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Sunday, October 29, 2006
Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. Happy Birthday iPod 2. The Sniper Network 3. When Worlds Collide 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - Are Muslim Women Oppressed? 6. News and Events . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Upsidedown Luddism: The Case of Immigration The Prophet of the Great Depression Government Money Deserves a "Swift" Abolition "Anticommunism" versus Capitalism Profit and Loss . Texas Chili Contest (From Greta, our correspondent in Astoria.) Warning: If you can read this whole story without laughing out loud, then there's no hope for you. I was crying by the end. Note: Please take time to read this. If you pay attention to the first two judges, the reaction of the third judge is even better. For those of you who have lived in Texas, you know how true this is. They actually have a chili cook-off about the time Halloween comes around. It takes up a major portion of a parking lot at the San Antonio city park. The notes are from an inexperienced chili taster named Frank, who was visiting from Springfield, IL. Frank: "Recently, I was honored to be selected as a judge at a chili cook-off. The original person called in sick at the last moment and I happened to be standing there at the judge's table asking for directions to the Coors Light truck, when the call came in. I was assured by the other two judges (native Texans) that the chili wouldn't be all that spicy and, besides they told me I could have free beer during the tasting, so I accepted." Here are the scorecards from the event:(Frank is Judge #3) Chili # 1 Eddie's Maniac Monster Chili... Judge # 1 -- A little too heavy on the tomato. Amusing kick. Judge # 2 -- Nice, smooth tomato flavor. Very mild. Judge # 3 -- (Frank) What the hell is this stuff?! You could remove dried paint from your driveway.Took me two beers to put out the flames. I hope that's the worst one. These Texans are crazy! Chili # 2 Austin's Afterburner Chili... Judge # 1 -- Smoky, with a hint of pork. Slight jalapeno tang. Judge # 2 -- Exciting BBQ flavor; needs more peppers to be taken seriously. Judge # 3 -- Keep this out of the reach of children. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to taste besides pain. I had to wave off two people who wanted to give me the Heimlich maneuver. They had to rush in more beer when they saw the look on my face. Chili # 3 Ronny's Famous Burn Down the Barn Chili.... Judge # 1 -- Excellent firehouse chili. Great kick. Needs more beans. Judge # 2 -- A beanless chili, a bit salty, good use of peppers. Judge # 3 -- Call the EPA. I've located a uranium spill. My nose feels like I have been snorting Drano. Everyone knows the routine by now. Get me more beer before I ignite. Barmaid pounded me on the back, now my backbone is in the front part of my chest. I'm getting pie-eyed from all of the beer... Chili # 4 Dave's Black Magic... Judge # 1 -- Black bean chili with almost no spice. Disappointing. Judge # 2 -- Hint of lime in the black beans. Good side dish for fish, or other mild foods; not much of a chili. Judge # 3 -- I felt something scraping across my tongue, but was unable to taste it. Is it possible to burn out taste buds? Sally, the barmaid, was standing behind me with fresh refills. That 300-lb. woman is starting to look HOT...just like this nuclear waste I'm eating! Is chili an aphrodisiac? Chili # 5 Lisa's Legal Lip Remover... Judge # 1 -- Meaty, strong chili. Cayenne peppers freshly ground, adding considerable kick. Very impressive. Judge # 2 -- Chili using shredded beef, could use more tomato. Must admit the cayenne peppers make a strong statement. Judge # 3 -- My ears are ringing, sweat is pouring off my forehead, and I can no longer focus my eyes. I farted and four people behind me needed paramedics. The contestant seemed offended when I told her that her chili had given me brain damage. Sally saved my tongue from bleeding by pouring beer directly on it from the pitcher. I wonder if I'm burning my lips off. It really pisses me off that the other judges asked me to stop screaming. Screw those rednecks. Chili # 6 Pam's Very Vegetarian Variety... Judge # 1 -- Thin, yet bold vegetarian variety chili. Good balance of spices and peppers. Judge # 2 -- The best yet. Aggressive use of peppers, onions, and garlic. Superb. Judge # 3 -- My intestines are now a straight pipe filled with gaseous, sulphuric flames. I pooped on myself when I farted and I'm worried it will eat through the chair! No one seems inclined to stand behind me except that Sally. Can't feel my lips anymore. I need to wipe my butt with a snow cone. Chili # 7 Carla's Screaming Sensation Chili... Judge # 1 -- A mediocre chili with too much reliance on canned peppers. Judge # 2 -- Ho-hum; tastes as if the chef literally threw in a can of chili peppers at the last moment. **I should take note that I am worried about Judge # 3. He appears to be in a bit of distress, as he is cursing uncontrollably. Judge # 3 -- You could put a grenade in my mouth, pull the pin,and I wouldn't feel a thing. I've lost sight in one eye, and the world sounds like it is made of rushing water. My shirt is covered with chili, which slid unnoticed out of my mouth. My pants are full of lava to match my shirt. At least during the autopsy, they'll