HoodaThunk?

The mental wanderings of a common man.

Rainbow over the neighborhood

My wife called this evening after heading out to the store and told me to look outside and toward the east. There was an incredibly brilliant rainbow arcing completely across my entire view of the sky, from horizon to horizon. This pic just doesn’t do it justice.

August 22nd, 2009 Posted by ricjames | Environment, Human Interest | no comments

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UK did an oil-for-terrorist-exchange?

Uh-oh:

The outrage over the release of the  bomber and mass murderer responsible for killing 270 innocent people grew overnight as a key Libyan political figure claimed that the release came as part of a commercial deal.  Seif al-Islam, the son of Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi, met Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi at the airport and proclaimed him a hero in a display that embarrassed the UK when video of it hit British televisions.  Gaddafi’s son then told interviewers that British commercial interests had required Megrahi’s release:

Read the whole post. Either way, this was a bad move and British citizens are registering their – ahem – dissent.

August 22nd, 2009 Posted by ricjames | GWOT, Politics | no comments

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