Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I bought a new gun a few days ago, a Springfield Armory XD Tactical 5″ ,45 ACP. It is the same size as — but an improvement upon — the iconic U.S. Military M1911 that I used to fire in the service and that served as the U.S. Army sidearm
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I’m still having problems getting my site to run, whether back-end stuff that makes it impossible for me to post or front-end stuff that makes it impossible for you to read anything. I’ve once again disabled all plugins, which may help. If that doesn’t work, then the problem is with
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My site has been bedeviling me for weeks now, so I set up a CloudFlare defense against a Denial of Service attack. If you’re reading this, maybe it worked. First, I think the US Freedom Convoy is making a mistake. The Democrats are loving the thought of them coming to
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In no particular order, here are my thoughts about what’s happening in Ukraine — and I am all over the board but mostly against it. I do not believe in the Wilson Doctrine (i.e., that it’s America’s job to make the world safe for democracy). Instead, I believe in the
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This is a mish-mash, hodge-podge, portmanteau of a post, throwing together a whole lot of things. I’m sorry for the prolonged silence here. December is family month which, now that my children are grown, is quite lovely. My daughter and niece, along with their respective boyfriends arrived last week, and
Continue readingAs some of you may have noticed, my blog is loading very, very, very slowly, or not loading at all. It’s even worse at the back end, which isn’t working about 50% of the time. I’m talking to a tech now to try to resolve the problem. If you can
Continue readingSome of you may have noticed that my site is very slow to load. It’s even worse at the back end. I’m in a conversation now with a tech from my server, and he asked me to put up a test post. If you can see this, it means that
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News about a WWI bunker revealed in the Alps and weaponized refugees in Poland led me to thoughts that either mean I’m crazy or the rest of the world is. Two news stories have me racing to you guys for a reality check. The first, courtesy of the WaPo, is
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Tune Shuffle: A fun way for Spotify users to get exposed to new music or to just doodle around listening to random music. A young friend of mine developed a website that allows Spotify users to explore all sorts of music. Most services such as Spotify seek to take what
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A film clip from 2007 shows that at least one Hollywood writer understood basic military strategy and geopolitical realities. This is from 2007’s Lions for Lambs. Tom Cruise is a Republican Senator explaining to a reporter how to get out of Afghanistan. (And you’ll hear the reporter, played by Meryl
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I am not a superstitious person but it’s obvious to me that Venus Cloacina is out to get me. Yesterday marked the third time I returned from a trip to discover water damage in my house, necessitating a call to the plumber. Each time, the damage has been unrelated to
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This post exists for no other reason than for you to see the header image, above. I made it based upon information someone sent me and said I was free to use.
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We’re told that God’s “eye is on the sparrow,” because nothing is too small for him to see. Unfortunately, the same is true for Godless Google. Despite my having blogged for 16 years now, and having the best, smartest, most loyal readers in the blogosphere, the fact is that I
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I was going to put up a post, but I’ve hit a wall. Watch this space, because I’ll definitely have something up during the daytime on Monday. Feel free to treat this as an open thread.
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To rest from politics and riots, I’m reading Agatha Christie’s 1970 Passenger to Frankfurt. It’s a meh novel but is a superb 2020 prophecy. Agatha Christie was born in 1890, Torquay, England, meaning that she came of age in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Nevertheless, thanks to almost five decades
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