Why This Test Was Important

And why we need to "harden" our infrastructure: The 50th anniversary of Starfish Prime: the nuke that shook the world

But the effects were far more than a simple light show. When the bomb detonated, those electrons underwent incredible acceleration. When that happens they create a brief but extremely powerful magnetic field. This is called an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. The strength of the pulse was so huge that it affected the flow of electricity on the Earth hundreds of kilometers away! In Hawaii it blew out hundreds of streetlights, and caused widespread telephone outages. Other effects included electrical surges on airplanes and radio blackouts. The EMP had been predicted by scientists, but the Starfish Prime pulse was far larger than expected. And there was another effect that hadn’t been predicted accurately. Many of the electrons from the blast didn’t fall down into the Earth’s atmosphere, but instead lingered in space for months, trapped by Earth’s magnetic field, creating an artificial radiation belt high above our planet’s surface.

That's Gotta Sting

Former Obama Donor Holds High Dollar Fundraiser for Romney with Former Obama Donors

Amnesty Pilot Program

Judicial Watch Sues DOJ for Records of Illegal Alien Amnesty Program

"Many citizens in the cities of Baltimore and Denver might be surprised to learn that they provided a “testing ground” for the Obama administration’s dangerous (and unlawful) policy of suspending the deportations of illegal aliens last year."

Judicial Watch is doing hero's work here!

Our Beautiful World

Orbiting the Earth Put together by an 18 year old is this marvelous video of the Earth. Gorgeous shots.

Apparently The Shame of Guantanamo No Longer Stings

Liberals ignore Obama's Guantanamos The same people who excoriated Bush's war on terror are letting Obama do as he pleases

"Venture Socialism"

Oh Goody! Another BAD idea from Obama Obama's subsidies: Private profit, public risk

Obama plans to use the Export-Import Bank -- a federal agency that gives taxpayer-backed loans and loan guarantees to foreign buyers who buy American goods -- to subsidize U.S. manufacturers even when they are selling to other American companies. This would be a significant step in the federal government's transformation into a venture capital firm and investment bank involved in all corners of the economy. It's private profit and public risk. Conservative Sen. Jim DeMint calls it "venture socialism."

Damn Dirty Hippies

Against the Hippies: Or, In Defense of American Individualism I've cursed the Baby Boomers for ages on this website. But the great Timothy Dalrymple does a better job above.

Happy Fourth of July Everybody!

"Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it!"

The Difference

Shamefully swiped from Just A Conservative Girl

A Tale of One Tragedy and Two Campaigns

A Tale of One Tragedy and Two Campaigns

At the above link to Potluck Bloggers please find Just A Conservative Girl's outstanding post comparing how Obama and Romney are handling the current state-of-emergency in the states impacted by the "land hurricane" which killed over a dozen people.

Romney's campaign is working with the Red Cross to collect food and water bottles for distribution.

Obama's campaign wants to sell you a tank top.

(Crossposted from Potluck Bloggers)

It's Gonna Get Taxing Soon

WSJ Chief Economist: 75% of Obamacare Costs Will Fall on Backs of Those Making $120K or Less

Interesting Times

While I admit my initial reaction was shock and disappointment, I held off on commenting because I wanted to see what far more learned and intelligent people have to say.  And the more I read, the happier I became about this decision.

We have a long, long fight in front of us but I think SCOTUS's Obamacare decision is a striking blow against the progressives and I am thrilled.

The articles which influenced my thinking on this are below:

The Decision to Uphold the Mandate as Tax Represents a Gestalt Shift in Constitutional Law

Is the Supreme Court’s Health-Care Ruling a Turning Point in Constitutional Law? This one is by Randy Barnett and is very important

A Modest Proposal The chief justice threw down the gauntlet on Thursday to those of us who support limited government.

SCOTUS Ruling: Bring on Kate Smith & Reactions UPDATED

Five Possible Silver Linings in the Obamacare Decision

Jensen: Does the Taxing Clause Give Congress Unlimited Power?

Roberts is not the goat in today’s Supreme Court decision

An Act of Great Cunning

Conservatives’ consolation prize

Why Roberts did it

A Beautiful Lesson In Life and Longevity

Be nice to others because time WILL make a difference!

One day you will no longer be the big dog... Just the old dog... And my friend, WE are now the old dogs.

