…goes the weasel
When I was a child my family used to visit a large chicken farm owned by some relatives. It was a commercial operation with enormous rooms the size of football fields (or so it seemed to me at the time) … Continue reading →
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Birtherism becomes respectable…
…if the candidate in question is on the right. No surprise there. [NOTE: I wrote about this issue long ago (although not of course in relation to Cruz), pointing out that similar questions were raised about John McCain when he … Continue reading →
Great movie endings
I was watching the movie “Broadcast News” last night, a film I’d seen in a movie theater when it first came out (1987), but didn’t remember all that well—except, that is, for the scene where wannabee news anchor Albert Brooks … Continue reading →
Has Egypt come full circle?
Will Mubarak actually be released now? Maybe, just maybe, could people be entertaining the thought that Mubarak’s repressiveness was a reaction to the situation in Egypt at the time he came to power? And that said situation has not changed … Continue reading →
New Jersey ban on conversion therapy for gay youths
New Jersey has become the second state (California being the first) to ban so-called “conversion therapy” for those under 18: “Ex-gay” conversion is widely discredited and refuted by major mainstream psychological groups, such as American Psychological Association. In June, the … Continue reading →
I suspect…
…that this sort of thing is rife in the reporting of the action in Egypt right now. Watch the video: Someone just sent me a short video clip with some footage by AlJazeera that was taken inside the mosque yesterday … Continue reading →
Yahoo email is now officially creeping me out
I got a little note from Yahoo email today saying: As part of our continuing effort to provide you with a wonderful Yahoo! Mail experience, we want to make sure the mail you send gets to the friends, family or … Continue reading →
Obama declares health insurance a right
I don’t think anyone actually listens to the president’s radio addresses (any president, not just this one), do they? What does reach people, however, are sound bites from those addresses. This latest one is really a classic example of Obamaspeak. … Continue reading →
It gives…
…”if I had known I’d live this long, I would have taken better care of my teeth” a new meaning.
Continue reading →Big Pharaoh on Egypt
I used to read the English-language blog of Big Pharaoh, an Egyptian writer who would report on developments in his country. Then some years ago he closed down the blog, and until yesterday I was unaware that he’d opened it … Continue reading →
Obama, the unchecked president
This article by Donald Sensing was recommended by several commenters yesterday. It doesn’t say anything that hasn’t been said before, both here and elsewhere. But it says it very well and quite succinctly. It’s a gloomy message. But it seems … Continue reading →
Suicide bombs in breast implants?
Not the Onion. This prospect is just another subset of the “bombs in body cavities” dilemma. I agree with this: The problem is another reason why we should be using behavioural analysis as the primary detection method to screen people … Continue reading →