Monthly Archives: January 2009

$50,000 or $100,000 in Unpaid Taxes?

Take your pick.  The first is now-confirmed Treasury Secretary (yes, the guy who is in charge of the IRS and Treasury for the entire nation) Tim Geithner’s tax bill that he says he forgot to pay and the second is … Continue reading

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Sowing the Heirloom Seeds of Love

This year Katie and I are getting serious about our garden.  Last year it was a flop, excepting the herbs, garlic, cucumber (thanks Trimborns) and okra (thanks Kingsleys). I realized that our current seed-starting method, directly sowing outside in the … Continue reading

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Honey Insurance in Stimulus Package

My friend Kennon tipped me off to some pork in the stimulus package, which, if passed, I need to get in on:  Honey Insurance. $150 million for something called “honey insurance,” which is described as money to “provide emergency relief … Continue reading

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Pope Benedict Continues to Knock Our Socks Off

It appears that, this time, our Holy Father is working toward unity with the Traditional Anglican Communion.–that’s 400k Anglicans, folks.  What a week, with an invitation to the SPX bishops into full communion and now this!  Unity within the Body … Continue reading

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Democrat Pork

The Democrats are passing their pork-barrel stimulus package giving unfathomable billions of our dollars to the most ridiculous and immoral activities. E.g. $2.7B in NIH grants which would be targeted to among other things embryonic stem cell experimentation. (Page 56) … Continue reading

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