tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56047572011-04-21T23:55:22.847-04:00I'm going to use this blog as an alternative for my usual habit of yelling at my computer or TV screen while I follow the news. I'm not sure if this way I will reach more people (since I can yell quite well and I have lots of neighbours)- we'll see.hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.comBlogger911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1158075451748795742006-09-12T11:33:00.000-04:002006-09-12T11:44:44.576-04:00

Yesterday, in the early morning hours, Osama Bin Laden was caught in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This represents a crushing blow to President Bush at a time when he is trying to rally the nation to garner support for his unpopular wars. President Bush addressed the nation in a televised speech from the White House:Fellow Americans. In the past years we had been extremely

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1132237560111640752005-11-17T09:19:00.000-05:002005-11-17T09:26:00.133-05:00

Faced with charges of torture, the Iraqis come up with some not-so-surprising responses:1)We do not torture.2)It was just a few bad apples who did the abuse. 3)The abused are the most criminal of the terrorists.4)The abuse did not lead to death, so it wasn’t all that bad.5)We’ll have a thorough inquiry and all the guilty will be punished.Things I have not heard yet, but fully expect to hear in

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1129657328187228092005-10-18T13:40:00.000-04:002005-10-18T13:42:08.193-04:00

I just wanted to be first in announcing that the QBB is on fire. Breaking this story will surely propel me to stardom in the blogosphere.PS: It's probably just some tarp that caught fire due to construction. So no need to worry.

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Folks searching for plans on how to evacuate the fair city of LA will be sorely disappointed if they use the MSN search engine. The first link returned when looking for 'how to evacuate los angeles' is this fantastic blog. I wonder if anybody dealing with Katrina used MSN search to plan the evacuation. It might explain a lot of the chaos we saw.

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1128530672868251152005-10-05T12:40:00.000-04:002005-10-05T12:44:32.873-04:00

Dr. Randall Smith had a really good idea. Unfortunately, it turned out to be illegal to charge the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan $5000 for 45 minute sex therapy sessions he performed on one of his patients.

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1128476653623409402005-10-04T21:41:00.000-04:002005-10-04T21:51:00.443-04:00

This test has got me pegged as a borderline socialist. Hey, what else is new. ;)In the political compass I registered a -4.63 on the economic and -6.41 on the social scale- equating to a libertarian lefty. I'm not sure how well these two assements compare, but in both cases I find myself in the company of Ghandi. There must be some kind of mistake. You are a Social Liberal (80% permissive)

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President Bush, Rose Garden Press Conference 10/5/05:"More and more Iraqi’s are able to take their fight to the enemy."Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Senate Armed Services Committee Hearings 9/29/05:The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday, adding that the security situation in

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So far I have found this story only at the NY Times.Iraq's Shiite and Kurdish leaders quietly adopted new rules over the weekend that will make it virtually impossible for the constitution to fail in the coming national referendum. [...]Under the new rules, the constitution will fail only if two-thirds of all registered voters - rather than two-thirds of all those actually casting ballots -

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1128087861502584632005-09-30T09:43:00.000-04:002005-09-30T09:44:21.506-04:00

I really have a hard time figuring out who is the worse human being: Bill O’Reilly or John Gibson. Well, today John Gibson has taken the lead.His column is entitled: Why Joran van der Sloot Is a Free Man. Joran is the kid who was a suspect in the disappearance case of Natalee Holloway. Completely disregarding the fact that Gibson presupposes Joran’s guilt, the reasoning for why he is a free man

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1127589225275362502005-09-24T15:09:00.001-04:002005-09-24T15:13:45.280-04:00

I wonder why Tom Friedman does not report on heartwarming stories from India like this one. It must not fit into his narrative of outsourcing miraculously lifting 1 billion Indians out of poverty.

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1127587250419887292005-09-24T14:39:00.000-04:002005-09-24T14:40:50.426-04:00

I knew it! Hollywood is pure evil. After reading on FrontPage Magazine and Little Green Footballs about the movie Flight Plan with Jodie Foster. Now, if you have not seen the movie, but plan to do so, you may want to stop reading. But, get this: in this movie the terrorists are not the four evil looking Arabs, but instead God-fearing, American air marshals and flight attendants!Does Hollywood

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1127499515635529372005-09-23T14:15:00.000-04:002005-09-23T14:20:57.666-04:00

I admit that every now and then I dabble into the ugliness that is the creation/ID debate. Sadly, I feel that most of the work put in by scientists to explain evolution is quite the waste of time and most of it gets drowned out in the many distortions and outright lies put forth by creationists/IDers.Recently, I came across and article by Timothy Birdnow published in the American Thinker. It’s

