Category: Bits and Pieces

America’s tornado victims, that is, are in my prayers.  I cannot even imagine the devastation.  The death toll — almost 297 last I looked — is 297 too high, but I’m actually amazed that it wasn’t higher, given the number of tornados and the havoc they wreaked.

Very well done, very clever. Keynes you Z on the Left, Hayek in the Right.   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

If you’d like to engage in some activism that is thought-provoking without being ugly, violent or destructive, check this one out. Hat tip:  Radio Patriot UPDATE:  Sadie notes that Doug Ross has photos of the sticky note campaign in action.

One of the ways you stay ahead of the game in the blogosphere is by being creative and innovative.  John Hawkins (Right Wing News) and Doug Ross (Director Blue) got together and came up with an idea:  a website that scans tweets by conservatives and, every hour, finds and posts

This is one very together community.  Aside from their humanity, their patriotism, and their cleverness, it’s clear from watching the video that the whole community, not just one race, shares those virtues.

Logical but, right now, ultimately self-destructive.

Very cool — FrontPage Magazine picked up Danny Lemieux’s post about Evan Sayet.  I’m so proud!

Geeks like knowing that Lewis Carroll’s Mad Hatter, in Alice in Wonderland, had true historic roots.  In the Victorian era, hatters used mercury to prepare beaver skins for men’s hats.  They spent their working days inhaling mercury and absorbing it through their skin.  It attacked their nervous systems and left

Frontpagemagazine.com offers two entertaining video interviews, posted by the always-interesting Jamie Glazov, that I highly recommend:   In Part I, Evan Sayet, a rare Hollywood conservative, discusses Bill Maher and the fundamental unhappiness that wallows in the heart of the Left. Like Mark Steyn, Evan Sayet exudes a rare combination of

I was thinking of the Victorian illustrator Kate Greenaway today, and it seemed appropriate to post one of her charming illustrations:

Via Frontpagemagazine.com comes an optimistic post about European organizations springing up to defend Israel, starting with a British group called “Muslims for Israel”. Like fireflies twinkling in the gathering dusk, this is a cheerful sight. May their light guide us through the night and into the bright dawn of a

Mr. Bookworm, after watching a pro-gun control documentary yesterday, told me that the Tea Party’s entire secret subtext is racism and fascism.  I sent him this video.  I don’t know if he’ll watch it, but I did read this article about Flint, Michigan, which he claims shows how the 2nd