Tuesday, February 22, 2005

MONDAY Ver. 2.0

Can there be anything worse than a week with two Mondays?

Not surprisingly, I'm sputtering along, swilling coffee like a madman and hoping UPS delivers some inspiration.

• First on today's agenda is getting a handle on whether CNN did or did not violate federal firearms laws in their Paula "The Zipper" Zahn's report on .50 caliber rifles. I'm waiting to hear from the Powers-That-Be, and I'll keep pestering them until they cough up an opinion.

• In the meantime, ponder this tidbit from Michele Malkin, the Condi Rice action figure:
Dressed in navy blue pant suit, powder blue blouse & imitation faux pearl necklace included.
Also note that the same company makes the Hillary Clinton action figure, which comes with a philandering husband instead of faux pearls. I'm thinking a remake of MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch...

Science fiction god Jerry Pournelle (The Mercenary, one of the greatest science fiction books ever written, IMHO) is probably the World's First Blogger. Over the years he's penned a series of "Pournelle's Laws;" he recently added a new one after a WSJ story on climate change:
One of Pournelle's Laws states "You can prove anything if you can make up your data." I will now add another Pournelle's Law: "You can prove anything if you can keep your algorithms secret."
Words to live by!

• Finally, from Claire Wolfe, my Offensive Bumper Sticker of the Week, this from a Cafe Press left-wing arnarchist shop (and, yes, I realize that is oxymoronic!):

My Other Ballot Is An AK-47

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Heh. 99% of the worlds scientist believe global warming is a reality and the evidence is all around us. Pournelle is a long way from being a scientist but he is a right wing nut case. He writes geat science fiction but has always been a blowhard gasbag. So stick your head in the sand if you want. Thats what conservatives do with everything they don't like.