tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97992372011-10-15T22:16:53.432-04:00...peeing on the third rail. Since 2004.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-46859338196725600242011-10-15T22:13:00.003-04:002011-10-15T22:16:53.455-04:00

Why Facebook sucks:Quote from Reddit comment: "...facebook is a pointless circlejerk."

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09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0That is all.

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"We're from the government--We're here to help."From MPP.org and a better-written version at alternet.org:The charges followed a Nov. 21 "no-knock" drug raid on the home of Kathryn Johnston, 92. An informant [Who later admitted that he lied about this to get the police to leave him alone. --jml] had described buying drugs from a dealer there, police said. When the officers burst in without

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-76167013295004648602007-04-20T21:42:00.000-04:002007-04-20T21:47:30.867-04:00

Government screws up again.From The Spectator.co.uk:Between March and July 2003, he says, he was taken to four sites in southern Iraq — two within Nasariyah, one 20 miles south and one near Basra — which, he was told by numerous Iraqi sources, contained biological and chemical weapons, material for a nuclear programme and UN-proscribed missiles. He was, he says, in no doubt whatever that this was

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-37681177555829890712007-03-08T22:18:00.000-05:002007-03-08T22:21:23.250-05:00

Why are health care costs so high?From 704 Houser Street:Last fall my doctor got a call [from] Medicare, who told him to raise his rates, “or else”. So he did, effective Jan 1 the basic visit went up $10. The result? Not good enough. Medicare called again. Rates needed to be [within] such and such a percentage of other doctors in the region. Then they told him to the penny what that rate had to

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-83081164557672268802007-01-28T14:47:00.000-05:002007-01-28T14:48:47.807-05:00

Attracting Women: A TutorialFrom Vox Popoli:I could eat the president of NOW's heart live on Fox News, announce the founding of the John Adams Anti-Suffragism Society, then declare my intention of raping every teenage girl in the country, and three months later I'd be sitting in my jail cell perusing dozens of marriage proposals from lovestruck women.Only men who don't know anything about women

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-59358442296600778902007-01-01T15:23:00.000-05:002007-01-01T15:39:00.165-05:00

Why to never send your children to any kind of schoolFrom the text of the book, Train Up a Child, by Michael and Debi Pearl:CHAPTER 19Homeschool Makes No FoolsTHE SYSTEMOne judge in Nebraska said that the public educational system is preparing the children of America for the year 2000 when we will all merge into the new world order. He went on to say that the children of Christian homeschool

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-50271138613888122122006-12-01T23:04:00.000-05:002006-12-01T23:08:07.987-05:00

Opinions wantedThe wife and I take our new daughter in for her 2-month checkup this coming week. As you may know, this is normally the time when the first immunizations are done.I'm quite leery of vaccinations in general (effectiveness/harm vs. good), and was wondering if there were any of you folks out there who had opinions on this, specifically those who may have avoided vaccinations

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1162959738148697472006-11-07T23:19:00.000-05:002006-11-07T23:22:18.166-05:00

Nate's explanationFrom The Pan Galactic Blogger Blaster, is the best reason I've heard to NOT vote:...Because next year... when this slimeball or that is in office, busily sodomizing you, then you truely and rightly can complain. Ya know why?Because you didn't vote for him.You want the best reason for not voting today? Here it is. You shouldn't vote today because the guy you pick might win. Who

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1161774782569060412006-10-25T07:11:00.000-04:002006-10-25T07:13:02.583-04:00

Wow...From Bill St. Clair's blog:"When you let people do whatever they want, you get Woodstock. When you let governments do whatever they want, you get Auschwitz." -- Doug NewmanWow, is that ever spot on...

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Thanks for the prayersOur daughter's biliruben (sp?) levels have come down, so we can take her off the bili blanket for tonight. Have to go for another test tomorrow AM, just to make sure. We ecstatic that she's getting better, and praying for another good report tomorrow.EDIT: Biliruben levels came down again without the blanket. God is good!MORE PRAYER: Some friends of ours have a slightly

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1160786494194649302006-10-13T20:38:00.000-04:002006-10-13T20:41:34.206-04:00

Double standards galore!From Wolfesblog, Silver notes some disparaties:PATRICIA DUNN AND SOME UNSAVORY MEN OBTAINED A FEW DOZEN PHONE CALL RECORDS. Whether or not "pretexting" is illegal isn't very clear, although it is certainly unethical. As a result, Ms. Dunn and others have been charged with crimes, forced to appear before Congress, and are the subject of investigations by the FBI, and the

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1160436413301694722006-10-09T19:24:00.000-04:002006-10-09T19:26:53.330-04:00

50 states in 50 daysFrom Hitch50.com:Our names are Scotty and Fiddy and we're hitchhiking to all 50 state capitals in 50 consecutive days or less. If you want to offer a ride, give us a shout at 310-494-8058 or hitch50@gmail.com. Our current location is on the above map. If the dot is moving, that means we're on the move. If the dot isn't moving, then this is probably what's going on right now.It

