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It's been a while since I have linked to Iowa Hawk but check out "Dear Barry, Tips from America's premier relationship expert".

From Maggie's Farm, The Ultimate in SUV accessories.

From Anechoic Room, "Barry and Me"

From Gateway Pundit, While Iowa senator Tom Harkin and his cohorts go out of their way to defame the efforts of our troops this Aussie has gone beyond the call of duty.

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Hmmmm Beer...Soap?... DOH!


The Ultimate List of Survival Gear. It can all be yours for only $2610.16

One Amazing Photograph.

Flotsam and Jetsam: Moose

Adult Moose Finder.com









The Moose's Tooth: A granite outcropping jutting from Denali's Ruth Glacier. Or the best Pizza and Brewpub in Anchorage. Love the Ale but as much as I like halibut I found that some things have no place on a pizza.

Those two practicle jokers, Frank and Earl, liked to sneak up on sleeping bears. This is the last picture of the pair. The camera and the plate from Earl's head was found in a big pile of bear scat just outside of Seward in 1957. From the Moose Pass, Alaska photo archives.










Suicidal Moose from the Anchorage Daily News; "A swing-shift trooper based in Girdwood, Peterson was cruising the Seward Highway the night of Feb. 2 a couple miles north of McHugh Creek when something big and black fell from the sky, landing about 20 feet from his car."

Flotsam and Jetsam: Climate Conspiracy

Terrorism, bird flu, President Hillary, as if I don't have enough to worry about. Now I find that the government is using aircraft to seed the atmosphere which evidently leads to cooling.
The Chemtrail Conspiracy.

But wait there's more. Now I discover that some idiot (probably employed at FEMA) has turned off the sunspot generator which is also cooling the planet.
The Sunspot Conspiracy.

All this has led to the glacerization of the Great Lakes. OK maybe I exaggerate but the pictures are pretty cool. The Lake Huron Conspiracy

Perhaps we have been here before and there really isn't anything to worry about.
Historical Global Warming Conspiracies.

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Patriots gathered in Times Square this week to show contempt to the bombtrhowers that attacked a Military Recruiting Station.

From Urban Infidel / Slide Show here








The Clintons have been resistant to releasing any informantion, personal or presidential. Chances are most people would question such as meteoric rise in the Clinton net worth.
It certainly pays to be king!
From: The Memling Index

Petition Clinton to release her tax return.



Mark Steyn: "The Democratic primary season seems to have dwindled down into a psycho remake of "Driving Miss Daisy." The fading matriarch Mizz Hill'ry (Jessica Tandy) doesn't want to give up the keys to the Democratic Party vehicle but the dignified black chauffeur Hokey (Morgan Freeman) insists it'll be a much smoother ride with him in the driver's seat. Yet, just as he thinks the old biddy's resigned to a nomination as Best Supporting Actress, the backseat driver plunges her hat pin into his spine, wrests the wheel away and lurches across the median"

Flotsam and Jetsam: Leftism

Take the "Collectivist's Quote Quiz" Fun for the whole family!




Photo courtesy of Hilldabeast.com. Check out the Clinton collection.



Harold Ikes, a key Clinton advisor, FOB, and member of the Democratic National Committee seen here yucking it up with Howard Dean. From MYWAY "Harold Ickes, a top adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign who voted for Democratic Party rules that stripped Michigan and Florida of their delegates, now is arguing against the very penalty he helped pass." Can you say conflict of interest? Imagine that!





Hillary's "History of Feminism". It hasn't been perty.
Courtesty of Big Lizards








Swimming in the shallows: Pod People I have known.

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The Ultimate in Home Theatre.







The Ultimate in Home Defense



The Ultimate Politcal Talk Radio Babe, Laura Ingraham.
This week Blonde Bomb-thrower Babe Ann Coulter promised to campaign for Hillary Clinton if John McCain were to win the republican nomination. To that I say, "Don't let the door hit you on the backside we still got Laura."








The Ultimate Clinton Analysis. From Charles Krauthammer;

"By comparison, Clinton was a historical parenthesis. He can console himself -- with considerable justification -- that he simply drew the short straw in the chronological lottery: His time just happened to be the 1990s, which, through no fault of his own, was the most inconsequential decade of the 20th century. His was the interval between the collapse of the Soviet Union on Dec. 26, 1991, and the return of history with a vengeance on Sept. 11, 2001.
Clinton's decade, that holiday from history, was certainly a time of peace and prosperity -- but a soporific Golden Age that made no great demands on leadership. What, after all, was his greatest crisis? A farcical sexual dalliance."

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We can all use a single image that speaks to us of love, harmony, peace, joy and happiness; an image that suggests the universality of us all. I have been sent that image, and I want to share it with you. All I ask is that you take a moment to reflect on it.
Thx. Dave

It was a fun night at the bar.
But last call was soon not too far.
Censored .....
Now a swear I'll drink liquor no more.

