Only a dozen or so this time. Keep your pants on. ;)
Calling Mrs. Tu and Who Makes These Changes: More meditatable wisdom from Winds of Change.
Allahpundit reports on Iranian stupidity over women's sports. That country needs to just chill out. Either that or get laid. Just sayin'...
Dissecting Leftism has this great bit of the gander getting sauced: A Hofstra law student has filed a complaint against the New York Times, claiming that the Grey Lady's famous slogan "All the news that's fit to print" constitutes deceptive advertising.
Venture Philanthropy: Venture Capital with a non-profit twist.
802.11n standard submitted for approval: Next Generation WiFi. Based on MIMO-OFDM (multiple input, multiple output-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.) I have no idea what the frack that is, but it sounds damn cool.
Thought For The Day: Albert Einstein on why America rocks.
Anglo-Saxons versus Latin-Catholics:
Chrenkoff chrenks off on the recently released foundational document of French foreign policy. Something about how to play both sides against the middle.Gruntwork: The Secret Anti-Terror Weapon: The best defense against terrorism: Information, with a side of shoe leather.
Roving packs of liberal regulators: AKA "Nanny-State Commandos." So close to reality I'm not even laughing.
YOUR MISSION FOR THE DAY, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT: New York Times reporter interviews famous economist Richard Fair, about his econometric model that predicts a Bush victory. Questions Fair's deviance from Democratic party line. Gets her ass handed to her on a silver platter. Inexplicably decided to come back for seconds.
Dammit. Wish I knew about this when I was taking the SAT.Wiretapping the Web: No VoIP until it's wiretap capable. Trust me. this is a good thing.
The Rationale Behind Londistan: Brit journalist thinks not taking down radical Muslims working in the UK keeps the kingdom safe. Ever hear of the wordTaqiyya, fellas?
At the WTC: Imago Veritatis rediscovers the reason why we fight. Read, and understand.
Spontaneous Property Rights: Law is so much more vast than legislation, and so much richer. Much of it – perhaps even most of it – isn’t written down anywhere. It’s embodied in people’s expectations about how others will act and about how others expect each of us to act under various circumstances.
Now if you excuse me, I gotta go watch the Olympics. USA vs. Japan: Women's Beach Volleyball. It's like a real-life videogame.
Posted by Thief at August 15, 2004 08:25 PM