Nov

30

What the Chechens told the Marines

November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

On 11 December 1994, a force of approximately 40,000 Russians attacked into Chechnya against a force of no more than 5,000-7,000 Chechens. After reaching the Chechen capital of Grozny, 6,000 Russian soldiers conducted a three-pronged mechanized attack into the city following a 10 day aerial and artillery bombardment of the city against a force […]

Nov

30

Rock Tales

November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

One of the pleasures of subscribing to Bob Lefsetz’s newsletter/blog are letters like these:
In 1977 while I was at Epic/CBS in LA, Steve Paul of Blue Sky Records (distributed by CBS) phoned about an upcoming high profile gig for Rick Derringer at the Whisky to support “Sweet Evil” and record his next, “Derringer Live”. […]

Nov

28

Redacted…at The Tyee

November 28, 2007 | 6 Comments

Nothing lefties hate more than an old fashioned slanging match…It drowns out the Kumbaya singing. However, as well as being lefties, the folks at The Tyee are pretty good journalists committed to transparency.
So it is a bit disturbing to see that they have adopted the San Francisco Chronicle’s clever - delete the comment but make […]

Nov

24

OZ

November 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Hawkie’s on Sky News - he looks pissed already… tim blair, comments
‘Fraid Howard’s done in but who knows? Rudd is a pretty moderate version of Labour and Peter Garrett could be sent on tour. Sort of an Aussie Borat dancing badly wherever Aboriginals are found.

Nov

22

Drinking the IPCC bath water

November 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

Environment Minister Barry Penner Tuesday introduced Bill 44, the Greehouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, which mandates that province’s emissions be trimmed by 33 per cent below current levels by 2020.
The law also calls for “realistic, economically viable” interim targets be set by the end of 2008. And it mandates reduction of emissions by at least […]

Nov

21

Oh, you mean that peak oil

November 21, 2007 | 10 Comments

It is a commonplace in the peak oil world that all the elephant sized pools have been found. For the Jim Kunstlers of the world the excitement of watching industrial civilization and, most importantly, suburbia, come to a grinding dystopic end overwhelms their humility in the face of nature.
News in from Brazil suggests there might […]

Nov

15

Grazing

November 15, 2007 | 7 Comments

Dalrymple: The idea that one’s pleasure or desire of the moment is the only thing that counts leads to antisocial behaviour. Let me give a small and seemingly trivial example of this.
About half of British homes no longer have a dining table. People do not eat meals together - they graze, finding what they want […]

Nov

11

Memory begins right now

November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment

When I was growing up, I remember putting up flags on the lawn for Remembrance Day and attending parades. As a young boy, I didn’t fully understand the meaning of the day. My father, Richard Greene, a retired RCMP staff sergeant, would stand at attention with fingers curled, thumbs pointing down the seams of his […]

Nov

10

Weblog Awards Fraud

November 10, 2007 | 1 Comment

telling ya publishes what he calls “Anatomy of a break in” in which he demonstrates how pathetically easy (if you happen to be a flash hacker) it was to game the Weblog Awards voting system.
In the comments he states “Post-close voting is perfect evidence of fraud as humans could no longer vote being locked in […]

Nov

9

Climate Audit wins

November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Final vote tally, subject to revision for apparent cheats and bots is:
Climate Audit 20,288
Bad Astronomy 19,080
However, the real win for Climate Audit is that its traffic will increase and more people who are interested in a close examination of the “global warming” “data” will have the opportunity to see […]

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