Monthly Archives: June 2013

Sounds like a good idea to me

A lesson for the chilluns and more ice cream for me. This may be part of the reason why it is a good idea for me to not have kids.

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Fascinatingly Pretty

Gorgeous ammo cross-sections by Sabine Pearlman.

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Well Now This is Interesting

Cars from 2005 on can be remotely controlled.– Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Conquest’s Laws of Politics In Action

My reasons for not being active in most interest groups, fan groups, or groups generally are legion, but one of them is one of Robert Conquest’s Laws of Politics: Any organization not explicitly right-wing will over time become left-wing. Conquest, … Continue reading

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Why Presidents Need to Watch Their F@!K&%$ Mouths

Because your words have consequences.

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Allow Me To Retort, Quisling

…political protests should never target a public official’s home or family. It is naked intimidation and has no place in a democracy. –Mark Krikorian, NRO’s The Corner It plays a critical role in resisting a tyranny, though. And has one … Continue reading

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RNS Quote of the Day: Golem Edition

Our Golem: Of course, it cannot be tamed and there will shortly be (or already is) nowhere on the globe to escape it. You must cripple it. To do this you must understand from whence its power flows. Alas, you … Continue reading

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Finally

They’re admitting that you can’t “Have it all”. “The Third Metric: Redefining Success Beyond Money & Power” was the conference presented last week by Mika Brzezinski, host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” and Arianna Huffington, editor in chief of the Huffington … Continue reading

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The Final Stretch

Planetary Resources has an awesome idea up at Kickstarter The ARKYD is a technologically advanced, orbiting space telescope that will be controlled by YOU, the crowd, through your pledges and community involvement! You can even direct your telescope time to … Continue reading

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When you become a proponent of amnesty

You’ll find the rose tinted glasses near the bottom of the bag of free goodies. The Center for American Progress has thrown a bunch of numbers into a bowl and mixed them together to come up with the best looking … Continue reading

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