Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupting

If this volcano keeps erupting for an extended period it could cause major financial damage in Europe. Conversely, investment in land-based shipping operations & travel would sky-rocket.

Quote of the Day

"Very intelligent people have been known to advance very compelling arguments on behalf of very bad ideas." —James Taranto, The Wall Street Journal.

A great description of The Democrat Party!

Jefferson was one smart dude

If we run into such debts as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our callings and our creeds, as the people of England are, our people, like them, must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, and give the earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses; And the sixteen being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live, as they do now, on oatmeal and potatoes, have no time to think, no means of calling the mismanagers to account; But be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains around the necks of our fellow sufferers; And this is the tendency of all human governments.

A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second, that second for a third, and so on 'til the bulk of society is reduced to mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering...and the forehorse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression.

-- Thomas Jefferson

Funny episode of "Just Shoot Me"

This is one of the funniest episodes I have ever seen in a sitcom. It features "slow Donnie" on the series "Just Shoot Me." Take a look.

Here comes the new Spock!

This movie looks kick-ass. Can't wait to take my 10 year old and make him a fan.

Now this is something that quickens my pulse

Here's the brand-spankin' new Ducati Streetfighter. 155 horsepower out of a twin cylinder bike. Amazing!

The Fab Four are always in fashion

Some days, you just need a dash of the Beatles to move you along.