Remembering those veterans from our respective families who have since passed on: Bruce Henderson: Peter Anderson, USMC — My dear departed uncle Peter served with Marine Intel during Vietnam Ian Henderson, RAF — [my dear departed father] RAF pilot who served the crown during the Battle of Britain as well the far east as a […]
A very interesting change has taken place on the Sun. As readers of this blog know, I have been watching the Sun for some time, especially with regards to the deep solar minimum we currently have between sunspot cycle 23 and cycle 24. If you look at the image above, you might not see any […]
I honestly don’t blame the administration for talking up the economy over the past few months. I am sure they wanted to see if they could nudge Americans into coming out of the bunkers and buying again. It worked for George Bush after 9-11, maybe they can give it one more go? Sadly, Sally and […]
Message to the Democrats in Congress, put down the stick and back slowly away from the CIA. There is a chance that if you do that, they might go back to looking for the bad guys and leave you alone. Again from the Politico, this little plum: CIA briefers may have broken law Democrats on […]
I actually laughed quite a bit when I first read this article in Politico, Democrats: CIA is out to get us Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat […]
The original “Star Trek” series started on NBC the same month I started my freshman year at Grossmont High. It ran two and a half seasons before dying, but eventually spawned a long list of movies and four successive TV series (ST: The Next Generation, ST: Deep Space Nine, ST: Voyager, and Enterprise) — not […]
OVERNIGHT LINK (note the singular) ITEM: The Onion has become so much better than Saturday Night Live at video humor: Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’ Well, that’s probably it for the day. I have work to do. ..bruce w..
MORNING LINKS — such as they are ITEM: Warmists are realizing that when you’re losing the data debate, the scientific debate and the popular debate — you should just change the terms of the debate! The problem with global warming, some environmentalists believe, is “global warming.” The term turns people off, fostering images of shaggy-haired […]
OVERNIGHT LINKS — well, just one, really. I’m heading out to the Left Coast for some time to come, so blogging will be a bit more sporadic and light. For today . . . ITEM: Debra Saunders takes a look at Pelosi’s Tortured Explanation: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been pushing for a “truth commission” […]
MORNING LINKS (Yeah, didn’t feel like doing overnight links last night) ITEM: The photo above says more than a thousand op-eds on how unseriously the Obama Administration is taking the threat of terrorism. While the White House is scrambling to distance Obama himself from this idiotic stunt, a lot of people had to sign off […]
