According to a recent survey, Brits are losing track of reality. The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth. And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist. I [...]
Recently the State of Tennessee voted to allow a Property Tax Freeze Program. This permits individual governments to enact a property tax freeze for their constituents. Blount County has voted to enact this for its residents. I disagreed with the program from the start, but after finding out the details in a letter I received today, I am even [...]
In the latest California nuttery, next year the state will have to power to control thermostats whenever they want. Next year in California, state regulators are likely to have the emergency power to control individual thermostats, sending temperatures up or down through a radio-controlled device that will be required in new or substantially modified houses [...]
I was at the Clemson football game over the weekend. At halftime I decided to go get a soft pretzel, as we had eaten an early lunch. The line was somewhat long, but I expected it to go fairly quickly because of course they must be used to the “halftime rush.” Well, I was mistaken. [...]
As you have noticed, the blogging has been light of late. I have been swamped. For now go check out a post Les Jones has about people buying their own fire insurance in California. And people are upset about this! <sarcasm>How dare those capitalist pigs buy their own fire insurance and protectant that doesn’t hurt [...]
According to a UK “study” reported by the BBC, obesity is no longer our fault. We need the government to save us from this awful fate! Individuals can no longer be held responsible for obesity and government must act to stop Britain “sleepwalking” into a crisis, a report has concluded. The largest ever UK study [...]
This is idiotic. Under [Initiative 957 was filed by the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance], marriage would be limited to men and women who are able to have children. Couples would be required to prove they can have children in order to get a marriage license, and if they did not have children within three [...]
Say Uncle is talking about a story out of Nashville. Many people start their cars in the morning before a commute to warm it up before they use it, but one man was given a ticket for it, and he said police have gone too far. Steve Hatfield said he and his business partners were [...]
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