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The World Map of Happiness
Finally completed moving most of my earthly belongings into a two very large storage containers in Fluvanna County today. So how to celebrate this milestone? By seeing how happy my fellow Earthlings are… and they are happier in Denmark. Neat interactive map. Take a look!
NLS: ALLEN BY 16
This has gotta hurt. Allen by 16 puts him in great shape, and once again we are led back to the idea that Miller – a candidate with the $$$ to run a challenger campaign – would have been a better choice than Webb. Webb “Born Republican” clearly isn’t getting the job done in Virginia, [...]
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah
Anyone surprised? Now, with hundreds of Lebanese dead and Hezbollah holding out against the vaunted Israeli military for more than two weeks, the tide of public opinion across the Arab world is surging behind the organization, transforming the Shiite group’s leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, into a folk hero and forcing a change in official statements. The Saudi [...]
Why Israel hit a UN post
Duh. My question is why the Hezbollah flag is flying from the UN facility in the first place… though I doubt there is a good reason.
New UV gun takes aim at meth users
Now this is beyond cool. Police are being armed with UV guns that use spectroscopy to detect trace amounts of methamphetamine and other illicit drugs: CDEX recently filed a patent application to prepare the device for use in the “Homeland Security market,” according to Wade Poteet, a principal scientist working in CDEX’s Tucson-based research lab. The [...]
Fight Bureaucracy With Bureaucracy
CATO Institute has this interestng article advocating for an Office of Taxpayer Advocacy. I have my thoughts (as the title suggests).
"We’ll keep fighting until you agree we’ve defeated Hezbollah"
Jon Henke at QandO with an excellent response to proportionality and Israel’s efforts to destroy Hezbollah.
Public Service Announcement: Fun With MSRA
Right around mid-June, I got this bump on my knee. No big deal, probably just a bug-bite… The next day it got worse. Infected, I thought. So I got some hydrogen peroxide, cleaned the wound, and let it be. Two days later, my knee had swollen to the size of a grapefruit and was [...]
Button Maker
In my benevolence, I give you yet another gift: a Button Maker!!! … you know, like the buttons you see on the side that have valid RSS feeds and such?
Crossing the Meditation Divide
This is an excellent article regarding meditation, or more accurately when prayer and meditation doesn’t seem to work: That so many who are experienced in prayer go through this difficulty with meditation is a sign of the truth of John’s teaching. The great doctor of the Church gives three signs by which we may discern whether [...]