Friday, August 22, 2008
Gold for Bolt
Let’s hope the latest 100m star will survive all the drug tests. If so, it’s a remarkable achievement. It’s also the end of Canada and Great Britain’s importing of Jamaicans to win track and field gold. Seems they do better staying at home.
Usain Bolt earned a triple-triple of sprint gold medals and world records today, an unprecedented Olympic feat that elevated him alongside Michael Phelps as the stars of the Beijing Games.
Ah, the memories of Ben Johnson “I never took no stereos” of 20 years ago! The above picture is also tremendous...beautiful lighting and amazing clarity.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Amazing show
No one can deny the incredible opening ceremony last night at the Bird’s Nest. Here is the guy who did it all.
Not only was the show spectacular, but it was scary in a way too. The military precision that the 15000 performers (2008 at a time?) carried out their art was intimidating. Apparently they were even told to smile.
One can’t help but wonder how long it will take China to over most commerce in the world with their attitude and work ethic. I can hardly imagine any other nation on earth that can mobilize an army-like force to put on a show like the opening ceremonies.
To say you better learn Mandarin or Cantonese is really not an understatement. It will be even more necessary in 50 years than now.
Friday, July 25, 2008
nuclear NIGHTMARES
A powerful photo shoot of the Chernobyl disaster.
I didn’t remember that it was a deliberate act started by Moscow.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Controlled olympics
Amazing pictures of the Chinese getting ready for the Olympics.
I will be watching just to see how a dictatorship can run a world-staged event. It’s amazing what you can do when you control that many people.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Where the wind doesn’t blow
This is a man made disaster. At least it makes more sense than he so-called man made global warming.
Continents of garbage in the oceans are killing marine life and releasing poisons that enter the human food chain
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Italy’s big babies
No wonder Italy is leading the population implosion. Its men are wimps!
Currently, eight out of 10 Italians aged under 30 still live at home, and the average age for moving out is 36.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Same old USSR
Who said there’s no more cold war? Sure looks like it’s still going strong.
Russia has begun deliveries of the Tor-M1 air defence rocket system to Iran, Russian news agencies quoted military industry sources as saying, in the latest sign of a Russian-US rift over Iran.
Not to mention this extraordinary story:
But as I lie here I can distinctly hear the beating of wings of the angel of death. I may be able to give him the slip but I have to say my legs do not run as fast as I would like. I think, therefore, that this may be the time to say one or two things to the person responsible for my present condition.
You may succeed in silencing me but that silence comes at a price. You have shown yourself to be as barbaric and ruthless as your most hostile critics have claimed.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
First world problem
Almost as big as the Islamist nuclear threat, is the threat of the third world overrunning the first world.
With its filthy stairways, crumbling apartments and menacing drug dealers, the Anelli complex has long felt like a ghetto to the African immigrants who live there.
Judging by what’s happening, it’s clear the first world has no idea how to deal with the crushing tsunami that’s only just beginning.
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Iraq explained
All we hear on American news is Iraq, so you may as well get some background on the country.
Iraq is a big, diverse country at perhaps the most complicated juncture in its history.
Saturday, May 6, 2006
Ain’t communism grand?
Some members are more equal than others. Tell that to the people that get soap rations that serve you at your 5 star Cuban resort.
Cuban President Fidel Castro was furious when Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at $550 million last year. This year, the magazine upped its estimate of the communist leader’s wealth to a cool $900 million.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Hatespeak
George Orwell must be rolling in his grave.
A man who shouted racist insults at Muslim worshippers outside a Cumbria mosque has been jailed for six months.
This is racism?
Thursday, March 9, 2006
Moving back in time
Fred’s moving into a new house, in a town that reminds him of Alabama in 1957.
We’ve all heard old guys talking about how great it was to live in little towns out of Norman Rockwell (or, as I guess it would be here, Piedrapozo). Well, it was great. Not too dynamic maybe, but especially swell for kids. A lot of Mexico is still like that.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
The end of Western Civilization
Try not to gag on your coffee while reading this.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Chinese account
If you’re as interested as I am about China, then you’ll want to read Downing’s piece.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Peak oil myth
Not everyone believes we’re running out of oil.
Peak oil is just another weapon the globalists have in their arsenal to move towards a new world order where the elite get richer and everyone else falls into line.
Here’s why they need to keep the price up:
But here’s the catch: By simply opening up its spigots for a few years, Saudi Arabia could, in short order, force a complete write-off of the huge capital investments in Athabasca and Orinoco. Investing billions in tar-sand refineries is risky not because getting oil out of Alberta is especially difficult or expensive, but because getting oil out of Arabia is so easy and cheap.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Extreme NDP
Chairman Jack must be salivating over this new startup party.
6 hour work days? I’m trying to get down to 12.
Friday, June 24, 2005
A Cautionary Tale
“The Middle Way” is rapidly collapsing in the socialist utopia called Sweden.
Limousine liberals and multi-cult freaks in Canada, take note.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
As you trample on Cubans
A mildly critical reality check for all you Cuban tourists.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Where Have All the Children Gone?
More on the de-population of Europe.
Today, children no longer represent investments; instead, they have become pets - objects of luxury consumption. However, the pet market segment is very competitive.
via Instapundit
Monday, January 3, 2005
Impressive aid
I doubt anyone would dare speak out against all the US is doing now to help.
President Bush enlisted two former presidents for an ambitious private fund-raising drive for victims of the deadly tsunami on Monday, asking Americans to open their wallets to help the millions left homeless, hungry and injured.
Let’s see some of the rich Arab nations give some decent coin. After all, Indonesia is a Muslim nation.
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
A sane perspective
Some intelligent commentary on the latest world tragedy.
The world’s thoughts are with the victims of the tsunamis that swept across South Asia Sunday, killing at least 23,000 and leaving millions homeless. In the coming weeks and months, the priority must be to render the survivors every possible assistance.
via C & F
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
France opens tallest road bridge
Saw this on the German news this morning: it is quite an engineering feat.
Piercing the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, a stunningly modern roadway bridge hailed as the tallest in the world was officially inaugurated Tuesday.
Monday, August 30, 2004
DP for kids
I’m against the DP for kids - it’s stories like the latter that make the world worry about Iran and its nuke intentions.
Amnesty International today (24 August 2004) expressed its outrage at the reported execution of a girl believed to be 16 years old for “acts incompatible with chastity”. Ateqeh Rajabi was reportedly publicly hanged on a street in the city centre of Neka, northern Iran, on 15 August 2004.
via Dvorak
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Overrun
Most alarmists say that the poor countries’ exploding populations will overrun the first world. Looking at this report, it appears at least the European first world will have to invite these poor into their countries just to sustain themselves, let alone grow.
Many of the world’s largest industrialized nations will lose population between now and 2050 as low birth rates, struggling economies and curbs on immigration stifle growth, says the author of a world population report.
I guess the US growth is mainly illegal aliens flowing into California and the south.
The United States is the biggest exception among developed countries, with its population forecast to rise by 43 per cent from 293 million now to 420 million at mid-century.
Sunday, July 25, 2004
Covering Cuba
This video will not be shown at a US federally funded film festival, once more proof that right wing pov films are deliberately suppressed by the liberal elite.
Elian - The compelling story of Elian Gonzalez from the Cuban American point of view. It is the answer from the exiled community, much maligned by the US media, to the abuses of the Clinton administration.
all via Instapundit