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Bush gave what some analysists call one of the most important speech in his presidency. With his job approval rating hovering around 40%, the hurricane aftermath, the Iraq war, high gas prices, ... it is no wonder.Since I am too lazy to summarize the speech and give you my thoughts I will refer you to what others have to say.John Cole summarizes it so:Howdy folks. Bush here.A hurricane came.It

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126790761238783792005-09-15T09:17:00.000-04:002005-09-15T09:27:37.833-04:00

State of the Union Address States like [North Korea, Iran and Iraq], and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to

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On the Chinese trade surplus:Concern has grown among US producers at the scale of Chinese imports and limits have been put on a range of goods.The US has threatened to impose more quotas if Chinese exports keep rising.On trade barriers:"Today, I broaden the challenge by making this pledge: The United States is ready to eliminate all tariffs and subsidies and other barriers to the free flow of

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126734437644337852005-09-14T17:29:00.000-04:002005-09-14T17:47:17.666-04:00

Today both Delta and Northweast Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This move was entirely unexpected after the ruling that United Airlines (which has been operating in Chapter 11 bankruptcy for three years now) was allowed to shift their pension obligations to the government pension agency.It seems that few people realize what this means. It means that a company that has enriched numerous

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126699272079267302005-09-14T07:57:00.000-04:002005-09-14T09:42:24.166-04:00

At instapundit.comDARTBLOG notes some things from Bush's press conference today that most people missed.UPDATE: Vincent Flynn emails: "Iraq must be a smashing success, when Bush can hold a presser with Talabani and field only Louisiana disaster relief questions."ANOTHER UPDATE: Barbara Skolaut emails: "I agree with Mr. Flynn, but his sentence is not complete. It should read, 'Iraq must be a

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126625116913529432005-09-13T11:15:00.000-04:002005-09-13T11:25:16.920-04:00

Salon has an interesting article describing the post war period from the Iraqi point of view. The article is essentially a review of Anthony Shadid's book "Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War". If this rings familiar to you, then you may have seen the Washington Post's three part series about diary entries written by Amal, a 14 year old girl living in Baghdad at the

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126612921739335592005-09-13T08:00:00.000-04:002005-09-13T08:42:27.940-04:00

It appears that walking on your hands and wearing your hat on your feet does not protect you from stupidity:Here [in Australia], the Federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson told the Press Club earlier this month that intelligent design could have a place alongside evolution in our schools if parents wished.Update: From a different source the comments made by Brendan Nelson seem to be a little

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126570949794735992005-09-12T20:15:00.000-04:002005-09-13T11:27:20.693-04:00

It seems like in the past week the press has been aggressively going after Bush. In the wake of Katrina, his response has been criticized heavily. Some folks seem to believe that this is a sign that the press has found their spine, after four years of looking for it.Atrios links to a Washington Post article in which the President for a change is not described as the jovial and lovable straight

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126546239478790432005-09-12T13:30:00.000-04:002005-09-12T13:30:39.486-04:00

Note: Yes, I am aware that by admitting that I do watch Myth Busters on the Discovery Channel I am outing myself as a geek.While filling up my car with another $33 of gasoline on my way from Boston to New York I was reminded of an episode of Myth Busters I had seen a few months earlier. In the episode Jamie and Adam tried to figure out if it is more economical to run the air conditioner in a car

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126271247450399312005-09-09T08:59:00.000-04:002005-09-09T09:07:27.456-04:00

It appears that the new Apple/Motorola iTunes phone will only hold 100 songs. This is curious, in particular since (as far as I can tell) the music is stored on removable digital media, which will come in sizes that could certainly hold in excess of 100 songs. So, what's the deal? I have to admit that I would probably be a future candidate to buy an iPod/Phone combo, since I really don't like to

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126208836696214042005-09-08T15:37:00.000-04:002005-09-08T15:47:16.700-04:00

Alright, I understand National Days of Mourning. I also get National day of Remembrance. But a National Day of Prayer??? I was actually speechless.Then I started snooping and found sites like this one. In the end I realized that in 1952 Congress enacted an annual day of prayer (first Thursday of May), and it has been observed ever since, without me noticing. Oddly enough, that is just around the

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126182317725416962005-09-08T08:25:00.000-04:002005-09-08T08:25:17.733-04:00

I decided to make a very pro-active suggestion. Seeing that a lot of people wonder why in the world somebody would chose to live in a town below sea level, it must be equally puzzling to them that people chose to live at one of the most active faults in the world. To forestall any complaints later on I say, let’s just evacuate all major population centers along the California coast. With that we

