Saturday, July 25, 2009

Oh-Oh

This is a little too much oink for me. Let's hope there is a vaccine by the fall. I know I'll need it. & fall is only a month away.
In a disturbing new projection, health officials say up to 40 percent of Americans could get swine flu this year and next and several hundred thousand could die without a successful vaccine campaign and other measures.
My emphasis.


Friday, July 24, 2009

Our Far Flung Correspondent Continues His Corresponding Although I'm A Bit Concerned That Wonderdog Blackie Will Not Be Attending The Picnic

I mean, what's the poor dog going to eat? Maybe Sarah will shoot a moose or something for Blackie. From the comments:

July 23 - received word that Sarah Palin will preside at some sort of picnic as Governor at the Alaska State Fairgrounds in Palmer about five miles down the road tomorrow afternoon.

Yours truly and SO will attend - Wonderdog Blackie will not be attending. We plan to assess Sarah's political situation and get some free stuff (this is a very socialist state).

Will add more tomorrow if Sarah does something interesting.

John Dawson, R.I.P.

Obit here.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Pragmatism

I have listened to this argument my entire life & I have come to despise it. It sure doesn't jibe with what we are supposed to stand for. I am also sick to death of being told how naive I am.
“This regime clearly understand that for the United States, democracy is not a priority, freedom of speech is not a priority,” Mr. Beshimov said.
So much for change we can believe in.  My emphasis.


Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Human Hobbies

Back yard Jupiter watching. I like the last paragraph of this story, it quotes the amateur astronomer who found the impact site.
In another interview, Mr. Wesley told the Sydney Morning Herald that spotting the impact mark on Jupiter made him glad the huge planet is in Earth’s neighborhood: “If anything like that had hit the Earth it would have been curtains for us, so we can feel very happy that Jupiter is doing its vacuum-cleaner job and hoovering up all these large pieces before they come for us.”
I appreciate the image of Jupiter as a really big vacuum cleaner. My emphasis.


Monday, July 20, 2009

Gordon Waller, R.I.P.

I'm late to this, sorry. More can be read here. The original post that I saw is here.



Peter and Gordon