HOWEVER, OLD DOG IS BETTER THAN DOG-GONE.

One Hungry Mouse

The extraordinary  scene was captured by  photography student   Casey  Gutteridge at the Santago Rare  Leopard Project in   Hertfordshire. The   19-year-old, from Potters Bar,  Hertfordshire,  who was photographing the  leopard for a course project, was astounded by the mouse's behaviour.

He said: 'I  have no idea  where the mouse came from -  he just appeared in  the enclosure after  the keeper had dropped in the meat for the  leopard. He didn't take any notice of the  leopard, just went straight over to the meat and  started feeding himself.'

'But the leopard was pretty surprised - she bent down and sniffed the mouse and flinched a bit like she was scared. In the meantime the mouse just carried on eating like nothing had happened.

But even a gentle  shove does not deter the little creature from  getting his fill... 'It was  amazing, even  the keeper who had thrown the meat into the  enclosure was shocked - he said  he'd never  seen anything like it before.'  

Project owner Jackie James added:  'It  was so funny to see - Sheena batted  the mouse a couple of times to try to get it  away from her food.'  But the determined  little thing took no notice and just carried  on.' 

Sheena  was  brought in to the Santago Rare Leopard Project  from a UK zoo when she  was just four  months old.  She is one of 14 big cats in  the private collection started by Jackie 's  late husband Peter  in 1989.  The African Leopard can be found  in the continent's forests, grasslands,  savannas, and rainforests.

....so the mouse  continued to eat the leopard's lunch  and show the  leopard who was the  boss.  Just proves  no one can push you around  without your permission.

My 11-Year-Old's Open Letter to Obama

June 28, 2012

Dear Mr. Obama,

Why are you hurting our economy?  Why are you making Catholics pay for abortions? You think that the separation of Church and State is to protect the government from religion but it is to protect religion from government.

Your Obamacare rations healthcare. It means people will die because of you! It is a ticking time bomb!

Because of the workers' unions, tax payer money is going to pay other people's pensions. Cities like Detroit pay a huge percentage of their budget to the pensions. They will have to declare bankruptcy.

The food stamps will suck out government money.  As the great Maragret Thatcher once said, "The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money" If you want everyone on these food stamps then one day you will run out of our money!

Do not take this warning for granted!  Even though I can not voite, my voice is just as strong as yours! If you can not see what a girl of 11 can see, you might want to reconsider your campaign.

Yours,

Helen

Getting My Zo On

Why China Is Evil

Husband in China forced abortion 'missing': family

The husband of a Chinese woman whose forced abortion seven months into her pregnancy caused uproar has disappeared, a relative said Tuesday, adding her family is being harassed on a daily basis.

Feng Jianmei had to go through the termination earlier this month in the northern province of Shaanxi because she failed to pay a hefty fine for exceeding China's strict "one-child" population control policy.

The case caused an outcry when photos emerged online of Feng lying in a hospital bed in Zhenping county next to her baby's bloody corpse, prompting an official probe that concluded action should be taken against the perpetrators.

When Will Holder Be Thrown Under The Bus

Hey Holder - Check out this glimpse of your future!
WH embarrassed during Fast and Furious press briefing

GOP senator: White House claims about document handover are 'hogwash'

Why Tipping Your Server Is NECESSARY

I mean unless you get truly terrible service. But this excellent article is why I always try to tip and tip well.

The Worst Restaurants to Work For

"Workers are entitled to a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour if they do not receive tips and $2.13 per hour if they do, as well as overtime pay, if they work more than 40 hours per week; if tips and wages don't add up to $7.25 per hour, the employer is obligated to make up the difference. But many workers aren't aware that they're entitled to payment for all of the hours they work, let alone at what rate."

In short, most servers do not know that their employer must make certain they make at least $5.12 an hour in tips or pay them that on top of their minimum wage.  The employer's failure to do that is wage theft.

Plus here's a tidbit of information: thirty years ago, when I started working in restaurants, the tip-earning minimum wage was $2.01. So in THIRTY years, your server's wage has only gone up $0.12!  Twelve Cents.

Given inflation, that wage is actually the equivalent of working for free.

The Reunion

So I said to him, "Barack, I know Abe Lincoln, And you ain't Abe Lincoln .."

Since he used the Lincoln Bible at his inauguration, Obama has made numerous attempts to associate himself with Lincoln. So why doesn't Obama use this famous Lincoln quote?

