Happy Birthday....

Apple turns 32 today

As I've said before, my first computer was an Apple II that I bought in 1978, specifically for the purpose of learning what in the world all the fuss was about. It was "the only kid on the block" at that time (except for the S-100 bus stuff, but that was way too esoteric and expensive); and besides giving me a good foundation in basic computing, it, also, got me into reading BYTE Magazine and a host of other material that led me in other directions.

The rest, for me, is history.... and prologue.

I found a soul mate....

Please desecrate the original theme:

"The first and only time I ever visited the Magic Kingdom was when my wife-to-be took me there in my mid-twenties. The very first ride we went on was 'It's a Small World.' By the end of the ride I was so freaked out that I was convinced the dolls were whispering, 'you must kill Mommy and Daddy' to the children. Maybe this is because I remain a Warner Brothers kid when it came to cartoons, but there it is."
Question to readers: has anyone else had a bad Magic Kingdom experience, or does my reaction indicate the absence of a soul?

Oh dear!! The end of Earlybird....

A Deli Destination, Now a Pastrami-Scented Memory

Jason Starkman knew. He and his family were the culprits, the rascals some might say, who decided that after 54 years, Rascal House had to close. And like a patient rabbi, he listened to Mrs. Rothman quietly, nodding, smiling, familiar with her complaints. After owning the restaurant for 11 years, he knew that all the kibitzing was just a form of saying goodbye.

“We love it ourselves,” he said. “We waited until the last possible moment.”

And we are surprised by this because...?

CBS 2 Chicago: 2007 Video of Obama and Wright Signing Books Together

It is curious why the CBS 2 video showing a beaming Barack and Wright has not been more widely played by the media, but it does prove that Barack only recently, in the middle of scrutiny and only in the last month, has found himself trying to claim he disagrees with the racist Rev. After all, he was still quite friendly with the ranting Rev. Wright in the CBS video of but a year ago.

A slight understatement?

In Gaza, Hamas’s Fiery Insults to Jews Complicate Peace Effort

Read this and wonder about the ability of the so-called Palestinians to become a civilized people. But, of course, it is the Israelis' fault..... just ask the UN.

Pretty much takes the NY Times for what it is...

All The News That Fits:

"This is Seinfeld reporting—“news” about nothing.

As for the New York Times, one wonders why they didn’t embed a reporter with the Iraqi forces streaming south. Like Dr. Zaius, were they afraid of what they might find?"

Hard to believe - NOT. If you have ever wondered about the integrity of the Times, you can now stop.

Very useful....

The 101 most useful websites

Yup....they're all full of it.

Enjoy...

I had said at the very start of this mess 2 years ago that I really didn't know who I could vote for; but that I did know who I wouldn't vote for - the first one of them who I see with his/her arm around the pig Sharpton.

Case closed.....

The game is being rigged....

New UN 'Human Rights' Envoy is 9/11 Troofer

Princeton prof Richard Falk, newly-appointed by the UN Human Rights Council as its "Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967," is also a devoted supporter of the crackpot "9/11 Truth" movement, which denies that Al-Qaeda attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001.

Via Instapundit

MAKE WAY FOR A FRESH CROP OF DAILYKOS DIARISTS: "The staff of Newsweek will shrink dramatically, after 111 staffers on its news and business sides accepted a buyout last week."

He always has a way with getting to the point....

God, I hope I don't miss it....

Kathie Lee Signs On To ‘Today"

Good.....

LiveLeak Restores 'Fitna'

On the 28th of March LiveLeak.com was left with no other choice but to remove the film “fitna” from our servers following serious threats to our staff and their families. Since that time we have worked constantly on upgrading all security measures thus offering better protection for our staff and families. With these measures in place we have decided to once more make this video live on our site. We will not be pressured into censoring material which is legal and within our rules. We apologise for the removal and the delay in getting it back, but when you run a website you don’t consider that some people would be insecure enough to threaten our lives simply because they do not like the content of a video we neither produced nor endorsed but merely hosted.

Must be the Israelis' fault......

Hamas Kid Puppet Kills Bush with Sword, Turns White House Into Mosque

Sick and evil beyond belief, Hamas TV broadcasts a puppet show in which a young Palestinian boy murders a puppet version of President Bush with a sword, and turns the White House into a mosque. (Aired March 30, 2008, on Al Aqsa TV.

He wasn't there that year....

The right questions about Rev. Wright

But Pete Wehner shows that there is much more digging to be done. The fact is that Senator Obama was a member of Trinity for two decades. About the theology of the the church there is zero appropriate inquiries, but its political advocacy --and there was a lot of political advocacy-- illuminates Senator Obama's core beliefs. Wehner points to the weekly church bulletins, and he is right to do so. In one from June 10, 2007, an article titled "Open Letter To Oprah" accuses Israel of developing a bomb that would kill only Arabs. This sort of extreme anti-Israel rhetoric should be put before Senator Obama and he should be obliged to rebut it in detail.

Read it....

The Fitna Firestorm

The ACLU strikes again....

"Who is Mazin Qumsiyeh?

Two George Mason Law School student organizations, the ACLU and the International Law Society, are sponsoring a lecture tomorrow by one Mazin Qumsiyeh, entitled, Terrorism, the US, and the Centrality of the Israel/Palestine Question: Can Peace be Based on Human Rights and International Law?"

Surprised he didn't sue...

Teen makes mistake of trying to rob former U.S. Marine

SANTA ROSA - A boy in his mid-teens learned Wednesday afternoon that it is not a good idea to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, even if the former Marine is 84 years old, police said today.

Santa Rosa police Sgt. Steve Bair said that's what happened around 2 p.m. in the 1600 block of Fourth Street. The elderly man was walking with a grocery bag in each arm when the boy approached him with a large knife, Bair said.

The boy said, "Old man, give me your wallet or I'll cut you," Bair said. The man told the boy he was a former Marine who fought in three wars and had been threatened with knives and bayonets, Bair said.

The man then put his bags on the ground and told the boy that if he stepped closer he would be sorry. When the boy stepped closer, the man kicked him in the groin, knocking him to the sidewalk, Bair said. The ex-Marine picked up his grocery bags and walked home, leaving the boy doubled over, Bair said.

The man reported the attempted robbery to police 45 minutes later.

Bair said the teen is described only as 15 or 16 years old. Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department.

Ah! The government strikes again...

Freedom Fighter Called “Terrorist” by INS

Saman Kareem Ahmad is an Iraqi Kurd who worked as a translator with the Marines in Iraq’s Anbar Province. He was one of the few selected translators who was granted asylum in the U.S. because he and his family were singled out for destruction by insurgents for “collaboration.” He wants to return to Iraq as an American citizen and a Marine, and has already been awarded the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter and General David Petraeus wrote notes for his file and recommended he be given a Green Card, but the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) declined his application and called him a “terrorist.”

Fond memories...

Shea in ’64: The Planes Above, the Mets Below

"It’s a dump,” said Gary Cohen, the Mets’ play-by-play announcer on SNY, who grew up in Parkway Village, Queens. “But it’s our dump."

I was there for that first game in 1964; I was there when the Jets won the AFL title in 1968 to make it the famed 1969 Super Bowl; and I was just there last year (for the first time in 20 years) for a Mets - Phillies game - Cohen is oh-so right!!!!