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The Rise of the Ubermensch. Incest

Posted on December 14, 2010
The Rise of the Ubermensch. Incest and our self-defined moral superiors: There is almost no way to construct a rational, legally based morality that forbids incest between adults. Most of us have a visceral reaction of disgust when we think about incest because the taboos are so deeply ingrained but the incest taboo can not be supported by rational argument alone...

Greasing that slippery slope all

Posted on December 13, 2010
Greasing that slippery slope all the way down to "heroin-induced necrophilia." The Volokh Conspiracy asks the obvious questions about adult incest pace the Lawrence v. Texas decision: (1) Should it be illegal, and, if so, exactly why? Is it just because it?s immoral? Because legalizing incest would, by making a future sexual relationship more speakable and legitimate, potentially affect the

Are superpowers protected by the

Posted on December 13, 2010
Are superpowers protected by the Second Amendment? In case you were wondering, there's a blog covering the developing area of "Law and Superheroes."

Arkansans/West Virginians ousted

Posted on December 11, 2010
Arkansans/West Virginians ousted from role of "preferred punchline for incest jokes." Columbia Professor/Obama Supporter/Huffington Post contributor accused of having three year long sexual relationship with 24 year old daughter. But it was consensual, so what's the big deal? Kathy Shaidle observes, "Liberals, your intellectual and moral superiors...

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Monopoly and Progress. Gizmodo

Posted on December 10, 2010
Monopoly and Progress. Gizmodo has an interesting article on AT&T and how it both advanced technological progress and retarded it. Let's return to Hickman's magnetic tape and the answering machine. What's interesting is that Hickman's invention in the 1930s would not be " discovered" until the 1990s...

A Weirdness Score of "10." Or what

Posted on December 10, 2010
A Weirdness Score of "10." Or what do you do when you really can't vote "present"? President Obama turns over press conference to Former President Clinton. This afternoon, President Barack Obama held a White House meeting with the last Democrat to hold that office, and the only Democrat to win re-election to that office LBJ, Bill Clinton...

Dogs living with cats - Conservatives

Posted on December 09, 2010
Dogs living with cats - Conservatives against the War. Jonathon Aitken's recent column begins: When a respected conservative magazine becomes an anti-war magazine its readers and writers should sit up, take notice, and examine their consciences. That's for sure...

In the land of Richard Dawkins,

Posted on December 09, 2010
In the land of Richard Dawkins, where all religions are equally superior to Christianity.... ....someone has decided to vandalize a thorn tree said to have been grown from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea. Interesting story behind the thorn tree: Christian legend dictates that Jesus's great uncle, Joseph of Arimathea, came to Britain after the crucifixion 2,000 years ago bearing the Holy Grail

Bishop of Green Bay Approves Marian

Posted on December 09, 2010
Bishop of Green Bay Approves Marian Apparition. "Catholic Diocese declares Wisconsin site a Marian Shrine: Shrine is only one in the U.S.; Virgin Mary appeared in area 3 times in 1859, diocese says." I didn't know that in the modern era, a Bishop could do that, but apparently this kind of determination is left to the judgment of the local bishop, just like the declaration of saints in ancient

The Last Nazi. American investigates

Posted on December 09, 2010
The Last Nazi. American investigates and sues 97 year old former SS officer who signed the orders that began mass execution of Jews in 1941.  The Nazi, Bernhard Frank, had never been tried, had lived openly in Frankfurt and was involved in Neo-Nazi organizations...

That Olbermann rant deserves its

Posted on December 08, 2010
That Olbermann rant deserves its own deconstruction for establishing the gold standard for "crazy." Beyond enjoying the spectacle of pompous idiots dressing down the President in a tone that would have gotten Glenn Beck condemned for "hate speech," Olbermann's screed offers a glimpse into the weird upside down world of the devout leftist...

Like LBJ, who realized after the

Posted on December 08, 2010
Like LBJ, who realized after the Tet Offensive that losing Walter Cronkite's support meant he had lost the support of Middle-America.... ...if Obama has lost Olbermann, it means he's lost Manhattan and most of Hollywood. The Other McCain has Olbermann's excoriation of Obama's tax compromise, during which he calls Republicans "traitorous...

