The voice of experience
In Pravda: “Americans never give up your guns.” [ADDENDUM: See this and then this for some strange synchronicity.]
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Yes, he can: executive orders on guns?
Ace points out the same thing that commenter “carl in atlanta” alluded to a moment ago—that this administration has declared some interesting intentions on gun control: “The president is going to act,” said Biden, giving some comments to the press … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
Different strokes for different spambots: I personally found this specific posting , “Anti-Semitic drawings and the San Francisco anti-circumcision campaign”, quite pleasurable.
Continue reading →Same old topics, same old story
You may notice that I’ve been writing a somewhat higher proportion of my posts on topics that are not all that political. There’s a reason for that. Every morning I go to certain sites to read the stories of the … Continue reading →
From Luby’s to the legislature
I didn’t know this woman’s sad but impressive story before, but I came across it the other day. Here’s a video: The title of this post is the title of Hupp’s book, which I have not read. The Luby’s shooter, … Continue reading →
More from the obesity police
Dr. Natalie Muth, author and expert in childhood obesity, has some advice for parents who want to avoid starting their kids along the road to overweight: [She says that] a common parental practice that could lead to childhood weight gain … Continue reading →
Obama’s right: we don’t have a spending problem
Got your attention, didn’t I? It’s not that I agree with Obama when he said to John Boehner that the US doesn’t have a spending problem. But it’s all in how you look at it. If you believe certain things, … Continue reading →
Richard Burton on his father and coal mining
Speaking of Burton (and we were), here’s Burton speaking. I defy you to not find this story fascinating (the part I’m talking about begins where I’ve cued the tape up, at 12:29, and ends around 16:15):
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…Hagel’s best friends are Jews. The Sun doesn’t care. Neither do I. The Sun’s editorial staff writes: His private views are not what we care about. What we care about is the policy line to which Mr. Hagel would hew … Continue reading →
The public and the fiscal cliff negotiations
Who does America blame (actually, disapprove of) in the recent fiscal cliff negotiations? Boehner, of course—but not by so very much, and certainly not by as big a margin as I expected: Fifty-one percent disapproved of Boehner’s efforts in budget … Continue reading →
Of course, this is the easy part of what a conductor does
But still, the kid’s impressive, if only as a music expressor:
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…—and it appears by all accounts that he plans to do so—it will be another example of (as I wrote in a similar context for Obama’s nomination of John Kerry for State) Obama’s “keen sense of humor…for what better way … Continue reading →