Monthly Archives: December 2010

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Merry Christmas Y’all

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Posted on December 24, 2010 in Rancho Roly Poly, Scribbles

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Harry Potter actress was beaten and branded a prostitute by….

Posted on December 23, 2010 | Comments Off on Harry Potter actress was beaten and branded a prostitute by….

As Blazing Cat Fur says (why yes, cat fur can talk) just take a wild guess.

(Not that these, ahem, unfortunate incidents are anything new to the Religion of Peace.)

Via Blazing Cat Fur.

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Beggars In Spain

Posted on December 23, 2010 | Comments Off on Beggars In Spain

This first of a Nancy Kress sci-fi classic trilogy could as readily be titled Beggars In Dallas, even though it was only a metaphor in the first place. Some of the rest of the book, despite its focus on genetic enhancements, has a sort of outdated feel to it, as well. Well, it was written several decades ago.

But the philosophical argument the story and characters illustrate, between Ayn Rand individualism and the Russian immigrant author’s despised forced altruism is as fresh as the deficit-reducing Tea Party versus Obamacare.

In the end, Kress’s main protagonist decides a compromise between producers and beggars works best and that seems wise. It’s also rather obvious, but in the author’s deft hands, getting there is well worth the journey.

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Posted in Library, Obamalot, Scribbles, Space

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Rogues Gallery

Posted on December 22, 2010 | Comments Off on Rogues Gallery

The Top Twenty “earmarkers” in the Den of Thieves called the U.S. Senate.

  • Cochran (R-MS) 230
  • Wicker (R-MS) 199
  • Murray (D-WA) 172
  • Harkin (D-IA) 152
  • Reid (D-NV) 129
  • Menendez (D-NJ) 123
  • Feinstein (D-CA) 121
  • Lautenberg (D-NJ) 120
  • Lincoln (D-AR) 114
  • Inouye (D-HI) 113
  • Schumer (D-NY) 106
  • Johnson (D-SD) 105
  • Landrieu (D-LA) 104
  • Specter (D-PA) 103
  • Pryor (D-AR) 96
  • Levin (D-MI) 93
  • Stabenow (D-MI) 91
  • Boxer (D-CA) 90
  • Brown (D-OH) 87
  • Grassley (R-IA) 86

“They are taking the American taxpayers’ money — your money — and distributing it in near complete secrecy, with virtually no discussion and as quickly as possible, to their friends, supporters, pet projects, etc.”

Fortunately, though perhaps only temporarily, the bill they were piggybacking their private pork on has yet to come to a vote.

UPDATE:  The number after each name is the $M of their haul.

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The Original BBW, Rubens Venus: Rule 5

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Posted on December 22, 2010 in Library, Rule 5, Scribbles

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Weather is proof of global warming

Posted on December 21, 2010 | Comments Off on Weather is proof of global warming

“When everything is evidence of the thing you want to believe, it might be time to stop pretending you’re all about science.”

Via Instapundit.

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Those Californicators

Posted on December 21, 2010 | Comments Off on Those Californicators

Victor Davis Hanson’s take on why I am seeing so many California license plates in the H.E.B. parking lot these days. Because they’re leaving the West Coast, at the rate of at least 2,000 to 3,000 a week:

“…a state that has the highest sales and income taxes, the most lavish entitlements, the near-worst public schools (based on federal test scores), and the largest number of illegal aliens in the nation, along with an over-regulated private sector, a stagnant and shrinking manufacturing base, and an elite environmental ethos that restricts commerce and productivity without curbing consumption.”

This time we better all pray these California trends are NOT the wave of the future.

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