Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
For those of you readers who live in or have an interest in Marin, keep on eye on a new blog: Right at the Foot of Mount Tam. It’s brand new — just one introductory post — but, having met the blogger, I also know the great possibilities inherent in
Continue readingIt’s a new vote at the Watcher’s Council today, and these are the submissions: Council Submissions Soccer Dad – Puncturing Peretz’s balloon x 3 The Glittering Eye – The Sleight of Hand Man Rhymes With Right – The Arrogance Of The White Liberal The Colossus of Rhodey – How did
Continue reading…When his defense attorney approves of the fact that that a policeman shot him to death: A man accused of killing his girlfriend was shot to death in a Stockton courtroom Wednesday after he attacked the judge presiding over his murder trial, officials said. David Paradiso, 28, was shot by
Continue readingThe New York Times is very excited to report that Obama takes his new job so seriously, he’s going gray. We’re assured that the appearing and reappearing flecks of gray simply reflect on his different barbers’ cutting styles — an impressive claim to make when the man basically has a
Continue readingYou know how I feel about the Marines. And now Barack knows how the Marines feel about him: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIHz5tevLAw[/youtube] I found the above video at Cheat-Seeking Missiles, where Laer also has a picture that is worth ten thousand words. UPDATE: Blackfive has more, including a reminder about why the troops
Continue readingIn order to practice as a lawyer in California, I am required to pay approximately $500 every year to the State Bar of California. The Bar’s ostensible purpose is to serve as a bulwark between innocent consumers and potentially shady lawyers. It establishes the knowledge standards that attorneys must meet
Continue readingIn one of my email lists, one of the correspondents, who is ex-military, voiced his concern that, if America collapses per Obama’s plan, enlistments and re-enlistments in the military will collapse too. After all, why should a young man or woman enlist if there’s nothing left to fight for. His
Continue readingAnother reminder that Obama’s intelligence, which is real, is neither informed, nor deep, nor thoughtful. It’s the feral, manipulative intelligence of the sociopath. Clearly, in dealing with the Russians, he’s been out-sociopathed. Hat tip: Steve Schippert
Continue readingAlthough it has nothing to do with the weather (which is wild and wet), I find myself a bit under the weather today. I managed to get together enough energy to do the necessary stuff (work, carpooling, feeding the kids), but that’s about it. For the first time ever, I
Continue readingI’m a little behind, but I didn’t forget. Here are the results from the last week of Watchers’ voting. And by the way, the winner in the non-Council category is actually a video, and it counts as MUST SEE TV: Winning Council Submissions First place with 1 2/3 points! –
Continue reading(Composed on my iPhone, so forgive the inevitable typos.) I caught a few minutes of Sean Hannity’s radio show today. In response to a liberal caller who basically claimed that Obama’s economic plans end poverty by fulfilling poor people’s every need, Hannity reminded us all that America is such a
Continue readingI’m rushing off to work, but we had our thirty seconds of climate change here in Marin: Two huge bolts of lightening, house shaking thunder and a minute of pea-sized hail coming down in sheets. Very exciting, and the neighborhood seems to have escaped the hail unscathed. (Back in my
Continue readingFor reasons too complicated to explain, I have more than a passing knowledge about medical informatics — or, in simple terms, the trend to put all patient records in computerized systems. That’s why, at a soccer game, a young woman who is clearly an Obama supporter asked me what I
Continue readingMy son has discovered our old Police CDs. While I still enjoy the melodies on a lot of those songs, I have to admit that the later songs, from the Synchroncity album, don’t sit with me as well as they used to. Frankly, the lyrics I once found deep and
Continue readingRegular commenter Lulu sent me the following email: I am sending you a copy of a packet of sunflower seeds I found in a Russian grocery store [in Los Angeles] last week. Apparently it says, “Shalom from Israel” on one side and “Chew them up and spit them out” on
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