tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62732572012-01-27T23:15:43.817-05:00quasi in remA view from the Hill on all things and on nothing.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.comBlogger13121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1127445423734242132005-09-22T22:17:00.000-05:002005-09-22T22:17:03.820-05:00We're goingto Serenity baby! Monday night, thanks to the aforementioned Glenn Reynolds at instapundit.com. We will post all of the details here on teusday morning so stay tuned!a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1100717920886398492004-11-17T13:58:00.000-05:002004-11-17T13:58:40.886-05:00Glenn Reynolds... Bad Date. If in the future Glenn Reynolds invites you to go to a bar and have a few drinks.... He now posts what you are really in store for. Step away from the keyboard Glenn. Relax. Sit back. have a homebrew.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1100638530476227272004-11-16T15:55:00.000-05:002004-11-16T15:55:30.476-05:00Christmas is coming!a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1100550213116474382004-11-15T15:23:00.000-05:002004-11-15T15:23:33.116-05:00This is depressing.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1100121266430812182004-11-10T16:14:00.000-05:002004-11-10T16:14:26.430-05:00We HAD a dream? Watching this video should not make me smile.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1100023898771600252004-11-09T13:11:00.000-05:002004-11-09T13:11:38.773-05:00I am not a millitary man.. But this sure does read like a "major combat operation..."a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099970022808247282004-11-08T22:13:00.000-05:002004-11-08T22:13:42.806-05:00Straight male seeks Bush supporter for fair, physical fight - m4ma man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099926906168284212004-11-08T10:15:00.000-05:002004-11-08T10:15:06.166-05:00That whole draft thing... maybe it wasn't a hoax...: "David M. Miyasato enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve in 1987, served three years of active duty during the first Gulf War and received an honorable discharge in 1991. He remained on inactive status for five more years, until 1996. Since then, the Kaua'i resident has married, started an auto window tinting business and this year, he and his wifea man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099687529002189382004-11-05T15:45:00.000-05:002004-11-05T15:45:29.003-05:00The Jawa Report: Islamists Declared War on the US 25 Years Ago Todaya man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099687472425699722004-11-05T15:44:00.000-05:002004-11-05T15:44:32.426-05:00INDC Journal: Fun with Matha man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099684174401476372004-11-05T14:49:00.000-05:002004-11-05T14:49:34.400-05:00Sorry Everybody -- How Can We Make It Up To You?a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099672392248246642004-11-05T11:33:00.000-05:002004-11-05T11:33:12.250-05:00 Media Notes Extra: "If you're doing the math, that's seven downers out of the last 10 presidential elections. If you're a history buff, the '04 results also leave the Democrats with their smallest House of Representatives enrollment since 1948, and the smallest Senate contingent since 1930"a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099672186197529612004-11-05T11:29:00.000-05:002004-11-05T11:29:46.196-05:00In Defense of Exit Polls - You just don't know how to use them. By Martin�Plissnera man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099665922520446752004-11-05T09:45:00.000-05:002004-11-05T09:45:22.520-05:00The Natty Lights?a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099603199808372712004-11-04T16:19:00.000-05:002004-11-04T16:19:59.806-05:00Iraq to begin voter registration Monday a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099594891099384562004-11-04T14:01:00.000-05:002004-11-04T14:01:31.100-05:00HoustonChronicle.com - First gay Hispanic woman elected Dallas sheriff: a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099593074752453082004-11-04T13:31:00.000-05:002004-11-04T13:31:14.753-05:00The Seattle Times: Local News: Gregoire vs. Rossi: Why it's so closea man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099586171555367592004-11-04T11:36:00.000-05:002004-11-04T11:36:11.556-05:00Ellisblog: "'This is the best election night in history.'--Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, Nov. 2, 2004, just beore 8 p.m. EST. (From Taranto)"a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099502308381398312004-11-03T12:18:00.000-05:002004-11-03T12:18:28.380-05:00Bush Wins: "Sen. Kerry phoned President Bush today to concede the presidential election, a White House aide said. Kerry is expected to make a public statement at 1 p.m. ET and Bush is scheduled to speak at 3 p.m. ET. Bush has 254 electoral votes to Kerry's 252, according to CNN projections, with 270 needed to win. Key state Ohio, with 20 electoral votes, hasn't completed its vote tally. "a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099459943929190292004-11-03T00:32:00.000-05:002004-11-03T00:32:23.930-05:00From Eschaton: "Zogby Predicts Kerry 311-213, with Nevada and Colorado too close to call.... (note that this kind of thing and the exit polls are posted for fun and excitement and not because we should necessarily believe them...)"a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099322445306409882004-11-01T10:20:00.000-05:002004-11-01T10:20:45.306-05:00Kerry's Discharge Is Questioned by an Ex-JAG Officer - November 1, 2004 - The New York Sun: "A former officer in the Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps Reserve has built a case that Senator Kerry was other than honorably discharged from the Navy by 1975, The New York Sun has learned. The 'honorable discharge' on the Kerry Web site appears to be a Carter administration substitute for an original a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099322170379839942004-11-01T10:16:00.000-05:002004-11-01T10:16:10.380-05:00My Way News: "Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist disclosed Monday that he's undergoing radiation and chemotherapy for thyroid cancer. Rehnquist was expected to be on the bench when the court returned from a two-week break. But instead he issued a statement saying 'at the suggestion of my doctors, (I) am continuing to recuperate at home.' Rehnquist was released from a Maryland hospital last Fridaya man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099091844964358672004-10-29T18:17:00.000-05:002004-10-29T18:17:24.963-05:00Market based indicators getting very tight...a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099091207987008162004-10-29T18:06:00.000-05:002004-10-29T18:06:47.986-05:00Can this be true? If so, where do I sign up for those dogs trained to get me a beer when I feel thirsty? Or sober?a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099090943606251722004-10-29T18:02:00.000-05:002004-10-29T18:02:23.606-05:00Why do elephants have such good memories? If this is true: "Elephants do have remarkable memories. In the wild, elephants appear to remember for years the relationships with dozens, perhaps hundreds of other elephants, some of whom they may see only occasionally. They also have an impressive memory for places to drink and to find food. This information gets passed on from generation to a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099090359153656502004-10-29T17:52:00.000-05:002004-10-29T17:52:39.153-05:00Would it matter if John Kerry recieved an "Other than Honorable Discharge?"a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099089608201708672004-10-29T17:40:00.000-05:002004-10-29T17:40:08.200-05:00Lefty site with honest Al Qa Qaa analysisa man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099089195006323292004-10-29T17:33:00.000-05:002004-10-29T17:33:15.006-05:00Does Bush/Redskins have a chance?: "Green Bay Packers (news) star quarterback Brett Favre (news) and top running back Ahman Green (news) both missed Thursday's practice with injuries. " Rookie safety Sean Taylor will not be playing.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099089023401393842004-10-29T17:30:00.000-05:002004-10-29T17:30:23.400-05:00So if Micehal Moore tells a lie... And then Osama Bin Laden believes it, and then tells that lie back to the American people, does that make the initial lie more or less true? In other words, if Osama Bin laden repeats what you say as a his reasons for attacking the United States, does that make you Osama's accomplice, even if what you said was false? I don't know the answer to that question a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099083419856786712004-10-29T15:56:00.000-05:002004-10-29T15:56:59.856-05:00This is good news from Colorado!a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099073092690620092004-10-29T13:04:00.000-05:002004-10-29T13:04:52.690-05:00Your 2005 Washington Expos? Right now it looks like Carl Everett, Livan Hernandez and Jose Vidro. It's going to be a loooong season.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099068167032432322004-10-29T11:42:00.000-05:002004-10-29T11:42:47.033-05:00This is a touch over the top...a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099062432510343482004-10-29T10:07:00.000-05:002004-10-29T10:07:12.510-05:00It's going to be a busy weekend...: "The first on tap, evidently, is what is clearly the carefully timed release in the British medical journal Lancet of a Johns Hopkins report of an estimated one hundred thousand dead in Iraq. Of course publishing figures like this on the eve of an election is unconscionable because they cannot in any way be checked, even assuming that there would be a method ofa man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099062165968399982004-10-29T10:02:00.000-05:002004-10-29T10:02:45.966-05:00Photos point to removal of weapons - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - October 29, 