More germs

We have alot of them.

Floater update

Finally the video.

Careful on that ice

better sprinkle it with the dead!

via Boingboing

Best quote in a while

From Oliver Twist: "the law is a ass."

I will be using this with frequency.

Via overlawyered

Meteorite

central

Lunch reading

Tales of difficulty on the high seas are often a good read.

John Voight

His brother wrote "Wild Thing."

Germs

in City Journal.

Also VDH has this.

Dangerous Book

I may pick up a copy for PJ. also via instapundit, Dr. Helen is his wife.

Shameless

More Dhimmitude. via instapunidt

AWESOME!!!!!!

PJ went to the zoo last week to research all the cool animals. While he was there he personally and for me picked out an assortment of the coolest polished stones it is possible to get and he even managed to acquire the perfect rucksack for transporting them. He gave them to me and they are now always at the ready!!!!

These are a few shots of the best neatest things ever!!!

photos

Almiqui

Not extinct, and not ugly.

Deferential

We must change every aspect of our ways to accommodate them or else we are bigoted pigs--er--thugs.

Malignant Tumor

Philosophical in the face of deadly treatment.

Floater Update

Fun had by all--with photo

Hannibal

had a grudge ( "The Romans believed that Hannibal's father forced his son to promise eternal hatred against the Romans. This may be an invention, but there may be some truth in the story: the Carthaginians had good reasons to hate their enemies.")...This extreme Hannibal production looks cool.

--oh, I almost forgot to mention the elephants, these are actual photos...I aver it.

PJ photos

PJ took a jaunt and posted some fantastic shots.

Photos

Barley skirt

Profanity

Seems obvious the first things articulated were explitives...article mentions John McWhorter who is great to read or listen to in an interview.

Rare Rhino

caught on camera, needs a shave.

Also very cool vid about difficulties of filming in the Arctic.

Floater

It's happening today.

prehistoric

stuff

Clearly established law

Citing his own dissent (via instapundit) as clearly established law. Wow, that seems to be a shameless reach. What next for the court, citing foreign law?

JUSTICE BREYER: Blackstone said follow Breyer. (Laughter.)

JUSTICE SCALIA: But, listen, let me -- (laughter) -- let me continue. That's my approach. Justice Breyer doesn't have my approach. Okay, what is another approach to interpretation of the Constitution? Well, you know maybe 60 years or so ago we adopted, first in the Eighth Amendment area cruel and unusual punishment the notion that the Constitution is not static. It doesn't mean what the people voted for when it was ratified. It doesn't mean that. Rather, it changes from era to era to comport with -- and this is a quote from our cases, "the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society." I detest that phrase, but because -- (laughter) -- because I'm afraid that societies don't always mature. Sometimes they rot. What makes you think that, you know, human progress is one upwardly inclined plane every day and every way we get better and better? It seems to me that the purpose of the Bill of Rights was to prevent change, not to encourage it and have it written into a Constitution. Anyway, let's assume you buy into that. Okay? Still in all what you're looking for as a judge using that theory is what? The standards of decency of American society -- not the standards of decency of the world, not the standards of decency of other countries that don't have our background, that don't have our culture, that don't have our moral views. Of what conceivable value as authoritative would foreign law be? Now, you can cite foreign law to show, as Justice Breyer gave an example, to show that if the Court adopts this particular view, the sky will not fall. You know, if we got much more latitudinarian about our approach to the Establishment Clause, things won't be so bad. France, which is probably the strictest in Europe, still has a good deal of religious freedom and no establishment. Okay? It's useful for that.

(when you hear "enriching and uplifting," it's clearly time to run)

Photos

Laughable

you just have to laugh at the contortions at least three, three, people at the Cleveland Plain Dealer had to engage in to present this propaganda as a straight news piece. You can sense clearly how it pains them far too much to just present the facts and let the readers reach their own conclusions.

via Alphecca

George Will

The first time I saw George Will he was on ABC news to debate comparable worth. It's innate idiocy made for some easy shots for the gent and he impressed me favorably. Obama is apparently innately idiotic. Kaus links to here.

Legal Tender?

Absolutely.

here via generatorblog

Champy

May be a type of giant seal (megafauna-it could happen!!) Loren Coleman thinks so and he was on Coasttocoastam last night. He also mentioned the Dover Demon (startling sketches here.) Coast to Coast also links to this Champy photo. (Champ's closest bud's use the familiar "Champy"--or so I assert.) Loren's updated crypto-mystery-omnipedia was released yesterday and is a must, I will have to get one.

John Kricfalusi

Remember Ren and Stimpy? Boingboing has a link to an interview and many links under that as well.

I miss biking

Need to shine them up and get out there. Cool video.

"Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates"

Hitchens in City Journal, which is a publication worth bookmarking.

also Halal in Ill. via Savage.

Eaglet

Looking grim...

Bird Watch

out of the back of the founder of Craigslist's house. via Engadget.

Sayyid Qutb

In the Smithsonian via LGF

Self-Flagellation

spreading rabies in the Phillipines. via Boortz

FDA

You don't have a right to know...