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1160419024785602982006-10-09T14:35:00.000-04:002006-10-09T19:46:21.403-04:00

...for prayerMy daughter has jaundice. We're waiting for test results to see the severity--whether she has to be hospitalized for light treatment or not.We could use some prayers, if anyone sees this. Thanks.EDIT: Don't have to go to the hospital! Health care supplier brought out a 4" wide plastic strip that hooks up via a 1-1/4" hose to a small machine. When turned on, the strip has several

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From BaneRants™:10. SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES………. THEY ARE NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING, BUT….. THEY STILL BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN YOU PUSH THEM DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.(Overuse of caps in the original...)

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1160049581114233752006-10-05T07:58:00.000-04:002006-10-07T17:32:06.896-04:00

I got's me a daughter! 7lbs, 10oz, 19.5". Cute as a button (of course).Brought her home yesterday; funny how it changes you. I'm sitting here with a baby monitor--if she sneezes funny, I'm in her room checking to see if she's being attacked by a walrus or something. No potential tragedy is too far-fetched that I don't want to protect her from it somehow.I can't believe I'm blogging about a

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1159102464585095062006-09-24T08:49:00.000-04:002006-09-24T08:54:24.600-04:00

By order of Big BrotherFrom World Net Daily:WASHINGTON – Even though student molestations seem to be reaching epidemic proportions in schools across America, the House of Representatives has approved a tough new anti-drug and anti-weapon law that would require local districts to develop search policies – including strip searches – with immunity against prosecution for teachers and staff.Should

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Yes, Master. Shall I re-pave the road, as well?From our local paper, Public Opinion:People living in Chambersburg will clear their sidewalks of snow this winter, or borough workers will give them a ticket, have it done for them and send a bill.Chambersburg Borough Council plans to pass a new policy next week outlining how snow removal issues will be handled this winter and revise its ordinance

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1157296330537480012006-09-03T11:09:00.000-04:002006-09-03T11:12:10.550-04:00

I wish I could do this...(Found on Res Ipsa's 704 Houser Street)

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These are funny!From OverheardinNewYork.com:Conductor: Everybody out. This is the last stop on the Manhattan bound L train. You must use the Brooklyn bound L train and connect to the G to the A or C trains for service to Manhattan. [The train empties] Hahaha. Just kidding! Everybody back on. This train is going to Manhattan.--Manhattan bound L trainBunch of pretty funny stuff that, as the site

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Pricing love--the icky kindFrom Vox Day on World Net Daily:One reason that career women are so shocked to hear of their lack of desirability to men is that their comparatively high incomes mean that they are bringing something to the marriage table, in effect a form of modern dowry. But they tend to forget that in addition to their salaries one must assess their sexual values, which can be

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Prosecuting MurderersI couldn't say it much better than Kim does: The problems of (a) criminals claiming to be SWAT or Police, and raiding homes, and (b) SWAT/Police raiding the wrong house and killing innocent people.Because let me tell you all this: I’m also sick of reading about cops raiding the wrong address, and slapping around the wrong people.Law enforcement cannot have it both ways: they

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1155610098640210642006-08-14T22:41:00.000-04:002006-08-14T22:48:18.730-04:00

Real or Hype? I'm going with hype.From Claire Wolfe's blog:LIQUID BOMBS ASSEMBLED ON AIRPLANES ARE OLD NEWS.They haven’t had much success. One went off over 12 years ago, on Philippine Airlines Flight 434. It killed an innocent businessman on his way home, and blew a hole through the cabin floor of the airplane, but did not cause the jet to crash. The alleged bomb maker was Ramzi Yousef, who was

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1155528279221970862006-08-13T23:22:00.000-04:002006-08-14T00:06:48.216-04:00

Screening out stupid peopleWow, two posts in one day.As mentioned in the post below, the wifey and I, and the in-laws went camping at a local state park this past weekend. Everyone went to bed around 10pm. I slept outside, on the ground, as I don't like tents--ruins the fun of being in the outdoors. 'Round 2am, I awoke. Took me a couple of seconds, but I realized that someone had opened a 55-

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Critiquing Others' ParentingWent camping at a local state park, with the in-laws: The wife's sister, her husband, their four kids (all aged 8 and below) and her parents. Had a good time, generally, though the kids are a bit, shall we say, "pert", at times. I love 'em tons, and pick on them incessantly, and it's a good time. What gets me, though, is the willingness of their parents to allow

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Progressive... [Chortle]From London's Daily Mail, Nirpal Dhaliwa writes of the hierarchy of men and women in marriage, and the folly of feminism:Women thought the last victory of equality was to make men more 'sensitive'. The bitter irony, says this male writer in a piece that will infuriate the opposite sex (including his wife Liz Jones), is women don't like wimps after all......Deep down, women

