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Harry has some improvements coming up that will necessitate a change in his site’s format.  As our loyal readers know we’ve been through a lot of changes in the past several months.  Thanks for keeping up with us and following us through all the various iterations of the Rufus page.  In conjunction with this new turn of events Floyd and I have decided to create our own site, separate from Harry’s.  This will give us our own url and allow us to continue blogging no matter what future changes the ascension of Harry’s star may bring, and it will allow those of you who follow our site to keep better track on what we’re doing via rss or atom feeds.

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The Weekly Standard blog has a great post on how the Dhimmicrats could possibly lose the House this Fall — after they were sure they might pick up 15-30 seats. Attica!

Here’s an interesting piece from Wired about how the Pentagon is looking at World of Warcraft as a place for terrorists and insurgents to plan, game, and communicate terror plots. I’m not too up on these games — especially since sex, employment, and hygiene entered the picture, but I’m sure this is something they should check into.

Sarah Palin is refusing to meet with investigators about the so-called “Troopergate” investigation. Sniff sniff! Smell that Democrats? That smells like DISDAIN.

This guy — my new hero — sued Delta Airlines for a weather cancellation in small claims court — and won a default judgment.

Citing snow, Delta Airlines was canceling his flight from Las Vegas to New York City and rescheduling him for a redeye connecting in Boston. With 47% of all delays so far in 2008 caused by weather (up 5% from last year), most fliers can relate. And they know that normally this story ends with a bleary-eyed tale recounted the next day at the water cooler. Not this time. It ends in court, with our traveler $838 richer.

Berns, 55, is a securities litigator with Lane Sash & Larrabee in White Plains, N.Y. On that night he was flying home from a romantic getaway with his wife, who was pregnant with twins. Seeing that other airlines’ planes were still departing as scheduled, Berns asked Delta to refund his ticket so that he could book one of those flights. They told him (politely, as he recalls) that weather-related cancellations or delays are not the airline’s fault and do not come with a refund.

Berns checked the National Weather Service report. It said snow that day was expected at five the next morning — hours after his flight was scheduled to land. He and several other passengers from his Delta flight easily booked a JetBlue flight departing at the same time. His tab: $938. He landed at J.F.K. on schedule.

To publicize every lunatic Liberal McCain smear out there. These folks will never learn. Thank God for that. They almost make it too easy.

England has officially sanctioned Muslim civil and criminal courts.

The disclosure that Muslim courts have legal powers in Britain comes seven months after Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was pilloried for suggesting that the establishment of sharia in the future “seems unavoidable” in Britain.

In July, the head of the judiciary, the lord chief justice, Lord Phillips, further stoked controversy when he said that sharia could be used to settle marital and financial disputes.

In fact, Muslim tribunal courts started passing sharia judgments in August 2007. They have dealt with more than 100 cases that range from Muslim divorce and inheritance to nuisance neighbours.

It has also emerged that tribunal courts have settled six cases of domestic violence between married couples, working in tandem with the police investigations.

Siddiqi said he expected the courts to handle a greater number of “smaller” criminal cases in coming years as more Muslim clients approach them. “All we are doing is regulating community affairs in these cases,” said Siddiqi, chairman of the governing council of the tribunal.

Now this is how a Catholic priest sex scandal should happen. Thanks to the Italians for turning back the clock.

The ACLU has successfully filed suit against a California State agency to allow Interfaith Needs Network (INN) — a Christian group — to feed the homeless at Doheny State beach in Dana Point, California. The State was going to begin issuing citations for unlawful assembly against the group under state regulation. The compromise was accomplished pre-trial.

Hector Villagra, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the program, could not be reached for immediate comment.

The ACLU has scheduled a news conference for Monday to discuss the settlement, a spokeswoman said.

In a statement announcing the Monday news conference, Villagra said, “Because of the ACLU’s work to prevent government-sponsored religion, it is often assumed that the ACLU does not zealously defend the right of religious groups, including Christians, to practice their religion.”

“This case shows that assumption is just plain wrong,” Villagra said.

Under the settlement, Welcome INN will continue working in state parks, Villagra said.

No word on whether the INN was helping homeless already at the beach or drawing the homeless to the beach. The campers at the beach are no doubt pleased with the outcome, since the homeless make it a safer and cleaner place in which to camp.

It’s also good to see the ACLU at least pretend to atone for its usual work.

Sarah Palin, today in Golden , Colorado

(Ed. note — Switched to YouTube video — Denver channel funked out)

Karl Rove and other “leading Republicans blame both parties for negative ad campaigns. Bull. We are pointing out the pomposity and emptiness of Obama’s rhetoric and so-called plans. The Dems have sent lawyers and their media minions to Alaska in drives to destroy the VP nominee — while ignoring the very real and fresh skeletons in Obama’s political closet.

Come on Karl. You did the swift boat. The South Carolina call on McCain. Don’t wuss out on us now. This is an AP writer though so the story could be thoroughly botched.

An Austin, TX judge has ordered a woman not to have any more babies as part of a probation after being convicted of of injury of a child by omission.

The order was for Felicia Salazar, 20, who admitted to failing to provide protection and medical care to her then-19-month-old daughter last year. The girl suffered broken bones and other injuries when she was beaten by her father, Roberto Alvarado, 25, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Alvarado and Salazar relinquished their parental rights, and the child, who has recovered, was placed in foster care.

On Sept. 5, state District Judge Charlie Baird sentenced Salazar, who had no criminal history, to 10 years of probation after she reached a plea bargain with prosecutors. In Texas, judges set conditions of probation. In addition to requiring Salazar to perform 100 hours of community service and to undergo a mental health assessment and setting other typical conditions, Baird told Salazar not to have any more children.

In an interview Wednesday, Baird said Texas law gives judges the discretion to set any conditions of probation deemed reasonable. He also said that neither Salazar nor her lawyer, Kent Anschutz, objected.

That last paragraph is what most likely makes this constitutional. Probation is “conditional” — meaning the judge and defendant can make any agreement that is reasonable. Even though it’s in a sense coercive because the judge has most of the power here — probation is fundamentally voluntary.

A friend of mine who was an Assistant DA back in Texas got a conviction for 2d Degree Felony Delivery of a Controlled Substance to a Minor for a woman who delivered a crack baby. In that case the woman had had 2 prior crack babies and also had a probation order similar to this one. She got pregnant while on probation — the hospital did a toxicology on the baby and found crack in the system and she was in jail 2 days later. Conviction was upheld and I think she got 10 years prison.

The “crack baby” thing is almost beside the point with me and since there is still scientific controversy on the issue. My issue is — whether or not the baby is a “crack baby” or not — the motherhood factor. These women are demonstrably bad mothers and we’ll have to fix junior’s problems one day. I’m not sure what the line is when the state should intervene though most cases are obvious.

For example, Texas should not have seized all of those kids off of the FLDS ranch this past year — especially when I can take you through neighborhoods in Dallas, Houston, and a host of other cities where the parents are constantly high, tweaking or drunk — and Child Protective Services makes nary a peep.

Scientists are developing the “Immersive Cocoon” — a virtual reality cocoon that seems a cross between the holodeck of Star Trek:TNG and the Matrix.

This is from last December and I think Blackfive had it up for awhile , but I just saw this again for the first time in awhile. This makes disgust at BDS and PDS hard to maintain sometimes. Though I still think he’s a fool.

Shatner’s reintroduction to the MTV crowd. His current run of popularity started way back here. And look at Dennis Miller — before he ate Dana Carvey.