Month: August 2005

The Leftist-Islamic alliance

I really wish I was making this up. I’m not[*1] .

So the hard left and the Islamists have established a coordinating committee, according to Douglas Davis of the London Spectator. In Britainthe steering committee of the Marxist–Islamist alliance consists of 33 members — 18 from myriad hard-Left groups, three from the radical wing of the Labour party, eight from the ranks of the radical Islamists and four leftist ecologists (also known as ‘Watermelons’ —green outside, red inside). The chairman is Andrew Murray, a leading light in the British Communist party; co-chair is Muhammad Aslam Ijaz, of the London Council of Mosques.

In other words, the war on terror is to be a continuation of the old war, the war between capitalism and its various discontents that was waged throughout most of the twentieth century. Norman Podhoretz is right. This is World War IV.

This is not a surprise at all. The days when the Left stood for freedom and liberty are long past. And that is truly tragic.

Via Free Republic[*2] .

More smart men than smart women?

Stupid men for instance post articles like this[*1] . One way or another, I’m too chicken to actually include this in The Whip.

As intelligence scores among the study group rose, the academics say they found a widening gap between the sexes.

There were twice as many men with IQ scores of 125, for example, a level said to correspond with people getting first-class degrees.

At scores of 155, associated with genius, there were 5.5 men for every woman.
. . .
The paper will argue that there is evidence that at the same level of IQ, women are able to achieve more than men “possibly because they are more conscientious and better adapted to sustained periods of hard work”.

I’ve got no argument with the last paragraph . . . I’ll have to check with Snookums on the rest, though.

Morning Whip, August 27, 2005

#10: The Lenexa Spinach Festival
#9: SDSU fall sports season begins
#8: Yankees 5, Royals 1
#7: The Aristocrats: Obscene outrage, or comedic triumph?
#6: All over the Ellsworth AFB story
#5: When at the London Zoo, don’t miss the Human Exhibit
#4: General Richard Myers goes off
#3: The Moronic Convergence
#2: The Leftist-Islamic alliance
#1: People close to Iraq soldiers support war more

The Lenexa Spinach Festival

Funny thing #1: There is a Kansas city named Lenexa. Funny thing #2: Lenexa holds an annual spinach festival[*1] .

On Saturday over 100 arts, craft and antique booths will be set up. A fun filled days of activities is planned for the whole family. Popeye and Olive Oyl will arrive on a vintage 1930’s Belgian farm truck to mix the world’s largest spinach salad. Numerous activities for all including, petting zoo, pony rides, games, quilt show, antique tractor display, green rock skipping, largest sunflower, cane pole fishing, paddle boats and more. The finale for this day of community fun comes at 5:00 pm with a quilt drawing from the Lenexa Historical Society.

SDSU fall sports season begins

South Dakota State women’s soccer opens with a win[*1] :

BROOKINGS — Chelsea Goosen scored two goals and Kelsey Worcester added an insurance goal late in the contest to give the South Dakota State University women’s soccer team a 4-1 victory over Minnesota State, Mankato Friday night.

Jackrabbit volleyball team splits a pair at an Oregon tournament[*2] :

EUGENE, Ore. — Minette Ridenour turned in a double-double performance with 22 kills and 10 digs to lead South Dakota State to a sweep of Gonzaga (Wash.) and a split of its volleyball opening day Friday at the Oregon Kickoff Classic.

The Jackrabbits dropped their opener 3-0 to Portland State (Ore.), before rebounding with a 30-26, 30-27, 30-26 victory over Gonzaga.

Yankees 5, Royals 1

Royals come back to reality[*1] in New York:

Mike Wood (4-5), the winning pitcher last Saturday when Kansas City beat Oakland to snap its 19-game losing streak, allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings. The Royals had followed their skid by winning four of five, but Friday’s loss dropped them to 0-9 at Yankee Stadium since Aug. 6, 2002.

Royals need to go 21-15 to avoid 100 losses.