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1126118055432065222005-09-07T14:32:00.000-04:002005-09-07T14:35:16.990-04:00

That's just how it is. People need to be encouraged to do this. Whenever I say this, I get responses along the lines of "poor people can't afford to stockpile food." But here's a family survival kit for $50 and it's pretty good. Most poor people in America can afford food (that's why so many poor people are fat).Maybe Glen should have read this: “Poverty and obesity are strongly linked because

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1125584119016308912005-09-01T10:13:00.000-04:002005-09-01T10:15:19.023-04:00

Every person living in the US who has access to television, the radio or the internet has by now realized that the extent of the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is enormous. Well, maybe not everybody, since both the right and the left are using the Hurricane to make some political capital, but other people can write about that.I was in the unfortunate position of having to drive

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1125408826066867182005-08-30T09:33:00.000-04:002005-08-31T07:53:51.230-04:00

I understand that Hurricane Katrina wreaked considerable havoc in the south and killed at least 55 people in Mississippi alone. Still, to call this “our Tsunami”, clearly in reference to the recent Tsunami in South East Asia which killed roughly 4000 times as many people is probably a little callous.Update: Shinobi was equally puzzled (or sickened) by the statement.Btw. by linking back to Shinobi

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1125071463424688742005-08-26T11:50:00.000-04:002005-08-26T11:51:03.433-04:00

It appears that after about two years of reviewing, the CIA decided that some of the higher-ups screwed up royally in the time leading up to 9/11. And, big surprise, that includes people like former CIA director George Tenet. CIA review urges disciplinary proceedings for top officials. […]Following a two-year review into what went wrong before the suicide hijackings, Helgerson harshly criticizes

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This comment made me laugh.

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A headline where idiocy trumps journalism.Over at Fox News Brit Hume’s Grapevine was subtitled: “A medical study in which politics may have trumped hard science.”Wow, I thought. Researchers went ahead and falsified data to fit their political agenda? Politicians falsely used a medical study to support their political position? Maybe a panel of reviewers decided to publish a shoddy article to make

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1124985775900087262005-08-25T11:59:00.000-04:002005-08-25T12:02:55.910-04:00

By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning. An irreducibly complex system cannot be produced directly (that is, by continuously improving the initial function, which continues to work by the same mechanism) by

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In a previous post I wondered if Iran actually has been shown to be in non-compliance with any international treaty. It seems like the administration in their speeches is clearly suggesting that Iran is.Well, one of the accusations was that Iran was enriching Uranium to weapons grade purity. This was, as far as I remember, what kicked off this latest struggle over Iran’s nuclear program. It turns

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1124735581223656112005-08-22T14:32:00.000-04:002005-08-22T14:33:01.230-04:00

Alternet is usually an interesting source news and opinion. Unfortunately, sometimes they make glaring omissions that just need to be addressed. Robert Scheer writes in his article on Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons: “Israel is, of course, not only Iran's archenemy but is also believed to be the sole possessor of nuclear weapons in the immediate region.”Now, that is an interesting statement. A

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1124311613240165022005-08-17T16:45:00.000-04:002005-08-17T16:46:53.246-04:00

I was just reading up on the friendly soccer game played between The Netherlands and Germany in Rotterdam. In the article I found a striking little spelling mistake. The soccer stadium in Rotterdam is called ‘De Kuip’, but unfortunately, the German news site Spiegel Online reported that the game was played in ‘De Kuit’.Now, dear reader, it is up to you to guess what ‘De Kuit’ means in Dutch.

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This invitation seems like such a great idea to me that I just have to copy it:Hrun T. Barbariancordially invites you to join him, the publisher, and the editorfor cocktails and dinner at the home ofHrun T. Barbarianto celebrate and support Hrun’s Blogin New York on September 17, 2005, 6 to 9 p.m.Please R.S.V.P. hrun0815@hotmail.com~$1,000 per person

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It seems like Sean “Puffy” Combs aka Puff Daddy aka P. Diddy has decided to change his name again. He will now be known simply as Diddy. Funnily enough, people were actually betting on what the name change would be at Bodog.com. While I don’t know what the odds were for ‘Diddy’ funnier options included ‘Papa Combs’ at 100/1 and ‘J-Lo Combs’ at 200/1.So far no odds are up yet on how long Diddy

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1124285916485484912005-08-17T09:38:00.000-04:002005-08-17T09:38:36.493-04:00

While doing research for my posts on Professor Wood’s misguided view of Evolution I finally found my brothers and sisters in heart and mind: Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.Since the theory of evolution is flawed beyond belief, I feel that FSM is the best alternative view that ought to be taught in our schools. I hope the Kansas Schoolboard will finally come to their senses and cease to ignore our

