When liberals accuse you of suppressing their freedom of speech, it means that you are criticizing them, or perhaps even censoring them. But when you censor conservatives or suppress their freedom of speech, it is called a speech code. Calling President Bush a liar is a courageous act of speaking truth to power, while criticizing [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2005 by pwyll
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(PRWEB) - OTTAWA, CANADA (PRWEB) November 24, 2005 — A former Canadian Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister under Pierre Trudeau has joined forces with three Non-governmental organizations to ask the Parliament of Canada to hold public hearings on Exopolitics — relations with “ETs.”
By “ETs,” Mr. Hellyer and these organizations mean ethical, advanced extraterrestrial [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2005 by pwyll
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Violence against women is the cause of more deaths and disability around the world in 15- to 44-year-olds than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents or war.
The Guardian
Posted on November 24th, 2005 by pwyll
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An interesting article from the Ludwig von Mises Institute:
…So when you hear that [Fed Chairman] Bernanke favors “low inflation,” remember that the emphasis is on the noun and not its modifier. It means that he prefers any amount of inflation to a condition of deflation.
Why the hysteria against deflation? We are faced with a real [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2005 by pwyll
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When the history of the war on terror is written, the strangest chapter will address why so many American intellectuals were so determined to believe the absolute worst about U.S. behavior.
Heather Mac Donald, Baghdad’s Real Torturers
Here is Kurt Vonnegut, as quoted in the Australian:
Asked if he thought of terrorists as soldiers, Vonnegut, a decorated World [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2005 by pwyll
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Nice comics; hat tip to the Dread Pirate Bluto.
PETA is trying to scare children into correct thought, by teaching them that their parents are murderers. PETA has an interesting theory about what constitutes murder. The particular tactic of filling children’s minds with nightmares is nothing new. I remember when it was in vogue to [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2005 by pwyll
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