Category: Bits and Pieces

Charles Martel just got back from the San Francisco Tea Party and filed this report: I just returned from the San Francisco tea party about 20 minutes ago. It went far better than I hoped. I’m an old newspaperman, so I learned long ago how to estimate a crowd size

Obama may not care about the tea parties (or even know about them), but a lot of people do care.  Here’s an excellent link with updates about the turnout at tea parties all over the nation. As for me, I’m working hard today to earn money to pay my taxes.

The Onion picked the most extreme act it could think of — cold-blooded, point-blank murder — pretended Obama wa the culprit, and imagined how the press would respond.  As you might expect, the result is hilarious.  Mind you, this is not an attack on Obama.  It is a direct assault

I love dogs, but I’ve found unsavory the media’s obsession with the First Family’s new dog.  I can’t help but suspect that the various media outlets are using the dog story as a way to fill space without actually having to report on real news.  For that reason, I pretty

It’s a teeny story, but I found amusing that a building that once was a funeral home will now be a preschool.  A reminder, one that we sometimes need, that life goes on.

No doubt you’ve heard — especially because it’s spread out on the top of Drudge — that the NHS issued a general warning against the domestic terrorism dangers of “right wing extremists” especially vets.  It didn’t identify any specific group, but just said extremists on the right can be dangerous.

I will blog today.  I promise.  I’ve got good stuff lined up, but just have to get some deadline work done first.

As a fainter myself, this guy has my complete sympathy: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwGFDnIVeU[/youtube] I hope it wasn’t anything serious that caused him to pass out.

Thanks to Ymarsakar for the link to this Blackfive article, which explains that, in all likelihood, Obama contributed little, if nothing, to the rescue scenario.  The SEALS and/or Marines, however, contributed a great deal.

Good news: An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a U.S. Navy operation that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, a senior U.S. intelligence official said. One of the pirates was wounded

Have a very Happy Easter!

The Way We Get By is a movie that is starting a limited (very limited) run in theaters now and will be on PBS (!) at the end of the year.  Even the two minute trailer is uplifting: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvpnxbdWX0w[/youtube] Hat tip:  Don Surber

During this week, a holy one for both Christians and Jews, here’s a story to remind you about true faith, something that provide comfort and strength in the face of even the worst adversity.