Davis: Bush plan won't stimulate economy
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis criticized President Bush's economic plan Tuesday because he said it lacks the short-term job creation and stimulus measures needed to immediately turn around the U.S. economy.And with that short, iditiotic statement, any (little r) rational thinker shoud dismiss him with prejudice on any issue involving economics. Mr. Davis seems to have no concept of "What is Seen, and What is Not Seen". Fredrick Bastiat figured this one out over a hundred years ago, but word hasn't seemed to make it to California yet.Davis applauded the extension of unemployment benefits and middle class tax-cuts in Bush's $674 billion package, but stressed it would fail to cut the jobless rolls this year. Bush should invest money in public projects like roads and Amtrak instead of relying on the private sector for job growth, Davis recommended.
Idiot.
WorldNetDaily: Iraq buys GPS scramblers from Russia
This is one of those headlines that sounds a lot more frightening than it is. GPS is used for fine tuning weapons. They aren't going to start going wild because of jammers.If you drop a JDAM it can't aquire the network, all that happens is that it shuts of the JDAM guidance and becomes a dumb bomb, which isn't that bad. We were using Tomahawk cruise missiles long before GPS was complete. It has one of the best dead-reconing systems in the world. The GPS is just used to double check that.
We've known that GPS is jammable for a while, and it doesn't even take a lot of strength to overpower a satelite signal. This is a bad thing for Iraq (and marginal for Hussain), because there is a simple military solution. If you can't do the job with a few smart bombs, then you drop a shitload of dumb bombs. It is the difference between the bombings of Panama City and Dresden.
israelinsider: security: IDF plans to flood Palestinian weapons tunnels near Rafiah
The link that led me to this story said that the IDF planned to pump waster water into the tunnels. My first thought was raw sewage. Gleeeee! Unfortunately, it is just concentrated sea brine. Of course, any solution that doesn't involve killing Israelis or Arabs is pretty good on it's own.Raw shit would be more fun, though.
Sterilization group hit with charges of racism -- The Washington Times
I heard about this group a while ago. I think it is a brilliant idea, and I fully support the cause. There is a big difference between forced sterilization and paid sterilization; it is the difference between prostitution and rape.The real reason that this group is opposed is that it is capitalist, and taking people out of the reproductive cycle lessens the burden they pose on the welfare structure, which marginalizes the groups that rely on that structure.
Newsday.com - London School Reduces Lunch Stigmas
A new high school said Wednesday its students will be charged for their lunches with a retina scanning device to prevent poor children who eat for free from being ridiculed in the cafeteria.You know that I'm not a socialist, and I detest state welfare. You know that I campaign against public schools. But even from an academic standpoint, don't you think that money would be better spent trying to make the kids less poor than to spend it on retinal scans?
This isn't about protecting poor people. This is about indoctrinating children to think that there is nothing wrong about the government requiring biometric identification for trivial matters. This is desensitization and indoctrination, pure and simple. I didn't think I would see it start this obviously.
U.N.: Congolese Rebels Practicing Cannibalism
Just when you thought that those wacky African rebels couldn't get any worse, what with the lopping off arms and the raping and the pilliaging, they raise the bar just a little bit.The two rebel factions often hire Pygmies to hunt food for them in the forests as they concentrate on fighting to oust the rival rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy-Liberation, or RCD-ML, from mineral-rich areas of Ituri province, a U.N. official familiar with the probe said.You know, I can't figure out if this is supposed to be some kind of punishment, or if they just don't feel like waiting another day to get something to eat.If the expert hunters return empty-handed, rebel troops kill and eat them, the official said.
"We hear reports of MLC and RCD-N commanders feeding on sexual organs of Pygmies, apparently believing this would give them strength," Alimasi said by telephone from Kinshasa. "We also have reports of Pygmies being forced to feed on cooked remains of their colleagues."Just damn. They are now officially as evil as Eric Cartman.
Detroit officer severs woman's finger
As some of you guys may have picked up on now, I am a little concerned about liberty. I have one question after reading this article: Where was the fucking probable cause?!?He wrote in his report that Gullas smelled of alcohol but refused to produce her license, saying she wasn't doing anything wrong.You know, last time I checked, "failure to ID" is not a crime in America. The cop failed to ID himself properly, and he had no reason to arrest her.
On top of all of that, using a knife is just like using a gun. It is still deadly force. If you wouldn't use your gun to shoot a knife out of a suspect's hands, then you should be using a knife to cut at a suspect's sleeves. There is a reason the samurai trained to strike at the wrists of an opponent. I hope she sues the shit out of the city of Detroit and that financial risk gets some cities to start doing something about the jack-booted thugs that give the good cops a bad name.
The Telegraph - Parents start campaign to ban fake guns
You know, we don't have this problem in Texas. You pull a gun on someone here, there is a good chance that they shoot back. Pulling fake guns on people isn't that common around here.
