tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640642024-03-07T16:08:14.525-05:00GedankenTravelExperimentBlogging from Brooklyn Heights or wherever else I might happen to be.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.comBlogger1001125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-953609623114573862013-11-22T15:33:00.001-05:002013-11-22T15:33:13.421-05:00... And more...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6FLjLvHt4pyEN2u7JeTOTYbdB3NQGW0tpVYtOnX4CSkACthtkyIcXf2-GVYjMCYjpsgrFTz6ZZNDazlZz7EDEzPjYOndWTPqx18jxnSUXZMlKEiqPcPVAx9m_Sz5tc_LfxUoyw/s1600/IMAG1466-793422.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6FLjLvHt4pyEN2u7JeTOTYbdB3NQGW0tpVYtOnX4CSkACthtkyIcXf2-GVYjMCYjpsgrFTz6ZZNDazlZz7EDEzPjYOndWTPqx18jxnSUXZMlKEiqPcPVAx9m_Sz5tc_LfxUoyw/s320/IMAG1466-793422.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5949184232119753698" /></a></p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-87017045961065432012013-11-22T15:32:00.005-05:002013-11-22T15:32:58.097-05:00... And more....<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2_ySj8NiFqJjybvhLBGvvAsYn4NB5b91y7tBmykI__pOdwphvj6PpDH7Sj2x9TOfK0C3QehXkI53FoHFpX7R7FfHhy0Z_z_ry4UQH9FVOq2ZhTFk63am8aWOdCGtCD6dxbp3Rg/s1600/IMAG1467-778098.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2_ySj8NiFqJjybvhLBGvvAsYn4NB5b91y7tBmykI__pOdwphvj6PpDH7Sj2x9TOfK0C3QehXkI53FoHFpX7R7FfHhy0Z_z_ry4UQH9FVOq2ZhTFk63am8aWOdCGtCD6dxbp3Rg/s320/IMAG1467-778098.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5949184164585849426" /></a></p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-35072284571567969042013-11-22T15:32:00.003-05:002013-11-22T15:32:34.627-05:00And more...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4nX9Tjm4koJjp-XVn1wiFzlbhNj2-WG-CsgajnG3eqbShuRA3dh869UWB9pu5psENUhJLSKE_h0teCIh52yaUjr0GfyCYaIBA2GiFkKvjQ_eFG219QsBCmcxVruwuA0O1BUvAg/s1600/IMAG1468-754628.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4nX9Tjm4koJjp-XVn1wiFzlbhNj2-WG-CsgajnG3eqbShuRA3dh869UWB9pu5psENUhJLSKE_h0teCIh52yaUjr0GfyCYaIBA2GiFkKvjQ_eFG219QsBCmcxVruwuA0O1BUvAg/s320/IMAG1468-754628.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5949184065723150306" /></a></p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-56739423757355752272013-11-22T15:32:00.001-05:002013-11-22T15:32:15.960-05:00More Brooklyn heights painting<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-yyBzNL_wl0YLNIYF6aCx0AVF5VDEEpMHXi_YXOgwj3JBrxPuLDtFJ8mD9hnW1anMaej9n7fuTVic-p_J6Ui097JPGqiV-L08r6vTb_ymfX_C4qitmVVfRJI1wlOC3MYqaXZ4Q/s1600/IMAG1469-735960.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-yyBzNL_wl0YLNIYF6aCx0AVF5VDEEpMHXi_YXOgwj3JBrxPuLDtFJ8mD9hnW1anMaej9n7fuTVic-p_J6Ui097JPGqiV-L08r6vTb_ymfX_C4qitmVVfRJI1wlOC3MYqaXZ4Q/s320/IMAG1469-735960.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5949183991338812626" /></a></p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-65382012417370981732013-11-22T15:31:00.001-05:002013-11-22T15:31:38.304-05:00Someone's been busy painting Brooklyn heights<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2GlhQUVPr8XD-zQtPbbQoNaJ-F_7Q_yu4-q38LVsO6FDbjnEqB2znfYk1mN1mWhvhxAqycRS0fS9MIU2DbGYjrSo9MQpCzNGH88O90nj-x3STW3Vm_TIzeWLFkXP3PlW_-mN_g/s1600/IMAG1470-798305.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2GlhQUVPr8XD-zQtPbbQoNaJ-F_7Q_yu4-q38LVsO6FDbjnEqB2znfYk1mN1mWhvhxAqycRS0fS9MIU2DbGYjrSo9MQpCzNGH88O90nj-x3STW3Vm_TIzeWLFkXP3PlW_-mN_g/s320/IMAG1470-798305.