Category Archives: Blogosphere

First they came for the ISPs, but I wasn’t an ISP…

Be patient, the FCC will get around to bloggers, too. Just a matter of time. Got to watch what you say on these public innertubes, you know. Especially when you have the fascist Democrats in charge of government. They’ll tax and regulate everything they can get their hands on.

UPDATE:  Then there’s the infamous Internet “kill switch” the Democrats like so much. It’s billed as part of “national security,” but it’s also Old Media’s only chance to regain its Democrat-adoring, gate-keeping supremacy over public discourse.

Thank you, Miles Austin’s girlfriend

Whoever and wherever you are, you have my gratitude. I might not have any hits at all if it wasn’t your popularity with so many of my visitors. Not that I actually have anything for them to find out about you, but they come anyhow. Bless ’em. And you, too, of course.

Three reasons why Barry should kick his own ass

Nevermind his latest “I’m really tough” speech. This quick clip from Reason.tv makes sense to me. It’s been a fed oil spill all along, unlike Hurricane Katrina, the last disaster in the Gulf.

No PC name means slower sales

Shootout, Gunfight, Ammunition and Shotgun are street names that, at least in South Austin, hinder home sales. That’s according to a publicity-minded Austin realtor’s unscientific (but persuasive) research. Could be unique to Austin (the San Francisco of Texas) or else that the neighborhood in question isn’t all that desirable to begin with.

Via Dustbury.

Knoxville 1863 on the Web

Working on a new dedicated site for the novel, a freebie on blogger. Starting off with a post-battle photo of Fort Sanders, via the Library of Congress. Several more photos on the subject to come as part of the book’s promotion.

Conventional wisdom says authors need these things, as they’re also supposed to be all over Twitter and FaceBook. I have my doubts. But I can see the advantage of not having my politics intrude on the attempt to market books. Except when they do. Oops.

Ode to the Confederacy

confederateHere’s another monument on the Texas Capitol lawn that irritates the hell out of the PC crowd. That’s Confederate President Jefferson Davis on the top.

HIV: the forgotten U.S. pandemic

AIDS, of course. It was the panic of the ’80s, brought under control by drugs in the 90s and faded from sight in the aughts. Except in Africa. Who knew D.C.’s HIV infection rate challenges that of three African countries?

“The current prevalence of HIV infection within certain subpopulations actually challenges rates observed in areas of Africa. Think about it for a moment. The incidence of HIV-infected adults in Washington, D.C. (one in 30) is actually higher than reported numbers for Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Rwanda.”

Right in the feds’ backyard. How come the pols never talk about it anymore?

Via Vanderleun.