The Fertility Gap

A thought-provoking article about the implications of differing fertility rates based on political ideology in the US: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008831 JDG __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the

Fwd: [lbstakoma] sci-fi magazines

Hi Everyone, I haven't been around in a while, but someone in my neighborhood just passed along the following notice, and I figured that someone here might be interested. Contact Neda for more information JDG --- Neda Juraydini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:46:09

Week 13 NFL Picks

On Thanksgiving Day I took Green Bay and Miami, and surprisingly went 1-1 in this .500 kind of year for me. Arizona at Chicago - The story of the Cardinals this year has been surprising people at home and getting blown out on the road. Pick: BEARS New England at Indianpolis - Bill Belichick,

Molly Ivins

David Frum, National Review: http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/diary060103.asp Bill O'Reilly debated Al Franken and Molly Ivins in an event broadcast on C-Span on Sunday afternoon, and he made this great joke that cracked up the conservatives in the audience: These HMOs are getting so

Iraq's Chemical Weapons

Here is an excellent graphic describing Iraq's chemical weapons arsenal and delivery systems: http://images.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2003-04/7268711.pdf In other news, we may have confirmation of a smoking gun in a few hours or days: http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030404_495.html

Rebuilding Iraq Won't Be Free

April 4, 2003 E-mail storyPrint Iraq Debts Add Up to Trouble Economists say Bush administration officials are wrong to assume that petroleum revenue will pay for postwar reconstruction. By Warren Vieth, LA Times Staff Writer

British Troops Winning Hearts and Minds

It seems to me that there is a national partnership between the US and Europe, with the US specializing in being the best warriors they can be, Europeans specializing in peackeeping, and the British bridging the gap. Here seems to be more evidence for that... JDG From London to Iraq:

UN Considers a New Korean War to be Entirely Possible

NORTH KOREA: U.N. Envoy Says War Is Possible; Security Council To Meet http://www.unfoundation.org/unwire/util/display_stories.asp?objid=32999 UN WIRE U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's envoy for North Korea, Maurice Strong, yesterday called it entirely possible for a war to result from

Iraq Was Starving Civilians

It will be interesting to count the instances of outrage over this, as Saddam attempted to starve civilians in Basra and blame it on the allies. JDG Complex found bulging with food in hungry city Distribution center was used by U.N. oil-for-food program From Mike Boettcher CNN Thursday, April

Canada

Canadians hurl abuse at U.S. hockey peewees By INGRID PERITZ Wednesday, April 2, 2003 - Page A1 Toronto Globe and Mail http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030402/UMASSN//?query=Brockton MONTREAL -- A peewee hockey tournament in Montreal became a trip into hostile

Taiwan Inelgible for WHO Aid Against SARS

At this point, I say that the United States should recognize Taiwanese independence to whatever extent it asks us to, and tell Beijing to take their objections and stuff it. Really, what will Red China do to us? Eventually, Beijing will come back to reality and just get over it. Time to do

Doh!

A journalist was fired from the LA Times for altering a photo to, quote, improve the composition. http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-ednote_blurb.blurb Right. JDG = --- John D. Giorgis -

Brin: David Frum on the War Plans

Dr. Brin recently made some harsh criticisms of the US war plans in Iraq, and suggested that it would be the prowess of US soldiers in the field that would salvage success in this war. David Frum's commentary on this from a few days ago seems particularly relevant - as well as providing some

Snap Judgements

Snap Judgments By WILLIAM SAFIRE http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/opinion/31SAFI.html WASHINGTON I never made it higher than corporal, but it doesn't take a military genius to figure out the strategy when you have air supremacy: break the back of the enemy's armor and its infantry before your

Jpeg Question

Hi All, I sent my Dad the picture of the camera-toting dolphin, and he reports: Don't know why but I can no longer see any jpg files. They come out all fuzzy. Not sure why. Any ideas? I'm clueless, but I'm hoping that maybe somebody here might have an idea. JDG =

