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We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
- F. A. HayekThere is one thing more embarrassing than having voted for Barack Obama... Not being embarrassed.
- Allen
Monthly Archives: May 2004
RFID in an RFID-Rich World
I’ve been pondering the implications of a world awash in RFID tags. I’m quite certain that most (if not all) of the RFID experiments have taken place in “controlled” environments. I know enough about RFID to know that the presence … Continue reading
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NxB!!
Or perhaps I should title it NxSelf-Loathing Apologists. In OpinionJournal – Stop the Moral Equivalence , Gary Kasparov examines the options available to the Middle East and the Muslim world. Options other than a liberal democracy. He finds two choices: … Continue reading
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Set Your Little Orphan Annie Ovaltine Decoder Ring…
to setting B4. Adbay ewsnay. Astvay Ightray ingWay onspiracyCay xposedeay. Read small dead animals: Dear Laura for the full details. Damn Kate and her blathering mouth.
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Deaf Believers, Blind Faith and the Silence of Moderate Muslims
I have written about Irshad Manji before in Ijtihad: The Triumph of Reason. Today she has an opinion piece about fundamentalism and Islam in Blind Faith. I don’t think OpinionJournal is subscription required, but I’m not sure. The sub-title of … Continue reading
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Mutating News and the Rush to File
Wretchard examines how the recent raid in Iraq mutated from an attack on a wedding party to a raid on an insurgent safe house. Read The Wedding Party and see how the story changes over time. In the essay Wretchard … Continue reading
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Sufficiently Advanced Science…
Is indistinguishable from magic. So says Arthur C. Clarke. And Extremely Fortunate Accidents are indistinguishable from covert operations. As most of you know, a train in North Korea recently exploded. The official North Korean explanation was that a car of … Continue reading
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The Wheres and Hows of Sarin
Read The Command Post – Iraq – Facts about Sarin, Binary Agents, and 155mm Shells to learn about Sarin (GB) and how using a Sarin shell as an IED would cause a small release of the chemical.
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News Coverage of Mass Destruction
Wretchard over at the Belmont Club writes how media coverage is simply an extension of the German Blitzkreig in News Coverage as a Weapon. Viewed in this context, the American “defeat” in Iraq projected by the press must be understood … Continue reading
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Snotty Things
Charles over at dustbury.com is complaining that noone is saying really snotty things about him. The best Mike can come up with is grumpy. Now I don’t know Charles, but I hope I don’t disappoint with this list: When left … Continue reading
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Multiple Reasons for The War In Iraq
And here’s one of the unstated ones. It is dawning on everyone who does business with the kingdom that the Saudi government is locked in a long, vicious struggle with Islamic militants .. While the Saudis have woken up to … Continue reading
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