Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Senate Lobbying Reform bill could silence the Blogosphere

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

According to the statement by Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of GrassrootsFreedom.com, "Congress to Send Critics to Jail", regarding legislation currently being considered by Congress to regulate grassroots communications: "In what sounds like a comedy sketch from Jon Stewart's Daily Show, but isn't, the U. S. Senate would impose criminal penalties, ...

Yasser Arafat’s great lie destroyed

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

According to a column by Caroline Glick. "Our World: The longest-running big lie", in yesterday's (Monday, January 1) Jerusalem Post, last week, with the quiet release of a 33-year-old US State Department cable, a good chunk of the edifice of Yasser Arafat's great lie was destroyed. " ... (F)or 33 ...

“Eurabian Nights: A Horror Travelogue”

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

For a truly scary and very important read about what is happening in Europe see "Eurabian Nights: A Horror Travelogue" from the December issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture.

The “roving bug”

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations (the technique is called a "roving bug").

Oh Say, Can You Swear on a Koran?

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

According to a well known Jewish commentator, Dennis Prager: "No." But, among the most reasoned of responses, Eugene Volokh covers the “how un-American” angle, beating Prager’s comments to a Constitutional pulp. For those who may not be familiar with the term Tanakh, this is an acrostic of Torah (The Law), Nevi'im (The ...

Promotional codes for online shopping

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Craig, here's somethin' I picked up from the SeniorDiscounts E-Newsletter, November 29, 2006: Most online retailers provide a place to enter coupon or promotional codes during the check out process. Enter these codes and the total amount you are being charged will automatically adjust for the discount being offered. A quick way ...

Evacuation Day

Friday, November 24th, 2006

Tomorrow is the 223rd Anniversary of Evacuation Day. Now almost forgotten, Evacuation Day was celebrated as a holiday long before the Fourth of July: On November 25, 1783, the British Army boarded their naval vessels and evacuated New York City (then only coterminous with New York County), their wartime headquarters and their ...

Who’s more generous: Conservatives or Liberals?

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

Craig, I betcha that your sinestra pals will have a hissy-fit about this: In the book, "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism", Syracuse University professor Arthur C. Brooks, shows that: [ ] Conservatives who practice religion, live in traditional nuclear families and reject the notion that the government should ...

Montana’s next Senator and what this may mean for the U.S. Supreme Court

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

TownHall.com executive editor Hugh Hewitt wants all Montanans to read his Friday, October 13 opinion essay, "Conrad Burns and the Future Of the United States Supreme Court".

About That Funny Story…

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

So, what did you think? Was it funny at all? Were you at all offended that the man saw his wife as an animal to be trained? That instead of seeing her as a person, he considered her an object to be molded to his own desires? Yes? No? Whatver ...

Media frenzy hits MSU over missing students

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

According to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, "Montana State University has been bombarded with national media queries and a few nasty e-mail messages ever since the FBI issued an alert for 11 Egyptian students who failed to show up for a cultural exchange program in Bozeman."

11 Egyptians missing on way to MSU

Monday, August 7th, 2006

Eleven Egyptians, who arrived in the United States last month, are being sought by authorities after failing to turn up for an exchange program at Montana State University.

Must be a sign of global warming

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

5-foot, 60-pound alligator found in Kalispell pond

We’ve changed, and we’re not the same

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

In the first of a 13-part series of articles beginning in today's (Sunday, July 30) New York Times, "New research from around the world has begun to reveal a picture of humans today that is so different from what it was in the past that scientists say they are ...

Odds

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Over at Deliverance, Lew Medlock has a breakdown on the odds of you dying in various ways.