Halliburton

I'd just like to note that after a recent discussion in which a couple list-members got all pissy at the suggestion that they would not post articles to this list about students being prohibited from wearing pro-life T-Shirts at school that I am absolutely shocked, *shocked* I tell you, that

Don't Go Back to the UN

While I find many of these arguments persuasive, I just can't envision a proces by which the formation of a successor organization to the UN occurs. For this to happen, many countries need to become disillusioned by the UN, and so far I don't see that happening. The United States remains

More Details on Overtime

After further review, it appears that the Bush plan will produce a net increase of 660,000 workers covered under overtime laws. Moreover, the excluded workers will come primarily from such highly-paid, upper-middle-class to rich-class professions as engineers and pharmacists. Perhaps most

Colitas

Learn something new every day: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_001.html BTW - not mentioned here is my friend's pet theory about Hotel California, which is that it is about divorce. JDG = --- John D. Giorgis

Computer Power Supplies

O.k., I've managed to confirm that at minimum, my computer's power supply died. Anybody have any advice on buying a 400watt power supply? Thanks for all your help. JDG = --- John D. Giorgis -

UK Cuts Greenhouse Emissions

I must say that these numbers definitely surprised me... JDG Minister claims greenhouse gain Terry Macalister Wednesday March 26, 2003 The Guardian The government today hails signs that its climate change strategy is producing results, with carbon dioxide emissions falling 3.5% over the

Light Echoes

Hubble Watches Light From Mysterious Star Reverberate http://www.spacedaily.com/news/spaceart-03a.html Baltimore - Mar 28, 2003 In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the brightest star in our Milky

Why S. Iraq is the Shi'a Holy Land

Holy Places, Battle Scenes A guide to Shiite Iraq. http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110003262 BY ERIC ORMSBY Friday, March 28, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST The exotic names Karbala and Najaf, where coalition forces in Iraq are engaged in fierce combat, have little resonance for most Americans.

CIA Warnings of Iraqi Resistance Were Toned Down

If this is true... this is highly embarassing. JDG Analysts Say Threat Warnings Toned Down Guerrilla Tactics Were Predicted http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34283-2003Mar26.html By Walter Pincus and Dana Priest Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, March 27, 2003; Page A27

Re: North America

Aye, aye, aye like the great English word cleave, North America is a term that has multiple definitions when referring to the Western Hemisphere. Cultural Context and some Economic Contexts: North America = US + Canada This is as opposed to Latin America, which includes everything else.*

US Moves to War Plan B, and C, and D.....

Analysis War's Military, Political Goals Begin to Diverge By Rick Atkinson and Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, March 30, 2003; Page A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49102-2003Mar29.html KIFL, Iraq, March 29 -- Ten days into the invasion of Iraq, the

Re: mexico wants to eliminate the public domain

This article posted by the Fool used some technical terms, but since I actually have some professional experience in this field, I thought that I'd point out that the concept of public domain has never existed in Mexico the way it has existed in the US. Moreover, despite the hysterical title put

Fwd: Quote of the day!

Quote of the day (I wonder who actually said it) From a friend (no offense to anyone): you know the world's gone mad when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the USA of arrogance and the Germans don't

From the Front Lines

Marines Meet Potent Enemy in Deadly Fight By MICHAEL WILSON NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/international/worldspecial/24BATT.html NASIRIYA, Iraq, March 23 — What looked to be an easy ride into this city turned into a messy firefight today when Iraqi tanks, regular soldiers and

The Timeline Of the War Decision

Here is a fascinating article about how the war plans were made, including some insight as to why it took more than an entire year to go from the axis-of-evil speech to the war. JDG Attack Was 48 Hours Old When It 'Began' By Bob Woodward Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 23, 2003;

Poland Becomes 4th Coalition Member in Combat

Sort of makes you wonder who else has joined in the fighting without touting it Maybe the Czechs, Italians, or Hungarians? JDG Poland Admits Iraq Combat Role After News Photos Mar 24, 1:12 pm ET By Douglas Busvine WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland admitted on Monday that its elite GROM

Sullivan on the BBC

As a side note, whie driving through several stretches of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia over the weekend, I couldn't get any radio coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, and my only radio source of war coverage was NPR. As an example of how biased NPR is, even by

Oops, Clinton Just Lied Again....

