It doesn’t quite have the ring of Rosie the Riveter, but it’s quite a story nonetheless. Rasputin’s daughter, ending up in Los Angeles—of course, why not? So, did Rasputin himself get a bad press? [NOTE: This post was sparked by … Continue reading →
Most people refer to the problems that have come to the fore in Obama’s second term—the deepening of the Benghazi evidence of wrongdoing on the government’s part, the misuse of the IRS’s power for political reasons, the NSA domestic spying, … Continue reading →
…dog: [Hat tip: CDR M at Ace’s.]
Continue reading →…I find it odd that the three doctor witnesses in the Zimmerman case (the first two for the prosecution, the third for the defense) were named Rao, Bao, and Di Maio.
Continue reading →The other one:
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Continue reading →Saw a link to this at Ace’s: It’s a simple concept, but one that many people could use. The Kitchen Safe measures 6 x 6 x 6.5 in. (15.2 x 15.2 x 16.5 cm), which is large enough to fit … Continue reading →
Who’s this?:
Continue reading →Actually, some do. But the charges filed by federal prosecutors under the Espionage Act against Edward Snowden don’t: Snowden has been charged with three violations: theft of government property and two offenses under the espionage statutes, specifically giving national defense … Continue reading →
[here’s McCarthy recently on how the NSA program and much of the Patriot Act had the intent of ending the firewall http://pjmedia.com/andrewmccarthy/2013/06/12/congressman-sensenbrenner-is-wrong-on-patriot-act-records/ ] Vietnam War ended right after Watergate, no coincidence. Ford was not committed to the war. Congress was … Continue reading →
If true, this is both interesting and frightening: At a research center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, agency scientists and engineers are building super computers capable of running at exaflop speed–that’s one million, trillion operations per second. Very useful in performing … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This a slightly edited version of a previous post of mine.] It’s Father’s Day. A sort of poor stepchild to Mother’s Day, although fathers themselves are hardly that. They are central to a family. Just ask the people who … Continue reading →