know what killed me. I've decided to stop breathing; it's too painful. Screw it; I'm not getting any oxygen anyway. If I need air, I'll just suck it in through the 4-inch hole in my stomach. Chili # 8 Karen's Toenail Curling Chili... Judge # 1 -- The perfect ending, this is a nice blend chili. Not too bold, but spicy enough to declare its existence. Judge # 2 -- This final entry is a good, balanced chili. Neither mild, nor hot. Sorry to see that most of it was lost when Judge # 3 farted, passed out fell over, and pulled the chili pot down on top of himself. Not sure if he's going to make it. Poor fella, wonder how he'd have reacted... . The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: Financial Calculators Should I refinance my mortgage? How much do I need to save for my child's college education? As accounting professionals, these are some of the questions that are posed to us on a daily basis. We are providing these interactive financial calculators and other tools to assist you with some of the day-to-day questions and concerns that may arise. While these financial tools by Padgett Business Services are not a substitute for financial advice from a qualified professional, they can be used as a starting point in your decision making process. ----- Yahoo! Finance Yahoo!'s financial site provides financial information. Get stock quotes, market news, mortgage rates, currency information, and more. 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"There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems." -Walter Lippmann ----- "Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled..." "Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization." -Victor Hugo ----- "Man is by nature..." "Man is by nature a political animal." -Aristotle ----- "Nothing is worse..." "Nothing is worse than active ignorance." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ----- "Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly ... "Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly ... is having to accept it." -William Faulkner ----- Saturday, October 28, 2006
Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. What's Karl Rove Packing? 2. The China Syndrome 3. Virtual Revenuers 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - Pride Goeth Before A Brawl 6. News and Events . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Mises: Defender of Freedom Mises on His 125th Anniversary Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero How Not To Dismantle the Caste System . Refdesk Thought of the Day: "WAR IS PEACE..." "WAR IS PEACE; FREEDOM IS SLAVERY; IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH." -George Orwell ----- "There is, therefore, only one categorical imperative..." "There is, therefore, only one categorical imperative. It is: Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." -Immanuel Kant ----- "It costs so much to be a full human being..." "It costs so much to be a full human being that there are very few who have the enlightenment, or the courage, to pay the price…" -Morris West ----- "I am an idealist..." "I am an idealist. I don't know where I am going, but I am on my way." -Carl Sandburg ----- "Language is a city to the building..." "Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone." -Ralph Waldo Emerson ----- The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: LibrarySpot Featuring a wide collection of resources available online as well as a directory of public, academic, and special libraries worldwide. ----- KidsHealth.org KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use. ----- Internet Archive The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. ----- Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is a repository of more than 17,000 electronic books that can be downloaded for free. Most of these public-domain texts date from before 1923; they include titles by Shakespeare, da Vinci, Dante, Poe, Nietzsche, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lewis Carroll, and H.G. Wells, as well as many other authors. ----- WebMD WebMD's services enable consumers to obtain detailed information on a particular disease or condition, analyze symptoms, locate physicians, store individual healthcare information, receive periodic e-newsletters on topics of individual interest, enroll in interactive courses and participate in online communities with peers. ----- Saturday, October 14, 2006
 Letter From Michael Yon Greetings: Pajamas Media recently reported that there are only 9 embedded reporters in Iraq. Many are blaming this on the media, and while I can never be called an apologist for mainstream media, I can say with certainty that the United States military is censoring. It remains unclear if this is a general policy, though there are recent inquiries to the office of the Secretary of Defense. I await response. Or, perhaps, the censorship is merely the policy of LTC Barry Johnson who is responsible for operations involving embeds. Barry Johnson is said to be the most quoted man in Iraq . I've learned to trust nothing he says. I do know for a fact that Johnson has been untruthful with the media. If Johnson calls me on this, I'll take the time to prove it. While sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, sisters, brothers and friends, fight and die in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military