With Rasheed, McDyess, and Billups in foul trouble – and Billups unable to beat the tenacious defense of Parker and Bowen – the Pistons didn’t have enough bench to beat the Spurs, so the Good Guys won another. We’re going to see this matchup many more times in years to come. I wonder how well … Continue reading “And the winner is … San Antonio”
With Rasheed, McDyess, and Billups in foul trouble – and Billups unable to beat the tenacious defense of Parker and Bowen – the Pistons didn’t have enough bench to beat the Spurs, so the Good Guys won another.
We’re going to see this matchup many more times in years to come.
I wonder how well the Spurs would play with a true point guard like Billups instead of Parker, who’s really more of a shooting guard.
Now on to Wimbledon and the College World Series.
Arundhati Roy and some of her closest friends are staging a Kangaroo Kourt in Istanbul that promises to put the Conyers Pretend Impeachment Hearing to shame. The goal is to say a lot of really, really nasty things about Chimpy McBushitler without once mentioning Mr.Hussein by name. Roy says the legitimacy of her Kourt derives … Continue reading “Arundhati trippin’”
Arundhati Roy and some of her closest friends are staging a Kangaroo Kourt in Istanbul that promises to put the Conyers Pretend Impeachment Hearing to shame. The goal is to say a lot of really, really nasty things about Chimpy McBushitler without once mentioning Mr.Hussein by name.
Roy says the legitimacy of her Kourt derives from universal principles of morality, such as:
* the duty of all people of conscience to take action against wars of aggression, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other breaches of international law;
For some reason this duty was suspended during Saddam’s reign, but Roy doesn’t address that minor little detail.
H/T Jodie Evans, professional moonbat.
This is the most hilarious thing I’ve seen in a long time: Tom Hayden, notorious 60s guy and lover of all things Marxist, has a blog in which he reveals (big surprise) that Iraq is a big, fat, quagmire just like Vietnam: There are three scenarios to prepare for: First, the US occupation may collapse … Continue reading “We’re doomed”
This is the most hilarious thing I’ve seen in a long time: Tom Hayden, notorious 60s guy and lover of all things Marxist, has a blog in which he reveals (big surprise) that Iraq is a big, fat, quagmire just like Vietnam:
There are three scenarios to prepare for:
First, the US occupation may collapse with the defeat of the US-trained and US-financed Iraqi security forces. The answer to the Times question – what do they want? – can be inferred from the battlefield. “They” want to force the US conventional forces into an impasse, then destroy the US strategy of “Iraqization”, of substituting Iraqi blood for American blood. The insurgents probably are closer to this outcome than the American media will report. If Iraqi soldiers and police cannot be sufficiently motivated to kill other Iraqis, the client regime will collapse and sue for peace, an extremely dangerous situation.
Second, and most likely, an indefinite quagmire will continue for the time. The insurgency will go on. The 150,000 American troops will remain, frustrated bbut not defeated. By next year, the number of dead American soldiers and military contractors will pass 2,500, the number of wounded 20,000. The client regime will not extend its authority – not to mention basic services – to a majority of Iraqis. American diplomats will be isolated, and world public opinion will descend to new levels of disgust with all things American. This means a tough year for President Bush in next year’s Congressional elections. Even if the Democratic Party remains silent, increasing numbers of American voters will favor something like immediate withdrawal.
Third, facing quagmire, the US will escalate – the policy which was followed in Vietnam. This escalation could come any week now; with Israeli collaboration, the US bombs Iran. Or the US bombs North Korea. Or another possibility: somehow American citizens are attacked again due to an intelligence “lapse”. In any scenario, the immediate political result would be renewal of the draft, which would lessen the pressures on the Pentagon in Iraq.
You can’t make shit up that’s funnier than this. Like Karl Rove said: “Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers, conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war.”
If you substitute “Tom Haydens” for liberals and “most people” for conservatives you’ve got it right.
Well actually, you see, there ARE: Islamic militants planned to detonate an explosion that would have sent a cloud of toxic chemicals across Jordan, causing death, blindness, and sickness, a chemical expert testified in a military court Wednesday in Amman. Col. Najeh al-Azam was giving evidence in the trial of 13 men alleged to have … Continue reading “But But But But……..there are no WMDs!”
