Archive for May 4th, 2008

The Right Conquers Rome

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
The Right Conquers Rome. Is Italy about to Break the Mold? Cross posted fromBrussels Journal.com http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3221 Hat tip to Hans at USA Partisan: http://usapartisan.blogspot.com/ From the desk of John Laughland on Thu, 2008-05-01 15:27 Different languages have different words for a major defeat or rout. They are often borrowed from the most inglorious episodes in respective national histories. Thus the [...]

Forecasting Hurricanes. Not!

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
In late April, AccuWeather.com, led by Joe Bastardi, its chief meteorologist, issued a news release that was, to be kind, pure mush. The early warning forecast for 2008’s June to November hurricane season said that conditions like La Nina and a “continued warm water cycle in the Atlantic Basin” held forth the “chance for U.S. [...]

Excuse Me, Senor: In America, Its May 5th–NOT Cinco de Whatever!

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
When and how did so many otherwise level headed Americans become obsessed with celebrating a foreign holiday here in God’s country? I refer, of course, to the madness concerning the 5th of May which has been transformed into a national day of drunkenness, civil disobedience, and irreverence, all in the name of celebrating Mexico, a failed, [...]