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Two Halves of a Perpetual Motion Machine
25 Mar 2013 4:37 am Morgan Freeberg

Was just given cause to think about this…

For those who can’t spare the 65 seconds to watch all the way through, someone’s prepared a cool animated .GIF:

Not sure what got me on that. I was reading Gerard’s site, and I happened across something there…this, I think. Which led me to this. Oh, dear. Oh yes, that must have been it. Definitely yes.
If the latest news out of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in San Francisco is accurate, those who both worry about the dangers of manmade climate change and support …

Right Wing News Meets Mrconservative.com
25 Mar 2013 2:16 am John Hawkins

Cyrus Massoumi from Mrconservative.com is probably the single smartest social media wizard I’ve ever met inside or outside of politics. What he’s doing with Facebook, marketing trends and data analysis is just head and shoulders above and beyond what I’ve been doing or, in my experience, what anyone else in political blogging is doing today.
So, when Cyrus approached me about doing some work with Mrconservative.com, I was very interested. We’ve been talking behind the scenes for a few weeks and today, I’m going to begin writing for him.
This post …

Katie’s Rescue
24 Mar 2013 8:24 pm Morgan Freeberg

Here’s your first pic…

To find out what it’s all about, go read up over here. Bojangles is tops, in my book. I’d like to buy him a cube steak. Katie too.
Hat tip to Nightfly.
Cross-posted at House of Eratosthenes.

Jay Sekulow & ACLJ On Iranian Prisoner:
24 Mar 2013 12:01 am Ronn Torossian

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which defends human rights and religious freedom said it is pleased that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has issued a public statement expressing concern for American Pastor Saeed Abedini – a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Iran because of his Christian faith.
“We’re very pleased that Secretary of State Kerry made this statement calling on Iran to release Pastor Saeed,” said Jordan Sekulow, Executive Director of the ACLJ. “By speaking out directly on behalf of Pastor Saeed, Secretary Kerry is taking our government’s most …

HuffPo Live Appearance: Can Rand Paul Win?
21 Mar 2013 4:11 pm John Hawkins

Earlier this afternoon, I did a HuffPost live appearance. It was called, “Paul Legacy Continues: Rand Paul just won the CPAC straw poll and is being mentioned in the same breath as Rubio & Jeb Bush. Could he lead the GOP to victory with his libertarian ideology?”

You can watch it all right here.

CPAC: NRA’s LaPierre Defends Second Amendment Freedoms, Mocks Biden’s Shotgun Advice
15 Mar 2013 4:05 pm Matt Vespa

Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s Executive Vice President and CEO, gave a poignant defense of our Second Amendment rights at CPAC today. He admitted that his views on guns don’t get him “invited to a lot of parties in this town.” He took a proverbial shot at the media for the NRA’s alleged extremism, but said that they could call him crazy, “but the NRA’s five million members and America’s 100 million gun owners won’t back down.”
He aptly noted that “our Founding Fathers knew that without Second Amendment freedom … …

If Trump Comes to CPAC, So Should Chris Christie
11 Mar 2013 4:25 pm Matt Vespa

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) begins this week, and New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie wasn’t invited. His antics towards House Republicans, his bashing of the NRA, and his unofficial endorsement of Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made sure that wouldn’t happen. Christie said that he agreed with Cuomo, one of the most liberal governors in the country, on “98% of the issues.” Yeah, he’s no conservative, but neither is Donald Trump.
Trump has given millions to Democratic candidates, and his invitation to speak at CPAC places the American Conservative Union in an …

Don’t Help Yourselves
11 Mar 2013 11:42 am Morgan Freeberg

During a discussion, with Cylar Z over at The Hello Kitty of Blogging, I pointed something out…
I get the distinct impression that we’re all arguing about something here that doesn’t have anything to do with guns. Like Mencken said, puritanism is the fear that someone somewhere is having a good time; liberalism is a fear that someone somewhere is taking charge of a situation, protecting themselves, making a profit, doing something to adapt to reality or make life better for themselves in some way.
I was thinking that during the health …

Jeb Bush Says History Will Be Kind to George W.
11 Mar 2013 10:48 am Morgan Freeberg

NBC News:
“In his four years as president a lot of amazing accomplishments took place,” said Jeb Bush, the son of former President George H.W. Bush, during an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press. “So my guess is that history will be kind to my brother, the further out you get from this and the more people compare his tenure to what’s going on now.”
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush discusses the shifting statistics of the Republican party.
The 43rd president has largely stayed out of the spotlight since leaving office. After …

“Then He Went Out and Bought an AR-15″
11 Mar 2013 10:48 am Morgan Freeberg

From Gateway Pundit:
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), a victim of a mass shooting in 2011, and her husband, Mark Kelly, testified before a Congressional panel on gun control in January. Kelly told the assembled members of Congress that modern weapons “Have turned every single corner of our society into places of carnage and gross human loss.”
Then he went out and bought an AR-15.
From Breitbart:
Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an “assault weapon,” he called it)—which he now says he intended …

Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz. Let Freedom Ring In The GOP
8 Mar 2013 12:39 pm Kathleen McKinley

