Said before it ain’t happenchance when something like this is going on.  I wonder how many clinics this group actually visited before they went public. (Daily Caller)- Less than a week after releasing an undercover video exposing a New Jersey Planned Parenthood clinic aiding a sex trafficking ring, Live Action has put out another video from a Richmond, Va. Planned Parenthood clinic showing the center agreeing to help a pimp get secret abortions and birth control for underage sex workers.  (more…)

I just read an article about the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.  First the article then my thoughts: 
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Says it Will Scrap Peace Treaty With Israel if it Comes to Power…  Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood movement has unveiled its plans to scrap a peace treaty with Israel if it comes to power, a deputy leader said in an interview with NHK TV. (more…)

h/t JenniferH  — Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) – – The Obama Administration acted in contempt by continuing its deepwater drilling moratorium after the policy was struck down, a New Orleans judge ruled.  Interior Department regulators acted with “determined disregard” by lifting and reinstituting a series of policy changes that restricted offshore drilling, following the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, U.S. District Judge, Martin Feldman of New Orleans ruled yesterday. “Each step the government took following the court’s imposition of a preliminary injunction showcases its defiance,” Feldman said in the ruling.   (more…)

…or as the Norse would say, “Thor’s Day”. What better way to begin the second entire day of our new blog than to pick up a hammer and start whacking things into shape.
If you’d prefer the Roman slant on Thursday…we’ll just say, “By Jupiter”, it’s good to be back together again!
Now, let’s get back to work and continue building this blog.
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This Egyptian official brings up a great point in a (Washington Post article) White House demands contradictory: WASHINGTON — An Egyptian official says his government believes that White House demands for President Hosni Mubarak to step down immediately are in “clear contradiction” with Obama administration calls for an orderly transition to a new government. ”   (more…)

Help keep an eye out for updates to this today…. (ABC News)- The US Senate today is poised to vote on repealing President Obama’s controversial new health care law. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today on the Senate floor that the repeal vote will likely occur sometime late this afternoon.  (more…)

Bring It !! ….. “Go Issa, Go Issa” (Daily Caller)- The Obama administration snubbed top GOP oversight official Rep. Darrell Issa on his first major document deadline as new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sending a short letter promising to comply in response to a major information request that was due Saturday at noon. But Issa is hitting back Tuesday with a demand key documents be sent in two days.  (more…)

(via Ad rem) Yeah….that little critter on the left is the one they’re all making a fuss about. He’s not much to look at, but he’s really a lot smarter than he looks. He’s got everybody fooled into thinking he’s the weatherman!
He’ll emerge from his burrow on Feb. 2nd., and if it’s cloudy he’ll tell you that winter’s almost over. If it’s sunny when he comes out, and he sees his shadow…he’ll run back into his burrow screaming, “Six more weeks of winter!”
Now I tell you… who else could earn a living doing something as silly as that?
Lets get down to doing something that’s really important, and start on building that Treehouse.

I have long felt that life is like a series of links in a chain. You might be driving down the road and you hear a song on the radio, or see a picture, and you feel a memory,…. something that reminds you of a different time and place than where you are right now. You reflect. The memories you consider remind you of a totally different place in your life. Perhaps you lived in a different place. Perhaps you were surrounded by different people. Perhaps a different job or completely different friends. You recognize those memories were constructed like frozen moments in time. They become individual links in the chain in your life.  (more…)

Great to see ya’ll.  Really Great.  Gather up cozy like and share the blankies, while we warm the toasty smores.  There’s plenty of room in the treehouse, but we’ve got some cleaning up to do before we get to unpackin’ the toothbrushes.
The reason ya’ll are assembled here ain’t because of the likes of me.  It’s because ya’ll like each others company.  Each of you enjoys a little community of peeps, and you’ll share your flashlights on the path so each can find their way safely.  Look to your left, and your right, and you’ll find a great friend to lean on, laugh with, and cherish.   That is what brought you to this place.  Remember that.   Sometimes things seem weird, and uncomfy, and yes at times a good screamin’ is needed, it clears the air.   Like sittin’ on the porch listenin’ to the neighbors have at each other, it can be unsettling.  But, if you know em’ well, you know that is just life, and tomorrow they might just be listenin’ to your version.  (more…)