Month: June 2012

Earlier while I was shaving in the gym (clothed only in a towel wrapped around my waist), a total stranger suddenly came up right behind me and exclaimed, “I bet you never lived in California!” Taken somewhat aback, I replied, “As a matter of fact, I lived in California for 26 years.” (Actually, that’s a…

Colorado will be voting on a measure to legalize marijuana for recreational use (Amendment 64). A very close supporter of Mitt Romney is involved in the effort to oppose the measure. Two-thirds of the entire the budget for the “No on Amendment 64? committee has been provided by a Florida-based nonprofit called “Save Our Society…

Hemp History Week has just passed so I’m a little late on this. It does shed some light on the Amendment to the Farm Bill that would legalize hemp. To date, thirty-one states have introduced pro-hemp legislation and seventeen have passed legislation, while eight states (Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, Vermont and West…

I may have mentioned it here before but I think it deserves a little fuller exposition. #1 Daughter attended a Ron Paul rally in Champaign, Illinois where she is studying (3rd year) Chemical Engineering. CHAMPAIGN — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said America needs to shrink the size of government and restore individual liberty. “The…

The great Tom Lehrer of course. This is sort of in honor of #2 son currently living in Moscow.

Did you know that America is in the middle of a deadly flashlight epidemic? I didn’t until this morning, when I read about exploding “flashlight bombs” wreaking havoc. The first bomb was spotted by a passerby on May 13 in a suburb just west of Phoenix. It was sitting behind a palm tree in a…

As one of those stubborn people who absolutely hates being told what to do but who lives in a society increasingly in the grip of unreasonable busybodies and nannies who make careers out of telling people what to do, I spend a lot of time griping about the problem. I especially hate having my life…

One of the things I most like about Glenn Reynolds is his knack for linking just the right Amazon sale item at just the right time. I am absolutely delighted with two recent purchases I would otherwise not have seen. One was this absolutely nifty little 64 Gigabyte thumb drive, which of course is not…

Here is a LTE (not yet published) written by a friend of mine. The suicide rate among veterans is an American tragedy. It unconscionable not to use every treatment that may help these young people cope with their physical and mental pain. Drs. D. Mark Anderson, Daniel Rees, and Joseph Sabia conducted a study published…

This is a link I got from DU. And no – I’m not going to give them a link. The main article was about Polywell if you want to search. The Green Energy Bubble Is Bursting Fast Everywhere. This Washington Post headline tells why the enviros are about to get run over: Center of Gravity…

Evidently there was a time when adoption by gay couples was not controversial. During this time, child placement became more than a professional issue for Taft. In 1921, through a social-work contact in New York, she and Robinson adopted a foster child, an eight-year-old boy named Everett, who was still in touch with his father.…

I’ve been driving now for over 40 years, and I have been noticing a relatively new problem. Whether it is generational I am not sure. I live in a college town, but I Have been living in college towns for most of my life. Anyway, the problem is drivers who are driving in the middle…

Supposedly today is a day when bloggers of the correct persuasion are supposed to write only about the intimidation of other bloggers by a certain Brett Kimberlin. So here is my contribution: SWAT Teams. They are not just for dopers anymore. Patrick Frey, one of the bloggers attacked by the appearance of a SWAT team…

Quite inadvertently, I stumbled onto an interesting ancient shape known as the Brunes Star. Here’s what it looks like:   While it might not look like much, it was used as a sort of ancient calculator: Here’s an example of how it was used: Almost like having a calculator or slide rule before these things…

Coco has the right idea. And so does this bee: If I had any sense I’d be doing the same thing right now.

Take the test and find out. I scored a 26. The average was about 16 and if you scored above 32 you may have a mental disorder. Prompted by this post at Talk-Polywell.

Here’s a good one for those who appreciate the national kindergarten approach to policing: Police in Aurora, Colo., searching for suspected bank robbers stopped every car at an intersection, handcuffed all the adults and searched the cars, one of which they believed was carrying the suspect. Police said they had received what they called a…

Here it is nearing 11:30 p.m., and I have to be up and out first thing in the morning, and no time for blogging. (A grueling routine which fortunately will not last forever.) However, at least I have something, for a friend kindly emailed me a link to this video purporting to demonstrate how stupid…

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. – Hunter S. Thompson Well this is going to get real weird. According to the latest Ulsterman report Mr. Obama has a penchant for snuff films. High tech snuff films. Snuff films made by our very own military in drone attacks the President has ordered. Politicians…

A couple of years ago I asked my doctor what he thought about salt. He said I didn’t need to worry about it, as I have never had a blood pressure problem, and it poses little or no risk for me. However, he warned me that there was a lot of medical opposition to salt…