Wanna know how to operate a 16" battleship gun?   Helpfully, this video tells you how.

Behold the snow pack in Yosemite on December 23rd, 2010.  A massive blanket of white, that only got deeper as the winter wore on.

In contrast, below you can see the situation today, July 28th, 2011.  There looks to be a fire somewhere, as there is suddenly a lot of smoke in the park.  In addition, all that snow has melted, run off or soaked in.  What an amazing transformation.

A woman is now scheduled for a jury trial in the South Carolina as a result of a 445 dollar ticket she recieved for placing plastic bull testicles on the back bumper of her truck.  Apparently there is a law against obscene bumper stickers.
I can predict that the jury is going to be a bit angry about using their time on something that seems so trivial.  A warning might have been more appropriate, or even better, a "fixit" ticket.  I also thought this kind of thing would be seen in the humorous fashion it is usually meant down in South Carolina.  I mean, in Berkeley California maybe they would be too uptight for this, but South Carolina?

 Remember, this guy is getting paid to do this.  Life isn't fair.

Have a lick

Hump day image

A mountain lion struck by a Hyundai in Connecticut turns out to have been originally from the Black Hills country in the Dakotas, and was tracked by authorities from about Minnesota until it met its end in New England.   Authorities have never before confirmed one that has traveled so far, and it has been about a hundred years since a lion has been confirmed to be in Connecticut. 

It gives one hope that such fine animals can reintroduce themselves to areas that have a high deer population, like New England, and to thereby help reestablish a natural balance to the ecosystem.

Those New Englanders should keep in mind, however, that lions can get pretty scary big, and they will eat you pets, livestock and children, if they get a chance!  They might even maul a Mazda!

Freckles, they are good.

Happy pup!

The Hammer comes down hard on Obama's speech.

Atlas shrugged at hope and change.

Mondays, they're like that.

Totally, certifiably insane San Francisco city supervisors are all set to make felons a legally protected class of citizen.  This means if you are going to hire someone, or rent to someone, you cannot ask about their criminal history first, or at least until the interview is over.

How happy the citizens of that fair city must be to know that their town will now be a magnet for ex criminals due to its status as the friendliest place for them to land after getting out of prison.

How nice to know that your elected leaders are more concerned for the rights of those that have no concern for the rights of others, either in their property or person, and who wish to encourage more of those who think and act that way to move there.

One benefit for the rest of us is that many criminals will choose to move there, instead of staying here.

Perhaps we can see this as the ultimate end result of progressivism, namely the creation of voting blocks of losers and criminals for the sole reason of insuring a progressive re election.  And hey, if the progressives will allow voter intimidation, a la Eric Holder and the Black Panthers, all the better.

Honestly, these idiots are hell bent on creating a hell hole out of one of the most beautiful cities on the planet.

So classic.  I relate.

Kinda cool