tag:www.batesline.com,2007-09-03:/linkblog//4 2008-10-10T13:39:30Z Links of interest Movable Type Publishing Platform 4.0 tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4812 2008-10-10T17:37:17Z 2008-10-10T13:39:30Z

Conservative Canon « Marty Andrade A collection of links to lists of must-read books on political philosophy, economics, culture, etc....

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Conservative Canon « Marty Andrade A collection of links to lists of must-read books on political philosophy, economics, culture, etc.]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4805 2008-10-09T17:43:07Z 2008-10-09T14:44:30Z

Scrappleface: Obama Scraps Plan to Change Middle Name Satire: "Sen. Obama noted again that he is not a Muslim, and that Americans shouldn't fear his 'funny sounding name.' "'If you want to be scared of something,' he added, 'be frightened...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Scrappleface: Obama Scraps Plan to Change Middle Name Satire: "Sen. Obama noted again that he is not a Muslim, and that Americans shouldn't fear his 'funny sounding name.' "'If you want to be scared of something,' he added, 'be frightened of my socialistic domestic policies, my amoral social policies and my capitulationist foreign policy. After all, what's in a name?'"]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4806 2008-10-09T17:07:50Z 2008-10-09T14:50:59Z

Does dowsing work? - Crunchy Con Supernatural weirdness, an unexplained natural phenomenon, the adaptive unconscious?...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Does dowsing work? - Crunchy Con Supernatural weirdness, an unexplained natural phenomenon, the adaptive unconscious?]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4787 2008-10-08T23:37:08Z 2008-10-07T15:41:53Z

Stepping in Number Two by Fred Schwarz on National Review Online Colorful vice-presidential nominees from the past....

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Stepping in Number Two by Fred Schwarz on National Review Online Colorful vice-presidential nominees from the past.]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4802 2008-10-08T23:13:01Z 2008-10-08T20:15:07Z

Percy Shaw / Designing Modern Britain - Design Museum The elegantly designed, durable, self-wiping Catseye road reflector: "Shaw's eventual design consisted of four glass beads placed in two pairs facing in opposite directions, embedded within a flexible rubber moulding which...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Percy Shaw / Designing Modern Britain - Design Museum The elegantly designed, durable, self-wiping Catseye road reflector: "Shaw's eventual design consisted of four glass beads placed in two pairs facing in opposite directions, embedded within a flexible rubber moulding which was mounted on a cast iron base. The device was buried in the road and fixed in position with asphalt. When vehicles drove over the dome the rubber contracted and the glass beads dropped safely beneath the road surface. Aiming for minimal maintenance, Shaw even devised a way for his Catseyes to clean themselves. The cast iron base collected rain water and whenever the top of the dome was depressed, the rubber would wash rainwater across the glass beads to clear away any dust or grime that had gathered there, just as the human eye can be cleansed by tears."]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4794 2008-10-08T01:32:46Z 2008-10-07T17:34:12Z

Fred Thompson :: Townhall.com :: Qualified "One can hardly disagree with the desirability of our leaders having the qualities that Brooks describes (putting aside the question of how many of our leaders who are not Sarah Palin have demonstrated these...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Fred Thompson :: Townhall.com :: Qualified "One can hardly disagree with the desirability of our leaders having the qualities that Brooks describes (putting aside the question of how many of our leaders who are not Sarah Palin have demonstrated these qualities). But there are other important qualifications, such as will, courage, and determination. Frankly, an infusion of these qualities into our body politic is desperately needed - not just to raise hell with the establishment, but to speak the hard truth about unpleasant choices facing our country. To push for choices that will, in the long term, benefit our country, our children and our grandchildren. In other words, things which 'prudent' leaders are all too often reluctant to do. "For many years we have failed to address looming problems that will prove catastrophic to our nation. It's not because we are bereft of leaders with great experience. And it is not because they do not understand the 'essential current of events.' They know these things all too well. It is because they do not have the political courage to do anything about it." ]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4793 2008-10-08T00:39:05Z 2008-10-07T17:27:42Z

Michelle Malkin » Newspapers dying. You should care. From August, but See-Dubya's words are worth keeping in mind as we read about layoffs and price increases: "As much as I'm for amateur and semi-pro sleuthing, the fact remains that most...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Michelle Malkin » Newspapers dying. You should care. From August, but See-Dubya's words are worth keeping in mind as we read about layoffs and price increases: "As much as I'm for amateur and semi-pro sleuthing, the fact remains that most news gets reported because someone, somehow, gets paid to report it. Obviously, newspapers need to adapt and respond to market pressures. And maybe someday maybe the web will be organized to deliver the same degree of full-time local reporting and investigation that print media does, and a paperless news environment will come about. Until then I'm going to keep subscribing to a paper-even though I'm not in any particular hurry to get cable TV."]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4792 2008-10-08T00:20:39Z 2008-10-07T16:22:20Z

