Another brilliant move on the part of the Obama Administration. Officials have let it slip that the CIA has operatives on the ground in Libya. Shouldn’t the proper response be when such a question is raised “neither confirm nor deny”? Better yet, what is so wrong with outright prevarication in regards to such a matter? [...]

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In Massachusetts, a mom who stopped her son’s cancer medicines has been convicted of attempted murder. Apparently, the son had autism, the mom was not a pristine heroine but a mom who resented being burdened with a handicapped son, and so when he developed a cancer that had a good cure rate with chemotherapy, she [...]

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CNN used to check and recheck their facts before releasing them to an unwitting world. Alas, that level of quality control no longer seems to be part of the corporate mindset. In the latest update on the Casey Anthony upcoming trial there is this wonderful statement: The location where the trial will be held will [...]

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Today saw the very patient Judge Perry once more listen to the seemingly endless ramblings of the Defense team. The ‘A’ in the ABC list of course stands for Anthony. Mother Cindy Anthony was in court and wearing her finest fake jewelry. This is a marked difference from when she is in the witness box [...]

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This week on Surviving The 21st Century the team of Mannie Barling, Ashley F. Brooks and Simon Barrett will be picking from where we left off last week. Link is here. While the Corn Refiners Association would have the general public believe that there is no difference between real sugar (cane sugar) and Frankensugar brewed [...]

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Dick Lindzen recently observed, as he often has, that there is no obvious trend in Arctic or Antarctic ice cover. This provoked a shriek of vituperative rage from a Warmist site — a site which in its header quotes Leonardo Di Caprio as an authority on climate. Ya gotta laugh: An eminent climatologist is wrong [...]

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There are a number of mobile operating systems, but five major players have floated to the top, dominating a major chunk of the market. It used to be that people chose their phone only by their carrier and what brands they offered. Today many choose their phone based on the manufacturer and its operating systems [...]

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As an atheist I of course have no religious interest in the scriptures but I was for many years paid a lot of money by a leading Australian university to teach sociology so I hope I may be excused for taking a sociological interest in them. My interest is very much motivated by the historic [...]

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