The Corner on National Review Online

Kate O'Beirne's post on "The beneficial effects of GOP welfare reform have been widely noted on its 10th anniversary" is spot on, and worth reading in The Corner on National Review Online

Her book, "Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports" takes more such misinformed and misinforming idiots to task.

Crazy Al (Gore), call your office: Weather Street: 2006 Atlantic Tropical Storm Season Below Normal

Ron Fairly, call your office. Seattle Times: Sports: Seattle shows interest in [Harold]Reynolds

What? More snow and ice in South Africa?

Rush Limbaugh points his listeners to this interesting article on the non-disappearing icepack.

The first paragraph is devastating: "An improved method of measuring Antarctic snowfall has revealed that previous records showing an increase in precipitation are not accurate, even over a half-century. In the August 10 edition of Science magazine, researchers explain that their analysis of ice cores and snow pits revealed that precipitation levels in the Antarctic have in fact remained steady. The upshot of the study is that models assessing climate-change may need to be revised, as they can no longer be deemed accurate."

My only issue with Donald J. Boudreaux's article, "The case for neglecting global warming - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review," is that neglecting a non-issue isn't neglect--it's prudent.

A very interesting commentary on the politics, bias, adherence to rigorous scientific method (or not) all present in the climate debate in WonderQuest: Global Warming

What? No, it can't be true! Nonetheless, Peter Schweizer writes in The USA Today, "Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe." Oh, the humanity!

Three homes--one 10,000 square feet, another 4,000 square feet? One on property that Gore licenses in part for zinc mining? Hundreds of thousands of dollars in Occidental Petroleum stock? Inconvenient truths, indeed!!

Meryl Yourish shows us in the clearest possible way the depths to which the enemy will stoop in his post, "The enemy is winning the propaganda war"

The Drudge Report points us to this story: Rare snowfall across South Africa - Yahoo! News

Al Gore, call your office.

This is very unfortunate for a variety of reasons The Seattle Times: Sports: Analyst Reynolds out at ESPN

Harold Reynolds is a great baseball analyst. I enjoyed his work at the Little League World Series, the College World Series, and the celebrity softball event that takes place during the run up to MLB's All-Star Game in addition to his work on ESPN's Baseball Tonight.

Other ESPN analysts have been allowed to return after affronts including peeing from a hotel balcony. Michael Irvin was charged with a misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Despite Irvin's past problems, he was only suspended for a weekend and that was mostly because he did not immediately report the incident to ESPN executives.

Earlier this baseball season, Rick Sutcliffe conducted a rambling on-air interview while intoxicated. Sutcliffe was only suspended for one game.

There must be more to this event. Perhaps it was the last straw in a pattern of harassment reports. It is sad to see Reynolds leave ESPN. Hopefully he will find another opportunity to display his talents as a baseball analyst again soon.

As a fan of the cigar lounge at El Gaucho, I hope that the American Legion post in Bremerton succeeds in its lawsuit. The Daily Weekly: Lawsuit Against Smoking Ban

The Daily Weekly: carelessness (Seattle Weekly)#more

In The Daily Weekly: carelessness, Seattle Weekly blogger Philip Dawdy writes, "So I decided to rely on a mix of Metro buses and cabs and walking. I wanted to see how my work and social life would hold up. Besides, the Seattle liberal paradigm is that we should all be like Bus Chick--a really cute former Microsoftie who takes Metro everywhere and saves the Earth and honors the Kyoto Accords and tells President Bush and Chevron to stuff it.

I am here to tell you at the liberal paradigm is, in this respect, an abysmal failure. Or at least it was for me."

As the Marines say, Oooh-ra!

The American Thinker features an intriguing article entitled, "The African Connection: Rep. Jefferson and Joe Wilson". Worth reading, and remembering, if the Wilson-Plame civil suit ever goes to trial. The discovery phase of such a trial could contain more embarrassing revelations for the Wilson-Plame axis of weasels.

In Hot Points: A blog by Go Daddy CEO and founder Bob Parsons, Bob shares his life story and his sixteen useful and interesting rules to try to live by. Worth reading.

The money quote from Deroy Murdock on Iraq & WMDs on National Review Online: "So, Americans in Iraq have found 500 sarin- and mustard-gas-filled artillery shells, live botulinum toxin, cyanide salt, and nearly two tons of uranium. Yet, no, Virginia, there were no WMDs in Iraq."

BREITBART.COM - Plame Says Government Betrayed Her Trust

I think that there was a betrayal, but not of Plame by the government BREITBART.COM: Plame Says Government Betrayed Her Trust

The M-1 Abrams tank is now arguably the world's largest shotgun when equipped with these SoldierTech: the 120mm Canister Round

The AP reports that Valerie Plame and her nutball husband, Joe Wilson, are jumping the shark Former CIA Officer Sues Cheney Over Leak

We can only hope that this goes to trial and we get to see the discovery evidence that the defendant's request.

Full Disclosure - Bring on the press revelations. By Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens writes well as usual in his column for Slate Full Disclosure - Bring on the press revelations. While Hitchens defends the freedom of the press, he objects to comparisons between disclosure of Valerie Plame's supposed covert identity and genuine secrets during wartime.