President Obama’s Excellent Idea May 20, 2011 – 9:22 am – by Roger Kimball

Posted on May 24, 2011 by On the North River

Barack Obama thinks Israel should give up the land it acquired in the Six-Day War

I wonder if Rodger realizes 1965 is also the year of BHO birth?

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Lighten up

Posted on May 24, 2011 by On the North River
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German views of Arab revolts and Bin Ladin

Posted on May 22, 2011 by On the North River

Der Spiegel.

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Say amem.

Posted on May 22, 2011 by On the North River
Obama Trying His Damndest to Start WW3
Posted by Ann Barnhardt – May 19, AD 2011 11:57 AM MST

Okay. Here’s what you need to understand about what Obama just did. He said that there needs to be a Palestinian State based upon the pre-1967 borders. This isn’t just throwing Israel under the bus, this is throwing Israel into the woodchipper. This is like saying that the U.S. needs to return to the 1802 borders. Wait . . . no one give him any ideas about that. I’m sure Obama would be tickled to death with that. Continue reading →

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DNA and murder

Posted on May 21, 2011 by On the North River

Fascinating story of DNA and Cold Case Squads from The Atlantic.

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Happy weekend, lighten up.

Posted on May 21, 2011 by On the North River
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Philadelphia Police deliberately break the law.

Posted on May 21, 2011 by On the North River

Philadelphia Police deliberately break the law with the arrest of a man exercising his rights to open-carry.

Should a man be prosecuted for protesting his illegal stop and detention even after the police admit that the initial stop was illegal?

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Finally out on the river. The Pembroke Town Landing on the North River.

Posted on May 20, 2011 by On the North River

Update: Two months later I made the mistake of ending a long trip back here at dead low tide, its not Hingham Harbor mud, but its pretty tough to get off the boat, the top of the car and your legs. Avoid this landing within a hour of dead low tide (to correct for tide times this far upriver add (+) 2.5 hours to tide at Damons Point Marshfield.) Continue reading →

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Twenty statistics about US Real Estate

Posted on May 19, 2011 by On the North River

The following are 20 really wacky statistics about the U.S. real estate crisis…. Continue reading →

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Not from the Boston Globe

Posted on May 18, 2011 by On the North River

US Debt Ceiling Breached Today – Pensions Raided…

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