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."

... Abraham Lincoln

Mychal Massie's When Will Obama Crack?

I was just sent this article, "When Will Obama Crack In Public" by Mychal Massie. He wrote it a year ago and it seems incredibly prescient today! Read the whole thing. Here is a delicious taste - "The Obamas have behaved in every way but presidential – which is why it’s so offensive when we hear Obama say, in order “to restore fiscal responsibility, we all need to share in the sacrifice – but we don’t have to sacrifice the America we believe in.”" This is his impressive bio -

Mychal Massie is chairman of the National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives-Project 21 – a conservative black think tank located in Washington, D.C. He was recognized as the 2008 Conservative Man of the Year by the Conservative Party of Suffolk County, N.Y. He is a nationally recognized political activist, pundit and columnist. He has appeared on Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, NBC, Comcast Cable and talk-radio programming nationwide. A former self-employed business owner of more than 30 years, Massie's website is mychal-massie.com

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Random Round-Up

Below please find a "round-up" of news items that either pissed me off or got some lefty so angry it makes me smile. Enjoy. Kimberlin is a convicted bomber, indirectly responsible for a man's death and an internet stalker. Speedway Bomber Going dark to urge congressional action: Who will protect the freedom to blog? What Upsets the Obamedia About ‘Fast and Furious’ Is … the Leaking! Exposing the New York Times’ sins House Democrats Demand Ethics Report on Waters Case What's Really To Blame For The Lousy Recovery How's that Most Transparent Presidency Ever working for ya? White House rejects calls for special counsel for national security leaks What's Changed After Wisconsin The Obama administration suddenly looks like a house of cards. President Obama’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week Obama has been having a lot of these weeks lately (teehee, teehee) Labor Dept. counts oil lobbyists, garbage men, bus drivers as ‘green jobs’ AFSCME boss gives race-baiting speech at Occupy Milwaukee rally Obama is wrong. The private sector isn’t ‘doing fine’ Younger voter unemployment at 12.1%, threatens Obama Obama Press Conference: The Private Sector Is ‘Doing Just Fine’

The president offered nothing new in today’s presser. He offered the same son-of-stimulus plan that has already failed. He blamed the eurozone for the moribund U.S. economy, despite the fact that his own policies — ObamaCare, his desire to end the Bush tax cuts, and his unbridled regulatory state — are killing American jobs. He called for government “investments,” despite his record of failed investments in green initiatives like Solyndra. He claimed that the US economy has created 800,000 jobs this year and that “the private sector is doing just fine.” He said that public sector jobs are where the layoffs and pain are occurring, but if he believes that then he would do well to look to the reforms championed and passed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. His reforms have saved public sector jobs and lowered local property taxes at the same time, both of which will spur economic growth. President Obama strongly opposed those reforms, and tepidly supported the failed recall attempt on Gov. Walker.

Somewhat Silent

Online Armageddon "An Army of Davids" unites against a campaign of intimidation. While I'm not entirely silent on the Day of Silence, I do stand in support of all the innocent victims of Brett Kimberlin, a scumbag leftie using vicious and dirty tactics to silence his critics who've only repeated his true personal history.

Good Ole Bubba

Bill Clinton: Median Income Now Lower Than When I Left Office Video Too!

"Those rates -- the problem with that and why I think they should be extended for the bottom 98% is that median income, after inflation, is lower than it was the day I left office," former President Bill Clinton said on CNN's "The Situation Room" on Thursday afternoon. "So those people who would be affected by that, many, many of them have had no income increases in a decade while their costs have gone up. So you really would have a contractionary economic impact. It would be very bad for the economy if those folks in the bottom 98% had to shoulder a tax increase," Clinton told CNN host Wolf Blitzer.

I am so loving watching Bill Clinton stick it to Obama. He's done it several times in the last couple of weeks and it is becoming increasingly clear that Clinton believes Obama is hurting the Democratic brand so badly that he would rather see Romney in office than Obama continue there.

Obama Says Everything Is Okay? What an insult!

Obama: "The Private Sector is Doing Fine" Either Obama is a narcissistic asshat who believes Americans will believe him over their own lying eyes or Obama is a delusional asshat who is completely unhinged from reality. Either way his re-election will be a lose-lose for this country.