Tai-Chi Policy

While he’s going after McCain for stating the truth that Hamas has endorsed him (whether or not he’s endorsing them), Michael Totten points out (via Instapundit) that Obama could dismiss all of the criticism that statement causes him (and all of the criticism the endorsements he gets from so many of our enemies) by simply stating that he would make sure that Hamas would not be happy with Obama as our president.

Certainly McCain seems to be picking up the endorsements of pretty much none of our enemies. I think Obama fails to realize that the enemy isn’t his political rivals, but those who actually want us dead.

Oh yeah, and just for you Obama: This one fled Afghanistan to Iraq in 2001. Before we invaded the country. So yes, Al Qaeda was there before we invaded. More information on this guy and what it means here.

Meanwhile, all of the big Iraq news (besides the overwhelmingly positive news that fails to get reported, keep rooting for that defeat, Dems, maybe you’ll get your way) concerns Iran. Iran, Iran, Iran.

As the situation devolves. Michael Totten’s blog is one of the big places to watch, with updates about the situation from all sorts of great perspectives. Gateway Pundit is also tracking a lot of the news, item by item.

While I hope the suffering of the Lebanese ends as quickly as possible, I think that statement means nothing less than that I hope that Hezbollah is disarmed and kicked out of the country.

Even though it’s a day late, I’d like to wish Israel a happy birthday. You’re a valiant, valuable ally, and manage to take all the crap the world throws at you and still thrive, and in fact set an incredible example to your neighbors and much of the rest of the world.

McCain would let Governors of states petition to drill offshore. Certainly that’s one thing we could do to help our energy independance (and the price of gas). The fact that we barely allow ourselves to develop any of our own oil fields is amazing, and the fact that (primarily Democratic) politicians then try and use the high price of gas (which is earning much more profits in taxes than it ever nets for the oil companies) to justify more taxes and legislation is astounding. Gateway Pundit thinks this will be the number one issue (and one which Republicans are ahead of in every single way) this upcoming election. I don’t know - the left, through the media, is pretty good at directing that attention to those evil oil companies…

Every so often a report comes out claiming conservatives or liberals are better off than the other group (usually that sort of report is from the psychology department of some notably leftist academy trying to prove an agenda), but here’s one saying that conservatives tend to be happier than liberals, and offering a reason why: conservatives rationalize the social and economic differences better - which does make a certain amount of common sense, at least. Certainly conservatives are more likely to believe that you need to work hard to get anywhere in the world, and that you shouldn’t be entitled to very much for free, while liberals are responsible for most of our government’s mommy-state programs that do hand out money for free to everyone who they can sign up.

The other thing I would point out is that the easiest way to get depressed in life is to focus on oneself. The liberal mindset that tries to break everyone in to identity groups and claim that society is prejudiced to push those identity groups into fixed roles (like how the system is supposedly so set against minorities or women) encourages individuals to focus specifically on themselves, and not in a positive, empowering way but from a specifically bitter and oppressed frame of reference.

The Maryland Supreme Court just ruled that Islamic divorce rules aren’t valid here in Maryland. While I’m glad that they’re not allowing it, how did they even have to consider it?

Check it out: Protein Folding: the game. Apparently decently fun, it also gets humans to solve real protein folding problems that are very difficult for computers to solve. I bet the mathematical skills the game teaches it’s players are also valuable.

The depression caused by the housing crises is turning out…not to be. Engram has more numbers to look at.

Meanwhile, Democrats continue to use the current “crisis” to ram more pork through.

He clearly doesn’t understand what the job of a judge is, in a way that’s so absurd its laughable. What’s sad is that his is the position of the Democratic party as a whole.

Many of you have probably already seen it, but Michael Totten has an essay on the Muslims of Kosovo. Definitely worth reading, as so much of Totten’s stuff is.

Not because of the cyclone, but because their problems are caused and compounded by an inept, corrupt, and oppressive government. The first step to fixing Burma is helping them get a stable Democracy.

Hezbollah declared the Lebanese army an enemy and has had a couple clashes with them. While I regret that Lebanon must suffer, until Hezbollah is permanantly disarmed or removed from Lebanon, the country will not know peace.

Reason online is looking at the interest groups that will be pandered to and the issues they’ll bring if the Democrats win this fall. Number one: unions will be getting rid of secret ballots. Nothing like having one of the main parties in our country advocating the abolishment of democracy in favor of truly fascist means of consolidating power…

Anyone who thinks unions are good for our country should visit Detroit.

Meanwhile, most of the country isn’t even looking at these sorts of agendas that the Democrats are proposing.

I’ve got another week or so of crunch time with finals and final projects, then I’ll be back to my regular posting schedule. In the meantime, I’ll post a few comments on current issues that I glanced at today during a breather.

Check out these robotic jellyfish. Yeah, they even float through the air… Popular Science has a bit more.

Scientists managed to show that exercising your brain can in fact make you smarter (As opposed to just being better at specific tasks). Of course, you should already have been exercising your brain regularly if you want to stave off Alzheimers and senility.

Today’s science news includes a possible discovery of a superheavy, and surprisingly stable element - that can be found in nature. It has an element number of 122, a weight of 292, and a half life of approximately 100 million years.

The Supreme court, despite the howls of protest of the democrats, finally ruled that states can have voter identification. Indiana is the first state to take this crucial step towards honest elections.

The intelligence community put out a presentation explaining their evidence for the Syria strike last year and their suspicion of North Korea’s involvement.