Horizon Rig Down

“You may have heard the news in the last two days about the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig which caught fire, burned for two days, then sank in 5,000 ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico. There are still 11 men missing, and they are not expected to be found. The rig belongs to Transocean, [...]

Yazoo City Tornado

Here is an aerial view of the damage from yesterday’s F-3 tornado that created a near 200 mile long path of damage across central Mississippi yesterday. The destruction was especially bad in Yazoo City. h/t Brian

Waiting on FL-19

Wexler’s old seat is up for grabs tonight. A win here would be the 800 lb canary in the coalmine. Results should be coming in shortly.  I’ll be monitoring the FL Dept of State website, updates to follow.

French Quarter Beatdown

Allee Bautsch, a Bobby Jindal fundraiser, and her boyfriend Joe Brown were assaulted in the French Quarter Friday night for “wearing a Palin button,” according to a story pieced together by the Louisiana news blog The Hayride. The Hayride confirmed from a visitor with Allee Bautsch … “in the hospital Saturday morning that she and [...]

Rainy Day Ramblings

It’s raining here in my neck of the woods, so no work today. Lets see what’s going on around the rest of the blogosphere. Of course the Precedent is bowing to foreign leaders AGAIN! BHO Bows To Communist Chinese President. Robert Gibbs being groomed for Axelrod’s, job? Failing Upward. He stutters like his boss without [...]

Annoying Orange

So Long, Texas Stadium

Sad to see it go. (skip to 6:30) ]

Real men of genius: Hank Johnson

A facebook friend sends this video, along with the comment that Congressman Johnson occupies the seat once held by Cynthia McKinney. Guam may “tip over and capsize?” Hank Johnson (D-GA): Genius. And if you don’t agree with Mr. Johnson’s assessment, well then you’re probably a racist. /Henh.

“ultimate collection” of survival linkage

M.D. Creekmore writes … There are thousands of survival resources on the Internet which can create an overwhelming experience for anyone looking for related information. I’ve decided to help by creating a massive list of posts, articles and resources all designed to be a go-to reference for the survivalist, homesteader or anyone interested in becoming [...]

Thought for the day

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep — not screaming, like the passengers in his car.” Alexander Pineda h/t Todd

Easter Sunday 2010

The Mrs. and I drove up to Jackson today for the morning worship service at my Mom’s church. We were joined by my son, his wife and their new bundle of joy, my sister, her husband, and their three kids. Mom was mighty proud to have her family present for the service, especially since my [...]

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