Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest

Singing about "20 naked Pentecostals in a Pontiac"

The Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest has been held since 1961 and features Bluegrass, Folk, Old Time music and more on Paramount Ranch, which is often used as a wild west set.. There are plenty of performers onstage, but everyone also just wanders around playing, like in [...]

Why does closing car dealerships help automakers?

Just wondering…

Paper, Scissors, Stone. Tom Wayman

An executive’s salary for working with paper beats the wage in a metal shop operating shears which beats what a gardener earns arranging stone.

But the pay for a surgeon’s use of scissors is larger than that of a heavy equipment driver removing stone which in turn beats a secretary’s cheque for handling paper.

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Cattails can prevent water pollution

Cattails are being used as a cheap, effective way to clean up polluted water, as they can absorb contamination. And then, how cool is this, the same cattails can be harvested and used to produce biofuel. So, it’s a double win.

Danzinger on Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka government refuses to accept surrender

As the end game in Sri Lanka comes to a close, the war crimes of the Rajapakse administration continue. 

It is now being reported that the Army discovered 150 LTTE leaders and cadres who committed suicide; LTTE leader Prabhakaran is believed to be among them.

The remaining LTTE cadres who refused to commit suicide have [...]

US has highest incarceration rate in world

Pew study

One in every 31 U.S. adults is in the corrections system, which includes jail, prison, probation and supervision, more than double the rate of a quarter century ago

The United States has the highest incarceration rate and the biggest prison population of any country in the world, according to figures from the U.S. [...]

Sri Lanka fighting continues

Surrender conditions not agreed upon. 300 Tamil Tiger foot soldiers keep fighting. Shelling continues.

Sri Lanka update. Tamil Tiger leaders commit suicide. Oversight of surrender blocked by government

Prabhakaran and several other Tamil Tiger leaders have committed suicide. The remaining cadres are seeking to surrender. Announcement due at 10am local time, about 9:30pm pacific today.

LTTE is seeking cease fire. Independent committee sought to oversee surrender process, but rejected by Sri lanka military. Seeking medical support for wounded cadres & civilians; also rejected.

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Goat milk cheese coming soon from DJ

Apparently I am now a profit center

DJ and his wife built a goat milking and cheese processing building in just 160 sq ft. That passed state inspection> Their goat milk and well water has also passed and thus they are now legal to make and sell their delicious goat milk cheese.

If you [...]