The last several Easter Sunday’s we’ve hung out at Chez Gagnon. Here is Easter, 2008. Tom Faranda’s Folly: Easter Day at the Gagnon’s There’s an Easter egg hunt, much eating and drinking, and then an optional walk up Gagnon Peak, or whatever they call the hill in the woods that’s about a 40 minute walk to the top. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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”