tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13067159979660491332012-01-19T18:54:35.418-05:00Don't Tell Me What To Do.Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-87481836147274909902011-12-23T19:00:00.002-05:002011-12-23T19:00:32.139-05:00

Believing they had a mystery on their hands of cosmic proportions Yahoo reports on a sphere which feel to earth in Namibia? What is this, they wonder? Why have they been failing for twenty years upon various sites? Well, according to at least one commentator it is a: 104 Litre Hydrazine Propellant Tank That looks possible to me, (though they are not exact matches, probably a different

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I spoke on this subject recently. My opinion has not changed. Today I found a call for eliminating anonymity from a letter writer and a blogger in my local newspaper.  I had to respond. The posting I found was in response to, and in sympathy with, a recent letter to the editor.  I left a comment at the responder's posting, she has since told me she agrees with me, now, completely. A rare

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GNMB just introduced us to new, and much needed, association: the County Sheriff's Project. The CSP is dedicated to restoring local autonomy for law enforcement.  Getting State and Federal authorities back in their place is patriotic, and I, for one, applaud the work of the CSP. Dear Friends, What would you do if you knew you had just one chance to save your family and country from

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I think we all knew this even if we never formed the words to express it. It turns out that a glimpse of flesh strongly influences our perception of Erin/Aaron. When the pictures only showed a face, they had lots of agency. But when we saw their torso, we suddenly imagined them as obsessed with experience. Instead of being good at self-control, they were suddenly extremely sensitive to

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Orexin, it keeps you working. Sweet! According to a new paper in Neuron led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, consuming foods high in protein can increase the activity of orexin neurons. This, in turn, leads to increased wakefullness and bodily activity, helping us burn off the calories we just consumed. Furthermore, eating protein in conjunction with glucose – adding almonds

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-30727075607876448882011-11-30T08:42:00.001-05:002011-11-30T08:57:33.769-05:00

This one sounded so much like something my ex-father-in-law would do that I expected to see his picture with the article. Miamians taking advantage. If they keep coming back, he either charges $7.50 -- the estimated cost of the breakfast per person for the hotel, or calls the cops and have them charged with trespassing, but not stealing! And this one reminded me of my brother-in-law, (not related

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I find my previous post to be much too long for presentation here; and I am currently attempting to learn enough CSS and Java Script so that I can competently locate where to enter the code to produce a "Read More" function for all long posts. The result will be shorter posts with the ability to expand the post if it appeals to you, the reader. Patience please. Update- I also intend to code this

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Dear XXXXXXX Running Rabbit Editor, As one of the cosponsors of the National Right to Work Act (S. 504), I'm grateful to all the concerned citizens like you who have urged your U.S. Senators and Representatives to stand up to Big Labor and end forced unionism. Just last week, National Right to Work Committee staff delivered the first of 1.1 million (and counting) signed petitions to the U.S.

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I became aware of this Rodin work while reading Robert Heinlein's classic book Stranger In A Strange Land. There are lots of sites which introduce this piece, many quote from Heinlein's writings to explain why this is an important sculpture. For Heinlein's stranger the beauty was evident for she had achieved a face.

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A new series for me, where I introduce words I discover. This one comes from the comment section of the announcement I cite in the previous post, and i understand why the poster used it to describe the C-J editors. co·proph·a·gous adj \kə-ˈprä-fə-gəs\ Definition of COPROPHAGOUS : feeding on dung — co·proph·a·gy noun Origin of COPROPHAGOUS Greek koprophagos, from kopr- + -phagos -phagous First

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Card Check is of course the proposed method of voting for union members in which the member signs his ballot in public thereby opening himself up to retaliation from those who oppose his selected candidate. And, let's be clear, there is no question that there are people crazy enough to harm someone, either physically or through influence, for voting differently than the mad man wishes. A

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Gl'os'oli

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It has long been a worry for sexually active women, and back when getting a woman pregnant had implications men worried about it too. All manner of birth-control have been created and used to avoid pregnancy. Some women even go to the trouble to have a pregnancy terminated because leaving it alone leads to that it thing becoming something more. But, for all the realization that allowing an it to

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A carrot to : Temple of Mut

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The proposed XL pipeline would increase America's access to oil from friendly sources while providing thousands of jobs for American citizens. The downside to the project, some worry about the environmental impact. America's record of safely transporting via pipelines is exceptionally good, we need oil, getting it from a friendly source which is also right next door seems a good solution. We

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Murmuration is name given to a flock of starlings. Who knew? Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.

