 01, 2006

Another liberal Bush-hater exposed

Washington Post via Drudge; bolding mine:


    In one of the e-mails, written during the first presidential debate in 2004 and leaked to the Drudge Report, Green wrote to a colleague on his BlackBerry: "Are you watching this? Bush makes me sick. If he uses the 'mixed messages' line one more time, I'm going to puke."

That's ABC executive producer John Green of Good Morning America.

We've known for a long, long time that the uber-liberal MSM harbor such a deep-seated hatred of all things Bush they've been trying to sabotage the war in Iraq (Aaron Brown on CNN and all of NPR spent the last three years interviewing folks -- exclusively -- who claim the war is a horrible idea).

It's yet another piece of evidence the pacifist cowards can't deny. I wonder if an outright hatred of George W. Bush affects a newsman's work...