2004a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099060514387933512004-10-29T09:35:00.000-05:002004-10-29T09:35:14.386-05:00Tom Harkin, King of all tools! With Fritz "It's the Jews" Hollings retiring, another Democratic Senator must jump in to fill the breach and become the most idiotic Democratic Senator. Senator Tom Harkin has entered his opnening salvo. Here is his op-ed from today. "Why Bush will restart the draft if re-elected A major terrorist attack could easily serve as the pretext for setting the draft a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099058490400073332004-10-29T09:01:00.000-05:002004-10-29T09:01:30.400-05:00More proof that I don't drink enough...: "Researchers say they may have found yet another health benefit conferred by red wine -- it seems to reduce the risk of lung cancer, at least in men."a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1099013884267870062004-10-28T20:38:00.000-05:002004-10-28T20:38:04.266-05:00 This is an IAEA seal. i don't see that on any of the stuff in the news report.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098983170422893952004-10-28T12:06:00.000-05:002004-10-28T12:06:10.423-05:001 Billion dead from bird flu? Well that would be bad news...a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098980282016798012004-10-28T11:18:00.000-05:002004-10-28T11:18:02.016-05:00Syria is sooooo next!: " Syria tested chemical weapons on civilians in Sudan's troubled western Darfur region in June and killed dozens of people. The German daily Die Welt newspaper, in an advance release of its Wednesday edition, citing unnamed western security sources, said that injuries apparently caused by chemical arms were found on the bodies of the victims. "a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098979997429754502004-10-28T11:13:00.000-05:002004-10-28T11:13:17.430-05:00Jib jab type flash based on Bohemian Rhapsody... Not to bad.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098979050185492112004-10-28T10:57:00.000-05:002004-10-28T10:57:30.186-05:00Holy COw!!!: EYEWITNESS NEWS video may be linked to missing explosives in Iraq They have video stills of the site! I wonder if this is the missing stuff, at the site on April 18th. BTW, each of those wood boxes is listed as 40 Kg, which means 25 of them per tonne, or 2500 of them per 100 tonnes, or over 6000 of them for the amount claimed to be missing. Also, I do not see anything that says a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098978263040055242004-10-28T10:44:00.000-05:002004-10-28T10:44:23.040-05:004 Straight Polls... have Kerry up in Ohio. Bush can still win if he gets Wisconsin and Iowa.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098977967777087452004-10-28T10:39:00.000-05:002004-10-28T10:39:27.776-05:00A nice list of electoral college articles here. I really like this one from the Amar brothers (although I disagree with it): 10 Arguments in Favor of Keeping the Electoral College -- Refuted!a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098977734070204112004-10-28T10:35:00.000-05:002004-10-28T10:35:34.070-05:00More on the Electoral college... Simple but comprehensive arguments on either side of the E.C. debate. I think that we should just have all governors vote every for years for the Presidency. And whoever gets the majority governor vote gets to be President.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098968757989262492004-10-28T08:05:00.000-05:002004-10-28T08:05:57.990-05:00Sean Taylor in custody? Things are looking bad for the President and the Washington Redskins for their coincidental victories coming this week. The Redskins star rookie Sean Taylor may be in custody after being arrested at 4:30 am for driving under the influence....a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098941508853488562004-10-28T00:31:00.000-05:002004-10-28T00:31:48.853-05:00Telegraph | News | UN inspectors uncover proof of Saddam's nuclear bomb plans: Here's a blast from the past...as long as we are digging up old stories that should not effect the election.. "The revelation follows last Thursday's discovery of a number of warheads at an ammunition storage facility south of Baghdad that had been designed for carrying chemical and biological weapons. Although UNa man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098938699005668162004-10-27T23:44:00.000-05:002004-10-27T23:44:59.006-05:00 Time to Fisk the New York Times article... Ok here is the original article from the New York Times...let's see where they screwed up... Actually it sort of fisks itself at this point...I am just going to cut and paste sections that now contain erroneous infromation. Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq "The Iraqi interim government has warned the United States and a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098934835346521062004-10-27T22:40:00.000-05:002004-10-27T22:40:35.346-05:00Was it just 3 tons????? Now that could have benn looted.