This is one of Heinlein’s older juveniles. Note the ninety-five cent price. It’s from this site that mocks some book covers, this one for the astronaut’s day-glo orange trousers. Hmm. Mr. B. and I enjoyed the tale as a bedtime story a few years ago, despite the tedious courtroom passages which weren’t near as funny as the author tried to make them.
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Posted in Library, Mr. Boy, Scribbles, Space
Tagged bad book covers, Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction, space opera, The Star Beast
“How could a country that stones women to death for adultery possibly be chosen to serve in a leadership role on the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women?”
Simple. It’s the dictator’s club.
“This is another example of just one more U.N. body created to do one thing and now doing the opposite, for which American taxpayers foot 22% of the bill. And it will continue unless those with their hands on the spigot in Congress finally decide to turn off the tap.”
No kidding. But don’t hold your breath.
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Tagged Iran, U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, women's rights
“My friend has now witnessed first-hand how the game is played. Neither party monopolizes greed, corruption or cynicism. Both exist to entrench their players into safe seats at the taxpayer trough.
“America is no longer a democracy. It’s a corporacracy. Businesses, banks, unions and other special interests call the tune, and the White House and Capitol Hill kick up their Guccis and Jimmy Choos and dance.”
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Posted in Iraq, Library, Scribbles, Troops, Viet Nam
Tagged A Sense of Duty, Quang Pham
This looks like a Mirage from the side, but, judging from the belly air scoop it’s probably a stretch, two-seater F-16—one of the birds Israel would use to attack Iran, if such became necessary. As it might, thanks to our feckless, pro-Muslim president. Anyhow, here it’s a pair of IAF birds at the Red Flag war games over Nellis AFB, near Las Vegas, to which all allied air forces are invited.
Via Seraphic Secret.
My “helpful review” percentage has fallen again at Amazon. It’s now down to sixty-four percent. I had the temerity, you see, to give failing grades to some books almost universally adored, or otherwise take some contrary view. When you don’t run with the sheep at Amazon, a few of them will leave the herd long enough to nip at your ankles. Not that I care, frankly. I do the reviews because I enjoy doing them. They also are a way of promoting my own work, as anyone clicking on my name atop a review will be taken to my page with its profile stuff–including references to my two indie books.
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon helpful reviews, reviewing books
Congrats to Earl Thomas (Seattle), Sergio Kindle (Baltimore), Lamarr Houston (Oakland), Jordan Shipley (Cincinnati), Roddrick Muckelroy (also Cincinnati), and Colt McCoy (Cleveland).
The daily is sputtering over McCoy, the winningest, etc. being a late, second round pick (long after Bradford and Tebow), but I’m not surprised. I still say he’s injury prone and I think we’ll see that in his (probably short) pro career.
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Posted in Scribbles, Texana, Texas Football
Tagged Colt McCoy, Earl Thomas, Jordan Shipley, Lamarr Houston, Longhorns football, Roddrick Muckelroy, Sergio Kindle, Texas Longhorns
Those Iranians and their Gazan acolytes are really a hoot. You just don’t know fear until you’ve seen the Iranian wookie suits on parade. Apparently they think these hula-skirts-gone-beserk will be good camouflage when their day of military reckoning comes.
Forgetting all those airborne IR sensors cutting through to the heat of the matter. The Gazan string version is even more pathetic. It’s hard to take these people seriously, even under the best of circumstance. I’d say there’s a better than even chance they will turn their new nukes onto themselves.
Via Simply Jews.
MORE: While we’re on the subject of fools: “Hush, Children–A Hollywood Moron Speaketh”
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Posted in Blogosphere, Israel, Scribbles, The War, Troops
Tagged Alberta tar sands, Gaza, Goose-stepping Wookies, Iran, James Cameron
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