I guess…
…they couldn’t take the heat. [Hat tip: Instapundit.]
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“Talks” break down
Here’s where it stands at the moment: There is no agreement, Boehner said in a room in the Capitol Saturday, and there are no negotiations between House Republicans and the White House, since Obama rejected the speaker’s effort to lift … Continue reading →
The public is dissatisfied with Washington
The public’s mad at Obama, Democrats, and Republicans–really, at just about everybody in Washington. They hate Republicans the most, but they’re not happy with anybody: The AP-GfK poll finds few people approve of the way the president is handling most … Continue reading →
Spam email of the day
Poor Yahoo. It seems to be having some major difficulties with spelling today. And oddly enough, it also forgot my Yahoo username and addresses me generically: Dear User We noticed your Account was Accessed from an unusual Location, And we … Continue reading →
Don’t mess with WWII vets
They may be old, but there’s life (and fight) in them yet.
Continue reading →I already liked Scott Walker…
…and now I like him even more for this.
Continue reading →Okay, I confess I’m stumped
So what is it? A whatchamacallit. A whosawhatsis. Actually, it’s a dodecahedron, and there are tons of them over much of ancient Europe. But to what purpose? No one has a clue, but to me they look a bit like … Continue reading →
Barbarism in the Nairobi mall
I suggest you think long and hard before clicking on this link about the extreme barbarism with which the terrorists at the Nairobi mall treated their victims, because it contains some of the most disturbing information you will ever read. … Continue reading →
Sloooooow.
Is the Nairobi mall standoff over?
I hope so. Kenyan President Kenyatta says so: Kenya’s president said on Tuesday that his forces had “defeated” Islamists from Somalia’s al Shabaab, had shot five of them dead and detained 11 others suspected of killing 67 people after storming … Continue reading →
Poets of the right
British poet Philip Larkin (1922-1985) was a complicated man, like many poets. But unlike most of them these days, he was politically of the right, at least in some respects. Larkin wrote in forms, which is inherently conservative. But his … Continue reading →
Wave clouds
Something lovely to contemplate over the weekend. They’re called Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds: When two different layers of air are moving at different speeds in the atmosphere, a wave structure will often form. The upper layers of air are moving at higher … Continue reading →