Consumer Product Safety Commission Banning … Toy Magnets?
The Onion: Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids.
Except with the buckyballs, no one died.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Bali Teenager Passes Out Marrying Cow He Had Sex With
Cleansing the village: As part of the ceremony, Alit’s victim and new bride was drowned in ocean.
Alit, on the other hand, was symbolically drowned and bathed on the beach.
Alit, on the other hand, was symbolically drowned and bathed on the beach.
Today would be Milton Friedman's 100th birthday
Must-see short videos - there are so many great ones it's hard to choose:
Milton Friedman - Greed
Milton Friedman - Why Drugs Should Be LegalizedMilton Friedman on Minimum Wage
Milton Friedman - Socialism is Force
Monday, July 30, 2012
India’s Power Grid Fails, Leaves 370 Million Without Electricity.
More than the population of the United States and Canada combined, although apparently they're somewhat used to unreliable power.
via Instapundit.
via Instapundit.
Poop-throwing is a sign of intelligence
Planet of the apes alert: chimps who throw their feces often and accurately tend to be the smartest and best communicators in their group.
Did Einstein convert to Islam?
"A relationship between the Grand Ayatollah and Einstein is not “refutable,”"
"not refutable" is quite a standard. ;-)
"not refutable" is quite a standard. ;-)
Obama canceled Bin Laden ‘kill’ raid three times at Jarrett’s urging
Daily Caller has seen portions of a new David Miniter book.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
The Tobacco Pirates
So how much money has the Illinois increase on cigarettes made for the state? Teachable moment? Probably not.
"Look, if you colonists have been successful, you didn't get there on your own.
The printing press didn't get invented on its own. Government research
created the printing press so that all the pamphleteers could make money.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Sheep Sex Report Leads To Search For Elderly Swedish Man
It is unknown whether the sheep was injured during the act, which could be crucial to any arrest.
Sweden decriminalized sex with animals in 1944, but perpetrators can be tried for animal cruelty if the animal is deemed to have sustained injury.
Sweden decriminalized sex with animals in 1944, but perpetrators can be tried for animal cruelty if the animal is deemed to have sustained injury.
Judge blocks contraception mandate in religious liberty lawsuit
A federal judge in Colorado relieved a private company owned by Roman
Catholics of the requirement to provide employees with contraception,
pending further litigation of the contraception mandate.
Friday links
'We took a rat apart and rebuilt it as a jellyfish'.
Pooping in Space. Explained.
Personal EMF Shielding Devices
Origin of tennis scoring, maybe.
Loud sex can be deadly for flies.
Gallery of 1890 London Tower Designs.
Pooping in Space. Explained.
Personal EMF Shielding Devices
Origin of tennis scoring, maybe.
Loud sex can be deadly for flies.
Gallery of 1890 London Tower Designs.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Two more men with HIV now virus free. Is this a cure?
More than two years after receiving bone marrow transplants for cancer, HIV remains undetectable. The donor cells, it appears, killed off and replaced the infected cells.
Why is the USDA attacking meat-eating?
Comments and links at HotAir: Pointing to the United Nations as their informational authority, the
USDA’s newsletter said that going meatless is good for the environment.
Man accidentally shot himself in the forehead while trying to kill a mouse with the butt of his rifle
And, as proof that Darwin wasn't always right, he survived.
‘We Tried Our Plan, And It Worked.’
Geraghty writing at NRO:
Forty-one straight months of unemployment above 8 percent, 8.2 million people working part-time who want full-time work, a record 88 million Americans not in the labor force, 1.9 percent GDP growth in the past quarter, more bad GDP numbers expected tomorrow, a stagnant housing market, $5 trillion in new debt, the downgrading of the U.S. credit rating, 38 percent of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, 45 million Americans on food stamps, food prices continuing to increase dramatically, the poverty level likely to rise to the highest level in nearly fifty years…
… and this means the plan “worked”?!?
Between “the private sector is doing fine,” “you didn’t build that” and “we tried our plan, and it worked,” the president sounds unhinged.
Forty-one straight months of unemployment above 8 percent, 8.2 million people working part-time who want full-time work, a record 88 million Americans not in the labor force, 1.9 percent GDP growth in the past quarter, more bad GDP numbers expected tomorrow, a stagnant housing market, $5 trillion in new debt, the downgrading of the U.S. credit rating, 38 percent of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, 45 million Americans on food stamps, food prices continuing to increase dramatically, the poverty level likely to rise to the highest level in nearly fifty years…
… and this means the plan “worked”?!?
Between “the private sector is doing fine,” “you didn’t build that” and “we tried our plan, and it worked,” the president sounds unhinged.