apparently is preventing journalists from telling the story. They attempt to deflect accusations of censorship by allowing in just enough reporters to appear transparent. I'll post updates on the website as the situation unfolds. Meanwhile, we have several new dispatches on the site from Walt Gaya who traveled to Iraq. Gaya earned two Purple Hearts last year, but LTC Barry Johnson denied his request for an embed despite having direct invitations from the 4th Infantry Division and from Brigadier General Dana Pittard. Walt Gaya entered Iraq without US forces. My final dispatch from Afghanistan, The Perfect Evil was originally published on National Review Online, picked up by CBS and the Council for Foreign Relations. Part One of the three-part series is posted on the site, with extensive supporting material. At this critical time in Afghanistan it’s important to keep this mission on the front page because the window for change is closing fast. Most people know this site runs entirely on support from readers, and sales of books and photos. Accordingly, reader patronage is greatly appreciated and essential. I'll keep the dispatches coming: Good, bad and ugly. Very Respectfully, Michael Michael Yon PO Box 416 Westport Pt MA 02791 . Refdesk Thought of the Day: "Idleness is sweet..." "Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel." -John Quincy Adams ----- The Refdesk Site of the Day is: Medscape Integrated, multi-specialty medical information and education tool for specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals. Related site: Medical Information. ----- Monday, October 09, 2006
Why the New York Yankees are Doomed to Lose in the Post Season for a Very Long Time The last year the New York Yankees won the World Series was in 2000. Since then the post season has looked like this: 2001-Lost the World Series to the Arizona Diamondbacks in seven games. 2002-Lost to the American League Division Series to the Oakland Athletics in four games. 2003-Lost the World Series to the Florida Marlins in six games. 2004-Lost the American League Championship Series to the hated and evil Boston Red Sox in seven games. 2005-Lost the American League Division Series to the Oakland Athletics in five games. 2006-Lost the American League Division Series to the Detroit Tigers in four games. What's the reason for this streak of poor performance in the post season? Over at The American Thinker, Tim Schmig has a possible answer in : The Curse of the Carpetbagger? . Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. The Foley Follies 2. What is News, Anyway? 3. Replaying 9/11 -- Again 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - How to Fire an Incompetent Teacher 6. News and Events . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Three New Deals: Why the Nazis and Fascists Loved FDR The Truth About the "Robber Barons" Socialist Man in the Big Easy Living on the Reservation The Antifederalists Were Right . READ EACH SENTENCE SLOWLY AND THINK ABOUT IT (From Bob, our correspondent in Bayside.) Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear. Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you. Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget. Don't let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff. BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us. When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be there. Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them. Send this on to everyone special in your life, even the people who really make you mad sometimes and to the people whose lives you want to be in!!! And send it back to the person who sent it to you if they mea something to you!! Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted. Just send this to (4) people and see what happens on the fourth day. Do not break this, please. There is no cost, but lots of rewards. . Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: "Persecution cannot harm him who stands by Truth..." "Persecution cannot harm him who stands by Truth. Did not Socrates fall proudly a victim in body? Was not Paul stoned for the sake of the Truth? It is our inner selves that hurt us when we disobey it, and it kills us when we betray it." -Khalil Gibran ----- I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money..." I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the Government. Every dollar that we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much the more meager. Every dollar that we prudently save means that their life will be so much the more abundant. Economy is idealism in its most practical form." -Calvin Coolidge ----- "You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear..." "You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, and you can’t change human nature from intelligent self-interest into pure idealism - not in this life; and if you could, what would be left for paradise?" -Joseph Gurney Cannon ----- "Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind..." "Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of red cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a temper of the will; a quality of the imagination; a vigor of the emotions; it is a freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a tempermental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over a life of ease. This often exists in a man of fifty, more than in a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old by deserting their ideals." -Samuel Ullman ----- "Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail..." "Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education." -Alfred Whitney Griswold ----- The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: Reverse Dictionary OneLook's reverse dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. 