Saturday, August 24, 2013

Reflejos

Reflejos   Adventure

Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and you are out of your old life and into the new!
-Kenneth Grahame, Scottish writer, famous forThe Wind in the Willows

Thursday, August 22, 2013

AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Manning's Freakshow Finale: A Disgrace to the Uniform

AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Manning's Freakshow Finale: A Disgrace to the Uniform

General Douglas MacArthur "Others will debate the controversial issues, national and international, which divide men's minds. But serene, calm, aloof, you stand as the Nation's war guardian, as its lifeguard from the raging tides of international conflict, as its gladiator in the arena of battle. For a century and a half you have defended, guarded, and protected its hallowed traditions of liberty and freedom, of right and justice.
"Let civilian voices argue the merits or demerits of our processes of government: Whether our strength is being sapped by deficit financing indulged in too long, by Federal paternalism grown too mighty, by power groups grown too arrogant, by politics grown too corrupt, by crime grown too rampant, by morals grown too low, by taxes grown too high, by extremists grown too violent; whether our personal liberties are as thorough and complete as they should be.
"These great national problems are not for your professional participation or military solution. Your guidepost stands out like a ten-fold beacon in the night: Duty, honor, country.
"You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense. From your ranks come the great captains who hold the Nation's destiny in their hands the moment the war tocsin sounds.
"The long, gray line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words: Duty, honor, country."

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Saturday, July 20, 2013

The Minority Report Blog | Conservative News & Opinion

The Minority Report Blog | Conservative News & Opinion

http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2013/07/18/white-people-rioting/
If you missed the news coverage we’re here to fill you in.
A neighborhood watch man, an adult carrying a concealed weapon, shot and killed an unarmed teenage boy and was just found not-guilty by a jury after two days of deliberations.
“I just want to say thank you to the people who believed in me, who stood by me,” [the shooter] said following the verdict. “I still have my regrets for the [young boy’s] family; it’s still an unfortunate situation for them. I am happy that at least this chapter is over.”





Thursday, June 27, 2013

Justice Alito denounces our “arrogant legal culture” | Power Line

Justice Alito denounces our “arrogant legal culture” | Power Line: Only an arrogant legal culture that has lost all appreciation of its own limitations could take such a suggestion seriously.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Poetry Lovers' Page - Rudyard Kipling: The Naulahka

Poetry Lovers' Page - Rudyard Kipling: The Naulahka:

 Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and he weareth the Christian down;
 And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased,
 And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East." Hustle=Hurry

Friday, June 21, 2013

English Russia � Daily AWESOME news from Russia. In English!

English Russia � Daily AWESOME news from Russia. In English!

Russia Pictures

The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages by Jonathan Goodwin

The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages by Jonathan Goodwin: Bernard of Chartres:

"We are as dwarfs mounted on the shoulders of giants, so that although we perceive many more things than they, it is not because our vision is more piercing or our stature higher, but because we are carried and elevated higher thanks to their gigantic size."

Hybrid vs. Gasoline Vehicle Comparison – Are Hybrid Vehicles Worth it? | Million Dollar Journey

Hybrid vs. Gasoline Vehicle Comparison – Are Hybrid Vehicles Worth it? | Million Dollar Journey: Hybrid vs. Gasoline Vehicle Comparison
Car Cost Difference City L/100km HW L /100km AVG L/100km L / year Gas $/yr yrs to payback
Civic LX $25,170 – 8.2 5.7 6.95 1390 $1,807 –
Civic Hybrid $29,200 $4,030 4.7 4.3 4.5 900 $1,170 6.33

Corolla LE $24,665 – 7.4 5.6 6.5 1300 $1,690 –
Prius $32,866 $8,201 4 4.2 4.1 820 $1,066 13.14

Ford Escape (fwd) $30,226 – 10.3 7.7 9 1800 $2,340 –
Escape Hybrid $35,119 $4,893 5.7 6.7 6.2 1240 $1,612 6.72

Camry LE $30798 – 9.5 6.2 7.85 1570 2041 –
Camry Hybrid $36191 $5,393 5.7 5.7 5.7 1140 1482 9.65

George F. Will: Obama hits a wall in Berlin - The Washington Post

George F. Will: Obama hits a wall in Berlin - The Washington Post: Napoleon said: “If you start to take Vienna — take Vienna.” Douglas MacArthur said that all military disasters can be explained by two words: “Too late.”

George F. Will: Obama hits a wall in Berlin - The Washington Post

George F. Will: Obama hits a wall in Berlin - The Washington Post: Napoleon said: “If you start to take Vienna — take Vienna.” Douglas MacArthur said that all military disasters can be explained by two words: “Too late.”