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098934115165445652004-10-27T22:28:00.000-05:002004-10-27T22:28:35.166-05:00 Wonder how you poll this jury pool? Only accept Nader voters?a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098933632355596262004-10-27T22:20:00.000-05:002004-10-27T22:20:32.356-05:00 Source and destination answered.... Sourde of the weapons: Russia. Destination: Syriaa man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098909651286645482004-10-27T15:40:00.000-05:002004-10-27T15:40:51.286-05:00I fully support my President... But it strikes me that this statement: "A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not the person you want as the commander in chief,'" Is possibly the most ironic thing ever said by anyone ever in the entire history of irony. Ever. If I was running the Kerry campaign, I would just run the loop of Bush saying that with scenes a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098904964649821792004-10-27T14:22:00.000-05:002004-10-27T14:22:44.650-05:00More analysis: I like this type of thinking... "Using the most recent averages of the Battleground polls found on RealClearPolitics.com I created a table that determines the number of undecided voters from each state that would be required for either Bush or Kerry to win. This is done by assuming that 20% of the overall ranks of the undecided won't vote at all and then arriving at the majoritya man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098904024960022652004-10-27T14:07:00.000-05:002004-10-27T14:07:04.960-05:00Maybe syria was the destination...: "Two days before March 19, 2003, we saw quite a number of vehicles going into Syria. We could not go after them because we said we'd give Saddam 48 hours. A lot of (Iraqi) leaders went into Syria, and a lot of WMD went into Syria. We've gotten indications some went into Lebanon, and probably some went into Iran. �We've done calculations that you could probably a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098903315639346162004-10-27T13:55:00.000-05:002004-10-27T13:55:15.640-05:00 I really like Jack Bogle, and think he's the only honest mutual fund guy out there right now.. (Not to mention the fact that my entire retirement is in his precious hands) I was unaware of his politics before now, I probably would have guessed he was a Republican. It turns out he is a Republican, but this year he is voting for John Kerry. "Patience, persistence, courage and commitment werea man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098903063202669322004-10-27T13:51:00.000-05:002004-10-27T13:51:03.203-05:00Democrats never let facts get in the way of a good story...: "The rumor I heard, from a good source, was that the poll showed Kerry up nine in Florida. Maybe the poll is flawed, but they should at least release it. Include whatever caveats they want. After all, flawed polls never stop Gallup or Mason-Dixon from public release. " Yeah. That would be a good idea. The caveat would have to be..a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098902609838587382004-10-27T13:43:00.000-05:002004-10-27T13:43:29.840-05:00Timeline Now Down to 4 weeks... Form the Corner. It appears that the longest possible time that anyone could have had to loot these items was 4 weeks. Which strikes me as just about impossible. What's more. If Sadam was able to move 350 tons of explosives to some hidden location during thewar, as it now appears clear that he did, and we haven't heard hide nor hair of them since...what would a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098896710852945652004-10-27T12:05:00.000-05:002004-10-27T12:05:10.853-05:00Is this guy making crazytapes? - Adam Yahiye Gadahna man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098890920355225472004-10-27T10:28:00.000-05:002004-10-27T10:28:40.356-05:00I think it's in Syria... "MCINTYRE (voice-over): The Pentagon acknowledges there was a window of about six weeks after the invasion of Iraq when it's possible the stockpile of high explosives could have been stolen from the sprawling al Qa Qaa facility south of Baghdad. But Pentagon officials argue it's more likely the explosives were moved as part of the prewar dispersal ordered by Saddam a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098890628918150462004-10-27T10:23:00.000-05:002004-10-27T10:23:48.916-05:00Democrats begin the election litigation!!! Wooo hooo!a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098884953979455032004-10-27T08:49:00.000-05:002004-10-27T08:49:13.980-05:00I know JMM has gone over this but is looting even possible? I know JMM has gone over this but is looting even possible? It is reported that there was 380 tons of explosives, which is 760,000 lbs of explosives. For the administration to be at fault for failure to monitor the site post invasion the explosives would have had to be there on April 4rth and disappeared sometme after. Surely somethinga man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098849162892761882004-10-26T22:52:00.000-05:002004-10-26T22:52:42.893-05:00Guess the candidate that this person is endorsing?: "Jacob Weisberg, Editor: ????? I remain totally unimpressed by John Kerry. Outside of his opposition to the death penalty, I've never seen him demonstrate any real political courage. His baby steps in the direction of reform liberalism during the 1990s were all followed by hasty retreats. His Senate vote against the 1991 Gulf War demonstratesa man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098836901006764672004-10-26T19:28:00.000-05:002004-10-26T19:28:21.006-05:0051% of polled have already voted for Bush... Interesting.