So Ann Curry, who could be considered to be a kind of journalist (she co-anchors the Today Show) goes to Wheaton College in Massachusetts and is talking about the illustrious alums from Wheaton College in Illinois.  Even though this seems like a very trivial thing, I think it’s a symptom of the lack of knowledge… Continue reading

In honor of Towel Day and Douglas Adams (ht. Newbius), I will be sure that my towel is included in my Bug Out Bag.  I’ve been a Douglas Adams fan for years and, given my mood, am just as likely to answer 42 to any random question as I am to actually answer said question. … Continue reading

Went over the bag last night and pulled everything out.  Also, since we now have a list, compared against what Mr. B has in his bag.  Found that I’m missing what I think are fairly crucial items:  second lighter, water filtration, mess kit, sleeping bag.  Problem being is that I’m about a foot shorter than… Continue reading

Learning lessons from Mr. B, tonight I got out my own Bug Out Bag and fitted my new webgear that I got for $20 (webgear, canteen, 2 pouches).  I subtracted a pouch and added a canteen (also a knife, flashlight, and holster). Being female, I have sanitary supplies, a sewing kit, and some glycerin soap.… Continue reading

Via Gateway Pundit, Free Republic has a post about an Arizona associate professor of ‘Chicano/Chicana’ studies who basically reiterated slammed both the Arizona Immigration Law as well as the one on ethnic studies and got booed, big time.  But while that gives me hope for the next generation, I found this tidbit, linked from Inside… Continue reading

Some guys in Concord, New Hampshire (three over eighteen) forcibly held down a fourteen year old boy and tattooed him with lewd phrases, took pictures and sent them all over the school, and now are under arrest.  One of the guys involved said “At this point, I feel absolutely terrible about what was done,” a… Continue reading

In memoriam, the Afghanistan Buddhas that were destroyed by the Taliban because they were images.  Not even images of their prophet, but just statues. This is a travesty and a crime. This is what happens when free people do not speak.  This is what happens when we bow to threats.  Think about it. Continue reading

Via Drudge, the Rhode Island school district that fired every single teacher and administrator is hiring back the lot of them in the fall because the union has finally figured out that it’s better to make some concessions and have its people employed rather than putting an entire school district on the dole.  The teachers… Continue reading

Just read an interesting article linked from Drudge (as fair warning, it’s to HuffPo)….  The Chicago-based National People’s Action, in cahoots with the infamous SEIU, have decided not to take things to the streets, but to take things to people’s front doors. Not content with beating up men in wheelchairs, they’ve decided to take Obama’s… Continue reading