Monthly Archives: October 2009

CH-47’s dust halo

Posted on October 14, 2009 | Comments Off on CH-47’s dust halo

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Freelance war correspondent Michael Yon reports on this interesting visual effect.

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Nanny strike

Posted on October 13, 2009 | Comments Off on Nanny strike

Giving a six-year-old a clasp knife is pretty stupid to begin with, even when it also contains a fork and a spoon. But suspending him from school (and making him do 45 days in the district’s reform school as a further punishment) because he brought it to the cafeteria to show off and eat with is, well, about what you can expect these days from the Nanny State and its public school minions. They’re experts in making Everests out of ant hills. No wonder school vouchers are so popular.

Via Instapundit. And Best of The Web Today, which notes that the 45 days is "more time than Roman Polanski initially spent in captivity for raping a 13-year-old girl.

MORE:  The Waco schools are smarter. Zero tolerance is like the Army’s old Zero Defects. Nonsense.

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New Orleans Greys

Posted on October 13, 2009 | Comments Off on New Orleans Greys

This evening in 1835, the New Orleans Greys assembled for the first time in the grand coffee room of Banks Arcade in the French Quarter. They were one of the few volunteer units of the Texas Revolution which could claim battle honors at Bexar, the Alamo, San Patricio, Refugio, Coleto, Goliad, and San Jacinto.

One hundred seventy-three years later, the Mexican government still has their silk "God and Liberty" battle flag, captured at the Alamo, which it has steadfastly refused to relinquish despite requests from governors and presidents. The tattered remnants are believed to be hidden in the archives of the Museo Nacional de Historia at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City.

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President Thin-Skin

Posted on October 13, 2009 | Comments Off on President Thin-Skin

Not only will you be called a racist if you criticise our thin-skinned president (whose name in his youth, by the way, was Barry Dunham) but if you’re a blogger, his minions will take swipes at you in the adoring Antique Media. Well, what can you expect from a fellow who gave his opponents the finger during the ’08 campaign? Some peace prize winner. Peace only if you agree with him.

Via Instapundit.

MORE: Barry’s haters, critics, supporters and worshippers: Which are you? Via Riehl World View.

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Orion’s Molecular Cloud Complex

Posted on October 12, 2009 | Comments Off on Orion’s Molecular Cloud Complex

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The part of Orion the Hunter you can’t see with the unaided eye or a cheap backyard telescope.

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“This is the start of a long day”

Posted on October 12, 2009 | Comments Off on “This is the start of a long day”

If you’re not quite bold about flying, you may not find a lot of reassurance in Captain Dave’s writing. But the reality behind his poetry sure beats sitting in an office chair under a cluster of gas balloons (see below).

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Insanity over North Carolina

Posted on October 12, 2009 | Comments Off on Insanity over North Carolina

Well, he made it to 14,783 feet asl and lived to tell about it on a colorful Web page. Actually, that was low. He’d previously been above 17,000 feet asl. But the higher ascent had been in the gondola of a gas balloon. His lower achievement was in an office chair. Sort of like Lawn Chair Larry (aka Danny Deckchair), only, thoughtfully, with portable oxygen and a GPS. And he wasn’t drunk. Just, obviously, insane.

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