...in case you still didn't believe that Bill Clinton is and was a compulsive liar, he now claims to have dunked a basketball in a high school basketball game. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/sports/s_124908.html?s_124908.html JDG - No Comment Needed, Maru =

Kagan on the Atlantic Divide

Although I have significant disagreements with this article, I nonetheless found it thought-provoking. Although its 20 pages, you can probably skim some sections to get the main points. In a nutshell: Kagan views the current Atlantic divide as in large part the national dissasociation between

Re: Corrected French History

To everyone on Brin-L: In a recent thread, a certain listmember impugned both my patriotism and my honor, and over the course of a rather long and detailed response, I included two very heated insults. I recognize now that it was impolite to make such assessments to his face in any medium,

Will the Worst Case Scenario Occur?

The Pentagon's Scariest Thoughts By ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN WASHINGTON — Watching television images of American soldiers in the Kuwaiti desert, chemical-protection suits strapped to their belts, it's hard not to worry about what Saddam Hussein may have in store for them. Still, one needs to be

Blood for Oil Analysis

...the blood for oil argument simply doesn't add up: http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-18-03.html JDG = --- John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tonight I have a message for the brave and

First Report That War Has Begun

Can anyone from the UK vouch for the credibility of this paper? http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/til/jsp/modules/Article/print.jsp?itemId=3895393 This is LONDON 19/03/03 - War on Iraq section The war has started By Robert Fox, Defence Correspondent and David Taylor, Evening Standard British

Allies to Face Chemical Ali in Basra

Allies Hope to Move Quickly to Seize City in Iraq's South By PATRICK E. TYLER NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/international/middleeast/18BASR.html?pagewanted=allposition=top KUWAIT CITY, March 17 — One of the first major objectives in the war against Iraq will be to seize its largest

30 Nations Publicly Join US Coalition, France May Yet Join Up

Those countries include: Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Rep. of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the FYR Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines,

President Bush to Address the Nation Tonight

ABC has just shown video of a US military officer telling troops in Kuwait that the President is going to talk to the nation tonight. In other news, forces in Kuwait packed up their civilian items and placed them into storage today, and yesterday they opened their vacuum-sealed chemical suits.

WHO Issues Alert, CDC Activates War Room

World Health Organization issues emergency travel advisory Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Spreads Worldwide 15 March 2003 | GENEVA -- During the past week, WHO has received reports of more than 150 new suspected cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), an atypical pneumonia

US Sending Food to the DPRK

U.N. envoy says U.S. food donation keeps aid flowing to North Korea Sun Mar 16, 4:41 AM ET BEIJING - A U.N. envoy bound for North Korea (news - web sites) said Sunday that the United States is promising to send 40,000 tons of food immediately for the hungry nation. Maurice Strong, a

Coup in Central African Republic

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Rebel Leader Stages Coup; Refugees Flee UN WIRE Rebel commander General Francois Bozize, who led a weekend coup in the Central African Republic while President Ange-Felix Patasse was in Niger for a meeting of African leaders, suspended the constitution and dismissed

US Formally Withdraws Resolution

Reading between the lines here, basically what happened is this: a country whose leadership supports the war, but faces unhappiness with the war among its own people and/or possible diplomatic retribution from France is going to be unlikely, ceteris paribis, to vote for a resolution when it knows

Pulling out of Germany and the ROK L3! Re: [Fwd: Water conservation]

Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is an indication that the administration is considering pulling troops out of S. Korea and reducing the force in W. Europe. Given the statements of the governments of S. Korea and Germany, it seems that

