Archive for November, 2009
Hunger Strike: Activist Protests Ahmadinejad’s Visit to Bolivia
"He shouldn’t be allowed to come here because this is the only country on the continent that authorized visas throughout WWII to more than 7,000 Jews who escaped from the Nazi terror."
Preferential Voting: A Tea Party Plan for Victory
A simple change to ballots could free us from the bipartisan thrall.
Switzerland’s Minaret War (Updated)
Could a vote to ban the construction of minarets make the country a target for Islamic terrorism? (Update: Swiss vote to ban construction of new minarets.)
Stalin Honored with Churchill at D-Day Memorial
An ominous and hurtful example of the moral blackout that shrouds modern times.
Obama: Refuse Your Nobel Until the Iranians Give Back Shirin Ebadi’s
The symbolic crime against the human rights lawyer should not be allowed to pass unnoticed.
Vincent Gray on Climategate: ‘There Was Proof of Fraud All Along’ (PJM Exclusive)
IPCC expert reviewer Gray — whose 1,898 comments critical of the 2007 report were ignored — recently found that proof of the fraud was public for years.
Constitutional Law’s Tyranny of Complexity
If we don’t stop rewriting our basic law into gobbledygook that the average person can’t understand, this country faces a dark future.
Lou Dobbs Turns Over a New Leaf with Latinos
The former CNN anchor — formerly hostile to Hispanics — is now trying to convince them that he's really one of their amigos.
Are Americans Uniquely Insular and Ill-Informed?
Or do Britons and other Europeans just say that because they are uniquely anti-American?
Climategate: It’s the Totalitarianism, Stupid
Ultimately, the climate frauds were seeking power over our economies, our liberties, and our countries. (See full PJM/PJTV coverage of Climategate here.)
The Farmers Relief and Freedom Relay: Turn on the Water!
The epic fundraiser arrives in Fresno, happy to learn just how many people have had it with statist policies.
Gratitude and the Retribalization of the World
Americans would do well to remember that the world tomorrow will not necessarily resemble the world today.
Riding the Back of the Tiger
In just a year, the president, driven by narcissism, fueled by ignorance, has badly undermined old-fashioned deterrence.
Steve Milloy: Climategate’s Perry Mason Moment (PJM Exclusive)
One of the released emails has the preeminent U.S. junk science critic renaming his allies: "We are no longer The Skeptics. We are The Vindicated." (See full PJM/PJTV coverage of Climategate here.)
A Secret Thanksgiving Wish
I wish to go through the entire holiday without anyone mentioning that Native Americans have nothing to be thankful for and it's my fault. (Also read Roger L. Simon: Crashergate: What if my Facebook friends all came for Thanksgiving?)
Climategate: The Skeptical Scientist’s View
What keeps scientists honest is knowing our colleagues are looking over our shoulders. A theory with hidden data is never to be believed. (Also read Richard Fernandez: More AGW Controversy)
Climategate: Have They No Shame?
The implicated scientists' strategy is to brazen it out and rely on the global warming alarmist establishment and the mainstream media to circle the wagons.
"…a warm greeting to a would-be robber eliminates psychological ‘trigger points’ "
I was a href=”http://www.forbes.com/global/2009/1130/ideas-bank-robbery-crime-how-to-reduce-robberies.html”reading an article in span style=”font-style:italic;”Forbes/span magazine /atoday about the decline in bank robberies during the current recession. The reason: Wal-mart-sytle greetings:br /br /blockquoteSince 1979 the average number of bank robberies in the U.S. has been a dismaying 11 per 100 commercial bank branches. But in the past year, despite the recession, bank robberies are down to only 6 per 100. The industry gives lots of the credit to those overly friendly greeters who many banks have seemingly poached from Wal-Mart ( WMT – news – people ) stores.br /br /Branches are now pressing guards, tellers and even branch managers to say hello and look every entering customer in the face. It makes customers feel welcome and crooks a bit intimidated. “The last thing a bank robber wants is to be noticed,” says W. Douglas Johnson, head of security policy analysis at the American Bankers Association.br /br /Using greeters to spook potential bank robbers has spread quickly since 2006, when a Seattle FBI agent, Lawrence Carr, included the idea in a widely disseminated program taught to bank security officers called SafeCatch. Carr, who spent five years studying bank robberies and interviewing crooks, argues that a warm greeting to a would-be robber eliminates psychological “trigger points”–confidence, anonymity, control over his fear–that the robber needs to go ahead with the crime. /blockquotebr /br /I had noticed a warmer reception at banks lately. I just thought bankers had gotten friendlier but I guess they are just hoping you won’t rob the place.
The Good Ship AGW Is Sinking; Still the Band Plays On
Abandon the HMS Global Warming? Never! Obama will head to Copenhagen for the UN climate change summit.
The Thanksgiving Act of 2009: A New Way to Celebrate
Rules for commemorating the big day in accordance with Obama's hope and change.
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