By: article345 (Diary)  |  June 16th at 04:53 AM  | 

The web site “Patheos” (which sub-headlines  ”Seek, understand”) appears as an informative collection of articles relating to pan-spiritual aspects of religiosity. There are substantial resources relating to a large volume of the world’s religions without, it appears, any bias towards any one in particular. The site self describes thusly; “Founded in 2008, Patheos.com is the premier online destination to engage in the global dialogue about religion and spirituality and to explore and | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  June 11th at 05:34 AM  | 

Mitt Romney announced he will not participate in the mid-August Iowa Ames Straw Poll. It will be recalled  that in the last campaign Romney spent a massive amount and won the Ames poll but still did not win the later Iowa caucus with Huckabee, an evangelical Christian, being the surprise winner in this strongly evangelical state. On a purely political basis his not participating need not | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  June 2nd at 04:13 AM  | 

In a wide ranging interview with Greta Van Susteren Wednesday night Donald trump made it very clear that under certain circumstances he would run for president under a third party banner. “if I don’t see the right person running I would certainly consider it.” Trump advised he saw the GOP “self destructing”, the Republicans having a “death wish and making terrible mistakes.” These include specifically Cong. Paul Ryan “suicidal” health care reform plan | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 17th at 03:29 PM  | 

According to the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel two years+ into the “great Obama recovery” we read; “Average home prices in Milwaukee County have retreated to about the same level they were at nine years ago, according to first-quarter sales figures released Monday. And in the other three metro-area counties – Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha – average sale prices for existing homes are roughly back to where they were | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 17th at 03:28 PM  | 

According to the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel two years+ into the “great Obama recovery” we read “Average home prices in Milwaukee County have retreated to about the same level they were at nine years ago, according to first-quarter sales figures released Monday. And in the other three metro-area counties – Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha – average sale prices for existing homes are roughly back to where they were | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 15th at 06:38 AM  | 

The Beltway pundits/Blogosphere are in heaven writing about their latest shiny object, Donald  Trump. Their overview runs in a number of directions, to wit: Trump shows the utter paucity of the rest of the GOP presidential candidate field. Trump will take enough support from Romney so as to deny him the nomination and since Trump won’t get it it either one of the “radicals” will ensuring Obama’s re-election. | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 14th at 07:38 AM  | 

The usual suspects amongst the liberal Beltway chattering classes in perceiving their latest shiny object, Donald Trump, are salivating at the prospect of him running for president. Rather than him being the self described” Obama’s greatest nightmare” he is the liberal media/bloggers greatest wet dream. They see a Trump presidential run as being the very best thing that could happen to ensure Obama’s re-election, which is their ultimate desiderata. This for | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 8th at 12:00 AM  | 

With the recount process having found a major error in once county where thousands of ballots were not computer entered Judge Prosser looks all but certain to have been re-elected. The recheck has given Prosser an all but insurmountable advantage and he should be considered as victorious-along with Sarah Palin and Governor Walker. Palin alone amongst the high profile possible 2012 candidates had the guts to endorse | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 3rd at 05:34 PM  | 

Nietzsche, in rejecting Christianity, a “slaves religion’ as “the idea of a God who gives us values, changeless and transcendent” left himself open to the charge of nihilism. To counter this charge, with a “God substitute” he posited the idea of a superman. This is of course not a physical superman, although Nietzsche’s ideal man can possess superior physical properties. Rather it is a real, superior | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 30th at 12:54 PM  | 

Like so many on the left who are now having to defend a president who is involved in a new war, or “kinetic action” Dana Milbank of “Palin moratorium month” fame struggles with how to respond to what the left spent years attacking the Bush administration for. At least Kuchinich and a few others are being true to their beliefs and some of the far left “progressive’ | Read More »