Monthly Archives: December 2011

Painted Into A Corner


Who will you vote for as a Christian if not Ron Paul? Mitt Romney – A Mormon Jon Huntsman – A Mormon Newt Gingrich – A man who has more wives than the two Mormons Rick Santorum – The angry … Continue reading

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December 31st


Today in 1759, Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease at £45 per year for the St. James’s Gate Brewery. What a way to end the year.

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Gun Laws


“Laissez-faire gun ownership is feared for the same reason that Hitler would have been afraid of a gun-owning Jewish population or Stalin a bunch of pistol-packing Ukrainians. Well does the State know Mao’s dictum: ‘political power grows out of the … Continue reading

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Can You Hear Me Now?


Yesterday we received a brand new Motorola Razr phone from Verizon. Janet was eligible for an upgrade on the 27th, and since her current phone’s screen is not harder than a concrete driveway, I ordered the Razr (with Gorilla Glass … Continue reading

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Morituri te Salutant


I saw this article yesterday about the 173 cops that were killed in 2011. It made me wonder if there are statistics for the number of people who cops have killed. So I did some searching and one of the … Continue reading

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Honesty


If only all our dealings were so straight forward and clear:  from: this isn’t happiness via Mark Frauenfelder @ Boing Boing

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Earth to Krugman: The Treasury != The Fed


In one of today’s idiotic posts, Debt Is (Mostly) Money We Owe to Ourselves, Krugman says: People think of debt’s role in the economy as if it were the same as what debt means for an individual: there’s a lot … Continue reading

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The Minister of Truth on Ron Paul


I love this guy! h/t Bob Wenzel

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Nota Bene


Norman Horn in the Washington Post. Concise but excellent essay on the question: “Can a Christian be a libertarian?”

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There were two dark chocolate…


chip cookies left.  And then there were none. Me: “So you could have saved one for me.” Wife: “I could have, but I did not.” True story.

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