Tag: Current Affairs

You know the old joke about the dog that chases cars – “What would he do if he caught one?” I was reminded of that when I read that Hamas won an election victory. I imagine a room full of Hamas leaders looking at each other behind closed doors and…

One of the things I love about China is that they set high goals, as in “Let’s build a wall around the entire country” and more recently “Let’s have Internet access but without the part where people can access the Internet.” If you know the history of the Great Wall,…

I spend a lot of time sitting around thinking about conspiracy theories. I especially like the notion that somewhere there’s a secret group of ultra rich people controlling the governments of the world. This pleases me in several ways. First, I imagine that their naked self-interest combined with their experience…

After my evolution post yesterday, I identified a new type of Internet debating “knockout.” It’s when someone attacks the hypothetical part of your argument as if that’s the point. Example: YOU: “If you traveled back in time, you would see that the atmosphere on earth was very different.” IDIOT: “It’s…

Recently people have been leaving comments saying they have detected my liberal bias. I’m starting to think they might be right. After all, if complete strangers with limited powers of perception think I’m a liberal, who am I to argue that point. And the evidence is clear. For example, I…

Yesterday I claimed in this blog “I will prove to you beyond all doubt that the theory of evolution is not completely true.” About a third of you are reading this and thinking “Oh crap, not this boring topic again!” Another third are thinking “What stupid argument is this nut…

I have many reasons for writing this blog, not the least of which is my ongoing effort to avoid being selected for jury duty. To that end, allow me to express my respect for the most Dogbertian alleged criminal of all: lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Abramoff is alleged to have engaged…

According to MSNBC, about 50 people died in Saudi Arabia during the annual ritual of throwing stones at the devil. Apparently a stampede broke out when somebody tripped on luggage. That sounds like a poorly conceived punch line, but it actually happened. And it isn’t the first time. In 1990,…

In your comments to my blog about torturing terrorists, several people said we shouldn’t abandon the ideals of the Founding Fathers of the United States. So I started wondering what those ideals were. Before I go on, let me say that I’m highly patriotic, despite what you read here. Please…

I wouldn’t normally do a follow up blog on the same topic in the same day, but the comments have forced my hand. You raise more questions than you answer. Here are two more that confuse me. If you think that torture doesn’t work, why does interrogation work? No one…

When I hear about people like Angelina Jolie adopting African orphans, it makes me feel like I’m not doing enough. But I have to be honest – adopting a baby seems like a lot of work, especially when you layer on the “flying to another country” part. I want to…

You’ve probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys. That’s called a representative sample. And what it means is that the opinion of Einstein, for example, counts as much as the opinion of the guy who thinks The Family…

Yet another “third highest ranking al-Qaida leader” has been killed, this time by a rocket attack from an unmanned drone. There are a lot of jobs that I wouldn’t want, and “third highest ranking al-Qaida leader” is right at the top. But I can tell you for sure that if…

I don’t have to tell you that there are plenty of good reasons to want your own clone: a.     Spare parts. b.     Slave labor. c.     Decoy in case of assassination attempts. d.     Source of excellent practical jokes on the spouse. e.     Reasonable doubt when you kill someone. And that’s not…

First, those of you who aren’t seeing the humor in what’s happening on my blog with this topic don’t understand the Dogbert way. That’s all I’m saying. Wag!!! … Second, allow me to restate that I DON’T believe in Intelligent Design. I’m just fascinated with what the topic does to otherwise…