October 1, 2009

They Do Things Better In Spitzbergen

By Steve Sailer on October 1, 2009 at 11:35pm

Back when I was a kid in the 1960s, the universal assumption among right-thinking Americans was, "They do it better in Sweden." The blue-eyed utopias of Europe were widely admired for such policies as paying generous welfare to single mothers.

Democrats Refuse To Require Any Normal Identification To Receive Obamacare

By Brenda Walker on October 1, 2009 at 10:57pm

Are Democrate stuck on Obamacare for illegal aliens or what? Their mouths say no, no, but their votes say yes, yes. Once again, the Dems refuse to require any normal identification to receive services.

Senate Finance Committee Democrats rejected a proposed a requirement that immigrants prove their identity with photo identification when signing up for federal healthcare programs.

Pawlenty for President: No Good On Arrival

By Patrick Cleburne on October 1, 2009 at 6:22pm

Busy with day job concerns today, but did notice this blistering email headline from a friend:

Same old Republican hacks on issueless Pawlenty campaign

He was sending me Politicoâ€™s gushing story on the staffing up of the nascent Pawlenty Presidential effort:

The Supreme Court And The South

By James Fulford on October 1, 2009 at 12:29pm

Via Instapundit, I see this Clarence Thomas video in which he says that the Court is â€śvery heavily Northeastern" in its mentality.Â Thomas is not only the only African-American on the court, but as a native of Pin Point, Georgia, he's also the only Southerner.

Anti-Disgrace

By Steve Sailer on October 1, 2009 at 10:46am

One reader commented upon my review of Disgrace, the film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's Nobel-winning novel with John Malkovich as a South African literature professor and aging Don Juan who retires in disgrace to the countryside to write an opera about the Italian adventures of Lord Byron, author of Don Juan:

"Disgrace"

By Steve Sailer on October 1, 2009 at 10:42am

My review of the new film Disgrace, starring John Malkovich, based on Nobel laureate J.M.

What Does Fugitive Marc Rich Have That Roman Polanski Doesn't?

By Steve Sailer on October 1, 2009 at 10:41am

A Presidential pardon.

I reviewed why Bill Clinton gave Marc Rich a pardon here.

I can't help posting this quote from Harvey Weinstein in the LA Times:

"Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion," Weinstein said. "We were the people who did the fundraising telethon for the victims of 9/11."