Chappaquiddick

A movie is coming out about Chappaquiddick, the story of the death of Mary Joe Kopechne who drowned when Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Martha's Vineyard. Kennedy left the scene and left behind his aspirations to be President. The producers of the film report being pressured not to make it. Kennedy, like the rest of his family, was the original womanizer before the recent scandals.

Here's a fascinating profile of Ted Kennedy by Michael Kelly, a great journalist who died covering the Iraq war. Admiration of Kennedy was misplaced.

There's a joke line "is the Pope Catholic". It seems this is no longer a rhetorical question. Pope Francis was quoted as saying "there is no hell".  Maybe it has something to do with Easter falling on April Fool's Day.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the police were justified in the Stephon Clark shooting.  That should stir up more protests when it comes out.

There's a common liberal these that medical bills cause bankruptcies. This doesn't seem to be accurate.

Here's a man frustrated with stubborn belly fat. Turns out it was a 30-pound tumor that his doctor missed. Check the picture.

When liberals talk about guns, you can presume that the information isn't accurate.

More on guns. You can try to repeal the Second Amendment, but you can't repeal history.

The United States has a lot of unelected officials. They distort things.  Here are some recent lies affecting the discussion.

How big is the universe?

How big is the universe? Contemplate this image of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies.

In 1998, the New York Times editorialized about adultery. They said it shouldn't be political fodder. My how times change. The media didn't think sec was that big a deal when Clinton was president

An update on the Paris Climate Accord. Nobody is meeting the modest goals they agreed on.

Whether you've been to France or just heard the rumors, French waiters are famous for being rude. Turns out they don't have to be in France, just French.

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens thinks we should repeal the Second Amendment, and he wrote an editorial in the NYT.  I'm happy that he doesn't work there anymore.

Here's a pretty good article on a new web site that will tell you if your house is in a danger zone from earthquakes.  Even if you're not, there's some pretty good pictures of earthquake effects.

Marco Rubio said “None of the major shootings that have occurred in this country over the last few months or years that have outraged us, would gun laws have prevented them.” The Washington Post decided to "fact check" this statement. What did they find?

Alice Cooper Credits Faith for Saving Him From Dangers of Rock Star Excess. A rock star who is a Christian?

Need new eyeglasses? You can buy them online for a lot less money.

Much of the problems in society are associated with fatherless kids. Mike Rowe has this to say.

Global Warming

Global warming update: NYC hasn't seen snow like this in 130 years.  And here's a flashback from the New York Times in 2000 Blame lack of snow on ‘global warming’

It appears that Homo Sapiens engaged in hanky panky with Neanderthals and Denisovans.

I have argued that while the Pope is a nice guy, his understanding of economics is deficient. Other folks are questioning this and other skills.

Students at Simeon Career Academy took advantage of the gun protest to trash a Walmart. Read the article.  Simeon Career Academy is on the Southside of Chicago; 99% of the students are African American, a fact ignored in the article.

On the other hand, here's a student at a different school who declined to take part in the protest. He was suspended.

How about a look at the moon rotating. Watch the video.

Hollywood has discovered that faith-themed movies make pretty good money, even though some of them are bad and get it wrong (e.g. Noah, Exodus). They plan to make more of them.

This is cool. Watch these animations of ancient ruin restored.

Here's a good article explaining why the liberals are worried about Mike Pence, and why we should be delighted.

Brazil is the murder capital of the world, even though they have strict gun control. The people are thinking maybe they should have guns for self-defense.

Alan Dershowitz, well-known liberal law professor, argues that Trump is right; the special counsel should never have been appointed.

The Center for Disease Control conducted a study of firearms and concluded that the "Use of firearms for self-defense is an important crime deterrent"

The National Review argues that the "Anti-Trump effort is backfiring"

A student posted pictures of his visit to a gun range, unrelated to any school activities. He was suspended. Angry parents said the students' visit to gun range 'none of your damn business,'

So an Uber self-driving car killed a pedestrian. The Police Chief said that it wasn't the car's fault, and that no driver could have reacted in time.

Aquarium

Want to relax a little? Click on this aquarium video. Click for full screen.

Remember Mary Matalin? She, with her husband James Carville, was ubiquitious on the talk shows expounding conservative opinions in contrast to her husband, a Clinton operative. She says she is so pleased with Donald Trump's job performance that she can die happy now.

The latest trend among engaged millenials: diamond implants instead of wedding rings.

San Francisco has a huge housing shortage. A guy there wants to build an apartment on his own land, but the bureaucrats won't let him.