Wonder drug to stop blindness
The
breakthrough gives hope to millions of people suffering from inherited and age-related blindness. Scientists in the US used the technique to
bring back sight to blind mice. They are now developing an improved
version of the chemical, known as AAQ, which they believe could be just
as effective on humans.
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul
It's George Bernard Shaw's (1856-1950) birthday. In addition to his plays (Mrs. Warren's Profession (1893), Arms and the Man (1894), The Devil's Disciple (1897), Caesar and Cleopatra (1899), Man and Superman (1905), Major Barbara (1905), Pygmalion (1913), Heartbreak House (1919), and Saint Joan (1923), among others), he was a prominent Fabian socialist.
The Fabian socialist movement favored gradual change - rather than revolutionary upheaval - and derived its name from the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus (died 203 B.C.), nicknamed Cunctator - "the delayer" - who thwarted Hannibal's invasion of Italy during the 2nd Punic War by tactics of harassment and attrition, rather than direct confrontation. Sound familiar?
A personal favorite quote, in addition to the heading, above: "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
The Fabian socialist movement favored gradual change - rather than revolutionary upheaval - and derived its name from the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus (died 203 B.C.), nicknamed Cunctator - "the delayer" - who thwarted Hannibal's invasion of Italy during the 2nd Punic War by tactics of harassment and attrition, rather than direct confrontation. Sound familiar?
A personal favorite quote, in addition to the heading, above: "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Harmful Effects of Florescent Bulbs to Skin
The response of healthy skin cells to UV emitted from CFL bulbs is consistent with damage from ultraviolet radiation... incandescent light of the same intensity had no effect on healthy skin cells.
Hollande to French Business: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Comments and links at American Interest, via Instapundit.
You cannot build a successful economy by punishing and penalizing legitimate business anymore than you can raise morale by beating the crew. French socialists forget that from time to time; it is an expensive lesson to relearn.
You cannot build a successful economy by punishing and penalizing legitimate business anymore than you can raise morale by beating the crew. French socialists forget that from time to time; it is an expensive lesson to relearn.
Babies born in the fall live longer
September through November births yielded many more 100 year plus life spans, although it seems likely that seasonal differences in nutrition and weather conditions have pretty much disappeared since the late 1800's.
Concealed weapons save lives
Massacres are stopped by legally armed citizens.
Plus this: Media Underplays Successful Defensive Gun Use. And this: 'Gun-free zones' never gun free - They are free only of the guns owned by law-abiding citizens.
Plus this: Media Underplays Successful Defensive Gun Use. And this: 'Gun-free zones' never gun free - They are free only of the guns owned by law-abiding citizens.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Media Underplays Successful Defensive Gun Use
Dr. Paul Hsieh, writing at PJM: "if journalists allow their biases against defensive gun use to color
their reporting, they do the rest of us a grave disservice. It’s wrong
for reporters to highlight the criminal misuses of firearms while
underreporting the thousands (if not millions) of honest defensive gun uses each year in America."
Media Invents Story That Chick-fil-A President Condemned Gay Marriage
He never actually said anything condemning gay marriage.
"CNN, Time and many other news organizations owe Cathy and Chick-fil-A some serious corrections and/or clarifications. It should further cause news organizations -- particularly in the wake of ABC's absurd speculation that the Aurora killings were done by a Tea Partier and many news organizations falling for Greenpeace's intentionally deceptive campaign against Shell Oil -- to reflect on why these kinds of egregrious media errors habitually reflect left-wing political narratives."
"CNN, Time and many other news organizations owe Cathy and Chick-fil-A some serious corrections and/or clarifications. It should further cause news organizations -- particularly in the wake of ABC's absurd speculation that the Aurora killings were done by a Tea Partier and many news organizations falling for Greenpeace's intentionally deceptive campaign against Shell Oil -- to reflect on why these kinds of egregrious media errors habitually reflect left-wing political narratives."
A Ghost Haunting Obama Named Barofsky
Former TARP Inspector General's new book is a devastating indictment of Obama’s team, especially Geithner.
via Lucianne.
via Lucianne.
Monday, July 23, 2012
The Dumbest Western Ever Made
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter: capturing the worst elements of both dumb Westerns and cheesy monster movies.
Zeppelin alert: Robert Plant Admits He Lives in Austin
Plant finally confirmed his status as a married man and honorary Texan.
Update: I originally put Pink Floyd instead of Zeppelin. Sheesh.
Update: I originally put Pink Floyd instead of Zeppelin. Sheesh.
