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Fine, it’s a damn gorgeous 70s in SoCal, but below still applies … Share on Facebook Because his Doctor Who is coming to “The End of Time” this Saturday on BBCAmerica. Because he’s done more for trench coats than anyone since Bogart. Because his Tenth Doctor blew life into a creaky sci-fi series with intensity, humor, and crackling chemistry with his leading ladies. Because his Hamlet’s pretty good too. Because he’s proof that every woman [...] While the private sector has bled jobs to the tune of seven million since 2007, one aspect of employment hasn’t been fazed. The public sector has remained quite steady in retention. From Michael Barone: Private-sector employment peaked at 115.8 million in December 2007, when the recession officially began. It was down to 108.5 million last November. [...] It’s time to mark the end of 2009 and I hope you will all join me in a wishing 2009 a hearty “don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.” As we enter year 2 O.E. (Obama Era) it might be useful to look back and see how far we [...] A fitting tribute to those noble warriors of the southwest, the Apache. Actually I feel the tribe has grounds for a lawsuit for this and the Sugar Hill Gang’s version of this song. The instrumental version by Jimmy Thackery is quite cool however. Happy New Year everyone! Good riddance to 2009 that’s for [...] Share on Facebook After a week away to celebrate the Christmas season with our respective families (and pick up a nasty case of Phoenix-area allergies in my case), RF3D roars in the New Year weekend with a show dedicated completely to the Obamacare monstrosity insanity crammed suppository proposed legislation. As he’s been known to do ’round these parts, Veruckt [...] I’ll be out of pocket for a bit. Here’s wishing you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2010! Share on Facebook and quacks like a duck… and walks like a duck, then it’s probably… an isolated incident. AP is reporting that there was a second would-be underpants bomber apprehended in – of all places – Somalia last month. And he – go figure – had a bag of powdered chemicals, liquids and a syringe! Gracious me, what [...] As most everyone here knows, the norm – in geologic terms – is for the earth to be in an ice age, not our current comfy, warmy present. The present era, known as an interglacial period (this one is called the Holocence) has lasted a bit over 10,000 years now and, based on the record, [...] If you could be anywhere on planet Earth tomorrow to ring in the New Year, where would you be? We’ve already learned curmudgeonly JohnFN doesn’t like to celebrate the holiday, and would prefer to be in an empty newsroom, but for those of you who are not cynical agoraphobics, pick a spot! Share on Facebook das ist Nummerwang! O.K., it’s almost New Year’s Eve. You get to plan a party. A dinner party. Which living and/or historical figures would you choose to ring in 2010 with? And, to make it extra tricky you cannot choose Jesus H. Christ nor any of the original apostles. Share on Facebook And if you don’t like Motley Crue I’m not sure what to say to that, except here ya go: Not a bad version actually… Share on Facebook Toss up – who’s the supreme humorist? P.J. O’Rourke or Dave Barry? Given O’Rourke’s lack of output as of late, I tip my hat to Barry. Here’s his annual treat, the Year In Review. A taste: NOVEMBER . . . a Washington couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, penetrate heavy security and enter the White House, [...] Instapundit had this bit from the Washington Post that is too good not to share. The 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an American airliner apparently turned to the Internet for counseling and companionship, writing in an online forum that he was “lonely” and had “never found a true Muslim friend.” Made [...] A principal of military science says that artillery trumps fortifications. Ancient peoples built crude wooden palisades to defend themselves against the spear and ax wielding invaders. Those defensive structures would fall to siege engines. Moving forward, masonry fortifications were constructed, only to crumble when confronted by catapults. Medieval castle builders would strengthen those walls, which [...] Frisking every passenger doesn’t seem like a viable solution. Travelers taking international flights to the United States today faced pat-down searches, new limits on carry-on luggage and more thorough screening at airport checkpoints after a Nigerian man who claimed to have ties to Al Qaeda allegedly [allegedly!] tried to bomb a jetliner headed to Detroit. Federal authorities [...] Today is the commemoration of the death of St. Thomas Becket, the martyred Archbishop