Here's a earlier article about the bridge at Florida International University, written a few days before it collapsed.  If the story isn't here, it may have been deleted.  This article has a little more information about why the span fell. Read the comments asking where were the suspension cables that are supposed to hold the bridge up?

In 1862, there was a war between the Dakota Indians and the settlers and army in Minnesota. It gets little mention in the history books because of the Civil War. Here is an account of the execution of 38 warriors approved by Lincoln.

The Harvard Crimson last week announced that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would receive the Radcliffe Medal on May 25 at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Let's count the ways she has impacted society.

In March 1942, Japan conducted a second surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Hardly anyone knows about it because it wasn't very successful.

LGBT activists are livid about naming Mike Pompeo to Secretary of State. See if you agree with their concerns.

Read the story of this 48-star US flag that once flew over a Japanese prisoner camp.

A teacher in Rocklin, CA was suspended for mentioning abortion in context of the gun protests.

Here's a fun commercial from Glock about the advantages of having your gun handy.

There's much talk about how Trump's choice for CIA director presided over water boarding. Turns out that was a mistake, let's see if the media correct the erroneous story.

California

Stephen Kruiser loves California, but he's leaving. He can't take the progressive leadership.

California's Attorney General is ready to prosecute law-abiding employers.

It was a miracle that Trump was elected President. Many Christians think he was chosen by God.

Why is Paul Allen building the world’s largest airplane? To take ordinary people to space.

Remeber the last time you went to the doctor and he/she spent minutes typing on a laptop. Like many ideas, electronic medical records were supposed to cut costs, but it turns out they increase costs.

Surprisingly, California's bullet train to nowhere has gone up in price and later completion, if ever.  An even stronger follow up.

Kristian Saucier was a sailor who was sentenced to a year in prison for taking harmless cell phone pictures of the nuclear submarine where he was stationed. He was often compared to Hillary Clinton who got no punishment for exposing classified materials on her private server. He just received a pardon from Donald Trump.

Here's a surprising article about Jared Kushner's efforts to drain the Washington swamp. What's surprising is that it's favorable and published in CNN which of course doesn't like Trump or anything he does.

There's a new Hollywood movie out: "A Wrinkle in Time". They took out the Christian references from the book and the movie plot suffers.

Gun laws

Marco Rubio said that gun laws wouldn't have stopped any of the recent shootings. Surprisingly, the Washington Post agreed with him.

If you take a bolt-action .22 rifle and dress it up, it scares liberals who don't know anything about guns..

Here's a review of a book on Jewish humor, with examples.

As you know, the teacher's unions work hard to prevent weeding out incompetent teachers. And because they give so much money to Democrats, they are successful. Here's de Blasio's latest plan to keep them on payroll and prevent kids from getting an education.  It turns out the teacher's unions arent the only ones bribing politcians. Read this story of the restaurant owner. It appears that de Blasio isn't even an honest politcian (one who stays bought)

Whatever happened to sweat pants? Now, you must exercise in yoga pants so you look sexy at the gym.

Another battle over whether Christians have to provide services for gay weddings. Jimmy Kimmel even did a sketch on it. You can link to it, but it's not worth watching.

You can pry my gun from my cold, dead fingers. What liberals don't understand about gun confiscation.

CNN and other liberals think Socialism is cool. People who lived under it don't, nor do Venezuelans.

The Democratic party is being destroyed from the inside. The are going from ludicrous to hare-brained.

Law professor Glenn Reynolds explains how New California could split off from the rest of the state. Just like West Virginia did.

An Ohio sheriff offered free gun training to 50 teachers. He had to cut off enrolment after 300 came forward.

Hollywood is offering a remake of "Death Wish" staring Bruce Willis. The liberal media is having issues that it didn't incorporate the latest social justice issues. You can annoy them by going to the movie.

Calories Don't Count

Calories don't count. Neither low-fat or low-carb is the answer according to a study published in the New York Times.

Or you could just go on the Venezuela diet. Socialism has decimated the country and people with good jobs in the oil business can't buy food.

Victor Davis Hanson on the Russian issue.

Obama spoke at MIT last week. He claimed that his administration had been scandal free. Let's see how many we can count up.

The latest trend in Silicon Valley-raising your own chickens. But of course exotic chickens are to be preferred.

Gun control hysteria is out of control. Walmart is banning sales of toy guns.

What if the news reported facts instead of reading Trump's mind.

Here's a shocker: a human rights activist admits Muslims refugees have no intention of adopting our values.