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  1. Michael Ledeen, Victor Davis Hanson, Roger Kimball, Roger L. Simon, David P. Goldman, Richard Fernandez, Andrew Klavan, Ronald Radosh, Claudia Rosett, Barry Rubin, Michael Walsh, and J. Christian Adams all weigh in on The Pros and Cons of Attacking Syria.
    Well worth reading.

  3. At Threat Matrix, A Blog of the Long War Journal, “A few more questions before we start bombing Syria.”
    Number 3:

    Is there a possibility that the Aug. 21 attack was an accidental hit — of chemical stocks belonging to either the regime or the rebels — by the undisputed massive regime bombardment in the area at the time? It is known that the regime has been frequently moving its chemical weapons to keep them out of rebel hands, and it is also known that rebel fighters, including al Qaeda-linked groups, have sought and reportedly had access to chemical weapons. The Al Nusrah Front is known to have pursued chemical weapons; credible reports of the group plotting to conduct sarin and mustard gas attacks have emerged from Iraq and Turkey over the past several months.

    There are eight questions, all of them good ones. Read the rest.
    h/t malcompollack dot com

  6. The PJMedia reading, “The Pros and Cons of Attacking Syria”. Some takeaways: “No easy answers”, “A monkey with a grenade”, “Go after the master (Iran), not the dog”(paraphrased), “So let em kill each other…for as long as possible”, “Vice-President Valerie Jarrett”.
    Just when the free world needs a Churchill, they have a Marxist community organizer. All the North African and the Middle Eastern countries are becoming Islamic anarchist states, and we will have to confront them someday soon, not maybe, or if, but we will.
    A Letter From Fred was great to contemplate as we approach fifty years within months.

  7. For those looking for proof that Ontario is a self-centered, greedy entity – that its mythology of being the magnanimous heart of Canada is exactly that, I present this:
    http://www.canada.com/news/national/Ontario+challenge+Conservative+government+Senate+reform/8850013/story.html
    As the most populous province Ontario stands to be the biggest beneficiary of abolishing the senate. With the house of second thought eliminated – the house meant to counterbalance the power and potential tyranny of the majority – the less populated provinces will ripe for exploitation.
    And quiffs like the premier of sask don’t understand that simple fact.

  10. Santa Claus fostering a tendency to magical thinking is one of the dumbest things I’ve read in a while. Magical thinking seems to be the primary mode of thought moonbats engage in with such delusions that if one elects a Kenyan community organizer as president all of the nations’s problems will magically vanish. Other examples of magical thinking in this group is the belief that guns alone kill people and that “organic” food is far healthier than food grown using “chemical” fertilizers. I could go on and on, but a benign belief in Santa Claus is not even close to the top of the list.
    When my parents told me about Santa Claus, I disproved his existence by calculating the number of homes he’s have to visit on Christmas Eve and the distance he would cover during the process. In order to visit all of the homes in Canada and the US, he would need to travel faster than light and his reindeer were capable of immense acceleration and deceleration, which given the number of presents he was carrying in his sleigh, could only be powered by antimatter and this would leave a distinctive radiation signature. I did consider the possibility of supraluminal velocities during Santa’s journey, but then I wondered why the US military hadn’t kidnapped Santa Claus to obtain his FTL drive technology? Also, the NORAD announcements of Santa being spotted by radar coming from the N. pole I presumed were misinformation as the radar picture of Santa would be that of a blurry network across the whole N. American continent as Santa visited millions of kids in a few hours. Debunking the myth of Santa Claus was probably one the first scientific projects that I undertook in my childhood. The tearful reaction of some of my classmates when I expounded my proof of the non-existence of Santa Claus was my first exposure to the intense attachment that some people have to various delusional beliefs.

  11. Oh Loki…you’re such a kill joy…and it’s not even the first of December!
    Real or not, the thing is if we all had a little bit of Santa in us, maybe we could make our corner of the world a little bit better or make an individual’s day a bit brighter.