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098834840205206162004-10-26T18:54:00.000-05:002004-10-26T18:54:00.206-05:00Poll: Consumer confidence unchanged before election. - Oct. 26, 2004a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098834429082694322004-10-26T18:47:00.000-05:002004-10-26T18:47:09.083-05:00Tracking Inspections: 14 January 2003: "A team of five International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors went to the Al-Qa'qa State Company, some 50 kilometers south of Baghdad to weigh, sample, inspect, and seal warehouses containing HMX"a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098834345945755052004-10-26T18:45:00.000-05:002004-10-26T18:45:45.946-05:00Where did Iraq get all of the HMX?: "Iraq imported hundreds of tons of HMX high explosives, the most desirable conventional explosive for nuclear weapons. Western intelligence believes that Chilean explosives expert Carlos Cardoen exported most of the HMX to Iraq. Cardoen, who set up a cluster bomb factory near Baghdad, is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. Who made the explosivea man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098834187608164462004-10-26T18:43:00.000-05:002004-10-26T18:43:07.606-05:00How much is a tonne?: "The relocation and consumption of some dual use materials has been among the questions raised in connection with Iraq's backlog of semi-annual declarations. The high explosive 'HMX' is a prime example of such material. The removal of Agency seals on the HMX and the declared relocation and consumption of some of the HMX must be explained and documented by Iraq before the a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098827781736212172004-10-26T16:56:00.000-05:002004-10-26T16:56:21.736-05:00Internal Bush documents posted on website... And relied on. I think that a few fake emails to a georgewbush.org might stop this...mmm...a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098823377702803102004-10-26T15:42:00.000-05:002004-10-26T15:42:57.703-05:00The non-story that never dies... Mostly what this shows is that law professors have waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098823012199881672004-10-26T15:36:00.000-05:002004-10-26T15:36:52.200-05:00Some questions answered...: "RDX (Hexogen) RDX is also known as Hexogen, Cyclonite and Cyclotri-methylene Trinitramine. This explosive compound has an extremely low volatility. It is a white solid with a density of 1.806 g/cc and nitrogen content of 37.84%. Military grade RDX is offered in accordance with MIL-R-398C. Pure RDX is used in press-loaded projectiles. Cast loading is accomplished a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098822756643805142004-10-26T15:32:00.000-05:002004-10-26T15:32:36.643-05:00Some answers...: "RDX (Hexogen) RDX is also known as Hexogen, Cyclonite and Cyclotri-methylene Trinitramine. This explosive compound has an extremely low volatility. It is a white solid with a density of 1.806 g/cc and nitrogen content of 37.84%. Military grade RDX is offered in accordance with MIL-R-398C. Pure RDX is used in press-loaded projectiles. Cast loading is accomplished by blending a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098822619484435442004-10-26T15:30:00.000-05:002004-10-26T15:30:19.483-05:00IPI Explosive Chemistry: "RDX (Hexogen) RDX is also known as Hexogen, Cyclonite and Cyclotri-methylene Trinitramine. This explosive compound has an extremely low volatility. It is a white solid with a density of 1.806 g/cc and nitrogen content of 37.84%. Military grade RDX is offered in accordance with MIL-R-398C. Pure RDX is used in press-loaded projectiles. Cast loading is accomplished by a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098821737221448992004-10-26T15:15:00.000-05:002004-10-26T15:15:37.220-05:00Questions on the Explosives... And I have been reading all these stories.. On the munitions: What exactly is HMX and RDX? How are they different? Why would one need both? How is it transformed into C-4? Or other explosives? Has any been found since the invasion? How many explosives caches and munitions caches have been found since the invasion, and have any of these included HMX RDX or a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098821260820733862004-10-26T15:07:00.000-05:002004-10-26T15:07:40.820-05:00Questions on the explosives... I don't know the definitive answer to these questions and I doubt I ever will but here goes: And I have been reading all these