In Alaska news: We have a Red-Backed Vole living under our workshop building. I’ve seen her a couple of times, making the scurrying crossing from the workshop to glean seeds from under the bird feeder at the front of our office building. I know it’s a “she” because the other day she had her two little bitty baby voles with her.
Voles are basically short-tailed mice. Mice (the clean outdoor kind, not the nasty invading-your-house kind) are generally pretty good neighbors. They are clean, they feed mostly on seeds but will snack on bugs if the opportunity permits. And mice in general are Nature’s Nachos – everything eats them. Our little local Cooper’s Hawk prefers birds but will pick up a mouse if it can; and our resident Least Weasel, Herman the Ermine, prefers mice above all things. But in spite of that, there are still mice around. They’re great survivors.
Now then…
On To the Links!
A possible new human ancestor.
Stossel: The ‘Consensus’ on Climate Change Is ‘Manufactured’
I’m coming around to the idea of shooting looters.
I don’t know who “50 Cent” is, but he’s right.
My RedState Stuff:
Richard Nixon – A Tragedy in Five Acts
BREAKING: Multiple FBI Field Offices Targeting Catholics as Domestic Terrorists
Newsom vs. DeSantis Debate Prep: The Smart Move for Gavin Newsom Is to Bow Out
Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Law Forbidding Gun Ownership by Drug Users
Civil Forfeiture Is Legalized Theft
Sen. Joe Manchin Reportedly ‘Thinking Seriously’ About Dropping out of Democrat Party
BREAKING: Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Semi-Auto Gun Ban
Environmentalists, Misanthropy, and Hypocrisy
Judge Rules Some California Students Can Sue State Over Learning During School Lockdowns
Pence, Other GOP Candidates Split on Abortion Law Over Federal Vs. State
US Government Credit Is Sinking, But Spending Is Still Running Wild
Sunday Gun Day III – Great Guns for Small Game
I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens, But in 2027 It Will Be Aliens
Social Security Reform is Too Little, Too Late
In Energy Production, Coal Is Still King
The Best States to Live In, 2023 – Really?
This Week’s Idiots:
Salon’s Olivia Luppino is an idiot.
MSNBC’s Max Burns is an idiot.
The New Republic’s is an idiot.
The Nation’s Amy Littlefield is an idiot.
Paul Krugman (Repeat Offender Alert) is still a cheap partisan hack, and an idiot.
This Week’s Cultural Edification:
I’m not a fan of modern heavy metal music. I find it too formulaic, it all seems to sound the same, feature the same few guitar riffs, and all the lead singers sound the same, alternating between grunts and squalls like a cat whose tail was caught in a door.
But when my son-in-law, who is a big metal fan, sent me a link to a video by some group called the Texas Hippie Coalition and their song Pissed Off And Mad About It, I couldn’t help but be reminded of my current attitudes towards the Imperial government and the state of our country. Here, let me know what you think.
