http://alchemytoday.com By this means you will acquire the glory of the whole world, and so you will drive away all shadows and blindness - Hermes Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:40:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So ACORN is evil because the people that provide tax help there are idiots or something?  I mean, really, do these people think they were fooling anyone?  Have they ever seen a prostitute or a pimp in Baltimore?  This video makes you stupid.  I really don't get the point other ... http://alchemytoday.com/2009/09/11/really-now/ Easy enough, pick the most innocuous item in the report and repeat it ad nauseam for your readers to give the impression that it accurately characterizes the alleged misdeeds in the report.  In the case of the CIA IG's report on improper interrogation techniques, we have Michael Leeden blowing smoke: And ... http://alchemytoday.com/2009/08/25/conservative-response-to-torture-predictable/ Here's K-Lo questioning Tom Ridge's claimed concern over discussions about raising the terror threat level a few days before the Presidential election in November 2004: I wasn't in the room. But how can someone whose title is director of homeland security not resign if he believes the security of the homeland ... http://alchemytoday.com/2009/08/21/reading-is-fundamental-nro-edition/ Betsy McCaughey was on the Daily Show last night explaining her contention that the House health bill, HR3200 (PDF here), will lead to people being denied medical treatment against their will at the end of their life because they were forced into making living wills before that moment: The Daily Show ... http://alchemytoday.com/2009/08/21/betsy-mccaugheys-big-lie/ On health care, Bill Kristol doesn't know what he's talking about.  He was just on the Daily Show where he said that the United States millitary has the best health care in the country and said, "I'm not sure the VA, for example, which is another government agency has the ... http://alchemytoday.com/2009/07/28/bill-kristol-im-not-sure-the-va-has-the-best-health-care/ Over at the Corner, Jim Manzi back up his colleague Mark Steyn's appraisal that, "If you’re 29, there has been no global warming for your entire adult life. If you’re graduating high school, there has been no global warming since you entered first grade."  What he's saying is that if ... http://alchemytoday.com/2009/07/24/the-earth-has-warmed-faster-in-the-past-10-years-than-in-the-past-half-century/ Tonight Obama fielded two questions that should be a cinch to answer.  First, from Steve Koff at the Plain Dealer: One, can you guarantee that this legislation will lock in and say the government will never deny any services, that that's going to be decided by the doctor and the patient, ... http://alchemytoday.com/2009/07/22/easy-answer-on-denile-of-services-in-obamacare/ Bernd Beber has responded to my (and others') criticisms of his article on suspected Iranian election fraud authored with Alexandra Scacco.  An annotated and updated version of the article is available. A key criticism leveled against Alex Scacco's and my Washington Post op-ed on the election in Iran is that we ... http://alchemytoday.com/2009/07/16/digital-devils-response/ From Baltimore's fireworks show last night. http://alchemytoday.com/2009/07/05/happy-4th/ Of course the plural of anecdote isn't really data, but that won't stop Mark Steyn from spinning the tragic death of a cancer patient in the UK into an indictment of public health care: When we quote stories like these at NRO, we get a lot of e-mail saying these are just "anecdotes". ... http://alchemytoday.com/2009/07/05/people-die-of-bedsores-in-the-uk/