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Drex Davis Recent Posts- Just amazing the resiliency of the human baby body
- The Edwards Affair
- Mr. T - “I’ve been pitying fools for 28 years”
- as a follow up to the story/part below, don’t miss the part
- somebody has to make a movie out of this
- When guppies eat their young . . .
- Love and Demands
- What is government doing to your money?
- Robotics - playing fetch has never been weirder
- Scathing, Lucid, Brilliant Dismemberment of the Obamessiah by “the Hammer”
The Edwards Affair
I agree with the spirit of powerline’s take.
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Mr. T - “I’ve been pitying fools for 28 years”
when i was in third grade the a-team was in full force. i had surgery on my ear and my mom asked me what gift i wanted for “being brave” and i asked for, and got, a Mr. T action figure.
T gave an interview on the factor tonight. you must watch before you die. your life won’t be complete. “I’ve been pitying fools for 28 years.” loved it.
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as a follow up to the story/part below, don’t miss the part
where the justice department has to pay $5.8MILLION dollars of TAXPAYER money to a man they wrongly suspected in the case.
first off, we give money to people who are suspects who turn out to not be criminals?
secondly, we give them taxpayer money?
yes, america, you get to pay for the bungles of your justice department’s errant “hunches.”
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somebody has to make a movie out of this
Because this stuff is only supposed to happen in movies.
Spreading a plague so that you can test your vaccine?
Yes. And here in America. And by a (shock) government employee.
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Love and Demands
This story is a good reminder that those who truly love us demand the most from us so that we can fulfill our potential . . .
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Robotics - playing fetch has never been weirder
here’s to robot dogs/mules.
amazing.
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Scathing, Lucid, Brilliant Dismemberment of the Obamessiah by “the Hammer”
Charler Krauthammer, that is.
Some people say, “The emperor has not clothes” and they’re right, but not poetic.
Others, like Krauthammer, say it with such bite, such wit, and such conviction, that you can only say, “Wow, that’s going to leave a mark.” And then cringe on behalf of the target.
Read his most recent op-ed, here. He is spot on about Obama and his audacity and emptiness.
The truth, many are realizing, is that the “would be” emperor has no clothes.
Krauthammer just says it best.
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Offense Taking is an Artform
And this woman is a master-class artist!
But maybe I’m just the pot calling the kettle black . . .
First step to being a master-class offense taker? Fail to understand language. Check.
Second step to being a master-class offense taker? See all communication through the prism of race (or gender, or political affiliation, etc.). Check.
Here’s a preview into the article:
In my talk, I included the time-honored saying, “the pot calls the kettle black.” Afterward, the African American woman who was the leader of the training program (a good friend of mine, incidentally), came to me in something of a dither. “Do you realize what you said?” she asked. “That is very offensive to black people.”
I said, “Look, Linda, the saying refers to a pot and a kettle hanging on hooks over a fire. That’s the way they cooked in medieval times. It means that both pot and kettle become blackened by the fire. The analogy is that when you criticize someone else while ignoring your own faults, this is like the “pot calling the kettle black.” Both pot and kettle are black. Of course, she simply responded that it doesn’t matter what the real meaning of the saying is . . .
(HT: The Corner)
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Microfinance going Megaprofit
I’ve been a little obsessed with microfinance ever since I read Banker to the Poor a few years ago. It’s the story of how Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank used micro-finance (really, really small lonas) to help poor people (primarily woman) make a subsistence living in Bangladsh - they would lend to them when no one else would, allowing them to acquire the capital they needed to produce a good that could be exchanged for their necessities in life.
Very touching story and worth reading.
Today in the Economist I read about a publicly-traded for-profit company that is making a tidy sum doing micro-lending - ComportamosBanco. They’re criticized by some, but I actually come down on the side of this bank. By doing this for-profit, they’ll develop the market further, reaching more of the world’s poor, more quickly.
You can read the article here. Worth five minutes of your time.
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So, I have to do my part to help solve this problem . . .
I have three kids ages five and under . . . the thought that 11 Million Children under the age of five die each year from preventable diseases makes my heart break.
I’ve got to help do something about it. It’s a religious and moral imperative.
I’ve just got to.