Walk Away from the UN

This editorial makes a pretty good analysis of how this crisis has transpired so far, until the end. Somehow, Krauthammer seems to have missed the fact that the US proposed exactly the same resolution he described several weeks ago, and it was rejected by the French, et all. Indeed, Jose Maria

Radio Free France

March 10, 2003 9:00 a.m. A Theory What if there’s method to the Franco-German madness? Michael Ledeen National Review http://www.nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen031003.asp Assume, for a moment, that the French and the Germans aren't thwarting us out of pique, but by design, long-term design.

Deadlier Than War

Deadlier Than War By Walter Russell Mead Wednesday, March 12, 2003; Page A21 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13019-2003Mar11.html Those who still oppose war in Iraq think containment is an alternative -- a middle way between all-out war and letting Saddam Hussein out of his box.

Computer Repair Question

Can anybody provide some advice on this: I bought a brand new computer last June. As is my habit, I basically leave my computer turned on all the time, except when I am on travel for multiple days. Last night, I had guests over, so I turned my computer off. This morning, I turned on my

UK Fears ICC Charges Without a 2nd UN Resolution

See all the way at the bottom now we know another reason why the US won't sign the ICC Treaty. JDG Bush Lobbies For Deal On Iraq Plan Would Set Deadlines, Goals By Karen DeYoung and Colum Lynch Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, March 12, 2003; Page A01 President Bush

SCOUTED: Proposal Made for 14 Solar Planets

Having Pups Over Pluto And The Planetary Misfits Of The Kuipers As king of the Kuipers should Pluto remain an honourary planet until something bigger is found beyond Neptune by Robert Sanders for Berkeley NewsCenter Berkeley - Mar 12, 2003 Ask any kid how many planets are in our solar system,

The UN Is Killing Americans

REVIEW OUTLOOK Bush in Lilliput Delaying action in Iraq is endangering American lives. Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST Wall St. Journal The Bush Administration is putting a special focus on winning the support of Guinea . . .--page A3, yesterday's Wall Street Journal. We've never

David Frum on France

From David Frum's Blog: I’m in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but thanks to the miracle of modern satellite technology, I was able to join yesterday in a French television program that pitted former French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine against a line-up of North American sparring partners. Vedrine too

Those Sanctions Really Worked in North Korea

Kazakhstan tops North Korea's weapons shop list SEOUL (AFP) Mar 06, 2003 Russia and Kazakhstan were the main suppliers of fighters and other conventional weapons to North Korea in the past ten years, according to a Swedish research institute. The website of the Stockholm International Peace

Ditch Turkey

Unfortunately, I must totally disagree with the author of this article. In my mind, the integration of Turkey, ie. a secular Muslim democracy in the Middle East into Western Civilization is one of the most important tasks facing our civilization. We must prove that Western Civilization and

4,000 Allied Troops on the Ground in Iraq

300 SAS troops already in Iraq By Michael Smith (Filed: 04/03/2003) The London Telegraph Several thousand allied special forces, including more than 300 SAS personnel, are already operating inside Iraq. Anti-war protestors demonstrate as US B52 bombers move into RAF Fairford This suggests

Iranians Boycott Elections

OPINION March 4, 2003 9:00 a.m. The Iranian-Election Revolt The people speak. The West won’t listen. Michael Ledeen - National Review Iran held municipal elections over the weekend. All the regime's big guns had implored the people to turn out in record numbers, to demonstrate that the people

Blowback

Arming Saudi Arabia today, may, in a couple decades, be looked upon like our arming of Hussein in 1980 and the mujaheddin in Afghanistan. JDG March 4, 2003, 9:30 a.m. Blowback Alert Saudi Arabia is next. By Gerald M. Steinberg National Review Officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have

Letter to a Dutchman: What This War is About

Rod Dreher National Review March 4, 2003 9:00 a.m. Letter to a European Friend Explaining this war. Dear Harry, Thanks so much for your recent letter. You Dutch are great about remembering birthdays. I hardly noticed that I even had a birthday this year, inasmuch as the day came at the end

Saddam Assasinated Missile Chieft to Thwart Inspections

Saddam 'killed missile chief' to thwart UN team By David Wastell and Julian Coman in Washington (Filed: 02/03/2003) The Telegraph Western intelligence agencies are investigating claims that Saddam Hussein ordered the murder of a senior Iraqi missile engineer to prevent him passing vital

Posner: Was I Really That Stupid?

