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Month: January, 2006

Good preliminary critique of statistical study of “conservative bias”

Over at Michelle Malkin’s site (a really great site).  The study purported to show that people in congressional districts that voted more heavily for President Bush also tend to have more bias against black people. There are many criticisms that can be made of the study, even before it’s published.  Hope on over to Michelle [...]

Chevron’s 4Q Profit Soars to Record High

BREITBART.COM – Chevron’s 4Q Profit Soars to Record High This article is really just news, but there are shadows of arguments that Democrats and people otherwise confused about economics will try to make. As for the Democrats, they will twist this information for political gain. They will try to argue that Big Oil companies are [...]

Auto dealership shenanigans

I recently got a promotion in the mail (snail mail) sent out by a local Nissan dealer. It had phrases on it like “scratch and match” and “$1000 shopping spree”, etc. The idea was that you scratch off some stuff to see your number, and if the number is on the reverse side of the [...]

doh!

It seems that I forgot to back up the posts from my old blog, “tail -f /dev/mind”, and I’ve already terminated my service with that hosting provider. I suppose it’s not the end of the world, but it’s a shame because there were several lengthy articles in there that I thought were fairly good or [...]

What the left REALLY thinks about abortion

Check this out: a sychophantic ranting about infanticide and why no one should care. Warning: graphic language. I hope everyone in America reads this post over at Kos. It’s really, really sick and disgusting – but it’s honest. Don’t you know that what this woman wrote is actually one of the core principles of the [...]

Texas Officers Involved in Standoff at Border

FOXNews.com – U.S. & World News – Texas Officers Involved in Standoff at Border Is Mexico trying to start a war? Their military crosses our border to keep us from enforcing our laws 20 times a year (i.e., nearly every other week), and Michael Chertoff says it was probably a mistake? Is it any wonder [...]

Correctness is the official language of comments

Is there something that prevents us from writing complete sentences in inline comments?  I just got through spending nearly an hour trying to figure out why some code was setting up DMA transfers in a distributed system only to get to the bottom of things and find a comment that looks like someone took a [...]

Cool pic of President Bush

Drudge had a picture of President Bush up today that I liked:

Ronald Reagan’s Unlikely Heir by Steven Malanga

City Journal Winter 2006 | Ronald Reagan’s Unlikely Heir by Steven Malanga This article is a must-read about Ken Blackwell, mayor of Cincinnati and candidate for the Ohio governorship. He is a black Republican with a fascinating background and great ideas. This article is a must-read. He is slightly reminiscent of Lt. Gov. Steele of [...]

In-state tuition discounts for illegal immigrants

I listened to the Mike Gallagher show on WBAP this morning on the way to work (only about 10 minutes, including waiting in line at the bank). Anyway, he was soliciting calls on the topic of giving in-state tuition discounts to illegal immigrants. The topic came up because a state legislator in Kansas is now [...]