Once again the performance of my Treo today makes me wonder how on Earth….. Ah well, anyway…. I was talking to my Bro going down the road. A low power alert popped up but didn’t vibe the phone so I didn’t see it. Heck, the thing vibes if you check email, why not for a [...]
Great, a whacko sniping on the Interstate is all we need. There are a couple of interesting aspects, here. First the round that hit and killed a man in a truck also left a hole in the back window of the cab which implies a low angle trajectory horizontally and vertically. The news is highlighting [...]
“Those who would trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state have told us that they have a utopian solution of peace without victory. They call their policy ‘accommodation.’ And they say if we only avoid any direct confrontation with the enemy, he will forget his evil ways and learn to love [...]
In California today one must only threaten to uphold the law to loose your job.
“If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honor of the Supreme Being…are chosen to fill the seats of government, we may expect that our affairs will rest on a solid and permanent foundation.” –Samuel Adams
If anyone asks me for one reason that I like Indiana I can point to the gigantic yellow jacket nests turning up in south Alabama to illustrate why I like a state that has hard winter freezes.
Nice piece on BBC News, the pressure to hoax, is almost apologetic. Yet it also points out one of the driving forces behind science today, other than a political agenda. Though depending on where your funding is coming from the dollars and the agenda may be walking hand in hand.
We cut taxes and Government revenue has gone up in near record leaps yet even with this Congress can’t seem to get the tax cuts made permenent. Well, then, ok. how about we forget about then and pass new and larger cuts? Works for me, I’d certainly prefer not to send almost 40% of my [...]
There is so much to be said about the ongoing activities in the middle east, but, while I was searching our references I came across Allahpundit’s post which sums it up so much more thoroughly than I have the time to do.
I know Fox News is lamented as some sort of Conservative rag but people have forgotten that Rupert Murdoch was one of Al Gore’s biggest contributors. And now he and Hil are slinking around doing a fund-raiser. Makes you wonder about all the spin making Murdoch out to be a right winger. I have no [...]
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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