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Day 315: Maybe this was part of the problem?

Friday, November 9, 2012

Ordered in early September, 2012. Shipped 5 November.  Election 6 November.  Received 8 November. <<sigh>> ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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It looks grim tonight.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

It may turn around, but it is a long shot.  It looks like Romney won the popular vote, and Obama the Electoral College.  I may have to rethink the electoral college.  It saved us with Bush last time, and hurt this time. (Later:  Nope, Romney didn’t get the popular vote from what I see, so […]

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Before and After…

Friday, November 2, 2012

…Photos of the area Sandy hit!   Lots more at the link! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {=-{<

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Self Defense in an office setting…

Monday, October 22, 2012

If you get stuck in an office that denies you your Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and some wacko goes postal (or the Zombie Apocolypse starts) this could be something good to know: *** Business Week has posted a (probably tongue in cheek) article on improvising weapons from office supplies.  Some pretty good ideas, […]

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Absolutely Fascinating!

Friday, October 19, 2012

The Ghosts of World War II: The photographs found at flea markets superimposed on to modern street scenes Images depict almost transparent soldiers racing through our streets as they look today Fascinating series shows contrast between wartorn cities in the 1930s and 1940s and pleasant neighbourhoods now Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219584/Ghosts-war-Artist-superimposes-World-War-II-photographs-modern-pictures-street-scenes.html#ixzz29nZpExWP

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Why We Fight:

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Consumerism in the Bowels of the People’s Power: Pyongyang Department Store Number 1, North Korea *** CLASSIC DALRYMPLE: The Wilder Shores of Marx, excerpt (1991) *** In 1989 Theodore Dalrymple managed to join up with a group of British communists on its way to the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students in North Korea: […]

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The 50 Most Romantic Photographs Of All Time

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Well, most of them are pretty good.  Here are a few…See them all at: The 50 Most Romantic Photographs Of All Time (Click to enlarge; BACK to return!)   *** *** *** There are 47 more: go see for yourself!  Some of the others I don’t think are romantic photos: they don’t stand on their own […]

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REGULATIONS COST USE 1.8 TRILLION PER YEAR!!!

Saturday, September 22, 2012

This is twenty times what the administration claims…over one tenth of all economic activity in the US. Obama Administration Continues Federal Government’s Tradition of Harming Business . $1.8 trillion shock: Obama regs cost 20-times estimate .  The Tip of the Costberg! . Are you listening Barry?  Mitt?  This is a NATIONAL problem created by both […]

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Day 249: An Appropriate, Lasting Monument…

Monday, August 27, 2012

…to Neil Armstrong and all of the Apollo astronauts and the people that made landing on the Moon possible.  It is big, easy to see from everywhere, and best of all in these days of deficit spending: it is FREE! (Nikon Coolpix P7100) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Sad tidings

Saturday, August 25, 2012

An American Hero has passed. Neil Armstrong, first man to set foot on the Moon, has died at age 82. Video at the link. * * * * ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {=-{<

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