Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
In all the media frenzy over Israel’s actions in the past few weeks, one thing that keeps coming up in the news stories, the commentary and the diplomatic mind-games is the repeated accusation that Israel has “disproportionately” responded to the death of several Israeli soldiers and the capture and hostage-holding of two more.
None of these [...]
Went to Jefferson Lake today, which is just at the northern edge of the SouthPark Valley in the middle of Colorado. No I didn’t run into Cartman or any other cartoon characters. We caught about a dozen fish, six of them were pretty nice ones. Five of the nice ones were stocked rainbows, but one [...]
So today was a nice day. My wife, son and I spent much of the day painting the deck. We had purchased a Wagner Power Painter, thinking that would make the job easier, but after a half-hour or so of fighting that contraption, we went back to brushes and rollers. We painted enough to run [...]
The Ant Bully”, reviewed by the Washington Post’s Stephen Hunter.
An absolutely superb excerpt:
“The Ant Bully” represents a ruinous force in the world that might be called, for lack of a better term (although, heh-heh, this is a pretty great term), “promiscuous empathy.” We identify with anything: birds, bees, flowers, trees. We weep for all. We [...]
A massive collection of galaxies and “gas bubbles” has been identified that is considered to be the largest “thing” in the known universe.
And here I thought the largest thing in the known universe was John Kerry’s ego….
Hmm… after looking at the picture, are they certain it isn’t Kerry’s ego?
It hasn’t stopped raining for weeks! We typically get decent weather in the morning until early afternoon, but then the rain, thunder and lightning starts. At least the deck surface is done so we can use it, but I really need to get it painted and put the balusters on. I’m beginning to think it’s [...]
So I’ve noticed that other bloggers do two things that I don’t do much.
They talk in great detail about their personal life, and quite frequently about deeply personal issues. They sometimes rant and rave in a flurry of profanity about some of the most inane things imaginable.
And that seems to be what people like to read.
But [...]
Floyd Landis tests positive for possible drug use in Tour de France.
Not rushing to conclusions here, there is a backup sample to test too, but this is disappointing news.
Howard Dean compares Katherine Harris to Stalin during stop in WPB: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
West Palm Beach — Democrat leader Howard Dean called the Iraqi prime minister an “anti-Semite” during an address before party loyalists on Wednesday, drawing a swift rebuke from Republicans. The Democratic National Committee chairman also called Republican Senate candidate Katherine Harris a [...]
Interstate Abortion Bill Clears Senate
Isn’t this an absolutely chilling sentence?
Most states have passed such laws, but courts have invalidated at least nine of them, advocacy groups say.
Well it should be chilling anyway.
I love mythology. I love pretty much all of it, whether we are talking about the Raven myths of the Tlinget culture of the U.S. Northwest, or the Greek Gods and Goddesses or, perhaps my personal favorite, the dark and ultimately morbid Norse mythology.
Where did mythology come from?
Most people think that it came from people’s [...]
So, a wingnut and a moonbat are buddies and go fishing. The moonbat doesn’t bother to bring a fishing pole, line or bait because he doesn’t believe in ownership of material things. The wingnut brings an extra rod, line and bait in case he loses or breaks something.
When they get to the lake, the moonbat [...]
This is huge news. This would be the first evidence of surface level liquid anywhere but on earth. It implies a cycle that replenishes the liquid similar to the water cycle on earth.
It opens the door to possible life on Titan.
Very, very cool news!
{Satire warning!}
Mysterious power outages from New York City to Los Angeles California have been traced to the explosion in blogging that has infested the Internet like a swarm of yammering locusts.
Tracking power grid spikes of usage, ConEd officials discovered that grid usage peaked after every appearance in the public media of GW Bush or Hillary [...]
From “EjectEjectEject.com“. A nice essay on the often neglected value of civilization and why it matters.
My wife brought home some tree-ripened cherries yesterday and after eating all of them, and craving more, she brought more home tonight.
Who needs candy when you have cherries?
Mmmmmmm……
The Sun Online – News: Prince Harry Havana laugh
The very definition of irony: “Rich spoiled ungrateful royal heir wearing Che Guevera T-Shirt.”
You can’t make this stuff up.
From the Palmbeachpost.com website, referred by the DrudgeReport: Wexler falls into a comedic interviewer’s trap — and he’s not laughing
I don’t watch the Colbert Report, but I don’t watch much TV at all. But if I did, I still wouldn’t watch the Colbert Report. I don’t know what it is, but I find almost all current [...]
Can you figure out the color of your x?
It’s too much to try to duplicate here, so you’ll have to go check out the link.
I think I figured it out (in about a minute or so), but maybe I’m fooling myself.
I will put my answer in the comments section.
No peeking now.
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