Want to get serious about Syria? - antidotes to the flame fests
Sometimes, when traveling or on vacation, I find that I've had a surfeit of tasty but not so healthy food. Heaping portions, or frequent intake of desserts, or rich sauces, or too much fried whatever....
View ArticleIssa's dream health care plan? Surely this is a joke!
.@brownandbella Actually, here's the framework of my #ReplaceObamacare idea. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/M97MsynuMT— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) October 7, 2013Got this in my FB feed. Put there by...
View ArticleBreaking: Feds drop 11 charges against Barrett Brown
The U.S. attorney’s office filed a motion Wednesday to dismiss the bulk of its criminal case against a Dallas man who has claimed to be the spokesman for the hacking group Anonymous. Prosecutors are...
View ArticleFinal update and redirect: BLM backing down on Bundy ranch stand-off
Final Update: It's time to back up from the trees and look at a bigger picture of the forest on this issue. While there will certainly be further developments on the specific activity affecting the...
View ArticleIs Hell Freezing Over? A Muslim Student Attends Baptist Seminary
Yes, indeed, much to the distress of some. In the first instance of its kind, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention, acknowledged it has...
View ArticleSF Man sought by FBI has posted a suicide note
No time for a proper detailed diary, but... The San Francisco man that is subject of a nationwide man hunt by the FBI, who found explosives materials during a search of his apartment, has apparently...
View ArticleA different angle on the urgency of the Bergdahl prisoner exchange
There is so much swirling around this story, including the inevitable partisan spin, that an important aspect may have gotten lost in the melee. That was brought home to me in something I read this...
View ArticlePop the Corn. Conservative Think Tank Implodes (sexual misconduct?)
It will be interesting to see this story evolve. The National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas’ most prominent conservative think tank, erupted Thursday in personnel and management squabbles....
View ArticleThose thousands of children coming to the US? It's a scam. 1.3 M troops needed
Yes. It's all spelled out in this letter to the editor in my morning paper. And we can put an end to it. Just block the kids from having access to phones or internet service. It's an absolutely elegant...
View ArticleFarewell to our fine furry friend - Updated
She came home with us during a freak late snow storm on March 6, 2008.The rest of her story is below the Itzl.
View ArticleCruz and Perry get a slap in the face from GOP establishment?
Recently my city (Dallas, TX) pulled out all the stops to try to land the Republican National Convention. Nearly half a million was spent, and the sales pitches included live elephants and the Dallas...
View ArticleWhat will those crazy Texans do next?
A head of state is coming to town, and they slam the door in his face. Several doors, in fact.Seems Ugandan President Museveni (of the "kill the gays bill" fame) has planned a visit to North Texas, to...
View ArticleAnother school shooting. Near Seattle
A student believed to have opened fire at Marysville-Pilchuck High School Friday morning is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to two law-enforcement sources. Police have not released...
View ArticleConservative Think Tank Implosion (Pt. 2): Sex, torture and madness
Back in June I posted this diary -Pop the Corn. Conservative Think Tank Implodes (sexual misconduct?) in which we learned that The National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas’ most prominent...
View Article"You've been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)"
Well, I haven't been. And as far as I know, you probably haven't been either. But my local paper announced they've disabled commenting because somebody was. I know many news site comment areas are...
View ArticleThe "White Power" signs were no accident
Many may recall the recent incident at the HS basketball game where students from a largely white HS that was playing a more diverse HS team held up signs in the bleachers saying "White" "Power"....
View Article[Updated]Former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright dead at 92
Former House Speaker Jim Wright, who represented Fort Worth in Congress for 34 years before resigning during a storm of ethics allegations, has died. He was 92. Wright was a man of perplexing and...
View ArticleAnybody remember Michael Brown?
Time flies, and it will soon be a year since Michael Brown died on the street in Ferguson, Missouri. News cycles have come and gone, outrages replaced by outrages and yet new outrages. Meanwhile, one...
View ArticleMaybe law enforcement needs to get MORE militarized
Today on my Facebook feed an interesting article popped up. It was an apparent OpEd type piece in the Washington Post. It is was written by an Iraq vet who found himself, due to misunderstanding and...
View ArticleWhat is wrong with the "wreck" list?!? (Updated)
Update: OK, it's something wrong with the algorithm. They are working on it. Tech is looking into this. It's definitely... (32+ / 0-) ...odd. The Edwards diary clearly ought to be on the Rec List based...
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