Buy a Volt, return it, get a $7.5K tax credit
Tax Consequences of GM's 'Love It Or Return It' Promotion.
Plus this: Tax Implications: You may be subject to federal, state, or local tax on any benefit paid. You should contact a tax advisor/consultant if You have any questions regarding the tax implications associated with this program.
So, if the car you return with 3.9K miles on it is worth $5K less than a new one, are you responsible for tax on the $5K "benefit"?
Plus this: Tax Implications: You may be subject to federal, state, or local tax on any benefit paid. You should contact a tax advisor/consultant if You have any questions regarding the tax implications associated with this program.
So, if the car you return with 3.9K miles on it is worth $5K less than a new one, are you responsible for tax on the $5K "benefit"?
Hungry World Population? Let Them Eat Ethanol!
Here come the corn riots. The amount of ethanol to be produced is a mandate, not an option.
Climate change policies—much more than the vagaries of climate–are now beginning to create the instabilities that cooler heads have been warning about for years.
Climate change policies—much more than the vagaries of climate–are now beginning to create the instabilities that cooler heads have been warning about for years.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Monday links
Physics of Staying Dry In The Rain.
How to Light a Fire With Your Pee.
What’s the best contraption for a trip over Niagara Falls?
Jilted lover built bunker to spy on ex-partner.
Film from the 1930s of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Drowned Buildings.
How to Light a Fire With Your Pee.
What’s the best contraption for a trip over Niagara Falls?
Jilted lover built bunker to spy on ex-partner.
Film from the 1930s of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Drowned Buildings.
Witness: Someone Let Gunman Inside Colorado Movie Theater
"As I was sitting down to get my seat, I noticed that a person came up to the front row, the front right, sat down, and as credits were going, it looked like he got a phone call. He went out toward the emergency exit doorway, which I thought was unusual to take a phone call. And it seemed like he probably pried it open, or probably did not let it latch all the way. "
Friday, July 20, 2012
The Onion: Sadly, Nation Knows Exactly How Colorado Shooting's Aftermath Will Play Out
While admitting they "absolutely hate" the fact they have this
knowledge, the nation's 300 million citizens told reporters they can
pinpoint down to the hour when the first candlelight vigil will be held,
roughly how many people will attend, how many times the county sheriff
will address the media in the coming weeks, and when the town-wide memorial service will be held.
Restaurant to avoid
The Beijing Penis Restaurant doesn't just serve cock. You can get Stewed Deer Face. Sheep fetus in brown garlic sauce. Peacock claws. (maybe NSFW)
Jonah Goldberg on "you didn't build that"
This is the great irony of Obama and his defenders. He is a progressive
ideologue and a passionate believer in “social justice,” and that’s a
large reason why his fans love him so. But if you ever say that he is
what he is — if you take his words seriously — they ridicule you for
believing he’s anything other than a pragmatist and a moderate.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Thomas Sowell on the Pious Talk about Giving Back
Making the absurd sound not only plausible, but inspiring and profound.
And this: Freedom is seldom destroyed all at once. More often it is eroded, bit by bit, until it is gone. This can happen so gradually that there is no sudden change that would alert people to the danger. By the time everybody realizes what has happened, it can be too late, because their freedom is gone.
via Carpe Diem
And this: Freedom is seldom destroyed all at once. More often it is eroded, bit by bit, until it is gone. This can happen so gradually that there is no sudden change that would alert people to the danger. By the time everybody realizes what has happened, it can be too late, because their freedom is gone.
via Carpe Diem
Allies hoping for Obama loss
Those abroad who help the United States the most economically and in
national defense think matters will improve drastically with change in the White House.
Romney, Obama Tied in Virginia
Per Quinnipiac: deadlocked 44 – 44 compares to a 50 – 42 lead for Obama on March 20 and a 47 – 42 Obama lead June 7.
via The Corner.
via The Corner.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
‘You Didn’t Build That!’ … Oh Yeah?
American industry and ingenuity built the most successful nation in history — and all, somehow, without
HUD, Fannie, Freddie, the EPA, OSHA…
Wednesday links
You can yell at a bum for 50 cents/minute.
Gallery of Lenticular Clouds.
19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately.
What are the optimal siege tactics for taking Magic Kingdom's Cinderella Castle? Read the comments section.
Ray Bradbury’s predictions fulfilled.
7-Eleven selling mashed potatoes and chicken gravy from Slurpee machines.
Gallery of Lenticular Clouds.
19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately.
What are the optimal siege tactics for taking Magic Kingdom's Cinderella Castle? Read the comments section.
Ray Bradbury’s predictions fulfilled.
