Entries from December 2006
[ January 5, 2007; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Please join us this Friday for our first FAC of 2007; we’ll be gathering at the historic Buckhorn Exchange at 1000 Osage, just by the LightRail stop.
We look forward to seeing all of you and celebrating the New Year.
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Tags: @DMYR · Events
General Pinochet has made a final departure, though to a different destination than most of the victims of his consolidation of power. Europe may now turn its attention to protecting the rights of other aging expatriate sadists; perhaps the French will ring in 2007 by paroling a Vichy thug or two.Tony Blair is going, [...]
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Tags: Uncategorized
One Viscount Monckton of Brenchley gives Senators Snowe and Rockefeller a little schooling on the subject of global warming hysteria.
ADDENDUM: Here’s an oldie but goodie from Michael Crichton, exploring further the theme of “consensus science” referred to in the Viscount’s letter.
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Tags: Economics · International Affairs · Moonbattery
Oh, this is great — a capitalist retailer promoting the cult of personality of a mass-murdering communist psychopath:
Target, the retailer that distinguished itself last year by banning Salvation Army bell-ringers, has topped itself this yuletide by selling Che Guevara CD cases for a little tyrant-chic right under your tree.
The big box retailer has jumped onto [...]
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Tags: Economics · Moonbattery
December 8th, 2006 · 4 Comments
[ December 14, 2006; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The DMYR Christmas Party will be held on Thursday, December 14, from 5:30-8:00, at the home of DMYR President Geoff Blue. All members and friends of DMYR are encouraged to attend.
Contact a board member (email addresses available here) for more information, or RSVP directly.
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Tags: Events
In this season of sharing and giving, may I humbly offer to give our European neighbors, permanently, one G. Paltrow, noted foreign policy expert and sometimes Oscar winner?
On a far more important note, I’d like to offer a moment of silence for Colorado Springs Police Officer Ken Jordan, murdered in the line of duty by [...]
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Tags: Colorado Politics
Hold the presses; it’s still up in air! At least to the same degree that the location of the 2008 Democratic National Convention is still up in the air (although Mssr. Dean required a 2 week vacation to Europe to contemplate his weighty decision before announcing, where he is, presumably, screaming at the bewildered [...]
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Tags: Uncategorized
Clinton Actively Weighs ‘08 Bid
Wake me when the breathless suspense and phony “will she? won’t she?” speculation is over, and the MSM stops pretending there’s any news in what everyone has known since 2000: Hillary will be foisted on us as the Democrat candidate, just as surely as John McCain will get the Republican nod.
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Tags: National Politics
The Independence Institute is offering a new class this winter on economic literacy: Free People, Free Markets
Free People, Free Markets: the Foundations of Liberty is sponsored by the Independence Institute, Colorado’s free market think tank. This five-week, 3-hours per Saturday, 9 am to noon class begins January 20, 2007.
Independence Institute Fiscal Policy Director and seasoned economics [...]
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Tags: Economics · Philosophy
Richard Fernandez points out the most unsettling implication of the polonium-210 poisioning of Alexander Litvinenko:
In the meantime, at least three BA wide-bodied jets have been grounded for forensic testing after traces of radiation were found on aircraft plying the London-Moscow route. Thousands of passengers are being contacted to tell them of their risk. The airline is [...]
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Tags: International Affairs