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One of our great challenges as a constitutional republic is in the consistent interpretation of the laws we live under. Our Rights are guaranteed by divine gift, but even those we mistakenly attribute to our lawmakers and then seek to make them fit into supporting roles for our contemporary crusades in ways while often also seeking to deny them to others by the force of authority. We people sure

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-15728331545394198372011-11-03T16:59:00.002-04:002011-11-03T17:00:36.460-04:00

The House Budget Act. carrots to Instapundit and Hot Air

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A French newspaper was firebombed after they ran the following cartoon. Since the depiction is meant to be a caricature of Mohammad there is little doubt which group is behind the violence. And why, after all, it is a quite flattering image of the man. The Prophet says, “100 lashes if you don’t die of laughter!”. Luckily, no one was hurt in the blaze. a carrot to Instapundit

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"Oorah", yells the master Sargent, "forward into the past"! My fictional dialogue is to introduce a fictional setting which is to be a movie soon; a group of Marines travels back to ancient Rome to do battle with the Roman Legion, who wins. An intriguing question. The Roman legions and Marines are both highly trained with a clear unit structure and hierarchy of command. They emphasize

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-24788017207582007562011-11-01T14:49:00.002-04:002011-11-01T14:49:53.351-04:00

Three what? You might ask? And, I might answer. “Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.” Groucho meets T.S. Eliot. Algorithm your gangs away. Math predicts criminal's identity. "But what if government encouraged, even invented, those "abusive practices"?" The document at the heart of the housing collapse. Rewind to 1994. That year, the federal government declared war on an enemy — the

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Glenn Reynolds reminds us of this classic song; he suggests the Occupy folk should take George Harrison's advice and get along. Here the author explains the song, and it sure does fit with Mr. Reynolds advice. GEORGE HARRISON says '… I wrote Sour Milk Sea in Rishikesh, India. I never actually recorded the song--it was done by Jackie Lomax on his album IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?. Anyway, it's

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-89209906533436007882011-10-30T19:45:00.004-04:002011-11-02T15:41:21.655-04:00

Just when I am underwhelmed by the man, word comes that Rick Perry has instructed his educators to come up with a plan for a $10,000 college degree. All four years for one set, and comparatively affordable, price. I like that idea! Reduce the cost to the student. And, if more education is warranted after four years, then they can purchase the next level. But down the road, the best way to deal

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-43108113865573953072011-10-30T19:31:00.002-04:002011-10-30T19:34:35.130-04:00

Not really, the explanation is that the spring action of the slinky makes it appear that the bottom does not drop when it should. Or, something like that. Whatever the reason for, it is an amazing thing to watch.

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It is my opinion that anything to do with loving nature is today overrun by the kook fringe. But, I am kooky about trees, and make no apology for the pleasure I get from walking within a forest of really big trees. Though I do hope no one mistakes me for one of the unreasonable masses of lemmings for ecology that have mushroomed upon us since the last half of the twentieth century. All of

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Words I believed I'd never be able to use together with sincerity. A first time diarist makes the case against the Occupy crowd by calling them TeaBaggers throughout the piece while presenting a plethora of links to Occupy offenses. A brilliant piece; read it before they realize what it says and take it down. For the last few years, the point has been expressed on this blog, as well as others,

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So, yesterday I am at work in a client's home..... why are you interrupting me with that puzzled look? Well, yes, there are still people who work for a living. You don't? Well, then which Occupy protest do you call home? Anyway, enough of my fantasy conversation with one of the dead beat protestors of today. My conversation with my client reminded me of what hard times really used to be like.

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SDA

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I don't mean anyone named Holder in particular is a criminal. It just seemed like something good to say. Coincidentally, the head of the Department of Justice is named Holder, and some want him to resign. It was faint at first, but it grows ever louder, this cry for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) today became the fourth Congressman to explicitly call for Holder

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-27042152897907991492011-10-27T15:57:00.001-04:002011-10-28T08:18:20.187-04:00

Watch Does U.S. Economic Inequality Have a Good Side? on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. Prof. Epstein corrects his Lincoln quote attribution. He now accepts that it was by William J. H. Boetcker.

