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On this day in 2008 some ones and zeros were uploaded to a vacant outpost on the world wide web and thus, rather inauspiciously, www.threedonia.com was born! As with most offspring, threedonia has developed quite differently than Floyd, Chuck and I foresaw, gazing through the celebratory cigar smoke on that storied day. We began as [...]
Ever notice how much Carnac looks like Floyd? When President Obama speaks to America on Tuesday night about the war in Iraq he will be engaged in a political mission, one that will require the ultimate in political finesse. Democrats can’t claim much in the way of success after and year and [...] This one will frighten you: I’ll be publishing a new book in the Spring of 2011. It’s called Regulators Gone Wild: How the EPA is Ruining American Industry and will be published by Encounter Books. The last Trzupek-authored tome was a techno-geek crap. This is a lot more in the political mainstream. Will it sell? [...] Exhibit A: Hazards of recoil Mr. Floyd’s excellent post about the EPA declining to try to ban lead in bullets (the opening of the EPA’s press release on the issue read: ‘EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson hailed the Agency’s decision not ban lead bullets, saying: “See, we’re not entirely morons!” ‘) reminded me of a [...]
Marvin Gaye’s performs for The Association of Stereotypical White People This is a weekend truth or dare folks. Your challenge: reveal something that’s a little offbeat – strange – weird even – about yourself. Not disturbing (Floyd take note: NOT disturbing – we don’t care if the statute of limitations has run [...] Burn Notice season finale tonight – I can’t wait! Proving that there is an exception to prove each and every rule, I an enamored with Fiona. Her’s is not usually my preferred body type – nothing against the Victoria’s Secret model archetype, it’s just not my personal favorite cup of tea. But who doesn’t love Fi? [...]
When the history of Threedonia is written, this will be the known as “They Day Everything Went to Hell”. h/t: Mrs. Trzupr Share on Facebook Airplanes are, by their nature, awfully beautiful things. And, fixed-wing airframes are far more attractive than their rotary-winged cousins. An Apache is scary as hell, but it’s not very sexy (sorry Outlaw). So, herewith is my top five sexiest fixed-wing aircraft of all time. For the record: I am none too committed to this list. [...] Doc - why I can’t get over my agoraphobia? According to this story, Los Angeles Steve Hermann just completed his latest project: a 13,875 square foot glass walled house. Price tag? $35 million. According to Hermann: “Here I have complete privacy. It allows you to be one with nature inside the house.” Personally, if I want [...] It is often said that public cannot recall anything that happened more than 72 hours ago. Yet, we Threedonians have longer memories than that, don’t we? Excepting Fritz of course, what with the impending Alzheimer’s and all. (He’ll forget I wrote that by the time he reaches the end of the post, so I’m not [...] Wonder what happens if you push the strategically placed button? - I’ve seen much worse. Can’t even remember what let me to stumble across this, but once you find one gal in stormtrooper garb on the interwebs, you have to look for more. And there are more. The above is the best of the [...] What’s the hardest word to solve in hangman? A dude named John McLoone (not making that up) tasked a computer to figure that out, after his six year old daughter asked him how to win at the game. Here’s the methodology he used: To find out, McLoone wrote a program that would play Hangman with all [...] Anybody see my Medal of Honor? I seem to have misplaced it. Last week, it was against the law for me to make such a claim. Now? Not so much. Thanks to the 9th Circuit, you’ll soon be able to order your replica MOH from the Franklin Mint and display it proudly above your mantle. Act [...]
If you want to know what’s wrong with Illinois, you need look no further. Behold the father and son legal team of Sam Adam Sr. and Jr., ranting like raving lunatics declaring their client the most agrrieved innocent man ever not convicted on the strenght of one dickhead juror who probably couldn’t find his ass [...] You’ve probably heard this talking point with regard to the California Proposition 8 case: the counsel for Prop. 8 proponents did a crappy job of presenting their case. Heck – they didn’t even present evidence – the morons! Plaintiff’s co-counsel Ted Olson echoed that theory on Fox this Sunday: “In fact, they [Prop 8 proponents] said [...]
Big Allah – Batteries Not Included (or invented for that matter). Is it just me, or is the symbolism here about as ironic as it gets? Saudi Arabia will test what it is billing as the world’s largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the [...] It’s somebody you know, it’s somebody who’s still around and it’s not Floyd. (Although I suspect that Floyd still cuts his hair this way). I photoshopped out the fellow’s name, but we’ll give you the original as soon as somebody ID’s Hack Number 265216. IF you can! Share on Facebook General (ret.) Fred Franks – 2008 Not a new book (published in 1997) but new to me and a fascinating read, Into the Storm: A Study in Command was co-authored by Tom Clancy and General (ret.) Fred Franks. Franks, if you’re not familiar with him, led VII Corps during the First Gulf War, the [...]
