From the What-is-he-thinking???? department:
AUSTIN — The Senate Transportation and Homeland Security chairman Friday suggested a 10-cent-a-gallon increase in Texas’ gasoline tax for a system that’s soon to run short of money for new roads.
The proposal touted by Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, got a cold reception [...]
Excuse our dust
Starting today (Friday) through Sunday night LST will experience outages as we perform some much needed sight maintenance. We hope the down time is kept to a minimum but expect prolonged outages. We will return to our full glory Monday morning.. Thanks in advance [...]
Don’t know where I’m going but I am headed that way
H1N1 vaccine: One big confusing mess Ya think?
It’s confusing, consumers see hike in credit card rates Bank Of America tried to raise my rates because I did not pay down the card soon enough [...]
If you like to see politicians suffer–and honestly, who doesn’t–don’t miss this highly amusing video of Jack McDonald, a wealthy high-tech Democratic pretty-boy from Austin who is expected to challenge Texas CD 10 Republican Michael McCaul next year.
This “deer-in-the-headlights” moment is provoked by the Austin American-Statesman’s W. Gardner [...]
Is it me or does it seem like the main stream blathering machine is setting up Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a victim? And then we have this little tidbit of wisdom from Chicago Mayor richard Daley:
“Everyday [...]
Time Magazine takes a look at the top 10 races that have Democrats worried. There are some familiar names on the list and maybe some not so familiar. The main worry for conservatives? If the Republicans win, the replacements are Democrat lite.
Full List Vulnerable Democrats
It is bad hair day Thursday.
Pete Rose meets Bruno…and hairy sushi Hey don’t yell at me, I just copy/paste this stuff.
Haye: “Valuev, I need a lawnmower for that hairy beast” Everyone goes on about his size but have you seen how hairy this guy [...]
This is a must see video for LST readers. Peter Robinson, Hoover Institute fellow and best known as the writer of Ronald Reagan’s Berlin Wall speech, has published a 5 part series on his interview of Victor Davis Hanson and former CIA agent and author, Robert Baer discussing Iran [...]
“Sources: USNA subbed mids to look more diverse”
There is the headline from the Marine Corps Times on Sunday. No one was supposed to know the Naval Academy brass yanked two of the four midshipmen who had arrived at the World Series last week to perform as an honor guard for [...]
Famed Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said Friday she and another blogger were punched and thrown violently into a car by presumed state security agents as they walked to participate in a peaceful march in downtown Havana.
“No blood, but black and blues, punches, pulled [...]
I have solved the problem of coming up with new employees to man the new massive health care bureaucracies of Pelosi and Reid:
From FederalTimes.com:
Paid to do nothing 11,000-plus postal workers idle at any given time by Gregg CarlstromThe U.S. Postal Service, struggling with a massive deficit caused by plummeting mail volume, spends [...]
In Inner Mongolia – the Lasengmiao Power Plant
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I had a number of rather heated discussions with several older colleagues who were convinced the invincible economic titan of Japan would soon assume control over the world economy. None of the evidence [...]
On August 10, 1961, Nikita S. Khrushchev, the premier of the Soviet Union, attended a birthday party in Moscow for Sergei S. Verentsov, the Soviet marshal in charge of the missile program of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Khrushchev informed the celebrating assembly of leading Soviet military and political [...]
I was nine years old when Nikita Khruschev out smarted a young, naive American president. I remember asking my parents, indignantly, how we could let the Russians imprison millions of Germans. The answers were not very clear or convincing. Perhaps it was because President Kennedy was lying to the American [...]
One of the beautiful features of freedom of speech is its exposure of elitist opinion makers’ illogical and mendacious behavior. Other times, it just reveals, to put it charitably, how completely confused they are. When a widely read Slovenian philosopher and prolific cultural critic, Slavoj Zizek, provides proof of [...]
Two Wheelin Tuesday
Senior Republican says ‘wheels falling off’ Ethics Committee Bout time, the wheels have been flat for quite some time.
Shopping carts: Germs on wheels? Oh and never put your food in the baby seat. Let those possibilities swirl in your head. Hint: Ever [...]
