Author: Simon

You can see a larger version of the poster and read about the controversy with the photographer at the link. Gerard Vanderleun at American Digest gives his take along with more photos of Obama smoking plus a reprise of the original American Digest December 18th article along with the comments from that earlier post. Cross…

I just came across a most interesting www site. Oath Keepers. Here is how they describe themselves. Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, veterans, peace officers, and firefighters who will fulfill the oath we swore to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help us God.…

Eric of Classical Values suggested a read of this article about the opposition to Obama’s Health Care initiative. In the comments I came across this interesting thought by commenter RKV who talks about the current attitude of the Obama opposition. Victory is what we’re after. We’ll decide what standards we uphold, and refuse to give…

Eric did a post on Free Will and mentioned that the Koran was supposed to be the exact words of Mohamed as received by him from Allah. That made me think of a post I did back in 2006 which I think is pertinent. == I have been noodling around the net and have come…

The Market Ticker has a very interesting report. From August 6th. Remember the Dallas Fed’s Fisher saying that “The Fed will not become the handmaiden of Treasury”? He was lying (The Fed already has), and now there is proof. Mad props to both Zerohedge and Chris Martenson for noticing this; I missed the facts buried…

If you like the above cut here is the whole movie on DVD. According to the reviews do not be put off by the title in Russian (the movie was made in Russia), the movie is in English (even the French speak in English). WATERLOO – by Sergei Bondarchuk (Import) And why have I been…

Sarah Palin has a few words about the health care bill now before Congress. The Democrats promise that a government health care system will reduce the cost of health care, but as the economist Thomas Sowell has pointed out, government health care will not reduce the cost; it will simply refuse to pay the cost.…

It seems the Obama health care plan is attracting a LOT of unwanted attention from dissenters. Kenneth Gladney, 38, a conservative activist from St. Louis, said he was attacked by some of those arrested as he handed out yellow flags with “Don’t tread on me” printed on them. He spoke to the Post-Dispatch from the…

Britain may soon have an electricity problem according to The Economist. In the frigid opening days of 2009, Britain’s electricity demand peaked at 59 gigawatts (GW). Just over 45% of that came from power plants fuelled by gas from the North Sea. A further 35% or so came from coal, less than 15% from nuclear…

The guys from the Rockford Tea Party are having a meet up with Illinois Congressman Don Manzullo from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday Aug 8th at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau, 1350 W. Prarie Drive, Sycamore, Illinois and from Noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug, 8 at the Ogle County Farm Bureau, 421 W. Pines,…

It has come to my attention that if you send an e-mail to flag@whitehouse.gov to report unwarranted criticism of President ∅ your IP address will go into a permanent file. Cuffy Meigs at the above link explains what to do: For the record, I’m not completely freaked out by the White House having my IP…

Sixty German Scientists doubt the current “consensus” that human CO2emissions are driving the climate. More than 60 prominent German scientists have publicly declared their dissent from man-made global warming fears in an Open Letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The more than 60 signers of the letter include several United Nations IPCC scientists. Well well…

Rep. Tim Bishop (D) from New York is getting a lot of heat from voters in his district about Global Warming. After a run up starting with the Health Care Bill the Global Warming stuff starts at 3:50 in. A really well informed citizen starts speaking at about 5:00 in. He talks about carbon taxes…

Malay Bansal has an interesting and not too complex article explaining the problems in the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) market. Let me give you the short version. Valuations will fall by about half and the declines (already in the pipeline) will manifest between now and 2015 as the various loans become due or the current…

Pizza Ordering in the very near future. Perhaps you would like to contact some people after seeing this. Here is a list: House of Representatives The Senate The President Cross Posted at Power and Control

Eric F via e-mail alerted me to the fact that Microsoft has made the Feynman lectures on physics freely available. You can watch them here. And as a very helpful adjunct may I suggest the book version: The Feynman Lectures on Physics Cross Posted at Power and Control

I saw Hot Tuna Saturday night at the Rockford Theater courtesy of the first mate. They have added another musician to the line up, Barry Mitterhoff, who plays a wicked mandolin among other instruments. Naturally the Rockford hippie contingent was out in full force. We met a lot of very nice people there and made…

This is how a Cash for Clunkers car is destroyed. Now think of what this will do to the low end used car market. People who depend on these low end vehicles to get around will no longer be able to afford transportation. Socialism at work. Here are a couple of other things I have…

Yes. Marijuana reduces some cancer risks. Specifically head and throat cancer. And who is reporting this study? Some fly by night organization or some pot legalization folks? Heavens no. The National Institute of Health (NIH). I’m going to quote the full extract because it would be hard to excerpt the details without giving the full…

Michelle Malkin has out a new book: Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies Here is an Amazon review: By Peter Ingemi (Worcester County, Massachusetts United States) Michelle Malkin’s new book “Culture of Corruption” is a damning review of a connected Chicago Pol and his connected wife who have…