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Jack Idema: Who is he? What’s his story? How does it impinge on our U.S. national security and covert operations? Is he an American hero, wronged by his own country? Listen to the Jack Idema interview at 15:00 EST Tuesday 1 November 2005.
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See Cao’s Blog for more. I’ll update should […]

Trick or Treat! With two kids, a wife who works tonight, a party I’m now late for, and a neighborhood of trick-or-treaters, there’s little likelihood of my sharing much with the b’sphere other than this trackback party tonight.
So… GO NUTS! If you have any bacon you’d like to share with other visitors, please feel […]

Ranchers along the U.S.-Mexico border report that, over the years, illegal aliens have more and more lost respect of those who live and work in the fringes of our nation. While illegal aliens by definition have no respect for at least a few important national residency laws, at least at one time they weren’t as destructive as they are now.

According to The Washington Post:
“President Bush today will name appeals court Judge Samuel A. Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a source close to the White House. Alito, 55, serves on the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, where his record on abortion rights and church-state issues has been widely […]

Jonathon (Jack) Keith Idema: Who is he? What’s his story about? How does it impinge on our U.S. national security and covert operations? Is he an American hero, wronged by his own country?
Cao of Cao’s Blog has been relentlessly pursuing this story in order to present the truth behind the arrest, conviction and imprisonment of […]

We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. …

It’s never too late to report on some more profundity as regards the Harriet Miers nomination — in particular, how this nominee has been perceived over time by politicos. From The Political Grapevine on FNC:

Smell the bacon? Now it’s your turn to share some of your own. Me? I’ve got nothing tonight… too pooped from my whirlwind travel.
Once again I must thank deeply Jim of bRight & Early, and fellow TMHBB writer Bergbikr, for covering for me and posting some great writings this week.

Open […]

Toxic hazard tests of both natural and man made chemicals are placed in a context of relative threat to mankind, showing that familiar and safe foods are ranked similarly in alleged threat to often maligned synthetic chemicals.

by Jim Lynch
T’was the night befor Fitzmas,
and through the White House
Every creature was wondering how this thing would turn out.
Lawyers with briefcases sat on their chair,
In case that indictments soon would be there.
The Kos Kids were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of perp-walks danced in their heads;
And Val with her scarf, and Joe […]

Today is usually STOP THE ACLU Blogburst day, so in honor of that (and owing to the fact that I’m still in major traveling mode) I thought that I’d do my part by featuring STOP THE ACLU this evening. Jay, Gribbit, and others have been doing yeoman’s work researching the ACLU and their true aims…

Perhaps that title should be Who Now.

I spent as much of the day as work would allow looking for and reading a wide variety of reactions to Miss Miers withdraw. There are as many reactions as there were opinions about her nomination. No real surprise in that.

About fifteen years ago I attended a seminar my company held off site to honor those who filed patent disclosures or received patents that year. The featured luncheon speaker was Bruce Ames, a professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center, University of California at Berkeley.

Breaking on Fox News: Harriet Miers is withdrawing her name from consideration as a Supreme Court justice, for reasons related to demands of the release of White House documents. President Bush reluctantly accepts her request for withdrawal. This happened around 9 am Eastern today.
She’s also “concerned that the nomination process presents […]

In the heyday of environmental activism several decades ago, I remember hearing a talk by my company’s director of agricultural sciences. This respected biologist was presenting on the subject of animal tests for evaluating the biohazard of chemical substances.

TMH’s Bacon Bits (the blog) and The MaryHunter (TMH — your humble servant) bring you a “Bacon Break” (the post title)!

No featured blog today, running late as it is.

Open post trackbacks:
Your turn: if you have any bacon you’d like to share with other visitors, please feel free to send trackbacks. With my inline […]

So I see the front page of USA Today lying in front of my hotel room. Then, an article: “Letters Home from Iraq,” and I think, hey, maybe they’ll let the brave servicemen and women who have offered the ultimate sacrifice actually speak for themselves.

by Jim Lynch
So much focus from TOM and the anti-victory left has been on the 2000th US casualty in Iraq. But this, found in an AP story, is a much better take.
In an e-mail statement to Baghdad-based journalists, command spokesman Lt. Col. Steve Boylan said media attention on the 2,000 figure was misguided and […]

TMH’s Bacon Bits (the blog) and The MaryHunter (TMH — your humble servant) bring you a “Bacon Break” (the post title)!

Featured blog: Always On Watch
AOW, who is one of The Wide Awakes, has hard-hitting analysis of a broad range of issues with an emphasis on militant Islam, terrorism, and illegal aliens. She […]

DDT, PCB’s, SMOG, MTBE, DIOXIN - the list of “hazardous chemicals” that have invaded our past is lengthly and can bring forth a twinge of fear from our memory banks. Now I’ll discuss some of the bioscience that contradicts such wild claims of chemical assault.

Back in late July, during the early days following the nomination of John Roberts, much was made of the request from Senate Democrats for the release of White House documents related to his service to two administrations. I was against it then, and I still believe that it is inappropriate for the WH to cede to those requests. This time however, the requsts are coming from Republicans.

TMH’s Bacon Bits (the blog) and The MaryHunter (TMH — your humble servant) bring you a Bacon Break (the post title)!

I’ve been a Research Chemical Engineer for fifty years and have always abhorred our society’s penchant for environmental junk science and personal injury tort weapons in the hands of unscrupulous lawyers and ecological do-gooders. For those of us who fondly remember Ronald Reagan, “The Teflon President,” it is mind blowing to find out that Teflon is now under attack as a toxic chemical.

by Jim Lynch
AP is quoting an anonymous source saying,
President Bush on Monday selected Ben Bernanke, chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, to replace Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman, according to an administration official.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the nomination had not yet been announced. An announcement was expected at 1 […]

Greetings, gentle reader: There are rumors flying about from points unknown that I am — heh — leaving town! Who ever heard such a thing! (I will be back though, come the weekend.)
Even though this will be, for me, a Limited Blogation Week, I am excited to announce that all may very well not […]