Updated Tuesday, February 25 at 1:27 PM Was I That Stupid? by Gerald Posner This past weekend, millions turned out in cities worldwide for antiwar protests – the largest since the Vietnam war – by groups opposed to US military action against Iraq. Tens of thousands in the United States

US Plans Iraqi Occupation

and Krugman is again all wet. JDG U.S. makes plans for post-Saddam Iraq From Barbara Starr CNN Washington Bureau Monday, February 24, 2003 Posted: 1:16 PM EST (1816 GMT) U.N. weapons inspectors pass an Iraqi soldier Monday in Baghdad. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration is

US Pledges $10mil for Disarmament Efforts in Afghanistan

Obviously, disarmament is just one very small portion of the rebuilding in Afghanistan, but this article belies Krugman's ridiculous assertion that the US was pledging not one cent towards Afghanistan in the next budget. In other news, President Karzai himself has stated that he is, quote, not

Interview With Hans Blix

All Eyes on The Inspector An interview with the U.N. diplomat. He talks about Iraqi credibility, the necessity of a military threat and wrangling within the Security Council Posted Sunday, February 23, 2003; 10:31 a.m. EST TIME: In a perfect world, how long should inspections

The Best Case Against Iraq Yet

February 21, 2003 A Last Chance to Stop Iraq By KENNETH M. POLLACK WASHINGTON — With the Bush administration set to put a resolution on Iraq before the United Nations Security Council next week, those opposed to war will rally around the notion that Saddam Hussein can be deterred from

The Wash Post on Iraq vs. DPRK

Editorial No Easy Way Friday, February 14, 2003; Page A30 RUSSIA, CHINA and several European governments have been insisting that the United States cannot take action against Iraq without the full involvement of the United Nations. So it's curious to hear those same countries argue that in

France Tells Eastern Europeans to Pipe Down

Chirac Scolding Angers Nations That Back U.S. By CRAIG S. SMITH NY Times RUSSELS, Feb. 18 — New Europe barked back at old Europe today, deepening the continental rift over Iraq after President Jacques Chirac of France told Central and Eastern European countries to keep their views on Iraq to

The Draft and Inequality

The draft Warriors-by-numbers Feb 13th 2003 | BOSTON From The Economist print edition An old and much-loathed scheme resurfaces THE last man to be conscripted into America's armed forces was called up on Valentine's Day 30 years ago. But the idea of the draft as a social equaliser lives on.

Abortion, Miscarriage, and Subsequent Premature Births

This was an interesting column on an oft-discussed list subject. JDG Subject: Abortion's Link to Premature Birth is No Mystery Source: Elliot Institute; February 10, 2003 Abortion's Link to Premature Birth is No Mystery by David Reardon The March of Dimes has announced a major fund

Abortion, Miscarriage, and Subsequent Premature Births

This was an interesting column on an oft-discussed list subject. Please note that if you are easily offended by a column that presents strong pro-life viewpoints, in addition to the scientific information that I am interested in comments on, you may not wish to read this article. JDG

Global Warming and El Nino

Ancient Climate May Augur Future Effects Of Global Warming by Matthew Huber West Lafayette - Feb 12, 2003 Ancient lake sediments and modern computers both indicate that El Nino might react differently to global warming than current theory claims, according to a Purdue research report. Purdue

