Month: June 2012

Disgusted as I am by politics (these days I’m more inclined to write about the birds), you would think I would be more prepared for the type of sleaze I stumbled onto this morning. I guess there is still something in me that causes my usual disgust to rise to the level of genuine outrage.…

We didn’t used to talk like that when I was her age. Well maybe we did but no one (other than fellow geeks) understood us. And back then the important stuff was the speed of our CPUs (50 MHz – WOW) and the number of pixels on our CRT screens. And is it VGA compatible?…

In addition to the Chickadees who are now raising babies a foot away from my back door, a very busy pair of House Wrens has been — for the second year in a row — occupying the birdhouse I attached to the backyard garage. Last year a commenter had the nerve to snark that A-frame…

No one was in the bus. There is speculation that it may have something to do with abortion politics but no one knows anything for a fact. Here is my attitude on the matter of abortion: Any Government strong enough to outlaw abortion will be strong enough to make it mandatory. Which is why I…

Unbelievable as it may seem to people who take their freedom for granted, the bans on sweet drinks are becoming a reality, and the trend is rapidly spreading. WHEREAS: High intake of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages increases the risk of obesity and diabetes; and WHEREAS: New York City has a plan to limit the…

Commenter Neil asks: So the right seems to be rebelling against repression, but two posts later you claim this election is between the communists and the fascists? What gives? Good question Neil. There is the old right – Romney – and the New Right – the TEAs. One is morphing into the other. They are…

The problem of “SWAT-ting” (phony 911 calls to trigger groundless raids on political enemies) is continuing, and bloggers are being warned to contact local law enforcement before writing posts about controversial topics: Akbar and others are urging troops of conservative bloggers to protect themselves by contacting their local law enforcement before they post about a “controversial”…

This one is making the rounds. Over 1 million YouTube views so far. H/T the commenters at The Ulsterman Report

I realize it’s a recurrent question (here and elsewhere) and I have long objected to the ambiguity which results from the invocation of “nature,” but this latest is a real gem: Moral lesson? Nature is whatever Google or anyone invoking  nature wants you to do. And whatever they don’t want you to do is unnatural. I…

Bill Quick of Daily Pundit emphasized a point I made in a recent post. The coming election – no matter who wins – will not be transformative because the choice we are being given is between the communists and the fascists. i.e. one view of how big government should operate and another. I do believe…

Does Congress finally have the goods on Holder and the Gunwalker Project? Multiple, previously highly credible, sources close to the Gunwalker investigation report that there are at least one and perhaps two sources within the Department of Justice headquarters who have approached the Issa Committee seeking whistleblower status. One source, who reported that there were…

Eric was looking at some new water regulations regulating rain water puddles that amount to a taking of private property. Enviros gone mad. I left a comment which I’m turning into a post. The trouble is not just the enviros. We have a whole host of folks who say “I believe in liberty, except for…

Another day, another unconstitutional power grab. Lawmakers are working to block an unprecedented power grab by the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Clean Water Act (CWA) and control land alongside ditches, gullies and other ephemeral spots by claiming the sources are part of navigable waterways. These temporary water sources are often created by rain…

Belief in global warming drives Europe’s economy. Thanks for the warning.

Some extreme humor from the EU Parliament courtesy of a Brit. Another good bit by Clark and Dawes. Straight humor. Or is it? H/T the commenters at Zero Hedge.

The pair of Chickadees who decided to nest in my back porch birdhouse despite my warnings have gotten quite used to humans — and to Coco (which I’m not sure is a wise idea, as she is very jealous, and knows I like them). Here’s a picture I took earlier of the one I think…

Indiana has passed a law (signed by a Republican Governor) that makes it legal to shoot government officials who unlawfully enter people’s homes. This has created a firestorm and the storm is definitely not in favor of government officials. A police apologist is taken to task in the comments here. And here there is more…

Eric was discussing busybodies in the bathroom. Well bathrooms are about to get busier. The above is an example of a mirror that automatically displays an ad when you walk into a public bathroom. (Yeah the Hebrew is interesting – I have no idea what it means). No place is sacred anymore. H/T Kasey Panetta…

Drones have been in the news a lot in the last couple of days. And of course there is Obama’s obsession with drones. But something more sinister may be in play as well. The military continues to grapple with the moral implications of what this administration is pushing them to do, and so as the…