January 2012
6 posts
There is a Kestrel on the wire just above our chicken coop as I type. Beautiful little bird.
Profiling
Edited to respect a person whom I by no means wish to offend. If you are real curious you can contact me and I may or may not decide to share it with you.
The kids beat the sun rise by a long shot this morning.
December 2011
8 posts
And now begins my official Christmas Vacation.
Nuts & Bolts.
Yumm…….
SOPA is on it’s way… it’s been fun, Tumblr and Facebook…
Untill this moment I did not belive it, but I appears God IS a Broncos fan.
I have an itch to but a .22
November 2011
27 posts
“Basically, it affirmed what we were all seeing on the streets, which is the...”
– Missoula, Montana Councilwoman Cynthia Wolken • Discussing her successful efforts last week to get a referendum passed in her city against the concept of corporate personhood, which was codified with the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision. While the vote — which had a 75/25 split at the...
Watchshortformblog:
soupsoup:
Members of Congress can legally trade stock based on non-public information from Capitol Hill. As Lizzie O’Leary points out, much of this report owes its information from the work done by Brody Mullins at the Wall Street Journal:
Hedge Funds Pay Top Dollar for Washington Intelligence
Congressional Staffers Gain From Trading in Stocks
Congress Members Bet on Fall in...
American Censorship Day: November 16 →
On 11/16, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. This bill can pass. If it does the Internet and free speech will never be the same. Join all of us on the 16th to stop this bill.
OTTERS: Things That Are More Useful Than Sleeping... →
thecallus:
1. Found and market a credit union 2. Cease patronizing unloved banking institutions 3. Stop taking on student loan debt if you don’t think your degree will get you a job 4. Cut up your credit cards and forswear using debt casually 5. Demand an end to programs that motivate consumer debt like…
Food for thought.
“I’m 31, an Iraq war veteran, a Penn State graduate, a Catholic, a native of...”
– Penn State, my final loss of faith - Guest Voices - The Washington Post
Damn this is a good piece. Smart, scathing, and hard to argue against. (via spytap)
damn. read the article. it’s short and worth it.
(via notentirely)
Keen and sad. I have been in this mindset this past week.
This seemed relevant to Pen State, etc.
Mark 9:42 MSG
“”On the other hand, if you give one of these simple, childlike
believers a hard time, bullying or taking advantage of their simple
trust, you’ll soon wish you hadn’t. You’d be better off dropped in the
middle of the lake with a millstone around your neck.”
Bird watching.
If you like preditors, especially birds of prey, get chickens. Just had a large, what I belive to be, Great Horned Owl, on our garage. He was either hunting our chickens or the mice who are eating the feed.
How the Supercommittee could kill farmers markets. →
Okay okay, its Mother Jones, but still! Farmers Markets?
Not okay.
motherjones:
Help us, Xavier Becerra. You’re our only hope.
The weather here in Denver tonight reminds me of some nights in Southie.
October 2011
36 posts
NO FUCKING WAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!! FREEEEEEEESE!!!!
BEST GAME 6 EVER!
HOLYUNREALGAME!
The Huffington Post points out that retired U.S.... →
inothernews:
So Oakland’s cops did what sniper’s bullets, improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades couldn’t: they hurt a U.S. soldier.
Good job, Oakland PD.
A Not-So-Obvious Question
npr:
So I’m getting my visa at Beirut’s airport this afternoon and the immigration officer says, “I need to ask you a question.” “Okay,” I said. “Please spell obvious.” “Excuse me?” I replied. “Perhaps I did not ask correctly; spell obvious, please.” “You mean O B V I O U S?” “Yes,” he continued. “Now please pronounce it.” “Obvious.” “So it is OB-vi-ous and not ob-VI-ous in English?” ...