Monthly Archives: October 2011

Trains! Zombies!

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Alaska

I‘ve not posted much about one of my other passions, railroads. Model railroading, live steam, railfanning, it’s all good. In fact, I like it all as much as Bub loved his Walkman.* On that note, Brigid has a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Armageddon, Have Gun, Will Travel, Kewel! | 3 Comments

I love petitions, but I think people aren’t quite understanding how they are used

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Oscar Gordon

I got this in my email this morning: When Molly Katchpole found out that Bank of America would charge $5 a month to use a debit card, she was upset — so she started a petition on Change.org. Since then, … Continue reading →

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Scary Thoughts for Scary Times

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Phil Kadath
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From the “Dumb Criminals” file

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Phil Kadath

Silly Fleabaggers. Thinking they can be like the Tea Party. Seattle police arrested a convicted felon who was carrying a rifle in Westlake Park on Monday night, the Seattle Police Department said. When Tea Party supporters carry their rifles to … Continue reading →

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RNS QUote of the Day: 10/19/11

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Phil Kadath

How the fuck do you run up an overdraft of 14.3 trillion dollars. I am by training an astrophysicist and 1013 is getting to be an astronomical sum. Nick M. @ CC in Z Because it’ll be less shocking if … Continue reading →

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Halley’s 5th Concerto

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Alaska

Lots of great discussion and Youtube examples of candidates for the concerto at this link. Some fantastic pieces there, many of which were, I’m ashamed to admit, new to me. Really cool stuff. It was a symphony of triumph. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia and Other Nonsense, Kewel! | 3 Comments

RNS Quote of the Day: 10/18/11

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Phil Kadath

If you think that Barry Goldwater was too soft on Communism, you might be a Libertarian. The Whited Sepulchre Yes, there is a list. Yes, you should check it out.

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Remember

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Phil Kadath

That what starts in the UK has a great tendency to make its way over here. Elderly patients are being condemned to an early death by hospitals making secret use of “do not resuscitate” orders, an investigation has found. The … Continue reading →

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Herman Cain = Fred Thompson

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Alaska

= By which I mean to say, Mitt Romney = John McCain. Get it? I’m not alone in this, of course. As one of the suckers who paid good money into Fred Thompson’s campaign while he was spending fundraisers watching … Continue reading →

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State of Nature

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Alaska

Seems the revealing comments of a non-Western diplomat about the anarchic nature of the international states-system are causing consternation among Western foreign-relations establishment types, liberal internationalists that they are. These folks need to reread their Hedley Bull. As a devotee … Continue reading →

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