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I struggled to find a header which explains the interview Patterico did with the girl who tweeted that Andrew Breitbart should die. I believe the one I displayed is inadequate. But, then, I am not sure there are words which can explain the interview without completely representing the entire interview. So, the line above will do. The state of intellect among those who favor sending death threats

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The Hope of growth, the Promise of Harvest, the Change to detritus; when the plan is rotten so will be the fruit it delivers.

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Big predators let loose, reminded me of a movie. Brad Pitt let them loose, I've seen where he did that before. Caused a lot of confusion, and they were never captured because some maniac caused an epidemic, and when Bruce Willis came back in time to find who started the panic Pitts' "Twelve Monkeys" outfit was an immediate suspect. But he only let a bunch of zoo animals go that time. And, thus

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Al Gore's experiment faked? Say it ain't so Gaia! The upshot is that the author at Watts Up With That? was reviewing Al Gore's Climate 101 video and decided to reenact an experiment presented in the video. Gore made the claim it was such a simple test that it could be done in high school. The author found that the video had been tampered with to produce the result shown through Photoshop type

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Abolish ignorance. Update: Now they are raping too.

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Ironic I say. Update: Now they are raping too.

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A new software that corrects blurry pictures? Really? Have I got some challenges for that product!

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Or, so I imagine Captain Kirk demanding of the ship's doctor if they had known about modafinil. Maybe they did, and his subcutaneous delivery device just never got mentioned? Of course, that sixties television show would have been perceived to be endorsing recreational drug usage if Dr. McCoy was popping little pills (yellow pills?. what color is smart?) before each diagnosis, or during each

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-42713018947328778762011-10-18T10:18:00.001-04:002011-10-18T10:25:32.277-04:00

I just discovered an article which puts Anita Hill on a pedestal and holds her up as an icon of sexual harassment in the workplace elimination. I find that elevation of this woman to be ludicrous; and below is the comment I left to announce my rejection of her as a pioneer in that field. Take it for what its worth, but even she says she never meant her testimony to serve as charges against her

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As opposed to his minions calling themselves the 99%. Just as with the million man march accounting's I think those in the 99% are incapable of doing the math.

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But, it is good to hear it said out loud, and often too. Calling them out is at times the only defense against the agenda of the left.

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A new book to teach children about one of the most important figures of the last century.

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In this single room, Woolley had discovered at least 1,500 years of history all jumbled together, a bit like if you randomly found a Roman statue and a piece of medieval masonry while cleaning out your closet. Left to their own devices, these objects would never be found together like this. Somebody had messed around with these artifacts - they just couldn't have guessed how long ago and to what

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One familiar argument of the abortion promoters is that a its a woman's right to control her body. If such is the case, though I never fail to let it be known that killing babies is the actual outcome of abortion, then why don't I have the right to control my body as a man. I am actually talking about the coming insistence on my purchasing health care which our current President jammed through

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Woodstock 1999. It would be inaccurate to say that the entire audience was like the current Wall Street protest crowd. Just as it isn't accurate to say the concert promoters are equivalent to the Wall Street brokers being protested, (I think that is the gist of the protest, no one seems to know for sure). But, it is accurate to say that a small number of those present at each event tarnish the

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-41132666373455885162011-10-01T17:54:00.002-04:002011-10-01T17:56:24.410-04:00

Or, for that matter any U.S. citizens engaging in armed hostility to the nation. I am going to reprint in full an opinion from John Yoo, (I hope that will not violate any fair use standards), it is short and to the point. Was US's Lethal Attack on Al-Awlaki Legal Over on a thread started this morning, there's some debate over the question of whether the attack executed against Anwar al-Awlaki

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This sign is reportedly powered by the gas powered generator below it. Solirony? Isolic? Update: Erony, combinining e from ecology, er from error, and ony from irony. I think that covers a lot of ground in an easy to remember and use form.

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Includes English translations. A wonderful resource. A carrot to The Blaze for bringing it to our attention. And, in other Dead Sea news, researchers have discovered fresh water springs feeding into the lowest point on the surface of the Earth.

