James O’Keefe & Co. have reached the nadir of their fifteen minutes, and from here it is downhill. You can read about his arrest, etc here, here, here, and in this video:
Many are characterizing him as a self-styled James Bond or “Junior G-Man” however I don’t see it that way. James O’Keefe’s long conservative activism [...]
Categories: Crazed Youth, Journalism, Politics |
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Moonrise was early today in Kansas, I took this about an hour ago but it was up already when I looked at 3:30.
Here’s a spot on the highway between Searchlight and Las Vegas last Friday, most of the clouds were over the mountains and we even hit a few gaps and sunny sections on the way to catch my plane. The flight back was a bit of a mess, a take off alarm kept us from flying [...]
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There are some amazing developments in growing internal organs that promise a brighter future for many. As these technologies become standardized they are bound to extend life in the latter two thirds of this century. What if they could “print” a new heart, lung, or kidney for you made from your own cells?
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President Obama decried the new Supreme Court ruling on corporate money in politics stating:
The Supreme Court has given a green light to a new stampede of special-interest money in our politics … It is a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health-insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every [...]
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Twilight highway picture taken as we drove West last week.
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Pat Robertson’s statement on Haiti has very deservedly and roundly been thrashed and slagged by everyone; however I want to look beyond the outrageous statement at what was really going on. He’s using human tragedy to raise money for his ministry. I wonder if even a nickle out of every dollar donated will make it [...]
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This fits with not getting carried away by venting too much, and not acting as if you have a hundred years to live. Most of us do not.
On June 13, 2009, Robert Sapolsky, world renowned professor of neurology, neurological sciences, neurosurgery and biological sciences gave the class day lecture in association with commencement weekend 2009. [...]
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This is what happens where tyrants rule. Not imaginary tyrants like those dreamed up by paranoid tea partiers, but instead real tyrants like those ruling the United Arab Emirates. Warning: Graphic Violence, but not the spattering blood type.
More on this bizarre miscarriage of justice at LGF
Categories: Culture, Freedom, Islam |
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This latest example of what’s possible comes from the Intel display at CES, h/t Engadget
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Where does Sarah Palin come into the picture? Well recently she opted not to speak at CPAC since one of the sponsors is the John Birch Society. Instead she has decided to be the headliner at the Tea Party National Convention in Nashville. Since Nashville is a hotbed of activity for Council of Conservative Citizens, she’s basically jumped from frying pan into fire.
Categories: Immigration, Politics, Sarah Palin |
Tags: council of conservative citizens, minutemen, nashville, nativism, racism, Sarah Palin, tea party, white supremacist | 2 Comments »
Ice Curtains hide an empty nest as the glacier on my roof recedes.
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Eugene makes the same mistake that much of the loony right does: he seems to think that all terror originates with Islamic radicals when all terrorism is not Islamic in origin. Cuba still harbors terror suspects from ETA, FARC, ELN, and up until 2004 they had harbored members of the IRA who were training FARC in use of explosives.
Categories: Iran, Politics |
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If you are religious you will most likely find these quotes offensive, and I used to really care a lot about not offending religious people even though I’ve been atheist all my life
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Candyrat records at Youtube posts a lot of great tunes, and here is their latest from Reign of Kindo:
If you like this you can get RoK’s latest album at Amazon or at Itunes or you can order direct from CandyRat here.
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Russia just doubled the price of Vodka to combat Alcoholism:
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David Frum at FrumForum has a post up that examines who the real culprit might be in the failed terror bombing on Christmas Day. while I agree with David on the points he makes about the breakdowns that allowed the terrorists to fly I must disagree with him on screening for bombs.
Airline terrorism is a [...]
Categories: Al Qaeda, Terrorism |
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