Year: 2006

(Via Drudge) That today is going to be a day for, well, let’s call it flakiness. Judge Orders Treasury Department to Make Paper Money Recognizable…

(Via Chaos Manor) They Didn’t Attack Switzerland is a “sort of” two part article, and both “parts” are worth reading. In the first part the…

(Via Drudge) There is absolutely no way I’m going to comment on this story. I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last…

(Via Drudge) You just knew the Democrats wouldn’t be able to contain themselves for long, right? The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce…

(Via Capitalist Lion) Our auto recycler is Jeremy Clarkson of the show Top Gear. He also recycles Toyota Priuses (Prii?), which may be the only…

(Via Rivrdog) When you have an old car that no longer runs and you live way out in the country, you simply take the old…

Me and mine would like to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. Try not to overeat, OK?

Once again, the US Mint is going to try a new dollar coin. They hope for better acceptance than in their previous attempts. It won’t…

(Via Drudge) Well, we can now have a new hobby. At random intervals, look up into the sky and raise your middle finger in salute:…

Nancy Pelosi has taken a torpedo and is listing. Here’s hoping she sinks with all on board.

(Via Drudge) I think not. Arizona Sen. John McCain, taking the first step toward a 2008 White House bid, said on Thursday a return to…

Electronic voting: the silent catastrophe If this is correct (heck, even if it is half correct), you have to wonder just how much difference this…

(Some links via Drudge and WorldNet Daily) OK, we all know the Democrats will be taking over the house in January. Since November 2nd, we…

I doubt that those of you who read my blog regularly have missed that point. I just want to ask a small favor of you–find…

We had to bid goodbye to our Ricky kitty this morning. At nearly 17, he had beaten diabetes and was slowly declining from chronic renal…

(Via Worldnet Daily) President Bush on Wednesday said increasing the national minimum wage is likely an issue on which he could cooperate with Democratic leaders…

After watching Jericho (which now seems a bit more plausible), I started nosing around the web to see how things were playing. My mood is…

Democrats didn’t win, as much as Republicans lost. They lost by running away–from the conservatives who voted them in in the first place. They lost…

You should read it. You can read the first 5 chapters now by going here. (Warning–this link won’t be good for this purpose forever. Go…

The Carnival is in full swing at Spank the Donkey. I’ve got to get out more….

(Via Random Nuclear Strikes) Orson Scott Card is voting Republican. Here’s why. I don’t totally agree with him, but it’s well worth the time to…

(From Random Nuclear Strikes) The 10 Commandments of former Sen. Harry P. Cain: You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the…

I was prompted by a thread on Timebomb2000 to check out the fire extinguishers around The Freehold. Much to my surprise and chagrin, I found…

(Via Timebomb 2000.) Or at least on the cause of it. The Physical Evidence of Earth’s Unstoppable 1,500-Year Climate Cycle From the Executive Summary: The…

(Via Drudge) Just in case I haven’t pointed this out recently, no matter what our political beliefs, we need to remember who our real enemy…

Well, if you’ve been under a rock all day, Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging for “crimes against humanity”. OK, I can…

(Via Drudge) University of Pennsylvania president Dr. Amy Gutmann is obviously unclear on the concept “Why suicide bombers are bad.” I say this with more…

The one, and I do mean only, show that I watch on network TV is CBS’ Jericho. For those who don’t indulge, the basic story…

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(Via The Smallest Minority — his post) I’ve made a few posts here about Firefly and Serenity. Firefly was a Fox TV series by Joss…