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Saudi King Abdullah announced Sunday that the nation’s women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in 2015 in a major advancement for the rights of women in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom. In an annual speech before his advisory assembly, or Shura Council, the Saudi monarch said he ordered the step after consulting with the nation’s top religious

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-45779742526889749602011-09-26T18:52:00.002-04:002011-09-26T19:15:35.928-04:00

Did you hear the one about the Russian who emigrated to America and made us laugh at the repressive Soviets? We call him Yakov Smirnoff; and he helped thaw out the Cold War and even exhibited the novel concept of appreciating how great a country it is we have, here, in America; we need a Muslim version of Smirnoff to let laughter replace the evil and to reinforce that America is great and a

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-68099233242257263052011-09-20T16:24:00.001-04:002011-09-20T16:24:18.776-04:00

I've heard Dana Perino suggest that Suskind should be taken with a figurative grain of salt. But, maybe he didn't make up his entire book. One of the most striking quotes in the book came from former White House communications director Anita Dunn , who was quoted as saying that, “this place would be in court for a hostile workplace. . . . Because it actually fit all of the classic legal

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Glenn Reynolds has been alerting to the new book by David Bernstein concerning an early 20th century Supreme Court case known as Lochner vs New York. Today at Instapundit he calls our attention to this response Bernstein makes to has critics. David Bernstein • September 17, 2011 10:38 pm When we last encountered the Media Matters blog, its authors reacted to a George Will column on

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Outwitting The Devil, by Napolean Hill. Perhaps my all-time favorite business book is Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich.” I recommend reading and re-reading it, perhaps even annually, to keep your focus laser-sharp. Now, I have an addition for your reading list. It’s “Outwitting the Devil,” written by Hill in 1938 (yes — 1938!) but never before released. Sharon Lechter, co-author of “Rich

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-85006240007638056322011-09-17T17:04:00.000-04:002011-09-17T17:04:58.299-04:00

Even bloggers have First Amendment rights. Seems old news to me.

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Glad to see them getting real. The FBI is teaching its counterterrorism agents that “main stream” [sic] American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers; that the Prophet Mohammed was a “cult leader”; and that the Islamic practice of giving charity is no more than a “funding mechanism for combat.” At the Bureau’s training ground in Quantico, Virginia, agents are shown a chart contending

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If you need the similarities between Ponzi's scheme and the US Social Security system explained Krauthammer provides a comparison, but since the unsustainable future of Social Security is certain what we call it matters less than how we fix it. CK says the following will do the job: Demography is destiny. Which leads directly to Proposition 4: This is one Ponzi scheme that can be saved by

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-21965299054997523442011-09-17T09:05:00.001-04:002011-09-17T09:05:46.475-04:00

In an offensive move, somone placed the Saudi Arabian national flag above the United States flag in a Bauder Elementary classroom. The culprit remains at large. GreeleyReport.com has been chasing this story since it became aware of the error in protocol. It is easy to imagine that the placement was intentional and intended as insult to this nation. And, given that the culprit remains hidden

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-9678112931744198442011-09-13T10:30:00.000-04:002011-09-13T10:30:33.106-04:00

Let me put forth a simple statement for your consideration. Dick Cheney is a controversial figure. It seems true to me, but I am also certain some readers would say that there is no controversy, the man is evil, done and done. You see, Cheney's detractors do not permit even the notice that others disagree with them, much less that their perceptions may not be absolute. But, for many others it

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A real history lesson.

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You may have heard of Al Gore, former government employee, now unconvincing proponent of green-ness. He expends more fossil fuel, with its supposedly world-ending effects that you are I ever will, while making his fortune telling how bad behavior such as his is for the planet. Well, turns out the production and use of marijuana is just the polluting nightmare Gore lives, and I doubt he'd waste a

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They live under our roofs, feed from our largesse, and we don't own them. So, can we claim them as deductions, should they file their own tax returns? Or, should we think of them as non-human members of the welfare class? And, if they file on their own, what percentage of Americans now pay no taxes, surely it is well above the 50% recently reported. Help, animals. A carrot to SDA

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-73112605973265442002011-09-09T16:07:00.002-04:002011-09-17T15:04:24.203-04:00

America Akbar, all hail our dufus in Chief! So now the media will erupt for weeks on end about what an “idiot” and “fool” and “know-nothing” Obama is, just like it erupted over Sarah Palin’s (accurate) comments about Paul Revere? It’s even worse, because Palin’s (accurate) comments were made in an on-the-fly interview whereas Obama’s were in a prepared speech. And all the enlightened

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These sincere, and thoroughly misguided people, seek to stop the construction of a pipeline carrying oil from Canada to the United States Gulf coast. Seemingly unbeknownst to them is that the oil will be brought out of the ground regardless, and may well be sent to China instead of their home nation, the U.S.A., where it will likely be burnt to produce electricity. But, they are your basic '

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A lesson in American spirit.