Abortion Myths

http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/RevivalMediaMythsMemo.html An excerpt follows: The September 17, 1996 edition of the Washington Post contained the results of a lengthy investigation conducted by reporters Barbara Vobejda and David M. Brown, M.D., who interviewed several abortionists (not

Dutch Forces Bail out Americans in Afghanistan

Just for the record, the Europeans still can't project power on their own in a meaningfull way, and still should be doing much more to hold up their end of the Transatlantic Alliance. Nobody is saying that they accomplish absolutely nothing with their militaries - just that they need to

Bought and Paid For

AT WAR The Inspections Dodge Why are France and Germany pro-Saddam? Follow the money. BY KHIDHIR HAMZA Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST My 20 years of work in Iraq's nuclear-weapons program and military industry were partly a training course in methods of deception and camouflage

A Bad Omen

Interesting footnote in today's news digest…. The NYT, alone among the papers, fronts word that Ansar al-Islam guerrillas, who the administration says have connections to AQ, assassinated a top Kurdish official yesterday. To me, this bears ominious resemblance to the assasination of Ahmad Shah

More on Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN: ISAF Commander Says Force Needs Three More Years UN WIRE The International Security Assistance Force must stay in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, two or three more years to ensure security and stability, the commander of the force said yesterday. [snip] The establishment of

Adoption of Unwanted Children

Terry Eastland: Children with 'special needs' are as loved as any others 01/28/2003 Dallas Morning News By TERRY EASTLAND Last month, Dateline NBC told the story of a young couple's decision to have a baby who had been diagnosed with Down syndrome. The story, which took place in 1998, is worth

Abortion: War Without End

If you've ever wondered about the difference between Europe and America on abortion, then this is a fascinating article. JDG Abortion in America The war that never ends Jan 16th 2003 | WASHINGTON, DC From The Economist print edition The United States did not deal with abortion as Europe

Iraq, Iran to Chair UN Disarmament Conference

...and Libya is chairing the Commission on Human Rights. File this as Reason #3462 why the UN system is broken... JDG Iraq to chair U.N. disarmament conference From Richard Roth CNN New York Bureau Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Posted: 6:49 AM EST (1149 GMT) UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Iraq will

Libya to Chair UN Human Rights Commission

If this doesn't shred the last bit of the UN's credibility on human rights, I don't know what will. The USA should withdraw from the UN Commission on Human Rights in protest... JDG RIGHTS COMMISSION: Libya Wins Chair Over U.S. Objections UN WIRE In a secret ballot, the U.N. Human Rights

[Abortion] Survey of Partial-Birth Abortions Released

In the past, the number of partial-birth abortions in the United States has been debated - so I thought that the numbers in the enclosed article would be of interest. JDG Subject: Study Shows Threefold Increase in Partial-Birth Abortions Source: Washington Times; January 14, 2003 Study

Re: Orson Scott Card on N. Korea

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 03:56 PM 1/14/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote: Card's not right about everything (he overstates the importance of the China situation, imo, and understates the extent to which the Administration seems to have been purposely

Mr. Bush Snookers 'Em Again

Many of President Bush's admirers have noticed his uncanny ability to continually outsmart and outwit his opponents in the political arena. The latest example of this may be in the effects of the much-criticized steel tariffs he implemented. Now, his defenders have always argued that this was

Is Anyone Else Offended By This?

