Open Threads

I am proud to bring you this weeks RINO Sightings, the other weekly Carnival. Unlike previous offerings, I don’t have a creative bone in my body, so there will be no poetry or song lyrics.

RINOS Foreign:

Meanwhile, Chris Tiberius takes the foreign press to task.

The Armies of Liberation looks at media manipulation by the Yemeni President.

RINOS Domestic:

The Louisiana Libertarian discusses the new FEC hire, Penny Nance, and what the future might hold.

Mark Coffey, in his brand new digs at Decision ’08, takes some time to use Chris Lehane as a punching bag.

The Big Cat Chrnicles examines Hillary Clinton, show-stopper.

The Searchlight Crusades looks at border control.

Classical Values takes people to task for careless rhetoric, notably James Wolcott.

The Heartless Libertarian provides a book review of The Fair Tax Book.

Pigilito examines an Intelligent Design article, while the Idiom looks at Bush’s ID comments.

Resistance is Futile is planning to enroll his children in Hogwarts. Seriously.

My Pet Jawa looks at the press infatuation with DKos.

Dean Esmay defends Roosevelt and Truman from war criminal charges.

Don Surber chronicles the wholesale slaughter caused by the WV DNR.

Some think Paul Hackett deserves a refund.

I honestly don’t know how to describe this offering from Orac Knows.

Say Uncle discusses ‘What is a Right?’

Restless Mania looks at recent IAEA proclamations regarding Iran.

Richard Bennett examines an autism study.

Michael Demmons discusses the ‘myth of public property.’

A.J. Strata looks at the Democrats and Cindy Sheehan.

That’s all folks. If I missed anyone, let me know. Next Week, RINO sightings will be hosted by the World According to Nick.

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Apparently, they just discovered a giant 400-foot waterfall. In California:

Dick McDermott knows these parts as well as any man can. But McDermott says he’s never laid eyes on the nearly 400-foot waterfall that park officials recently discovered in a remote corner of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, 43,000 acres of wilderness in northern California.

The 92-year-old used to earn a meager living mining the creeks that meander through the deeply wooded hills. He has slogged through the brush and hiked overgrown logging roads, hunting deer and gathering wood for his homemade fiddles.

“Sure, I was surprised,” he said from his home in the park, where he’s lived for more than 70 years. “I’ve been all around that place, I never seen ’em.”

Until recently, very few had seen the roaring water that tumbles three tiers before pouring neatly into Crystal Creek. That such a spectacle should evade even park officials for nearly 40 years is remarkable, said park superintendent Jim Milestone.

Interesting.

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If you haven’t already, check out this month’s Wired magazine, which has two fun stories, one about milbloggers by one of my favorite reporters, John Hockenberry (who is great on NPR’s The Infinite Mind), and this piece on how much the internet has changed things over the past ten years. The story about Banksy is worth a read, as well.

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I am blogged out for the day, unless something really interesting happens. So, in my stead, I offer you the always excellent Carnival of the Hillbillies.

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