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1124204022726602792005-08-16T10:53:00.000-04:002005-08-16T10:53:42.726-04:00

After studying under my favorite demagogue Bill O’Reilly for years I now am ready to issue my second update on the NRO article by Professor Wood.As you all remember I showed you how ludicrous his views on evolution are. All his arguments lack any kind of merit and no sane person would subscribe to them. Now, here on Hrun’s Blog we are always fair and balanced. We contacted Professor Wood to

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1124135830789482312005-08-15T15:56:00.000-04:002005-08-15T15:57:10.796-04:00

It appears the Iraqi parliament extended the deadline to come up with a version of the constitution that was supposed to be presented to the National Assembly by tonight. While I don’t know how they are going to resolve their issues on Federalism and the role of Islam, I do know that rushing a constitution, which establishes the fundamental rules and principles by which a nation is governed, is

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1124132419116041812005-08-15T14:59:00.000-04:002005-08-15T15:00:19.123-04:00

It seems that there is some doubt about the story told by the British Police on how Jean Charles de Menezes was mistakenly identified as a suicide bomber. The observer reports that Mr. Menezes was neither wearing a thick jacket, nor did he jump the turnstile. Interestingly, the cameras that reliable identified the actual bombers within a very short time period seemed to have been not in operation

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1123997272030561802005-08-14T01:26:00.000-04:002005-08-14T01:27:52.036-04:00

People may ask why one would resort to arguing with a straw man like Peter Wood’s evolution vs. Evolution? Well, because it works, of course. Look here, here, here, here and here for examples of people who have fallen for Peter Wood’s fake argument on evolution and intelligent design.

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1123859157974922762005-08-12T11:05:00.000-04:002005-08-12T11:05:57.976-04:00

Well, something strange happened. In the past hour (10am to 11am on the East Coast) my Blog received over twenty visits. That is more than on any other FULL DAY in the past month. But, lest anybody gets to excited, the average visit length was less than five seconds, with only two visitors actually pausing long enough to visit more than one page. I guess my frantic pace of postings in the past

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1123855150196347422005-08-12T09:58:00.000-04:002005-08-12T09:59:10.206-04:00

I never really thought that married life was particularly dangerous, but I guess I was wrong. Christopher Offord killed his wife with 70 individual blows by a claw hammer, because she wanted to cuddle while he wanted to watch sports on TV. Not to be outdone, James Russel Petrie apparently decided that he didn’t like his wife’s attitude towards her dishwashing duty (while he himself was lounging

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1123850546528470152005-08-12T08:42:00.000-04:002005-08-12T08:42:26.536-04:00

Neil Cavuto publishes daily a commentary on Fox News called- of all things- Common Sense. However, what you get when you read his diatribes is hardly ever common sense.Let’s take a look at today’s commentary titled ‘Understanding the Enemy’. The opener to the story states Do we owe it to terrorists to find out what makes them tick? and the first paragraph of the story follows the line of

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1123772437951585232005-08-11T10:59:00.000-04:002005-08-11T11:00:37.956-04:00

I already thought that the Freedom Walk ‘America Supports You’ would be a perfect opportunity for the Department of Defense to recruit folks to fight in the war in Iraq. I mean, what better way to support the troops than to walk through DC, listen to some country music and then sign up for the military to relieve the members of the military currently on active duty.Well, it turns out that in

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1123678959374074202005-08-10T09:00:00.000-04:002005-08-30T09:28:48.006-04:00

The National Review Online is not known for its astute and accurate editorialization of scientific topics. Yet, on August 9th they weighed in on President Bush’s comments on teaching evolution alongside intelligent design. I was positively surprised to find that Peter Wood the current vice president of academic affairs of Kings College (the one in New York, not the famous one in London) authored

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1123636445620993382005-08-09T21:13:00.000-04:002005-08-09T21:14:05.626-04:00

In today’s press conference at his ranch in Crawford President Bush said about the Iranian program to enrich Uranium: “In other words, the Iranians said they were in compliance with certain international rules, and yet we found out they weren't in compliance of those rules.”Does anybody around here (I guess now I will find out if anybody at all reads this blog) know which international rules the

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1123632807446469292005-08-09T20:13:00.000-04:002005-08-09T20:13:27.456-04:00

The Christian Science Monitor is usually a reasonably good source for critical journalism. However, the statistics in their article on Drag Racing are less than impressive:“Statistics from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles reveal that citations for drag racing increased from 510 in 2002 to 578 last year.”“Forty-five percent of fatalities for teen drivers ages 16 to 20 involved speed in