7-Eleven selling mashed potatoes and chicken gravy from Slurpee machines.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sad Readers
Links and trivia here: Donald J. Sobol, the creator of Encyclopedia Brown, passed away on July 11 at the age of 87.
Sierra Club Sues to Stop Offshore Drilling, and Guess Who Is Funding the Defense
Article and links at PJM: A little known US law called the Equal Access to Justice Act, signed by
President Jimmy Carter in 1980, allows the groups to use lawsuits
against government as revenue sources. When they sue, the government has
to incur the costs of defending itself against the lawsuits, and also picks up the expenses for the groups suing the government.
via Newsalert.
via Newsalert.
Brilliant, excellent Hiawatha parody
This must have been a huge effort.
One of the verses:
Far from loving fields and flowers
And the odor of the forest
As one reads in all the textbooks
Hiawatha hated woodlands
And the animals one finds there,
Whom he felt were always pooping,
And the plants the critters fed on
Down in dank and swampy bottoms,
Nearly perfect grounds for breeding
Mighty hordes of great mosquitoes
Who were always lean and hungry
And equipped with maps and radar
Could detect where you were hiding
To inflict their bites and torments,
With their sneaky friends the black flies,
And their angry friends the green flies,
And the rocks ensnared by tree roots
That existed just to trip you
And would look improved as concrete
In foundation for a condo.
One of the verses:
Far from loving fields and flowers
And the odor of the forest
As one reads in all the textbooks
Hiawatha hated woodlands
And the animals one finds there,
Whom he felt were always pooping,
And the plants the critters fed on
Down in dank and swampy bottoms,
Nearly perfect grounds for breeding
Mighty hordes of great mosquitoes
Who were always lean and hungry
And equipped with maps and radar
Could detect where you were hiding
To inflict their bites and torments,
With their sneaky friends the black flies,
And their angry friends the green flies,
And the rocks ensnared by tree roots
That existed just to trip you
And would look improved as concrete
In foundation for a condo.
Challenger to the British throne
The son of an Australian forklift driver may be the rightful heir to the British throne.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Two Classes, Divided by ‘I Do.’
Changes in marriage patterns may account for as much as 40 percent of the growth in certain measures of inequality.
via Instapundit, who has comments and more links.
via Instapundit, who has comments and more links.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Navy’s New Gender-Neutral Carriers Won’t Have Urinals
Accommodating female sailors.
At least they're not (yet) required to run away like the Border Patrol.
At least they're not (yet) required to run away like the Border Patrol.
Effect of Shakespeare on EEGs
The Shakespeared brain: powerful writing can literally change the ways in which we think
Cannibal cuisine update
Soup made from the penises of evil sorcerers.
Key quote: "the cannibalism [of this group] goes beyond the local culture."
Key quote: "the cannibalism [of this group] goes beyond the local culture."
Saturday, July 14, 2012
25 Fashion Ads From The 1970s
I don't actually remember most of what happened in the 70's, but I'm sure I'd remember these.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Breaking Bad's first 4 seasons, in 10 minutes
Gearing up for Season 5 premiere this Sunday. Lots of spoilers, obviously.
If you haven't already seen it, here's Breaking Batman - a Breaking Bad/Batman mashup.
If you haven't already seen it, here's Breaking Batman - a Breaking Bad/Batman mashup.
Fathers, Don’t Abort Your Daughters
Every man should have a daughter, if only for his own sanctification.
If a daughter comes your way, know the truth that she will love you
with all her heart if you let her. Cherish her, and she will be a
daddy’s girl. Love her, and your heart will expand to encompass the
immensity of her soul.
Friday the 13th
Fear thereof is paraskavedekatriaphobia.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
~Edmund Burke
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
~Edmund Burke
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Wednesday links
The Science Of Spider-Man.
17 Famous Literary Characters Almost Named Something Else
What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
LEGO Rolls-Royce Jet Engine.
Man sets house ablaze while killing spiders with blowtorch. (You have to wonder how the spiders got a blowtorch)
A Brief History of the Wife Carrying World Championships.
17 Famous Literary Characters Almost Named Something Else
What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
LEGO Rolls-Royce Jet Engine.
Man sets house ablaze while killing spiders with blowtorch. (You have to wonder how the spiders got a blowtorch)
A Brief History of the Wife Carrying World Championships.
Update on Octomom's stripping debut
Her scheduled debut this week as a stripper coincides with the release of her new solo-performance porn video: Octomom: Home Alone.
