Archive for May, 2005

I went to my favorite cornerstore to get some water and bumped into my favorite sandwich-shop operator, a friendly but serious man from North Africa. He recently returned from a visit to his old country and naturally our conversation quickly headed in that direction. “Food is cheap in America,” he exclaimed. In [that old country], [...]

Cue the violin, Eric Cartman, because the real estate developers in Massachusetts are hurting. The Boston’ Globe’s solid biz columnist Charles Stein writes about how Peter Francese, some industry mouthpiece, bemoans the lack of what he calls “affordable housing” – although he doesn’t seem to be talking about the tax-subsidized absurdities pushed by socialist lobbies [...]

They know the sweet smell of victory in France tonight, after French voters with overwhelming majority (55%-45%) rejected the proposed supernational constitution for Europe. As Yoda might put it: The nation state is dead not yet. And all you Eurocrat scum, I’ve got to words for you: Eat it! Your jobs are next. Your reign [...]

It seems as if the French are going to do something really smart and reject the grotesque proposed so-called European so-called consitution, which in fact is flagrant attempt to destroy the nation-states that made Europe the most powerful continent in the world. There is absolutely nothing right about the European Union even in its present [...]

I’ve only skimmed through parts of the report on how Emerson student Victoria Snelgrove was killed the night Boston Red Sox won the ALCS against New York Yankees, but it does seem to confirm that the police officer I photographed loading a pepper ball gun was also the one who later, accidentally, killed Ms. Snelgrove. [...]

I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. A record store on fire off the Beacon Street/Commonwealth Avenue. Ok, two Blade Runner references in less than a week is just lazy (especially since they both allude to the same darn quote). Slapstickish pop-cultural references aside, Kenmore Square just can’t get out of its rut of unfulfilled [...]

A police officer shot and killed by an illegal alien in Denver, Colorado. A woman raped and killed by an illegal alien in Rockland, New York. A girl raped and almost killed by an illegal alien in Lake Worth, Florida. If you’re looking to hire cheap labor to do menial work, you should look into [...]

The reviews for the movie Crash are all over the place, though most of them are at the high end. I think it was a good, entertaining movie with really good acting, pacing, and soundtrack, but the story relied on a long series of monumental twists of fate, a story-telling device I find quite silly. [...]

Det råder knappast någon tvekan om att boken “En av grabbarna” av “Johan Höglund”/Seven Sisters (som författaren tydligen kallar sig i vissa sammanhang) kommer att gå som smör i solsken. En massa folk finner, föga förvånande, fotbollsligisternas sammanstötningar underhållande. För någon vecka sedan länkade jag till en videofilm som visar ett gammalt slagsmål mellan två [...]

I’m always impressed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s ability to make a big deal out of finding handfuls of illegal aliens. This time around ICE has rounded up 60 illegal aliens employed at “several critical infrastructure locations.” Big round of applause for ICE! Dudes, you could round up 60 illegals by stopping a [...]