Californians who still care about their state suffered a hit today in the announcement that Chuck DeVore will be pulling up stakes and heading to Texas with his family; Good-bye, California, I’m going to Texas It’s hard to say “good-bye” – perhaps “au revoir” is better (till we meet again). As some of my friends [...]
Via El hombre original, SooperMexican; One of the more breathtakingly stupid memes of the Occupy Wall Street protest (and there are many) is the constant self-aggrandizing comparison to the “Arab Spring.” There are many reasons to be cautious in being overly celebratory of the Mideast revolutions even without comparing it to a “revolution” in America. Even the slightest [...]
If you’ve seen videos from the Occupy protests, you may have been wondering what the hell the crowd is going with the hand signs and whatever. Watch this, and then you’ll have a clue. Maybe. Via The Right Sphere h/t Michelle Lancaster Related articles James O’Keefe’s Trip to Occupy Wall Street: The Film [Video] (gawker.com) [...]
You look around you at a world you think has abandoned you. You owe money for student loans you took out to pay for your Political Science major, or a Fine Arts degree and are discovering the world is a harsh place. Maybe a family elder warned you about that, maybe not, but still here [...]
I’m feeling, I think, only a small measure of the true loss to our country and the understandable sadness of a dear friend at the news of the death of Texan David Hall. Along with all of this, I’m feeling my own negligence in failing to introduce GiN’s readers to David and his family and… more Source post >>>
BREAKING NEWS – ARIZONA SHERIFFS CALL ON U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER TO RESIGN Across the street from the state capitol is a park where the Arizona Peace Officers Memorial rests. The memorial lists the names of all the officers who have been killed in the line of duty in Arizona. The name added to [...]
China releases 2010-2020 plan for forest land protection, use Tuesday, August 24, 2010 10:10 AM BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) — China’s State Administration of Forestry (SFA) on Tuesday unveiled the country’s first mid- to long-term plan for the protection and the use of forest land. The plan, titled the National Plan [...]
Watch the Repeating Zombies in this clip, then watch the clip below. Things that make you say “Hmmmm…” Actually, the Life of Brian Zombies seem to actually somewhat think for themselves, as opposed to the others…
…and I’m talking in a creepy Invasion of the Bodysnatchers way. I first saw clip this Saturday, and I couldn’t get past the first few seconds. The whole thing was just too much like watching a pre-school teacher speak to children, which would be cute if the children weren’t 20+ years old. What brought this [...]