  13. Red-Green’s Neo-AGW Shew Presents.
    “North West Passage blocked with ice – yachts caught”
    “At least 22 yachts and other vessels are in the Arctic at the moment. Some who were less advanced have retreated and others have abandoned their vessels along the way. Still others are caught in the ice in an unfolding, unresolved drama.”
    …-
    “August 29, 2013
    2013 Northwest Passage CLOSED without Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker escorts for transit.”
    ““The North West Passage seems to be reversing its recent warming trend and is threatening to end the dreams of dozens of adventurous sailors.
    A scattering of yachts trying to transit the legendary Passage are caught by the ice, which has become blocked at both ends and the season may be ended early. Douglas Pohl tells the story:
    The passage has become blocked with 5/10 concentrated drifting sea ice at both the eastern and at the western ends of Canada’s Arctic Archipelago.
    At least 22 yachts and other vessels are in the Arctic at the moment. Some who were less advanced have retreated and others have abandoned their vessels along the way. Still others are caught in the ice in an unfolding, unresolved drama.”
    The real question is if and when the Canadian Coast Guard decides to take early action to help the above yachts exit the Arctic before freeze-up or will they wait until it becomes an emergency rescue operation?”
    http://sunshinehours.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/2013-northwest-passage-closed-without-canadian-coast-guard-icebreaker-escorts-for-transit/
    http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/North-West-Passage-blocked-with-ice%E2%80%94yachts-caught/113788
    H/T WUWT

  14. Teigland is inconsolable this evening. Seamus Heaney was generally agreed to be Ireland’s greatest living poet, a bit like calling him the greatest scholar in an asylum for the feeble-minded. He was handed the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature by the same people who gave Yasser Arafat a Peace Prize in 1994.
    Born on a farm in County Londonderry in Ulster, Heaney’s achievements over his career include such poems as “Requiem for the Croppies,” glorifying the 1798 rebels who tried and failed (thank God) to bring the French Revolution to Ireland; making himself the bane of literature students throughout Great Britain and Ireland (sales of his books to students forced to read him made him the best-selling living poet in the UK at the time of his death); and defecting to the Free State in 1972. He once wrote:
    My passport’s green
    No glass of ours was ever raised
    to toast the Queen.
    Which is lovely, because it means nobody loyal to the Queen need raise a glass to Heaney’s memory.
    The BBC, of course, think he’s fantastic.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23898891

  15. More cuts to Red-Green’s AGW arts.
    “August is about to end without an Atlantic hurricane for the first time since 2002,calling into question predictions of a more active storm season than normal.”
    …-
    “No Atlantic Hurricane by August in First Time in 11 Years”
    “August is about to end without an Atlantic hurricane for the first time since 2002, calling into question predictions of a more active storm season than normal.
    Six tropical systems have formed in the Atlantic since the season began June 1 and none of them has grown to hurricane strength with winds of at least 74 miles (120 kilometers) per hour. Accumulated cyclone energy in the Atlantic, a measure of tropical power, is about 30 percent of where it normally would be, said Phil Klotzbach, lead author of Colorado State University’s seasonal hurricane forecasts.”
    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-30/no-atlantic-hurricane-by-august-in-first-time-in-11-years.html

  16. Plucked from ZeroHedge:
    These faux religions debase the reality of the one true religion……..SANTAISM.
    Yes, that’s correct, I’m a Santaist. Why might you ask……….well, Santa KNOWS who has been good and who has been bad. And, the better you are the more presents you get. Pretty straight forward to me. And, I do dispute the false rumor that Santa seems to like rich kids more.
    As a straightforward, religion suitable for these time crunched people Santaism requires only a limited period of active devotion. Jump on in anytime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, put up the Holy Pine Altar and you’re ready to go. Some of the traditional faithful do begin around Halloween and even before but these are not requirements. Nor is particular attention to his inner circle of short disciples who are Santa’s helpers required.
    Acknowledging the twin miracles involving his flying reindeer and ability to carry an infinite amount of presents down impossibly small access points are the few articles of faith required by all. And, to be fair, even among those who profess other faiths, the reality is that Santaism is practiced around the world by an enormous number.
    Our appeal is simple and profound…..wouldn’t you really prefer a deity who rewards your faith and goodness in very concrete ways? A deity that truly complements the free market system by encouraging consumption.

  17. Thanks for the video EDB – that brought tears to my eyes. My wife and I have been together for about 35 years, not 75, but I can identify with Fred all the same.

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