I would have guessed that alcohol would have come out on top, but this does make sense. Cheese carries a lot of value in a compact package. It’s small, easy to slip into a pocket, and it’s not traceable. Just peel off the cheesemonger’s sticker and you’re in business. The Most Shoplifted Food In The [...]
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I’m just going out on this limb… I’m a fan, but far from an expert. It just makes it more fun to follow when you have something on the line… so I’ll throw out some predictions. Feel free to leave your predictions in the comments. Here’s my predictions for the last game of the group [...]
1 Comment Scott Pagel on Jun 22nd 2010
Growing up next to a major US Air Force base, our community heard the US Military songs regularly. Of course, we most often heard the Air Force song, but we were also treated to performances of select groups such as Tops In Blue and I particularly remember their renditions of these meaningful songs and their [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Jun 11th 2010
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Remembering D-Day, 66 years ago
I know the day is passed… but I just found this photo essay from The Big Picture today. Of the 42 photos, many are classics and WWII buffs will have seen them, but many/most of the photos were new to me… including this one which captures the scope of the invasion: Click the image above [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Jun 8th 2010
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Arizona Illegal Immigration Law
Lots out there about the Arizona immigration law… with the usual misinformation and misdirection all around. It seems reasonable to me that we might want to hear from someone who helped draft the statute… and here we have Kris W. Kobach and the NY Times to the rescue in this OpEd “Why Arizona Drew A [...]
5 Comments Scott Pagel on May 4th 2010
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Filtering History by Thomas Sowell
Sowell on Slavery and History… Many years ago, I was surprised to receive a letter from an old friend, saying that she had been told that I refused to see campus visitors from Africa. At the time, I was so bogged down with work that I had agreed to see only one visitor to the [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 3rd 2010
Matthew 28:18-20 18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands [...]
2 Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 3rd 2010