of Canterbury. A learned and worldly man, Thomas was a close and trusted friend of King Henry. He was appointed by the king to a high office where he was expected to be loyal and take the king’s part against all others, [...] Share on Facebook Singer Tori Amos fills us all in on her feelings about Sarah Palin and Barack Obama. From this SITE. AMOS MAKES PALIN PROMISE American singer TORI AMOS has vowed to run for office if former U.S. Vice President candidate SARAH PALIN ever tries to get elected again. Share on Facebook Mark Steyn offers a good explanation for the trouble with unleashing enemy combatants on the legal system – it leaves us more vulnerable to attack. There’s a difference between an alleged suspect (which is what he is is the President’s fantasy) and an enemy combatant (which is what he is in reality). If this were a [...] Growing up, I could understand Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving – those Holidays had rather defined purposes and I enjoyed all three. New Year’s, on the other hand, I could never wrap my finger around. Essentially, celebrating the fact you have to buy a new calendar didn’t seem reason enough to stay up late and watch rather [...] The above is a photo of the Dec. 25 terrorist’s underwear bomb. It seems to me boxers would hidea bomb better. Pretty soon we’ll all be riding commando in the friendly skies. Share on Facebook Figure out the connection and Floyd will send you a cookie Insofar as it was able to alert everyone – INSTANTLY! – about how badly it had failed, that’s how it worked. That seems to sum up the views of DHS Secretary Janet “Don’t Call Me Reno” Napolitano. Yesterday, she famously said that “the [...] Our man Rich has been johnny-on-the-spot regarding the junk science of climate change — or man-made global warming or whatever. This science has not been the only place for shenanigans of course. The largest area of junk science since alchemy has come from the broad amorphous field called the social sciences (so-called) including [...] There is chaos in the streets of Tehran, as protesters gathered to condemn the oppressive, evil regime that runs Iran. And so, in the great tradition of American Presidents, Barack Hussein Obama – despite being on vacation in his alleged birthplace of Hawaii – stepped up to the plate to condemn the government that he [...] I spent the Christmas weekend up at my sister’s house in Monroe, Connecticut. It’s a lovely town a little north of Bridgeport, and the first taste of real New England you get when you’re driving north from New York City. There are beautiful hills and woods, churches and gazebos, lovely leaves in the fall and there [...] Share on Facebook Behold the Tree of Life! If you aren’t familiar with the tree, it is the centerpiece of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the latest of the entertainment giant’s theme parks in Orlando. Standing 145 feet tall, covered with 325 animal images, the Tree of Life (!) serves as the focal point – both figuratively and literarly – [...] Big, dumb comedies? What’s so dumb about them? I never felt laughing – or a couple hours of escaping the doldrums of the grease and dust of manual labor – was too dumb. I noticed my taste for “dumb comedy” was higher depending on how bad I had it in my current job. If I [...] If the Democrats dump cap-and-trade, it would be no surprise. The bill seemed doomed the minute it left the house – it has been sitting on the sidelines for months. Now it appears no action will be taken throughout 2010 given the struggling economy and the beating the Democrats have taken publicly over health care. Bruised [...] Share on Facebook Share on Facebook We’ve all heard by now of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit by a Nigerian Muslim claiming to be acting on behalf of al-Qaeda. What is emerging now is a terrorist who was a child of privilege who does not fit the cultural/ethnic profile. That’s [...] Hope everyone earned their post-Christmas hangover as much as I did. Here’s what I left you under the tree Threedonia: Mark Steyn and Dick Morris debate Harry Reid on health-care – classic stuff!
Share on Facebook Share on Facebook on Starz beginning in January…. Tracy… don’t let the kids watch! Share on Facebook This year’s authentic Trzupr card: (The cat is one of ours – Moe to be exact – the dog is a stand in for the collies). And now to the punch line: Share on Facebook I listed a “Top 5″ of the decade movie post the other day and I find it sad that there are few good war movies on it much less even made. Besides Taking Chance (on HBO) and Ridley Scott’s Blackhawk Down (7 years after the action it portrays) what other positive portrayals are there [...] |
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