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- Things are going to change around here
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
I am in the process of switching from Moveable Type to Wordpress. You can see the new site here. Get over there, play around and tell me if something is broken. Moveable Type served me well but as the site got older (3,000 or so posts) rebuilds became a 45 minute ordeal. Worpress is fast because, if I understand it correctly (and there's no guarantee that I do), there are no actual web pages per se to rebuild but the magic of something called PHP generates the pages from data - or something. Hen
- On cool gun toys
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
One word: Sweet!...
- Ponderous
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
The VPC, JTO, the Brady Bunch and all these other anti-gun organizations like to drag out their token politician err police chief who says he supports gun control this and that. TriggerFinger tells us that: Gun Control: With regard to private citizens owning firearms for sport or self-defense, 94 percent of the respondents supported civilian gun-ownership rights. Ninety-six percent of the police chiefs and sheriffs believe criminals obtain firearms from illegal sources and 91 percent revealed th
- On a roll
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
The geek seems to be blogging more lately. I suppose he's settled after the move. Lots of good stuff, just go there and read....
- Stop saying that
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
Seriously, someone inform Michelle Malkin that (at least in the blogosphere) the phrase Jumped the shark has jumped the shark. Oh, and since I hadn't mentioned it, Michelle Malkin has a blog....
- I'm sure it's all completely unrelated
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
The KNS has an article by Georgiana Vines about the recent flurry of emails and releases by both Jamie Hagood and Billy Stokes: A recent flurry of e-mails and press releases shows the intensity of the state Senate 6th District campaign between state Rep. Jamie Hagood and lawyer Billy Stokes in their efforts to succeed retiring Ben Atchley. The e-mails include one purportedly from County Mayor Mike Ragsdale that he says he did not send. The e-mail using his official Knox County address asks to be
- Golly Bob Howdy
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
Just when I think I have that whole smarmy thing down, I read from the master of smarminess. Ouch....
- Email bloatware
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
Today, Yahoo tells me that it's upping my email storage amount from 4MB to 100MB. Cool, say I. However, this storage space (which I never use, as I keep my email folders empty for the most part) has caused some reliability issues. Check mail, and I get a Cannot find server error about half the time....
- The War on Lawful Commerce
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
A Wisconsin man has been convicted of two crimes: 1) possession of a machine gun and 2) engaging in lawful commerce: The conviction of a Crivitz man dealing in firearms without a license sends a message to gun sellers that attempt to skirt licensing laws, federal officials said. Failing to do required buyers background checks also will not be tolerated, officials said. Steven Biskupic, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, said a jury Wednesday convicted Steven W. Van Bellinger,
- Quote of the day
01/01/70 12:00:00 AM
Tis a beaut: It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound....
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- Not a Good Idea
Oregon is going to start testing their ability to tax cars by the miles driven instead of by the gallon of gasoline used. This seems like a horrible idea, even putting aside the privacy concerns. It assumes that all cars wear the roads in the same fashion, and that isn’t true. heaver [...]
- Pandering to the Bottom
When I recently moved to one of what New Yorkers call “the outer boroughs”, someone consoled me by assuring me that “Brooklyn is the new Manhattan!”
Apparently, Liberty Baptist University is the new Bob Jones - the place where Republicans go to speak in code to religious loons of the super-fringe. And apparently John McCain is [...]
- What to Do About Immigration
Yesterday I talked about the desire of one section of the GOP to essentially make illegal immigrants unpersons and make it criminal to provide them with almost any kind of help. I mentioned that Bush, to his credit, was opposed to such draconian and mean-spirited measures. But his plan is to make some [...]
- A Legal Immigrant Takes On Illegal Immigration
Quoth Manish:
Beyond employment-based categories, you can get into the country by being related to a US Citizen (which can take anywhere from a few months to 10 years depending on what the relationship is), be an entrepreneur with $50k or so to invest, or win the diversity lottery (which isn’t open to Mexicans, El Salvadoreans, [...]
- Bush the Liar
More evidence that Bush was lying about his actions in the lead up to the war:
During a private two-hour meeting in the Oval Office on Jan. 31, 2003, he made clear to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain that he was determined to invade Iraq without the second resolution, or even if international arms inspectors [...]
- Stanislaw Lem Has Died
He was 84, and we still lost him much, much too young.
