tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98903722011-04-21T17:58:11.613-04:00Your One Stop Shop for Right-of-Centre Canadian Commentary Since 2005Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09045781797550051940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9890372.post-1170959978166615612007-02-08T13:29:00.000-05:002007-02-08T13:39:38.206-05:00

Great news for the Republican party - John Edwards has decided to keep Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan on the payroll for the time being. (Doesn't mean he won't quietly dump them before the campaign kicks into a higher gear, of course.) This will be hailed as a victory among the lefty netroots and will re-invigorate their devotion to Edwards.If 2004 repeats itself, and Edwards is able to

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Sorry about the continued drought of new posts. I have some things happening in my personal life that are taking up a lot of my time and concern. Please check back periodically, but posting may be light for the next while. Thanks, Marty

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Ugh. What a stupid title. Damian Penny has written so much in the two days since I looked at his blog that there's no way I can possibly comment on all of it in a short post. Go yonder and fill yer boots.

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mcf from the other Bounder of Adventure has returned my email, and is okay with both of us keeping the name.

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Colby Cosh excoriates Earl McRae in this post regarding McRae's latest Ottawa Sun article. Paul Martin doesn't make it through unscathed either.

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I didn't watch the People's Choice awards, because awards shows give me hives. (My personal opinion is that good art doesn't require public congratulation, but is it's own reward.) Anyhoo, A Chick Named Marzi has a couple of posts about Michael Moore, who apparently received a pat on the back for his oeuvre.

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Bob at canadiancomment has thoughts about the fickle nature of government compassion, and a later post about the nature of America's religious tradition.

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Huck at BumfOnline has a post up about an issue that I didn't even know was an issue. It shouldn't be an issue. Ignorance of Shakespeare is like ignorance of grammar or spelling. Not teaching at least some Shakespeare in the classroom is like not teaching reading. Shakespeare's work is the literary foundation of virtually all modern English language writing. If they aren't teaching Shakespeare,

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Andrew at Bound By Gravity has a post about a problem that's not going to go away any time soon - literally.

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Damian Brooks posts about the lack of Muslim charitable assistance in Southeast Asia. Is there really a dearth of support from Islamic countries and charity organisations, or are we just overlooking it in reporting on our own contributions? No, really, that's not a rhetorical question. Does anybody know? He goes on to discusses his reasoning for canceling his National Post subscription. Maybe

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John at Argghhh! laments the sad state of the Canadian military, and coins an apt analogy of the situation.

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Joel Fleming, who I have just added to the blogroll, has another great post about seperating anti-American Canadians into two breeds, the first of which he calls Molson Canadians. This is the first of a two (or maybe three) part series. Looking forward to the continuation.

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A reader emailed to say the black background was a little hard on the eyes, so I'm trying out charcoal gray. Any comments would be appreciated. Also, I've noticed that Blogger has a weird habit of screwing up the order of things I've posted after midnight, switching post times on different items. It's not crucial, but it's irritating. Does anyone know why this is happening?

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A great column from Steyn about airline travel at the Spectator. (Login required.) (Hat Tip - Jay Jardine)

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Please welcome Jay Jardine at Freeway to Serfdom to the Bounder blogroll. This post, about the ever increasing levels of humiliation airline passengers are being subjected to, is a good read.

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Welcome Joel Fleming to the blogroll with this magnificent post about the youth vote and like matters, from the youth perspective. Joel's the second university student to email me about his blog. It's good to know that such bright young men walk the frosty, conservative-unfriendly halls of academia here in the Great White North. Keep up the good work, Joel. Update: Sorry for the delay in posting

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Colby Cosh comments on Elizabeth Nickerson's apology for plagarism.

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Dana at canadiancomment voices his support for Danny Williams. He also links to and reprints part of a great article by David Frum about the UN's "moral authority". Update: How embarrassing. I've been alerted that Dana is not a woman's name. My apologies. The post has been corrected. If I ever meet you, please don't kick my ass. Update: Dana posts about the name issue. It looks like I'm in the

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Lindsay at United Right has a few things to say about N*A**M*B**L*A (name intentionally changed to avoid Google hits). Why, exactly, is the legal age of consent 14 in Canada, anyway? (Full disclosure: members of this organisation who try to contact me with their side of the story will be beaten senseless or ignored, depending on which method of communication they attempt.)

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Jaeger at Trudeaupia has harsh words about Pierre Pettigrew's trip to Thailand. Why am I not surprised that Pettigrew wouldn't even have cursory knowledge of Canada's contribution to the relief effort before going?