stories.. On the munitions: What exactly is HMX and RDX? How are they different? Why would one need both? How is it transformed into C-4? Or other explosives? Has any been found since the invasion? Has any C-4 been identified as being a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098814637180575362004-10-26T13:17:00.000-05:002004-10-26T13:17:17.180-05:00Usually the Note is crappy, but this is very funny... The Note has an election day schedule that is really fantastic. Here is a taste: "8:46 am — consider calling friends at the networks to get early exit poll results, but recall that they don't get the first data until the early afternoon 8:47 am — call friends at the networks to get early exit poll results, thinking maybe they have some. "a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098802927621047882004-10-26T10:02:00.000-05:002004-10-26T10:02:07.620-05:00Somoe one should just call John Peabody and ask him ... After you found all that stuff at Al-Quaqaa hwat did you do? Did the 3D Id just leave? Did they leave anyone to guard it? Was it destroyed? It seems to me that would answer all the questions about the missing weapons.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098801698835257422004-10-26T09:41:00.000-05:002004-10-26T09:41:38.836-05:00This would seem to discredit the NBC report... Unless the weapons were moved in 4-5 days.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098801586690375872004-10-26T09:39:00.000-05:002004-10-26T09:39:46.690-05:00Al Qa Qaa - Some background... And yes this is the same complex where Col Peaboby found lots and lots of stuff on April 4rth. But was it gone by April 10th?a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098748056492554392004-10-25T18:47:00.000-05:002004-10-25T18:47:36.493-05:00For a decision as to where the Campaigns should spend their money... see - election.princeton.edu Right now campaigners should focus on: "The top states are IA (686 jerseyvotes), OH (528), NV (508), FL (372), NM (304), WI (295), PA (295), MO (199), AR (151). " Also he has this breakdown of the undecideds: 5 points towards Kerry: Kerry 349 EV, Bush 189 EV, Kerry win 100%. 4 points towards a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098746369863994672004-10-25T18:19:00.000-05:002004-10-25T18:19:29.863-05:00Uh-oh...a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098739389965292322004-10-25T16:23:00.000-05:002004-10-25T16:23:09.966-05:00There is a fine line between satire and illegal campaign activity... I am not entirely positive where this lands on that line...a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098725801601179102004-10-25T12:36:00.000-05:002004-10-25T12:36:41.600-05:00Pat Robertson is really having a bad week by the way... I am starting to think that Pat may not be speaking to God, by just some janitor from Mexico named Jesus.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098724060217049202004-10-25T12:07:00.000-05:002004-10-25T12:07:40.216-05:00Crazy Year... I have no idea who will win these states on election day: Florida (27 EV's) Pennsylvania (21 EV's) Ohio (20 EV's) Michigan (17 EVs) Minnesota (10 EV's) Wisconsin (10 EV's) Colorado (9 EV's) Iowa (7 EV's) Arkansas (6 EV's) New MExico (5 EV's) Nevada (5 EV's) New Hampshire (4 EV's) Hawaii (4 EV's) Maine Dist #2 (2 EV's) That is 147 EV's up for grabs. I have no idea how the a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098722394442018122004-10-25T11:39:00.000-05:002004-10-25T11:39:54.443-05:00ABC News: Rehnquist Hospitalized With Cancer in Md. He had a tracheotomy. Does that mean he will be speaking with one of those voice box things?a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098474986190898072004-10-22T14:56:00.000-05:002004-10-22T14:56:26.190-05:00Freedom on the MArch... What would Chairman Mao say? I'm guessing it would somehow invovle a double order of wings!a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098384345470367552004-10-21T13:45:00.000-05:002004-10-21T13:45:45.470-05:00 This year's #1 Couple halloween Costume..a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098384120238239532004-10-21T13:42:00.000-05:002004-10-21T13:42:00.236-05:00Kyrgyzstan, Birthplace of Democracy By the way my wife has an autographed copy of Prsident Akayev's book and a picture with the man in front of thr White House in Bishkek.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098382473831434152004-10-21T13:14:00.000-05:002004-10-21T13:14:33.830-05:00Duck Duck Goooooooose! John Kerry, Asshole. " Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said he bagged a goose on his swing-state hunting trip Thursday, but his real target was the voters who may harbor doubts about him. Kerry returned after a two-hour hunting trip wearing a camouflage jacket and carrying a 12-gauge shotgun, but someone else carried the bird he said he shot. "I'm too lazy,a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098365059982442302004-10-21T08:24:00.000-05:002004-10-21T08:24:19.983-05:00Gary L. Gregg on Electoral College on National Review Online Gregg has several scenarios for a post election tie but the most likely one is left off. if everything goes at it did in 2000 except that Kerry wins Ohio and Bush wins Wisconsin then both candidates would have 269. Unfortunately if it is a tie then all sorts of pressure will be put on electors to switch their votes.