Bayou Renaissance Man

The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!

Monday, June 17, 2013

Watch China's economy very carefully

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In recent days I've highlighted warning signs coming from Japan and Europe.  It looks like they're present in China as well.  The ...

Mad dogs and Englishmen - with pulse jets!

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I'm sure many readers have read about the German V-1 flying bomb , the so-called 'doodle-bug' pilotless bomb of World War II. ...
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A searing indictment of economists

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In his latest newsletter , John Mauldin pulls no punches about economists and their failures.  Here are a few excerpts. If you've su...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Some amazing maneuvers

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The video clip below shows one of the Russian Sukhoi PAK-FA stealth fighter prototypes executing some pretty amazing maneuvers during test...
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Safely home

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Miss D. and I got home late this afternoon, safe and happy after a relaxing couple of days with friends up north.  Both of us feel much be...

Friends, food and fires

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Miss D. and I are having a very pleasant and relaxing break in Brigid 's company.  We went out yesterday morning to do a little shoppi...
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Old memories revived

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An article in the Telegraph discusses the ongoing grinding poverty in Alexandra township , part of the Johannesburg metropolitan area in...
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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Doofus Of The Day #708

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Today's award goes to the official censors in China.  The Telegraph reports : Following the recent California summit between Barack ...
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Arrived safely

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Made it safely through the traffic to Brigid 's place.  Miss D. and I detoured to the meadery on the way here, and arrived with eight...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

He needs to buy a lottery ticket - NOW!

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I'm amazed at the reported survival of a Nigerian cook for two days underwater after his ship sank.  Via Yahoo! News, Reuters reports :...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

On the road again

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I've been getting very tired lately.  Getting my first novel out the door, and frantically rushing to complete the final edit on the se...
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Individual responsibility versus statism

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A perfect example of how statists clash with those who believe in individual responsibility is playing out over a recent newspaper column ...
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Now those are scary numbers!

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Writing in National Review, Jonathan Strong points out that the entitlement spending deficit is far, far larger than has previously been ac...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

WARNING - latest Windows update may cause problems

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Obviously, one swallow doesn't make a summer, and one user's experience doesn't indicate a trend:  but I installed the latest W...
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Talk about a headbanger . . .

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I remember reading about a heavy landing by an ANA Boeing 767 in Japan last year , but I hadn't seen images of it until I came across t...
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The 'Intelligence-Industrial Complex'

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President Eisenhower famously warned about the ' military-industrial complex ' in his farewell address in January 1961.  Now, in ...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Doofus Of The Day #707

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Didn't anyone tell this guy that when ships are launched, waves usually result? (No, he wasn't hurt - but someone nearby bro...
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Wow!

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NASA has released new video footage of ' sun tornadoes ', vortices of plasma moving across the surface of the sun.  It's hard ...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

My second book is almost ready!

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I've been hard at work on getting the print edition of ' Take The Star Road ' ready to roll.  It should be available late next ...
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Just because it's "legal' doesn't mean it's right!

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I note that several commentators and apologists for the NSA's spying on the electonic communications of US citizens and residents are ...
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