Right Wing Nation

Duquesne is really un-hip:
The war in Iraq will not be won just by shedding the blood of terrorists, but by overcoming the mindset that produces them, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency said Friday in Pittsburgh.
Speaking at Duquesne University’s commencement, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, a North Side native and Duquesne graduate, said the war […]

Mark Steyn again
If George Bush put a microchip in your garbage under the Patriot Act, there’d be mass demonstrations across the land. But do it in the guise of saving the planet and everyone’s fine with it. Meanwhile, to encourage recycling, garbage collection has been halved from weekly to fortnightly. As a result, flies swarm […]

Sheriff testifies against gun control (sounds like the sheriff here, who believe it or not, is a Democrat).
Even author says HB760 is not likely to pass.
Retired PA Judge Slams HB760 (Firearms Registration).
Diner Owner Shoots Armed Robbers.

I don’t need to say this isn’t work safe, do I?

I’m not seeing anything about this on any of the Pennsylvania blogs, or the gun blogs. Not on Cam Edwards, or Bitch Girls, or even the NRA–and Wyatt hasn’t even mentioned it!
The Philadelphia City Council bozos passed gun control legislation in direct violation of the state constitution, with full knowledge that it was in direct […]

is from Doug Ross: Frivolous vs. Magnanimous (though I’d have called it Children vs. Adults).

Like Wagner, Strauss is rarely done well–no, strike that. It’s easier to find a cast to sing Wagner than Richard Strauss, and the problem is the tenor. Strauss lovers usually have to content themselves with good sopranos and mezzos, and perhaps a good baritone, and resign themselves to a painfully bad tenor. Whereas there are […]

Entertainment Weekly has published their list of the top 25 science fiction shows and movies (hat tip to Darren). Since they count things like Back to the Future as sci-fi (whatever happened to speculative fiction?), I disagree with a lot of their choices, but agree with others:

The Matrix
I wouldn’t have given it number one, but […]

Save Hiasl! Equal rights now!

The bears are out of hibernation.

Tim Blair: “The greatest con since France tricked everyone into believing it was a nation of intellectuals.”
Tim has more on the idiocy (the comments are hilarious), as does LGF. Also a write-up here.