It’s Probably Nothing

It's Probably Nothing Radioactive 31 Comments

ABC News;

North Korea threatened in January to carry out a “higher-level” test following the Dec. 12 rocket launch. At the time, North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-Un said his country’s weapons tests were specifically targeting the United States.
The suspicious tremor comes just hours before President Obama is to give the State of the Union address, and it marks the first diplomatic test in the region for new Secretary of State John Kerry.

More – “it’s very possible that the North Koreans are testing for two countries.”
Related: KIND OF AWKWARD TIMING, GIVEN OBAMA’S PLAN FOR BIG NUCLEAR-WEAPONS CUTS

Reader Tips

Reader Tips 22 Comments

Have you found yourself feeling a bit too calm, secure, and physically safe lately? Reawaken your awareness of your own mortality, and of the precariousness of life, by taking a spin in the P45.
That’ll straighten you out.
h/t
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.

Great Moments In Socialism

Great Moments In Socialism 12 Comments

Picking up where Chavez[1] left off.

Supermarkets and electronics retailers say Argentina’s government has ordered them to stop advertising in the country’s top newspapers, in a bid to weaken independent media companies as President Cristina Kirchner turns to increasingly unorthodox policies to prevent inflation from derailing an ailing economy.
The order, confirmed by retailers and newspapers but denied by government officials, comes after retail executives say price-control czar Guillermo Moreno pressured them earlier this week to agree to freeze prices for two months. Executives say Mr. Moreno then told them to pull all newspaper sales ads in hopes this would somehow curb inflation.

Related: Venezuelan devaluation sparks panic
[1] Also dead, by the way.

Clare v. Cukier

Cold Dead Hands 60 Comments

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Via email;

Thanks for putting up the link to the debate. Enough gun owners showed up to
give them trouble at the CBC and wreck their polls.
You might be interested in these screenshots when Wendy Cukier deviated from
her usual script and got honest. She was asked by someone why she was
“against women being able to defend themselves” and she replied “I don’t think anyone should defend themselves”.
It is a hypocritical answer especially since they have the infamous cyclist
killer Michael Bryant working for the Coalition for Gun Control now.
However it also betrays her true motives as it is the retort of a person who
is trying to politically dominate by levering buzzwords such as pacifism,
and selling out victims instead of having a fair political argument based on
reality.

The Miracle of the Free Market Through: “I, Pencil”

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“We live in a time where many people doubt the fundamentals of our Western way of life, specifically the free market system.
In 1958, Leonard E. Read published the essay I, Pencil, as a way to explain how the free market system and how voluntary interactions around the world contribute to the manufacture of the simple pencil. Given the desire by so many for a centrally planned world, I offer this up for those that have yet to read it” – Brian Lilley
(May I recommmend the written version as far superior – Rob)

It’s Probably Nothing

Forward! It's Probably Nothing 37 Comments

Donald Sensing;

So not only is the DHS stockpiling decades of war’s worth of ammunition – which means literally centuries of DHS usage – it’s doing so through front companies that come into being to collect the contract checks and presumably disappear once the checks have been written. The real questions here are who owns or controls Evian Group and what is his/their connection to the Democrat party?

Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors

Media 6 Comments

John Nolte;

While I realize some members of the media make their email accounts public — for instance, Ben Smith is ben@buzzfeed.com — it would just be wrong-wrong-wrong to hack those accounts and make public the contents. I just can’t express how wrong it would be. Doing such a thing would make you the mayor of Wrongtown, so please just don’t to it.
I’m serious.
Don’t.
I’m not saying the release of those emails wouldn’t get a lot of attention. But it would be the WRONG kind of attention.
That’s all I’m going to say, because I’m just heartsick over the thought of such a wrong thing happening to aseitz-wald@salon.com or luke.johnson@huffingtonpost.com.

So, so wrong.

Revnant Dream

Blogging 91 Comments

Via email,

I am Revnant Dream’s sister. I just received word today that Revnant Dream
is in ICU, in isolation at the University of Alberta Hospital. His prognosis
is not good. I request that you say a prayer for him. He wanted to let you
know as he considers those at SDA and BCF a part of his extended family. I
know that he was one of the very early commentors over at BCF and is a long
time poster of comments at SDA. I ask that you keep him in his prayers. The
prayers of your readers are very much appreciated at this time.

Here’s hoping for the best.

Ripped From A Law And Order Script

Terrorism 14 Comments

Via Instapundit;

According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, on November 30, 2012, Llaneza met with a man who led him to believe he was connected with the Taliban and the mujahidin in Afghanistan. In reality, this man was an undercover FBI agent. At this initial meeting, Llaneza proposed conducting a car-bomb attack against a bank in the San Francisco Bay Area. He proposed structuring the attack to make it appear that the responsible party was an umbrella organization for a loose collection of anti-government militias and their sympathizers. Llaneza’s stated goal was to trigger a governmental crackdown, which he expected would trigger a right-wing counter-response against the government followed by, he hoped, civil war.

I trust they ruled out any connections to Homeland Security.

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