Subscribe in a reader

An on-line magazine supporting the Ninth Amendment

Ohrdruf

Chuck Simmins | March 30, 2004

I’ve mirrored a series of posts from Bigwig at Silflay Hraka about the little known Nazi concentration camp at Ohrdruf. I’ve just updated my site to include several e-mailed comments that I received from a man named Thomas Hollingsworth, who was there at the liberation of the camp.I was there. 282 FABN . I was [...]

Poverty Rate Lower than Clinton Era

Chuck Simmins | March 24, 2004

Econopundit, Steve Antler graphs the poverty numbers for children and comes to a startling conclusion. Poverty is down. The source data for his graph is the U.S. Census Bureau.
I’M SO CONFUSED. I THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE JUST GETTING POORER AND POORER.
Let’s use the same source, the Census Bureau, to look at the percentages of Americans and [...]

Why Kill Ahmed Yassin?

Chuck Simmins | March 22, 2004

Here’s why:

Date
Location
Casualities
Responsibility
Notes

March 14, 2004
Ashdod
10 killed, 16 wounded
Hamas and Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades
Twin suicide bombings at port

September 9, 2003
Tel Aviv
8 killed, 32 wounded
Hamas
Suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers

September 9, 2003
Jerusalem
7 killed, 50 wounded
Hamas
Suicide bombing at Cafe Hillel

August 19, 2003
Jerusalem
22 killed, 135 wounded
Hamas
Suicide bombing on a bus.

May 19, 2002
Netanya
3 killed, 59 injured
Hamas and the [...]

Where Have All the Jobs Gone?

Chuck Simmins | March 15, 2004

Kodak, a brand name known world-wide, is headquartered in Rochester, New York. In many respects, it stands for photography just as Xerox stands for photocopying. At its height, it was the largest employer in the city and its facilities covered hundreds of acres in and around Rochester.
When you read a blogger or hear a politician [...]

Lexa Doig

Chuck Simmins | March 13, 2004

Lexa Doig, who plays the delicious android Romy on Andromeda

I Spy

Chuck Simmins | March 11, 2004

Yahoo
NEW YORK - A former journalist and congressional press secretary was arrested Thursday on charges she acted as an Iraqi spy before and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, accepting $10,000 for her work, prosecutors said Thursday.
Susan Lindauer, 41, was arrested in her hometown of Takoma Park, Md., and was to appear in court [...]

It Could Happen

Chuck Simmins | March 8, 2004

Once again, headlines that “could” happen:

Rosie Dumps Kellie for Oprah

Matt Drudge Revealed to Be Karl Rove

Novak’s Plame Source Found to Be Bill Clinton

Chelsea Clinton and Bush Twins Film Presidential Chicks Gone Wild on Spring Break

Janet Jackson Admits Borg Implant; Vows to Assimilate America

Paris Hilton Found to Be Too Dumb to Be Allowed Out; Must Wear [...]

Gay Marriage

Chuck Simmins | March 4, 2004

Hugh Hewitt
The proponents of gay marriage want to focus on the issue of the joining of same sex couples, but it is intellectually dishonest to pass go without paying 200 dollars to the process employed. It is a cultural coup, pure and simple: people with power using the power to dominate and impose [...]