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1154349395046850342006-07-31T08:18:00.000-04:002006-07-31T08:36:35.100-04:00

Only one way to stop the birthdays from coming...and we're out of drain cleaner.I turned thirty the other day.I state this as fact. I'm not real proud of it (it's not due to any of my own accomplishments), but there it is. I guess I have to grow up, some, now. No, I won't stop enjoying fiery homemade explosions or bitter sarcasm or making "Yo' Mama" jokes with my white, moderately redneck

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1153626211579591222006-07-22T23:23:00.000-04:002006-07-22T23:43:31.606-04:00

Two half-wits do NOT make a whole.From SEOmoz.org: "Oatmeal" (I'm going to make a leap of assumption here and guess that's not his given name) brutally editoralizes the web design critiquing process.As a professional web designer I've noticed a consistent trend in the majority of the projects I've worked on: The more time that is spent dissecting, analyzing, and critiquing a design by the wrong

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1153612570039599422006-07-22T19:41:00.000-04:002006-07-22T19:56:10.060-04:00

Wherefore art thou?I've used Yahoo! Mail for years--ever since I figured out what e-mail was. Yahoo! is great: It's free, you can access it from anywhere, and when you change ISPs you don't have to e-mail everyone you know and tell them to change their address books.Well, it USED to be great.More and more, I'm unable to access my mail for varying periods of time. NOTE: Yes, I DO pay for it--I

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1153056087802941072006-07-16T09:16:00.000-04:002006-07-16T09:21:27.816-04:00

Claire Wolfe at Backwoods Home outlines the reasons for disappearing freedom, and questions it's reversability:So will freedom invariably implode? Does it always carry within it the seeds of its own destruction? Do human flaws doom us to return again and again to tyranny?It's been so up to now. It's certainly so in America, where tattered scraps of paper meant to keep us free have become toilet

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1153017783474989102006-07-15T22:42:00.000-04:002006-07-15T22:43:03.473-04:00

Updated the links, I did.

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...ruin an All-Star Game1: Have an oppressively loud female bellow out some scripted remarks prior to the game, shouting down her co-host whenever he has something relevant to say.2: Stop the game for a meaningless ceremony celebrating the life of some guy who used to play baseball. Give that guy's wife (I guess it was) a pretty little statue for something or another.3: Take the

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1151550516599756562006-06-28T23:04:00.000-04:002006-06-28T23:08:36.613-04:00

Pretty cool.From Sagags, a tech/news/gadget blog, comes a short (six minutes) video of the car of the future: Removeable body, hydrogen cell powered, futuristic steering wheel.Very, very interesting.

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1151464937906909342006-06-27T23:14:00.001-04:002006-06-27T23:22:17.906-04:00

Pushing free software.Microsoft is humping Office 2007, offering a free "test drive" of their high-priced office suite. OpenOffice.org is going one better: Test drive OpenOffice.org for free, and if you like it, you can keep it forever. Free.(By the way, I have OpenOffice.org, and it's great. Why pay $500 for the same thing?)

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1151460805740577672006-06-27T22:09:00.000-04:002006-06-27T22:13:25.763-04:00

Eat your peas. Forever.Silver, at Claire Wolfe's blog, writes on derivative contracts:If each derivative dollar is represented by a pea, how big is a pile of 429 trillion peas?I won’t bore you with the math. The volume of the pile of peas is about 116 million cubic meters.That’s clearly a lot of peas, but it still doesn’t give much feel for just how big the pile is. So let’s compare that pile

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1151449829736587112006-06-27T19:08:00.000-04:002006-06-27T19:10:29.736-04:00

It's the shoes.You may be noting my sudden flurry of postings: I'm going to try to do the blog thing on a regular basis again.Thanks for visiting.

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It's not such a mystery...Here's a big chunk of the article, found in it's entirety on Mercola.com, a natural health website with tons of great information:The New Paradigm(A) SIDS has one primary cause, which we identify, noting a very few exceptions.(B) And we present the preventives that have achieved 100-percent success; whence the title: VICTORY OVER CRIB DEATH.Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1151447297902379702006-06-27T18:21:00.000-04:002006-06-27T18:28:50.430-04:00

(No, not ME...I wouldn't last two weeks at a gov't job.)I really wish more people had the guts to do this, but alas, the temptation of undeserved wages and bloated benefits packages is too much for most people...From Gerald Montgomery at http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2006/tle373-20060625-04.html:On May 19th, I did the best thing I could do for the people of America right now: I quit my $42K a year

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1148085663476193862006-05-19T20:32:00.000-04:002006-05-19T20:41:03.490-04:00

