Tim gets very cross when people cite job creation as a benefit of a scheme. Here. for example, in response to a: study by Friends of the Earth [that] said 51,400 jobs could be created if 70% of waste collected … Continue reading
Jeff McMahan, professor of philosophy at Rutgers, wrote a controversial piece in the NY Times. The conclusion is: It would be good to prevent the vast suffering and countless violent deaths caused by predation. There is therefore one reason to … Continue reading
My “Statement of Concern” came about more by accident than by design. I was searching for someone or some subject on Google.com — can’t remember exactly — when I chanced upon multiple listings of Professor David Lloyd’s anti-Israel petition. That … Continue reading
Julia highlights three recent cases involving the police. In one, the owners of a microchipped stolen dog were unable to recover it when the chipping register contacted them to ask permission to transfer the registration to the dog’s “new owners”, … Continue reading
William Ayers, the former 1960s terrorist turned po-mo academic who was involved in Obama’s early political career, has been refused emeritus status by the University of Illinois, from which he recently retired. The vote against Ayers was unanimous among the … Continue reading
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This is an extraordinary piece of footage. Andrew Breibart confronting counter-demonstrators at a Tea Party event in Chicago. He asks protesters to substantiate the wording on their signs, things like “Beck Lied”. What did Beck lie about? Blank… The anti-hate … Continue reading
Good post here from Steve.
esr on carrying a gun: “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.” Intervention by armed civilians on the spot aborts hundreds of crimes a year in the United States, and thousands more could be prevented if there were … Continue reading
Raping Jewish girls. This from a woman. Via Snoopy, UPDATE: There are some interesting double-edged swords there, though. The woman asks at one point, if it’s OK to assault Arab women, why not Israelis? There’s an “if” for you.