Archive for July 2018
The Poetry of an Insurance Man
One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long time To behold the junipers shagged with ice, The spruces rough in the distant glitter Of the January sun; and not to think Of any misery in the sound…
Read MoreEpidemics of False Knowledge
“…what a fool believes he sees No wise man has the power to reason away” —-Doobie Brothers, What a Fool Believes (1979) UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is a smart woman, no question about that. Even highly intelligent people can be wrong sometimes. Nikki Haley recently gave some advice to a high school audience that, if…
Read More1996 Crash of C-130H Jackson Hole, Wyoming
1996 crash of C-130H Jackson Hole, Wyoming “At 2250 local time Aug. 17, 1996, a U.S. Air Force (Lockheed) C-130H struck a mountain ridge during departure from Jackson Hole Airport in Jackson, Wyoming, U.S. The aircraft was destroyed, and the eight crew members and a passenger were killed.” So begins the report of the Flight…
Read MoreLewis & Clark Encounter the Grizzly
Lewis & Clark encounter the grizzly several times during the core of Discovery expedition. At the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806), known as the Corps of Discovery, the plains grizzly populated the upper reaches of the Missouri river. The expedition spent the winter of 1804-1805 as guests of the Mandan indians near…
Read More“I think the Clintons are really sort of like tornadoes moving through people’s lives “
In 1997 Whitewater Scandal Clinton partner James McDougal said, I think the Clintons are really sort of like tornadoes moving through people’s lives. Anyone who has followed events involving Bill and/or Hillary Clinton since 1992 would agree with that statement. Now the Clintons are the tornado moving through Robert Mueller’s life while he’s the tornado running…
Read MoreVote Democrat, Stay Poor
Vote Democrat, Stay Poor. That’s what these 10 cities have been doing for decades and it’s keeping a large segment of their population poor. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. They might try doing something new and different, like electing better politicians. That’s always a good idea…
Read MoreIf we know about the Russian Hackers It’s Likely Because Putin Wants Us to Know
Did the Russians want us to know they hacked the DNC server? Maybe they just wanted Hillary to know. The 12 hackers who were discovered and indicted by Mueller/Rosenstein left clues. Detecting them wasn’t rocket science. We know Russia is perfectly capable of hacking the DNC server and leaving no trace. That they didn’t is…
Read MoreIf the libs can’t ban guns they’ll ban straws
Liberals just can’t stop, they always have to find something to ban. Their proposal to ban straws takes them to a new low: Republicans are a party of people that want to be left alone. The Democrats are the party of never leaving anyone alone.
Read MoreA Conflict of Perception
When one refuses to accept reality A Conflict of Perception occurs. Reality isn’t optional. A Warming World Creates Desperate People by Lauren Markham writing in the New York Times. After claiming that the coffee crop has failed in Central America because of global warming, Ms. Markham offers this: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees…
Read MoreA Conflict of Visions
This post is about a Conflict of Visions. One of Ms. TeeJaw’s friends was talking to me way back before the 2016 election. She asked why I was voting for Trump, what was he going to do that I thought was good, she asked. I replied something like, “Well you know, he wants to make…
Read MoreHow to turn a city into a criminal swamp
How to turn a city into a criminal swamp? It’s easy, just put Marilyn Mosby and the ACLU in charge of criminal prosecutions and your city too could become a criminal’s dream. Baltimore police stopped noticing crime: a wave of Killings followed. Just before a wave of violence turned Baltimore into the nation’s deadliest big…
Read MoreTwo important stories of how Obama screwed America
There are two important stories of how Obama screwed America to help Iran and the Taliban to finance terrorist operations. The video immediately below offers an entrée into these stories that every American who loves this country should read. The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook (2017) The secret story of…
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