Author Archives: Patrick

Thomas Sowell addresses the intellectual problem of the left in his latest column.  http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2013/07/02/the-mindset-of-the-left-n1631804/page/full “Why has evil been such a hard concept for many on the left to accept? The basic agenda of the left is to change external conditions. But what if the problem is internal? What if the real problem is the cussedness of […]

I should have written a post on this before today.  Then again I know most of my readers, and none of them to my knowledge know what google reader is let alone what to use it for. With that said if you use Google Reader you should be aware that it is going away today.  […]

It has been a busy month.  It is about to get much more busy as I begin to move.  I’ll be in and out but mostly out of the loop until I have settled inot my new routine. The new home will be in Reno.  I’m looking forward to the change and from what I […]

My battle Brennan kicking ass and taking first place in the 2013 Ft. Riley Combatives tournament. 

Lifehacker recently posted on their page a cheap diy iPhone 5 charging dock.  I don’t have an iPhone nor do I ever plan on having one, but I’m pretty sure this could be applied to any number of other phones such as my Motorola Razr hd. I checked out the Daily Brick’s page.  In addition […]

Throughout the Bush Era, all we heard were accusations of abuse of power via the Patriot Act.  While the Act itself does in fact allow for some very intrusive and invasive investigative techniques, the Bush years were fairly responsible in their approach and didn’t violate protections in the manner that current failures in responsibility have. […]

Yesterday Drudge Report had as its top headline that the NSA had a secret deal with Verizon where all phone records were being released for the span ofApril to July.  Just one of many of the stories, and one that I personally linked  on Google + with the phrase “Big Brothe Is Watching you.  I […]

I’m a former Sailor.  While my stay in the Navy was brief, photos like this are always inspiring.      “Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Ryan Welles, assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), boards the ship using a Jacob’s ladder during a training exercise. […]

After seeing so many images of Google Glass I couldn’t help but draw the comparison.  This image is not my own, but apparently I’m not the only one who thought this either. G00gle-Dominion+One.jpg (600×400): ‘via Blog this’