Four great new blogs on the sidebar

I encourage you to try them. There is a brief description of each below.

Neptunus Lex

Mr. Lex is a former Naval aviator, with experience in F-18s and other legendary military equipment. I had perused his blog a few times over the last few months, but when I read his post, "Worst day ever," I was sold. Plus, he's in San Diego, which is just down the coast from my Laguna Beach.

Five "g" turn nose high, hook the slats out, flaps twenty degrees, trim up 7-8 units, rudder, rudder rudder, throttle chop, throttle up, flaps half, 15 units AOA, hold the slats out, HOLD THEM! "Pipper's on, guns kill, knock it off."

Terry had flown A-7s, mud movers, attack jets - and I was a Hornet pilot, I had flown fighters. What could Terry teach me about fighting I didn't already know?

Volumes, as it turned out. Starting with humility. Which he treated me to in heroic doses, over time. Man, he was good...Lex is dead, set up another.

He usually doesn't write about specific military experiences, like above, rather it's an interesting blog from the perspective of a Naval officer.

QandO Online Magazine

This is a blog done by a trio of guys who lean libertarian and right, just like myself.

If California thinks that providing health care to illegal immigrants will in some way discourage more illegals from seeking residence there, I'd have to question their rationality. And, of course, the usual suspects will be footing the bill for this grand act of economic stupidity.

RWDB

J.F. Beck is an Aussie critical of socialists and anyone else exhibiting idiocy.

The hugely negative Antony Loewenstein reckons 2006 was "hugely positive" and promises surprises for 2007. If he writes something worth reading it'll be more than a surprise, it'll be a fucking miracle.

Gorse Fox

An excellent mix of politics, current events, and daily life in the British countryside, complete with photos.

Gorse Fox should know better. He should know by now that the media are a bunch of hypocrites.

The BBC Online, the Daily Mail, and the Times all bemoan the photos / videos that were made available of Saddam Hussein's execution. But all of them have used the stills from the sequence or pointed the reader to sites on the web where they can be viewed.

If they really want to wring their hands in horror - they should do so without providing further publicity to the sordid display.