Author: Tom Faranda

I read the nine page DHS report that got so much publicity last week. It was assinine, but then, these people are interested in suppressing us. With Brigid and I each having  been arrested four times for prolife non-violent civil disobedience (and with Brigid having 17 days of jailtime to her credit) we are the types who…

The captain of the Bainbridge – the shipped that freed Captain Richard Phillips is a fourth degree Knight. Cmdr. Francis X. Castellano Newsworthy Dads

Cute: Barney Frank Bernard Madoff What's the difference AND You can’t fix stupid, but you can vote it out

A sobering reminder of just what’s going on. Turning Tables, U.S. Troops Ambush Taliban With Swift and Lethal Results – NYTimes.com Fight by fight, the infantryman’s war in Afghanistan is often waged on the Taliban’s terms. Insurgents ambush convoys and patrols from high ridges or long ranges and slip away as the Americans, weighed down by…

Too bad. There’s no sports anouncer I enjoyed listening to more then Madden. in a class by himself. And of course he is a Super bowl winning coach – with the Raiders in 1976. According to Wikipedia he won 76% of his games as a coach. Coincidentally, I received in the mail today (bought second hand…

The NY Times City blog posted a partial transcript of the conference, filled with great quotes. I’ve posted some excerpts below, but hit the link to read the whole thing. Also, very interesting to read some of the comments – the anti-Catholic animus among many is palpable. Coincidentally enough, yesterday morning in the gym I…

In our area it’s on the International History Channel . We stumbled across it a couple of weeks ago, and really enjoy it. A bit offbeat. And he’s not actually naked. The Naked Archaeologist For a brief interview with The Naked Archaeologist, hit the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnilEBJ-lWc

UPDATE: My friend Maria emailed me if I attended this – no, just posting the pix emailed to me. So there was a local Tea Party What’s a “Tea Party?” , and my friend Theresa took some pictures. It was near the County Center. Meanwhile I got an email with a Paul Begala article saying April 15th…

A vague Department of Homeland Security report makes undocumented charges. A standard political cheap shot. Here’s the full 10 page report.  http://www.thelibertypapers.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hsa-rightwing-extremism-09-04-07.pdf And here’s an analysis by the right wing Hot Air blog. Anti-abortion people get labelled as “right wing extremists.” Hot Air » Blog Archive » The execrable DHS report on “right-wing extremism”

High drama – and sudden death. In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates – NYTimes.com Acting with President Obama’s authorization and in the belief that the hostage, Capt. Richard Phillips, was in imminent danger of being killed by captors armed with pistols and AK-47s, snipers on the fantail of the destroyer Bainbridge, which was…