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The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900
by A.C. Greene Lifetime Achievement Winner Mike Cox, of Austin.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Library, Texana
Tagged 1821-1900, Mike Cox, The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso
Why should Palin, Beck, Limbaugh and Boehner have all the fun being pilloried by the White House, and CBS, CNN and the other Obamalot court media? I always ask for plastic instead of paper or cloth. I never recycle, if I can help it. And I always ignore Tom Friedman columns. Please Mr. Iowahawk, give me a shot at villainy.
UPDATE: Almost forgot. My piece de resistance. I favor the mosque near Ground Zero. But only if it is required to fly a giant Confederate battle flag.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Obamalot, Scribbles
Tagged Iowahawk, paper or plastic, recycle, Tom Friedman
One of the places Snoopy and I were planning to visit in October was the Golan Heights. Now he’s recovering from a heart attack and I’m trying to decide whether I’m still adventurous enough at sixty-six to go there alone.
Fortunately, there’s always Michael Totten, and his good reporting, editing and picture-taking. This piece of his on the Golan both encourages me to go and makes me realize that I don’t have to. Thanks to the Web, and its undercutting of the old mass media gatekeepers, I can get a feel for the place without leaving home.
I used to donate money to Michael before he went to work for Pajamas Media. Then I got to the bottom of his piece and discovered he still needs contributions. I sent him ten bucks. If you like the piece you should consider it, too. It’s much cheaper than a trip.
UPDATE: Snoop returns to posting. He’s just going to be a lot slower for a while.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Israel
Tagged Golan Heights, Michael Totten, Simply Jews, Snoopy the Goon
Seems like only yesterday we were enjoying this panorama of the Gulf of Mexico from the condo at Port Aransas. It was, in fact, not quite a month ago. It was much more humid than usual for some reason, and Mr. B. got stung by a jellyfish, so he was less than enthused about the beach part of it. But, there’s always next year. So far. Still thinking of rare reader Snoopy’le, who is recovering from a heart attack. Wishing him well. And his wife and children, too.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Mr. Boy, Texana, Weather/Climate
Tagged Gulf of Mexico, Port Aransas, Texas coast
Rare reader and longtime blogging pal Snoopy-the-Goon in Israel had a heart attack today. His son emailed me about it and said a stent had been put in the offending artery and the recovery seems to be going okay.
He also advised I should cancel my plans to come visit them in October, but I’m going to think about that before I do it. I might book a hotel and plan to take buses, etc. Maybe pay a short visit to the patient. In the meantime, please say a prayer for Snoop’s continuing recovery.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Israel, Rancho Roly Poly
Tagged heart attack, Simply Jews, Snoopy the Goon, stent
A friend who has a license-to-carry—mainly because he’s in the diamond business—was the other evening extolling the virtues of the AK-47 for home protection. I said what do you want that peasant gun for, when you could have a nice M-4?
Upon which he began a woeful tale of reduced powder in the 5.56 cartridges, and why the 7.62 has more stopping power. Nevertheless, I like the Tavor TAR-21, made by Israeli Weapons Industry Ltd., much better. Compact enough to fit under the night stand, too.
Via Simply Jews.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Israel, Rancho Roly Poly, Science/Engineering, Texana, The War
Tagged Israeli Weapons Industry Ltd., Simply Jews, Tavor TAR-21
I love this notion. Just the name is compelling. The mediocre. The average.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Library, Science/Engineering, Scribbles
Tagged Copernicus, life in the universe, Space, The Principle of Mediocrity
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