From the "Cops are your friends" files.From WBAL News in Baltimore:Collins said the couple spotted another police vehicle and flagged that officer down for directions. But Officer Natalie Preston, a six-year veteran of the force, intervened."That really threw us for a loop when she stepped in between our cars," Kelly said. "(She) said my partner is not going to step in front of me and tell you

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1141567383795582632006-03-05T08:58:00.000-05:002006-03-05T09:03:03.813-05:00

Isn't that nice?I've been interested in steel framing as an alternative to wood for some time, in part because it doesn't involve buiding a house out of kindling. I was tripping about on the website of one of the companies that sells kits for steel framing, and in their FAQs I found this gem:Q: What about lightning hitting the home? A: A steel framed home is no more likely to be hit by

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1137669415205777012006-01-19T06:05:00.000-05:002006-01-19T06:16:55.220-05:00

From a thread on Slashdot: Several posters air some definitions of the American political system in it's present form...Nooo! Here in the US, the media polarizes two options and have people in bow ties argue it. You're either in agreement with this idea or totally against it.I have a friend who describes the American political scene as two armies in trenches, shooting at straw men in

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1137556996928498262006-01-17T22:53:00.000-05:002006-01-17T23:03:16.946-05:00

Planning LifeI'm not much of a life-planning goal setter--I pretty much take life as it comes, to the detriment of potential achievement, I realize. In the interests of setting down some of my hopes and dreams on the direction of my life, here are some things I want for my life.My dream (pie-in-the-sky) is to get myself to a point where I can work from ANYWHERE, so that the wifey and I can take

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1136262555754150302006-01-02T23:26:00.000-05:002006-01-02T23:29:15.780-05:00

How long until a law is passed decreeing this illegal?From St. Louis Today:St. Louis police officers often say they feel as if people are looking overtheir shoulders.That feeling isn't likely to let up this year.The local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, a frequent critic ofthe city police, says it plans to arm residents of the city's north side withvideo cameras to record officers'

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1136002015516071312005-12-30T23:04:00.000-05:002005-12-30T23:06:55.530-05:00

/sarcasm/Thank God we have a Republican president.../*sarcasm/From TheWashington Post:Treasury Secretary John W. Snow said yesterday that the United States could be unable to pay its bills in early 2006 unless Congress raises the government's borrowing authority, which is now capped at $8.18 trillion.Snow, in a letter to lawmakers, estimated that the government is expected to bump into the

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1135439161198438712005-12-24T10:38:00.000-05:002005-12-24T10:46:01.226-05:00

Watching the WatchersFrom ComputerBytesMan:The steps are: 1. Set up a Hotmail account. 2. Set up a second email account with a non-U.S. provider. (eg. Rediffmail.com) 3. Send messages between the two accounts which might be interesting to the NSA. 4. In each message, include a unique URL to a Web server that you have access to its server logs. This URL should only be known by you and not

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1135336111898259442005-12-23T06:04:00.000-05:002005-12-23T06:08:31.913-05:00

Question posted on Slashdot:I'm sure Slashdot users have done their fair share of university exams. A good portion may be going through the process right now. Many tales have been floating around the internet about cheating (successful and not), cram stories, and tales of post-test celebration, most often in the testing room itself. Recall any first-hand experiences and write them down in a few

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1135311655940922522005-12-22T22:55:00.000-05:002005-12-23T05:36:00.353-05:00

It's taking DAYS...I had a brilliant idea last evening--at least I hope it's brilliant--while eating at Red Lobster with my dear wife...First some background:You know how sometimes you get a gift that's maybe weighed down a bit with rocks or something to make it seem like something it isn't; or maybe it's inside of a box that's inside of a larger box that's inside of an even larger box (and so on

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1135298110426248812005-12-22T19:33:00.000-05:002005-12-22T19:35:10.466-05:00

From Bill St. Clair:"The tragedy of modern war is not so much that young men die but that they die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals."Follow the link for more good ones...

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Photo tour of the VW Phaeton factory in Dresden, Germany.If you've interest in manufacturing, like me (I used to be part owner of an equipment trailer manufacturer), you'll enjoy this:VW Vortex.comGreat pics; nicely done tour.

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by Vox DayFrom his weekly column on World Net Daily:"Sept. 11 changed everything" has been the mantra of the strong government conservative, the pragmatic dialectoids who are flexible enough to justify any expansion of central government power in the name of the very conservatism that opposes it. Since "we are at war," Republican media whores have repeatedly claimed that because of an attack that

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134989713354377542005-12-19T05:51:00.000-05:002005-12-19T05:55:13.393-05:00

NASA: Are you taking notes?Thunder, of Claire Wolfe's blog, tells us of the newest privately-financed space venture:We all remember SpaceShipOne's historic flight, becoming the first private manned flight into space and the first to be ready to launch again just a week or so later. Well, there's a new kid in town......The World's Lowest Cost Rocket to Orbit will be launched December 19th at 11AM

