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• I hear Gerry Faust is available...

  ....Notre Dame has fired their head coach. [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 5:55pm EST
  

• Now this is scary

  Vox Day illustrates something that should scare the dickens out of us; overall debt levels in our country exceed levels seen at the peak of the Great Depression. Scarier; consumer spending didn't recover until over a decade after that peak of debt. Scariest; the only part of debt that' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:25am EST
  

• More to be thankful for

  It's been a rough year with losing my mom, but there was a comfort this weekend as my family met relatives of my wife's we never knew existed. Apparently, her grandmother had had a child out of wedlock, allowed her to be adopted, and she'd grown up and come to' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:35pm EST
  

• Now this is different

  A pop-up screen showed me this new book from Zondervan; The Dude Abides, the Gospel According to the Coen Brothers. I guess that says something about our lives when a most powerful cultural connection to the Good News is a documentary like "Fargo," but I hesitate to speculate on [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:25pm EST
  

• Reasons for thankfulness

  It hasn't been an easy year for me--for that matter for a lot of people--but it still pays to be thankful.
  
  I'm personally thankful that we get to worry about diseases of overeating instead of starvation.
  
  I'm glad that I get to worry about cancer instead of cholera.[...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:45pm EST
  

• The cost of immorality

  Or, at least a little part of it, specifically a little procedure that women love to hate. I'm referring to the "pap smear," and this gynecologist indicates that the primary reason for that procedure is STD infection, specifically HPV. Evidently, about half of sexually active teens and young' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 3:38pm EST
  

• After seeing this,

  I want to fly to Greenland or Murmansk and buy my dear sweet wife a coat made of polar bear fur. Right after I enjoy a large piece of meat for dinner while wearing leather shoes and praising God for the good things we have because of animal testing.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:22pm EST
  

• A perfect picture of government health care....

  .....is the recent "study" that purported to provide evidence against routine mammographies and self-examinations. Now apart from the scientific evidence, which appears to be unequivocally on the OTHER side of the argument, there is a very interesting fact; no oncologists were included on the panel.
  
  You read that right; [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:01am EST
  

• Now this is interesting

  Apparently a hacker has released a number of emails from the University of East Anglia's Climactic Research Centre--emails which seem to indicate that scientists there are actively manipulating data to make it seem as if the theory were valid when....real data actually would not indicate this. If you want' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:52pm EST
  

• A Puritan medication for depression....

  ....is a Biblical view of work, according to this article in the Wall Street Journal. Here's the author's weblog if you'd like to see more of her work. H/T Cold Fusion Guy, and I'm off to get some remunerative antidepressants! [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:31am EST
  

• Why the government schools don't teach logic,

  part MMMCXVII, courtesy of the IAAF, which claims that sex tests on runner Caster Semenya will be "kept secret."
  
  Apparently, they expect us to believe that they wouldn't have been trumpeting the results--and decrying the need for a test--had the tests found Semenya was a girl. We will' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:34am EST
  

• Time for some good news

  OK, no sense being relentlessly negative all day. Here are a couple of pieces of good news, as well as something quite absurd.
  
  First of all, a Somali pirate attack on a Maersk container ship was repelled by armed guards. The only downside, IMO, is that they didn't' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:36pm EST
  

• More enemies in the mirror

  I've been thinking about (H/T a lot of people like Mitch and ColdFusion Guy) the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Neuvo York, and the following thoughts come to mind.
  
  1. Whose brilliant idea was it to try a POW in civilian courts, directly against the rules of the' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:15am EST
  

• We have met the enemy,

  and he is us. Older readers may recognize the reference; it's how Pogo would signal his disgust with the world. These days, it's more appropriate than ever.
  
  Start with my alma mater's basketball team, which nearly blew a home game against unranked Gonzaga last night. How'd they do it?' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:03am EST
  

• Good news for the Wolverines!

  Word has it that American Standard has issued the University of Michigan a bowl invitation for the second straight year....and if the Spartans aren't careful vs. Penn State this weekend, they might have a rematch with the Wolverines this winter.' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:59pm EST
  

• Priceless

  H/T Say Anything Blog. Evidently, Newsweak has come out with a cover story portraying Sarah Palin as a problem for the GOP and the country. Now apart from whether Palin is the next Reagan or the next Carter (my opinion; neither), and apart from the fact that Newsweak [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:40pm EST
  

• Here's a thought

  Helmets might be the reason that there are so many head injuries in football. Counter-intuitive, to be sure, but think about it; if you didn't have an inch of foam around your head, would you bang it against another player?
  
  I always thought that real men played rugby' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 5:57pm EST
  

• A possible cure for depression...

  ....at least according to my wife, is knitting. Of course, when you give blood, you'll have to answer "yes" to this question:
  
  Have you ever taken drugs by needle not prescribed by your doctor?
  
  Any MDs out there willing to start prescribing this instead of this?' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:02pm EST
  

• If you suffer from depression....

  .....you might want to take a look at this article from Dr. Mercola. Yes, I know the man and his views are controversial, but in this case, I think he has a point. I've got several people in my extended family and among my friends who have been on' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:26am EST
  

• Say What?

  Evidently, the Kasota police deputy who shot and killed an unarmed man after pursuing him in an unmarked vehicle and fighting with him in plain clothes has been cleared by a grand jury.
  
  Call me puzzled; you have 19 witnesses who say unequivocally that the officer did not [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:18pm EST
  

• About those "abstinence doesn't work" studies

  Apparently, at least two people working for the CDC have raised an alarm that CDC studies of the effectiveness of abstinence based sex education were deliberately, and politically, manipulated to undermine data demonstrating statistically significant reductions in sexual experimentation after abstinence based sex education.
  
  No surprise to me; [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:41am EST
  

• Thoughts on carbon emissions

  Old home: 2x4 walls and R30 ceilings, good windows, heating bill of $60 last month without pulling much through the water heater.
  
  New home: 2x6 walls and R50 ceiling, good windows, heating bill of $30 last month while using a LOT of hot water.
  
  Conclusion; if you want [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:53pm EST
  

• Watch out, global warming deniers?

  Dear Leader is apparently going to "get you" somehow for being evil and standing in the way of the progress he desires.
  
  But don't worry too much. Due to the actual climate change we've had (just the opposite of what the IPCC has predicted), his brownshirts are [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:51pm EST
  

• The Senate moves to prolong the recession

  ....by voting 98-0 to extend unemployment benefits for the nation's jobless. Now having participated in the Pelosi/Reid recession myself, I understand fully how comforting it is to have a safety net when you can't find work. On the other hand, studies have documented how many people "magically" seem to [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:26am EST
  

• The importance of architecture

  My family has recently moved, and one thing we're noticing in our "new to us" home is that it's really important how the home is designed. With fewer rooms to go to, we're spending more time together. Musical instruments long left alone are coming out.
  
  Having a tough' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:45am EST
  

• Setting the stage for the next recession

  Froma Harrop writes about something I've suspected for a long time; federal subsidies to prospective homebuyers with poor credit are likely setting the stage for the next round of foreclosures, and transitively the next recession--not that I'm anticipating getting out of this one any time soon.
  
  If I [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:28am EST
  

• Rhetorical jujitsu in the Bible

  Take a quick look--or a slow one if you like--at Acts 23, and consider what Paul was doing before the Sanhedrin. Ask yourself:
  
  Is there any chance that Paul failed to recognize (vs. 3-5) the garments worn by the high priest after decades in rabbinical school? Doubtful; what Paul [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:45am EST