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As is so often the case, ditching newspeak and “political correctness” almost compels good sense. Such is the case with Fred Reed’s column this week talking common sense about “diversity”—for example:

“Diversity causes nothing but trouble. Think about it. Do old people want to hang around young people? No. Do young people want to hang around old people? Generally they would rather take poison. Do liberals and conservatives want to get within rifle range of each other? No. Except conservatives, because they have rifles.”

And, I might add, know how and when to use ’em. More at the link. Print it out and annoy a moonbat with it.

h.t. to Hugh. I know I’ll never miss a Fred column cos you’ll remind me, Hugh. Thanks.

Served up for Breakfast at Basil’s

As is so often the case, ditching newspeak and “political correctness” almost compels good sense. Such is the case with Fred Reed’s column this week talking common sense about “diversity”—for example:

“Diversity causes nothing but trouble. Think about it. Do old people want to hang around young people? No. Do young people want to hang around old people? Generally they would rather take poison. Do liberals and conservatives want to get within rifle range of each other? No. Except conservatives, because they have rifles.”

And, I might add, know how and when to use ’em. More at the link. Print it out and annoy a moonbat with it.

h.t. to Hugh. I know I’ll never miss a Fred column cos you’ll remind me, Hugh. Thanks.

Served up for Breakfast at Basil’s

Well, almost…

University of Floriday scientists have developed a neural network using rat brain cells and taught it how to fly a plane. Assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, Dr Thomas DeMarse, used 25,000 neural cells from a rat embryo to grow a neural network he then connected to an F-22 flight simulator. Although it had a steep learning curve and tended to crash a lot, the bio-computer eventually got its wings.

“When we first hooked them up, the plane ‘crashed’ all the time,” Dr DeMarse. “But over time, the neural network slowly adapts as the brain learns to control the pitch and roll of the aircraft. After a while, it produces a nice straight and level trajectory.”

DeMarse hopes to build hybrid computers for work situations, like unmanned space probes, that will be more fault-tolerant than all-inorganic computers.

I’m a little unsure about his “fault-tolerant” organic computer model. I don’t see evidence of Mass Media Podpeople’s and Loony Left Moonbats’ brains developing alternate pathways as their brains waste away… and what of the typical congresscritter? Hmmm, they all seem to give lie to Jerry Pournelle’s comment about how smart morons are… Wouldn’t trust any of ’em to fly a plane (or even a simulator) I was in given their track record on other matters. I’d rather trust a rat’s brain grown in a dish.

h.t. Roland Dobbins commenting at Chaos Manor

Well, almost…

University of Floriday scientists have developed a neural network using rat brain cells and taught it how to fly a plane. Assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, Dr Thomas DeMarse, used 25,000 neural cells from a rat embryo to grow a neural network he then connected to an F-22 flight simulator. Although it had a steep learning curve and tended to crash a lot, the bio-computer eventually got its wings.

“When we first hooked them up, the plane ‘crashed’ all the time,” Dr DeMarse. “But over time, the neural network slowly adapts as the brain learns to control the pitch and roll of the aircraft. After a while, it produces a nice straight and level trajectory.”

DeMarse hopes to build hybrid computers for work situations, like unmanned space probes, that will be more fault-tolerant than all-inorganic computers.

I’m a little unsure about his “fault-tolerant” organic computer model. I don’t see evidence of Mass Media Podpeople’s and Loony Left Moonbats’ brains developing alternate pathways as their brains waste away… and what of the typical congresscritter? Hmmm, they all seem to give lie to Jerry Pournelle’s comment about how smart morons are… Wouldn’t trust any of ’em to fly a plane (or even a simulator) I was in given their track record on other matters. I’d rather trust a rat’s brain grown in a dish.

h.t. Roland Dobbins commenting at Chaos Manor

“You never appreciate how smart a moron is until you try to program a robot — but robots do get programmed.” –Jerry Pournelle

Which compels the question: “Which are Mass Media Podpeople? Morons or robots?”

Talk amongst yourselves…

Noted at bRight and Early’s Overnigt News Open Post

Now, I’ll admit I’m not your average football fan. (*cough* Haven’t watched a whole game from start to finish any time in the last decade that I can recall—heh. But I do enjoy football in bits and pieces. It’s the whole “watching someone else play a game” thing that bores the heck outa me, most times.) This article about football, however, really held my attemtion:

Coach Leach Goes Deep, Very Deep

Interesting. I might just watch a whole football game sometime in the next decade… Maybe more than one. Who knows?

h.t. Roland Dobbins commenting at Jerry Pournelle’s Chaos Manor.

