Category: Bits and Pieces

My mom had a mild TIA today.  She’s doing well now, and they’re checking her meds to see if they contributed to the problem.  I’m optimistic that, while she is aged enough to be ever closer to her Maker, today is not going to be the day. The whole experience

Crazy people — really crazy, the ones with serious schizophrenia or other mental illnesses — reflect the times.  (And yes, you’ve heard me say this before.)  In a pre-scientific era, they heard voices from God or the Devil.  In the post-WWII era, the men from Mars spoke to them, and

Michelle Malkin’s family continues its non-stop search for her cousin, Marizela.  As Michelle’s update explains, in addition to a dedicated website, there’s also a Paypal link to help defray mounting expenses.

Please, somebody explain this to me.  I’ve heard it reported that the original problems with the reactors were caused by the power going off when the earthquake hit.  Of all places, wouldn’t one expect a nuclear power plant to have a failsafe emergency backup power generator?  Was there no such backup power or

The two competing news stories — Japan’s nuclear reactor and the unstable narrative in the Middle East — provides the best illustration I’ve ever seen of the fears that move Progressives and conservatives. Progressives fear us:  Westerners.  They fear our technology and our values.  The nuclear reactors, while currently just

Accepting as true the narrative that Ray Davis is indeed a CIA contractor, and was working undercover in Pakistan, one of our most dangerous “friends” in the world, I am very happy to report that Davis is free and heading home.  (I say “accepting as true” because, even assuming Davis

Or just an incredibly sweet and funny video?  You decide.

I just finished reading a Zombie post about Owsley Stanley, the man who popularized LSD.  The post reminded me why I’ve never been interested in drug culture.  Back in 1974, when I was an impressionable young teen, my father, a very old-fashioned German man, went back to school to get

Someone took this video from a point almost directly opposite the Bay from my house.  Had I been looking out the back window, I might have seen the same thing: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMDCLwblkY[/youtube]

Why are so many people who are unwilling to do anything to stop Iran from getting and intentionally using nuclear weapons so freaked out at the possibility of a nuclear accident?

I’ve had a series of random ideas following me around for the past few days, and will just throw them out in a single post.  Considering them food for thought (or bones to chew or bury). *** My husband finally got around to watching HBO’s Reagan documentary.  I missed the

Who is at fault in the NFL labor dispute?  And how will it all end?

I’m having a surprising amount of fun over at my new Facebook page, Conservative Travel.  If you haven’t yet checked it out, take a second to do so.  (And if you like it, please hit that “like” button.) I continue to be receptive to your amazing Americana travel suggestions (places,

Michelle Malkin’s family is still suffering the agony of looking for a lost, beloved child.  If you’re in the Seattle area, keep your eyes open for this vivacious and pretty young woman.

Yesterday I posted about MSNBC talking head Cenk Uygur, who couldn’t accept that black separatists are a terrorism risk.  I’m sure he’d have equal problem acknowledging the risk posed by radical environmentalists. The irony with this latest report is that the environmental wacko sent his threat, using his own email