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Kate at Small Dead Animals has some advice for Tom Cochran and friends. I couldn't have said it better myself. (Note this later post about language.) She also warns in this post about a PETA-like animal rights organisation that you might want to think twice about giving money to. Also of note: this story about why one woman will be receiving her back surgery across the border. Update:

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Len at Rite Turn Only links to a suspicious story about unnamed individuals attempting to purchase a large quantity of fertilizer in Calgary. He also has good advice for those of you using Firefox as your web browser. I tried his suggestions on my desktop running Firefox, and it does seem faster.

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kariba at Right in Canada notes that The Passion of The Christ has been completely shut out of the Oscars. I would have thought that any movie, no matter what it's content, that generated the kind of international sensation that The Passion did would receive at least some recognition. And judging by the other nominees, the controversiality of a movie's content isn't a very important consideration

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Sean at PolSpy does a great job of satirizing an AP wire story. Meanwhile, Nancy has a post noting the short life-expectancy of first world generosity in tragedy situations, and advice for politicians who want to use the tragedy as a photo-op.

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Alan at Occam's Carbuncle posts his feelings about CPC, and decides to stick with the party.

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North West Winds has a number of very deep and interesting posts about a variety of religious views, and links to other religious bloggers.

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Jason Hayes at Musing looks at the effect wealth has on preventing the much devestating effects of natural disasters. He also links to a hugely important article about adult stem cell research. And anyone who can read this post and maintain that deep environmentalism isn't a fully fledged religion, well, hasn't really read the post. It's all right there.

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Dr. Monger "examines" Paul Martin's trip to Southeast Asia and the latest drugs, and posts his "knee-jerk reactions" to same. (Sorry doc. I'll try to keep the bad metaphors to myself in future, but this time I just couldn' resist.)

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In keeping with my fun new hobby of adding "iavelli" to politicians' names I direct you to this post at Minority of One. Warning to unilinguists: get out your French/English dictionaries.

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Sorry about my dearth of linking over the past two days. Had a bit of the mid-winter 'flu to cope with. I'm feeling better now.

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Mike Brock has a post up about the Supreme Court's decision to shoot down a bid for the legal voting age in Canada. (I started writing a short analysis for this page that has grown too large. Check out my additional comments on Weather Report.)

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Matt at Jerry Aldini links to and comments on a study of self-esteem promotion, and comes away feeling good about it.

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...when the Left talks about something being "self-sustaining"? Publius at Gods of the Copybook Headings has an interesting post about the correlation between the generosity of welfare benefits and long-term dependancy on the same. In one of the longest posts I've ever read (and honestly, I didn't get all the way through it) he has a back and forth argument with Upper Canadian about the

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Bob Tarantino at Let It Bleed has an interesting theory about the appointment of Frank McKenna to the US ambassadorship.

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Kateland at The Last Amazon reprints and comments on a recurring theme among the global Lefty jet-setters: global taxation. Doesn't that just warm your heart? The concept is blowing synapses throughout my frontal lobes. The only word that comes to mind is "no". I'll have more to say about this at a later date, you can be sure. Update: Andrew at Bound By Gravity chimes in.

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Darcey at Dust My Broom reminds us that wild animals are not pets. They are dangerous. Avoid interacting with them if you want to avoid tragic consequences. Greenpeace activist types, marching in their plastic sandals in downtown Toronto, don't have a freakin' clue about this. Believe me, I've known a few in my time, and they actually believe what they see in movies. And I mean Disney movies,

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Not to stereotype, but to a man and woman all of the Newfoundlanders I've met in my life have been hard working and fiercely independant, exhuberant in times of plenty, and wistfully, even cheerfully stoic in hard times. It's hard to reconcile this opinion with the level of government dependance that our Easternmost province has come to accept. Damian Penny examines this topic in a review of

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Colby Cosh advises of his coming public appearances in this post. He also provides a short introduction to his latest National Post column, and reprints the text of an older column.

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Andrew at Bound By Gravity posts about the Canadian government's pledge to match contributions to the tsunami relief effort. Caveat: check the comments for more information that is somewhat crucial. Still, I say give what you can.

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Huck at BumfOnline has his top ten picks for the year's best music, with a short review of each album. Here are his picks in order: 1) Gomez - Split the Difference 2) The Twilight Singers - She Loves You 3) Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose 4) Guster - Guster On Ice: Live from Portland Maine 5) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 6) Social Distortion - Sex, Love and Rock and Roll 7) J.J. Cale - To

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John at Argghhh! shows off his Photoshopping (uh, make that Creative Suiting) skills.