Well actually, you see, there ARE:
Islamic militants planned to detonate an explosion that would have sent a cloud of toxic chemicals across Jordan, causing death, blindness, and sickness, a chemical expert testified in a military court Wednesday in Amman. Col. Najeh al-Azam was giving evidence in the trial of 13 men alleged to have planned what would have been the first chemical attack by the al-Qaeda terror group. In his televised confession, prime defendant Azmi Al-Jayousi said his group had plotted the attack under instruction from al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi.
Oops.
Bloggers (and creationist radio hosts) speculate that Rehnquist has resigned, but it may actually be O’Connor. Based on this latter scenario, Bill Kristol thinks Alberto Gonzalez is destined to become the next Chief Justice: (1) There will be a Supreme Court resignation within the next week. But it will be Justice O’Connor, not Chief Justice … Continue reading “O’Connor, Not Rehnquist?”
Bloggers (and creationist radio hosts) speculate that Rehnquist has resigned, but it may actually be O’Connor. Based on this latter scenario, Bill Kristol thinks Alberto Gonzalez is destined to become the next Chief Justice:
(1) There will be a Supreme Court resignation within the next week. But it will be Justice O’Connor, not Chief Justice Rehnquist. There are several tea-leaf-like suggestions that O’Connor may be stepping down, including the fact that she has apparently arranged to spend much more time in Arizona beginning this fall. There are also recent intimations that Chief Justice Rehnquist may not resign. This would be consistent with Justice O’Connor having confided her plan to step down to the chief a while ago. Rehnquist probably believes that it wouldn’t be good for the Court to have two resignations at once, so he would presumably stay on for as long as his health permits, and/or until after Justice O’Connor’s replacement is confirmed.
(2) President Bush will appoint Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to replace O’Connor. Bush certainly wants to put Gonzales on the Supreme Court. Presidents usually find a way to do what they want to do.
And his aides will have an argument to make to conservatives (like me) who would be unhappy with a Gonzales pick: Bush would not, after all, be replacing a conservative stalwart like Rehnquist with Gonzales. Gonzales would be taking O’Connor’s seat, and Gonzales is likely to be as conservative as, or even more conservative than, O’Connor. Indeed, Karl Rove will continue, Gonzales is as conservative a nominee to replace O’Connor as one could find who could overcome a threatened Democratic filibuster. Bush aides will also assure us privately that when Rehnquist does step down, Bush will nominate a strong conservative as his replacement. They might not tell us that nominee would be as an associate justice, for Bush would plan to then promote Gonzales to chief justice–thus creating a “Gonzales Court,” a truly distinctive Bush legacy.
…and he ain’t too happy about it because Gonzalez is somewhere to the left of Atila the Hun.
Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, has passed away. He invented the IC during the summer mass-vacation period at TI just weeks after joining the company and before he’d accrued enough time to take vacation. It happened like this: The innovation came in August 1958, when Kilby was working alone at a Texas Instruments … Continue reading “Greatest inventor of the 20th century”
Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, has passed away. He invented the IC during the summer mass-vacation period at TI just weeks after joining the company and before he’d accrued enough time to take vacation. It happened like this:
The innovation came in August 1958, when Kilby was working alone at a Texas Instruments lab in Dallas. Most of the rest of company was on vacation, but Kilby lacked the seniority to take time off. Instead, he toiled on borrowed equipment and, by September, developed a working prototype.
Robert N. Noyce, co-founder of chip giant Intel Corp., is credited with developing the manufacturing process that made economical the wide-scale production of integrated circuits. Kilby and Noyce bickered for years over the other’s claim to have invented the integrated circuit. Ultimately, the two agreed to share credit. In 1995, Kilby was awarded the Robert N. Noyce Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor. When Kilby won the Nobel Prize, he invited Intel’s other founder, Gordon Moore, to the ceremony as a gesture to the contribution of Noyce, who died in 1990. Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously.
Including Noyce in the honor was classic Kilby, said those who knew him.
This Noyce fellow had some good ideas of his own, but Kilby invented the IC first, fair and square. The last project Kilby worked on was the solar cell, and we’re going to see a lot of those as well.
Kilby was a great man, and the world is a much better place for his having been in it.
