Category Archives: Scribbles

Sarah: Happy Fourth!

From her FaceBook account today regarding her announcement Friday that she will be resigning:

"The response in the main stream media has been most predictable, ironic, and as always, detached from the lives of ordinary Americans who are sick of the ‘politics of personal destruction.’ How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it’s about country."

Heh.

UPDATE:  I laugh at all the "wise ones" who contend that her political career is over, etc. My bet is: She’s going to become the campaigner who makes it possible for the Republicans to win back one or both houses of Congress, then use that IOU to take the nomination in 2012.  

Run, Sarah, run

I’m still hopeful. Her resignation eliminates any claims of conflict-of-interest between running for the 2012 nomination and her job as Alaska’s governor. The Left will continue to hate and mock her, as this low blow demonstrates. So what’s new about their lack of taste? The Right will continue to love her, especially us commoners. The Independents, as always, will get to decide.

UPDATE:  The Puffington Host pulled the mockery at the second link, which was, once again, about Sarah’s retarded son. But Michele Malkin captured the page for, uh, "posterity."

I don’t do height well

So this view from the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower makes my palms tingle and my toes curl. Ouch.

Via Drudge.

Keyword drivers

One of the five following keyword phrases likely brought you here, according to search analytics at compete dot com:

* Texas fry pans

* Pictures of thunderheads

* Rabbit coloring sheets

* Love is a wild assault

* Dr. Perper’s head

Well, I can vouch for the popularity of the last two, which, indeed, correspond to onetime posts. I also recall a picture of a thunderhead from space. But fry pans? Rabbit coloring sheets? Ahem. No, I think not.

Airbus down, again

Is this just an unlucky break for the French aircraft manufacturer? Two ocean crashes in the same month. Is it the weather, again? Or is something else afoot?

America from the flight deck

Captain Dave uses his weather radar to thread his A321 through a Southern thunderstorm:

"Before we picked our way through this line-up of Thor’s children, the co-pilot told the lead flight attendant to batten down the hatches. I woke the passengers up, using my best imitation of the mythological captain’s voice, and told them to take their seats and strap in tight. After I put the PA handset back in it’s cradle, I remark to the co-pilot, ‘The passengers are probably freaking out back there because of AF447.’"

Good writing. Good read.

Heat emergencies

"Since June 12, Austin-Travis County EMS paramedics have responded to 37 heat emergencies. Included in the elevated response data for heat emergencies [were] construction workers, patients with pre-existing conditions including pregnancy, also several very young patients."

Meanwhile, the forecast is for more of the same through the July 4 weekend. And probably thereafter.

UPDATE:  Thursday’s highs at Camp Mabry and the airport were records: 106 at Mabry, 107 at ABIA. The LCRA’s Bob Rose says those were the second hottest June days in recorded Austin history, which I might add only goes back to the 1840s or so.

The warmists will say this is Global Warming. That’s what  they say when it’s freezing, too. And, probably, when there’s a big sale on at Fry’s. Nevertheless, with the ground thoroughly heated after weeks of this, we can expect plenty more records ahead.