Via Bookslut.
- Divided Kingdom
Taking the advice of Matt Cheney, I picked up Divided Kingdomby Rupert Thompson. This is an interesting book whose power and pleasure is more in the execution than the theme or the plot. The premise of the book is that the United Kingdom has been split into four kingdoms, with the people reassigned [...]
- An Elected King
I don’t understand why this is not getting more attention:
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and any statutes inconsistent with the Constitution must yield. The basic principle of our system of government means that no President, merely by assenting to a piece of legislation, can diminish the scope of the President’s constitutional [...]
- Stoning the Good Samaritan
The House GOP has passed a bill that would severely punish people who provide any help to illegal immigrants that could be construed as helping them “come or remain” in the country. The language is pretty broad, and I don’t notice a medical or legal exemption. In other words, if you give a [...]
- I Am Out of Books
Somene recomend something good to read.
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- Tribute to a cousin
Transcribed from a recent edition of the Pickett County Press:On Jan. 21, 2004 Ander Myhr and Chuck Copeland, both fisheries biologists for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, were duck hunting at Chickamauga Lake. While going to retrieve the boat after the hunt, Copeland, 48, suffered a massive heart attack and died. (...)
- Open thread
Is that what they call it? I see all the big guys do it, so there you go. Tied up with some business related program activities. Be back soon...
- Consumer blogging: Volunteer Veterinary Hospital
I don't often plug businesses or professionals here. But I just have to say that if you have a pet and you are in need of a veterinarian, you can't go wrong with Volunteer Veterinary Hospital, at 3039 Alcoa Highway in Knoxville. Just ask for Dr. Bihl (pronounced "Dr. Bill"). (...)
- Back porch conversations
Conversation #1: (...)
- Friday Bird Blogging
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- World's Fair site development proposal workshop
The City Council workshop on the World's Fair site development proposal was moved to the large assembly room due to the turnout. We estimate there were approx. 50 citizens there in addition to the media, City Council and other officials, and developers. (...)
- Cockfighting News
A large-scale cockfighting operation was uncovered in Chesterfield County, SC over the weekend. Between 60 and 80 people were arrested. The gamecocks were returned to their owners after being booked and photographed. (...)
- World's Fair Site update
The Knoxville "News" Sentinel actually has a couple of important pieces today. Borrow a copy from somebody or pick one up from a lunch counter or something and be sure to read Michael Kaplan's op-ed piece on the case for saving the Candy Factory. (...)
- Karl Rove perspective
The blogosphere and finally the media are abuzz with All Karl All The Time. There are comparisons to Watergate, and some are saying the Rove affair is worse. (...)
- Countdown...
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- NYC’s Selective Fascism
Democratic Mayor Bill “No Big Gulp” de Blasio is advancing yet another nanny state fascist reform, this time in a war on salt. New York City is planning to fine chain restaurants that do not warn diners about high salt content dishes after an appeals court lifted a temporary hold on issuing fines while the matter […]
- What Trump Portends
American Spectator: The big difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is that no one — Trump included, most likely — knows what a Trump presidency would look like. Everyone appears to know what a Clinton presidency would look like. Exactly.
- Is Democrats Love of Over-Regulation Driving Youth Away?
IBD posits that Democrat attitudes towards Web-based sharing companies like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb is an opportunity for Republicans who are less anxious to regulate these new business models out of existence: Last August, self-described socialist Bernie Sanders told Bloomberg that he had “serious problems” with Uber because it was “unregulated.” The Democrats’ presumptive presidential […]
- Are Armed Citizens Effective?
A powerful 3 minute video well worth watching. Warning: imagery may be disturbing to some, as would be expected in a video dealing with terrorism. Armed citizens can help stop terrorist massacres like Nairobi and Paris: Explicit Images from Westgate Mall Massacre from Ronald K Noble on Vimeo.
- Of 3rd Parties Runs and Acting Presidential
After the Nevada Democrat convention went full-out cra-cra, the talking heads are having a field day. Fiscal Times says to get ready for a third party run from Bernie Sanders. MarketWatch lectures Bernie that he has to decide if he’s a Democrat or a revolutionary. But I think that Professor Larry Sabato has it right: […]
- Charlie Daniels Does NRA Proud
Powerful stuff.
