October 9, 2016 – 9:33 am
For the first time since, I believe, 2005, there will be no Pinup post. Power went out briefly around 7pm, came on, flickered constantly, snapped off briefly a few times, then guess it went out for good around 130am. Came back briefly around 6am, but, did not stay on. While there’s not a lot of […]
July 28, 2016 – 10:47 am
Democratic party attorney generals wanted to use the power of the government to engage in lawfare and intimidation against those who refuse to believe in anthropogenic climate change. They’ve been receiving a bit of their own medicine, and here comes some more (New Boston Post) Two national public interest groups are suing Rhode Island’s attorney […]
July 26, 2016 – 7:41 am
The Religion of Peace is on the march (UK Daily Mail) An 86-year-old priest has been ‘beheaded’ by two ‘Islamic’ knifemen who cut his throat after bursting into a French church and taking nuns and worshippers hostage before being shot dead by police. Five people including the priest, two nuns and two parishioners were held […]
June 17, 2016 – 10:30 am
Nothing like taking a long fossil fueled trip to complain (ABC News) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday visited Norway’s extreme north, viewing areas where climate change has melted ice and opened new sea lanes. Trailed by staff and journalists in small Zodiac-type inflatable boats, Kerry and Norway’s foreign minister motored in an […]
May 8, 2016 – 6:35 pm
Is this really all about “science” and stopping the earth from burning to a cinder, or something else? (Libertarian Republic)  Conservatives should “call the left’s bluff†on global warming by asking why environmentalists oppose using proven technologies like nuclear power or hydraulic fracturing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, according to an article published Thursday in Forbes. […]
March 12, 2016 – 3:06 pm
An article at the reliably bat guano insane Salon that isn’t quite so bat guano insane Trump’s not Hitler, he’s Mussolini: How GOP anti-intellectualism created a modern fascist movement in America In an interview with Slate, the historian of fascism Robert Paxton warns against describing Donald Trump as fascist because “it’s almost the most powerful […]
February 7, 2016 – 10:19 am
Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. Who’s going to win the Super Bowl? I have the Panthers by 4, 35-31, with the Panthers stifling a late Peyton Manning comeback for the win. This very interesting pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help. What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The […]
December 30, 2015 – 8:20 am
Let me say right off the bat, I’m still not a Trump for president supporter or fan. There are too many leftist leaning issues in his past that I do not trust. Maybe he can convince me. But, I do love the way he almost never backs down, especially when the Social Justice Warriors come […]
April 23, 2015 – 2:47 pm
No, really! Per CNN’s John D. Sutter 2 degrees: The most important number you’ve never heard of In 2013, I did something that’s a little scary for a journalist. I asked you to tell me what to cover. In the two years since, I’ve traveled the world writing about social justice issues that you selected […]
January 20, 2015 – 10:02 am
Yesterday I wrote about civility, which was very much a post about provoking thought. Proof Positive has an excellent post regarding the same, entitled Civility And The Civilized Man.