Have a happy and safe New Year celebration.

… asking
to see your privates.

Isn’t the woman, though part of the sting, an accomplice to the
crime?  If the police had found a man and woman doing the same thing, wouldn’t
they both have been arrested? 

I see this as entrapment.  And who are they targeting here?
Normal men?  We all know the difference between perversion and healthy
sexual desires.  Why doesn’t the law recognize this?

Via Drudge

News is trickling in but it seems confirmed that Benazir
Bhutto has been murdered by a homicide bomber.

Updates coming in at Hot Air.

Food, food, and then more food.  Getting up for work today was very
difficult.  So, to celebrate my punchiness, here is something that made me
laugh for about 10 minutes.

Merry Christmas to you.  I wish you all a wonderful holiday.  God
bless!

It’s Christmas time yet Christmas has mysteriously disappeared from the the
land.  NRO’s Pete Sheehan writes Always
Winter, Never Christmas,  and it sheds some light on where
Christmas went and who is behind its absence.

Thanks to Morpheus
for sending me the article.

I saw the movie Smoke, when it
was first released in 1995. It remains one of my favorite films centering around
my home, Brooklyn.

While sick in bed last week, one of the few bright spots was having to
opportunity to watch this again on television. It was a treat, since I probably
haven’t seen it in 10 years.

Maybe it was the shots of NyQuil or an overdose of tea, but after all these
years, I enjoyed it a little bit more.

The end of the movie has a wonderful monologue by Harvey Keitel based on a
short story by the movie’s author Paul Auster.

Listen
to Paul Auster read his story at this link, then take a look at a clip from
the movie below.

Consensus is defined as "an opinion or position reached by a group as
a whole".  Environmentalists and Global Warming advocates would
have us believe there is scientific consensus when it comes to the source of
Global Warming, that source being human beings.

Of course, with perceived consensus, comes all the authority associated with
it.  When an issue is out there for debate, people can be skeptical of or
confident in the information being provided.  However, when there is consensus,
when something is displayed as fact, you’re either a believer or a labeled denier. 
And you have the pleasure of all the stigma attached to the word denier. 
Articles have been written equating Global Warming skeptics with Holocaust
denial, confused
targets of corporate think tanks, members
of a Big Oil conspiracy or conspiracy
theorists in general.

You’re meant to feel guilty for driving, having Christmas dinner, using too
much toilet paper, and even having children.  The hysteria has come to a
boil, and perhaps, with a release of the recent U.S. Senate Report, the boil
cane be lanced.

The report I refer to is the U.S.
Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming
Claims in 2007 and with any luck 2007 may be known as "the year
man-made global warming fears bite the dust."

The blog entry I linked to is a comprehensive summary, with links to backup
material.  I especially appreciated the section titled Examples of “consensus”
claims made by promoters of man-made climate fears.  Specifically, Al
Gore’s quote that compares global warming skeptics to people who "’believe
the moon landing was actually staged in a movie lot in Arizona".

The more debate there is, the more we let science run its course without
political interference the better it will be for everyone.  Well, maybe not
for those who want to take your tax dollars and spend it based on a non-existent
"consensus".

As is the custom, this time of year I like to donate what I can to worthy causes. This year I am continuing my efforts with the Treats for Troops organization.
They specialize in sending gift packages to American troops all over the world. What is special about this program is you can sponsor an individual soldier who has signed up for the program and continue sending them packages throughout the year.
Something as simple as a phone card or some cookies might make their day just a little brighter; and in some small way show that we love and support what they do.
Go check out the website and their FAQ section.

I’ve been sick for four days and I have no idea what the heck is going on. It
has been a mix of medicine induced comas and horrible daytime television.

I hope to be back soon.