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One would think that of all the places on this earth that could benefit from a bit warmer climate Prince Charles England would be one. But no rather than embrace the possibilities he is being a “terrified” little prince.

I’m always one to appreciate stories of men who rise above You Think You’re Tough?….

It looks like Democrat President Lynon Johnson may have lied about the circumstances leading to the escalation of the Vietnam war. Let them blame it on the lowly signals clerk…
Personally my complaint about Vietnam, even in light of this (long thought) revelation is that the same President Johnson found out, disasterously, that […]

If it came down to beliving Scooter Libby or Russert & Miller I’m sorry but I’ll choose Libby. Now I don’t know much of anything about Libby but I know the main stream press and Tim Russert and if ever there were people who lacked credibility they are it.

Alito has a record of steady conservatism, reputation for civility
Aron pointed out that Alito appears to have a restrictive view of abortion rights and said that his dissent in a 1997 case, in which he argued that Congress did not have the power to restrict machine gun sales under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause, suggests a […]

I’m really surprised the number is this low. I would wager that its low because some companies don’t want to publically admit it or, worse, they don’t know they’re being scanned and attacked because they lack the ability and/or talent to find out.
It used to be that the Internet was likened to the […]

Chavez is quickly tumbling into the realm of quack like most 2-bit dictators eventually do. Afterall we all know that Halloween is a Wican conspiracy pushed forward through Snickers and M&M’s…. But Chavez does have a valid point, one that America has unfortunately lost:

“Families go and begin to disguise their children as witches,” Chavez […]

Rumor has it that in 1996 Judge Alito was the only judge to side wtih the Constitution on the legality of machineguns under the 2nd Amendment. Seems Brady’s crew is up in arms about it - I’ll post the link to the article when I track it down.
Other rumors floating around include that Alito […]

If you want to avoid getting a speeding ticket you can can look over these 11 tips or don’t drive faster than the posted speed limit. Or in some areas that should say “don’t drive faster than the posted speed limit + 10″

I think most of us instinctively knew something was wrong when top Democrats came out offering support to Miers nomination or agreeing that the President’s strategy was a good one, when she was originally announced. And they didn’t think that would tip us off?
So I find it interesting that Reid, Schumer […]

While I liked my last header graphic the photo was taken in the spring and, well… this is fall. Fall colors are my second favorite photo-op next to the first greening of spring so as I work on collating my growing Fall 2005 image collection I found several that would work nicely in the […]

The pictures from our excursion to the Covered Bridge festival in Mansfield are now up. Most all of the images are of the mill and Racoon Creek rather than the bridge which was constantly full of people.

A Spanish Judge has issued a warrant for a tank crew who fired on a hotel in Baghdad during the taking of Baghdad at the start of the war. Seems they were receiving fire from the building so fired on it. But, as is typically the case, a bunch of journalists were staying […]

Timmeh has posted his photos of Naval aircraft. I forget where I picked up this link as I found it several days ago and its been patiently waiting in a Firefox tab for me to come back and post it. The few photos there are amazing and any military or aviation enthusiast will enjoy them.

OK so some genius has figured out that if you get hit by a 4×4 its worse than getting hit by a passenger car.
A recent study in America found that, for the same collision speed, the likelihood of a pedestrian fatality is nearly doubled in the event of a collision with a large […]

Looking back through pictures of last fall it seems that autum and the color changes are running a week later than in 2004. It doesn’t really mean anything other than I keep way to many pictures of way to many thing.
While digging through the images it occurred to me that the rippling creek […]

Maybe its just me but every time I see someone write an article and refer to the DNC as “Democratic” rather than “Democrat”, I cringe. Is it so bad in America that even those on the conservative side of journalism are giving the Democrats this huge language victory?

The bankruptcy of the socialist state apparently hasn’t been proven enough times so Vermont wants to prove it again by leaving the United States. Leave Dean in charge at the DNC and you’re free to go. And thank you for shorting the Dem’s 3 electoral votes, I’m sure Hillary won’t need them. […]

Ever wondered what a corporate team building retreat would be like if you worked for Al-Aaeda? Well Iowahawk has endeavored to give us some insight. (profanity warning)

A good read for any IT manager is Chad Dickerson’s Top 20 IT mistakes to avoid.

I saw this the other day and was mildly amused. Then I see it getting more traction as the campaign moves forward and all I can do is envision Robert Duvall straffing Smurfs to Wagner’s Die Walküre (Ride of the Valkyries).
But then my history with Smurfs has always leaned more to the “dark […]

You know if ever there was an obvious reason for France to oppose the United States going into Iraq I would guess that the French UN ambassador being on the take is a top choice. Its good to see that opposition to the US lead Iraq war was really about money - and not […]

A rather interesting article on Taking politics out of the gun. While the article deals mainly with proliferation of military weapons at large one specific sentence jumped out at me as something I don’t think I’d realized but is very true:
The popular obsession with arms and arms trading festishises weapons, elevating The Gun to centre […]

If you’re looking for something to do in the coming week the Covered Bridge Festival starts on Friday. Other related links Mansfield Covered Bridge and Park County Covered Bridges. And while on the subject of covered bridges don’t forget to see my gallery of Putnam County covered bridges.

While I still detest the new name I’m looking forward to trying Mandriva 2006 (formerly known as Mandrake Linux for those not paying attention) and finding out what their recent Connectiva and Lycos acquisitions benefit the distro.
I’ll also be interested to see if the boxes are available with any speed as they’re usually […]