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!

Friday, June 20, 2014

"Education for rapists" - don't believe the bull!

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Some of you have doubtless been following the politically correct brouhaha over defense against rape, sparked by Miss Nevada's comments...
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Thursday, June 19, 2014

An appeal to my readers

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To those of you who've read (and hopefully enjoyed) my latest book, ' War To The Knife ': Please, please put up a review on...
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Danger looms in the Middle East

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The current crisis in Iraq is but the harbinger of many more fractures along political and social fault lines in the region.  Those who are...
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Why not to volunteer in the Army - bomb disposal edition

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I had to laugh at parts of the obituary of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Cliff Green. He enlisted in the Army in 1939, and the following ...
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I don't have much time for Greenpeace . . .

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. . . but I had to laugh at this 'green energy' advertisement. I'm not sure if that was 'enlightening' or whethe...
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Amazon's Fire smart phone: is it a miscalculation?

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I've been waiting with interest to see what the long-rumored 'Amazon smart phone' would look like, and how it would compete wit...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Preparing for launch

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With the news that the USS George H. W. Bush is being sent to the Persian Gulf to monitor the Iraq crisis , I thought this video from her ...
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Some more computer security news

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Following my earlier report about compulsory home wi-fi hotspots , I came across three other articles while searching for more information....
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A new home security threat: compulsory wi-fi hotspots

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Subscribers to Comcast need to start worrying about that company's plans to make all of its cable subscribers into wi-fi hotspots, acce...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

A new album from Mike Oldfield

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I was horrified to learn that Mike Oldfield turned 60 last year.  I've followed his music ever since his first album, 1973's '...
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The many uses of truck bed liner compound

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Blogging buddy Daddybear learned the hard way about the economics of spray-on pickup truck bed liners the other day. In a comment t...
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Follow-up news on the economy

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Following my big article last night about our economic woes , a few interesting items of corroborating evidence caught my eye today. Rem...
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Samurai soccer???

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This is a promotional video/advertisement for a Japanese brand of ramen noodles, but it's still a lot of fun. I wonder if they s...
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Valuable advice concerning eyes and computers

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Yahoo News has published a very useful article about the effects on the eyes of prolonged staring at a computer screen.  Here's an exc...
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Monday, June 16, 2014

The economy: Amber lights flashing, red coming up?

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The signs of something really, really nasty building up in the national and global economy are getting clearer all the time.  I strongly ur...
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Truth in advertising?

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Received via e-mail, origin unknown: Yes, there really is a product of that name!  I'm not going to link to it, but an Internet ...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Around The Blogs 2014-06-15

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Here's the rest of the 'Around The Blogs' post I began last night . # # # At PJ Media, David Solway asks " Is America...
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Quote of the day

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From the Silicon Graybeard, speaking of the ammunition shortage : Personally, I think it's our duty as patriots to have enough ammo ...
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Watch what the Iraq conflict does to the economy

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The US and world economies are already in a parlous state .  Now the outbreak of internecine warfare in Iraq threatens to drive them down ...
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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Around The Blogs 2014-06-14

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I've missed a couple of weeks of 'Around The Blogs' posts, first due to my outrage at this incident , then thanks to last-minut...
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