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KA-CHING! a subset of AMERICAN DIGEST: Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes. I guess you could say it is taking up the "Notes and Quotes" functions of that page enhanced with Tumblr power.
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As the geometrician, who endeavours
To square the circle, and discovers not,
By taking thought, the principle he wants,
Even such was I at that new apparition;
I wished to see how the image to the circle
Conformed itself, and how it there finds place;
But my own wings were not enough for this,
Had it not been that then my mind there smote
A flash of lightning, wherein came its wish.
Here vigour failed the lofty fantasy:
But now was turning my desire and will,
Even as a wheel that equally is moved,
The Love which moves the sun and the other stars.
The 3 Conjectures: Conjecture 1: Terrorism has lowered the nuclear threshold
These obstacles to terrorist capability are the sole reason that the War on Terror has not yet crossed the nuclear theshold, the point at which enemies fight each other with weapons of mass destruction. The terrorist intent to destroy the United States, at whatever cost to themselves, has been a given since September 11.
The 3 Conjectures: Conjecture 2: Attaining WMDs will destroy Islam
This fixity of malice was recognized in President Bush’s West Point address in the summer of 2002, when he concluded that “deterrence — the promise of massive retaliation against nations — means nothing against shadowy terrorist networks with no nation or citizens to defend.” — Belmont Club
The 3 Conjectures: Conjecture 3: The War on Terror is the 'Golden Hour'
It is the final chance. It is supremely ironic that the survival of the Islamic world should hinge on an American victory in the War on Terror, the last chance to prevent that terrible day in which all the decisions will have already been made for us. That effort really consists of two separate aspects: a campaign to destroy the locus of militant Islam and prevent their acquisition of WMDs; and an attempt to awaken the world to the urgency of the threat. While American arms have proven irresistible, much of Europe, as well as moderates in the Islamic world, remain blind to the danger and indeed increase it. — Belmont Club
Where Are They Now? Gary Brolsma (aka the Numa Numa Guy) joins in during the MSU Marching Band “Technology” Halftime show. The show had 3 concepts, the iPod(U2 song), the Cell Phone(famous ringtone melodies), and YouTube. Gary stepped in on the YouTube part of the show and conducted “Dragostea din tei” (the Numa Numa Song). This was during the MSU v Iowa halftime show on 10/24/09.
If Andrew Sullivan would just date Keith Olbermann their autofellatio issues would be solved
Unbelieveable: Andrew Sullivan STILL peddling wacky conspiracy theories about Palin’s baby
Throughout the 2008 election, Andrew Sullivan was at the forefront of the “Sarah Palin didn’t really give birth to Trig” rumor. It was a rumor quickly endeared by the far left and quickly debunked by, uh, reality. It’s been more than a year since Barack Obama got elected President and said Palin rumor still lingers in some parts of the Internet, primarily Sullivan’s blog:
When exactly did Todd find out about the pregnancy? And when did he discover that his son had Down Syndrome? Or were those two pieces of news delivered simultaneously? Why did the Palins make no attempt to prepare their other children for Trig’s special needs when they had so long to do so? Why on earth did Palin believe that the mere fact of her pregnancy would elicit criticism and disdain - “Oh, the criticism that I knew was coming” - when it would obviously actually redound to her credit as a working mom and governor? Maybe her “book” will resolve these and other empirical questions about the logic and detail of her pregnancy and labor stories.
There’s been much talk about PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome) but Andrew Sullivan takes it to a whole new level.
But, hey, just like the far right, fact-challenged birthers, Sullivan is just “asking questions,” right?
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“Socialism is an opportunistic infection of the body politic. It occurs when defenses are low.”
“Look, liberty is not lost in a day. It is lost in increments and inches. Today you will not smoke in a pub – or smoke at all – even though those in charge might. Tomorrow the government will set your house temperature for you, while keeping their own set to their comfort levels. They will tell you how much money you may fairly earn, while “they” are not quite so limited. Next year your son will be forced to participate in mandatory volunteerism, and so will your mother. Soon you will be advised to abandon your hate-filled intolerant church for the approved and correct one. Someday, you may be asked to bow before someone and you will have to say “yes” and then live with yourself, or say “no” and live with those consequences. The banality of slavery…it is almost a tedious thing.”
DOA? OKAY. But let’s drive a sharp wooden stake through it’s heart just to be sure.
Senator Graham declares the House so called “health care bill” ‘Dead on Arrival’ in the Senate.
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Only By Fire Is Fascism Finished
Nidal Malik Hasan: Major, Muslim, Doctor, Killer, Traitor
Year upon year in this world’s dark woods,
Heaped at the foot of the trees,
The tangles and bundles of dead brush increase
Which sunlight shall never seize.
The vampire by sunlight or stake.
The wolfman by silver in bone.
The demon by book, chant and pentagram.
The fascist by fire alone.
The ash that descends in the clearest of skies?
The leapers that swam down the stones?
Best answered by bombs from mid-heaven at prayer
With a fire that hollows their bones.
The vampire by sunlight or stake.
The wolfman by silver in bone.
The demon by book, chant and pentagram.
The fascist by fire alone.
If their gods decree war, God’s war shall prevail.
His lessons are seared in the stone.
No dreams shall defer, nor wishes erase,
The hate that is burned in the bone.
The vampire by sunlight or stake.
The wolfman by silver in bone.
The demon by book, chant and pentagram.
The fascist by fire alone.
Only by fire is fascism finished.
This sin is demanded that your line may live.
Only through fire is freedom reborn.
Each generation pulls the sword from the stone.
“CAIR will make a stink when (male) imams are not allowed to board a Minneapolis plane, but don’t expect the organization to make an issue of honor killings.”
“Get well soon Major Nidal. We love you.”
The soldiers at Fort Hood had it coming, says a radical Muslim in Queens who travels to mosques around the city spreading anti-American hate and has sent a “Get Well Soon” message to the major behind the Texas massacre. “An officer and a gentleman was injured while partaking in a pre-emptive attack,” Yousef al-Khattab wrote on his Web site, called “Revolution Muslim.” — America-hater in Queen hails Hood massacre
