Friday, August 31, 2012

Clint Eastwood's speech

Clint Eastwood's speech last night is getting a lot of comment on the web. See here.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Russell Kirsch, inventor of the computer

Russell Kirsch, the inventor of the first internally programmable computer, has a nice talk in a coffee shop. He does not like iPads because people just consume things on them and don't make things.

"Nothing is withheld from us what we have conceived to do."
"Do things that have never been done." 

Friday, August 17, 2012

Hillary say no as Slow Joe's replacement

Washington Examiner: Did Hillary decline to replace Slow Joe as Obama's running mate?

Monday, August 13, 2012

Southern culture is a mystery to Northerners

WSJ: Northerners can hate Southern culture, but they at least ought to try to understand the nation's fastest-growing region. I personally wouldn't live anywhere else.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Robert Samuelson on the Ryan pick

Robert Samuelson thinks the Paul Ryan pick could trigger a debate about the size and role of the federal government. I'd like to see that.
A genuine debate is long overdue. The framework for government’s expansion since 1960 has broken down. Its political appeal was that we got more government (from food stamps to Medicare to Pell grants) without a parallel increase in tax burdens. In 1960, federal taxes were 17.8 percent of the economy (gross domestic product); in 2007, before the financial crisis, they were only 18.5 percent of GDP.
Two bits of good fortune enabled this something-for-nothing swelling of government: First, annual economic growth averaged slightly more than 3 percent; second, defense spending declined as a share of the budget — in effect, lower defense spending financed higher social spending. Both props are gone.

Hold the butter, no, hold the popcorn

Buttered popcorn has been linked to Alzheimer's. Too bad, I do like it.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Iceland's penis museum

A woman is Iceland creates a penis museum. based on the Icelandic  men's handball team. She said, "I didn't have any models. I just made them from experience."

Experience is best.

Herb Rule

When I opened the paper this morning, I noticed that Herb Rule, candidate for Congress for the 2d District, was arrested for on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Fayetteville.

He has had another such incident in 2010.

Ryan as VP, says AP

The AP says that Romney will name Paul Ryan, Rep from Wisconsin and a prominent conservative, as his VP.

The announcement is today at 7:45 Central Time. See Ryan here:

Friday, August 10, 2012

Arnold can still deliver a good line

Steven Hayward has a funny Arnold Schwarzenegger vignette.
These days, when Mr. Schwarzenegger promotes a film, such as when he participated in a Comic-Con International panel with his “The Expendables 2″ co-stars including Sylvester Stallone and Randy Couture, his handlers still prep him as they would have in office, quietly slipping him note cards to review backstage.
He doesn’t always follow the script. Introducing a screening of “The Expendables 2″ at Camp Pendleton, he strode onto the stage of the auditorium and grabbed the microphone.  “It is wonderful to be back,” said Mr. Schwarzenegger, outfitted in two-tone brown saddle shoes and a white, short-sleeved oxford shirt. “And I’ll tell you, I’m very impressed with the security here. The security is almost as tight”—he paused for effect—”as Nancy Pelosi’s face.”
An audience of military families roared with laughter. Backstage, an aide muttered, “That wasn’t pre-screened.”

Big Sis Napolitano slapped with discrimination lawsuit

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is facing a major discrimination lawsuit. She has favored women over men, a clear violation of the law.

The NCAA National Communist Athletic Association

A book store at Penn State, that wonderful school in Happy Valley, is selling t-shirts that read "NCAA National Communist Athletic Association." I've heard just about enough from that school.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Chestless, manlike olympians

Columnist: "The Olympics has destroyed womanhood," citing "chestless, manlike" competitors.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Good advice from anybody

10 things that you can learn from people who never went to college. Well, sure, you can learn from anybody, but it seems patronizing to put it like this article does. I would feel better about advice from the man on the street than some damn college professor. They will steer you wrong, more than likely. William F. Buckley once said, "I'd rather be governer by the first 100 names in the Boston phone book than by the Harvard faculty." See also Thomas Sowell's work.

Who cause our current recession?

Who caused the Great Recession? Bush? Bankers? No, it was the Federal Reserve and Ben Bernanke, according to a recent study.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Charlie Daniels unloads on Obama


Country-music legend Charlie Daniels tells the dag-blamed truth.

Krauthammer’s Take: Time to get scared

Krauthammer’s Take:
Charles includes this quote:
"The chief economist of Credit Suisse said to the “New York Times” today that this is the worst recovery ever, including during the Great Depression. He said if you aren’t scared by that, you don’t know what is going on."


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Olympic track uniforms change over the years

This is an interesting article about changes in Olympic track uniforms over many years. The photographs are good. What about an article on changes in basketball uniforms?

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Volleyball, uck!

I don't care how much ABC shows Olympic volleyball, I won't watch any more!!!

Social Security is a lousy investment

Social Security is no longer a good deal. Actually it never was because inflation made the dollars you took out worth far less than the dollars you put in. And the interest you earned on your investment was pitiful.