June 30, 2010

Sotomayor (and Kagan?) Lies: The Answer

By Patrick Cleburne on June 30, 2010 at 8:26pm

H/T One Old Vet for The 'Wise Latina' Lied

I don’t think anyone is surprised how SCOTUS Justice Sonia �the Wise Latina’ Sotomayor voted in the Chicago Gun Ban Case (McDonald v. Chicago)…

What is surprising is the boldness with which she lied during her vetting as a SCOTUS nominee about her �understanding’ of an INDIVIDUAL RIGHT to keep and bear arms as SCOTUS decided in �Heller’. She went on to say; “I understand how important the right to bear arms is to many, many Americans.”

Pete Stark To Minuteman:"Who are you going to kill today?"

By James Fulford on June 30, 2010 at 6:35pm

Congressman "Pete " Stark is pretty crazy--if it weren't for the fact that he's in a Federal institution known as Congress, he might might be in the other kind of institution, with the men in white coats.

Non-English-Speaking Vietnamese Struggle in the Gulf Disaster

By Brenda Walker on June 30, 2010 at 1:01pm

Reporters must be getting bored with avoiding Obama’s failure to act in the Gulf oil explosion, since they are turning to the ethnic angle, with plenty of boo-hooey and suffering angst. It also happens that the MSM notice the diversity slant when there’s a big crime story or other large event. Or perhaps some ethno-org sent out a press release to inform the press and public of their tribe’s misery.

Paging Dr. Putnam--Diversity vs Patriotism

By Steve Sailer on June 30, 2010 at 12:52pm

From El Paso Times:

El Paso was, once again, rated low by Men's Health magazine. This time the category was "Most Patriotic Cities."

Of 100 cities, the magazine rated El Paso No. 99, ahead of only Jersey City, N.J.

Portland, Ore., was ranked as the most patriotic city in the USA in the list published in the magazine's July/August issue. How does one measure something as unmeasurable as patriotism?

Overkill

By Steve Sailer on June 30, 2010 at 12:25pm

NFL teams scored an average of 21.5 points per game in 2009's regular season, while World Cup teams scored an average of 1.05 goals per game in 2010's three-game miniseason. So, one World Cup goal is worth 21.5 / 1.05 or 20.5 NFL points.

So, let's call it one goal equals twenty points.

Thus, a 1-0 World Cup game is like a 20-0 NFL game, while a 2-1 World Cup game is like a 40-20 NFL game. That traditionally most desirable score, 3-2, is like a 60-40 NFL game -- a bit of a farce, relatively speaking. Portugal's 7-0 defeat of North Korea was like a 140-0 football game.

The Appeal of Nil-Nil Draws

By Steve Sailer on June 30, 2010 at 11:40am

From my new column in Taki's Magazine:

Is the grindingly low scoring in the World Cup soccer tournament a bug or—as I’m finally starting to suspect—a feature? Could it be that the World Cup’s global popularity is not so much despite all the nil-nil draws as because of the grimness of the scores?

Why No-one In Washington Has Proposed An Immigration Moratorium (Yet)

By Washington Watcher on June 30, 2010 at 1:00am