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

House of Eratosthenes

House of Eratosthenes

Liberal Women

We start with the A-through-E “get me a beer” scale. An “A-girl” will get a guy a beer so he doesn’t have to get up. A “B-girl” will get a guy a beer provided he treats her as a dignified and intelligent human being, meaning, says “please” and “thank you” as his Mom taught him. A “C-girl” might get him a beer but she’s going to keep count of who does how many things for who, and after she gets his beer he’s going to “owe” her one. A “D-girl” won’t get him a beer, and an “E-girl” will build an identity for herself out of her refusal to get him a beer.

If Edward Snowden Is a Criminal, Why Aren’t the Rest of Us Criminals As Well? by John W. Whitehead

If Edward Snowden Is a Criminal, Why Aren’t the Rest of Us Criminals As Well? by John W. Whitehead: “We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds: we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open; intolerable conflicts have worn us down and even made us cynical. Are we still of any use? What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straightforward men. Will our inward power of resistance be strong enough, and our honesty with ourselves remoreseless enough, for us to find our way back to simplicity and straightforwardness?” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1943

Saturday, June 08, 2013

The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: June 8, 2013

The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: June 8, 2013: “The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences…”
—Winston Churchill, November 1936

The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: June 8, 2013

The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: June 8, 2013: “The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences…”
—Winston Churchill, November 1936

Friday, June 07, 2013

Prayer for the Class of 2013

Prayer for the Class of 2013  
Ephesians 1 backwards

JoeRoseBlog

JoeRoseBlog


North Korean Leaders    Fascinating story
http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201306/kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson-2013
kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson-2013

Friday, May 17, 2013

Simple Justice: Nothing To Salvage in Kern County

Simple Justice: Nothing To Salvage in Kern County: The officers involved are Deputies Ryan Greer, Tanner Miller, Jeffrey Kelly, Luis Almanza, Brian Brock, David Stephens and Sgt. Douglas Sword

The Volokh Conspiracy � “Government Is Not Reason, It Is Not Eloquence — It Is Force”

The Volokh Conspiracy � “Government Is Not Reason, It Is Not Eloquence — It Is Force”: Government is not reason, it is not eloquence — it is force. Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Napoleon’s Privates by Tony Perrottet

Napoleon’s Privates by Tony Perrottet

So Today I Learned Napoleon's Penis is in New Jersey | Messy Nessy Chic Messy Nessy Chic

So Today I Learned Napoleon's Penis is in New Jersey | Messy Nessy Chic Messy Nessy Chic

The Gospel of Gatsby and Draper | Christianity Today

The Gospel of Gatsby and Draper | Christianity Today: "Worship power," he said, "and you will end up feeling weak and afraid, and you will need ever more power over others to numb you to your own fear. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart, you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out." Real freedom, in Wallace's estimation, "involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able to truly care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day."

Freedom, contra Sartre, is about obligating yourself to others—not freeing yourself from their expectations. It is about finding yourself in the steady, unrelenting, knowing, freeing gaze of someone who knows you—you, the you that you despise—and who is glad to be near you, who loves you anyways. Freedom, at its core, is about love, is inextricable from love, is love.

"Perfect love," John reminds us, "casts out fear."

Instructables - Make, How To, and DIY

Instructables - Make, How To, and DIY
make things

GraphOilogy: The IMF and Hubbert

GraphOilogy: The IMF and Hubbert     

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12109.pdf

Great Paper and curves Peak Oil

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes

AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes: If anyone has labored from the first hour,

let them today receive the just reward.
If anyone has come at the third hour, with thanksgiving let them feast.
If anyone has arrived at the sixth hour, let them have no misgivings; for they shall suffer no loss.
If anyone has delayed until the ninth hour, let them draw near without hesitation.
If anyone has arrived even at the eleventh hour, let them not fear on account of tardiness.
For the Master is gracious and receives the last even as the first; He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour, just as to him who has labored from the first.

Might Electron Deficiency Be an Underlying Factor in Most Chronic Disease? by Joseph Mercola

Might Electron Deficiency Be an Underlying Factor in Most Chronic Disease? by Joseph Mercola

Antonia Larroux Guest Book: sign their guest book, share your condolences, or read their obituary at New York Times

Antonia Larroux Guest Book: sign their guest book, share your condolences, or read their obituary at New York Times

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=antonia-larroux&pid=164596250#fbLoggedOut
 Great OBIT

Sunday, April 21, 2013

AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Elegy Found in a Seattle Churchyard

AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Elegy Found in a Seattle Churchyard: There are those that are celebrated and then there are the great. God knows the difference and those that are His knows the difference.

tombstone