Steve Sailer has a fascinating post on Kurds, Turkey, Iran, the breakup of Iraq, and strange alliances. Here is a quote from his correspondent: “The Turks I know socially are all non-typical (educated, secular, military families) and they think that the Islamists in Ankara have been living on borrowed time. A secular Turkish military regime …
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The Black Hole…
… is what Australian naturalist Tim Flannery calls the mouth of Paleolithic man, down which the megafauna may well have disappeared. Matt just sent me this article about recent studies by Paleontologist Dale Guthrie (whose recent book The Nature of Paleolithic Art is one of the best I have read this year) that seems to …
“I was working, really!”
… says Roseann. A likely story!
“A Kind of Paganism”
…. is how the pope’s astronomer thinks of creationism. “Not that there’s anything wrong with that… ” (Hi Chas).
Pitbulls in Indiana
A correspondent from Indiana who will be be known hereafter as “the lady with the funny black dogs” has checked in with some news about how the plain folks of that state are reacting to the AR agenda. “The Pit Bull hearing in Anderson was very interesting … It was quite clear that WWIII was …
Great Quote..
.. from Wendell Berry on livestock breeds– hat tip Matt: “The great diversity of livestock breeds, along with the great diversity of domestic plant varieties, can be thought of as a sort of vocabulary with which we may make appropriate responses to the demands of a great diversity of landscapes. (Emphasis mine). I hope to …
Ivorybills
Tim Gallagher sent me this thoughtful story on the continuing controversy over the rediscovery of the Ivorybilled woodpecker , a story in which he is a major player. The writer focuses on the inherent ambiguities of the sightings; he MAY even have seen one himself: “The ivory-billed woodpecker is, essentially, Schrödinger’s cat, the famous physics …
Great Game redux: Kazakhstan
This story indicates once again that the Great Game never dies. But this time it is not only Russia and the west (and China, and Islam): one of the “pawns” is a major player as well. “A day after chastising Moscow for its use of oil and natural gas as “tools for intimidation and blackmail,” …
More Flu
Prairie Mary sends this link to a story suggesting another complication in the unfolding Bird Flu story: some people may be more susceptible to H5N1, genetically. “Of the 205 reported cases of human infections since late 2003, many have involved blood relatives, such as father and children, mothers and daughters. Of the total infections, 113 …
More from the Pandemic Report
I couldn’t find a way to fit this into my previous post, but those who’ve been reading here and elsewhere about the USDA’s National Animal Identification System will see why this section of the flu report caught my eye: Educating Bird Owners We will expand our multilevel outreach and education campaign called “Biosecurity for the …