Month: June 2009

(Via GreatDismal on Twitter) Top stealth-plane experts have re-created a radical, nearly forgotten Nazi aircraft: the Horten 2-29, a retro-futuristic fighter that arrived too late…

Let’s see…we’re still fighting a war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have a proto-revolution in Iran, a kinda-sorta-revolution in Honduras and our economy…

(Via the NRA-ILA) And it didn’t work very well? I can remember having to cough up all kinds of personal information and sign a log…

According to a study published Friday in the prestigious journal Science, boffins at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at San Diego’s University of California have…

It seems that another Sotomayor decision has bitten the dust. It probably won’t derail her appointment, though–more’s the pity.

Based on questionable science, political payback and sheer stupidity, the House has passed legislation meant to “climate change”. We could have a raucous debate on…

Am email I received tonight led to some Googling, which lead to this: David Jr. Meets His commander In Chief For those who do not…

(Via Say Uncle) I’m deeply saddened to report that criminals break laws–even laws that relate to guns. New government research says so. Next up: a…

It’s about time that the wives of foolish, lying politicos started standing up for themselves. I’m tired of seeing politician’s wives stand at a press…

OK, I grew up in North Carolina and I’ve been through Jacksonville plenty of times. I’ve never heard the name of the Marine base there…

I don’t do a lot of tech blogging, even though it’s how I earn my keep. But I want to pass this one on to…

(Via Timebomb 2000) When I was growing up, it was a simple fact of life–I was surrounded by veterans of World War II. If a…

So The Obama “wants” nationalized healthcare (disguised as a government “insurance” plan), and he’s going to steamroller anyone who gets in the way, huh? I…

(Via Timebomb 2000) A high school teacher in Kansas who claimed his contract was not renewed due to his conservative political views has been reinstated.…

It seems that Microsoft is discontinuing several of its software products, including Microsoft Money, which I’ve used since I had to give up my DOS-based…

(Via Hecate’s Crossroad) As gunnies, we all experienced this situation: you wind up in a “discussion” with a hoplophobe, and no matter how politely you…

I have kept silent on a lot of subjects lately, partly because my time for blogging is currently limited, partly because others are handling them…

(Via Conservative Scalawag) We seem to be reporting this with tiresome regularity–another Obama pick with tax issues. But it’s OK; she’s fixed it–also something we’ve…

Or not. The Attack Machine has a great piece, “The guy who kept twitter going for Iran“. Wonder of wonders, “the guy” wasn’t some Obama…

Boxer, the U.S. Senator, Chides Brigadier General for Calling Her ‘Ma’am’ Skin a little thin there, ma’ma? Or just so completely ignorant of military protocol…

(Found in the comments at Roberta X’s place)

In the high stakes game of governments meddling with the economy, Governor Perdue has decided that the NC House is a bunch of pikers, and…

Not to mention that it will help pad the state’s coffers during the current budget difficulties. I have to wonder which benefit was more important…

The NC House’s budget proposal raises taxes $780 million (in the middle of a recession), yet crap like this lives on. If you don’t think…

Too early to tell, but the initial story surely give those of a conservative viewpoint something to think about. Kansas Teacher Claims Conservative Views Led…

It’s amazing how you stumble across things on the Intertubz…. How the science fiction master created the template for our looser, hipper, more pluralist world.…

OK, so the NC House gets some push-back when they propose nearly $1 billion in new taxes rather than taking the heat for balancing the…

The IRS is weighing a proposal to deem one-quarter of employees’ use of work cell phones as personal use and therefore subject to tax as…

Speculation is swirling that the Obama administration may send the former vice president to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American journalists sentenced…