A gang with entirely too much time on their hands. Nice special effects though.
Heirs to Hitler
YID With LID: Anti-Jewish Hatred From The Folks Who Call The Tea Party Racist.
The above is a pretty damning indictment of progressive blogs and web sites, rather effectively accusing them of a virulent anti-semitism akin to that practiced by the Nazis in the 30s and 40s.
Progressives long ago ceased to be liberals in any way and became instead pernicious reactionaries. Of all the rightist groups out there progressives are the worst, most raciest, most backward bunch exant. Progressives are not ultra liberals, they are ultra conservative and YID with LID demonstrates this with the posting linked above.
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Missing Web Pages
The October issue of Discover Magazine promised a pair of web pages, Hopes and Fears, one could go to to present ideas one had on what one thinks is going to happen in the next 30 years. You’ll note, should you click on those links, that the pages really aint there. Having a few ideas and eager to share them I decided to post them here for your enjoyment. What do I think is going to happen scientifically in the next 30 years.
1. Studies in human behavior will demonstrate how people learn, leading to a revolution in education. Primary education will return to the basics as secondary education de-emphasizes remedial education in favor of focusing on a student population capable of handling college level courses.
2. Physicists will acknowledge that gravity is not a fundamental force, but rather the interaction of objects with the curvature of space-time caused by mass.
3. String theory will be replaced by Fold Theory, in which the foundation of all is recognized as regions of compressed space-time who’s motion produces the space-time bending that we currently attribute to mass, and which join together in patterns that produce different types of space-time curvature which give rise to the three forces.
4. A young adult male sasquatch will be caught on camera exploring a strip mall in Washington State. Numerous cameras will capture the image.
5. The Orang pendak will be the first large ape identified in the 21st century
6. A long term closed environment study will demonstrate that trying to travel to Mars in a small vehicle is functionally impossible due to human psychology.
7. The secondary education bubble will collapse, resulting in the closing of numerous colleges and universities. These will be replaced in large part by technical schools public and private.
8. The first contagious human cancer will be discovered. It will be a type of childhood leukemia and news of the discovery will cause a world wide panic.
9. Public health experts will decide that West Nile Virus aint that big a deal and stop tracking it.
10. Thanks to the immigration of West Africans to the United States malaria will become re-established in North America.
11. China will send a man to the Moon, to be followed by the establishment of a permanent base. The United States will establish the second base.
12. Fold Theory will be bolstered by observations of dark matter and its behavior.
13. Animal behaviorists will discover that dogs and cats can be taught how to speak, leading to numerous books on the secret wisdom of our pets.
14. Plains zebras will be recognized as the first animals since the neolithic to be domesticated. To be followed by southern white rhinos and tasmanian devils. The domestic capuchin will take a bit longer.
15. The state of California, following up on the discovery that the domestic cat is genetically identical to the african wild cat, will declare domestic cats wild animals and illegal to own.
And that is as far as I got off the top of my head. If you have prognostications of your own feel free to add them in comments.
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How Dare We Defy Iran?
Bomb Iran ? No, That Would Be A Stupid Idea.
That’s basically the thinking behind the post linked to above, how dare we defy Iran, defy our betters, defy the almighty, unassailable Aryans in their impenetrable fortress? How can we even think to oppose our military and moral betters, when such behavior is going to result in Iran Ever-Triumphant coming down on our hapless heads to slaughter defenseless American troops in their thousands. How dare we endanger lives when we could debase ourselves and through groveling appease the puissant Iranians.
The Iranians are a kindly people, they wouldn’t abuse us, much. They wouldn’t force us to follow their laws just because we haven’t the courage to stand up for ourselves. Besides, aren’t they the mightiest people in the world, and aren’t we helpless in the face of their martial ardor? Wouldn’t it be better for us to cede to their demands so our fighting men won’t have to face death and disfigurement? Isn’t it better to bow to our betters than stand up for the right and take arms against tyranny?
Why, had we started off thinking as Doug Mataconis does in his post we’d still be British, for our Declaration of Independence was a gamble against heavy odds. In fact, were we such creatures as Mataconis thinks we should be, we would still be huddling in the trees, too afraid to walk out upon the African savannah.
There come times in every life when one must dare, one must face daunting odds. We are already at war with Iran, though our leaders would deny it. Iran would see us brought low and abased and no amount of kow-towing on our part is going to change that. Iran already presents a clear and present danger and it’s going to get worse as time passes.
We either stand up for ourselves, or we allow the Iranian to have their own way. The latter is intolerable, for the Iranian mullahs would spread their tyranny as widely as they could. That is our choice, oppression because we fear to stand up for ourselves, or war.
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Time of the Signs
Legislature ignores public over and over – SignOnSanDiego.com.
People are not happy with the California State Legislature, feeling the assemblymen and senators have too long ignored their wishes and pandered to select groups opposed to good governance. A voter revolt is expected, and even with this revolt it is very likely that propositions aimed at ending the strangle hold certain parties have on politics in California will be enacted. It will not end with the 2012 election, but continue on for election cycle after election cycle, until the very face of California is changed irrevocably.
