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The IDF’s lone soldiers

Dick Stanley — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:00:06 +0000

Five thousand of them, it seems, without family in Israel, some who made Aliyah in order to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces. Fortunately, there is someone to look after them—especially tonight as the holidays begin. I made my donation. How about you? Meantime, L’shana Tova Tikatevu.

Giggle gas

Dick Stanley — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:52:05 +0000

Mr. B. had his first tooth pulled this afternoon, an extra that was blocking the proper positioning of a permanent one. The nitrous oxide helped, but the needle still hurt and the pressure and the unusual sounds of the extraction scared him a little. Poor kid.

At least he got a few genuine laughs in from the giggle gas. Kids revert, sometimes, to an earlier age when under emotional pressure. Seems to have occurred here as he wanted me to read to him at bedtime from The Hobbit, one of our old favorites I first read to him when he was six or so.

Mr. B’s cast comes off

Dick Stanley — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:42:55 +0000

We were both surprised to see that the rotary blade that cut through the fiberglass cast could be pressed against his finger without breaking the skin. He was glad to have the thing off after three weeks–four weeks after he broke his arm in a basketball game. Had to wash the arm, of course, as it smelled pretty bad, and scrub off some dead skin on his palm. But, after taking it easy this week, he’s expected to be back to playing basketball again real soon.

Put a sock in it, Joey

Dick Stanley — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:01:31 +0000

Do us all a favor, Joey. Leave Jerusalem to the adults. Go back to the circus where you belong. Or we’ll find a terrorist group that wants to take over east D.C. that you can set up talks with, while admonishing the D.C. government not to allow any development there without consideration of the terrorists. Can’t American pols do anything but pander? You could be helping your running mate try to bring down our high unemployment. You have problems at home, you know?

UPDATE: Typical Obamalot. Hypocritical to a fault. But, really, it’s just the latest example of Israel Double Standard Time:

“Palestinian celebrations of mass-murderers are not a hindrance to the peace process, but building apartments in Jewish neighborhoods is. Why doesn’t one of the intrepid Sunday morning hosts ask an administration official why this is?”

Nope. Can’t. Would spoil the narrative. Can’t have that.

MORE: Even the Israeli Left, no friend of Bibi (who, BTW, says development in East Jerusalem will continue), thinks Obamalot has gone too far.

Oscar baloney

Dick Stanley — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:11:38 +0000

The usual Hollywood claptrap over the Oscars was on the front page of the daily, above the fold, so it didn’t just seep into consciousness when I gathered the thing off the lawn. I left it on the kitchen table for Mrs. C. and that’s when it whacked me between the eyes. Even though I didn’t read it.

I did read Roger L. Simon’s prediction that the winners forecast some sort of decline of the Sean Penns, Michael Moores, and other Lefty dirtballs who think there’s a premium on their political views. I wonder. I found more certainty in commenter cedarhill’s take:

“Funny thing, once you wean yourself off their TV shows, movies and newspapers they’re just not attractive and seem really, really simple and stupid. Try it. You’ll like freedom from Hollywood. Oh, and if you are compelled to watch something from them, make sure you pick it up on eBay or at a flea market or Goodwill or such. Let the Left support them.”

Indeed.

Hey, I thought protest was patriotic

Dick Stanley — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:47:37 +0000

Naw, that was just for anti-Bush Democrats. Fortunately, these days, all you need is a few bucks for a web site, a video camera, some friends and, bingo, comeback even to the legacy media. Which is so sensitive about its declining audience that it will even take the time to respond to you. What a country.

Via Simply Jews.

Airlift

Dick Stanley — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:19:38 +0000

The latest from Michael Yon on the oft-ignored Afghanistan campaign.

The Local Fluff

Dick Stanley — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:05:49 +0000

The Voyager spacecraft, still traversing the outer limits of the giant gas bubble we live in, have measured the magnetism of a nearby interstellar cloud and its implications:

"The fact that the Fluff is strongly magnetized means that other clouds in the galactic neighborhood could be, too. Eventually, the solar system will run into some of them, and their strong magnetic fields could compress the heliosphere even more than it is compressed now. Additional compression could allow more cosmic rays to reach the inner solar system, possibly affecting terrestrial climate and the ability of astronauts to travel safely through space."

The researchers conclude: "There could be interesting times ahead!" That’s a given.

The Information Explosion

Dick Stanley — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:25:49 +0000

Gizmodo’s graphical take on the Net. Pretty woolly stuff. Makes you think, doesn’t it?

The Information Explosion

Dick Stanley — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:25:49 +0000

Gizmodo’s graphical take on the Net. Pretty woolly stuff. Makes you think, doesn’t it?