Wed Feb 20, 2008 – 11:38 am
One of our most loyal commenters comments:
While this continues, the world seems to pass thepolitic by: Afganistan and military spending on used German tanks for spareparts that don’t really fit the tanks currently in use, candidate nominations in the US, upcoming federal Budget speculations, provincial budgets being passed, introduction of a carbon tax in BC, […]
Wed Feb 20, 2008 – 6:33 am
In Weird News, Canadian “I don’t date teh women” Cynic lectures (and lectures and lectures) Matthew and myself for writing mean-spirited, thoughtless posts, like this one. Instead, he’d like for us to write more thoughtful and substantive posts, like this one!
Are we done here? Oh good.
Mon Feb 18, 2008 – 10:20 pm
Due to an unavoidable server upgrade that took place over the weekend, the commenting and posting functions for ThePolitic.com where disabled. However, the upgrade is complete, and everything should be operating as it was before.
Sorry for any inconvenience that was caused by this interruption.
Greg F
Sat Feb 2, 2008 – 11:05 pm
Castro called Biscet “a little crazy man.”
On Monday, President Bush awarded Biscet the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one the United States’ two top honors for a civilian (the other is the Congressional Gold Medal). Winnie and Biscet’s stepson, Yan Morejon, planned to attend the ceremony.
It’s an honor that will cement […]
Fri Feb 1, 2008 – 1:53 pm
Excellent comments and discussion in the series of threads that I began related to the Genetic Fallacy. I’m going off web and mail access for 10 days or so. I’ll pick up where these threads left off when I get back. Don’t let that hold you back though; some of you are getting close to […]
Thu Jan 31, 2008 – 7:28 pm
What say you, Messrs. Dion, Ignatieff, Rae et al.? Do you agree with this stunt? Not surprisingly, the Nazis do. (Anti-semitic link deleted). ……
(From the good folks at Wikipedia):
The genetic fallacy is a fallacy of irrelevance where a conclusion is suggested based solely on something or someone’s origin rather than its current meaning or context. […]
Sun Jan 27, 2008 – 11:42 am
Blazing Cat Fur gives us the latest on whether someone’s saucer of milk is half full or half empty. Warning: Adult Content.
H/T to Five Feet of FuryÂ
Addendum: Visual Aid:
Thu Jan 24, 2008 – 10:20 pm
Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam I know thats who you are,
I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire.
You are like a hurricane
Theres calm in your eye.
And Im gettin blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want […]
Mon Jan 21, 2008 – 9:32 am
The Church was keenly opposed to such fatalism. On April 22nd, 1604, the Inquisition formulated its charge against Galileo Galilei, lecturer in mathematics, whereby he was accused of ‘haver ragionato che le stelle, i pianeti at gl’influssi celesti necessitino [10] - he had reasoned that the stars, planets and celestial influences were able to […]
Sat Jan 19, 2008 – 8:48 pm
As pope, Benedict XVI has never directly intervened on this topic. But of extraordinary interest for understanding his thought is the reply that he gave in Saint Peter’s Square on April 6, 2006, to a 17-year-old high school student who had asked him “how to harmonize science and faith.”
Here is the pope’s reply:
“THE GREAT GALILEO […]