OK, this is an Open Trackback Alliance Open Post. Link to this post in a post of your own, then trackback. I’ll round things up later.

“Thingie pinged” at TMH’s Bacon Buts’ “Bacon Break — Be Gentle”, Choose Life.

So, I’m open downfield; hit me!

Well, lots has happened today while I was caught in the twilight zone between the blogosphere, email and real world…

Yesterday, Committees of Correspondence chose to use the quote accurately, instead of paraphrasing (OK, wittingly misquoting) as I did, in citing Franklin Roosevelt’s: A Date Which Will Live In Infamy My own words could never do this Day justice instead I choose to remember these. December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked Yet even the eloquence of Franklin D. Roosevelt…

[A tribute worth reading]

Over at TMH’s Bacon Bits, DL thumps the “obvious” nerve: They Make It Too Easy Only liberals, in this case vanquished ex-dirt slinger Tom Daschle, would have the audacity to criticize another candidate for running a poor election when they were just thrown out of office in their own career ending campaign.

[OK, it’s patently obvious, but DL rags on ’em so well, it’s just plain fun to read. Get ’em DL! 🙂 ]

Radioactive Liberty says it so very well: In Remembrance Today I honor those people, who gave for their country, so that the next generation would not have to. Today I am humbled, and even humiliated by the greatness exhibited by an entire generation of American citizens.

[“Me too” is lame… but true.]

Missed this one late Tuesday (well, late for me that Tuesday–heh) from Israpundit–good point: Saudis have radicalized 80% of US mosques By HAVIV RETTIG, JPOST Mainstream US Muslim organizations are heavily influenced by Saudi-funded extremists, according to Yehudit Barsky, an expert on terrorism at the American Jewish Committee. Worse still, Barsky told The Jerusalem Post last week…

[’bout time they were “radicalized” right on back. There’s an old TWC remedy for such… ]

And how did I miss these?!?!?

Another pointed post from TMH’s Bacon Bits: From Russia To Iran Via Gore A decade ago, Al Gore was making a secret deal with a Russian gangster that would allow Russia to sell hi-tech missiles to Iran, which might prevent us from taking out Iranian nukes (should we need to).

Choose Life brings news of the vested interests of those who’ve done flawed research into breast cancer out into the light with Studies Denying Abortion-Breast Cancer Link Debunked World Net Daily reported on Professor Joel Brind’s latest paper in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons in an article by Ron Strom posted December 1, 2005.

[You have a mother or a sister or a wife or a daughter? Well, then read the post.]

What do you mean I won’t believe it, freedom folks? HAven’t I found you reliable before? 🙂 The Chicago Way Mexican drug-you’re not going to believe this-Mexican drug cartels are running marijuana farms in the United States.

[Well, you were wrong about one thing: I do belive it.]

And last for today, but far, far from least, is Romeocat’s Advent post for today, The Town. Go. Read. (I’ll have a “fun” version of “O Little Town of Bethlehem” up tomorrow or the next day, but for now, no music for a leadoff into this one. Just read it.)

Shamelessly flogged at TMH’s Bacon Bits.

OK, it’s really an Advent song, but conversations with Romeocat about her Advent posts on Cathouse Chat have made me hungry to post it. Here’s the tune (HYFERDOL) by Rowland Prichard performed by an artist whose name I can’t recall (If you know who played this performance, please let me know. I probably pulled it off a CD years ago, but going through stacks and stacks of Christmas CDs is just… not gonna happen. heh). Below the media player, the words by Charles Wesley:

(This tune feels so good, I almost want to just loop it and let it play constantly… )

Come, Thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us;
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel’s strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.

Born Thy people to deliver,
Born a Child, and yet a King,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
By Thine own eternal Spirit,
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By Thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.

Such a joyous tune mated with wonderfully, triumphantly hopeful lyrics. A perfect match.

“Mailmen hurry, shoppers scurry,
Time is fleeing—oh! so fast!”

Time is tight right now, so although I plan on writing my own perspective on some recent ACLU shenanigans, I’m just going to crosspost John Stephenson’s Stop the ACLU post from today… for now. Lots of good stuff there (and I’m grabbing some of the “Christmas decoration” resources when I can make the time later today). DO NOTE: Host the images at your own media repository. The guys at Stop the ACLU can afford just so much bandwidth! 🙂

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Every year we watch as the secularization of the birth of Christ happens around us. This year people are being preemptive, and its been quite successful. Kevin McCullough has started a campaign to send the ACLU Merry Christmas cards. Another effort is out there as well called Operation Nativity.