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1123623102935594602005-08-09T17:31:00.000-04:002005-08-09T19:36:36.596-04:00

For the umpteenth time, Don Rumsfeld complained that the Iranians don’t close their border and let all these nasty weapons into Iraq. "Weapons clearly, unambiguously from Iran have been found in Iraq. […] It's a big border. It's notably unhelpful for the Iranians to allow weapons of those types to cross the border."So, those Iranians should just shut down their border and prevent people from

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1121992288451463762005-07-21T20:30:00.000-04:002005-07-21T21:26:35.036-04:00

So the NY police will do random bag checks in the subways and buses. Well, I guess at first glance this makes sense. Didn’t terrorists use bombs hidden in bags to blow up subway cars and buses in London?So, let’s look at this policy in a little more detail: “People who do not submit to a search will be allowed to leave, but will not be permitted into the subway station.” That’s what they came up

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1121182581727066062005-07-12T11:35:00.000-04:002005-07-12T15:22:35.420-04:00

At around 11am EST Lance Armstrong won his seventh Tour de France. For all of you out of synch with the magical world of sports, the Tour de France is the most important bicycle race of the year.In any case, the 2005 Tour de France has not ended yet, but today was the first serious mountain stage in the Alps. And Lance apparently demolished Jan Ullrich and Alexander Vinokurov, two of his

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1121099357778543162005-07-11T12:28:00.000-04:002005-07-11T15:30:08.890-04:00

In his talking points from July 10th, Bill O’Reilly says he is taking a hard look at the media for what he calls “sanitizing the London terror attack or terrorism in general.” It appears that Bill was particularly troubled by the New York Times referring to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as a “Jordanian fighter.”The Times, instead of ignoring Bill’s rants, actually sent a letter to Bill explaining to him

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1120222151500901652005-07-01T08:48:00.000-04:002005-07-01T08:49:11.506-04:00

… Gary Moody looked at his fishing gear and an outhouse and came up with a brilliant plan.A 14-year-old spotted something strange in the waste tank of a New Hampshire outhouse — a man's face staring back up at her.Police said Gary Moody, 45, of Gardiner, Maine, was standing in the ladies' room collection tank wearing hip waders, according to the Kennebec Journal of Augusta, Maine.[...]"It's a

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1120139830816371632005-06-30T09:55:00.000-04:002005-06-30T09:57:10.823-04:00

What did the American people expect from President Bush’s speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday? Some thought that he should talk about difficulties of fighting the insurgency, about Iraq being a recruitment ground for terrorists, about the intelligence failures that lead us to the war in Iraq and about the inability of US military to achieve victory against insurgency.In the past the US public has

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1120134393150571522005-06-30T08:23:00.000-04:002005-06-30T16:22:23.703-04:00

Stephen Pizzo over at AlterNet.org compares President Bush's rhetoric of the Fort Bragg speech to the rhetoric of the Vietnam era by Presidents Nixon and Johnson.If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then ex-presidents Johnson and Nixon must be (the only ones) feeling good about Bush's speech on Tuesday.You can read the whole thing here.Seems like Stephen Pizzo was not the only one seeing

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1120008409190341282005-06-28T21:19:00.000-04:002005-06-28T21:26:49.196-04:00

At the Closing Session of the International Conference on Iraq Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said “Terrorism can be defeated in Iraq, it will be defeated in Iraq, and when it is defeated in Iraq, at the heart of the Middle East, it will be a death knell for terrorism as we know it.”This comes on the heels of Don Rumsfeld saying that the insurgency could last 5,6, 8, ten or twelve years and

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1119967692566364522005-06-28T10:07:00.000-04:002005-07-05T13:12:59.826-04:00

Kav announced today that his Blog hit 1000 visitors today. Well, not to be outdone: This humble Blog also hit the 1000 visitor mark on this very same day. What are the odds?Strangely, though, it appears that the vast majority of traffic comes from google images queries looking for “maninbikini.jpg”, which was featured in my post on the ‘Droopy Drawers’ bill.In any case, I take any traffic I get,

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1119964961071614502005-06-28T09:16:00.000-04:002005-06-28T09:22:41.076-04:00

In an unparalleled journalistic coup, I have managed to obtain a copy of the speech President Bush will give tonight at Fort Bragg. It is surprisingly short, so I decided to post the full text of the speech here:Fellow Americans. Please disregard what we have said in the past about the war in Iraq. I know that we gave you a rather rosy outlook on Iraq in the past to make this war easier for you

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1119906651119132942005-06-27T17:08:00.000-04:002005-06-27T17:10:51.126-04:00