Via Jim Geraghty Morning Jolt, Philip Klein gives us a concise explanation of why Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster was so effective:
A lot of the outpouring of conservative support for Paul’s filibuster on Obama’s drone policy went beyond the libertarian and anti-interventionist blocs of the movement who were also deeply troubled by Bush era counter-terrorism policies. Even those conservatives who may not agree with all of Paul’s views on presidential war powers were supportive if for no other reason than they relished seeing a conservative win a messaging war with Obama. It was impossible …

Making Britain Feel Safe From Crime
5 Mar 2013 1:49 pm Dave Blount

Having allowed their moonbat rulers to disarm them, Britons cannot employ firearms to defend themselves against an ongoing epidemic of lawlessness. No matter; they have a much nicer means to fight crime:
Hundreds of pom-poms and knitted items have been strung from trees and lampposts to help reduce the fear of crime in an area of Leicester.
Leicestershire Police hope the “guerilla knitting” or “yarn bombing” will encourage more people to use Bede Park and Great Central Way.
Deep-thinking academic Charlotte Bilby explains the strategy:
Ms Bilby, a senior lecturer in criminology at Northumbria …

About the President’s Presser Yesterday
2 Mar 2013 10:29 am Morgan Freeberg

On the “Jedi mind-meld,” Sulu says the President got it right so that settles it…if we recognize an appeal-to-authority argument as valid. I’m afraid, though, if this demonstrates anything at all, what it demonstrates are the many flaws in that form of argument. To use one’s good name as a lever for moving insincere ambitions is a sultry and seductive temptation in the human condition, and it lives in the forever. None of us are immune. I recall Vint Cerf, recognized as the father of TCP/IP, weighing in with the …

Illinois Can’t Even Afford to Pay Lottery Winners.
26 Feb 2013 4:13 pm Unicorn Jones

A while ago, we told you about how a bush league Illinois bureaucrat – the head of the IL Lottery – was embarking on a tour of the continental United States, exporting Illinois’ unique brand of crazy to other, unwilling states, who not only didn’t listen to his fairy tales about the horrors of privatizing lotteries, they did exactly the opposite of what he said. Because, as it turns out, he was only mad about the lottery thing because he wasn’t part of the private company they hired to run …

The Politics Of Rape
25 Feb 2013 11:16 am Kathleen McKinley

Last week you probably heard about Democratic Colorado state Rep. Joe Salazar controversial remarks during a debate on the House floor over a concealed-weapons ban on college campuses. He argued that women do not need guns. He said that women fearing rape may accidentally shoot that gun at others. He said, “It’s why we have call boxes; it’s why we have safe zones; it’s why we have the whistles — because you just don’t know who you’re gonna be shooting at. And you don’t know if you feel like you’re …

Townhall Top 10 Lists for 2013
23 Feb 2013 11:19 pm John Hawkins

Liberals Take The Pro-Rape Position On Gun Control
19 Feb 2013 10:59 am John Hawkins

Being in favor of gun control means being in favor of disarming law abiding citizens and empowering criminals, including murderers, robbers and rapists. But, better women be raped than have guns, because their puny female brains can’t handle the adult decision making required to use a firearm — so says Colorado Democrat Rep. Joe Salazar.
“It’s why we have call boxes, it’s why we have safe zones, it’s why we have the whistles. Because you just don’t know who you’re gonna be shooting at. And you don’t know if you feel …

It Isn’t Science
16 Feb 2013 12:32 pm Morgan Freeberg

On the whole climate change thing, as far as the science goes, my position isn’t too remarkably different from blogger friend Phil’s. I think it is perhaps measurable lately, due to our inevitably sharpening skills and technology in measuring things, that human activity is having an impact on the environment around us. But not in any way remarkably different from the effect any other species has on its environment, as the environment certainly has an effect on all those species. It is a relationship involving mutual dependence and mutual effect.
This …

Kentucky Democrats Worry About Judd Crashing The Party
14 Feb 2013 11:29 pm Matt Vespa

According to Joshua Miller’s February 13 piece on Roll Call, an Ashley Judd senate candidacy would give Kentucky Democrats “heartburn.”
…for many Bluegrass State Democrats, a potential Judd run brings a different feeling: heartburn. “If she runs, I think that it would be a catastrophe for a lot of downballot races in Kentucky,” said Jimmy Cauley, a longtime Kentucky Democratic strategist who doesn’t believe Judd can win a general election. Among Democratic state legislators, he said, “there is significant worry about Ashley being on the ballot.”
Democrats plugged into the Frankfort, Ky., zeitgeist publicly …

Dependence
11 Feb 2013 11:27 am Morgan Freeberg

Spent yesterday bike riding around the Cupertino / Mountainview / Menlo Park area. I was thoroughly beaten down and exhausted by the end of it, by which time I’d been at it for over twelve hours including the long drive. This distresses me greatly, because my bike computer showed just over forty miles and my daily record is twice that. The most likely conclusion to be reached is it’s seasonal out-of-shape-ness, which isn’t so bad. Next most likely conclusion is that I’m getting older…which is dreadful, of course, because that …

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