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I may not be a cook myself, but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the cooking comments that have come through this blog.  In that spirit, Earl sent me an amazing video that purports to show cooks how to peel a whole head of garlic in a few seconds: How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less [...]

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Let me start by saying that I am way too grown-up to say that something “rocks.”  Mine is a more dignified vocabulary.  Nevertheless, saying that the USS Carl Vinson rocks is the right way to start this post, because I want to discuss my visit to the USS Carl Vinson in the context of America’s [...]

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Wouldn’t you like to have lunch with this guy?

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I was thinking about all the kids who are protesting their student loans today, and how so many of them have taken their $200,000+ educations (paid for by taxpayers through the student loan program) and gone into non-profit work, virtually guaranteeing that they will never repay the money.  In other words, these students have appointed [...]

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Two stories at the British Guardian caught my eye.  The first is the Guardian’s announcement that its readers think Private Bradley Manning deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.   You’re not imagining things.  Britain’s Left — at least that portion that answers unscientific online newspaper polls — thinks that the man who stole thousands of classified [...]

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In a previous post, I opined that spoiled kids who don’t want to deal with their student loans are one of the motivating forces behind the Wall Street protests.  Flush with neo-1960s pride, students have been pouring out of classrooms.  That’s not news.  One expects that from the young, Marxist-informed and excitable. What is news [...]

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I hated UC Berkeley.  Loathed it.  Despised it.  Couldn’t shake the dust off my feet fast enough after I graduated.  But graduate I did, and pretty well too, if my Phi Beta Kappa key has anything to say about it.  Knowing my feelings about UCB, my daughter asked a good question:  “Why didn’t you transfer [...]

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We know two pivotal facts about Operation Fast & Furious, aka the Gunwalker scandal: The U.S. Justice Department arranged for thousands of American weapons to cross our Southern border, knowingly placed them in Mexican criminal hands, and sat back and watched while hundreds of Mexicans and some Americans (including border patrol officers) were then killed [...]

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When this song came out, in 1982, I loved it because I loved Madness, ska and the generally bonhomie of this song.  Listening to it on the radio this morning, I added one more reason:  aside from the brother who’s “got a date to keep” (my little guy is too young to date) and the [...]

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Steve Jobs has died.  He was a true visionary, with that vision tightly tied to hands-on reality.  R.I.P., Steve.

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In honor of Fleet Week (which starts Saturday in San Francisco), I have three Navy/Marine related stories to relate and I want to promote a few of my favorite Navy related blogs. Story 1: My daughter has started a new school and is making new friends.  The other day, I met the Mom of one [...]

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Never heard of them before, but I am impressed.  Here’s how to do it: And here are some of the things you can do: Hat tip:  Charlie Martin  

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My brain is so jumbled (more so than usual), that I haven’t reached the point of coherence that enables me to write things down.  I bet you guys can do better.  Open Thread away!

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I got an email from John Hawkins at Right Wing News (where I sometimes post things I think are worthy), and thought I’d pass it on to you directly: If you’re a fan of Ann Coulter, you will absolutely LOVE this list. It’s ultimate list of Ann Coulter quotes. The 50 Best Ann Coulter Quotes [...]

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A few years ago, those in the know were telling us in no uncertain terms that the EU model was the future — and that America had better get used to playing second fiddle to the economic giant that a united Europe presented.  I found it hard to imagine that Europe would ever be able [...]

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I hate the music, but everything else about this video is compelling: By the way, on the subject of Barack Obama’s number problems, this moment of stupidity — a moment that would have been front page news if it came from Dubya — may explain a lot. Hat tip:  Ace of Spades HQ

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During the gay marriage debate, I mentioned to a lawyer friend of mine that gay marriage would inevitably set up a church versus state conflict if a church refused to marry a gay couple — especially the Catholic Church, which counts marriage amongst its sacraments.  My lawyer friend came back with what he thought was [...]

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Do you remember Johnny Carson’s droll “I did not know that”?  I do.  And that’s precisely what popped into my head when JKB sent me a link to a post discussing the fact that 161 years ago, the U.S. Navy outlawed flogging.  It’s a wonderful little story, especially because it combines three things I find [...]

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Don Quixote asked me at lunch today what I thought of the Wall Street Protests.  In one way, I think they’re utterly stupid.  After all, how seriously can you take people who storm Wall Street with this particular list of demands? Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by [...]

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I’ve been remiss.  It’s been several days since the Watcher’s Council voted, and since our devoted Watcher counted those votes, and then published them.  Here are the results you’ve been waiting for: Council Winners *First place with 4 votes! Joshuapundit–-Can Israel Survive? Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Bookworm Room-Elizabeth Warren– mob boss [...]

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Sadie wrote to tell me that, in the 8-9 years she’s been with Yahoo, she’s never received any email directly from Yahoo other than an email failure notification.  Today was different: Was this Yahoo marketing Yahoo, to those who already use it; or Yahoo marketing Obama, to those who are not yet sold?

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I figured it out. First, the whole “patriotic millionaires” thing.  These are the millionaires who are demanding that they get taxed at a higher rate: Los Altos resident Doug Edwards asked President Obama something that many Americans would consider unthinkable: “Would you please raise my taxes?” Edwards, 53, can afford it. Retired after being amply [...]

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Ed Morrissey discusses Roseanne Barr’s demand for the guillotine, and ends with just about the best statement I’ve ever seen about the difference between conservative and so-called liberal protests: Just remember that when conservatives organize into grassroots movements, it’s almost always about protecting their own property and individual liberty.  When leftists decide to start grassroots [...]

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Can you imagine a lawsuit such as this one taking place anywhere other than Marin County: Two institutes that promote human consciousness research and collective cultural transformation are headed to Marin Superior Court for collaborative conflict resolution. The Institute of Imaginal Studies, a Petaluma-based organization that does business as Meridian University, has filed a breach [...]

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Willie Brown, who used to “own” the California Assembly and was then San Francisco’s mayor, has weighed the Tea Party and found it racist: I truly found myself in the minority of minorities last week. I was a black man defending President Obama on national TV. It appears that there are only two black cats [...]

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