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Man-made disaster

(Via Geek with a .45) I’m not impressed with either man named Roosevelt who has been President of these United States (although I’ll admit to…

June 21, 2010February 15, 2021
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Thanks, Dad

For all the things you did for me, even when I was too damn stupid to realize what it must have cost you. For spending…

June 20, 2010February 13, 2021
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Interesting map

(Via Survival Blog) Circulating around the Intertubz (I saw it on SurvialBlog first, followed in rapid succession on 2 email lists and Facebook, for Pete’s…

June 20, 2010February 15, 2021
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So what do you people want him to do?

Open a vein? BP chief executive Tony Hayward took a day off Saturday to see his 52-foot yacht “Bob” compete in a glitzy race off…

June 20, 2010February 13, 2021
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It’s that “laser-like focus on jobs” thing in action

(Via the Drudge Report) Some days, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel… President Obama went to the groundbreaking of a road project in Columbus,…

June 18, 2010February 15, 2021
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Because it would reduce the pool of likely Democrat voters if they didn’t

The Obama administration plans to file suit challenging Arizona’s immigration law, officials told Fox News on Friday. The confirmation comes after Secretary of State Hillary…

June 18, 2010February 15, 2021
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Remember $4-a-gallon gas?

If Obama and his gang have anything to do with it, you’re going to remembering it nostalgically. President Obama has a solution to the Gulf…

June 18, 2010February 13, 2021
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What a wuss

A Republican U.S. representative reversed himself after apologizing to BP CEO Tony Hayward earlier Thursday by saying BP was victim of a White House “shakedown,”…

June 18, 2010February 13, 2021
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Problem solved

A death row inmate who had used a gun to fatally shoot two men suffered the same fate Friday morning as he was executed by…

June 18, 2010February 13, 2021
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Here’s a headline guaranteed to get clicks

(Via the Drudge Report) Southwest Finds Shipment of Heads on a Plane No matter how you look at it, you just can’t help yourself.

June 17, 2010February 15, 2021
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I know what it means

(Via Say Uncle) My Ancestors Were Horse Thieves gives away the gun bloggers’ secret code. Great–now everyone will know what we’re talking about.

June 16, 2010February 15, 2021
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Judge for yourself

(Via the Drudge Report) The Intertubz is buzzing with the “ZOMG!!! Hit punched her in the face!” story of a Seattle cop who punched a…

June 16, 2010February 15, 2021
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Flake of the day

Republican Congressional candidate William “Bill” Randall is suggesting that the Obama Administration and BP conspired to intentionally spill oil in the Gulf, resulting in 11…

June 16, 2010February 15, 2021
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But…but…but…

Sent to me by one of my Internet spies… I really hate to link to CNN, but when it’s a guy handing the talking head…

June 16, 2010February 15, 2021
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Making BP pay

Never one to let a crisis go to waste, The Big O and is O-bots would appear to be plotting how to extract every last…

June 16, 2010February 15, 2021
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“Yes I Can”

The smartest guy in the room is apparently getting smarter. Just because the first two months of his administration’s response to the Deepwater Horizon drilling…

June 15, 2010February 15, 2021
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Goodbye, Major

I’ve just been informed that my next door neighbor, a gentleman of 91, has passed away. He was a heck of a man. Like my…

June 15, 2010February 15, 2021
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Refresher course

Pretty much anyone with a survival mindset has been exposed to the concept of “situational awareness”. It has to do with the ever-changing balance you…

June 13, 2010February 13, 2021
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Blow it all off

(Via Wired) Girlfriend bailed on you? Stuck with a house you hate? Life Sucks? Buy a Lamborghini and hit the road.

June 11, 2010February 15, 2021
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ZOMG!!! IT’s the end of everything we know!!!

Well, it is if you’ve been ensconced in the ivory tower of academia and haven’t read the news for, oh, the last 3 years. But…

June 11, 2010February 13, 2021
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Dictators agree

Control the flow of information and everything else becomes easy. A new U.S. Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control…

June 11, 2010February 15, 2021
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Misrepresented?

Sounds to me more like someone lied. The seven experts who advised President Obama on how to deal with offshore drilling safety after the Deepwater…

June 11, 2010February 15, 2021
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Modern investing advice

Bond markets could get very nasty over the coming months, while stock investors could take a few months off and stop attempting to trade volatile…

June 7, 2010February 15, 2021
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Something a little different this D-Day

(Via the Drudge Report) It’s no secret that the boys of Pointe du Hoc, like the rest of our WWII veterans, are leaving us at…

June 6, 2010February 13, 2021
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Time for a neurological workup, perhaps?

(Via the Drudge Report) Or, a simpler explanation would be that the old wind bag has been catered to and told how wonderful she was…

June 6, 2010February 13, 2021
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We can fix this

The Red & Black Cafe is no place for a man in blue. Police Officer James Crooker was asked to leave the vegan coffee shop…

June 5, 2010February 13, 2021
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If you love college basketball

Then you know the name John Wooden, the legendary coach of UCLA during their glory days in the 60s and 70s. RIP, Coach. The game…

June 5, 2010February 15, 2021
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Obama has competition for the “Smartest Guy in the Room” award

Because being a movie director, finding the Titanic and going way deep in submarines makes you a deep water petroleum engineer, too. Or maybe he…

June 4, 2010February 13, 2021
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Chicago politics at its finest

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Thursday defended White House attempts to influence Democratic candidates to drop their campaigns — even using the prospect…

June 4, 2010February 15, 2021
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Feel good

(Via the munchkin wrangler) Yes, I’m noted for noting the bad and the ugly, but it’s time to note the good as well.

June 2, 2010February 15, 2021

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