- Delegate Math
I took the GOP delegate counts from RCP and Politico and threw them into a spreadsheet. The remaining races and 2 NY as yet unassigned account for 676 delegates. By taking a look at the number of delegates each has already won, I have calculated the percentage needed to reach the “magic number” of 1,237 […]
- Trump Flip Flops … Or Does He?
The Weekly Standard shouts You Won’t Believe What Donald Trump Thinks The Federal Government’s Top 3 Roles Are. Indeed, in one breath, Trump says education is one of the top 3 functions of the federal government, in the next he agrees that yes, he wants to push education down to the states. It’s as if he doesn’t […]
- Blue States Stealing Kid’s Money
Well, not money actually belonging to children but money allocated to educate our youth so it’s the same thing, right? First, the back story. Democrats in Connecticut have created a massive debt problem with decades of poor fiscal decisions and now in desperate straits. According to Truth in Accounting, Connecticut is one of 39 “sinkhole […]
- Trump Trending
Out of curiosity, I placed the top 4 remaining presidential candidates in Google Trends to see how interest has grown or shrunk over time. Searches for The Donald dwarfs the others. Does it mean anything? Certainly not a predictor, right?But just for fun:
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- I'm Not A Racist
So I'll call this guy an idiot lacking the brains to pull down his pants before he takes a crap.
That way he won't be offended.
- Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Let's talk about smoking for a minute. I don't smoke and never have. Probably never will unless I'm on fire. And there's nothing that can ruin a good dinner faster than somebody lighting up in a booth nearby.
But.
There's some fundamental dishonesty going on in the camp of the anti smokers,and it's resulting in some very bad law.
Let's look at the numbers with a little bit of reality.
According to the
- Popularity Contests
When did politics turn into high school popularity contests? When did a President's effectiveness become solely measured by his polling? For years we've heard nothing except how Bush's approval ratings prove he's a bad president, that his 30% numbers are an historic low, that his administration is an utter failure.
But somehow, Congress's 9% approval rating draws a pass.
And let's take a stroll through history for a moment. Just how popular was Abraham Lincoln during the fi
- Pictures from the wedding
The Groom and his Kilt...What's he wearin' underneath it?
- Adam is Home!
At midnight EDT on July 4th, he left Kuwait and traveled for nearly thirty hours before arriving home in Kodak for 18 days of leave.
He'll be getting married tomorrow evening by the shores of Douglas Lake, and leaving on a honeymoon Monday with his new bride.
He'll be back home around the 14th, and then headed back to Iraq around the 20th to finish his 15 month tour, at which time my new daughter, Sasha, will be heading to Colorado for college.
Kids grow so fast...
- The Heller Decision
The Supreme Court today decided on a 5-4 basis that the Second Amendment confirms an individual right to keep and bear arms.
What this means is that 4 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices either cannot read simple English sentences, or that 4 out of 9 Justices would rather follow their own prejudices than the Constitution.
The fact that these 4 Justices are the most liberal is not a coincidence.
- Kanye West is a Poser
Yep, you heard me right. He's nothing but a loudmouth who acts like he has a social agenda, but in reality, it's all about him.
How do I know this?
Remember a few years back during the benefit for New Orleans after Katrina, Kanye went off script to deliver an impassioned plea to the people of America. "They're killing us," he said, shortly before his famous "George Bush doesn't like black people." He was in a state of moral outrage as he railed against the injustices of the
- More Stupidity.
Yesterday, I pointed out Stacy Campfield's ridiculous post about refusing to issue birth certificates for US citizens based on the actions of their parents. Today, in the spirit of bipartisan snark, I am obliged to point out the ridiculous response coming from my old friend R. Neal at KnoxViews. Here is Randy's headline: (If link doesn't work, go to http://www.knoxviews.com/node/8240. Randy is funny sometimes about allowing links from my sit
- When is it OK to Refuse to Give a Birth Certificate to a US Citizen?
According to Stacy Campfield, if you don't like their parents, the State does not have to issue a birth certificate. Mr.Campfield posts about his amendment that would prevent the state from issuing a birth certificate to a child born in the US to two illegal alien parents.
His "logic" goes like this:
(1) If both parents are here illegally, then they are not under our jurisdiction, and therefor
- Humility? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Obama's speech:
...we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth.
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