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!

Sunday, September 24, 2017

Sunday morning music

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Let's have another classical interlude.  How about Vivaldi 's Concerto for Flute in G Minor, RV 435?  It's a short work, part o...
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Saturday, September 23, 2017

(NSFW) No way that was an accident!

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Australians have always been noted for a robust sense of humor.  It's come to the fore again in a postal referendum on whether to legal...
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We're all going to face an "interesting" retirement

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No matter how near to or far from retirement we are, the current parlous state of the US pension and retirement funding "industry...
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Friday, September 22, 2017

"This Is Why You Will Never Get Ahead"

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That's the title of an article over at The Vulgar Curmudgeon's new blog site (and if you followed him on Blogger, you'll want ...
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The inevitable result of penny-pinching, wrong priorities, and poor planning

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I'm pleased to see the new Secretary of the Navy do some plain speaking . The 10 deaths aboard the USS McCain last month and the sev...
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Carrot WHAT???

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Australians have always been a resourceful, inventive people . . . but I'm not sure about this news . Australia’s biggest carrot ove...
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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Almost in the weeds!

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Here's a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber making a very, very long takeoff run.  He only just got his wheels off the ground before the ...
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Yet another forecast about the end of the world . . .

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. . . this time on Saturday, September 23rd - and I'm betting it'll turn out to be just as false as all the previous ones. Seriou...
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Sounds logical to me . . .

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From Stephan Pastis and yesterday's edition of his Pearls Before Swine cartoon strip (click the image for a larger view at the strip...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Too cute!

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Courtesy of Borepatch , here's a pup who just wants to be part of the game. All together, now:   Aaaaaawwwww! Peter
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Contaminated water awareness goes mainstream?

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Last week I published some thoughts about emergency water supplies , in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Now Accuweather has put u...
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More fiscal insanity in Illinois

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We've spoken before about Illinois ' budget woes  - follow those four links for more information. Now comes this news . Illi...
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One has to ask . . .

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. . . given the abysmal failure of the War On Drugs :  is it time to just let this stuff come in, and allow the drug addiction problem to s...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Shooting miscellany

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Here are a few bits and pieces that have crossed my path, or my consciousness, in recent weeks. First off, buckshot .  I highly recommend...
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Book roundup #1

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I'm finding it difficult to post one-off articles about friends' books, so I'm going to try doing a more-or-less regular book r...
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Will homeowners abandon their hurricane-damaged properties?

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That's the question posed by CNBC .  It holds profound implications for the mortgage financial sector. New estimates suggest as many...
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Monday, September 18, 2017

South Korea as the wild card in the North Korean game

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George Friedman makes a very interesting point . The US had little to gain from a war with North Korea; it wanted only to destroy the N...
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Cutting out the deadwood in the State Department

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In his 1971 book ' The Foreign Affairs Fudge Factory ', Alastair Campbell relates: Ellis Briggs , when he was ambassador to Czec...
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THIS is why the Federally subsidized flood insurance program needs to be killed!

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Late last month I opined that there should be restrictions and/or limits on how much subsidized insurance and government funding is applie...
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Doofus Of The Day #978

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Today's award goes to a would-be carjacker who just wouldn't learn . . . or let go . A carjacker picked the wrong driver to try ...
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