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Iowahawk Gathers The (Barely) Rejected Stories About The Ft Hood Shootings

Big Hollywood Headline Roundup: Troubled American Psychiatrist Allegedly Turns Gun on Warmongers at Ft. Hood
Iowahawk had gathered the first submissions of various newspaper stories in different markets. Most were heavily changed before publication, others not so much.
As usual, Iowahawk provides the answers to questions we never asked, but wish we had.
(Danger! Satire being used on […]

Politically Required Training.

The sham of sex harassment training - Los Angeles Times
The imposition of training that has a political cast violates my academic freedom and my rights as a tenured professor. The university has already nullified my right to supervise my laboratory and the students I teach. It has threatened my livelihood and, ultimately, my position at […]

Commenters

On the KGW Channel 8 in Portland’s website there is a comment who recently started showing up in the comments section to various news stories. He is very good.
He writes in the style of the extreme left commenter but if you read his comments closely they resemble Frank J’s “In My World” series which is […]

Uprising

Television: Dave Kopel & Glenn Reynolds on Uprising on NRO Weekend
The heroes of Uprising knew this instinctively. From the very beginning of the first episode, they are the ones who warn of the danger, and urge Jews to acquire weapons and fight, while the politicians and “wiser” heads preach prudence and collaboration. And throughout the […]

Nazi Literature in the Americas - Roberto Bolaño - Book Review - New York Times

Nazi Literature in the Americas - Roberto Bolaño - Book Review - New York Times
“Nazi Literature in the Americas,” a wicked, invented encyclopedia of imaginary fascist writers and literary tastemakers, is Bolaño playing with sharp, twisting knives. As if he were Borges’s wisecracking, sardonic son, Bolaño has meticulously created a tightly woven network of far-right […]

But…I Thought Carrying Guns Was Illegal?

Gang mayhem cripples big area - Los Angeles Times
Police blamed the incident on the notorious Avenues gang, which has cast a wide shadow over districts north of downtown L.A. for decades and continues to be active despite several high-profile attempts by authorities to shut it down.
The violence began around noon when a 37-year-old man police […]

Stand Back! Give The Man Some Air!

There’s something about Berkeley. I think its location in the East Bay places it too close to pollution sources such as Code Pink and Jerry Brown.
Robert Reich, the Clinton Administration Labor Secretary, has been in the area too long. I know of others in the area that have suffered no ill effects, so I think […]

Now That You Ask, The Answer’s “NO”

Does anyone care about the Oscars? - CNN.com
I can’t think of any time in my life where I have give a flying rip about who won the Oscar. OK, maybe when Michael Moore won it, because it was so obviously a political award rather than being based on talent or skill. But other than that, […]

We’re Going To Pay For What? Why?

Deal afoot to alter Klamath for users - OregonLive.com
Oregon would be asked to contribute lottery funds to help pay for the deal, according to the agreement. California and the U.S. Congress would have to chip in as much as $500 million in “new money” to the deal, with the remainder coming from money already being […]

It Shouldn’t Be Any More Problem Than Providing Kosher Food.

Halal food in US schools
The powerful US Senate is likely to witness a bill from Democrat Senator John Sabini, who is pursuing to ensure ‘halal food’ for Muslim students in schools of the city and the state as well.
Err…They do provide Kosher food, don’t they?