Lots of links and additional video here: "Tunisia's Revolution."
Saturday, 15 January 2011
Video: Javelin Missile Exercise
Members of the Royal Marines benefit from being able to live-fire the Javelin guided missile prior to deployment in Afghanistan.
H/T Marc
News..........
Ontario's green subsidies under attack
Democracy Imperiled?
Ahmadinejad Presses His Luck
Do You Need a Chinese Bank Account?
The progressive “climate of hate:” An illustrated primer, 2000-2010
Subject: Who’s Afraid of Sarah Palin?
The National Council of Churches Should Have Died
We Beg to Differ
Virginia Creates Subcommittee To Study Monetary Alternatives In Case Of Terminal Fed "Breakdown", Considers Gold As Option
Mortality statistics: every cause of death in England and Wales
Comprehensive List of Tax Hikes in Obamacare
“Together We Thrive”: Slogan From Tucson Massacre Memorial Souvenir T-Shirts Appeared on Obama’s “Organizing For America” Website in 2008…
The Next (Jewish) Miss America?
World's Craziest Toilet Bowls
Boy, 9, has Disney World trip ruined after US immigration rules him a threat
Tunisia riots: more protests threatened as President Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia
Could Britain be heading for a crash?
British Army bomb disposal team breaks record
Russia launches arms race with new intercontinental ballistic missile
Russia slams Britain over alleged Kremlin spy
Kazakh parliament votes through referendum extending President's rule until 2020
Kuwait minister offers to quit over torture death
Australia floods: journey to the epicentre
Woman pleasures herself in train – other passengers not amused
Court orders workers to wear bras
Man shouts 'bomb, bomb' on plane, creates panic
Want to know why oil will hit $100 a barrel?
Sorry, America, but the Obama administration (and earlier ones as well) won't allow exploration and drilling for oil anywhere on the map that's red. It is not issuing permits for deepwater drilling where it's green. And China is busy buying oil for its growing economy while ours stagnates for lack of oil industry jobs and all the others dependent upon it. It's an international problem because oil is a global commodity.This is not rocket science. -- Alan Caruba
Model of Deliberative Democracy: Gabrielle Giffords
During my first few days of the semester this week I was afforded an unusual opportunity to engage in a discussion on "deliberative democracy," the theme of my textbook, from Joseph Bessette and John Pitney, American Government and Politics: Deliberation, Democracy, and Citizenship. And as announced by the publisher, a key element of the the text is the focus on "thoughtful, selfless consideration of issues and on civic participation as essential components of good citizenship."
And it strikes me that while the "deliberative democracy" model outlined there is often quite idealistic, we do have many role models for the kind of elevated politics to which the model aspires. And while I'm about as partisan as they come, I noticed immediately that Gabrielle Giffords was a different kind of Democrat, a moderate "Blue Dog" with strong credentials on security and border control. So it's interesting that today's Los Angeles Times features a background report on Congresswoman Giffords stressing these key points, "Arizonans Praise Giffords as Politician Who Tried to Remain Above the Democrat-Republican Divide":
Outside the Tucson office of gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the well-wishers bearing crumpled notes and pink roses are emblematic of the breadth of her support.There's more at the link.
They are tattooed college students and flannel-clad construction workers. They are retirees who clutch their canes and weep. Giffords is Jewish, yet many leave candles depicting the Virgin Mary. Giffords is a Democrat, yet many are Republicans.
"I saw her as a voice of reason. In Arizona, they're real hard to find," said Sharon Baker, a 63-year-old Republican whose face fell at the sight of the cluster of red and blue balloons, greeting cards and stuffed animals.
In a state known for rhetoric gone wild, Arizonans are mourning more than Saturday's shooting, which killed six people and left Giffords battling a traumatic brain injury. The gunman's actions have, for the moment, silenced a rare voice of calm amid the political cacophony.
"She appealed to everyone and that's what we need. We need to elect more Gabby Giffordses," said Laura Walls, 47, a personal trainer who visited the roadside tribute this week. She voted for Giffords' "tea party" rival in November.
And I don't want to downplay partisan differences too much here. Rep. Giffords supported progressives on both ObamaCare and cap-and-trade (the one-time hot Democrat prioriorty item), but she certainly appeared as genuinely interested the process of governing itself --- and she has served as an especially dedicated representative of her constituents. And I admit to having a soft spot for her, given that she voted against Nancy Pelosi as the House Minority Leader.
I'll have more on Gabrielle Giffords in the days and weeks ahead. God bless her.
(The interview above is from January 7th, the day before she was shot --- i.e., her most recent television appearance.)
Cross-posted from American Power.
Friday, 14 January 2011
Tucson Shooting Survivor Claims Palin, Beck, and Angle 'Got Their First Target'
At communist Amy Goodman's Democracy Now!, "Tucson Shooting Survivor: 'It Looks Like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the Rest Got Their First Target'." (Via Memeorandum.)
CROSS-POSTED from AMERICAN POWER.
RELATED: At Politico, "Tucson shooting victim blames Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Sharron Angle," and Jammie Wearing Fool, "Tucson Shooting Survivor Blood Libels Palin, Boehner, Beck and Angle."
Harvard Professor Jill Lepore Links Tucson Massacre to Tea Party 'Constitution Worship'
See, "Harvard's Jill Lepore Ties Jared Loughner to Tea Party 'Constitution Worship'."
And breaking developments throughout the evening at American Power.
RELATED: At The Other McCain, "How to Talk to a Follower of the Zeitgeist Cult (If You Must)."
Disconnect: The Liberal Left is As Sick as Jared Loughner...........from Dan Friedman
By now, many of us have already realized a byline in the NY Times or a handsome face on Face The Nation indicates neither expertise nor a balanced state of mind. Instead, it’s often a calling card for consuming jaundice and intellectual depravity. So if anything good can possibly come out of this tragedy then it will be the average American’s further alienation from the influence of the sickos who populate the elitist liberal media.
An F/A-18C Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 8, 2011. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. The hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 25. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Nicolas C. Lopez
H/T Marc
News............
Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, Jan.13
Why the sheriff of pima county is a cynical, disingenuous, duplicitous and deceitful political hack
Rush Speaks on the Left’s Unbridled Hatred for Sarah Palin (Video)
Great Democrat Memorials Past: Clinton's Tear for Ron Brown, 1996
Quotable Montana Tech Football Coach Retires
Obama team to evaluate new gun control proposals
Too Asian! Too Asian! The Dying have just killed Multiculturalism
Racing to Be Wrong
Chinese spend big on Belgian racing pigeons
With fox hunts outlawed, English hunt people
Technician in Israel is producing alternative energy harvesting system
Fox Bites Off Woman's Finger
EU sends out £4.4m diaries to schools which list Muslim, Chinese and Hindu holidays... but miss out Christmas and Easter
Immigration is too high, say four in five Britons
Now 300 dead birds fall from the sky in Alabama (how much longer can scientists keep saying this is normal?)
Tunisia riots: Reform or be overthrown, US tells Arab states amid fresh riots
Australia floods: residents warned against entering flooded suburbs
Fox 'shoots hunter' in Belarus
Burmese prison inmates 'used as human mine sweepers'
How can we feed 9 billion?
Roast beef and a pirate chaser
Iran arms smuggling details to be disclosed
Illegal Immigration: Shutting the Back Door to Fortress Europe
and finally......
Still running on empty... just by little Jimmy May
6 really messed up origins of classic fairy tales
A Gallery of Movie Posters from a Parallel Universe
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