Fusing Politics and Motherhood in a New Way - NYTimes.com "Many high-powered parents separate work and children; Ms. Palin takes a wholly different approach. 'She's the mom and the governor, and they're not separate,' Ms. Cole said. Around the governor's...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Fusing Politics and Motherhood in a New Way - NYTimes.com "Many high-powered parents separate work and children; Ms. Palin takes a wholly different approach. 'She's the mom and the governor, and they're not separate,' Ms. Cole said. Around the governor's offices, it was not uncommon to get on the elevator and discover Piper, smothering her puppy with kisses. "'She'll be with Piper or Trig, then she's got a press conference or negotiations about the natural gas pipeline or a bill to sign, and it's all business,' Ms. Burney, who works across the hall, said. 'She just says, "Mommy's got to do this press conference." ' "Ms. Palin installed a travel crib in her Anchorage office and a baby swing in her Juneau one. For much of the summer, she carried Trig in a sling as she signed bills and sat through hearings, even nursing him unseen during conference calls."]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4797 2008-10-08T00:07:01Z 2008-10-07T21:08:11Z

"This is the deeper political import of his relationship with Bill Ayers and the Rev. Wright. For all his talk about change, Obama has been far better at adapting to the environments in which he finds himself. In Chicago,...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com "This is the deeper political import of his relationship with Bill Ayers and the Rev. Wright. For all his talk about change, Obama has been far better at adapting to the environments in which he finds himself. In Chicago, he had no enemies to the left. He took care not to alienate the city's corrupt establishment. In Congress, he voted in lockstep with his fellow Democrats. Independence is not his strong suit. If a Democrat wins the presidency, there will be very little check on Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid -- and especially if this weak-willed Democrat wins.... "McCain needs to ask whether it would serve the national interest to create the most left-wing Washington in decades. He needs to ask it with respect to many issues, but the economy is certainly one of the top ones. As the economy sinks, do we want more taxes, spending, and trade restrictions? Are Pelosi and Reid, along with a pliable Barack Obama, the people to lead the nation out of this crisis? Is this really the change we want?" ]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4789 2008-10-07T23:49:45Z 2008-10-07T15:50:37Z

An Everyman on the Trail, With Perks at Home - NYTimes.com "As a secure incumbent who has rarely faced serious competition during 35 years in the Senate, Mr. Biden has been able to dip into his campaign treasury to spend...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com An Everyman on the Trail, With Perks at Home - NYTimes.com "As a secure incumbent who has rarely faced serious competition during 35 years in the Senate, Mr. Biden has been able to dip into his campaign treasury to spend thousands of dollars on home landscaping and some of his Amtrak travel between Wilmington, Del., where he lives, and Washington. And the acquisition of his waterfront property a decade ago involved wealthy businessmen and campaign supporters, some of them bankers with an interest in legislation before the Senate, who bought his old house for top dollar, sold him four acres at cost and lent him $500,000 to build his new home."]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4786 2008-10-07T23:17:45Z 2008-10-07T15:18:59Z

Fannie Mayhem: A History - WSJ.com Articles and editorials from the Wall Street Journal. As early as 2002, WSJ was calling attention to problems with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae....

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Fannie Mayhem: A History - WSJ.com Articles and editorials from the Wall Street Journal. As early as 2002, WSJ was calling attention to problems with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4785 2008-10-07T23:11:56Z 2008-10-07T15:13:59Z

Hot Air: Another confirmation that enforcement works Commenter "rockmom" says that illegal labor made this crisis possible, by driving down wages, facilitating overbuilding, and creating a market for no-documentation mortgages....

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Hot Air: Another confirmation that enforcement works Commenter "rockmom" says that illegal labor made this crisis possible, by driving down wages, facilitating overbuilding, and creating a market for no-documentation mortgages.]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4784 2008-10-07T23:04:25Z 2008-10-07T15:10:38Z

What They Said About Fan and Fred - WSJ.com From the 2005 hearings on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, Barney Frank bravely asks the heads of those companies if they feel they "have been substantially under-regulated." Plus quotes from congressmen...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com What They Said About Fan and Fred - WSJ.com From the 2005 hearings on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, Barney Frank bravely asks the heads of those companies if they feel they "have been substantially under-regulated." Plus quotes from congressmen and senators from 2003, 2004, and 2005 hearings on problems with the Government Supported Enterprises. (Via The Corner.)]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4796 2008-10-07T17:54:08Z 2008-10-07T17:56:25Z

tvpoll | Inhofe holds double-digit lead though narrowing - Week Five 53 to 40, according to Bill Shapard and Keith Gaddie's polling company. (Via Muskogee Politico.)...

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com tvpoll | Inhofe holds double-digit lead though narrowing - Week Five 53 to 40, according to Bill Shapard and Keith Gaddie's polling company. (Via Muskogee Politico.)]]> tag:www.batesline.com,2008:/linkblog//4.4790 2008-10-07T17:53:57Z 2008-10-07T15:57:24Z

Bounded Rationality: Some Thoughts on Shifting An interesting essay by Jeff Shaw, who is learning to play violin, on how and why a violinist shifts finger positions....

Michael Bates http://www.batesline.com Bounded Rationality: Some Thoughts on Shifting An interesting essay by Jeff Shaw, who is learning to play violin, on how and why a violinist shifts finger positions.]]>