Buttle's World

26 April, 2007

LA Times or The Onion?

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 22:14

I can’t decide.

What a Woman

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 9:00

She has class. Ayaan Hirsi Ali praises the Imam who called for her death, calling him “very honest”. After all, he was only quoting the Koran.

Another Exciting Discovery

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 8:57

Wow! Modern imaging techniques have uncovered a palimpsest with not two, but three books on it! Wait until you see who the authors are.

Dr Noel said: “There is no more important philosopher in the world than Aristotle. To have early views in the 2nd and 3rd Century AD of Aristotle’s Categories is just fantastic.”

“We have one book that contains three texts from the ancient world that are absolutely central to our understanding of mathematics, politics and now philosophy,” he said.

“I am at a loss for words at what this book has turned out to be. To make these discoveries in the 21st Century is frankly nutty – it is just so exciting.”

It prompted this lovely observation from Iain Murray on The Corner:

I think it was Richard Porson who uncovered one palimpsest by spotting “a darling little iota in the corner.”

How We Will Fight

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 8:21

The Army has come a long way from its nadir with the “Army of One”. Check out the video on their How We Will Fight page. Now they look serious.

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