Sic Semper Tyrannis

Open Thread - 4 May 2013

Open Thread - 27 April 2013

What can I say?  Oh, yes.  I am tired, tired, tired of this today.  Have fun.  pl 

Open Thread - 30 March, 2013

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Open Thread - 9 February, 2013

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Open Thread 29 December 2012

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Open Thread 12 December, 2012

Tired from my travels.  pl

Open Thread - 3 December, 2102

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Open Thread 20 October, 2012

I was out of town yesterday on the Cedar Creek battlefield with Harper and Mrs.  Harper.  I need a rest from all that hard fighting.  We also went to Crabill's meats in Toms Brook and returned with a cooler of goodies.  The Crabill in Charge told me that they now have a contract to supply meat products to some of the WholeFoods stores in our region, so quality should go up.   pl   http://crabills.com/

Open Thread - 24 September, 2012

Open thread.  Whatever.  pl

Open Thread - 8 September 2012

Why the picture?  No reason, I just like it.  pl

Open Thread - 26 August, 2012

Lots of interesting things out there today that I don't want to write on;  Lance Armstrong's fate, Neil Armstrong's departure for the Western Isles, Jeff Stein's story in the Washington Post Magazine.  pl

Open Thread - 24 July

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Open Thread - 20 June

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Open Thread - 7 June, 2012

 

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Open Thread - 15 April 2012

I confess to boredome with today's news and its predictability.  Have at it.  pl

Open thread - 7 April 2012

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Open Thread - 5 March 2012

Whilst we wait for news of the WH meeting, let's have an "Open Thread."  pl

Superbowl Open Thread

Here's a Superbowl Open Thread to keep you all busy during the game.  Everyone party safe!

Open Thread - 29 December 2011

Open Thread - 19 November

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National Merit Scholars

 

The National Merit Scholar Program is pure meritocracy in action.  Once upon a time I was a semi-finalist in this countrywide contest.  Once a young person scores high enough on the tests in this competitive program to be named a semi-finalist, then the essential criterion for award of moneys becomes need.  This is an excellent process by any measure for judgment.

Semi-finalists who do not receive significant funding in this program are the targets for scholarship money and management training programs from all across the great world that waits beyond high school graduation.

It is interesting to compare the number of semi-finalists in this article who are from very expensive private schools to the number of those who, for example, attend Thomas Jefferson High School in Northern Virginia.  This is a public school.  pl

http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/2011/09/areas-national-merit-semifinalists

Open Thread 18 August, 2011

 
Too much to do.  pl

Open thread - 30 June 2011

 
Having returned last evening from the "wars" at one of the Washington area consultant companies, I lack the spirit or energy to find something to post on amuse each other for today.  pl

Open Thread - 2 June, 2011

 

Open Thread - 14 May 2011

 
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Open Thread - 16 January, 2010

I have the January "crud" which I seem to get every year now.  We went to buy some gas fireplace logs of the unvented kind for our 1913 bungalow.  I look forward to the cheery warmth.  pl 

Open Thread - 8 January, 2011

Open thread on the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords in Tucson.  pl

Open Thread - Christmas to New Year

I am going to put up several of my Christmas and New Years Posts from years gone by.  pl 

Open Thread - 11 December 2010

Open Thread - 6 November 2010

Open Thread - 10 Oct. 2010

Open Thread

Open Thread - 18 September 2010

 

Open Thread - 13 September, 2010

 

Open Thread - 3 September, 2010

Busy in court today.  pl  

Open Thread - 26 August 2010

I am out of town today.  pl 

Open Thread - 12 July, 2010

 

Open Thread on American Purpose and Interests in AFPAK

Someone asked.  pl 

Oil Disaster Open Thread

I am increasingly seeing materials that suggest an "End of Days" scenario as an outcome for the Gulf/BP catastrophe.  Let us review the "bidding" on this.  pl  

Open Thread - 4 June 2010

I am busy.  Entertain each other.  pl 

 

Open Thread - 10 May 2010

 I am out of town today and tomorrow.  pl 

Open Thread - 11 April, 2010

I have been involved in taxes and some real work today and tomorrow.  pl

Open Thread for a Rainy Saturday.

Who do you suppose that this is?  pl 

Open Thread - 24 January 2010

This seems to be a slow news day.  Let's have an open thread.  pl 

Open thread - still sick

My inner ear infection still has me down.  Maureen has posted a lovely thing over at The Athenaeum on James Wong Howe the film maker.

I invite your attention to several items in the Washington Post today;

- The lead editorial insists that nation building in Yemen is a "fab" idea.  After all, it worked so well in Iraq.

- There is a detailed lay down of the story on the CIA debacle at Khost.  The story confirms all that I had heard.  Ignatius contributes a piece in which he dares to criticize CIA.  Considering how much they "feed" him, you know the evidence must be clear.

- Pannetta whines on in an oped piece insisting that a lack of tradecraft at Khost was to be expected considering the difficulty of local operational conditions.  Someone needs to tell those seniors in the DO that difficulties like these have been overcome before.  Difficulties are there to be overcome.  They should be told that as they are clearing our their desks along with Panetta.  pl

Open Thread

I am busy today and tomorrow and you will have to entertain each other.  pl

Open Thread 18 November 2009

Mortimer the Indian from the prop box and the onstage stage manager.  In this production the stage managar danced.pl

Open Thread - 16 October 2009

Just for inspiration-----  pl

Open Thread - 10 October, 2009

Open Thread Today - 19 September

  What is this?  pl

Open thread today

Does anyone know of a good unclassified paper on the various "Taliban" groups?  pl