I don’t know if this mule deer was still hurting after losing one of his antlers in a fight, but he sure helped himself to the medicine cabinet in our front yard this morning. It is said that the inner bark of the aspen tree has analgesic properties, and may even be the source of the name Aspirin. Whatever the reason, this young buck trashed our aspen tree pretty good while I watched, and he then proceeded to lick the inner bark and eat a few of the shavings. I hope it did him some good. The tree will probably die now, but they never live too long, anyway, so it’s not too big a deal. Meanwhile, my dog slept through the whole thing. Lazy mutt. *sigh*
Daily Archives: November 17, 2014
Tree Mugger
Filed under Nature
The “No True Scotsman” Fallacy
I thought I was fairly familiar with logical fallacies, but I had never heard of this one before today. “No True Scotsman” not only provides an intellectual response to two common Dem-witted “arguments” — i.e., “no true woman is Republican” and “no true black is Republican” — but also it comes complete with a funny video made by PBS! What lib could argue with PBS?! That would be like KILLING BIG BIIRD!! LOL
The “No True Scotsman” Fallacy
Source:
http://twitchy.com/2014/11/16/richard-dawkins-uses-logical-fallacy-to-man-splain-feminism-video/
Filed under Logical Fallacies
Stupid is as stupid does
Gruber credited its passage to “the stupidity of American voters” but the only people who got to vote on it were in Congress and the only people in Congress who voted for it were Democrats.
The Dem spin was high-larious!
- Ben Waxman – A biased press can make a good law look bad.
- Phil Kerpen – THAT DARN CONSERVATIVE MEDIA!
- Ben Waxman – Corporate media is more conservative than the right would like to admit/
- Clay Johanson – Pls explain how that applies to NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, AP. We’ll wait.
- Andrews Dad – What color is the sky in your world?
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Filed under Democrats, Jonathan Gruber, Obamacare, Republicans
Immigration: What is a Catholic to think?
From Catholic Vote:
Catholics in good conscience can disagree on the appropriate level of immigration to allow and how to best reform our broken system. There is no dogma on immigration policy. Careful reasoning, respect for human dignity, persuasion, and prudence are all necessary tools.
That’s why we believe an executive order will only make the problem worse — making real reform even more difficult.
We believe the Bishops should encourage leaders of both parties to offer up one or two basic reforms which could generate bipartisan consensus in Congress. Find some common ground however modest. And start to build from there.
Source:
http://www.catholicvote.org/we-respectfully-disagree/
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Filed under Catholic Church, Immigration
CLIMATE CHANGE REDUX
Sitting here, looking out the window, pondering sallying forth in ten degree weather, I spent all of about 30 seconds to come up with a new definition for the changing climate where I live:
Spring….just warm enough to melt the snow
Summer….not quite as cold as winter
Autumn…..pre-winter
Winter….the nine month pause between autumn and spring
I figured by now some enterprising American(maybe Dianny?) would come up with a line of clothing related to Jonathan Goober.
If you google ‘Gruber clothing’,you come up with Hans Gruber,the character played by Alan Rickman in Die Hard. I believe there’s money to be made here by an ambitious individual who has an even sicker mind than I do.
SEE? THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. DON’T TELL ME YOU COULDN’T SELL A TON OF THESE.
Filed under Funny Stuff