Subject: Late Term Kansas Abortionist to Perform Free Abortions Source: Lawrence Journal World January 13, 2003 Late Term Kansas Abortionist to Perform Free Abortions Wichita, KS -- George Tiller, the infamous Kansas late-term abortionist, will do free abortions on poor women Saturday to

Positives in Rebuilding Afghanistan

An article in this week's Economist discusses many of the positive accomplishments in Afghanistan, while also parsing few words about how very far remains to go in rebuilding in Afghanistan. Nevertheless, I think that it would be good to accentuate some of the positives, just one year after the

Blix Endorses US Policy on Iraq

Many people have argued that Bush's hard-nosed policy in regards to Iraq has been instrumental in unifying the UN Security Council in regards to the situation, and then producing the first UN inspections in years in Iraq. Apparently Hans Blix agrees with this assessment From UN Wire: Blix

Gerrymandering is Evil, It Must Be Eliminated

January 3, 2003 9:30 a.m. Guess Who’s Coming to the Statehouse? The surprising political success of Nevada blacks. by: John J. Miller, National Review Seven blacks in the Nevada state legislature may not sound like a big deal — except that they give the Silver State the unexpected honor of

Week 17 NFL Picks

As we enter the final week, I am 148-92 (.616) on the season, and the Upset Special is at 8-7 after further review of the season record and the Browns upended the Ravens. One last chance for the special to stay above .500 for the year. On Saturday, I think that the EAGLES escape from New York

Week 16 Picks

Sorry for not formally sending my picks last week - but I was packing my bags for a nice Florida vacation. So, here I am, under a palm tree on a warm winter night on a small island off the cost of Florida - and my thoughts turn again to my NFL picks. I am 139-85 (.651) for the year, and the

How to Disarm Iraq

Here's a brilliant essay on what needs to be done to disarm Iraq Hopefully everyone who is opposed to war with Iraq can at least agree that we can't let Iraq play the tricks described here http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074297 =

Retronyms

Acoustic Guitar Natural Turf Analog Watch Two-Parent Family Off-Line Publication Kinetic Warfare How many other retronyms can you name? http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074367 JDG = - John D. Giorgis

Laser Destroys Aritllery Projectile for 1st Time in Human History

Army uses laser to destroy artillery projectile in flight WASHINGTON (AFP) Nov 05, 2002 A mobile laser destroyed an artillery projectile in flight Tuesday for the first time in a test in New Mexico, the US Army said. The two-foot-long projectile was destroyed with the Mobile Tactical High Energy

I Voted.....

and if you've done your homework, so should you. Personally, given the stakes associated with control of the Senate, I can't imagine how anybody could *not* vote if you live in a State like South Dakota, Missouri, Colorado, Louisianna, New Hampshire, Minnesota, or Arkansas. Anyhow, for those

In Praise of Paper Ballots

http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/techwrapper.jsp?PID=1051-250CID=1051-110502A = - John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] First... to clarify what we

Week 9 Picks

I went a solid 9-5 last week to go 69-47 (.594) on the season. Even better, the Michael Vick and the Atlanta Falcons came through on the Upset special, which moves to 3-5. Baltimore (+7) at Atlanta - The Falcons remain inexorably Super Bowl bound. Pick: FALCONS, but take the points on virtue

Blix Endorses US Proposal, Negotiatins Continue

IRAQ: Blix Calls For Tough Inspections Regime, Agrees With U.S. Draft UN WIRE The chief U.N. weapons inspector told the Security Council yesterday that the decision of waging war on Iraq would be up to the council, not him. We've seen sometimes stated that we hold peace and war in our hands.

+++ US National Security Policy on WMD and MAD

Dr. Brin recently suggested that MAD remained an appropriate logic for confronting the WMD threat posed by rogue states and terrorists. By happy coincidence I was finally getting around to reading the US National Security Policy today, and it had a very detailed rebuttal to Dr. Brin's

Iraq: Take This Reso and Shove It

Iraq Vows Not to Abide by Any New U.N. Vote Limiting Agreement to Existing Terms Suggests Baghdad By Rajiv Chandrasekaran Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, September 22, 2002; Page A28 BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 21 -- Iraq said today that it would not abide by any new U.N. Security Council

US Releases National Security Policy Statement

The actual statement is available here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html Bush Describes Tough Foreign Policy Vision Government: Doctrine submitted to Congress emphasizes the need for preemptive attacks and reserves the right for U.S. to take unilateral action By EDWIN CHEN, LA

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