Here’s his target. Everything else is collateral damage.[...]
Archive for September, 2017
September 8th, 2017 - 11:35 am § in Misc.
Being Fat
Can we distinguish between behaviors as disgusting vs. acceptable? Is being gay something to be respected or is it something to be tolerated because being gay is “not a choice?” Do we eschew radical republicans because of their repugnant beliefs or do we urge the to treat their illne[...]
September 7th, 2017 - 8:32 pm § in Donald Trump
Alonso Guillen, 1986-2017
Alonso Guillen came to the U.S. illegally at age 15. He graduated from high school in Lufkin, Texas, then worked in construction and as a disc jockey at a local radio station. He was a “Dreamer.” When Hurricane Harvey struck, Guillen and several friends borrowed a boat, drove 120 miles t[...]
September 7th, 2017 - 10:23 am § in Misc.
Quotes from Jefferson
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.[...]
September 6th, 2017 - 10:21 am § in Misc.
Did Seattle Sell Its Rental Bikes to North Korea?
North Korea trials bike rental system in downtown Pyongyang[...]
What kind of fish is that?
The Capybara .. the Vatican’s fish. As reported in Scientific American, October, 1994: Lots of capybara meat is/was eaten by Colombians and Venezuelans who appealed to the Vatican during the 16th century in order to be allowed to eat capybaras during Lent. The pope back then declared the capyb[...]
The Miracles of Modern Medicine
David Preston Should you ever find yourself questioning the value of modern medicine, go to an old country cemetery and peruse the headstones. You’ll soon run across the graves of children who died from things that we rarely hear of today. At least not in the U.S. “Dread disease”[...]