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I don't like the idea of "mission statements" but I didn't know what else to call this post. I got an email from Damian Brooks today alerting me to a post he'd written about Bounder, including comments and advice about how to proceed. Thanks for the email and the great writeup on your blog, Damian. I agree with basically everything you said in your post, and everything that was added to the

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That's what I get for using a Monty Python reference for the title of my blog. Earlier in the week I did a Google search for "Bounder of Adventure". (I guess I'm a bit of a narcissist.) To my surprise I came across another blog with the name Bounder of Adventure. The other Bounder appears to have gone dormant - the last entry is from April 2004. I tried to contact the author by email but so far

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My apologies to regular readers, whoever you are. (Mental note: get that site meter installed stat!) A previous engagement came up last night and I was unable to do my daily review. I know, I know, it doesn't bode well that I'm already falling down on the job in the first week, but bear with me. I have my schedule cleared for tonight to do double duty on the blogroll. Thanks for your continued

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Welcome Ben Bach, a 21-year-old student from U of T, and his blog Skeet Skeet Skeet.

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Lindsay at United Right is fed up with all of the pissing contests that have been going on in the wake of the tsunami disaster.

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Jaeger at Trudeaupia posts about the tsunami disaster, Southeast Asian volcanos and climate change.

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Kate at Small Dead Animals introduces new blogger Raskolnikov and reprints his takedown of Winnipeg Free Press writer Colleen Simard.

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...I know what it is! It's The Monger! I'm a long time Monger fan, and somehow in the wackiness of getting this site up and running I forgot to add him. Here's a typically great Monger entry about the simple logic of correlation versus causation.

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Nancy Fielding at PolSpy wants to start a rumour about American beef.

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Bob Tarantino has the whole low-down of the twists and turns in a flame war between Kathy Shaidle and Norman Spector at The Shotgun. Think of it as a modern-day Norse saga in blank verse. Or not. Then there's this entry about the CHOI-FM drama from last year with a great quote from Jeff Filion, the jock at the centre of the storm.

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I'd like to welcome Matt at Jerry Aldini to the Bounder of Adventure blogroll and link to this excellent post full of suggestions for the CPC. We on the right side of the fence need something to believe in in this country, and these suggestions have to be taken seriously by the CPC. They just have to. (Hat tip - Bob Tarantino's Let It Bleed)

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From The London Fog - I noticed this ad a few days ago as well, and I agree that it's completely creepy, in a way that I can't quite describe. It's not just the teeth, it's the look of satisfaction in the eyes.

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Jason Hayes at Musing reprints a funny and yet thought provoking article about how innovative some people can be.

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Kateland at The Last Amazon notes an ironic programming decision by CTV. I agree with her - what were these people thinking? I shudder at the thought they may have done it on purpose.

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Minority of One's Wednesday roundup is a great read - links to all kinds of fun stuff.

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Publius at Gods of the Copybook Headings fisks a fellow blogger's take on American culture. A long post, but a great read. In a seperate post he notes an article about the potentially nightmarish consequences of Europe's system of publicly funded benefits.

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Mike Brock asks the question in this post examining Paul Martin's not-so-stellar performance as Canada's de facto head of state. Personally, I think he's worse - as much of a glory hound as Chretien was, with even less of a sense of direction for the country (if that's possible) than his predecessor had.

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Damian Penny notes growing pseudo-radical sentiment in his home province.

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Colby Cosh did a little research about one particular tsunami victim. You have to read his post to find out why.

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Dana at canadiancomment links to and comments on an article theorizing that the images from Abu Ghraib were leaked on purpose as a psychological warfare tactic.

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Andrew at Bound By Gravity has a roundup on the day's events, including such items as Quebec's tsunami relief effort and soldiers using video games as relief from stress in Iraq.

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Damian Brooks has a somber post about the difficulty of comprehending the scale of the losses caused by the tsunami, and another post comparing the charitable contributions made by corporate entities. Both are thought provoking reads.

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John at Argghhh! reposts a great story from one of his regular readers and reports on the ice storm in his neck of the woods.

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Bob at canadiancomment links to and comments on an unconfirmed report that the US may be gearing up for an airstrike against Iranian nuclear facilities.

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darcey at Dust My Broom links to and reprints portions of a speech by Matthew Scully, a speech writer for Bush who demonizes the baby seal hunt. darcey disagrees with Scully and explains why.

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My apologies to those blogs and bloggers that I have thusfar neglected. I'm still in the ramp-up stage of the creation of this blog, and it doesn't help when outside commitments take away the early part of the evening, when I'm most productive. Thanks to everyone who's emailed to suggest new blogs for the blogroll. Here are a few new blogroll entries to keep you entertained: Dust My Broom - An

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Kate at Small Dead Animals links to news that Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi may have been captured in Iraq. Cross your fingers.

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Len Kutchma at Rite Turn Only posts about higher taxes for childcare in Manitoba. Also of note: good news/bad news in the blogosphere and a link to a disturbing article.

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Sean at PolSpy details his results from the One Tonne Challenge survey, and is surprised by the result. Perhaps, under Prime Minister Conrad Black, he might make a suitable candidate for Minister of the Environment. Update: Sean's not too impressed by the idea. In my defense, I didn't think it up all by myself.