Global cooling: 2K years of climate in northern Europe
Using analysis of tree ring density, a well researched paper shows a cooling trend over 2 millennia. Synopsis here. Comments and links here.
via Lucianne.
via Lucianne.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
It's Marcel Proust's birthday!
Here's Monty Python's All-England Summarize Proust Competition. The interactive Proust questionnaire (and this article
about it and some celebrity answers) at Vanity Fair is interesting -
apparently this was a popular parlor game among his contemporaries.
Hard to imagine.
MP's fish license sketch mentions him, as well.
MP's fish license sketch mentions him, as well.
Monday, July 9, 2012
83% of American doctors have considered quitting over O'care
"a piece of paper that says you are ‘covered’ by insurance or
‘enrolled’ in Medicare or Medicaid does not translate to actual medical care when doctors can’t afford to see patients at the lowball payments."
Ethical Breaches of Superhero Journalists
Clark, Lois, and Peter Parker had serious integrity problems.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
The reincarnation of debtor's prison
Fines and Court Fees Are a Lucrative Business. Growing numbers of poor people are ending up jailed and in debt for minor infractions.
Iran on the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty conference?
Syria on the Human Rights Council? If only the U.N. were merely useless.
Fixing the "Malware Monday" virus
On Monday, July 9, computers infected with the DNSChanger malware will be unable to connect to websites.
More information here. Automatic check here.
More information here. Automatic check here.
Coffee Lowers Colon Cancer Risk.
Large scale long-range study, this time. So, coffee, red wine (breast and prostate cancer), and tomato sauce. And masturbation, of course...
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Is Obama's Prostate Gland More Important Than Yours?
Dr. Paul Hsieh writing at Forbes: No more "informed decisions" for you.
DNC Scientists Disprove Existence of Roberts' Taxon
Iowahawk: "Pelosi's Paradox states that in order to find out what is in a health
care bill, it would have to be passed," explained physicist Steven
Hawking. "But in order to be a law it would have to be constitutional,
which means someone would have to know what was in it, which would mean
it couldn't have been a bill in the first place. Think of Schroedinger's
Cat, except with a lobotomy."
Friday, July 6, 2012
The Obama Derecho
Exotic, vaguely menacing, and evoking senseless, abrupt calamity,
“derecho” is an especially apt description of America in the age of
Obama.
We will be picking up after Obama’s debt and regulations and taxes for a long time to come.
We will be picking up after Obama’s debt and regulations and taxes for a long time to come.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
What happens if states turn down the Medicaid expansion money
and decline to set up the health-insurance exchanges? Links and comments at Althouse.
Sports headline du jour
Adidas gives Andy Murray new shorts after balls pop out.
OK, tennis balls, but still an excellent headline.
OK, tennis balls, but still an excellent headline.
The 7 Most Badass Founding Fathers
Celebrating the men who had the guts to commit treason against the world's most powerful empire.
Thursday links
Cathedral licking tour of England.
The Physics of Toilets.
Chickens dressed as historical figures.
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here: Dante’s Circles of Hell Created in LEGO. Sort of related, minifig anatomy and a schematic.
Contagious yawning in humans and dogs.
Famous Pictures Recreated With Star Wars Figures.
The Physics of Toilets.
Chickens dressed as historical figures.
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here: Dante’s Circles of Hell Created in LEGO. Sort of related, minifig anatomy and a schematic.
Contagious yawning in humans and dogs.
Famous Pictures Recreated With Star Wars Figures.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
When in the Course of human events...
Full text of the Declaration:
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
No Vote Fraud? Tell it to Rangel’s Opponent.
"anyone who assumes Rangel or any other entrenched officeholder will not
stoop to twist, bend or otherwise mutilate the results in order to hang on knows nothing about American political history or politicians."
Colorado fires could have been avoided
By intelligent thinning, consistently blocked by environmentalists.
Tuesday links
Video: cracking an egg 60 feet underwater.
Calculator: how many Legos would it take to build your bouse?
Tick bite can turn you into a vegetarian.
100 Guitar Riffs: A Brief History of Rock N' Roll.
Flatulence could cure high blood pressure.
The Actual Girl From Ipanema.
Calculator: how many Legos would it take to build your bouse?
Tick bite can turn you into a vegetarian.
100 Guitar Riffs: A Brief History of Rock N' Roll.
Flatulence could cure high blood pressure.
The Actual Girl From Ipanema.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
God particle is found?
Scientists at Cern expected to announce Higgs boson particle has been discovered.
RFK Jr. cut off late wife’'s credit
Before she hanged herself - he practiced a “scorched-earth litigation approach” that left her cut off
from a court-approved credit card, leaving her unable
to buy groceries, gas or medical care.
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