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134959081128053102005-12-18T21:04:00.000-05:002005-12-18T21:24:41.156-05:00

SubtitleHe's talking again. George Bush. Methinks he doth protest too much. I would be willing to impeach him, and everyone in the chain of command after him, just to avoid the prime-time interruptions.Mr. Bush has proven himself a traitor to freedom and the Constitution he swore to uphold and defend. Whether this is intentional evil or blundering incompetence or the result of his

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134648262583641232005-12-15T06:54:00.000-05:002005-12-15T07:04:22.600-05:00

Do you trust your doctor?From Vox posts on the connection between childhood vaccinations and autism:(Quote from the article he references:)"We have a fairly large practice. We have about 30,000 or 35,000 children that we've taken care of over the years, and I don't think we have a single case of autism in children delivered by us who never received vaccines," said Dr. Mayer Eisenstein,

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134613950526404502005-12-14T21:26:00.000-05:002005-12-14T21:32:30.546-05:00

Bashing down someone's door in the middle of the night, dressed in black, carrying guns gets you a hero's funeral--if you're a cop.Go read this, (Free Market News) followed by this. (Claire Wolfe's blog...)the man was minding his own business, asleep in his bed with his baby daughter in her crib, when several armed men stormed his door and entered his Prentiss, Miss. home, one night in December,

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134560424702186082005-12-14T06:31:00.000-05:002005-12-14T06:41:50.203-05:00

Being a vile hag, and reaping the consequences.Nate, the The Pan Galactic Blogger Blaster, goes to the store and witnesses a canyon-mouthed lard-bucket recieving her due:(You might have to scroll down the page to "A Long Cold Walk".)Anyway.. I made my way into our favorite non-union grocery store... and as I went from isle to isle pickin' up this and thats, I found myself frequently following

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134534624647345192005-12-13T23:22:00.000-05:002005-12-13T23:30:24.690-05:00

Recruiting Nigerians for fun and profit!Hog on Ice has taken upon himself the noble task of fighting the Nigerians with their own weapons, those being mounds upon mountains of rotten bulls**t. You know the Nigerians--the country seems to be chock-full of your deceased great uncles with multi-million dollar fortunes, and estate lawyers looking for a way to avoid taxes by giving half of the

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134435974289948442005-12-12T20:01:00.000-05:002005-12-12T20:06:14.336-05:00

Fingerprint scanners fooled by Play-DohFrom YubaNet.com, a site with a weird name:Fingerprint scanning devices often use basic technology, such as an optical camera that take pictures of fingerprints which are then "read" by a computer. In order to assess how vulnerable the scanners are to spoofing, Schuckers and her research team made casts from live fingers using dental materials and used

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134386910565202992005-12-12T06:14:00.000-05:002005-12-12T06:28:30.580-05:00

The Socialists are getting itchy again...At the end of a long, damning post on Michael Moore, Says Uncle mentions a movie that Moore is working on that attacks the US health care industry:Mark Twain used to say there were three kind of lies. Lies, damned lies, and statistics. When it comes to Michael Moore there are five kind of lies. Kay S. Hymowitz wrote an excellent article, “Michael Moore,

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134252088388223572005-12-10T16:33:00.000-05:002005-12-10T17:01:28.423-05:00

So says your President Bush.From Capitol Hill Blue:Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'By DOUG THOMPSONDec 9, 2005, 07:53Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134179635110145492005-12-09T20:50:00.000-05:002005-12-09T22:39:21.700-05:00

"Absolutely nuthin'"From Fred on Everything:Explain it to me, diversity. I don’t get it. Everyone in the feddle gummint and all the news weasels and the academia nuts and assorted distasteful do-gooders with goiterous self-admiration are always honking and blowing about how we need diversity. Why? What is it good for?I think we need homogeneity. Probably the greatest desire of humanity other than

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134099782812794962005-12-08T22:39:00.000-05:002005-12-08T22:43:02.826-05:00

Don't touch that!Via Hell in a Handbasket comes these pics of a huge snake electrocuted when it tried to crawl under an electric fence after eating an impala.And if I had a nickel for every time I heard that, I'd buy me an island near Alaska.Nature is weird.

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134098189796787632005-12-08T22:14:00.000-05:002005-12-08T22:23:36.913-05:00

Wow...From Caltech.:Look at those snowflakes and tell me there's no omnipotent Creator.