Photo Removed by Order of the Salmon Shack Thought Police.


Keeping to the theme, Beer is Evil. Video here. and the Beer Song Here.

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Will Ferrell has a new one man show based on the premise of "a candidate who says absolutely nothing and refuses to commit in any single direction, ever, for fear of losing supporters”. Is this art imitating life? When I entered "unsure" into every issue on this 2008 Candidate Calculator the results were in order; Biden, Brownback, Clinton, Edwards and Obama.






This would make Rube Goldberg proud. It takes a second to load, be patient.






Pepper the deaf dog enjoying warmer times. She has begun to learn hand signals for sit and drop it although the later one is only partially effective. As a Jack Russel she lives by the creed "if it hits the floor it's mine!"






The moose out my back door this morning. More proof of global warming.

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HAPPY NEW YEARS!!

The Year in Review. Courtesy Jib-Jab

Most Obnoxious Quotes Of 2007. Courtesy of Right Wing News

"To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil." -- Charles Krathammer

Politics... this ain't exactly a science. Courtesy of Right Wing News







Like the sparrows to Capistrano the RINOs are beginning to return.

Republican identity jumps to two year high.
Courtesy American Thinker







Keith Olberman's Top Ten Lies of 2007. Courtesy of Olberman Watch
Photo: Howard "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" Beal. "Network "1976

Flotsam and Jetsam: Swimming in the Shallows

Joke of the Day.....
My husband, being unhappy with my mood swings, bought me a mood ring the other day so he would be able to monitor my moods. We've discovered that when I'm in a good mood, it turns green. When I'm in a bad mood, it leaves a big fucking red mark on his forehead.Maybe next time he'll buy me a diamond. Dumb ass.

Thx Nette.



Thx Amy.


A Day in the Life of a Beluga.

"This is so humiliating, I bet the Orcas don't put up with this shit."

Flotsam and Jetsam: Nature Running Wild

One of the things I miss about living in Alaska was the fact that wildlife was literally as close as your front door. Quite often moose would make camp in the front yard and chew the crab apple tree down to the nubs in the winter, and in the summer there would be the occasional bear strolling through the neighborhood. This video was sent to me by a friend in Anchorage. See it here
Thx Nette!




When I first saw this photo I was sure that sleg dog was on the menu. See the whole story here.

Thanks to Maggies Farm.


"The roughly 18-point buck he shot and killed was dragging with it a dead 10-point buck. The two deer had fought and their antlers had become irreversibly joined."They are locked," Willmsen said. Nice job Jim!

Thanks to the Gazette. Story and video here.

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We spend so much time making sure that no child is left behind that we have forgotten that the reason education is important is so people can also be good citizens. Unfortunatley Civics is no longer emphasized. Test your civics knowlege HERE. See how you stack up here. ( I got an 89).

Dont Tell Me We Don't Have Enough Money! Iowa tax collections up.

Truther Alert! What happens when you fly a jet liner into a skyscaper at high speed.? ... It falls the .....Down!!!!

"An analysis of the World Trade Center collapse has challenged a conspiracy theory surrounding the 9/11 attacks." Story Here.

I knew this Bloging thing would pay off. This site estimates what your blog is worth. The Salmon is up to $564.54 if there are any takers out there.

Flotsam and Jetsam: Nature Running Wild

Note to Al, Its the ungulates stupid.
From Norway, GLOBAL WARMING FEARS
Norway's Moose Population in Trouble for Belching.
"Norwegian newspapers, citing research from Norway's technical university, said a motorist would have to drive 13,000 kilometers in a car to emit as much CO2 as a moose does in a year."

With four million moose worldwide this is a serious threat, and that doesn't even count the moose's cousin the elk. Something must be done. As former Alaska Governor Wally Hickle once said. "We just can't let nature run wild!"




Newsvine.com: World's Costliest Ham Triggers Pork Envy







This story has been floating around the Internet for some time evidently and finally found its way to may inbox.
From the San Francisco Chronicle: Daring rescue of whale off Farallones; "Humpback nuzzled her saviors in thanks after they untangled her from crab lines," diver says. Anthropomorphism perhaps?


Cool Science: "Scientists hail ‘frozen smoke’ as material that will change world"

Flotsam and Jetsam: Survivor

It is recommended that you fill your bathtub in case of an emergency so that you and yours have a ready supply of emergency water. Heaven forbid you actually have to use it. This product removes the yuck factor.

"The WaterBOB™ is a water containment system that holds up to 100 gallons of fresh drinking water in any standard bathtub in the event of an emergency. Constructed of heavy duty food grade plastic, the waterBOB™ keeps water fresh and clean for drinking, cooking, washing and flushing. Water stored in an open bathtub, with dirt, soap film and exposure to debris will spoil and become useless."