When Rasheed plays well, the Pistons play well: With the Pistons clinging to an 89-86 lead with just under two minutes to play, Ben Wallace elevated high to block Manu Ginobili’s driving layup attempt at the rim. Detroit then ran a pick-and-roll at the other end, with Rasheed Wallace (right) setting a bone-crunching pick on … Continue reading “Game 6”
When Rasheed plays well, the Pistons play well:
With the Pistons clinging to an 89-86 lead with just under two minutes to play, Ben Wallace elevated high to block Manu Ginobili’s driving layup attempt at the rim. Detroit then ran a pick-and-roll at the other end, with Rasheed Wallace (right) setting a bone-crunching pick on Tony Parker to free up Chauncey Billups for a drive to the basket. Billups’ shot rimmed out but Rasheed slipped in for a killer put-back that silenced the SBC Center crowd and forced Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to signal for a timeout. San Antonio would never get closer the rest of the way. It was one of several clutch plays down the stretch by Rasheed, who bounced back nicely from his Game 5 screw-up to help Detroit keep alive its season.
In game 7 we’ll probably see him crack under pressure, but it’s going to be a fun game.
It’s always seemed to me that Larry Lessig had an unusual beef with authority, and now I know why: As head boy at a legendary choir school, Lawrence Lessig was repeatedly molested by the charismatic choir director, part of a horrific pattern of child abuse there. Now, as one of America’s most famous lawyers, he’s … Continue reading “The choirboy”
It’s always seemed to me that Larry Lessig had an unusual beef with authority, and now I know why:
As head boy at a legendary choir school, Lawrence Lessig was repeatedly molested by the charismatic choir director, part of a horrific pattern of child abuse there. Now, as one of America’s most famous lawyers, he’s put his own past on trial to make sure such a thing never happens again.
This is really quite astounding.
This is downright sickening: TOPOCK, Ariz. — In the Mojave Desert, just west of the California-Arizona border, an ancient pattern of lines inscribed on the desert floor marks out the pathway to heaven for a small group of American Indians. Once covering 50 acres, the so-called Topock Maze is held sacred by the Fort Mojave … Continue reading “Religious fanatics at it again”
This is downright sickening:
TOPOCK, Ariz. — In the Mojave Desert, just west of the California-Arizona border, an ancient pattern of lines inscribed on the desert floor marks out the pathway to heaven for a small group of American Indians.
Once covering 50 acres, the so-called Topock Maze is held sacred by the Fort Mojave tribe as a place of final atonement, the destination of a soul’s lifetime journey along the Colorado River from Spirit Mountain, 40 miles to the north in Nevada.
These days, however, tribe members say that modern civilization — in the form of a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. water treatment plant — is blocking their road to the afterlife. The tribe claims that the plant, completed but not yet operating, is close enough to a surviving portion of the maze to disrupt their spiritual journeys. It is suing the utility and state regulators in an effort to have the facility torn down or moved.
It’s revenge for the smallpox.
And on another front, we see the same sort of squirreliness:
When a science museum is loath to show an IMAX film because it refers to evolution, we need to ponder the role of religion in our society.
“Volcanoes of the Deep Sea” has been rejected by some IMAX theaters in the South out of fear that it might offend people with fundamental religious beliefs, The Associated Press reported.
“If it’s not going to sell, we’re not going to take it,” said Lisa Buzzelli, director of an IMAX theater in Charleston. “Many people here believe in creationism, not evolution.
How do we defeat religiously-motivated terrorists when we have this sort of crap in our own backyards?
Fortunately, the NBA owners and union made a deal and averted a strike: NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — A one-year increase in the minimum age to be eligible to play in the NBA was part of a new six-year collective bargaining tentatively agreed to Tuesday by owners and players, averting the possibility … Continue reading “NBA stuff”
Fortunately, the NBA owners and union made a deal and averted a strike:
NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — A one-year increase in the minimum age to be eligible to play in the NBA was part of a new six-year collective bargaining tentatively agreed to Tuesday by owners and players, averting the possibility of a lockout.
Why is it that strikes are the only things that ever get “averted” anyway? Meanwhile, the Spurs have a chance to seal the championship tonight, thanks to some superhuman play by Big Shot Bob Horry in game 5, capped by a three-pointer with seconds to go in overtime.
BSB saved Tim Duncan’s bacon because the star was struggling on his rickety ankles in the OT. I think the Spurs will win tonight, but if the Pistons can avert elimination all bets are off for game 7. It seems like I should have predicted this to be a 6 game series but I don’t think I ever got around to it.