Venom

an article in Science Daily mentions ACE inhibitors. They were discovered by studying the venom of the Brazilian Pit (arrowhead) Viper. Other useful toxins here.

This was from a moving car while driving...looked much more impressive in person.

Pulitzer Prize awarded

to Muslim propaganda in a dhimmi febrile fit of abject diversity.

also via LGF this link to sympathies regarding the VT massacre.

Google Offers

Google has wireless internet and free 411 service. Very cool. The wireless link is via boortz. One is true.

Perfect Bacon Sammich!!!

Science has arrived at a formula for perfection.

via dullmensclub

Tensions rise

between Japan and China over over fiery toilets. From Belmontclub which is worth bookmarking.

Helicopter

maintenance of high tension lines. very cool youtube. Homevid of same taken in Maryland.

Also more on Blackwater

Space Aliens and Hitler

It's all true. via fark

1400 year old

business goes under in Japan. Via boingboing

Good Grief

Britain again.

Not the wost massacre

to occur in a school. That involved dynamite and happened in 1927. Saw it mentioned on pajamasmedia

Tattooed Pigs

Is that redundant?

Bigfoot

definately Bigfoot. There is no doubt any longer. via cryptozoology.com

noticed this

in the comments at brusselsjournal. Long but worth a look.

Mr. Spaceship dweller

sounds like a real charmer. via fark.

Also George Washington's still is back online.

Again via fark don't answer any call from the number 0099149...It will kill you. But wait, that's not four digits!

Concealing the truth

It wasn't about the slur at all. via the corner

Grouchiness

at Samizdata

Circus

of disemboweled plush toys. I think Abbie could contribute...via boingboing

It's much work

measuring turtles.

Legal culture

beyond asinine. Goliath Grouper. Jewfish.

Carsons

Almost confused Carsons on the last post. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a fantastic book.

Oh Dear

I thought we had a while till they rained astroid/comet death upon us. They are already silent springing the bees.

Clayton Cramer

has several good posts. I bopped over from instapundit but his permalinks are not functioning. So just scroll down.

Via

Powerline, Europe.

Hope they weather the storm well...

The Eaglet(/s) are in for a little rough spring patch. Picked spot at random because the actual location is secret like Cheney's.

Andy Barker

Most days I would say "P.I." but it's April 14th. and he is also an accountant, I know he would rather I say C.P.A. It's on right now. Link opens loud video.

MC Nuts

Nope, not the initials of yours truly. Jay sends this link to a Wordsworth rap...I heard a question on this today on one of the NPR quiz shows. Feeling ill last couple of days posting has been light...will post a couple of things tonight. Missing hockey, had I gone I could have blamed the chills on the ice.

Crashing your truck

bad. Doing it like this...no complaints.

Some good some filler

Mason Jennings. Myspace is here, easy to listen to opens at once...or Amazon...to sample...or FUV is always a fantastic playground....best of 2006 here and an immense contributor to why music publishing is not completely lost??...I'll leave that to others...

Dave Barry

Something somewhere always for everyone...

It's been a while

Since I have watched a series.

Rats!!!

I don't change the water and they would live without me but I pay the heat!!!

Audio newsfile (opens audio automatically)


My potential write-off.

I also have next week off...Cheney seems to be hitting the coarse-grind spa...also opens audio.

"...serious backlog of raping and looting." In the same recent batch here.

And perhaps the best from the same audio trove:

Spring break takes it's toll on the largest mammal.

New view

...had not seen this before (link opens brief youtube video.) via directorblue.

Andy Barker P.I.

Paddy sent me to this link which has all the episodes available for now (link may open video so watch for volume,) the series was cancelled. He mentions the "Big No Sleep" and Amy Sedaris, sister of David and main character in the "Strangers with Candy" series which was astoundingly wrong and hilarious. Amy is in the last episode I think, and her series is not for the squeamish.

Eagle chick---NEWSFLASH!!

The Eaglecam has a chick to moniter. The blogpost links to a video.

Chimp link

From the BBC. And from a couple of years ago a chimp ripped a man's face and foot off.

Sedaris and Zombies

David Sedaris was big on this book the other night. It looks very helpful especially what with working next to a storm battered graveyard right now. Here's the top three Zombie outbreaks in the U.S., from the FVZA. Vampire kits have been in the news. Here's USA today from a few years ago.

Denali

I think I must have taken this right near where this much clearer photo was taken.

Farewell Dossier

Jay sends this link which is interesting, we did something well it seems. That links to this CIA page on the matter.

Chimps get drunk and kill

Children. There is a show on discovery channel right now...They even eat people. Monkey news resource here and here.

Gizmodo

also has this retractable towel. A must. Perfect for upcoming towelday. HHGTTG.

Plane

Everyone on Earth wants one of these, whether they know it or admit it or not. This looks nice also.

Interesting site

Nine-sixteenths. It links to this.

Raptor clash

Interesting. The Osprey cam is not yet reliable.

Another rabbit example

Strange Rabbits

In the news and also locally. This one may be Chupacabra.

Abbie's looking forward to the first Bluefish outing

North American

History subject to change?

Prawns

and the mob.

