Typically, I will only go to political events that feature candidates that I am inclined to support. I don’t recall ever driving two hours just to go see someone that I totally disagree with; let alone get there so early that I’m on the front row. But this doesn’t seem to be a barrier to…
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Misc Comments on My Trip Thus Far
I’m about ten days into this trip. Here are a few observations thus far. Getting a visa extension to stay here was easy. The hardest part was the demand that payment be made in cash. The cost was just north of 4,000 pesos ($66). I needed to complete a form, pay a fee, and then…
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A convicted rapist sentenced to three life terms plus 51 years in prison has been arrested in Sacramento County for a parole violation, four years after his release. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said 47-year-old Lloyd Edwards was detained Thursday during a parole compliance check by the office’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force Team.…
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Folks, I just can’t catch a break. I was minding my own business, as best I can at the church Bible study last night and presto, yet another time when we as modern Christians can’t let the Bible define terms but have to project stuff into the text that it plainly never says. The study…
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Karen Davis was busted for lying to federal investigators. The 2014 Tea Party Congressional candidate was arrested for making death threats against herself. Way to go Republicans. At least she did lose the June 2014 election. Here is the news story http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-stockton/former-congressional-candidate-accused-of-sending-threatening-letters-to-herself/ Here is her Tea Party candidate profile http://teapartycheer.com/bios/west/california/karen-davis-ca-bio/ Here is her indictment http://www.kcra.com/blob/view/-/36136326/data/60821733/-/i94qxg/-/Criminal-complaint-candidate—threats-102915.pdf…
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Two stories this week prove the stupidity of administrators in California schools. First was suspending a student for wearing an American flag shirt to school. American flag shirt gang related The second was the reaction by the Elk Grove School District to a fight video posted on Facebook? Their suspension of the girl that filmed…
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When things work great on your computer the world is somehow a happier place. However, when something goes wrong then you know you are in for a bumpy ride. The other day my daughter wanted to watch a DVD on her desktop computer which has a new installation of Windows 8.1. She couldn’t get it…
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Bring your Bible to school day promoted by Folsom-Cordova School District This story by Sacramento TV station KCRA is typical. Not one person in support of the flyer is quoted; only parents that disagree. In fact why would the school district distribute the flyer about Bring Your Bible to School Day if no one in…
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OK first Conservatives are backing him The Hill: Kevin McCarthy for Speaker? Conservatives May Back Him over Boehner Kevin McCarthy for speaker, conservatives may back him Now they want to fire him? Conservatives push to ‘Fire McCarthy’ before he takes speaker’s gavel Paul Broun launches bid to fire Kevin McCarthy OK, like him or not,…
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Ok, we know Roseburg is a small town that used to advertise like crazy here for people from California to retire there. • The local community college has about three thousand students. • The killer is reported as dead and has been for several hours. They won’t release his name. • Plus this from Fox…