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Eminent Domain my ass. Now, we learn from the local newspaper, The Day, that following the hurricane Irene, the city has designated the Fort Trumbull redevelopment site as a place to dump vegetation debris.............................................................Connecticut taxpayers have thus been soaked tens of millions of dollars, not just for nothing, but for making things worse — for

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But the cheap Chinese Korans have lots of typos… Wow, I hope they don't inadvertently typo the pilgrimage clause, what a terrible thing it would be if they somehow replaced the 'grim' with an extra "L"? Oh, the horror, if all of Islam was compelled to pillage Mecca at least once in their lifetime!

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It is my stuff, let me sell it.

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America seems to be facing a pivotal moment: Do we move ahead by advancing or by receding—by reaffirming the values that made us exceptional or by letting go of those values, so that a creeping mediocrity begins to spare us the burdens of greatness? As a president, Barack Obama has been a force for mediocrity. He has banked more on the hopeless interventions of government than on the

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-20793150243512575282011-09-01T11:42:00.007-04:002011-09-01T12:09:47.766-04:00

Donna Shalala is a Clinton era form of corruption who used her high profile government career as launching pad to acquire the lead position at the University of Miami. You may have heard of the news surrounding that school of late, their athletic department turned a blind eye to the crooked practices of a booster who stole nearly one billion dollars from investors in a ponzi scheme. Shalala

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Barry Rubin, director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal. See the GLORIA/MERIA site at www.gloria-center.org. Having studied the Middle East professionally for 35 years, written or edited more than 40 books on the region, and having a PhD in Middle East history, let me make it perfectly

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-67522905896194570232011-08-25T18:51:00.000-04:002011-08-25T18:52:43.779-04:00

Where can I get some.

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Georg Elser plotted for a year to kill Hitler, he failed by minutes.

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under the scope of reforms in the Greek Family Law, the Shariah will be abolished for Greek Muslims. Update: Details and source of details.

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-47874087498858404872011-08-25T08:08:00.002-04:002011-08-25T08:12:51.177-04:00

Herman Cain defies Congress, attends Restoring Courage event in Israel. In a poignant and touching display, GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain traveled to Israel to attend Glenn’s Restoring Courage event and visited Judaism’s sacred Wailing Wall. The sentiment was made all the more profound by the fact that the House Ethics Committee called on its members not to attend the Restoring Courage

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So, it seems that the yeast which creates lager is a hybrid. Somehow, a yeast from South America mingled with a European yeast and the resulting hybrid is what creates that tasty beverage. The stowaway, yeast that may have been transported from a distant shore on a piece of wood or in the stomach of a fruit fly, was destined for great things. The newfound yeast fused with a distant relative,

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A Carrot to : NR

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#1 The demoralization of America. We well remember candidate Barack Obama’s ’08 throngs laying in breathless wait for the “Lightworker” to appear and speak as “sort of like God” from his teleprompter on high. Now, with nearly everything this president has touched lying in shambles, a shrunken Obama whines from town to town, transported in a taxpayer-purchased bus that resembles a big, fat hearse

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-82591666114481608982011-08-21T15:43:00.002-04:002011-08-21T15:51:06.482-04:00

Wag the wabbit?

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"Nuts"

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Inspired by the current President's habit of saying one thing and doing something else, Rand Simberg imitates: I make no apologies for thinking that Harry Reid is the greatest statesman in history. I make no apologies for making Paris Hilton famous. I make no apologies for thinking that the president is reasonable, and the adult in the room. I make no apologies for the

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-87321229117746260122011-08-18T11:42:00.003-04:002011-08-18T12:18:57.964-04:00

No one mentioned the black helicopters which surely flew overhead. No wonder it’s being called the Magical Misery Tour. It’s a listening tour where Obama doesn’t listen to anybody except his own Kool-Aid drinkers. They’re the only ones left on this bus

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-46968657922126299972011-08-16T19:01:00.002-04:002011-08-16T19:13:30.223-04:00

Concerning the header. I have a bad habit of hitting the caps lock without knowing it, decided to leave it as it went.

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Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-45045551475527112892011-08-13T19:14:00.002-04:002011-08-13T19:17:57.425-04:00

A reminder, Carter was scared of rabbits. But, that isn't to say that he would be afraid to run for a second term as President. Mr. Carter, Running Rabbit says, BOO!

