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Despite the fact that it is a voluntary organization, that the costs to the school system are minimal, and that the kids who join it do well in school and are exemplary citizens, San Francisco’s hostility to the JROTC knows no bounds, and the school system has done its best to destroy the organization.  One [...]

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I’m late, but I haven’t forgotten:  Weekly Watcher’s results came in last Friday and, as always, they were good: Council Submissions Rhymes With Right – Republican Rejection Of Hyperbole Called Racist In Georgia Joshuapundit – AIG – Obama And the Democrats Unconstitutional Shadow Show The Razor – Congressman Lives in MD – Represents California The [...]

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Since I went to law school in the Southwest, I spent many, many hours flying Southwest Airlines.  I hated the cattle car approach (which I think they’ve done away with), but always appreciated the flight attendants.  This guy is no exception: Hat tip:  Soccer Dad

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I was watching Monty Python’s Life of Brian the other day (an impulse buy Mr. Bookworm made at Costco), and was much struck by the scene below, in which one of the characters announces that he wants to be a woman.  Somehow it seems very apropos nowadays, given the bizarre extremes of gender politics (especially [...]

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God?  A pregnant body doing a little extra repair work?  Modern medicine?  Random luck?   Who knows.  But, as the Anchoress explains, something miraculous happened.

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I believe this is the same speech Mark Levin broadcast yesterday.  It’s a marvelous speech, that carefully, clearly, factually and wittily spells out the economic and national security issues facing the United States, many of which parallel those we see today.  If you have a half hour, listen to it:

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As a great fan of Walt Disney (not the studio, but the man himself), I’m delighted that the San Francisco Presidio, a short drive for me, will be home to a new Disney museum.  I have no doubt that he was imperfect, but aren’t we all?  And as we get bigger and more famous (I [...]

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What do you bet that, if Lovelle Mixon had died while in prison for the rape he committed against a 12 year old, or had been shot by another gang member (or while robbing a house), or had OD’d on his drug of choice, his funeral turn-out would have numbered in the double digits?  Heck, [...]

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