Monthly Archives: March 2006

The Harsh Reality Of Nature

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

I just saw a short clip on The Science Channel, where a pride of lions were feasting on a zebra – ripping out chunks, and the zebra was still thrashing around. Oh, it’s dinner time on the east coast – bon appetit.

In the Middle of Moving On

Published on: Author: Timmer

We’ll be rolling out of here in April, heading West for one more go on the PCS-go-round before we finally retire back to Boise. (PCS: Permanent Change of Station for the civilian readers.) Doing the out-processing while moving while figuring out what to do with cats. You know..all that fun. Inputs from me will be… More »

Disturbing

Published on: Author: Detailed Recruiter

I’m sure every recruiter has their own personal stories of encounters with people who were vehemently against the war, Bush, and the military. My experiences have been pretty tame, water throwing, being yelled at or insulted, nothing major. However, I work with a recruiter who got egged while walking by a Wal-Mart, and a recruiter… More »

The Day I’ll Burn The Flag

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

Looking back on Timmer’s post, Oh No They Didn’t: I see there are two issues at play here. The main issue is, of course, illegal immigration. And then there is the matter of the “student protests,” which, while they might make for great cable news footage, are little more than side shows. To refresh your… More »

More Shadow Boxing At The UN

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

Well, Iran got a good finger-wagging from the UNSC yesterday: NEW YORK — The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution yesterday giving Iran 30 days to suspend its uranium-enrichment program, but gave no hint of punishment if Tehran fails to comply. After succeeding in having Iran’s nuclear program put before the Security Council, the… More »

OK, This Beats It

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

I’ve gotten emails from a couple of readers about this before. But now it’s happened to me: Sorry, you’ve banned from commenting on this blog. Either your comment content was found to contain spam, or your IP address (or a subnet of your IP address) has spammed this blog before. If you think you got… More »

Oh No They Didn’t

Published on: Author: Timmer

Whittier area students from Pioneer, California and Whittier high schools walked out of classes to protest the proposed federal immigration bill March 27, 2006. The protestors put up the Mexican flag over the American flag flying upside down at Montebello High. (Leo Jarzomb/Staff photo) Stolen from Malkin. Ya know, up until this past week I’ve… More »

New SuperCuts Commercial

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

ROTFL A new SuperCuts commercial typifies their competitors with this haircutting automoton saying (in a mechanical voice) “how about a number 2… number 2… number 2…” This has got to be a crack-up, at least to guys who served in my day. The “number 2″, named for the clipper guard they put on just before… More »

Red Ken Vs. US Embassy

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

In a matter strangely reminiscent of Rudy Guiliani’s UN diplomat parking ticket kerfuffle, it seems the US Embassy to Great Britain has refused to pay London Mayor “Red Ken” Livingstone’s congestion fee (about $14/car) on cars entering the city center. Our embassy is framing the argument as a tax matter, and claim they are exempt… More »

The White House Shakeup Begins

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

This just in: White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card has just tendered his resignation. He is to be replaced by be replaced by Budget Director, and former Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Bolten. Expect further shuffling of the deck in the near future. A legion of GOP leaders and pundits have been calling for… More »

FEC: Hands Off Blogs

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

We won: In a unanimous vote yesterday, the Federal Election Commission left unregulated almost all political activity on the Internet except for paid political advertisements. Campaigns buying such ads will have to use money raised under the limits of current federal campaign law. Perhaps most important, the commission effectively granted media exemptions to bloggers and… More »

Responsible Parenting Or Eugenics?

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

Philip Chaston at Samizdata blogs on a new IVF clinic in Britain, offering genetic screening for congenital diseases: The £5 million centre will bring pioneering embryo screening techniques for the creation of “saviour siblings” to Britain. In addition, it will offer testing for up to 100 inherited gene disorders such as muscular dystrophy and cystic… More »

Caption This One Winner (060324)

Published on: Author: Timmer

(U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell) This was difficult since there were so many good inputs this week. 1. Yeff: “Torch Songs and Drag Queens: An Evening with Tops in Blue.” Mostly because I had a roommate who “came home” from Tops In Blue and DAMN, he didn’t have to tell, ya know? 2. Our very… More »

Automotive Technology Marches On

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

Glenn Reynolds seems to have been in a motorhead mood yesterday. First, he links to this Autoblog post, about the new prototype Mazda hydrogen/gasoline RX-8, then to this this Jay Leno article in Popular Mechanics. The Leno article, coincidentally, features a pic of Jay with the lovely original Mazda Cosmo. But I believe Autoblog’s Chris… More »

Over the Weekend (060327)

Published on: Author: Timmer

The Case Against Abdul Rahman to Be Dropped. Now if he can get out of Afghanistan before the whack-jobs kill him, this would be a good thing. I keep hearing that most Americans are pessimistic about how things are going in Iraq. It seems that Iraqis are much more optimistic than we are. So American… More »

Escalation In The Mutant Wars

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

For those of you who liked my earlier post, of hybrids between the Chevy El Camino and other GM A-Body cars, I’m sure you’ll really get a tickle out of the “Benz-El”. In case you didn’t notice the emblem on the right rear, it’s based upon the legendary 450SEL 6.9.

Drawing Power

Published on: Author: Kevin L. Connors

Virginia Postrel has this interesting post on the history of American automotive art, including lots of links, including this exibit at Detroit’s Skillman Branch Library, and this to the online collection, Plan59.