Monthly Archives: July 2008

Never mind the sharp, pointy things

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Phil Kadath

They mean you no harm. Last week I posted about the spiking of Seattle’s Green Lake. I would think the police would want to go and question this Letter to the Editor writer about them Editor, The Times: The hysteria … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: 07/23/08

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Phil Kadath

This is how conversations with terrorists are suppose to go There is an interesting piece of graffiti on a bridge near Basra. A fleeing militiaman has scrawled “We’ll be back”; underneath an Iraqi soldier has scribbled in reply “And we’ll … Continue reading →

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Just how soon is England’s next election?

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Hopefully soon enough to stop this before it gets started Gordon Brown is to launch the biggest revolution in the way Britons drive since the development of the internal combustion engine. He will meet manufacturers this week to try to … Continue reading →

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Puh-leeze

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Phil Kadath

I was watching the local evening news before going to work yesterday evening and the female teleprompter reader said that “Baghdad” Jim McDermott was proposing a bill that would give “gas stamps” (like food stamps, except these buy gas) to … Continue reading →

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Heller v. United Nations

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Phil Kadath

David Kopel at The Volokh Conspiracy adds to this report from Kenneth Anderson on last week’s Gun Control conference at the UN in NYC which was reported on by the NYT here, blaming the US for the world’s illicit arms … Continue reading →

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My tax dollars are not a jobs program

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Phil Kadath

They sound as though they expected to get the work no matter their bid A group of small, minority-owned Seattle-area trucking companies that had expected to start working on the Brightwater sewage-treatment plant Monday got some bad news at the … Continue reading →

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Ever so slowly

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Phil Kadath

We are winning The idea that reporters are trying to help Obama win in November has grown by five percentage points over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, taken just before the new controversy involving the Times … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: 07/22/08

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Crunching the numbers that make you want to crunch some skulls Allow me to lay some mathematics on you: According to the above numbers, San Francisco is spending $29,167 a year on each homeless person in the city, and not … Continue reading →

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I Want A Fatwa!

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Phil Kadath

What with the quality of tail that Rushdie keeps getting, I think it has to add some appeal.

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A reminder

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Of why the WWII generation still kicks ass, at Rivrdog’s

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