Har, matey!

Picture of the pirate vessel captured a few days ago.

The idiots tried to run for it? Hah!

Hmmm - Be careful what you wish for

I said a few days back that I wished kids today to experience some of the excitement of the old “race to the moon” days.

Apparently, our old rivals are willing to heat the race back up.

We’d better start gearing up.

I’m not sure how much of this is pure wishful thinking on the part of the Russians. But they are getting a lot of cash out of Europe by selling gas…..

This guy is becoming a problem

Hugo Chavez, Harry Belafonte’s and Cindy Sheehan’s best pal, is planning an ecological disaster. Will the lefties denounce his plan?

*Crickets*

Heck, look at the muted tone of the headline itself. Imagine what it would read if Bush proposed the same plan.

This is a few years too late….

If only this study had come out while Clinton was in the White House. Somehow I just bet he would have used it as a justification.

“Just getting ready for the Press Conference is all”……

Well, I’m not happy with these guys

I linked earlier to an article detailing how Google was refusing a to honor subpoena from the US Justice Department.

I thought it a good thing.

Now I find they have decided to submit to Government censorship. Chinese Government.

Now I think the first event was simply an attempt to garner some approving press before this shoe dropped.

Damned shame they are so spineless. (Happily joining Yahoo and MSN, BTW, who already have submitted to both the US and Chinese government demands).

Remember: vote yes on global warming

See what happens when you sign on to the Kyoto agreement?

Meanwhile in the Midwestern United States we are enjoying 59 degrees and sunny. Thanks, George!

He really is a wacko

Jacko, of course…

Dressing as a woman to go shopping. Is it just me, or is actually getting worse since his acquittal?

About questioning reports

Last night, this article was released with the headline "Army Stretched to Breaking Point". Today it has been changed to "Deployments Stretching Army, Study Finds". (Damn, I wish I could take screen shots of this stuff…..) So, which is it? (The text has changed very little if at all, I didn't think the text supported the former headline when I first read the article). Another thing to question: The article states the study was produced "under a Pentagon contract". The author has apparently given an interview to the AP reporter. So, why is the author giving interviews in public for a Pentagon study? Has this study even been turned in to the Pentagon yet? Yet another question is: Most Pentagon studies I am aware of produce three scenarios, best case, worst case and middle case. Is the study in question a part of that three-tiered approach? If so, which case is it? If not, why was the three-tiered approach not used in this instance? Now obviously, I am not arguing that any large deployment will not stretch the Army's resources. That's virtually guaranteed with the way the military was restructured under Clinton. But stretching in time of war is expected. I know full well that the logistics resources of the Reserve and National Guard are really stretched at the moment. But was that unexpected? I think not. This article just states that "the Army" is stretched. But what parts of the Army? All of it or just certain groups? Sorry, I think this is just more sloppy reporting meant to address a political agenda. It could have been a pretty good article with better reporting.

This may not be a good thing

It seems there are some $100 US bills circulating in Kazakhstan that are contaminated with some type of radioactive substance.

It is not known how the bills came to be contaminated.

This is not reassuring……

Yet another criminal mastermind

This guy is a pure genius.

A gud speler, two.

Ah, what a victory

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the ACLU! Fearless defenders of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of that perfect little pleated miniskirt to go with that new pair of patent leather pumps!


(Actually, the young man in question is showing a lot of courage in creatively protesting what is actually a fairly ridiculous rule).

I predict a book deal

This guy will be offered a book deal. Just say the magic words……

Or you could just move…..

They build a village in a valley. The valley is so deep that the surrounding mountains block off direct sunlight during the winter. The mayor now wants to build a large mirror to direct sunlight to the village plaza in winter months.

Why does this project bring this to mind?