Probably every one has been keeping up on the swine flu out break. But just in case you are one of those that have not here is the Instapundit’s collection of links.
Misleading statistics explained.
How an anti-Taliban militia got the legs kicked out from under them by the Pakistan government.
Anzac Day celebrates a disaster that occurred during a disastrous war. If I know my history, the clip above is trying to portray this fight.
An explanation of the principle of making a knife from a cigarette. The demonstration does not go so well but there were some distractions that probably didn’t help.
This is not a hunting knife, but if you just need a little extra edge it can come in handy.
Americans get ambushed this time. Even if you don’t have time to read the article, listen/watch to the slide show and audio commentary. Gives a better sense of the kind of terrain they were walking through. (H/T Abu Muqawama)
The end of the tax free internet. You knew it was going to happen.
People are rushing to make fun of Stardock’s latest problems. They claim it is all because Stardock does not use copy protection. You would think that no company that had copy protection had ever had problems getting its multiplayer support off the ground before.
Vinyl Flooring Linked to Autism. I am a bit dubious myself. I have seen just about everything linked to autism. When a problem has been increasing in prevalence (like Autism has been), it is easy to fall into the trap of mistaking correlation for a causation.
The one thing that gets me is how civilized they are and how correctly they do everything. Around here, we substitute muscles for brains and we don’t do anything in a civilized manner.
Between Then and Now from Joel Dueck on Vimeo.
I am going to say something rude now is this week’s rant of the week.
The dark side of Dubai is this week’s essay of the week.
In this article here, Spengler outs himself as David P. Goldman. That name has long been associated with Spengler, so this is not a huge shock to any one. Spengler might have been pushed into outing himself by this article here, but it seems that officially joining the staff of First Things had more to do with it. Scroll to the bottom of this article for First Things official announcement.
Pirates believe in deterrence. Keep that in mind when people tell you that deterrence would not work against Pirates.
A very interesting parsing of a New York Times article. The first couple of paragraphs of the post are just blather. But keep reading.