Month: October 2011

It has been noted to me that I have developed something of a fixation with the message of Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged. I plead…

If I’m against Obama because I think he’s a socialist/incompetent/any old reason at all, I’m a racist. And if I’m for Herman Cain because I…

(Hm-m-m…another meme for this blog?) NASA has shifted its goals from returning to the moon to visiting an asteroid or even Mars, but not everyone…

(Via Facebook) It seems that the Occupy crowdhas itself been occupied–by the “professional homeless” (hell of a profession). You have to love it when the…

(Via the Drudge Report) Reuters is reporting that there is an agreement for the private holders of Greek bonds to take a 50% “haircut”. In…

The US House of Representatives is back with a newer and less palatable version of last year’s Internet “anti-piracy” act. I still get a big…

(Via the Drudge Report) So…if Occupied had its way, how would we all live? We’d all communicate with hand signals to hold down the noise.…

The Battle of Leyte Gulf.

(Via the Drudge Report) It’s important, people. A man hunting with his grandson accidentally killed a U.S. Marine due to return to duty this week,…

(Via the Drudge Report) Like this wasn’t predictable. They put on a gritty war face and insist they are more determined now than ever, but…

Nor any stop to think. “We are entitled to more money from the only industry in the county – Jack Daniel’s distillery,” said Charles Rogers,…

Has been engendered by being busy… and totally indifferent. Things are as they have been for some time–our move toward whatever awaits us continues, and…

Fall holidays are banned as “insensitive”. Soon to be followed by a ban on the “Winter Solstice Celebration”, no doubt.

(Via the Drudge Report) Only if it’s satire of the TSA. I guess they’re getting a bit touchy these days….

(Via the Drudge Report) It seems that the socialists are being forced to take a reality break. But a central design flaw dogged CLASS. Unless…

Most like tomorrow, and the next day; perhaps to the end of the month. Glen’s story…. a cautionary tale for shooters Read this one carefully.…

(Via the Drudge Report) Only criminals will have hoodies. Or hats, or helmets. The Crazy Years indeed.

236!? No way, you don’t look a year over 200!

But did he say it in a high-pitched voice? The man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner with explosives hidden in his…

I’m not trying to cover the whole Fast and Furious thing; others are doing it far better than I could. However, I do want to…

(Via the Drudge Report) A blood test that is either “a predictor of how long I will live, a waste of time or a handy…

(Via the Drudge Report) Especially if they have good intentions. Police were willing to stir-up a little proactive controversy to warn folks they were easy…

(Via a Facebook friend) John Quesenberry moves deliberately along a straight row in his garden. “This is my tiller,” he said as he pulls the…

The Feral Irishman says that with a few edits, this could be relevant today. I watched it; I don’t even think it needs any edits.

The market is trying to tell you something. Are you smart enough to listen?

and I am not. He sez stuff much mo betta: Okay, seriously now: Why is your protest doomed to fail? Because you’re not too bright,…

After a lot of uncertainty, the NC State Fair‘s Turkey Shoot will go on.

I’ve titled this particular post “The Equalization of Opportunity Act”, because that is what they really want. Local example: “The ultimate point of this is…