(This is the second article in a multi-part series. If you haven’t already read Part 1, I recommend that you do so before continuing here.) Q: When those airplanes hit the Twin Towers, I remember seeing TV news reports showing Muslims dancing in the streets with joy. They were happy that our people had been… Continue reading Discrimination, distrust and xenophobia: Part 2
Tag: Extremism
Discrimination, distrust and xenophobia: Part 1
A few days ago I wrote about racism, religious intolerance and other forms of prejudice. That post attracted a fair amount of attention, both here (in Comments and via e-mail) and elsewhere. Some feedback has been thoughtfully, rationally and politely framed; some has not. A few commentators in other forums have gone so far as… Continue reading Discrimination, distrust and xenophobia: Part 1
The latest racism kerfuffle
I daresay by now most of you are heartily sick and tired of all the fuss and bother surrounding John Derbyshire’s article in Taki’s Magazine, ‘The Talk: Nonblack Version‘. It’s aroused a storm of controversy among the lily-livered pantywaists who get upset over anything remotely resembling racism or an associated evil (including the National Review,… Continue reading The latest racism kerfuffle
Is this why they want Mr. Zimmerman charged?
The bloggers at The Last Refuge may have identified a factor that might underlie the behavior of the family and lawyers of the late Trayvon Martin. Here’s an excerpt from their article. The Trayvon family is not seeking justice in the form you would think. No, they are seeking monetary justice, or more directly monetary… Continue reading Is this why they want Mr. Zimmerman charged?
Unmasking the ‘Police State’
US Attorney General Eric Holder made a startling statement last week. Holder said in a speech at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago that the government is within its rights to kill citizens who are senior leaders in al-Qaeda or affiliate groups who pose an “imminent threat” of attack against the USA and… Continue reading Unmasking the ‘Police State’
‘Smart meters’ and their danger to privacy and health
Yesterday I posted an article about the illegal jamming of signals (GPS, cellphone, etc.) on which we depend. In a comment, an anonymous reader asked whether such jammers could also block signals emitted by so-called ‘smart meters‘. I’ve never thought of jamming meter signals, but it may be possible if you could establish the wavelength… Continue reading ‘Smart meters’ and their danger to privacy and health
Is the UAW consuming itself?
Readers are probably familiar with the legend of Ouroboros, the snake that eats itself. It looks as if the United Auto Workers Union has moved beyond familiarity to actual imitation. Reuters reports: Bob King, the president of the United Auto Workers, has a problem: the labor union that credits itself with creating the American middle… Continue reading Is the UAW consuming itself?
An antidote to the climate moonbats
Readers were doubtless aware of Al Gore‘s 24-hour climate awareness ‘event’ this week. It was yet another of his alarmist rants about how terrible our climatic predicament is, and how disastrous it’s going to be, and we’re all going to die, and so on, and so forth. (Yawn.) The fact that much of the alleged… Continue reading An antidote to the climate moonbats
The despicable side of 9/11
I’ve refrained from commenting until now on Paul Krugman’s appalling display of pettiness, conceit and disrespect for the victims of 9/11. Frankly, I couldn’t figure out how anybody, of any political persuasion, could be so oblivious to reality, so cut off from the real world as to believe that what he said was true. In… Continue reading The despicable side of 9/11