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1134097788101524792005-12-08T22:08:00.000-05:002005-12-08T22:25:19.383-05:00

Killing the mentally ill.From Time.com:At least one passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 924 maintains the federal air marshals were a little too quick on the draw when they shot and killed Rigoberto Alpizar as he frantically attempted to run off the airplane shortly before take-off."I don't think they needed to use deadly force with the guy," says John McAlhany, a 44-year-old construction

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1133727563263988132005-12-04T15:14:00.000-05:002005-12-04T15:19:23.300-05:00

Get out NOW.From Hell in a Handbasket comes this warning on the speed and severity of home fires:...found people inside those burning houses, all dead. Most of them were asleep at the time the fire started, and that's where he found them. It seems that smoke is the big killer in any house fire, which is understandable when one considers that your house is a big box that might as well have been

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1132809590775375972005-11-24T00:14:00.000-05:002005-11-24T00:19:50.793-05:00

Freaking pigs.From PapersPlease.org:One morning in late September 2005, Deb was riding the public bus to work. She was minding her own business, reading a book and planning for work, when a security guard got on this public bus and demanded that every passenger show their ID. Deb, having done nothing wrong, declined. The guard called in federal cops, and she was arrested and charged with federal

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1132655794035375822005-11-22T05:33:00.000-05:002005-11-22T05:36:34.050-05:00

Today's DevotionalFrom Today God is First, a daily devotional aimed at the Christian businessman:--This one kind of seemed aimed at me:A Question of OwnershipBy Os HillmanPowered By Marketplace LeadersWhoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. - Matthew 10:39Otto Koning was a missionary in New Guinea. He worked among a native tribe that had known

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1132504472101630032005-11-20T11:27:00.000-05:002005-11-20T11:34:32.120-05:00

"There wasn't supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"--Marvin the Martian (paraphrased)From The Smallest Minority comes a range report of an exploding handgun. Someone was really lucky.Full story here.Big, clear, scary pics here.Quote:I once again load up the revolver and step to the line. First shot was a bullseye, as was typical for this rig. Second shot - KABOOM. I felt an unbelievable

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1132359971927330212005-11-18T19:21:00.000-05:002005-11-18T19:26:11.946-05:00

I have GOT to get me some of THIS!From Local6.com:A new nasal spray aphrodisiac for women that works in minutes may soon hit the market, according to a Local 6 News report.Doctors said women who used the drug PT-141 in test studies felt a tingling or throbbing followed by a strong desire to have sex immediately after spraying their noses.Imagine the possibilities. HOO-AH!

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1132358837432555022005-11-18T19:01:00.000-05:002005-11-18T19:07:17.433-05:00

From text:The vast majority of the world's problems can either be created or intensified with a healthy dose of government.--Thunder @ The Claire Files forums(Found on Bill St. Clair's.)So true.

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1132358490350363462005-11-18T18:58:00.000-05:002005-11-18T19:01:30.366-05:00

Good Stuff.From Vox Popoli, who got it from NRO: The British are feeling the pinch in relation to recent bombings and have raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross." Londoners have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but ran out. Terrorists have been

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1132314423642538662005-11-18T06:43:00.000-05:002005-11-18T06:47:03.660-05:00

Don't sass the government.Doug Thompson, from Capitol Hill Blue, is apparently a threat to the government:According to a printout from a computer controlled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice, I am an enemy of the state.The printout, shown to me recently by a friend who works for Justice, identifies me by a long, multi-digit number, lists my date of birth,

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1132138485329286552005-11-16T05:45:00.000-05:002005-11-16T05:54:45.343-05:00

Praise the Lord!From The Washington Times:Efforts to replace U.S. oversight of the Internet with an international committee were defeated yesterday during U.N.-sponsored meetings. Hundreds of government, nonprofit and industry delegates meeting at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia, agreed to establish a new international forum to discuss Internet issues, but it

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131911110050378542005-11-13T14:31:00.000-05:002005-11-13T14:45:10.066-05:00

Ready for another Sept. 11?From InfoWars.com: GOP memo touts new terror attack as way to reverse party's declineCapitol Hill Blue | November 10, 2005By DOUG THOMPSONA confidential memo circulating among senior Republican leaders suggests that a new attack by terrorists on U.S. soil could reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush as well as the GOP and "restore his image as a

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131855754369198502005-11-12T23:19:00.000-05:002005-11-13T00:00:10.266-05:00

Dear Bane,I have a penis.jml

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131851389206901142005-11-12T21:50:00.000-05:002005-11-12T22:09:49.223-05:00

Another professional doesn't buy the gov't explanationFrom Deseret News:In a 9,000-word article that [BYU Physics Professor Steven E.] Jones, says will be published in the book "The Hidden History of 9/11," by Elsevier, Jones offers these arguments: • The three buildings collapsed nearly symmetrically, falling down into their footprints, a phenomenon associated with "controlled demolition" —

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131620550183502772005-11-10T05:54:00.000-05:002005-11-10T06:02:30.216-05:00

Another fraud...From Early to Rise, a nice newsletter I get:Holland quit fluoridation in the 1970s after a large medical team performed a double-blind test on people who reported that the fluoride was making them sick. This study showed that up to 3% of residents in the fluoridated section of Amsterdam were suffering symptoms such as stomach pains, mouth ulcers, skin irritation, migraine-like

