September 13, 2009

It's Unseemly For The United States Of America To Be Represented To The World By A Chicago Politician

By Steve Sailer on September 13, 2009 at 9:37pm

The Chicago Tribune reports on the apparent suicide of Christopher Kelly, a Chicago wheeler-dealer recently sentenced to eight years in prison, and under much pressure from Patrick Fitzgerald to testify against Rod Blagojevich (and who knows who else):

Texas Rangers to the Border!

By Allan Wall on September 13, 2009 at 1:05pm

Years ago, I used to enjoy watching "Laredo", a Western about Texas Rangers. Interestingly enough, Texas governor Rick Perry has now announced a deployment of Texas Rangers to the border with Mexico. In fact, the Rangers have already begun integrated operations with the Texas Army National Guard (in which I formerly served).

According to the AP report Texas Governor Sends Rangers to Mexican Border (AP, Sept. 11th, 2009):

Ichiro Milestone: "Ugly Japanese" is First Player to Reach 2,000 Hits While Refusing to Learn English

By Nicholas Stix on September 13, 2009 at 3:40am

“Japanese, Japanese, Japanese, Japanese, Japanese, Japanese, Japanese, Japanese, Japanese, Japanese.”

Social Contagion Theory

By Steve Sailer on September 13, 2009 at 2:12am

The New York Times has a long article, "Is Happiness Catching?," about the work of Nicholas Christaki and James Fowler on social networks within the venerable Framingham Heart Study that has been running since 1948.

Memo From Middle America (Formerly Known As Memo From Mexico), By Allan Wall

By Allan Wall on September 13, 2009 at 1:00am

Health Care Deceit

By Paul Craig Roberts on September 13, 2009 at 1:00am