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This article is over two months old (via comments by someone called pc  here)  but I don’t remember reading anything about it.  Apparently local law enforcement folks in Douglas County, GA, are working in conjunction with the TSA  on an operation the intent of which is “…deterring would-be terrorists or criminal activity.”  Of course they… Continue reading

The federal government is really going for the gold in this ‘lame duck’ session.  While Americans are being (rightly) distracted by the TSA’s invasive and counter-to-4th Amendment searches, other branches of the already huge bureaucracy are gobbling up more of our freedoms and are poised to do more. The Department of Energy, claiming a ‘mandate’… Continue reading

The House republicans coming in are thinking about putting a moratorium on all of those commemorative bills that fill up the legislative calendar and keep our legislators from actually doing stuff like reading the healthcare bill, reducing government interference in the lives of the American public (like reining in the TSA), or you know, making… Continue reading

I’ve got a lot of things to be thankful for, and I am, every day.  I have a partner with whom I laugh, use extraordinarily long words in conversation, and share a sense of humor, reading preferences, and hobbies (oh, and he’s also a Renaissance man and a fantastic cook who prepped Thanksgiving dinner before… Continue reading

This is what the country needs more of… people standing up for themselves.  If more people called others out on rudeness (or flashing their penis’ on the subway) while throwing in a nice dose of humiliation for the person perpetrating the act, I think these things wouldn’t happen as often. (via Advice Goddess) Continue reading

Moreover, he admits that the only reason he supported them was to pander to farmers in Tennessee and Iowa when he was running for President.  One now wonders how much of his other ‘green-ness’ was additional pandering to get the hippy/green/ecology vote? Continue reading

This is a good clip with the original score.  I just wish youtube had the scene from Boston Common.  Clancy Brown was definitely at his over-the-top best in this movie. Continue reading

Ireland’s economy has gone down the tubes and they have requested bailouts.  Instead of the approximately 1% of Bono’s charity proceeds going to supposed third world countries (instead of into the pockets of the charity’s employees), he should change gears and take care of his homeland.  If he doesn’t, he’s the ultimate hypocrite. Continue reading

Apparently an Al-Qaeda affiliated magazine is touting the ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’ to the West.  By doing small-scale terror attacks, like the Underpants Bomber or the printer cartridge bombs, they force reactionary governments to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on screening, equipment, etc. plus the cost of lost revenue from travelers not traveling. … Continue reading

We are doing an experiment in our household–can we live without all of those channels??  What happened is our service started crapping out on us and the provider (and I use that term loosely) was going to charge a MINIMUM of $15.00 to come out and look at it.  Himself and I talked about it,… Continue reading