2006 January at politburo diktat 2.0

Eban’s Rule

“The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” - Israeli diplomat and statesman Abba Eban
ABC News: Hamas Victory Clouds Peace Outlook
Hamas won a huge majority in parliamentary elections as Palestinian voters rejected the longtime rule of the Fatah Party, throwing the future of Mideast peacemaking into question, officials from both major parties said […]

Capitalist Stupidity

Business 2.0: 2005’s 101 Dumbest Moments in Business
7. C’mon, it’s called Black Apron. Isn’t that enough?
“The message conveyed how proud we are of this new coffee, but did not address our deep sadness and concern for the tremendous loss of life and devastation in the recent natural disaster in Southeast Asia.”
– From an e-mail […]

Free Speech Under Attack

Techography - Bill of Rights and a 7 hour Decision
So apparently Techography has recently came under fire. Severe fire. Where as a certain company we have written about here has decided they don’t like either our right to publish an article on our website, that we pay for, were we publish our own opinions for […]

Carter Caption Contest

Jimmy At Palestinian Election

I’ve Been Meaning to Cut Down on my Cat Shit Anyway

Scientists Find Stronger Evidence For Link Between Cat Faeces And Schizophrenia
Researchers have found stronger evidence for a link between a parasite in cat faeces and undercooked meat and an increased risk of schizophrenia.
Research published in Procedings of the Royal Society B, shows how the invasion or replication of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii in rats may […]

Palestinian Vote

High turnout in Palestinian poll
It is the Palestinians’ first national election since 1996. Palestinians are voting in their first parliamentary election for a decade, with the governing Fatah party facing a strong challenge. The militant Islamic group Hamas is fielding candidates for the first time, and polls suggest they could do well. Correspondents say voting […]

Barack Obama - Superstar

Driving out the Money Changers

Drosophila Noses

Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly, is the evolutionary biologist’s favorite research animal.

The flies are small, inexpensive, and easily reared in the laboratory. They have a short life cycle; a new generation can be produced every two weeks. They are fecund; a female may lay hundreds of fertilized eggs; The resulting large populations make statistical analysis […]

Judiciary Committee Approves Alito; Death Star Readied

Senate panel OKs Alito nomination to top court
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court on a party-line vote today, setting up his likely confirmation by the full Senate later this week and moving President Bush closer to his goal of shifting the ideological balance of the high […]

The ID Struggle: Intentions Matter

Now the Utah State Senate has approved an ‘origins’ bill.
So far, Creationists and ID advocates cannot escape the contradictions inherent in their religiously motivated attempts to push an allegedly secular “scientific alternative” in the classroom. Since the 1980’s, Creationists have been trying to disguise their motivations, at least in the specific language of their proposed […]

Pry My Mouse from My Cold Dead Hand

Va. Mulls Statewide Flat Tax For Communication Services
A House of Delegates panel passed a bill Monday that would change how Virginia taxes phone, cable, wireless and Internet services in light of the new ways telecommunication services are offered to consumers.The proposed tax system would replace what supporters of the bill call an antiquated mix of […]

Leftie Caption Contest

Caption this:

Bush rejects charges that domestic spying illegal
Points earned for most creative Leftie nickname and for most insane (or inane), DU-like caption.

RINO Sightings

at phin’s blog
Our own Apothegm designer rounds them up!

Dems Can’t Read

You have to follow this one all the way through, comrades. It’s a little wordy, and involves a few different posts, but it shows quite clearly that Dems cannot read, or certainly cannot apply the inferential reading skills required of a seventh grader.
Unfortunately, my friend David Anderson bought into this nonsense. Writing about the lack […]

24 Diktat Chat

On Monday night, 8PM Eastern (or a little before), I will open up the Politburo chat room for those watching ‘24‘ on Fox.
Select a username, then, leaving ‘public’ room as default, just click on ‘chat’
Hopefully someone will be able to explain to me who all the characters are. Those playing the 24 drinking game will […]

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