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Apologia

I thought I’d finished the post slated for today, but I hadn’t. Worse, there’s no time to finish it, as my flame-haired tormentor The Mrs. has plans for my spare time today, tomorrow and, as far as I can make out, the rest of the year. The delayed post is about the Swinging Sixties, by the way, and it’s a full day’s reading. I might even break it into two or three segments; we’ll see. So humble apologies from me, and I promise to do better next week. In the meantime, allow me to suggest a couple of my favorite posts from the past: Dark Music (and its companion post Barenboim For Beginners, both from back in 2003), and my discourse on creativity, Empty Wells. Enjoy. - 6 Comments

Pre-Weekend Blah

Today’s theme is: fun with the Japanese. First up, the Type 92 Machine Gun in 7.7mm: Honda Formula One RA107 ...and speaking of racy Japanese lines: - 17 Comments

Socialist Inventions

Kim’s Law #17: Never trust a socialist who quotes the Bible. From Patriot Post:“The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, ‘To minister to the needs of God’s creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us.’ On this Earth Day, and every day, let us honor the earth and our future generations with a commitment to fight climate change.” Or so said Nancy Pelosi in her Earth Day news release. The trouble is, the Bible doesn’t tell us that. Neither the quote nor a close paraphrase can be found in Scripture—Old or New Testaments. This isn’t the first time Pelosi has peddled her eco-theology either. December 2005 and February, April and October 2007 all found her using the same “quote” supposedly from the book of Isaiah. Her principle of putting the earth above Man, for whom the world was made, is a bit backwards to begin with. Not to mention a lie. We suspect Pelosi is reading the AAGV Bible—the Albert Arnold Gore Version. Of course, some may argue that Kim’s Law #3 (”Never believe anything a socialist says...”) would cover the situation; but Bible misquote/fabrication is a subset wholly worth its own definition, methinks. - 20 Comments

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