Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Legal approaches to prevent offense to islam

Michelle Malkin has an item today about demands from the Gulf to pass laws forbidding the insulting of Islam. Combined with the recent re-publication of the Danish Mo cartoons, these unacceptable acts of free speech have Muslim “scholars” demanding that … Continue reading

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Eye of Sauron found in space

The Hubble found where Sauron’s hiding. And I found the picture at NASA to bring to you. The news articles weren’t polite enough to link back, but I am.

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It blowed up real good

The U.S. Navy shot down the dying satellite. And they said it couldn’t be done! Pentagon officials said they think a Navy missile scored a direct hit on the fuel tank of an errant spy satellite late Wednesday, eliminating a … Continue reading

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Yiddishe nachas *

Not. And amid all this hype, Winehouse’s representatives said late Friday that she won’t attend tonight’s Grammys in Los Angeles. Although she resolved her visa issues with the U.S. Embassy, she’ll still appear via satellite from London. Winehouse apparently decided … Continue reading

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Super-oops

Wow, the people of south Richmond almost rose up en masse and headed for Comcast HQ with tar and feathers. The cable went out. Internet and TV. About an hour ago. Lucky for Comcast, it was fixed in about 20 … Continue reading

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A monopoly on Yerushalayim

Monopoly – the board game – is looking for a new cities to feature. (The classic game, of course, is based on Atlantic City New Jersey.) If I understand the goal, Hasbro/Parker Brothers is looking for 20 cities to feature … Continue reading

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Stop complaining about the winter weather

Lynn got me to find this site, which has the sunrise and sunsets in Reykjavik, Iceland. Sunrise tomorrow is 11:13 a.m. Sunset is 3:31 p.m. Quitcherbitchin, people. Just think how much it would suck to be in Iceland right now.

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Flag-folding recitation banned – another coup for political correctness

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Oct. 26 (UPI) — A federal agency has banned flag-folding recitations at U.S. veterans cemeteries after a complaint over religious content. The Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise said the recitation, used at thousands of military burials, explains the significance of … Continue reading

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Programmers wanted

If you’re a kick-ass programmer with VB, SQL, Oracle, and database skills, Company in Northern VA is hiring. Email me a summary of your skills and I will pass them along to the boss. It’s a great place to work, … Continue reading

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Good news story of the day

Because we all need this. MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) – A couple won’t mark their 27th anniversary until Thursday, but they’ve already received the perfect gift: the wedding pictures they couldn’t afford when they married as teenagers. Their photographer showed up … Continue reading

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The poisoned fruit of multiculturalism

For at least 20 years there was a debilitating fog of moral relativism in the air, a miasma of guilty self-loathing, to the point when some natives persuaded themselves that although all other cultures were equal, ours alone was less … Continue reading

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Saturday night Stealth

I got this shot at the Langley air show a few years back. Stealth fighters are pretty cool-looking planes.

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People are really stupid

Let’s say you’re the manager of a Wal-Mart, or a Safeway, or a grocery store. Let’s say that you get a phone call saying that you are being watched. The caller says he has a gun. Or a bomb. He … Continue reading

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Michael Vick’s apology

I couldn’t stomach more than a few seconds of it, but it struck me as a CYA apology, and nothing more. News analysts are having a blast talking about how the judge may feel sorry for Vick because he’s losing … Continue reading

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The Michael Vick t-shirt contest

Okay, I’ve figured out what I think I would like to get printed up if I decide to go to the courthouse and tell Michael Vick how much I think he sucks: “Give Michael Vick the same justice he gave … Continue reading

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