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Absolutely Fascinating
How many times do you think you can fold a piece of paper in half? Good luck breaking double digits. Previously, 8 was thought to be the limit, but this girl came up with a method to do 12 folds in high school!
Top Victims of 2005
The NY Daily News has a list of some political correctness run amok. I would like to add all those Native Americans that are victimized every time Chief Illiniwek does his dance.
Non-Lethal Discomfort that Doesn’t Inflict Severe Pain
Here’s one of the most laughably bad articles I’ve seen about how what the US does isn’t torture but…wait for it…interrogation. Try to follow the logic here. First, the author is against torture because it’s not allowed by law and here’s his definition: Torture is already against the law. It is, moreover, the intentional infliction [...]
Guess I’m Still Living in a Hostile and Abusive Environment
According to the NCAA, that is, who ruled that Chief Illiniwek continues to be “hostile and abusive”. In their ever nebulous case against Native American mascots, the NCAA comes up with this gem for their argument du jour: “By continuing to use Native American nicknames, mascots and imagery, institutions assume responsibility over an environment which [...]
More on Alito
For as blood as this Supreme Court battle was supposed to be…there has been surprising calm. Here’s some thoughts by Stuart Taylor on what kind of justice Alito would be (only accessible at .edu computers): Once installed in Justice O’Connor’s seat, Alito will be an exceptional justice. His rulings will probably be congenial to the [...]
McCain’s Defense of His Amendment
Via Newsweek, John McCain gives a defense of why he is pushing his anti-torture amendment. It’s definitely worth reading to get a well-thought out argument in favor of the amendment. One point it addresses is the “ticking bomb” argument that, for the most part, seems to be about the only argument that is made in [...]
Keep an Eye Out for the Pirate Mother Ship
( Matt's Posts )
This pirate story just gets better and better…now they’ve spotted the pirate “mother ship” that’s used to launch smaller pirate ships. Hopefully, somewhere there’s a ninja “mother ship” to counter this powerful pirate force!
And What Are the Democrats Doing?
Just a reminder, even though Democrats don’t do much these days other than watch the Republican party implode, when the do do something it’s pretty stupid like voting in favor of federal regulation of free speech online. Even liberal bloggers are fighting mad about the Democratic party’s stupidity on this one. So there you have [...]
The Heroic Defense of Pork
Here’s a great tongue-in-cheek article about the political hero that is Ted Stevens (and most of the US Senate): Schoolchildren of the future will bend their little brains to memorizing Stevens’ defense of home-state pork, the transcript of which shall be engraved on the base of the statue. They will recall that after one of [...]
The Pragmatic Argument Against Torture
Ethical objections aside, I’m surprised that there hasn’t been more discussion on the pragmatic trade-offs associated with the support of torture. This Economist editorial makes some good points to this effect. Indeed, after the disastrous stories of prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo Bay and Afghanistan, you might imagine that a shrewd president would have [...]
What Am I Missing Here?
President Bush: “Our country is at war and our government has the obligation to protect the American people,” Bush said. “Any activity we conduct is within the law. We do not torture.” Legal experts and intelligence officials: It is illegal for the government to hold prisoners in such isolation in secret prisons in the United [...]
Ward Churchill Award Nominee
This award is for people who view terrorist attacks against America in a positive light. Today’s nominee is none other than Bill O’Reilly for this gem: ..If al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we’re not going to do anything about it. We’re going to say, look, every other place in America is off [...]
Pirates and Ninjas, Oh My!
Following up on the news of the pirate attacks last weekend, here’s some awesome pirate pics from the incident: And, in the interest of equal time for ninjas, I was rather amused to discover some of the search engine queries which have led people to our blog: Do ninjas have families Were ninjas used during [...]
I’m Back!
I haven’t been blogging the past few days because I went to a conference in Washington DC to present a paper. You can see my presentation in PPT or PDF (sans animations). It’s not every day you see an academic presentation that starts off with a Lord of the Rings slide . Pictures are up [...]
Introducing The Myles Brand Award Nominations
While I was waiting in the terminal, I saw this lady on CNN who was the author of this book called Fat! So? (Creative! Huh?). Anyway, she’s a self-described advocate for fat rights. At some point while she was talking, she went into how her “fight” for fat rights was inspired by the civil rights [...]
And You Thought Illini Football Was Bad
After losing to the Buckeyes “only” by a score of 40-2. How about Hanna High School’s basketball team in Oklahoma, who was beat 112-2 on Friday? I don’t understand how a team can be that bad and still decide to field a team. On another college football note, when I predicted UCLA’s undefeated bubble would [...]
Did Abu Ghraib Lose Iraq?
Fareed Zakaria, one of the smartest foreign policy pundits in America, writes: “Ask any soldier in Iraq when the general population really turned against the United States and he will say, ‘Abu Ghraib.’” A few months before the scandal broke, Coalition Provisional Authority polls showed Iraqi support for the occupation at 63 percent. A month [...]
How To Thwart Pirate Attacks
Just to follow up on Leigh Ann’s post from yesterday, if you ever find yourself being attacked by pirates and there are no ninjas present, evidently sonic blasts are a good second line of defense: The liner used a sonic blaster to foil the pirates. Developed by American forces to deter small boats from attacking [...]
Istanbul Not Constantinople
( Our Life )
Last week my work travels took me to Istanbul, Turkey for another recruiting trip. This time another lady from my work went with me, and it was so much fun to not be alone this time! Unfortunately I started getting a bad cold just before we left so that sort of put a damper on [...]
Our blog is right…
The world needs more ninjas, particularly in Somalia: Cruise liner fends off pirate attack