This is a news story, apparently. Note that everyone involved agrees that if only he'd yelled "f*ck," that would have been preferable. No blaspheming the gods of … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
Mr. Tom Wolfe, please pick up the very white courtesy phone
Are video games the last p.c. free zone? My NEW Taki’s piece
‘Canada takes baby steps toward free speech’
Lee Duigon spoke to me, Ron Gray and Kari Simpson -- and Ezra Levant: "Section 13 has had a brutal effect on free speech in Canada," Levant told Chalcedon. "It's not that the … [Read more...]
Yeah, but Phillipinos have so very little to boast about
It seems a shame to snatch this away from the little buggers, too... Philippine police say mass shootings similar to the one at the Aurora, Colo., theater … [Read more...]
Great news: ‘Shafi was following standard operating procedures in Afghan journalism’
Super! “Other experts in Afghanistan have confirmed to me that it is common practice among Afghan journalists and researchers to copy and … [Read more...]
Toronto club owner: Dancers are stripping to pay tuition
Yep: The well-known Toronto businessman, who did not want to be publicly identified, said two of his dancers are studying to become doctors; four are attending law school and six are … [Read more...]
‘Race, IQ and Wealth: What the facts tell us about a taboo subject’
Ron Unz writes: Kenny claimed that such IQ theories were not merely racist and deeply offensive but had also long been debunked by scientific experts—notably the prominent biologist Stephen Jay … [Read more...]
Don’t tug on Superman’s cape: Dear Michael Mann — PLEASE sue Mark Steyn. Thank you.
Do drug sniffing dogs display ‘Clever Hans’ syndrome?
Ooops: And we don't mean that the dogs miss a lot of drugs. They don't. We mean they result in a lot of innocent people getting searched. About 56 percent of the … [Read more...]
‘A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure’
Rick McGinnis writes: I was going to make this [Margaret Thatcher] quote the motto of this blog, but it's a good thing I didn't, because a cursory bit of research reveals that the Iron Lady, for all of her … [Read more...]
‘Math’s actually not THAT hard,’ Ken replied.
TTAG: For example, for the United States: 100 people PER DAY die in car accidents. 2,640 … [Read more...]