Dr. Charles Nestor, director of The Truth Matters, is announcing a project called “Operation Nativity” with the goal of having Christians across the country set up nativity scenes on their own property.

Nestor states, “It’s that time of year again. We’re not even out of October and already the forces are aligning to prohibit the public celebration of the birth of Jesus.

“December 25 is the day in our culture that is set aside to acknowledge and to celebrate that Jesus of Nazareth was born. For Christians it is more than a day of feasting and the exchange of gifts, it is a holy and solemn time to join our voices in unison as the angels proclaimed on the hillside to the shepherds, ‘Glory to God in the highest.’

“I am calling for Christians everywhere to join me in Operation Nativity. While we continue to support the public displays, let’s flood the country with nativity scenes on our own properties!

“Think with me what could happen if on lawns in every community, on business property, on church lawns, at Christian schools, on empty land, and literally everywhere you looked, there was the depiction of the scene that recognizes the birth of Jesus.

“Simple cutouts are available. Many already own lighted sets. It could be a family project, filled with opportunities to teach children about the events surrounding the birth of the Savior.Source

We are all for this, and encourage everyone to join in this expression of Christmas. And we want to take this idea and run with it! Decorate your blog for Christmas with a nativity scene, in support of religious expression, and as a sign of your support for stopping the ACLU. The ACLU will be busy this Christmas season, lets be prepared.

Please download the pics, and host them yourself…I can not afford the bandwidth of hotlinking. If you want to put the nativity scene pic in support of Stop The ACLU, and to decorate your blog for the Christmas season, copy the code below, and replace the URL of the pics with the downloaded pic that you host.

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If you decide to add these to your sidebar, spread the word with a post, and then let us know with a trackback! Here’s to the Christmas holiday!

This was a production of Stop The ACLU Blogburst. If you would like to join us, please email Jay at Jay@stoptheaclu.com or Gribbit at GribbitR@gmail.com. You will be added to our mailing list and blogroll. Over 115 blogs already onboard.

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More later…

Shamelessly flogged at CustomerServant.com, and others later, perhaps.

Anything new?

When things get hot, the Global Warming Cultists scream, “Global Warming!”-naturally. And when things are cold? Same old same old… naturally

Heh. I had gotten tons of mail in a church music e-list about this, blogged a short piece, then I saw Freedom Folks had blogged it, too: Churches This Christmas, no prayers will be said in several megachurches around the country. Even though the holiday falls this year on a Sunday

[Santa’s gonna put some coal in some pastors’ stockings fer sure… ]

Oh, for some reason that reminds me: watch out for Christmas Music Gone Bad. Happens every year, but some examples can cause excruciating pain for folks who have good ears. Try this one, if you dare. (mp3 file) I warned you. If you have a stomach of cast iron, plated with stainless steel, click to listen to the mp3 below. But remember: I warned you!

I’ve heard worse, but not by much… well, unless you count popcrap posing as “music”.

Brainless Wonder Commits Suicide by Proxy! *yawn* An example of micro-evolution? A candidate for the Darwin Awards? Rigoberto Alpizar claims to have a bomb in his backpack and tries to run from armed sky marshalls. What did he expect? That they’d throw Nerf ballls at him? A little chlorine in the shallow end of the gene pool, please! Move along, folks. Nothing to see here but a thimbleful of brains, slowly cooling…

TMH’s Bacon Bits: Mainstream Media’s Green-shaded Glasses Who enables the eco-moonbats? Who gives them voice, respect, affirmation? The moonbat-loving, science-ignorant, agenda-driven press, of course.

[“Mainstreeam Media” my bippie. Get it right, dude: Mass Media Podpeople. 😉 ]

The Real Ugly American finds a “Real Ugly Post” on another blog: More Lies From The Left! I do not know if he is an misinformed nitwit or a liar but it has to be one of the two. This morning I visited Blogenlust for the first time. Through a link on Memeorandum to his post Cognitive Dissonance Is Dead….

[Can’t trust someone who’d write for a e-rag called “Blogenlust” anyway. Probably channeling Jimmie Carter’s dead brain. You know, the one he keeps in his peanut. Right next to his nutria hunting trophy.]

Riffing off my Kerry 180 Bonus Post and adding a LOT of good info, Radioactive Liberty notes how Democrats Relive Vietnam The Democrats can’t seem to get past the Vietnam template. Every lesson they learned from those formative years was wrong. They continue to align themselves with the enemies of America, and do so intentionally with the demise of the American way...

[Yep. Today’s Dems are never happier than when they can invoke their victory over the South Vietnamese people.]