This post, the comments, particularly this one and this one. And Daryl’s final word.
The summary, if you aren’t inclined to click over is that we are only weeks away from the government forcibly removing our children from our homes to enslave them in labor camps working on projects to promote the liberal utopia, all while […]

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The geniuses at Google think they might be able to predict flu outbreaks up to 2 weeks before the CDC can identify the hotspots. The theory is that people start searching on flu related terms when they start to feel ill, well before they ever get to a doctor. By tracking those search terms they […]

And now for something a little heavier. From the 2003 Iron Maiden album Dance of Death., a song about the Battle of Paschendale in WWI.
Paschendale – Iron Maiden

Best song ever written about WWI?
The Green Fields Of France (No Mans Land) – Dropkick Murphys

40 odd years ago my now deceased father was a scared 19 year old kid with an infant son (me) and a wife back in the states. He was a radar technician in the Air Force, stationed at Ramstein AFB in Germany. He was flown in to what he thought was Vietnam, choppered into a […]

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Newt Gingrich apparently pines for the days of teenagers toiling away 16 hours a day in sweatshops. I’m kidding, I think. This op-ed is somewhat disjointed so it’s hard to tell what exactly he means.
Adolescence was invented in the 19th century to enable middle-class families to keep their children out of sweatshops. But it has […]

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Kirby on gay marriage: It’s official – I don’t care – Salt Lake Tribune – Great article from the probably the only Mormon SLC (other than Dooce) who doesn't care about at marriage.
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