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Search for facts and information in the Encyclopedia, find country and regional maps and flags in the World Factbook, and much more. ----- Biography.com Online home of the Biography Channel, with searchable multimedia biographies of famous or influential historical figures, virtual exhibits, episode and schedule information, and teaching materials for educators. ----- Mayo Clinic: First-Aid Guide Medical emergencies don't occur every day. But when they do, information can help you deal with these situations. This Mayo Clinic site provides the medical information needed to deal with emergency situations. ----- Sunday, October 08, 2006
Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. More Troops? 2. More Terror? 3. All Clear -- for Now 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - Is Your IP Address Harboring Pedophiles? 6. News and Events . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Artwork and the Subjective Theory of Value The Justice and Prudence of War: Toward A Libertarian Analysis Will An Oil Price Fall Push Inflation Down? . Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: "In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism..." "In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own 4–H Club - the 'hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.' " -Spiro Theodore Agnew ----- "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things..." "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." -John Stuart Mill ----- "If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen..." "If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my fellow citizens, trophies obtained by the bloodstained steel, or the tattered flags of the tented field, will never be envied. The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government." -Thomas Jefferson ----- "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?..." "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world." -Eleanor Roosevelt ----- The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: Nutrition.gov Nutrition.gov provides easy access to the best food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers, educators and health professionals. ----- FindLaw FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, businesses, students and individuals. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility, mailing lists, message boards and free e-mail. ----- HubbleSite Public education site from the Space Telescope Science Institute, featuring a showcase gallery of images, the latest news, technical facts and figures, and more. Related site: Official Site: Hubble Space Telescope. ----- ScienceWorld Comprehensive online encyclopedias of astronomy, math, physics, scientific biographies, and scientific books, with many equations and formulas. ----- Saturday, October 07, 2006
Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Is All-Day Kindergarten An Economic Fix? The Economics of Prohibition Prohibition and the Economists Does the Market Commodify Everything? . The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: Animal Planet: Cat Guide The Cat Guide provides information on many cat questions such as “Why do cats land on their feet after a fall?” The Web site also provides information about cat care, choosing a cat, training a cat, and cat safety. ----- FlightAware FlightAware is the first company to offer free flight tracking for both private and commercial air traffic in the United States. FlightAware's proprietory flight arrival time algorithms combined with our powerful, intuitive, and reliable web-based interface yield the most capable and useful flight tracking application on the Internet. ----- HousingTracker Real estate market statistics (including median asking prices and home inventory numbers) for cities/metros across the United States. ----- ScienceDaily ScienceDaily is one of the Internet's leading online magazines and Web portals devoted to science, technology, and medicine. The free, advertising-supported service brings you breaking news about the latest discoveries and hottest research projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology. For three years in a row, ScienceDaily has been chosen by the editors of Popular Science magazine as one of the "Top 50 Web Sites." ----- Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: "Those who can make you believe absurdities" "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire ----- "To go against the dominant thinking of your friends..." "To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can have." -Theodore H. White ----- "So I became a newspaperman..." "So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldn’t find honest employment." -Mark Twain ----- "I was really too honest a man..." "I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live." -Socrates ----- |
