Buttle's World

31 August, 2009

Product Demo OTD

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 14:41

Behold the wonders of non-Newtonian materials technology.

It seems not to be available in America yet, darn it.

So what if he drowned his dates?

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 13:47

At least Teddy could be counted on to try to torpedo American presidents with the Soviets!

Kennedy concluded that the Soviets needed, in effect, some PR help, given that Reagan was good at “propaganda” (the word used in the memo). The senator wanted them to know he was more than eager to lend a hand.

This kind of casual treason seems quite fashionable on the Left.

Precision Voting

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 11:00

The essential Michael Yon posts one of his most intense accounts yet from Afghanistan.

The upshot is that the British soldiers are amazing, and the Ministry of Defense is foolish. But there’s a lot more detail. Don’t miss it.

It includes this great observation in a photo caption:

Many believe that the Pashtun people are one of the lost tribes of Israel.  If true, some Taliban might actually be descended from Jews, which would be one of the most severe ironies of humanity.  Some branches go off and earn Nobel Prizes and unravel the secrets of the universe while advancing humanity by leaps and bounds, while another turns malignant and doesn’t know how to build a road.

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