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131580045310772102005-11-09T18:27:00.000-05:002005-11-09T18:47:25.326-05:00

Yeah: When Satan builds a snow fort.From the HSI E-alert e-mail that I get. (Sign up at HSI Baltimore.)Why I won't get a flu shot--and no one else should either.Dear Reader,Have you ever wondered why a government agency spends so much time and energy (not to mention tax dollars) trying to convince you to get a flu vaccination every year?Is it some sort of vague “for our own good” motivation? If

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131364874820138092005-11-07T06:51:00.000-05:002005-11-07T07:01:14.836-05:00

From the "No S**t, Sherlock" DepartmentFrom Wired.com:Under the Patriot Act, the FBI issues more than 30,000 national security letters allowing the investigations each year, a hundredfold increase over historic norms, The Washington Post reported Sunday, quoting unnamed government sources.The security letters, which were first used in the 1970s, allow access to people's phone and e-mail records,

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131239315721769802005-11-05T20:03:00.000-05:002005-11-05T20:08:35.743-05:00

Just watch COPS, once...From LewRockwell.com--Mike Rogers insists Japan is better.I’ve seen both Japan and the United States. I consider myself a fair judge who has the experience and the facts. I have my preference and it’s an easy call: I’ll stay in Japan. In Japan, the people seem to have much more courtesy towards each other and common sense. This is reflected in the standard of living and

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131193225531690442005-11-05T07:17:00.000-05:002005-11-05T07:20:25.533-05:00

Jaw-dropping knowledge of WomenFrom BaneRants:Incidentally, when your wife comes in and poses, to show you the outfit she has chosen to wow her peers with, the appropriate response, apparently, is NOT "Well, honey, so how was your first day at clown school?"Trust me.I wish someone would have told me that last week...

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131192586472899772005-11-05T07:05:00.000-05:002005-11-05T07:09:46.473-05:00

THIS beats New Hampshire's Free State Project all hollow...From The Arctic Beacon:The neo-con band of criminals running Washington, trampling on civil rights at home and invading countries at will overseas, has led a large group of strong-minded Vermont freedom-fighters with no choice but to secede from the United States. And last Friday at the state capital building in Montpelier, a historic

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131079459302859762005-11-03T23:39:00.000-05:002005-11-03T23:44:19.303-05:00

Just a quick point:Tamiflu isn't a vaccine. It's a drug that must be given at the onset of symptoms, nearly invalidating it's existance. Let's say you start feeling the flu, you think. You decide to play it safe and rush on over to the hospital and see if it IS the flu. After hours and hours in the waiting room (You really think the flu is a high priority in the ER?), you see a doctor, who

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131078919289036952005-11-03T23:28:00.000-05:002005-11-03T23:35:19.316-05:00

Still going to send your offspring to public schools?From World Net Daily:The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday against parents who sued their local school district after their elementary-age children were given a sexually charged survey, saying there is "no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children."The

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1131069720297633192005-11-03T20:59:00.000-05:002005-11-03T21:02:00.350-05:00

Jackie, the hot young brunette on "That 70's Show":"If you were a dog, or someone who works for me, I'd smack you in the nose with a rolled up newspaper."Instant classic.

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1130811182464023272005-10-31T21:11:00.000-05:002005-10-31T21:13:02.483-05:00

Overwhelmed with LifeI've not posted for a few days here--went camping over the weekend (great fun, thanks) and now am playing catch-up.Expect sparseness for the next few. Thanks for understanding.

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1130496955037244572005-10-28T06:27:00.000-04:002005-10-28T07:00:07.163-04:00

Why are they still breeding?The article presents five laws of human stupidity, with definitions of stupidity and illustrations of varying degrees and varieties of stupidity. Read the whole thing; it's quite well thought out. I've outlined the laws, below, but the left out the meat of the reasoning, and the amusing illustrations. From Mental Soup:The first basic law of human stupidity asserts

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1130407701549882232005-10-27T05:59:00.000-04:002005-10-27T06:08:21.566-04:00

9/11 Theologian Says Controlled Demolition of World Trade Center Is Now a Fact, Not a TheoryFrom Global Research:Dr. Griffin listed ten characteristics of the collapses which all indicate that the buildings did not fall due to being struck by planes or the ensuing fires. He explained the buildings fell suddenly without any indication of collapse. They fell straight into their own footprint at

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1130320781044256072005-10-26T05:55:00.000-04:002005-10-26T05:59:41.056-04:00

Whines, "I hate guns. Hold me, Mommy!"From This is London:Daniel Craig will have a problem playing the new James Bond - because he hates guns.The actor will wield 007's famous Walther PPK in the movie Casino Royale.But he revealed in OK! magazine: "I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other. "That's a simple fact. I've seen a

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1130231798900685072005-10-25T04:59:00.000-04:002005-11-05T07:04:17.426-05:00

