Nobel
A reader sends this link:
http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/process.html
It says Nobel nominations must be received by February 1st. Obama got nominated
after being president for less than two weeks?
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Eric Scheske
BYCU
A Guy's Dream
Good-lookin', drinks beer, and knows her place: A Muslim model has been
sentenced to six cane strokes for drinking a beer
[http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,653578,00.html]. Her actions
were pretty insidious:
> The young women in the
Thursday
The Misanthrope
Wow, it's not often you absorb as much hatred as you'll find here: Gore Vidal
in
his final years
[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gore-vidals-united-states-of-fury-1798601.html]
. The novelist-Al Gore cousin-homosexual is one shockingly
Fidrych
My Tigers try to avoid the humiliation of one of history's bigger meltdowns
tonight. I thought it'd be a good time to run this piece.
The Bird's Swan Dive
On days like that, you didn't dare drink too much beer in old
What's A Guy Gotta Do to Get a Drink Around Here?
The Distiller and the Bureaucrat
I have a friend out in the stix
[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=out%20in%20the%20styx]. He has
neighbors, but it's definitely rural; nothing but woods and fields. He's an
individualist with a unique personality, but lots of
Something for Sunday Morning
"Guilt is a reality, an objective force; it has caused destruction that must be
repaired. For this reason, forgiveness must be more than a matter of ignoring,
of merely trying to forget." Benedict XVI.
The Gift
A client once bought me a three-month subcription to the Beer of the Month Club.
Two six-packs a month for three months. I kept one from each six pack. . .
except one, which was particularly good. These five decorate a shelf at my law
office.
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BYCU
Thick Bones for Me
Don't drink for the health of it. That, Chesterton observed, is the true road to
insane drinking. But if you're the type that needs a healthy upside to
everything, grab a beer: "A study of 2,471 men and postmenopausal women
Jouvenel Corner
Country Boys
"[T]he egoism of Power profits by public insecurity." On Power, p. 142.
Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, LBJ, Bush II, and now Obama. All used public insecurity to
bolster the federal government's power. And once the crises pass, the means to
deal with the crises
Wednesday
Here, Drink This Baby Bottle of Red Dye
Is it me, or is there something wrong with this picture (emphasis mine):
"Doctors at five sites in England are comparing vaccines from two manufacturers
to see which works best and has fewer side-effects. Over the next two weeks
1,