Tuesday, November 14, 2023

For the martial artists among us (with tongue firmly in cheek)

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  The host of the Shadiversity channel on YouTube gives us the lowdown on nunchaku . He has a lot more to say about nunchaku in a series ...
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Monday, November 13, 2023

A grim record of savagery and terrorism

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  Amid all the protests against Israel for its punitive action in Gaza, it's worth remembering why that action is taking place.  The Jud...
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The "transgender empire"

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  I'm obliged to reader M. L. S. for sending me the link to a speech by Christopher Rufo at Hillsdale College in September this year .  ...
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Memes that made me laugh 185

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, November 12, 2023

Sunday morning music

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  Following Friday's and Saturday's adventures with domestic flooding , and faced with a few days yet of drying out the house before...
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Saturday, November 11, 2023

Saturday Snippets (of thought, this time)

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  If you stopped by yesterday, you'll know that we had a plumbing emergency on Thursday evening .  Thankfully, our insurer (USAA) was on...
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Friday, November 10, 2023

Minor domestic crisis this morning

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  Woke up to a very wet (sodden!) kitchen floor, and an overflowing dishwasher.  I don't think it's a blocked drain, or something si...
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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Dueling entitlements

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  Instead of dueling banjos , we have - in Chicago this week - dueling entitlements . There was chaos at City Hall on Tuesday as protesters ...
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It may be impractical around here, but I want one!

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  This report made me smile. What you see is what you get: A $995 electric Honda scooter that can go 12 miles on one charge, hit 15 mph in ...
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Your (literally) warm fuzzy happy story of the day

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  This report is a couple of years old, but I only just came across it.  It made me smile. The pup was soon adopted, and (along with his un...
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Walking backwards? For your health???

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  OK, this threw me.  Accuweather reports : Head into any gym, and you may find someone walking backward on a treadmill or pedaling in rever...
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Heh

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  Shamelessly stolen from Kim du Toit , because it made me laugh out loud: When a fly falls into a cup of coffee: Italian – throws the cup,...
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When the world's going mad, try to get the basics right

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  With all the political chaos in this country, and waves of illegal aliens pouring across our southern border, and "woke" policie...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Israel, Gaza and the very real risk of World War III

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  In a recent article, retired US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor warned that the situation in Gaza could escalate out of national or regiona...
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So the Nashville shooter was an out-and-out racist (among other things)

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  Steven Crowder yesterday leaked images of three pages from the alleged manifesto of the Nashville school shooter .  His posts have been sc...
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Monday, November 6, 2023

New technology makes battery "power stations" more interesting

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  We've spoken in the past about emergency power generation, usually through gasoline or propane generators, and recently by using so-c...
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Doofus Of The Day #1,110

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  Today's award goes to a woman in Indianapolis who screwed up her own hate crime . IMPD officers arrested a woman, who they labeled a “...
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Memes that made me laugh 184

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, November 5, 2023

Sunday morning music

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  The legendary British rock and progressive rock band, The Moody Blues , was formed in 1964.  A couple of years later, in 1966, two of the ...
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Saturday, November 4, 2023

Saturday Snippet: an Arthurian poem from Victorian England

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  Alfred, Lord Tennyson was Poet Laureate of Great Britain for over 40 years.  He wrote many poems that have become well-known, even famous...
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