Dishonest Government? Who ever heard of such a thing!From Mercola.com, a natural health site:(See the links below for further required reading...)Finally, the pieces of the puzzle start to add up. Not long ago, President Bush sought to instill panic in this country by telling us a minimum of 200,000 people will die from the avian flu pandemic, but it could be as bad as 2 million deaths in this

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1130149785222424112005-10-24T06:26:00.000-04:002005-10-24T06:32:30.756-04:00

No. Well, sometimes. Maybe.From Fred on Everything:At The Agitator, I find this: “Heather Hodges, an Abilene-based MADD victims advocate, said her group is working closely with the TABC on the project.”Says Heather, ''We believe responsible adults should drink responsibly. And those that serve them should be responsible. A lot of people think it's OK to be drunk in bar, but it's illegal. A bar

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1130040357771386912005-10-23T00:01:00.000-04:002005-10-23T00:11:25.996-04:00

Truth Laid Bear asked bloggers to take a stance on Miers. Here's mine.I OPPOSE the Miers nomination. As a general policy, I oppose most things government does. It's a good policy.Some things I support:I SUPPORT the impeachment, indictment, arrest, trial, conviction, and imprisonment of every politician in Washington, D.C, save Ron Paul, R of TX.I SUPPORT the formation of a lynch mob to break

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1129861705599932042005-10-20T22:26:00.000-04:002005-10-20T22:28:25.606-04:00

How interviewing the President works...or doesn't.From U.K's Times Onlinetext:Ireland: I wanted to slap himGeorge W Bush was so upset by Carole Coleman’s White House interview that an official complaint was lodged with the Irish embassy. The RTE journalist explains why the president made her blood boilWith just minutes to go to my interview with George W Bush, I was escorted to the White House

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1129857225018762592005-10-20T21:09:00.000-04:002005-10-20T21:13:45.026-04:00

From Stateline.org:In the latest snapshot of how well American schoolchildren are learning, national test results showed a small gain in math proficiency in the past two years but nearly zero improvement in reading scores since 1992 despite more than a decade of focus on boosting student achievement. The achievement gap between students of different races narrowed slightly, but about 70 percent

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1129776645809256642005-10-19T22:17:00.000-04:002005-10-19T22:50:45.820-04:00

What's that smell?From Hog on Ice:...and I hope it works, because it smells like wino crotch.I'd like to enter my name into consideration for the position of "Assistant Intern Wino Crotch Odor Evaluator."Thank you.

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1129717566450470942005-10-19T06:19:00.000-04:002005-10-19T06:26:06.456-04:00

Walter Williams tries to educate the sheeple...From World Net Daily:Enacted during Reconstruction, the purpose of the Posse Comitatus Act was to severely limit the powers of the federal government to use the military for local law enforcement. Would Americans tolerate such a gigantic leap in the federalization of law enforcement? I'm guessing the answer is yes. In the name of safety, we've

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1129601646542616872005-10-17T22:12:00.000-04:002005-10-17T22:14:06.550-04:00

...in a High-Crime NeighborhoodFrom FreeRepublic.com:I had a friend who went to USC many years ago. Since student housing cost an arm and a leg, he decided to rent a house in Watts (yes, THAT Watts), because it was cheap -- even though there were drug dealers openly selling drugs on the corners half a block away.Before moving in, he went to the range, and poked holes in paper targets with his

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1129513251002838472005-10-16T21:31:00.000-04:002005-10-16T21:40:51.016-04:00

What he said...From a post in the comments section at Vox's: For the last month or so, I have seen a developing trend from this administration and I have been hoping I am wrong.The trial balloons of repealing posse comitatus. The nomination of two supremes that favor empowering the executive branch. Talk of using the military to enforce quarantines for avian flu.I worry that we will have a

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1129497450010554252005-10-16T17:14:00.000-04:002005-10-16T17:17:30.010-04:00

Why haven't I seen this before!Go to Adventures of Jonathan Gullible, click on whatever language version of the Flash animation you want, and watch and learn. Text versions also available.Best explanation of personal responsibility and liberty I've seen.

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If the gov't says it, it's likely false.From GreaterThings.com: Bird flu poses no great threat to humanity. This disease is simply too lethal to its victims and too fast in killing them to ever pose any significant threat to mankind. With a 50% or so mortality rate occurring in about 5 to 7 days after infection this disease cannot live long enough to spread. It also assures prompt detection.

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799237.post-1129428919180537742005-10-15T22:11:00.000-04:002005-10-15T22:17:45.113-04:00

How it's supposed to beFrom Bill St. Clair, who got it from Keep and Bear Arms:"The right of a citizen to bear arms, in lawful defense of himself or the State, is absolute. He does not derive it from the State government, but directly from the sovereign convention of the people that framed the state government. It is one of the 'high powers' delegated directly to the citizen, and 'is excepted out

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