A lot has been written about last weeks comments by Dick Cheney’s that the insurgency in Iraq is "in the last throes." It seems that people had difficulty parsing exactly what Cheney meant, especially since comments by Army General John Abizaid and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld seem to contradict Cheney’s outlook. In fact, Cheney himself tried to clarify his statement. He referred us to the

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1119896078542388112005-06-27T14:09:00.000-04:002005-06-27T23:32:42.766-04:00

...where would you like to fight terrorism?In a press conference today Don Rumsfeld made a statement that has been made in variations many times before: When fighting terrorism you can’t go on the defesensive and wait until you are attacked, you have to go on the offensive. It is much better that we fight terrorism in Iraq than fighting it here at home. (I paraphrase)The actual quote was: "[...]

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1107954006901231182005-02-09T07:58:00.000-05:002005-02-10T20:34:57.900-05:00

Lawmakers in Virginia have now officially gone crazy. The house in Richmond voted 60-34 for a bill, “which would impose a $50 fine on anyone whose boxers, briefs or thongs peek above their pants or skirts.” Aside from all the obvious problems with lawmakers deciding to police fashion, what about the practical application? Will from now on ads for underwear be illegal in Richmond? Or is the “

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1107273021403654752005-02-01T10:48:00.000-05:002005-02-01T10:50:21.403-05:00

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has renewed his public support for research and development of the ‘Bunker Buster’. A small tactical nuclear weapon, designed to burrow deep into the soil, and destroy hardened bunker walls and tunnels. These small nuclear weapons, which actually may be used even in small scale conflicts like the invasion of Afghanistan or Iraq, clearly seem to fall under the

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1106782961640351192005-01-26T18:41:00.000-05:002005-01-26T18:42:41.640-05:00

At his press conference today President Bush trotted out one of his favorite Straw Men: “There is a notion in some parts of the world that certain people can't self-govern; certain religions don't have the capacity of self-government. And that condemns people to tyranny. And I refuse to accept that point of view.” The Prez has used this odd argument in countless variations in the past. I can’t

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1106761400540732722005-01-26T13:25:00.000-05:002005-01-26T12:43:20.540-05:00

Instapundit reports on thisthis story on CNN. Some store owners gun down a couple of would-be robbers and kill them. The comment by Instapundit: Armed self-defense works. Well, it might be true. In this case armed self-defense did work. Of course to some bleeding heart liberals it might be a little harsh to dole out the death penalty for a mere robbery attmept, but I guess that is part of the

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1106329002267358442005-01-21T13:34:00.000-05:002005-01-21T12:36:42.266-05:00

Dick Cheney admitted to some miscalculation on "The Don Imus Show". He said that he didn’t realize the lasting devastation wrought by Saddam Hussein on his people after the first Gulf War. This is of course the reason why recovery is going more slowly that anticipated. So, Cheney did not really admit that he was wrong about anything; he just admitted that he was not ‘right enough’. This seems

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1106094955848109832005-01-18T19:34:00.000-05:002005-01-18T19:35:55.846-05:00

Bush: "We're behind when it comes to selling our own story and telling the people the truth about America." Rice: “We need to do much more to confront hateful propaganda, dispel dangerous myths, and get out the truth.” Hmm, that’s the same administration that paid a pundit to talk about NCLB. It’s the same administration that created fake news stories to promote their policies like NCLB. It’s

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1105106401622756712005-01-07T08:48:00.000-05:002005-01-07T09:01:47.296-05:00

Are people actually, seriously making this point? Jonah Goldberg over at NRO seems to think this is a good defense for the use of torture: After I was captured, my hands were tied behind my back and I was struck repeatedly in the face with an open hand. After enduring the beating I was thrown on the water board, where under questioning the enemy would drown you till the verge of losing

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1105055791338369522005-01-06T18:29:00.000-05:002005-01-06T18:56:31.336-05:00

Tom Friedman wrote in his column today about the great experiment we are conducting this month with Iraq's elections. Friedman writes: "In short, we need these elections in Iraq to see if there really is a self-governing community there ready, and willing, to liberate itself - both from Iraq's old regime and from us. The answer to this question is not self-evident. This was always a shot in the

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1105042256405455152005-01-06T14:52:00.000-05:002005-01-06T15:10:56.406-05:00

In my long quest of being a contrarian, I have to write a quick rebuttal to one of Glenn Reynolds' brilliantly succint posts. After quoting Tom Friedman for four paragraphs, he comments: "Indeed." Another post well done. Tom Friedman writes It needs to be clear that these so-called insurgents are not fighting to liberate Iraq from America, but rather to reassert the tyranny of a Sunni-Baathist