There is no predicting how things will turn out, but one thing I am sure of, that the current ways are coming to an end and those unable or unwilling to adapt to the changes will be left behind like broken toys cast away by children grown tired of them.
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Sharks not Declining Everywhere
Marine mammals make comeback – SignOnSanDiego.com.
The main story is about the comeback of marine mammals off the coast of California, but it does cover the resurgence of great white sharks, as does the supplementary story included on the page.
The comeback is laid to the passing of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1971, and to consequential rebound of marine mammals off the coast of the United States. Some 238,000 california sea lions now call California waters home, and great white sharks are taking advantage of the bounty.
So more shark sightings, and a greater chance for human-shark interaction.
There’s a photo of a sea lion checking out a boat and boater on the page in question. There was a time when such an event would’ve been the spark for media coverage, but nowadays such events are so common nobody really pays any attention. It’s just a photo op, and that tells you how much things have changed around here.
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A Provocation
$1,000 Bounty: Iran Pays Taliban to Kill U.S. Troops | The Blaze.
One thousand dollars bounty on a US soldier. That’s what, 3 million dollars paid out so far. And who knows who much for vehicles all told. We very nearly went to war with Germany in 1905 over Morocco, and a large part of that had to do with the material support Germany gave the rebels during the Philippine Insurrection. Now we see Iran not only providing material support to the Taliban, but financial support as well. Well we complain, or will this lead to war.
With our current President I have to wonder if he’ll go so far as to complain. I can see him going after the banks involved, but even there you have the connection with the Afghani government and the problems that could raise. So some pro forma measures are taken, some protests are made, and the Iranians continue sub rosa bounties for American dead.
No compromise, no half measures, this means war. Iran wants us out of Afghanistan so badly, she can try openly, by force of arms. Hell with her nuclear weapons program, she wants to take on the US she is welcome to try. We have a causus belli and it’s about damn time we used it.
The problem is our current administration. I don’t see Barack as having the balls. I see him as hedging and avoiding, denying the seriousness of the affair and making nothing but a token diplomatic effort. Maybe some half-hearted saber rattling with a Republican Congress, but nothing beyond that.
Most extreme case for the Obama administration? A Republican Congress holds him culpable for Iran’s actions in Afghanistan. Evidence is gathered demonstrating Obama’s connection to an attempt to minimize and cover up Iran’s involvement in the Afghanistan War in an attempt to avoid having to take action. Congress finds this an impeachable offense and President Barack Hussein Obama finds himself impeached, convicted, and forced from office. In 2012 President Joe Biden suffers the worse electoral defeat ever suffered by a sitting President.
I expect that Obama will waffle on the matter, Congress will press him, we’ll have a nasty little political dance on the subject, and Obama will become the first sitting US president to lose the Democratic nomination. It won’t be because of Iranian involvement in the Afghan War alone, but that involvement will be the main impetus behind his loss.
Iran is playing a dangerous game, one that could lead to her defeat and occupation by the United States. But our we ready for another war and another occupation. That is the topic of another post.
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In River City
With outposts growing, Marines are spread thin – SignOnSanDiego.com.
A battalion is being asked to do the task a regiment should be called upon to handle, that is the message behind the story linked above. Our people are being overextended and that is going to have an impact on our struggles in Afghanistan. In short we are trying to fight this war on the cheap, and it’s going to backfire on us.
Afghanistan is not a war you can fight on the cheap, you want to win it you’re going to have to make some sacrifices. Yet from the looks of things I rather doubt the Obama administration is actually serious. Troop levels are too low, and it doesn’t look like the President really wants to reinforce our effort there. If he was, wouldn’t we be hearing about the need to supplement our troops. And what about additional help from our allies and partners? Will we see additional German forces? What about Polish, Italian, British troops? If our allies really want to see the Taliban defeated and Afghanistan stabilized, how about some effort on their part.
The impression I get is that Washington isn’t really serious about this war. Obama will support just enough effort to make himself and his presidency look good, leaving our forces to struggle on against a rising resistance as the Taliban gains support as Afghanis grow tired of our lackluster effort. Unless we get serious about the war and start reinforcing our effort we face the possibility of a defeat that could seriously damage our efforts in Iraq and other locations around the world.
Are we ready to fight this war? Are we ready to make the sacrifices needed to successfully pursue victory in this conflict? Or are we going to just let things slide as the Taliban gains ground and gathers the forces needed to drive us away. With our current administration I have my doubts, for I don’t see Obama and his team taking the measures needed for success. No, I see our troops fighting on against growing odds, while Washington boasts of goals achieved.
We can win this war, but we need to take it seriously. We need more feet on the ground, more support for our Afghan allies. We need a stronger effort from our allies, including a stronger presence in Afghanistan itself. Then and only then will we have a good chance of victory.
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Nostalgia
Sense of Events: Heck, I even miss Clinton!.
I’ll bet there are folks starting to get nostalgic for Carter.
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