(Formerly titled “I don’t share those ethics”)
He incurs all the risks, liabilities, and expenses typical of a business owner. In short, he is heavily invested both up front and on a daily basis.
And don’t call me in the morning.
I don’t care what your MRI shows, take 2 aspirin and all will be well.
Your labs show things I’ve never seen before, but then I’m not a doctor. Take two aspirin and all will be well.
Up on a Sunday morning and back on a Monday evening, the evening being that of Memorial Day.
Times Online
May 9, 2009
By Sara Dixon
A SOLDIER who defied doctors to complete the London marathon crossed the finish line today, 13 days after he started the 26.2-mile course.
Major Phil Packer was told by medics that he would never walk again after being badly injured in a rocket attack in Basra last February.
And this is a surprise? Not to me. Anyone care to define bankruptcy for the politicians who give away money that isn’t theirs and try to run businesses they are not qualified to run?
CNN:
An administration official confirms that a $4 billion bridge loan and $3.2 billion in bankruptcy financing won’t be paid back by Chrysler following bankruptcy.
The Boston Herald:
Free cars for poor fuel road rage
By Hillary Chabot
Thursday, May 7, 2009Gov. Deval Patrick’s free wheels for welfare recipients program is revving up despite the stalled economy, as the keys to donated cars loaded with state-funded insurance, repairs and even AAA membership are handed out to get them to work.
I’ve (we’ve) often joked about the fact that many of the bases where we’ve been stationed have ended up in closure, at least to active duty, after our departure.
Now I read that today one of the elementary schools I attended is closing. That got me to thinking of just how the list turns out:
WWL-TV.com article:
Time Headline: Is Baghdad safer than New Orleans?
05:44 PM CDT on Monday, May 4, 2009
Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News
pmurphye@wwltv.com
The Crimson Trace folks finally made a unit to fit the PM9 and mine arrived a week or so ago. Haven’t had it to the range yet due to the heavy track and field schedule, but I don’t need to go to the range to know it was a wise purchase.
Express Scripts, contractor for fulfillment of mail order pharmaceuticals for several agencies, including the Department of Defense, is of course subject to the various governmental regulations, some of which protect us, some of which don’t, and all of which have been interpreted from Day One by the lazy in order to avoid work.
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
Well, guess what?
Florida legislators propose fees that would hit your wallet hard
By Josh Hafenbrack
April 16, 2009
The state’s budget crisis is about to hit Floridians where it really hurts: their wallets.
The feral cat that crouches in the bushes by my triple bird feeder waiting to pounce on hungry and unsuspecting visitors is back. Got to set those sights on the pellet pistol. Either that or get the bird to eat only pigeons, the avian version of pigs that fly.
So what’s new. Make no mistake. We have new standards.
“There are no, no tax increases this year. There are no, no tax increases next year.”
Can’t get much more plain than that, can it?
Well, it’s pure, unadulterated bullshit.
Received via email:
Mother given £100 parking ticket after she
stopped her car to resuscitate her disabled son
Article here.
Item 1.
President Obama, after an uproar by veterans groups, has scrapped a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs for the treatment of troops injured in service.
So, how is Citi doing?
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Four days later, the card arrived in the mail. My friend waited a day or two, and then decided to activate the card. He peeled the sticker off the front and called the number printed on it. Instead of getting the automated activation service one usually gets when calling one of these numbers, a real, live human answered the line. She was extremely peppy, and she informed him that he qualified for a super-special Citibank promotion.
OCALA, Fla. — Authorities are trying to figure out who dropped four 55-gallon trash bags filled with marijuana by the side of an Ocala road.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office reports that inmates working with the county’s solid waste department found the bags on Thursday. Drug agents say the bags weighed a total of nearly 65 pounds.
“There seems to be a market for saying that I am very partisan, and that I don’t give the Republicans their opportunity. That simply is not true,” Pelosi said in an interview with PBS’ Charlie Rose. “They know in this recovery package that we had, we ask them what they wanted.”
A friend recently decided to buy a new pistol for personal protection, upgrading from his present caliber. He has a 32 caliber semiautomatic and is going to get a larger caliber and asked what I thought about a gun selection for concealed carry. After I sent my response I thought maybe it might be helpful for someone else, so I’m posting it here, edited and with added content. And for sure, I’m no expert; these are just my personal thoughts on the matter.
From The Australian:
Mark Steyn in the National Review Online on why the President’s presents won’t be eagerly anticipated abroad
All the components had finally arrived and I’d loaded a suitable number of cases with Pinnacle.
To begin the project I got a few rounds of Winchester Black Powder Blank Cartridges from a Starter I know and a couple of Remingtons from another. There were two types of cases
One type had a star shaped crimp closing the end, making the case unusable for reloading. So much for that idea. The intent is to reload and save money.
Just a couple of months ago I joined a forum that I’d been reading in an effort to learn more as I entered the world of reloading, or hand loading. My interest was and is a matter of making ammunition cheaper than I can buy it. At the cost of ammunition and its rate of rise, I figured in another year I wouldn’t be able to afford to go to the range for practice and target shooting. For me firearms are a matter of enjoyment as well as personal defense.
It was inevitable, I suppose…
Full article here.
From Times Online
February 27, 2009
Ryanair sparks outrage over £1 toilet charge plan
(JENS-ULRICH KOCH)Ginny McGrath
Ryanair’s chief executive said today his airline is looking into charging passengers £1 to use the toilets on its aircraft.
As a track and field official I hope/expect at some point, but not soon, to add being a Starter to my skills, so I’ve been paying as much attention as I can to what they do and how they do it. When I’m working field events, my usual assignments, it’s hard to actually do any watching over there on the track, but I’m conscious of the Starter’s activities in general.
By doing so you only dig the hole deeper; you further evidence the increasingly common belief that is quickly solidifying as fact that politicians are utterly incapable of speaking the truth.
The day after you voted on the spending bill referred to as a stimulus package, I emailed you and asked, “Did you actually read the bill before you voted for it?”