Battle Flag of John Bell Hood’s Texas Brigade …mess with Texas that is. The Attorney General of the Lone Star State, one Greg Abbott, and the Chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Dr. Bryan W. Shaw, took on the USEPA last week, firing off a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa [...] Eleanor Powell was, for my money, the best female dancer from the Golden Age of musicals. Astaire concurred in that assessment by the by, having said the Powell was the one girl hoofer who could out-dance him. “She ‘put ‘em down like a man’, no ricky-ticky-sissy stuff with Ellie” he said. “She really knocked out [...] The Sikorsky X-2 demonstrator set a new world speed record for rotary-winged aircraft today: 258 mph. The old record of 249 mph, set by a Westland Lynx (British, in other words) had stood for 24 years. Say it with me: U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!!! No tail rotor, special anti-vibration technology, a pusher propeller and coaxial contra-rotating main [...] If any of you Chicago-area Threedonians are looking for something fun to do on August 14, you’re invited to the Tri-Count-Teas “Picnic In the Park” in downtown Bartlett. Lots of conservative speakers will be there, including Republican candidate for Governor Bill Brady. Your favorite Threedonian blogger (ahem – that would be moi) will be co-MC [...] God help me, but I do love Media Matters For America. Whenever I need a good laugh, I head over to MMFA and they never fail to deliver. Today, I’ve been waiting anxiously for their spin on the Missouri referendum and – bless George Soros’ black little heart – they didn’t disappoint. The lead says [...] Lawyers. Definitely lawyers. Floyd may get a pass, depending on how much man-boobage he subjects us to between now and la révolution. OK, the problem isn’t lawyers per se, it a code of laws and regulations that are so monstrously huge and out of control that they give bureaucrats – especially those who have J.D.s [...] Not only did W “drive American into a ditch, ” it seems that he pissed off a certain giant gasbag (and I’m not talking Al Gore!) How else could we explain the following? According to FOX: Earth is bracing for a cosmic tsunami Tuesday night as tons of plasma from a massive solar flare head directly [...] The story comes from Time, so take it with a grain of salt since Time disconnected from reality circa 1965. Yet the quotes ring true, even though I suspect that Dems know better. The gist of the story is this: with Congress in recess, Democrats are bracing for a new round of town hall sessions [...] We may argue whether we live in a man’s world or not, but there’s no denying the progress that women made in the western world in the 20th century. I hate to use the word “equality” when it comes to women’s rights, because it encompasses the idea that there is supposed be a sameness between [...] Yesterday Floyd linked to a post from Reason that celebrated the death of cap and trade (yay!) and suggested that this could be a turning point, to wit: the beginning of the end of global warming hysteria. As reasonable as that reasoned conclusion seems, there are many reasons to suggest that this is not the [...] It’s been a while since we’ve done this, so I think it’s high time that we Lileksed some official White House photography. Everything below the fold is from the official White House web site – the pictures that the Obamamaniacs knew you just had to see. Your tax dollars at work boys and girls, as [...] Does it seem like the Obama administration is over-loaded with pointy-headed academics and career “public servants” who don’t have any actual real world experience? While I can not vouch for the accuracy of the chart waiting for you below the fold, it rings true. According to the e-mail I got via this [...] As far as classic board games go, Risk has always been one of my faves. It’s an elegant balance of strategy and luck, it makes it entirely clear why one should never start a land war in Asia and it also taught me where Kamchatka is. What’s not to like? This weekend, I got to teach [...] As Floyd alluded to an open thread comment, the libs who complain about Bush circumventing the Constitution would probably go into shock if they understood Abraham Lincoln a little better. Not only did Lincoln have Democrats in the Maryland legislature detained so they couldn’t vote to take the Old Line State into the Confederacy, Abe [...] Yesterday – in case you missed it – was Bastille Day. The French celebrate Bastille Day because it was a beginning, the day that their ancestors started to remove the shackles of the despotic monarchy that had ruled their country for centuries. There’s nothing wrong with throwing off the shackles of despots, but Bastille Day [...] It’s entirely possible that I will quit my job and spend the rest of my life at Shorpy, now that I’ve found it. (And why in the heck didn’t any of you slugs send me there before?) Civil War buff that I am, I was naturally drawn to that tag. In the course of poking [...] If you haven’t been there, allow me to suggest a trip to shorpy.com. Shorpy is a vast interwebs repository of vintage photographs. Not photos of great historical significance mind you, but rather pictures of everyday life. Most are very old, from the 19th century and early twentieth, but there some as late as the 70’s. [...] As a kid growing up in a Polish household, there were few foods I despised more than sauerkraut. The very knowledge that sauerkraut would be on the menu when I got home was enough to distract me from fantasizing about Carol Stone’s ample and prematurely developed bosom in junior high. Sauerkraut was a horror. I [...]
Sadly, these episodes will no longer be part of mission briefings. And then this happened: “It is a matter of trying to reach out and get the best of all worlds, if you will, and there is much to be gained by drawing in the contributions that are possible from the _____ (nations),” [...] Thanks to Floyd’s brilliance (there’s two words you’ll never see next to each other again) we have seen how Power Point can simplify the inspirational speech-making process. But what about decision making? Modern decision making demands decision trees, which are far more effective than tortured self-reflection. Consider how much easier it could have been for [...] Having enjoyed Floyd’s inspired post of Patton in Power Point yesterday, I took a crack at another classic. Imitation – the sincerest form of something or another: Share on Facebook Now we know for sure. (Not that there was ever much doubt). My personal curse is that I’m usually right. It’s a heavy burden to bear, but I do my best. I was right about Blago, long before anyone else in this godforsaken state clued in, I was right about the surge and, when it comes to [...] Or at least podcastheadski anyway. The American Petroleum Institute was looking for an expert to talk about air quality stuff for one of their podcasts. Unable to find anyone suitable, they settled on yours truly. You can listen to almost half an hour of America’s foremost – best looking – smartest – most Polish air [...] That’s right you pretentious hacks over at libertasfilmmagazine: eat Threedonia’s dust. I scooted over to Alexa (“The Web Information Company!’ – er, isn’t everybody on the web about information?) to see how we stacked up against the new, not improved, libertas. Threedonia’s traffic rank: 307,200!!!! Libertasfilmmagazine’s traffic rank: 1,731,303 HAH! Other interesting things I learned about Threedonians at Alexa, [...] |
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