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Alan at Occam's Carbuncle rants about manditory voting (a subject dear to my heart) and the endless quest for the bottom that is socialism.

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Jason Hayes at Musing has not been idle since hosting the Red Ensign Standard earlier in the week. Too much stuff for me to comment on all of it - check out the whole blog. Of particular interest - this short post about the importance of encouraging wealth creation, and this post about encouraging wealth creation in tsunami-ravaged Southeast Asia. Do I see a pattern?

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Keith at Minority of One reprints segments of Terence Corcoran's article (which itself examines an earlier Ayn Rand Institute article) and comments in detail. Check it out.

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Mike at The London Fog posts an entry detailing his views on racial discrimination and the system of discriminatory laws we are forced to support as Canadian taxpayers. A good read.

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Bob Tarantino at Let It Bleed notes a couple of disturbing articles about recent violence in Toronto the Not-So-Good.

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I can modestly say that I am Mark Steyn's biggest fan. This article in the Washington Times was noted at Gods of the Copybook Headings, but I felt it deserved it's own post. Update: I didn't have time to read the entire article earlier. It's awesome.

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Publius at Gods of the Copybook Headings reprints and comments on subjects ranging from Canadian spies to capitalism to Peter Worthington's latest to the tsunami disaster to emergency room wait times.

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Damian Penny notes a story about the sorry level to which Quebec's language police have sunk. He also comments on the Danny Williams flag flap, and Western leftists' continuing status as useful idiots.

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Colby Cosh is in excellent form as he reviews Zaireeka by Flaming Lips, various media involving David Cross, the SCTV DVD collection volume 2, and the new Tom Wolfe novel.

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Huck at BunfOnline posts his thoughts in regards to the Trudeaupia DART post from yesterday.

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Andrew at Bound By Gravity has exerpts from a book chronicling the First World War. It's hard for me, as a young man who has lived his entire life in peace and freedom, to fully grasp what our forefathers (and foremothers) went through. This helps. He also notes the new level to which our military has sunk.

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the blog quebecois notes an icky hoax.

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John at Argghhh! has a quick roundup of armed forces-oriented links.

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This should stir the pot nicely.

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Lindsay at United Right has written an entry about a number of different topics, all of which are of current interest in the great rant room that is the blogosphere. Enjoy. (And with that, I bid you all a good night). PS - don't worry, I won't always be going through the blogroll in alphabetical order. It's just an easy method for the time being.

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In case you've missed it, this post at Trudeaupia is causing a bit of a stir in the blogosphere. Don't be the last one on your block to read it.

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Kate at Small Dead Animals links and reprints numerous interesting items on her blog.

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Len Kutchma at Rite Turn Only has an angry blog entry about Arafat's successor, and follows it up with musings about the "stingy" meme.

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kariba at Right in Canada questions the need for homosexually-oriented theme days (or weeks as the case may be) at vacation resorts.

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Raymond A. van der Woning at PolSpy suggests that America's answer to fundamentalist Islam is fudamentalist Christianity, and he cites a museum opening as proof.

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Keith at Minority of One wants Lord Black for Prime Minister of Canada, and lists nine reasons why he thinks Conrad would make a good PM. Reason number five reminds me of a certain former Prime Minister. Would Conrad Black be the Pierre Trudeau of the right?

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Musing joins the Bounder of Adventure blogroll as the host of the 12th edition of the Red Ensign Standard, a rich cornucopia of bloggy goodness. Take a couple of days and check it out.

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Mike at The London Fog compares the Left and the Right. Guess which side fairs better?

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Bob Tarantino at Let It Bleed has a long post explaining his position regarding the US's proposed indefinite detention of illegal combatants. He makes some very good points. In another post he comments on different words the MSM regularly uses to describe similar situations in the first and third worlds.

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Kateland at The Last Amazon has posts praising Trudeapia, praising elephants, and...well, not praising exactly, but concerning old boobs.

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Publius at Gods of the Copybook Headings comments on an interesting article from the Telegraph about British public opinion of countries around the world. Apparently we did well (I guess). Other posts comment on a variety of topics - read the whole blog.

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Damian Penny adds his own quotes to John Hawkins' list of obnoxious quotes from 2004. Man, he must have been keeping a file for this very post.

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Huck at BumfOnline sends birthday greetings to his brother and writes a short movie review for Mystic River. I haven't seen it, myself. Maybe I won't.

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Andrew at Bound By Gravity has been posting a daily roundup of interesting items on his blog - check it out. Lots of great reading. This article piqued my interest, and I wrote about it more extensively over at Weather Report.

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John at Castle Argghhh! has an extensive post reprinting and commenting on the views of NYT columnist Tom Friedman and General Abizaid, in regards to the situation in Iraq. Surprisingly, Tom Friedman seems to have gotten with the program. The general, of course, has been with the program all along.

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