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Weekend Read Part 1: von Mises

September 30, 2006

GraniteGrok friend and reader Jorge forwards the following link perfect for some deep, informative weekend reading. Doug and Skip,I think you’ll enjoy this tribute to Ludwig von Misses, on the occasion of his 125th birthday. I particularly enjoyed the narrative of his work and ideas in the context of the social and political history of [ Read more ]

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Weekend Read: von Mises Part 2

September 30, 2006

Friend Jorge follows up his first recommendation for a second helping of Ludwig von Mises: Some more thoughts on von Mises—a collection of what the world press and intellectuals said in his obituaries.  Interesting, fast reading. Jorge Here is a sample: McFalls, John, investment advisor. "The Passing of Ludwig von Mises." Broadcast memorial to Ludwig [ Read more ]

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If the Dems win… a look to the future.

September 27, 2006

The taxpayer watchdog group Americans for Tax Reform has issued the following press release. While they may not openly trumpet their real plan for America, Democratic party leaders do give clues from time to time. Discerning their actual agenda should they win in the November elections reminds me of the days of "Kremlin watchers" trying to get a [ Read more ]

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Take away guns, you get knives. Take away…

September 26, 2006

My turn.  This one is for the UK’s Home Office, who just hasn’t seem to made the connection: Please realize that guns are quite regulated there.  So, shouldn’t this have solved the problem, right?  All criminals want and use guns, true?  Er, not so fast, as this headline in this BBC report.  Tackling the scourge [ Read more ]

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This could get amusing….

September 23, 2006

This one ought to be on pay-per-view!  From The Australian: From correspondents in United Nations LEBANESE President Emile Lahoud has said overnight that his country reserved the right to take Israel before the UN General Assembly or the world court to seek reparations from damage caused by its recent war against Hezbollah guerrillas. Chutzpah comes [ Read more ]

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And when you have to legislate everything….

September 21, 2006

I have my stable of blogs that I try to get to every day; like most, I wish I had more time to go to others more often.  I did yesterday, and am glad that I did.  Over at NH State of Mind, he has this observation that we as a society seem to want [ Read more ]

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GraniteGrok presents the Dope of the Week Award

September 20, 2006

Thanks to a September 19th  press release, The Neturei Karta International, "a worldwide organization of Orthodox Jews opposed to Zionism," earns GraniteGrok’s prestigious "Dope of the Week Award" (DOTW) with their announcement that the group has officially extended her hand, together with many believing Jews, to the Iranian President Ahmadinejad, upon his historic viisit to [ Read more ]

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MY Senator John Sununu: Who does he represent?

September 14, 2006

The September 13th New Hampshire Union Leader ran a story on page A9 by Boston University Intern Kendra Gilbert covering Senator Sununu’s Tuesday remarks at an Arab American Institute luncheon. She reports he told the group Arab-Americans can bring a "personal perspective" to congressional debate. Sununu, a Lebanese-American, is the only senator of Arab descent. Huh? [ Read more ]

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Aufwiedersehen, Liebshen!

September 10, 2006

(H/T: story from Karen) Under the heading of "See, we DID listen to you!" comes this:  Puerto Rico Do you remember when Puerto Rico was raising heck about the US Navy using that nothing little  island just off the coast of Puerto Rico for bombing practices, which they had used for the past 75 years? [ Read more ]

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Shuuush…be quiet….Google’s listening!

September 8, 2006

Ya gotta love the Internet….link from here to there to someplace else, and finally end up with THIS!  Actually, I started at SlashDot to The Register and then to MIT’s Technology Review. While I haven’t made it a practice to zero in on technology even though my company pays me to work with computers all [ Read more ]

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Theocracy redux

September 7, 2006

I posted a while ago when Senator Schumer railed that the Religious Right was trying to impose a theocracy in the US – his attempt was yet another in a long line in attempting to distort and redefine language to fit a small, narrow, political outlook. Surfing tonight, I stopped by TongueTied and saw that [ Read more ]

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I bet this won’t be good for the stockholders….

September 7, 2006

From the New York Times (free registration required)…..  I am not one of those bloggers that thinks that the Main Stream Media ("MSM") is totally useless.  Biased?  For sure, dude.  Yet they still have two important functions: Gather the news and report it (please, just try to report the new correctly!) Act as foundations for [ Read more ]

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A Tragedy, and Some Questions

September 6, 2006

Last year in the wake of the chaos of post-Katrina New Orleans I wrote an article focusing on the "culture of dependence" that has gripped a significant portion of our population.  More on that in an upcoming post. I was reminded of the dangers inherent in systemic dependency when I read about last week’s tragedy [ Read more ]

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When in Holland, be Dutch

September 6, 2006

or anywhere else, if you are emigrating to the country, BE that country!  This is just common sense, as if you do not, you will be unable to succeed.  Not speaking the language, not learning and internalizing the social mores and traditions – these are just recipes for eventual success in your new homeland. I believe [ Read more ]

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Has Feminism succeeded too well?

September 6, 2006

I came across this Post at the Gates of Vienna and it is long…..really lllooooonnnnggg.  But keeping up with his other posts dealing is Islamism, Fjordman has a number of interesting (and scary) points.  I urge you to go and read it, as I am only going to abstract out some of the high points [ Read more ]

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NARAL and PP just keep on whining…..

September 5, 2006

The parent of our local paper, Fosters Daily Democrat, has this Sunday article: Advocates: Emergency contraception still too tough to get – Law change does little for girls under 18 Girls 17 and younger will face significant barriers to getting emergency contraception even though the Food and Drug Administration has approved its over-the-counter sale nationally [ Read more ]

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UN – A “right to life” but not to defend it

September 4, 2006

Silliness continues at the UN.  If I wasn’t so cynical, I’d say that this is trying to overrule our 2nd Amendment, eh? Glen Reynolds at Instapundit has this link to a blog that is new to me, Arms and the Law. The story – "UN report proclaims self-defense is not a right" [note- I have [ Read more ]

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Can you pick out the dichotomy here?

September 4, 2006

(H/T: NHInsider) Foster’s Online has this dandy little article (Foster’s is the owner of our local paper, The Citizen): Local Democrats are urging support of working families, renewable energy and affordable health care OK, nothing wrong with that.  After all, who would want to be against these items?  It continues: She also supports an increase [ Read more ]

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Liberal Statements – Case #2

September 3, 2006

Another one of the Liberals that writes a lot of Letters to the Editor is also a very Lefty leaning professor. Often, as I have found, they as a collective bunch believe that conservatives are dolts as we just refuse to see all of the nuances that they do. In that, they sometimes see so [ Read more ]

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Liberal Statements – Case #1

September 2, 2006

Our local set of papers can be a lively place to be for disparate folks to argue their given positions. Pretty much, I look forward to seeing who has written what in the Letters to the Editors sections, as often the Editors will allow “discussions” to span many days when two or more folks start [ Read more ]

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