UP IN THE SKY, IT’S: New ‘Meteor Storm’ from Comet May Light Up Night Sky This Month.
Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt
May 6, 2014
NATIONS UNDER STRESS REVERT TO TYPE: “Turning Back the Clock” in Russian.
DESTROYING OUR RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY: Sober woman arrested for drunk driving after deputy falsifies report. When we can no longer trust figures of authority to be honest (and we’re getting there) we’ll be just like every banana republic.
THE IDEA ALL CULTURES ARE EQUALLY TO BE RESPECTED IS INSANE: Pakistani Girl Forced to Marry as Compensation for Uncle’s Crime. Real war on women. And little girls.
OUCH: The end of breast implants miracle bra UNDER skin stops by sagging using cups and straps screwed into woman’s ribs. Okay, so I’m the sort of stick-in-the-mud who won’t have surgery unless it’s REALLY needed but still “Screwed into woman’s ribs?” OUCH.
May 5, 2014
MAKING KIDS CRAZY: The relentless climate change harangue is driving children crazy. Not that this is new. I was in my thirties before I realized that the Paul Ehrlich lies I’d been sold in school (overpopulation/pollution/human self extinction) were just that, lies, and no more inevitable than any other fiction.
YEP, THAT’S MY STATE: Colorado Symphony Links up With Pot Industry.
NEVER BRING A KNIFE TO A GUN FIGHT: Dallas Woman Shoots, Kills Man Stabbing Her. Children, what time is it? It’s time for self-defense.
FORGET COLONIALISM, SUPPOSED “IDEALISM” IS WORSE: Sacrificing Africa for Climate Change.
SARAH HOYT PIMPS WRITERS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF: From John C. Wright, the man who wields words like rapiers, Awake in the Night Land. And from my friends and instapundit readers Pamela Uphoff , Sabrina Chase and Alma Boykin, Outcasts and Gods by Pam Uphoff , The Bureau of Substandards Annual Report by Sabrina Chase, and Elizabeth of Starland by Alma Boykin.
PEOPLE AREN’T WIDGETS: Checking My Privilege: Character as the Basis of Privilege. Apparently there’s more to people than skin color, gender and orientation. Who knew? Oh, yeah. Everyone sane. Which is to say, none of the people telling us to “check your privilege.”
THEY’RE HAVING A “NO SIDEWALK” SALE: Quent Cordair Fine Art, the finest in Romantic Realism. Apparently the city is tearing up the gas lines in their place. I wish I could afford them!
TRUST GOVERNMENT WITH YOUR LIFE. BRITISHERS DO: Hundreds of asthma deaths could be prevented.
SOMEHOW I DON’T SEE THIS AS A PRIORITY FOR OUR GOVERNMENT: Our soldiers deserve better weapons.
THEY’RE NOT EVEN SUBTLE: Ukraine crisis ‘threatens peace in Europe’, says Russia.
SOONER OR LATER WE’RE GOING TO MISS A DANGEROUS ONE: Bus-Size Asteroid Buzzes Earth, Comes Closer Than the Moon. And that’s why the business of space travel is too important to be left in the hands of governments.
EXERCISE NAKED IF YOU WISH: But maybe the middle of the street isn’t the best place for this?
UNEXPECTEDLY: Your ♡bamaCare!!! Fail of the Day.
WHY CAN’T THE REST OF THE LEFT SEE THIS: Sooner or later, they’re going to come for people you do like.
CROWDFUNDING SPACE: ISEE-3 Reboot Project by Space College, Skycorp, and SpaceRef.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN CALL YOUR OFFICE: Just as predicted in Methuselah’s Children, ‘Vampire therapy’ could reverse ageing, scientists find.
May 4, 2014
WELL, IT IS THE 21st CENTURY: Cold War Spy-Satellite Images Unveil Lost Cities.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Why dance films and videos don’t really work all that well.