Category Archives: Awesome

Feel The Power Of The Blogs!

Congratulations to Sebastian and Peter who were mentioned in the print edition of USAToday in reference to the Cooper incident. The power of the blogs is a mighty thing indeed.

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A Record Month

SnarkyBytes had between 15 and 20 thousand visits this month. The ambiguity is because the various hit counters I’ve been experimenting with all show different numbers. That’s a lot of traffic for this blog. I just wish it had been … Continue reading

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QOTD – How did we get into this mess edition

Thomas Sowell: Yes, but that was before nonsense became a large part of the curriculum of our educational institutions. (Lifted from The Smallest Minority)

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X-Rays come from the darnedest places

So you can make anything – including an X-Ray machine with tape. It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays. The researchers even made an X-ray image of … Continue reading

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Missouri Governor Matt Blunt: 1st Amendment Hero

The Governor of Missouri issued this statement Saturday. Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day: Lysander Spooner

Randy Barnett at the The Volokh Conspiracy found a great quote from Lysander Spooner, and I’m stealing it whole because it’s too awesome. From Lysander Spooner’s letter to President Grover Cleveland in 1886: To say, as the advocates of our … Continue reading

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