THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

Cold front and rain

Dick Stanley — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:14:19 +0000

The first cold front of the season? Probably. Anyhow, it’s drawing moisture out of the Gulf and producing thunderstorms and steady rain. Over an inch so far at the rancho. Been a fairly wet year. Hope it continues. Had enough drought, after a hot and unusually dry August. But LCRA’s Bob Rose says it’ll return next week.

Melatonin and Vitamin C

Dick Stanley — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:17:37 +0000

Planning my trip to Israel in early October. I’m told to expect the weather to be much like Texas, a little warmer, maybe, but not much. I am wondering how big a melatonin pill I need to start taking 1-3 days before the flight? Also how much Vitamin C to ward off the colds and other contagious stuff floating around in the airliner’s cabin? Cogitate, cogitate.

Islamophobes

Dick Stanley — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:20:53 +0000

Thousand-squid packs ravage Mexicans

Dick Stanley — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:05:21 +0000

Times are getting tougher down on the west coast of Mexico where “killer giant squid are not only devouring vast amounts of fish they have even started attacking humans.”

And two Mexican fishermen recently paid the price “dragged from their boats and chewed so badly that their bodies could not be identified even by their own families.”

All in all, I greatly prefer visions of Our Lady of Guadalupe in a tortilla. Lots more peaceful.

Via Instapundit.

Eddie Bernice, crookin’

Dick Stanley — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:38:24 +0000

It’s pathetic the way these black politicians apparently figure that their personal and racial grievances entitle them to steal from the system when they get the opportunity. “Unknowingly,” the Dallas Democrat claims. Yeah, I’ll just bet. Sort of like the First Lady’s extravagant vacation in Spain, also on the taxpayers’ dime, only on a smaller scale.

Via Instapundit.

Alizee: Rule 5

Dick Stanley — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:00:26 +0000

Sarah packs ‘em in

Dick Stanley — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:40:38 +0000

You could say that Glenn Beck did it, brought the 300,000 to 500,000 folks to the mall in D.C. today. But who wants to look at him? Must have been Sarah.

Meanwhile, the Obamalot court media just happens to have fallen in line with the same two-word assessment of the crowd i.e. “overwhelmingly white.” Yeah, let’s keep it racial, boys, like you always do. You’ve spent two years branding most of the country racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, etc. Ever wonder if that could be the source of your circulation and financial woes? Might.

Via Instapundit.

Bunny Show Jumping

Dick Stanley — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:18:42 +0000

I knew rabbit meat was tasty. You can even find it in some groceries, if you ask discreetly or know where to look. But leave it to the Danes to not only make pets of bunnies, but to train them in a sort of miniature steeplechase. Ta-da!

Israeli F-15s over Auschwitz

Dick Stanley — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:56:22 +0000

A break from Lloyd, please

Dick Stanley — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:29:53 +0000

While it’s unlikely that forever-politician and Texas Liberal Lloyd Doggett finally can be unseated in November, it’s interesting that his challenger, working mom Donna Campbell, is wisely running against Queen Nancy:

“A vote for any Democrat in [the] U.S. Congress is a vote to keep Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House. This is the same Nancy Pelosi who said we have to pass bills before we can know what’s in them. This is the same Nancy Pelosi who said extending unemployment benefits creates jobs. And yes, this is the same Nancy Pelosi who just last week called for investigating Americans who are opposed to building the mosque at Ground Zero.”

She’s likewise smart to hammer home the truth that Lloyd’s campaign money come from the big-time lobbyists in D.C. whom he caters to, as a career-politician who hasn’t worked for a living since he was in college.

“I might also point out that a large portion of Lloyd Doggett’s three million dollar war chest was raised by entrenched special interests inside the beltway, while most of my contributions have come from individuals living in and around Austin….while Mr. Doggett lives a life of luxury inside the ruling class bubble. He got a pay raise while the rest of us have been tightening our belts to make ends meet.”

Good luck, Donna. We all deserve a break from Prince Lloyd.