March 3, 2009

California's State Of Depression

Three very good online videos about the sorry state of California's economy are now available.

"Strange Sex Stories from the Muslim World"

Daniel Pipes' blog has a roundup of "Strange Sex Stories from the Muslim World". Scroll down for the individual stories. He writes

The deepest differences between Muslims and Westerners concern not politics but sexuality. Each side has a long history of looking at the other's sexual mores with a mixture of astonishment and disgust. Here are some examples from the Muslim side of the divide (in reverse chronological order) that have me, for one, shaking my head:

Has the Stock Market read "America's Half Blood Prince"?

I see Kevin Lamb last night had to squash a reader’s effort to explain away the CPUSA’s enthusiasm for President Obama, and that Steve Sailer has highlighted some New York Times evidence of the Administration’s rapid move to socialize/politicize housing finance:

Obamanomics = More Hair of the Dog that Bit Us

The dreams from his father are coming true.

From the New York Times:

U.S. Likely to Keep the Reins on Fannie and Freddie
By CHARLES DUHIGG

Despite assurances that the takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be temporary, the giant mortgage companies will most likely never fully return to private hands, lawmakers and company executives are beginning to quietly acknowledge.

California to account for 66% of home value declines?

Here's a valuable new study that answers some questions I've brought up:

A Texas Marine Wonders About "Octomom" Family's Immigration Status

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03/02/09 - A Reader Dismisses Communist Support For Obama; Kevin Lamb comments

Brimelow-Blumenthal CPAC Video

VDARE.COM has had a contentious relationship with Max Blumenthal, but not for the first time, I think he has something here, adjusted for the usual ethnic paranoia and abuse, in his Daily Beast item The Wildest Moments From CPAC (scroll down):