The shameful part is that John

Posted on December 08, 2010
The shameful part is that John Stewart really is fake-reporting stories that our real news media won't really report. Like whether Ben Bernanke is just printing money

The reason people say such ridiculous

Posted on December 08, 2010
The reason people say such ridiculous nonsense about history and Catholicism is ... ...that they are being taught that nonsense in High School European AP History. The Curt Jester relays this discovery from an European AP history textbook: A high-school textbook used for the AP (Advanced Placement) European History exam equates the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Penance with ?high magic? and

Because, obviously, nothing says

Posted on December 08, 2010
Because, obviously, nothing says that Climate Change nonsense is founded on cutting edge scientific consensus like invoking the assistance the ancient Mayan jaguar goddes Ixchel. A few human sacrifices might be in order though to really bring the message of Ixchel home: With United Nations climate negotiators facing an uphill battle to advance their goal of reducing emissions linked to global

If only Bosnian warlords and American

Posted on December 08, 2010
If only Bosnian warlords and American Security Contractors could marry. According to this site, Dyncorp, which was "outed" by Wikileaks as supplying young boys to Afghan policemen, developed that form of diplomacy in Bosnia in the 1990s. Middle-aged men having sex with 12- to 15-year-olds was too much for Ben Johnston, a hulking 6-foot-5-inch Texan, and more than a year ago he blew the whistle

You think you were good in English

Posted on December 08, 2010
You think you were good in English back in High School... ....then how come you can't understand Caedmon's Hymn recited in Old English? Via Mark Shea.

Newsflash - Earth's climate is

Posted on December 06, 2010
Newsflash - Earth's climate is always changing and.... ....media is always behind the curve. What can we learn from 120 years of media reporting on climate change? 1: The mainstream media outlets are going to publish whatever sells. If someone publishes a story about the world getting colder and people buy it, you can be sure there will be many more stories touting the same headline...

Is China the Next Bubble? There's

Posted on December 06, 2010
Is China the Next Bubble? There's growing evidence that it is. One of the comments observes: China rolled over its debt vehicles twice, and after 10 years the creditors now want cash and not anothe roll-over. The estimates of the amoung of GDP built on bad debt in China is 30% low side and 60% high side...

Great moments in American diplomacy. Wiki

Posted on December 06, 2010
Great moments in American diplomacy. Wiki leaks reveals how American contractors negotiated with Afghan policeman by bribing them with little boys. US State Dept. called ownership of Afghan 'dancing boys' a 'culturally sanctioned form of male rape' The Afghanistan interior minister was so concerned about an incident where DynCorp, a US contractor charged with training Afghan police, bought

Sauce for the goose. In response

Posted on November 26, 2010
Sauce for the goose. In response to media pouncing on a misstatement by Sara Palin, Professor Jacobsen hosts a cavalcade of Obama's greatest misstatements.

And the worst 10 Christmas movies

Posted on November 25, 2010
And the worst 10 Christmas movies of all time... ....including "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" and 2 out of 3 of Tim Allen's Santa Claus movies.

10 Best Christmas TV Specials... ...including

Posted on November 25, 2010
10 Best Christmas TV Specials... ...including the "Star Wars Christmas Special" about which George Lucas said that "if he had the time and a sledgehammer, he would track down every copy of this TV special and smash it." It probably seemed like a good idea at the time.

"Sometimes a facepalm is the best

Posted on November 25, 2010
"Sometimes a facepalm is the best first reaction." AP mangles reality in its story on Pope's comment on condom use.

Steampunk Future Shock. Thanksgiving

Posted on November 25, 2010
Steampunk Future Shock. Thanksgiving in 1810, 1910 and 2010.

Happy Thanksgiving to our Vegan

Posted on November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving to our Vegan friends.

Pope approves of throwing people

Posted on November 24, 2010
Pope approves of throwing people down elevator shafts... ....or possibly not ...explains Mark Shea. ROME -- In a startling change to the Catholic Faith, Pope Benedict XVI announced today that tossing people down elevator shafts could represent a first step in assuming moral responsibility "in the intention of reducing the risk of having your own son electrocuted to death before your very eyes...

Jonah Goldberg "gets" Benedict

Posted on November 24, 2010
Jonah Goldberg "gets" Benedict XVI From NRO: What Benedict said in a book-length interview is that in certain circumstances using a condom would be less bad than not using one. To use Benedict?s example, a male prostitute with HIV would be acting more responsibly, more morally, if he wore a condom while plying his trade than if he didn?t...

It is just so obvious when it's

Posted on November 22, 2010
It is just so obvious when it's put that way. From reading Aquinas' commentaries on de Anima and the Nichomachean Ethics, I knew that the intellect is prior to the will in that the intellect "tees up" the options for the will to choose, but it takes Thomistic Sci-Fi author Mike Flynn to summarize the idea in this understandable way: On the free will front, I explained the Aristotelian position:

Weird Tales. Check this one out,

Posted on November 18, 2010
Weird Tales. Check this one out, about a guy who went into a burning car to save a little girl and was visited by her father - her dead father - a few days later: Days passed, and Johnson went back to his routine. That is, until Tuesday morning around 6, he says...

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