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!

Thursday, March 24, 2016

USS Conestoga found after 95 years

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that a previously unidentified shipwreck on the seabed near the F...
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Fred on Trump

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Fred Reed brings the snark in his own inimitable fashion. Once upon a time there was a fairy kingdom that lived inside a place called T...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Terrorist profiling, political correctness, and human rights

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The Los Angeles Times has a lengthy article on the difficulties police face in developing a 'profile' of a typical terrorist or su...
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Twenty years of "Voyager"

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It came as quite a shock to realize that one of my favorite Mike Oldfield albums, " Voyager ", was released twenty years ago.  Th...
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A nation of sheep - Belgium edition

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I couldn't help but get angry when I read this headline: Defiant Belgian Citizens Take a Stand Against Terror With Inspirational ...
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Yet another illustration of why law enforcement is widely distrusted

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We've examined many incidents (some are listed here ) where law enforcement officers and agencies have been ' economical with the t...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Bollywood at its over-the-top best

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For all wannabe tough guys out there . . . here's how they do it in India. Eat your hearts out, Arnold and Sly! Peter
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For those who died in Brussels this morning

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May their souls rest in peace, and may those they leave behind find what comfort they may. And may the foul fiends who planned and c...
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Transgender ideology is 'child abuse'

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I'm delighted to see an official body call the current transgender propaganda what it is . The American College of Pediatricians war...
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Bombs in Belgium

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So ISIL has done it again.  According to news reports as I write these words, more than 20 people have been killed and dozens injured in bo...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Classic rock

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Back in 2014 I put up a video of Deep Purple 's 1996 performance of ' When A Blind Man Cries ' at the Montreux Jazz Festival . ...
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Baby elephant cuteness!

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This very young mtoto (baby elephant) can't figure out what its trunk is, or how to use it. Note how close the elephants come t...
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Why aren't Jedi knights more sexy?

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That's the deep philosophical question posed by Lindybeige . You'll find many amusing video clips about weapons ancient and ...
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Doofus Of The Day #893

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Today's award goes to a hapless thief in Scotland .  A tip o' the hat to reader M. L. for sending me the link. A man with no sai...
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"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men . . .

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". . . gang aft agley," as Robert Burns said .  Here's one that definitely 'went agley'.  The commentary says it all....
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How QWERTY came to be

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If you've ever wondered how the modern keyboard layout was standardized, wonder no longer . There are very few things that are surro...
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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Well, what did they expect?

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The British National Environmental Research Council is building a 15,000-metric-ton Royal Research Ship to carry out Antarctic research, at...
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The OV-10 Bronco rides again?

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I was intrigued to learn that the Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco observation and light attack aircraft has recently returned to combat in the M...
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The "Ferguson Effect" gets worse

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At the end of last year we discussed ' Terrorism, thug culture and the entitlement society '.  In that and other articles we ment...
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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Men getting "ripped off" - by their girlfriends!

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Back in 2008 I put up a video about women's reactions to getting a Brazilian wax for the first time.  I followed that up in 2009 with ...
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