Blame Canada

They are so awash with mewling sarcasm and illogic that poor Alisa Rosenbaum must be rolling in her grave.

Little Green Footballs, and Webloggin, note the ever-present theme of apologists for Islamic Extremists — it somehow must be our fault. Meanwhile over at Reason’s hit and run blog, they seem to have lost touch with reason on the subject if you read the comments. They are so awash with mewling sarcasm and illogic that poor Alisa Rosenbaum must be rolling in her grave.

IF

IF —

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

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Down to the sea in ships

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

Psalms, 107:23-27, KJV

One of my greatest addictions is historical fiction, and one of the finest authors I’ve found for the British Naval experience during the Napoleonic period is Patrick O’Brian. I’ve read his entire Aubrey/Maturin series three times now, and the series has grown in popularity immensely since the movie “Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World” was released. The movie and the books succeed so well because they are highly authentic in their portrayal of the period.

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Chinese Blogger Silenced

The last words Zou wrote on his blog described his feelings at the time he was prevented from boarding the plane: “The moment I saw the name ‘Zou Tao’ listed on the blacklist in the security center at the airport, I completely lost all hope.

In a clear sign that free speech, dissent, and capitalism are still very much fettered in China, read here the tale of Zou Tao and his real estate boycott.

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Nuclear Update – Bogus Surveys appearing

In a sign of the desperation seizing the environmental lobbies now that Kyoto is being questioned or even thrown by the wayside by some of the signatories, several groups are now lobbying against nuclear power. They see the coming dissolution of all the plans and organizations they’ve put together in the intervening years: the grants, the jobs, the public speaking engagements, the press, the notoriety, and the subsidies — all for things that do not work.

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Iranian Protests in Azerbaijan continue

The protests in Iran continue, I appreciate the diligence that bloggers are taking to pixilate the faces of the protestors, the folks in Iran are courageous and putting their future and their families future in jeopardy in the face of the repressive regime in Iran. Please take care with the reporting you do as a blogger, you don’t want to be a yahoo or google.

Update: please revisit both Gateway Pundit and Publius above, their excellent coverage continues, if they weren’t doing such a great job on this I would feel compelled to write on the topic, but it would be inferior to the work they are doing.

If you like historical fiction, Jame’s Clavell’s book “Whirlwind” has a heroine from Azerbaijan, the book details the frantic escape of the workers of a Scots oil company from Iran during the weeks that Khomeini’s thugs were taking over the nation.

Non-Nuclear ICBMs – update II

Leave it to the Russians to report this best, here’s a great article from Pravda that gives the strategic significance and the most detail on the new program proposed. With this program no terrorist leader in the world is safe anywhere given intelligence on his whereabouts. It’s natural that normal world leaders would feel squeamish in regards to the program as well however, since coupled with satellite surveilance and/or local drone intelligence the weapon makes it so nobody is outside the reach of the US military anywhere in the world except in deep, deep bunkers.

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F.I.R.E has a Job Opening

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is looking for an energetic person dedicated to academic freedom to fill the newly created post of faculty liaison.

Virginia Postrell, who is on the board of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education blogs that they are looking for a qualified person to fill the post of Faculty Liaison. FIRE is the group defending Acton Gordon after he was fired for publishing the Mohammed Cartoons. If you are interested, the link is below. 

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, on whose board I serve, is looking for an energetic person dedicated to academic freedom to fill the newly created post of faculty liaison. A job description is here.

Nepal problems

It’s time to keep an eye on Nepal, things are not in good shape there.

It’s time to keep an eye on Nepal, things are not in good shape there. See this note regarding possible Indian Communist party influence, and this article from Sydney on the current situation. We can only hope that Prachandra doesn’t emulate Mao’s Mass Murders.

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