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1105020601043712132005-01-06T08:53:00.000-05:002005-01-06T15:40:06.603-05:00

Questions to ask Alberto Gonzales during his confirmation hearings: Do you believe it was torture, that American soldiers were forced to sit in muddy bamboo cages in Vietnam for years at a time while being defecated on by foreign soldiers? Do you believe it would be adequate for captured US soldiers to have their arms broken during interrogations? Do you believe that foreign interrogators

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1100036875355904552004-11-09T16:44:00.001-05:002005-02-01T19:45:47.023-05:00

Alright, it has happened. I am on the same level as well known bloggers like Kos or Instapundit. If you do a Google search on hrun this blog is the first link to pop up. Take THAT, Hubris. ;) EDIT (2/1/05): It seems that I was overtaken by hrun.de :( First he squats on MY domain name and then he out-googles me. Lousy Germans!

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099845622094179842004-11-07T11:06:00.000-05:002004-11-07T11:52:50.546-05:00

Who says that the US is the world’s only superpower should look again. French soldiers, by order of their head-weasel Jacques Chirac, destroyed the complete air force of the sovereign nation Cote d'Ivoire overnight: two Sukhoi warplanes and five helicopter gunships. This decision was taken after troops loyal to the government attacked the Northern rebels and killed eight French nationals in the

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099809257820044372004-11-07T01:32:00.000-05:002004-11-07T01:34:17.820-05:00

While trawling the web for some enlightenment I stumbled across this open letter to the Democratic party. In this letter “a single, heterosexual, college-educated woman in my late 20's with an annual income of about $30,000” from a “solidly red state in the south” explains why she voted for Bush, even though she “wanted to vote Democratic this time, more than I can possibly put into words.” Well

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099675111086955972004-11-05T13:15:00.000-05:002004-11-05T12:18:31.086-05:00

It appears that the nebulous terms morals and values were one of the main reasons, why supporters voted for Bush. As European citizen and as supporter of the Democratic candidate, this was quite surprising. Morals and Values are more important than the war on terror, the war in Iraq, domestic policies, social security, taxes, the deficit, ...? Now, after some reading and discussions, I do

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099487162897512322004-11-03T08:05:00.000-05:002004-11-03T08:06:02.896-05:00

So, it seems that there was overwhelming support for the ballot measures banning gay marriage. And, it seems that in three of the States, the measures not only ban gay marriage, but also civil unions and possibly even domestic partnership benefits for gay couples. So, one of my gay friends was right, when he looked at Massachusetts and San Francisco with trepidation. He predicted that too rapid

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099486262825723542004-11-03T07:49:00.000-05:002004-11-03T12:16:32.083-05:00

Alright, I get it. The Republicans won. It’s a clean sweep. Gains in the House, gains in the Senate and Bush is re-elected. I can’t and won’t hide the fact that I am incredibly disappointed. And I do look with a little bit of envy at my friend who will start his new job in Great Britain sometime next week. So, all I can say is this. To John Kerry: Give it up already. If there are about 250.000

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099440989718045512004-11-02T19:15:00.000-05:002004-11-02T19:16:29.716-05:00

On the right-wing blogs and media sites much has been made of comments by Mark Mellman, John Kerry’s chief pollster. Headlines screamed: Democratic Pollster Predicts Bush Victory First of all, of course the Mark Mellman quotes were taken out of context, and if anyone cared to read till the end of the article would find that Mellman still predicts a Kerry victory. But, and this is the much more

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099432334002243562004-11-02T16:51:00.000-05:002004-11-02T16:52:14.003-05:00

Over at Daily Kos I saw some numbers on early exit polls. To get a sense where these numbers came from, I googled early exit polls. So, what is the first result I click on? It has the headline “Early exit polls predict Kerry will be victor” coming from The Raw Story. Interestingly, this site distinguishes itself as being “the liberal alternative to Drudge”. Wow. What a way to get credibility.

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099414384136609972004-11-02T11:52:00.000-05:002004-11-02T11:53:04.136-05:00

Checking various partisan blogs (Kos, Instapundit, …) and websites (Salon, NRO, …) seems to confirm one thing. The turnout for this election will be high. Interestingly, that is not only true in swing states, but also in states that are firmly in the Bush or Kerry category. But, oddly enough, none of these sites is willing to just report the big picture: People everywhere are coming out to vote.

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099414318751178162004-11-02T11:51:00.000-05:002004-11-02T11:51:58.750-05:00

I will post a few observations on my blog as the day continues. No, that does not mean I will become a full-time live blogger. It just means that today I won’t get much work done, so I might as well post.

