Monthly Archives: January 2010

Godspeed

Posted on January 12, 2010 | Comments Off on Godspeed

Wonderful tale, this hard scifi novel of the hard times of the planet Erin, whose Irish inhabitants came from a monocultural, multigeneration starship trek. I stayed up late finishing it. Did find it amusing that the back cover synopsis compared it to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped, when it’s obviously mimicking Treasure Island in most ways. Captain Shaker is a very credible Long John Silver and Jay Hara a Jack Hawkins in hard vacuum. It’s a great pity that physicist-author Charles Sheffield has passed on. He was a very entertaining story teller.

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Posted in Library, Science/Engineering, Space

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Anne Frank’s savior dies, R.I.P.

Posted on January 12, 2010 | Comments Off on Anne Frank’s savior dies, R.I.P.

Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who hid Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis and after they were betrayed and seized preserved her diary for the world, has died. She was 100.

“Millions of copies of the diary, a gift for Anne’s 13th birthday, have been published in multiple languages, and it has been converted into a play performed worldwide in schools and on professional stages.”

Via Simply Jews.

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Posted in Israel, Library, Obituaries

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That last Tide touchdown

Posted on January 12, 2010 | Comments Off on That last Tide touchdown

The daily’s sportswriter Kirk Bohls has it right. That last Alabama touchdown, with 1:48 left to play in the BCS championship game last week, was a classic example of running-up-the-score. They were already ahead by 10 points.

It was a classless gotcha statement by the Tide’s humorless, arrogant coach Nick Saban: unnecessary, mean-spirited and disrespectful to Texas and the game.  I admit I didn’t find it surprising at the time, however. From what I had seen of him, I knew Saban was something of a jerk.

Meanwhile, Tide fans already were on the defensive. Heh. Get used to it.

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Global warming takes a break

Posted on January 12, 2010 | Comments Off on Global warming takes a break

GlobalCoolingVery considerate of it, don’t you think? Funny how it can do that, eh?

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When Interpol comes calling

Posted on January 12, 2010 | Comments Off on When Interpol comes calling

It can, you know. And when government can, it usually does. A 1983 federal executive order by President Reagan limited International Police operations in the U.S. No more. Barry changed it a week before Christmas. Interpol (aka the Global Police) can now operate here with complete autonomy. Your Bill of Rights will not apply.

Via The Seablogger.

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The Red State Oprah

Posted on January 11, 2010 | Comments Off on The Red State Oprah

Nice to see Sarah get a Fox political commentary deal, though she seemed to be doing fine with her Facebook news release comments.

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You say Nigra, I say Negro

Posted on January 11, 2010 | Comments Off on You say Nigra, I say Negro

I have no use for sourpuss Harry Reid. But his use of the word Negro and the subsequent hoo-rah over it is just crep. What other minority flips out if a public figure doesn’t subscribe to their appellations-du-jour? Balderdash.

Reid also is pilloried because he put words to the obvious: that Barry is light-skinned. No kidding. And has no Negro dialect. Nope, sure doesn’t. He might have said Barry is actually half-white. There’s one still in hiding.

People of color, instead of colored people. What malarky. Why do white people allow themselves to be forced to play this stupid race game? Okay, so nigger is a pejorative. Except when it’s in a black mouth. Hypocritical poppycock. We should take a break from this nonsense, starting with Reid.

UPDATE: Baldilocks agrees, Reid was only telling the truth (for once).

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