I have grown numb as, seemingly every few hours, new details emerge that in any sane world would have served as glaring red-flags about the fitness and ideological radicalism of Nidal Malik Hasan.
But I must admit, this still managed to surprise me.
An uncle who lives in Ramallah said [...]
I knew I should have taken that left in Omaha
SKorean woman passes driving test on 950th attempt Yonhap news agency said she had spent more than five million won (4,200 dollars) in the process.
Similarly, in the world of academia there is one group that does not follow the lemmings in the world of education and therefore rejects the stupidity of Modern Liberalism and these are the professors who teach about the hard sciences like chemistry and physics.
What do athletes and professors of physics [...]
The headline today in the Times of London:
All hope is lost for Copenhagen climate treaty, British officials sayA world treaty on climate change will be delayed by up to a year and is likely to be watered down because countries with the highest greenhouse gas emissions are refusing to commit to [...]
In honor of Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary I was going to post Barney. Thought better of it. So for your enjoyment Dizzy Gillespie on the Muppet Show.
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It’s not good to anger Grannie
Granny, 84 sent to jail for asbo breach Apparently in the UK you can go to jail for ASBO.
Get Granny to Google: How the Internet Helps Older Brains See? I told ya Google was your friend.
The Lonestartimes.com family offers our sincere condolences and prayers to the Fort Hood family.
[...]At least seven people are dead and 20 wounded in a mass shooting Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas, and at least one suspect is believed to be holed up in a building and shooting at SWAT team members, NBC News and affiliate [...]
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Coffee And Nighttime Jobs Don’t Mix, Study Finds Night-shift workers should avoid drinking coffee if they wish to improve their sleep, according to research published in the journal Sleep Medicine.
Sleep Apnea Therapy Shaves Strokes off Golf Score Golfers with the nighttime [...]
The silly season resumes. Disinfo included.
Contests serve as warning to Democrats: It’s not 2008 anymore (Washington Post) Off-year elections can be notoriously unreliable as predictors of the future, but as a window on how the political landscape may have changed in the year since President [...]
On the day of a possible GOP sweep of three prominent races, a reader of Towhnall.com favors us with this comment that might explain why:
“So, let me make sure I get this correct…We’re going to pass a health care plan written by a committee, whose head says he doesn’t [...]
Consider it a personal pet peeve–mainstream journalists confusing “objectivity” (striving to be fair and accurate) with “neutrality” (refusing to acknowledge reality because it means one side in a debate is closer to the truth than the other).
Exhibit A, courtesy this morning’s Houston Chronicle.
More than 10,000 people turned out Monday [...]
I’ll just republish this verbatim; it sorta speaks for itself.
The House Republican Conference has compiled a list of all the new boards, bureaucracies, commissions, and programs created in H.R. 3962, Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care:
1. Retiree Reserve Trust Fund (Section 111(d), p. 61)
2. Grant program for wellness [...]
The North Houston TEA Party gave a really terrific TEA Party at the Sam Houston Race Track.
It was a lot of fun!
First of all, the whole event was well organized. The grounds were beautiful and spacious.
Joe Pags was the MC. He did a fine job through out the entire [...]
He won’t be needing these any longer.
Malt balls on line in trademark case Mars is challenging a judge’s dismissal of its application claiming trademark infringement against Sweet Rewards, which imports and sells Malt Balls.
Golf balls an answer to Afghan land mines The soldiers use [...]
Our very own Ree-C Murphey will be at the TEA Party tonight:
Monday, November 2 at the Sam Houston Racetrack (7:00-9:00); gates open at 5:00.
It is being hosted by the North Houston Tea Party Patriots (http://www.thewoodlandsteaparty.com/)
Scheduled to appear:
Apostle Claver
Outlaw Dave
Walton & [...]
The early bird gets the worm, but the second rat gets the cheese.
Speaking of rats Newt has declared his endorsement of Hoffman. The natives are not impressed. (Hat tip Katfish)
Rat Study Shows Promise in Eventual Paralysis Treatment. Hope for people with [...]
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