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Demure About Kasparov

This month's Atlantic Monthly has a piece about Garry Kasparov. Subscriber-only link [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200512/kasparov]. It talks about his political goals for Russia and Putin's alleged corruption. Excerpt from concluding paragraphs: > As we left the restaurant after the press conference,

Pharm Land

Joe Queenan reviews Generation Rx [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/books/review/20queenan.html] at the New York Times. Excerpt: > Generation Rx contends that large drug companies have co-opted the federal government, seduced the medical establishment and mesmerized a temperamentally supine public into taking far more

Bush Goes to Commie Church

> In his first public appearance, even before the welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, Bush attended a service at a state-sanctioned Protestant church to send a message about free expression of faith in a country that harshly smothers it. The president has been offended by

Kill the Humans

Scoff if you want, but at least these guys are logically consistent with the way many of us Occidental folk behave and think: > Make no mistake about it, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement isn't anti-child, it's more like anti-human. > The VHE is

Violent Polygamists

> Senior French politicians have been accused of "blatant racism" after linking the suburban riots to polygamy among African immigrant families. > The head of the ruling centre-right party in the national assembly and an employment minister both suggested unruly teenagers from large, polygamous families had helped

Big Money in Big Easy

Free market or government subsidy? > So many people have abandoned New Orleans for good that contractors are paying $30 an hour for unskilled laborers and Burger King is offering a $6,000 hiring bonus ... if you agree to stay for a year. Link [http://www.sploid.com/news/2005/

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee . . . If Coffee is Still Allowed

It amazes me that Europeans (and many Americans) continue to think Muslims can assimilate to Western Democracy. Yes, it is possible, and it's possible the Lions will win the Superbowl this season (I plan to continue using that comparison for the rest of this miserable NFL season). But

And By the Way

Mark my words: When the Muslim Frog riots finally settle down, we'll be told they weren't that bad. Only a few people were killed, after all. Nevermind the extensive property damage and the duration of the rioting. It'll get whitewashed behind the lack of

Fukuyama on Muslims

I disagree with Francis Fukuyama's "Democracy for All!" approach (and heck, based on this blurb, I'm not even sure he believes in it), but he raises a good point [http://www.washtimes.com/culture/culturebriefs.htm]: > Radical Islamism is in no way an

There is No Possible Domestic Policy

WaPo and others continue to think there's a way to placate the rioters [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/08/AR2005110801109.html] : > But the insoluble violence in urban France should inspire more than just schadenfreude in this country. Although there isn't