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098364577717734422004-10-21T08:16:00.000-05:002004-10-21T08:16:17.716-05:00Our long national nightmare is finally over, oh and by the way, now another country totally hates us.: "American gymnast Paul Hamm (news - web sites) will keep his Olympic all-round gold medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected Thursday an appeal from South Korea (news - web sites)'s Yang Tae-young. 'The Court of Arbitration has decided to dismiss the appeal,' a court a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098364465347506862004-10-21T08:14:00.000-05:002004-10-21T08:14:25.346-05:00Taj Ma - Fall? India has its own leaning tower now that one of the four minarets surrounding the Taj has tilted 8.5 inches outward. This represents well less than a degree of inclination so it has a long way to go before it reaches leaning tower of Pisa status. The Taj is located right on a river bank so it is not inconceivable that the foundation is not quite as solid as was thught by its a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098292694940440402004-10-20T12:18:00.000-05:002004-10-20T12:18:14.940-05:00What rhymes with itch? This is from a q&a with Madame Tear-ay-za: Q: You'd be different from Laura Bush? A: Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098291776205471672004-10-20T12:02:00.000-05:002004-10-20T12:02:56.206-05:00I voted! But at least it is all over. Now I can watch the decrepit mass of last minute electioneering wash over me like so much raw sewage. I don't care anymore, my election season is over. Say what you will you political hacks. It's up to the lawyers now, anyway. I actually voted "absentee - in person", which makes no sense to me. It is possible I just voted for Bush before I voted a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098283093730940132004-10-20T09:38:00.000-05:002004-10-20T09:38:13.730-05:00SUlly asks for the impossible.. Sullivan is asking for examples of a Bush mention of a Kerry child that would be similar to the Kerry mention of Mary Cheney except that he would agree that it was innappropriate. There are so many unknown indices of his request that I think it impossible, and when Jonah Goldberg suggested that Bush could raise Kerry's divorce, a topic I find similar, Sully poo a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098281464780160022004-10-20T09:11:00.000-05:002004-10-20T09:11:04.780-05:00I'll go with C: None of the above A girl in India has been discovered to weep small stones. This report states: "At the girl's village in Jharkhand, they have two explanations. Either she is possessed by an evil spirit, or she is an incarnation of a goddess." Well it would oviously have to be one of those....a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098280724783086742004-10-20T08:58:00.000-05:002004-10-20T08:58:44.783-05:00 I am glad that South Park made fun of this idiot. What a retard.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098225984154159172004-10-19T17:46:00.000-05:002004-10-19T17:46:24.156-05:00Bush shows once again why he's a great campaigner... (registration required use this ... http://bugmenot.com/view.php?url=philly.com ) At a campaign stop in Philly he asked about TO. That's Terrell Owens for all those not following the Eagles. Smart campaigner. And highlights the difference between his and Kerry's football I.Q..a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098225065278781022004-10-19T17:31:00.000-05:002004-10-19T17:31:05.280-05:00Sullivan, posts something quite remarkable.a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098223844378311322004-10-19T17:10:00.000-05:002004-10-19T17:10:44.376-05:00Best ad of the year... (By the way I think the Moveon ad that shows the kids doing work to pay off the deficit is equally as good but I cannot find the link..will update.) After watching the ad I feel much better about the President's chances in Ohio. I only wish they had 10 million dollars to show it in New Jersey. Questions: 1. Does the fact that this is not an RNC or a DNC ad indicate a a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098222163018719792004-10-19T16:42:00.000-05:002004-10-19T16:42:43.016-05:00Seems like old times Tonight an aging Red Sox warrior will take the field in New York wearing an ankle brace and hoping for the best. Seems just like old times... a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273257.post-1098215865806129042004-10-19T14:57:00.000-05:002004-10-19T14:57:45.806-05:00If Kerry loses.... I wonder if Clinton will announce his wife's intention to run in 2008 at this event... a man on the hill.noreply@blogger.com0