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'Hundreds pose naked on shrinking Swiss glacier'
"Glaciers are sensitive to climate change and have been receding since the start of the industrial age but the pace of shrinkage has accelerated in recent years."
I'll bet that when your standing naked on a glacier the ice isn't the only thing that is experiencing shrinkage. BRRRR!



'We have broken speed of light' "A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light - an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time."



I have written in the past for the need to be prepared. Whether for a natural disaster, terrorist event, or for the evacuation when the local reactor melts down. The people at Popular Mechanics have assembled a comprehensive survival check list. PDF



Wearing your anatomy on your skin: the anatomy tattoo gallery

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A picture in need of a caption:
1. Look, up in the sky....
2. Feel the city breakin', And ev'rybody shakin', And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.Ah, ha, ha, ha,
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There are those that scan Google earth for interesting and unusual features on old mother earth. Who knew? This image is near Alberta Canada and is eerily similar to the face that NASA recorded on Mars.Face recognition is one of the most remarkable accomplishments of the human mind. Besides the task of identifying people we meet it also allows our imaginations to see faces in the clouds and the occasional Jesus in a tortilla. But most importantly it saves us that recognition ritual performed by the canine species.



Swimming in the Shallows:
For Sale, Barry Bonds rookie card.
Thx Steve







An interactive global display of terrorist events at Global Incident Map.com

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See how you stack up in the Al Gore Carbon Impact Game. Despite my best efforts my carbon spewing climate altering lifestyle came in at a paltry three and a half tons. The average according to the game is seven and a half. But I would reason that the bell curve of carbon emissions gets a skew to the right with outliers like Mr. Gore.






Let your dog have revenge with his very own Micheal Vick chew toy.








A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat "... After all, no one dies on the third floor unless Oscar pays a visit and stays awhile."

Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death? You decide.

• "Bonds Makes HR History With No. 756"....BFD!
  

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I want to take this opportunity to thank Iowa Hawk's Dave Burge for helping me identify the make and model of the car in this old photograph of my dad. Turns out it is a 1948 Willey's Jeepster parked in front of the "EATS" Cafe. I am guessing Cedar Falls, Iowa early 1950's. Also over at the Iowa Hawk it's turning into a horse race in the Annual Hoosegow Honey competition and my favorite filly, April, is fading fast in 4th place.







Two events are going on this week that merit mention. The first is the Annual Oshkosh Airventure sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh Wisconsin. We visited the airplane extravaganza last year and I am still in awe. We have decided to vacation with friends on the shores of Lake Michigan so we won't be attending this year but if you love airplanes or even the occasional airshow this is a must see event.




The second event is the 35th annual "Register Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. Riders left the west coast of Iowa Sunday and will arrive at the Mississippi River on Friday. I have never ridden in the event but I hear that there it is a seven day party as you travel the back roads of Iowa.


The Agriculture Department reportedly paid over a billion dollars in farm subsidies to farmers that are allegedly dead. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley responded ‘‘We passed a law that said a person must be actively engaged in the business of farming before they could receive a farm payment,’’ Grassley said. ‘‘As far as I know, the only way dead farmers can be actively engaged is if they’re pushing up daisies."

Thx to CR Gazette

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The Louisiana governor signed a bill making the "Pelican State" the 50th state to outlaw the sport of cock fighting.
The AP reported, "Louisiana breeders of the fighting roosters and owners of the cockfighting arenas, known as "pits," had argued that an immediate ban would be unfair, leaving them with equipment and hundreds of useless birds."
Equipment like say, tiny little punching bags or what? As for the useless birds I was thinking...Hmmm, How bout Soup!



s I caught the director of this organization, Lt. Pete Hegseth, on Chris Matthew's "Hardball". The articulate lieutenant handled the machine gun like questioning of Matthews and the dumb bombs of Ron Reagan with aplomb. The Vets for Freedom is an organization of Iraq veterans that recently met with congress urging members to give the surge time to work.




High winds and rain blasted across the great plains flooding streets, knocking out power, and as you can see devastating the Salmon corn crop. We are still waiting for FEMA. Oh the humanity of it!




You got to love the humor of the guys at Sirius Satellite Radio. They elected to name their liberal talk channel "Sirius Left" While the conservative channel has been christened "Sirius Patriot" . What could have been more appropriate? But there are some sectors that have their shorts in a serious bunch over the issue. Taylor Marsh , unknown progressive radio talk show hostette, suggested that Left be changed to Liberty, I was leaning toward Serius Socialist. Any Suggestions?

From the Cedar Rapids Gazette; When the depth of the water is less than the draft of your boat, you have probably run aground. Alcohol may have been a factor.