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-2770095906672376612011-08-08T19:12:00.000-04:002011-08-08T19:13:08.969-04:00

Calling Engineer McCoy.

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-22257787062121736802011-08-07T17:11:00.004-04:002011-08-07T18:01:30.369-04:00

Our times have worn on me, worn me down. It sometimes seem that anything I calculate as sensible is under assault. I can't seem to care to make a buck these days, and I don't think my interest or effort is the problem or solution to my lack of production. I think our times are inhibiting everything contribution I would make.And, yet, there have been brief glimpses that tell me I am going to get

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-9099347915399715802011-08-07T16:57:00.001-04:002011-08-07T16:58:44.000-04:00

Why pay our debts in our time?What makes people think the government should spend less money than it brings in? Probably racism. Also, a lust for violence. Because there is no logical reason for the government to spend less.

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-25360389428764350042011-08-07T16:52:00.002-04:002011-08-07T16:56:52.884-04:00

Once union goons cracked heads, today they crack wise. When people who are used to dealing with cave-ins, or ladles of molten metal, hit the streets, they're putting those traits to work in an environment that's probably less dangerous than the one they work in every day. That makes them pretty formidable.In fact, it made them so formidable that they were able to put together unions solid enough

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-10803800996518104902011-08-07T16:20:00.004-04:002011-08-08T19:09:56.400-04:00

Andrew McCarthy shows a side of Governor Christie we all need to know about! This “sharia-law business is crap . . . and I’m tired of dealing with the crazies!” So blustered Chris Christie. Bluster is the New Jersey governor’s default mode Well, count me among the crazy until somebody puts forth a quantitative formula for discerning which members of Islam are not crazier than me. If Americans

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-44843599170219521232011-08-04T13:43:00.001-04:002011-08-04T13:43:33.171-04:00

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-48664406487124602132011-08-04T13:40:00.000-04:002011-08-04T13:41:36.849-04:00

Finally!

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-22675571047880214592011-08-04T13:34:00.003-04:002011-08-04T13:42:25.857-04:00

The woman is the above photo attacked a man in Toronto for taking pictures, she assumed she was in the pictures. The Toronto police refused to charge her for striking the man; must be a new capitulation policy toward Islamic aggressors.More photos of the assaulting woman here.Suddenly, a woman wearing a hijab ran toward me. She was part of a group that included two women wearing full

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-50775766058459379062011-08-03T18:41:00.002-04:002011-08-03T18:46:30.944-04:00

Now that the crisis has passed, and boy do I use the term crisis lightly and skeptically, Congressman Paul Ryan clears up a few things.During the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, President Obama reportedly warned Republican leaders not to call his bluff by sending him a bill without tax increases. Republicans in Congress ignored this threat and passed a bill that cuts more than a

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-89270439592897431632011-07-25T17:33:00.002-04:002011-07-25T17:38:22.620-04:00

Another young life wasted. I can't help but believe the people she kept as company are also to blame for her death at the now famous rock star death age of 27.I started to rewrite the Lyrics to her song Rehab inserting Decay,I'm going to Decay, decay....but, what's the point?

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Now it is safe to go back into the water. Safe if you have been worried that someone would need to urinate upon you were you to be stung by a jellyfish that is.

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Signs of our times.Sometimes a nutcase mass murderer is just a nutcase mass murderer.Plus, Kate asks: "Also, on the religious relativism watch - anyone got tape of fundamentalist Christians taking to the streets to celebrate?"You can't get blood from a turnip or feed yourself with 'dem guvmn't types hangin' on your backside all the dang time.Try to remember. (Alternate intro: Don't tell me what

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-70299043963213098452011-07-19T19:16:00.002-04:002011-07-19T19:25:25.835-04:00

OB has commentary on the possibilities of economic activity in a Star Trek-like future and how it would differ in an Anti-Star Trek future world.Both scenarios employ the notion that in the future supply, of energy and material, will be unlimited. Demand, meanwhile will be an afterthought since there will be no accounting for use because supply will also be free of charge. Which brings to mind

Rick Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-55395826822188319232011-06-13T10:03:00.013-04:002011-06-13T12:13:42.859-04:00

Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky (1953-1971) Beargrass Creek was an integral feature of our neighborhood. It is the place we went for entertainment. It was the barrier which sorted out relationships and limited the scope of our roaming s.Two events in my childhood had direct relation to the efforts displayed in the following videos. One, a flood which affected a score of homes within the

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