Richard Bennett

Herold Study on Afghan casualties

— The Marc Herold Study on Afghan Civilian Casualties is bogus. Click this link to find out why.

Ireland’s bin Laden

— IRA terrorist Gerry Adams is sucking-up to President Bush, according to the Brit Telegraph (news.telegraph.co.uk – New York’s heroes join boycott of IRA man): It was after Mr Bush singled out Irish-American firemen for their heroism on September 11 that Mr Adams was led forward by Congressman Peter King, an IRA supporter, to pose … Continue reading “Ireland’s bin Laden”

— IRA terrorist Gerry Adams is sucking-up to President Bush, according to the Brit Telegraph (news.telegraph.co.uk – New York’s heroes join boycott of IRA man):

It was after Mr Bush singled out Irish-American firemen for their heroism on September 11 that Mr Adams was led forward by Congressman Peter King, an IRA supporter, to pose for pictures with them.

One guest said: “Adams was completely shameless. Some of the firemen looked pretty uncomfortable.”

The contradictions are making my head hurt.

DNA liberation

— Glenn Sacks wrote in the L. A. Daily News: When Larry Nicholson went to court after receiving a child support order, he knew something wasn’t right. “I looked at the child,” he says. “The child is white. I’m black. Now I’m not an expert in genetics, but I knew something had to be wrong.” … Continue reading “DNA liberation”

— Glenn Sacks wrote in the L. A. Daily News:

When Larry Nicholson went to court after receiving a child support order, he knew something wasn’t right.

“I looked at the child,” he says. “The child is white. I’m black. Now I’m not an expert in genetics, but I knew something had to be wrong.”

It sounds like an easy problem which any reasonable judge would remedy with one pound of the gavel, right?

Of course, the answer is “wrong.” California, and most other states, presumes that all children born to a married couple are the husband’s issue, even when they clearly aren’t; it also presumes that women’s declarations of paternity are correct if they aren’t challenged promptly. So Rod Wright has written a bill making it a crime for a woman to sign a declaration of paternity against a certain gentlemen unless he’s the only possible father. I worked with Rod the last time he tried to get some DNA testing into the law, and Sheila Kuehl, the man-hater who guides the Democratic Caucus on family law, shot us down. I do believe this approach will fare better.

Cracking down on all the terrorists

— Here’s something we at Casa Bennett would like to see more of (St Patrick’s parade boycott by Orangetown NY police): Several police and fire department honour guards will boycott New York state’s second-largest St Patrick’s Day parade over the choice of a former IRA member as grand marshal. Why doesn’t the American press cover … Continue reading “Cracking down on all the terrorists”

— Here’s something we at Casa Bennett would like to see more of (St Patrick’s parade boycott by Orangetown NY police):

Several police and fire department honour guards will boycott New York state’s second-largest St Patrick’s Day parade over the choice of a former IRA member as grand marshal.

Why doesn’t the American press cover this?

Just like the blog

— John Weidner, whom I had the pleasure of meeting the other night in Berkeley, says I’m just like my blog. This is scary, given all the trouble my blog and its host have been giving me lately — it means I’m slow, dependent on an obsolete interpreter, overpriced, controlled by an arrogant foreign corporation, … Continue reading “Just like the blog”

Self-conscious contrarians

— Robert Reich’s American Prospect is either nervous or happy about being noticed by Warblogs. See TAP: Web Feature: Editor’s Desk Little did I know that within a week of these changes, a wide range of TAP Online content would simultaneously provoke heated discussion on a number of of leading conservative and opinion Web sites. … Continue reading “Self-conscious contrarians”

— Robert Reich’s American Prospect is either nervous or happy about being noticed by Warblogs. See TAP: Web Feature: Editor’s Desk

Little did I know that within a week of these changes, a wide range of TAP Online content would simultaneously provoke heated discussion on a number of of leading conservative and opinion Web sites. Robert Kuttner’s March 13 Boston Globe column — currently a focal point on Instapundit.com, AndrewSullivan.com (search for “Kuttner”), and The Wall Street Journal‘s Best of the Web (search for “Kuttner” again) — hasn’t even been posted yet on our site and won’t be there until Monday. Kausfiles.com just devoted an extended critical post to Natasha Berger’s popular “Liberal Arts” piece on Doris Kearns Goodwin. Which is to say nothing of National Review editor Rich Lowry’s multiple postings (scroll up for more) in response to Jeremy Lott’s recent article about Lowry’s discussion of whether the United States should consider “nuking Mecca” in the event of a terrorist nuclear detonation on U.S. soil.

It’s good to know that The Nation doesn’t have to carry the burden of leftwing silliness all by themselves now.

Blogfest pictures

— Here’s your Berkeley Blogfest photographs. Dr. Frank, Ken Layne, and Nick Denton. Here you can see Peter (talking to Ken) and Christina (behind the battling camera.) And here we have Matt Welch and Peter Molnar, the Hungarian Parliamentarian.

— Here’s your Berkeley Blogfest photographs.

Dr. Frank, Ken Layne, and Nick Denton.

Here you can see Peter (talking to Ken) and Christina (behind the battling camera.)

And here we have Matt Welch and Peter Molnar, the Hungarian Parliamentarian.

Michael Moore’s gigantic ego

— Michael Moore rented a schoolroom until 11:00 PM to sign his latest exercise in hate speech, the book “[pejorative] [race] [gender],” and he overstayed, prompting an almost-arrest for trespassing. He thinks this makes him a Free Speech Martyr: I am Michael Moore: the only thing larger than my ass is my ego. This is … Continue reading “Michael Moore’s gigantic ego”

Bloggers, in Berkeley?

— The brilliant Peter Pribik and his stunning girlfriend Christina hosted an amazing and wonderful Blogfest in Berkeley last night, celebrating a visit by esteemed Angelenos, Ken Layne and Matt Welch. Lots of wine, tons of delicious food, sparkling conversation, ex-pats, world travelers, punk-rocking bloggers, European parliamentarians and entrepreneurs, sensible Californians, and none of the … Continue reading “Bloggers, in Berkeley?”

Evil Verio

— I hereby add Verio to the Axis of Evil. These yahoos upgraded their perl installation to a version that uses a different database format than the old one, and they didn’t provide users access to the conversion program or the path to the old perl. So all Movable Type users on Verio have been … Continue reading “Evil Verio”

Verio must die.