EPA requires refiners to add unobtanium (or at least unable-to-obtanium) to their products. (Via Wendy McElroy) How to make an herbal raw honey ointment to treat burns and wounds, provided you don’t mind slathering something that looks like gelled split pea soup on yourself or those you love. And speaking of those you love but (take it from me) others probably don’t, Malaysia Airlines, bless the marvelously shriveled little hearts of its executives, is experimenting with child-free sections on its aircraft. I’ve marveled at how, when I get on an airplane, I’m always seated in the crying-baby section. Or next…
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A tumble down the rabbit hole reminded me of something I don’t do any more — write political satire. I swore off the satiric stuff for reasons written up here. I marvel that anybody can write political satire these days, since every time you turn around, government does something weirder than any satirist could dream up. No surprise people are always mistaking Onion articles for real news. But it’s a great surprise to me that Onion writers don’t scream in despair and run off and get jobs as White House press lackeys. Same talents, probably higher pay. Regardless, at the…
7 CommentsI persecute the prosecutors: “It’s a crime, what they’re doing.” (My other blogging gig is just once a month, so not much competition for BHM. But I always like writing for Paladin Press.)
9 CommentsHere’s some wintry summertime cheer for ya. Those of “a certain age” could never have imagined something like this in Moscow of all places.
5 Comments… and today’s new, highly Nixonian developments, Joel says it all. Executive privilege? Executive hooey. And what’s this about “withdrawing statements”? In legal proceedings, there’s a word for “withdrawing” your original statement and it isn’t a nice one. And “contempt”? I … we … never mind. Joel really does say it all.
4 CommentsIn the news you can use department: “Situational Awareness” by our own MamaLiberty. Nice work, Mama. Though I’d like to know more of the background of this particular incident, it appears that the War on Food continues to ravage the Country Formerly Known As the Land of the Free. (H/T/ JS) “A Biblical Threat to National Security.” And you plan to persuade Muslims how? that the U.S. military isn’t conducting a holy crusade against them? (Tip o’ hat to J.B.) “Who Destroyed the Middle Class?” Sooooooo, do you think PBS would report this sympathetically if a Caucasian family decided to…
15 CommentsAnother big, ballyhooed federal prosecution, that is. The jury just found Roger Clemens not guilty on all six counts. Man, how many blown federal prosecutions is that? John Edwards (who may be a complete cad, but …). The Africa sting. Going back a few years, the Irv “Gotti” Lorenzo (hip hop producer) money laundering trial. All big deals, all cases in which some fed prosecutor hoped to stage a big show and make a big impression. And every one of them based entirely or mostly on testimony (or testilying) from informants (or stings cooked up by informants) with little real…
10 CommentsI mentioned before that the people I bought my new-old house from were into landscaping that … well, could best be called chaotic (photos). While they completely neglected the house during their 15-year residence, they did a lot to the yard. And a lot. And a lot. And a lot more. And then more on top of that. They built ornamental fences and archways and hanging gardens and benches and canopies and screens. And they put in ponds and fountains and birdhouses and … well, you name it. And they built a fence and hung stuff on it and nailed…
28 CommentsProof positive. The Canadian government is as filled with paranoid weirdos as the U.S. fedgov. (H/T MJR.) Is it a good sign that even the mainstream media is starting to notice the DEA’s war on pain patients and their doctors? Speaking of the war on freedom, here’s your question of the day. Eric Holder: Liar, incompetent or both? If you liked J.D. Tuccille’s book, High Desert Barbecue, you might want to give it a v*te. How will the world end? You get to help decide. Not exactly new, but a healthy reminder: Humans may not be the only animals with…
5 CommentsI’ve noted before how I only have to put an item in my head and eventually it’ll turn up at a garage sale. This works so well that my house and my small “workshopette” are both furnished almost entirely with garage sale & thrift store items. One thing that had been on my “GS vibe” for a while is a trickle charger for car batteries. This became more urgent when I went to start the XTerra last week and couldn’t. So yesterday, right on schedule, there it was … Kewl. High-tech electronics and everything. A little beat up cosmetically, but…
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