Category Archives: Armageddon

Next Up: US Census SWAT teams

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Alaska

More details on the Federal Student-Loan SWAT assault team in Stockton: In Stockton, California, Kenneth Wright was at home with his three young children ages 3, 7, and 11 when a SWAT team burst into his home at 6 a.m., … Continue reading →

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Hell On Earth

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Alaska

Oh, lovely, it appears that the mysterious Clovis extinction event just twelve thousand years back was caused by intense radiation from a gigantic solar flare. A few hours’ warning, that’s all we’d get. Inconstant Moon, indeed. (If you don’t get … Continue reading →

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Political Ennui, Turning Inward, ?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Alaska

Eric at Classical Values has a confession to make: I’m feeling so burned out by politics that I am genuinely worried. … I cannot remember a time in my life that I was so burned out and literally drained during … Continue reading →

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The Federal Reserve Has Piggy Banks — in, um, Reserve?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Alaska

I had to go into San Francisco today and upon exiting BART at Embarcadero I spotted this collection of piggy banks in the SF Fed’s display window. (Sorry ’bout the reflections on the glass.) Snarky commentary left as an exercise … Continue reading →

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Better late than never

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Phil Kadath

Thanks to a chance conversation I had with an acquaintence, which I then mentioned to The Wife, and a Science Channel program she watched one night when the insomnia kicked up, she has handed me the opportunity to make Firebase … Continue reading →

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Spooky Inflation

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Alaska

I don’t watch much TV. I happened to have CNBC on just now to check the commodities and stock tickers, and found myself watching an ad for SunSetter Retractable Awnings. (You know, the one carefully targeted to retiring baby-boomers’ images … Continue reading →

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Y’all Enjoy Your Bread and Circuses

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Alaska

…I’ll be making Five-Minute Coffee-Cup Chocolate Cake. And eating it, too! h/t Roberta X, who is not responsible for the mixed metaphors here.

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Shadow Nation and Empires

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Alaska

From the comments to this post: Don Rodrigo: it’s looking more and more like us originalist Americans will have to find a way to form a viable shadow nation as have the illegal immigrants. If they can defy the real … Continue reading →

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Ah, the Birdies of Spring! Tasty….

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Alaska

In our back yard this fine evening, I saw the little birdies playing and basking in the sun, merrily singing and eating the seed my wife set out for them, and my thoughts ever-so briefly turned to… Recipes for a … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 22, 2011 by Alaska

Rumor from ZeroHedge, but those bond traders are a pretty savvy bunch. Next few days might be Interesting with a capital “I”….

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