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1099011444107516702004-10-28T20:56:00.000-04:002004-10-29T09:42:16.240-04:00

This just in from Instapundit: OCTOBER SURPRISE IN BERLIN: Germany got an October Surprise of its own when the largest German newspaper (which also happens to be the largest in Europe) endorsed the re-election George W. Bush. Maybe, they should have actually taken a peak at the German newspaper in question. It is called Bild Zeitung. Please, if you are at work, make sure that your boss is not

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1098797602846050462004-10-26T09:29:00.000-04:002004-10-26T09:33:22.846-04:00

After previously looking at the endorsements of Iran and Al Qaeda, I proclaimed a landslide victory for Ralph Nader. However, recent polling data does not seem to support my thesis. I have the suspicion, that this is due to further endorsements messing up the field. First, editorial boards of newspapers all over the country have started to throw their support behind either one of the two major

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1098280187279787752004-10-20T09:47:00.000-04:002004-10-20T09:53:11.556-04:00

In a surprising move, Iran, member of the axis of evil, decided to support President Bush for re-election. The head of Iran's security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush was in Tehran's best interests, despite the administration's axis of evil label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists and threats of sanctions over the country's nuclear ambitions.

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1097760366279549592004-10-14T09:17:00.000-04:002004-10-14T09:26:06.280-04:00

I surfed by CBS during the post-debate "analysis" yesterday night. Channel surfing is difficult for me at the moment, since my TV doesn't have a remote (fortunately, the Yankees/Sox game was on Channel 5 and C-Span (the debate) was on Channel 6). Anyway, CBS had a nifty little system how they scored the debate. Let's not get into how they found their few hundred "undecided" voters and whether

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1097759835712205092004-10-14T09:07:00.000-04:002004-10-14T09:17:15.713-04:00

Well, polls are a funny thing. If your candidate is ahead in the polls, you will point out this fact as often as possible. Apparently, it just looks good to be ahead, to be a winner, to have forward momentum. However, when you are behind or the polls are not going your way, then polls all of a sudden are meaningless. People start pointing out every conceivable flaw in methodology and you did up

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1097161093734826482004-10-07T10:55:00.000-04:002004-10-07T10:58:13.736-04:00

In a couple of days Afghanistan will hold historic elections. Millions of people are registered to vote, many of them women, in a democratic process to determine who the next president of Afghanistan will be. Even though there are 18 candidates, nobody doubts that Hamid Karzai, the interim President of Afghanistan will be confirmed in his role. The election is highly anticipated, because it is

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1097155391289259552004-10-07T09:15:00.000-04:002004-10-07T09:24:47.953-04:00

Looking back, I found the Vice-Presidential debate rather boring. As always, nobody did what I wanted them to do, questions were avoided, facts were misstated and both candidates lied, lied and then lied some more. However, in retrospect, one small part of the debate was extremely amusing. After John Edwards brought up Halliburton, Cheney countered by the following. Cheney: "Well, the reason

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1096982361469108382004-10-05T09:18:00.000-04:002004-10-05T11:59:58.180-04:00

Donald Rumsfeld had one of those experiences, which appear to be common in this administration. By accident he let the truth slip and then was forced to backpedal, recant the truth and fall back into the administration’s scripted answers. In Rummies case it was the fact that he had “not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two [Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda]." Within hours after the Q and

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1096897156912734052004-10-04T09:38:00.000-04:002004-10-04T09:39:16.913-04:00

Last Thursday during the first presidential debate, President Bush made the following statement: “Well, I think -- listen, I fully agree that one should shift tactics, and we will, in Iraq.” Does anybody know what our new, future tactics in Iraq are going to be? Anybody have a guess?

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1096866074353239122004-10-04T01:36:00.000-04:002004-10-04T01:13:26.723-04:00

So, it seems like US and Iraqi forces have scored a military victory in Iraq. Salon reports that Iraqi security forces have been patrolling the city and that American military commanders have praised their performance. Unfortunately, the Samarra General Hospital reported that of the 70 people killed during the fighting in the last week, 18 were women and 23 were children. Assuming that all

hrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06945402885201244085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604757.post-1096868635364556272004-10-04T01:26:00.000-04:002004-10-04T01:43:55.366-04:00

Alright, I admit it. I am a poll-junkie. Every day at noon I make my way over to Rasmussen, to check what has happened in the past 24 hours. I also regularly drop by the LA Times to click individual states into the Bush or Kerry camp. But, overall, I remain skeptical about these polls. Mainly, because they seem unpredictable, unreliable and impossible to compare. That has many reasons. For one,

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