Amazon journey completed

A distance as great as Miami to Seatle. His website is here. They found a three toed sloth tied to a pool table in a seedy bar and bought it for five dollars to let it go!

AA-12

Saw the aa-12 on futureweapons, the t.v. show. Article here, show clip here.

Bob Parks

Wants some mention of how many monsters we have killed. He's blackandright. I noticed this on nopasaran. It is a math the media have zero interest in, but someone is trying to collate the loose numbers. Those freaks want to kill the Dalai Lama but there is no interest in examining who they are and their motivations or their ultimate desires. It must all come around to being our fault for a story to appear.

ACLU

supporting the second amendment? I wouldn't be surprised if these folks were excommunicated and had to start a splinter group which didn't flinch at liberty.

don't forget bugmenot.com if this falls behind registration.

Lots of things could be done

I'm sure many people could come up with all sorts of ideas. But ofcourse it's "what can we do if we can't get everyone? We need to be mature and give up..." Typical.

via malkin

PrairyErth

Is a good book by William Least Heat-Moon (nee Trogdon.) This new exhibit reminded me of the book and it seems like it maybe pretty neat. Riverhorse was a good good read, I have not read his last but look forward to it.

LOX

slosh.

Last Forever

Jay passed a Last Forever cd along quite some time ago because it had a recommendation from Loudon Wainwright III whom he knew we had several albums of at least. It is fantastic, takes a few listens to really sink in. The website with this and one other album, also great, is here. Dick Connette's myspace is updated currently and is here.

Mt. Everest

Cell call. via gizmodo

Halifax explosion

My father has said that his uncle was visiting Boston from Halifax when this occured and afterward had no home or family up there to return to...people must have thought "dear God, let 1918 be better." Not so. For some it had it's moments though.

Jet packs for sale

This also via coasttocoast through ananova

Oh dear, notice in the video that the rocket belt is missing a side view mirror, she must have knocked it off backing out of the rocket belt hangar. (adapted/stolen joke)

Chernobyl

article via coasttocoast

also noctilucent clouds

and someone kicked a football past Pluto

Baseball

My idea for baseball came up again. To punch up the game, give it more action and speed: Remove third base. The home run line goes from second right over the pitchers mound to homeplate--and the pitcher has to block. Full contact. If the runner strays off of the base-line he is out.

Raining around

here. Not at the Waukegan falcon cam though. Or way way down south. Earthcam for the keyboard traveler always helps. The penguins are safe from the elements. Hazecamnet

Letters of Marque

Instapundit has a post mentioning this in today's context this morning. There was a good book several years ago about Captain Kidd the pirate or privateer. He was all over this area keeping some of his loot in a warehouse in Stamford. The East Hampton library still has a fragment of his booty:

The nieces and nephew of Charles W. Osborne gave property on the corner of Buell Lane and Main Street as a Memorial Green in their uncle's name, making the Library's setting even lovelier. The Long Island Collection continued to grow. It had by now become a trove of remarkable artifacts and documents: The 1641 deed to Shelter Island, a sash from the Huron Tribe given to Rev. Samuel Buell, a fragment of the cloth woven with gold thread that Captain Kidd gave to Mrs. Gardiner during his famous visit to Gardiner's Island in 1699, the East Hampton Book of Laws published in 1665, an Indian Bible of 1685, and first-hand reports of whaling voyages, witch trials, genealogical information, account books, diaries and deeds.

This could bring up Oak Island which is very cool.

arrrr...termites of the sea!

Iraq

This I noticed after seeing this from defensetech.org

No speaking

just the sound of the wind as you walk out over the canyon. very cool.

Scottish wildcat

here are a few links to some info on this interesting critter up on the ropes.

Get the popcorn

Sadly this was his day to day car. A million dollars was alot back then and he had to use the same vehicle getting to his regular job. Hell on the highways but just awful to park.

via davebarry

England

today for some reason...could this be true? or, rather, this could be true!

The need to win the hearts and minds

in England.

The English

Derbyshire via instapundit.

Bees

Bombed

Bombed

Bees

George Will

On the constitution and a proposed amendment.

Donkey nostrils

Some think that slitting them open enhances their stamina at high altitudes (notice image on right.) These folks are against the practice (last image on page is quite unpleasant.)

Horse sponging is the exact opposite. And continues no doubt.

Chablis and Porsche 944

are terms that seem to date the latter portion of this snippet on No Pasaran. Tough to tell though. Powells is a great site and resource. No Pasaran is interesting and often leads to much more, google's language tools help when pursuing links.

British Navy

Could end up down to 30 or so ships? From New Criterion which is worth the read with quotes from Lewis Carroll. Roger Kimball's material is time well spent. The blog is called armavirumque, noticed it, this post, on powerline but the link is always on the left if you have time.

David Sedaris

Took the niece to see David Sedaris last night up in Poughkeepsie. He was very funny and also very nice. I can't imagine how tedious signing all of those books must get but he seemed very patient. The theatre was gorgeous, they said Bob Dylan had recently played five nights there which must have been a good time. The neighborhood around the theatre looks like it's going through something of a rough patch.