These days it is rare for me to root for the plaintiff in a lawsuit.
This time I will be rooting for Sgt. Peter Damon.
Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
These days it is rare for me to root for the plaintiff in a lawsuit.
This time I will be rooting for Sgt. Peter Damon.
I love this image.
This is fractalesque. You can see the pattern of craters overlaid with smaller craters repeated for as much detail as the eye can see, and no doubt continued on into the microscopic realm.
The surface of Rhea is thought to be mostly water ice. Actually MOST of Rhea is thought to be [...]
I come from a military family. My dad served in the Air Force for 20 years. He had tours in Korea and was stationed in Guam during Vietnam. My brother served in the Navy. My sister served in the Air Force.
I did apply for Air Force Fighter Pilot’s training and aced all the written and [...]
OK, another day of nothing but deck. Sheesh, what a job.
So, upon examining the “splicing” the previous deck builder had done on the east side, I discovered something astonishing. The northeast corner of my deck had not been attached to the east side of the deck at all. They had instead cantilevered the deck out [...]
Well, Barry Bonds passed Babe Ruth today, on a pitch from a Colorado Rockies pitcher. But HEY, the Rockies won for the first time in a week, so it’s not all bad.
Some race called the “Indianapolis 500″ seems to have happened while I was working on my deck. Seems like I used to watch that [...]
Oh my, I did not know what I was getting into when I decided to tear up a few boards and replace them after breaking a board in my deck, when was that? Yesterday? Sheesh…
So, I tore up a few boards, realized I had to tear up a few more, pretty soon it was “well [...]
Today I broke a board in my deck. Ouch.
Upon examining the damage, I discovered that I have some serious deck maintenance issues. These are probably the result of my having allowed feet of snowfall to accumulate on the deck and leaving it there for weeks at a time during hte winter.
Now I’ve got several [...]
I thought some more about this, and have some additional thoughts in the original post.
Official: Iraq civilian deaths unjustified – Yahoo! News
If American troops murdered innocent Iraqi civilians, courts-martial not only are needed, but we need to see the most serious punishment available meted out.
This is way beyond anything like Abu Gharaib.
Which came first? The chicken or the egg?
The answer reached by a team of a geneticist, a philosopher and a chicken farmer has settled the question once and for all.
The egg.
Any questions?
Actually the logic is pretty compelling. Since species jumping mutations are theoretically not possible in an adult animal, whatever changes occured which created a [...]
Fusion research is about to get a big boost.
My favorite line?
However, environmental groups have criticised the project, saying there was no guarantee that the billions of euros would result in a commercially viable energy source.
Environmental groups are opposed based on a return on investment analysis? Right. Sure they are. Actually environmental groups are opposed on [...]
I love political debate. It’s so much like kindergarten recess.
For years now I have heard liberals repeatedly say “If Bush would only admit he made a mistake, we’d stop beating him up! His problem is that he’s too arrogant to admit a mistake.”
Of course I have always replied: “Right… as soon as he says “oops” [...]
Good news.
In the current conservative hysteria over Bush’s many failings as a conservative, we tend to forget that he has been doing a pretty fair job with his judges, which was the main reason I voted for him. So good news heading into the holiday.
From the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
It is hard to describe how beautiful globular clusters are through a telescope. This, of course, is a photo taken with much higher resolution than any of my telescopes can manage, but the effect is similar. I will never forget my first view of the Hercules Globular Cluster.
This is [...]
Today I watched another herd of deer roaming across my property. I watched them scatter the squirrels, magpies and ravens as they moved through the trees. The squirrels particularly seemed unhappy with the deer wandering through. Watching squirrels leap from tree to tree and dash back down to the ground again makes me think that [...]
Is music more enjoyable because of its mathematical precision and repetitive themes, or is it more enjoyable because of breaking the rules of precision and repetition?
Or is it a combination of both, and if so in what proportion?
DRUDGE REPORT FLASH: Hastert Responds
Drudge has the text of the letter Hastert’s attorney sent to ABC News.
Hopefully they will actually follow up and the legal action threatened won’t be a hollow threat.
Libel is very hard to prove though…
F.B.I. Raid Divides G.O.P. Lawmakers and White House – New York Times
OK, let me get this straight. Congress passed laws and has repeatedly strengthened them in the “war on drugs” that have essentially given the police power to break into any house they want at any time they want and Congress is screaming because the [...]
CNN.com – Studies: Earth-solar cycle spurs greenhouse gases – May 23, 2006
Oh No!! It’s worse than Al Gore thinks!! The hotter we get, the more greenhouse gases the earth generates, and the more greenhouse gases the earth generates, the hotter we get!!
Current projections indicate that the earth will be nothng but a cinder by Labor [...]
One of my favorites.
Conjunction Junction
Another:
I’m just a bill.
Schoolhouse Rock rocked. Too bad I can’t find any of the other videos, but you can buy them at Amazon.com.
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