Author: N.Z. Bear

Hot posts: 11/28 6:34 AM

class=”linktitle”>Welcome to Germany, 1933 (29 links)
Democratic Veteran
Holy Crap. This is some serious shit, and it's not being talked about much…or I've been sleeping waaaay too long.The Defense Department has expanded its programs aimed at gathering and analyzing intelligence within the United States, cre

Ecosystem Updates in Progress

Folks:
I spent a large chunk of the Thanksgiving holiday revamping the Ecosystem’s algorithms and code as a part of my continuing effort to ensure that TTLB provides as useful a guide as possible to the best of the blogosphere.
Most of the changes are complete, but some are not, so bear with me for a few days as I complete the work. In particular, a significant change to Ecosystem ranking was implemented last night, so you may have seen significant shifts in particular blog’s rankings.
I’ll explain more once I’ve polished the changes; thanks for your patience…
NZ

Hot posts: 11/26 1:27 PM

class=”linktitle”>Biden, Democrats Ask The Wrong Question (11 links)
Captain’s Quarters
Senator Joe Biden writes an op-ed for today's Washington Post that gets the entire war on terror fundamentally wrong — and demonstrates why the Democrats have entirely failed to provide any leadership on Iraq and the wider war. Along the…
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Declaring Victory and Pretending to Get Out (7 links)
Eschaton
Attaturk’s got the right idea. Certainly, as Josh says, thi

A PRO-FRAGGING PROFESSOR RESIGNS (7 links)
Michelle Malkin
Warren County Community College adjunct English professor John Daly, who advocated fragging American soldiers in an e-mail bullying conservative student Rebecca Beach over a speak
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Hot posts: 11/25 6:30 PM

class=”linktitle”>Richardson Balks With Phony Draft (7 links)
Captain’s Quarters
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has received plenty of media attention for his centrist politics and his national appeal as a possible alternative to Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Presidential campaign. That may now be over for the former college
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Hot posts: 11/25 3:29 PM

class=”linktitle”>Braggin' Bill Richardson (7 links)
Ace of Spades HQ
Did you ever start bragging, maybe expand the truth a little about your abilities, your net worth? You know, maybe tell the guys, some chick, that you played pro-ball or something like that? And did you ever get completely and…
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THE OAKLAND LIQUOR STORE ATTACKS (7 links)
Michelle Malkin
Shawn Wasson is covering them.]]>
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George Bush, Intergalactic Warmonger (7 links)
Power Line
I thought that liberals had accused President Bush of every possible offense, real or imagined, but no: a former Canadian…
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Hot posts: 11/25 2:32 PM

class=”linktitle”>Mexican Military Invades US, Steals Drug (7 links)
Captain’s Quarters
In a disturbing incident that has received little national attention, the US Border Patrol found itself in retreat on US soil after interdicting a dump truck full of marijuana on US Interstate 10 last week. The truck made a run…
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Hot posts: 11/25 12:25 PM

class=”linktitle”>An Interesting Omission]]> (24 links)
Camp Katrina
Dozens of innocent Iraqis were killed and maimed on Thursday in a monstrous terrorist car bomb attack at a hospital, as reported in this clip from a story by the Associated Press: A homicide bomber blew up his car outside…
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Thinking about the thinkable (9 links)
Power Line
Daniel Johnson has one of the must-read columns today in the New York Sun: “Should Bush and Blair bomb Al-Jazeera.”…
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Friday Ark #62 (8 links)
Modulator
We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and….? We will

In Other Breaking News (8 links)
Popagandhi
Woman fined for refusing to surrender roast geese at Changi Airport. Fined just about $2000 less than what someone paid for skipping Nat

THE WAR AGAINST CHRISTMAS (8 links)
Michelle Malkin
Well, now that Thanksgiving’s over, the anti-Christmas season has begun. Darleen Click shares the latest salvo.
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A Desert Father (7 links)
si johnston
Wow, so this is what blogging feels like? This space has suffered some willful and not so willful neglect over recent weeks. In fact, this has been the biggest blogging drought of my blogging career. With a new job (involving…
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The limits of multiculturalism (7 links)
Power Line
The ideology of multiculturalism combines nicely with mass immigration to provide the perfect recipe for national dissolution. In the new…
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A NOBLE CAUSE (7 links)
Michelle Malkin
Today’s Voice of Sanity Award goes to Akef Tayem of Dallas, Texas, who traveled to Crawford to counter Cindy Sheehan and her moonbat minions outside President Bush’s ranch on Thanksgiving. Via
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Ecosystem Security Breach: Red Alert!

Damn. secret is out:
That’s right folks, there has been a breach at NZ Bear’s top secret computer facility. While I did not perform the breach, I have in fact received the source code to the new link counting system yet to be released…
However, I must object in the strongest terms possible to the slanderous acusation that the Ecosystem runs on a TRS-80 . Everybody knows I’m an Atari 800 bear.
See also: [Ecosystem] Errors I’d like to see. My personal favorite: “”(8) Want the good news or the bad news? You’re just an Insignificant Microbe. That was the good news.”.
As the blogfather says: Heh.

Hot posts: 11/24 10:33 AM

class=”linktitle”>Be Thankful for Democracy (11 links)
Power Line
The optimistic title of Jennifer Harper's article in the Washington Times this morning is “Public Ignores Iraq War Naysayers.” That…
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Thankful (11 links)
Major K.
Much to my surprise, everyone here is acknowledging Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving has been the greeting of the day. This is in contrast to most other holidays since I have been here. Usually the only ones to do anything special have…
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Hot posts: 11/23 7:30 PM

class=”linktitle”>Open Source Media Pajamas Media (8 links)
Wizbang
Open Source Media, which launched to mild fanfare and lots of questions in New York last week, has pulled an about face and is rebranding their previous rebranding. They're returning to a name they actually own (Pajamas Media), but…
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Thanksgiving Page

Folks:
I’m tracking posts, so check back tomorrow to see what your fellow bloggers find to be thankful for this season.
– NZ
Update: A lesson on what is truly worth being thankful for, from Glenn….