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5949183822250566514" /></a></p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-89517374456371778862013-10-16T17:16:00.001-04:002013-11-30T14:46:45.828-05:00Banksy strikes again<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSrNUcIsh32LDLmRUHmlhXmC50BhOXBwixhOPXQprRLUyVjZScDK6mP8TBvg9KnK-JrL75Tp-fuGB-Uttu7X2VAu2fn7hCcsRNOZB-ko9RN27mkIoC1DTyiAjDzTWlUXGVu4YpA/s1600/IMAG1308-765446.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSrNUcIsh32LDLmRUHmlhXmC50BhOXBwixhOPXQprRLUyVjZScDK6mP8TBvg9KnK-JrL75Tp-fuGB-Uttu7X2VAu2fn7hCcsRNOZB-ko9RN27mkIoC1DTyiAjDzTWlUXGVu4YpA/s320/IMAG1308-765446.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5935465123353645442" /></a></p><p dir="ltr">I was tempted to take the flower but I didn't even though I know someone who can use it. </p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-10056445650217394732012-10-29T17:59:00.001-04:002012-10-29T17:59:02.149-04:00The heights<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-tN3Yz0aMI4oGD41sh2HOtHDUk_dTn0TcAVyBd7RrBxzyDeg9cNCOy1lIBce7jX36nvHD9MJSdXdLyiFAzD2b9plISjgqzBtjAZ-e-ufxRIJuIvjnhQkVd69JRmd_EEga0bU-A/s1600/IMAG0908-742150.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-tN3Yz0aMI4oGD41sh2HOtHDUk_dTn0TcAVyBd7RrBxzyDeg9cNCOy1lIBce7jX36nvHD9MJSdXdLyiFAzD2b9plISjgqzBtjAZ-e-ufxRIJuIvjnhQkVd69JRmd_EEga0bU-A/s320/IMAG0908-742150.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5804854211735405986" /></a></p><p>Sign of the times in Brooklyn Heights on Remsen st during hurricane Sandy.</p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-41859588329641501242012-10-29T16:33:00.001-04:002012-10-29T16:33:29.621-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCzddNF0IOBjpLcEsn3BsE8gjOAgGYs9SohWhXMBG1kLt8V5XH3WHOwMVHRYHJ6OSoSLkWRQwUxcxzdOah19NTqjgQBLqU2cpWJ5qLQOG8XJBtxT4oF2TXtiij54boU2i9nUPEA/s1600/IMAG0906-709622.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCzddNF0IOBjpLcEsn3BsE8gjOAgGYs9SohWhXMBG1kLt8V5XH3WHOwMVHRYHJ6OSoSLkWRQwUxcxzdOah19NTqjgQBLqU2cpWJ5qLQOG8XJBtxT4oF2TXtiij54boU2i9nUPEA/s320/IMAG0906-709622.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5804832168262756226" /></a></p><p>For a few moments this afternoon I was the only person on the Brooklyn Heights promenade. </p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-83211266413899439202012-03-02T13:58:00.001-05:002012-03-02T13:58:10.170-05:00Graffiti on Remsen street<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8kMatVHwbCatdxlyuvyFK-fJkchCNGnUcFNd5eH2PzuQTKuxz6vGZwNLHHd6OIulOdUb64SE7QbkSb3jgpNq7Hx41JC7ZCLBqYda5T3Y62Rpuw48wGwJwP1ZwNGwhF8YtJwCmg/s1600/IMAG0415-790171.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8kMatVHwbCatdxlyuvyFK-fJkchCNGnUcFNd5eH2PzuQTKuxz6vGZwNLHHd6OIulOdUb64SE7QbkSb3jgpNq7Hx41JC7ZCLBqYda5T3Y62Rpuw48wGwJwP1ZwNGwhF8YtJwCmg/s320/IMAG0415-790171.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715376079724150770" /></a></p><p>As if this bit of sidewalk hasn't suffered enough, now it is graffitied. <br> Looks like someone in Brooklyn Heights doesn't trust NYPD. </p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-75613873883033350972011-02-16T21:23:00.004-05:002011-02-16T21:37:20.156-05:00Tallit Sweater at H&M?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyVeDocfwdTfYPlZTHVfMnm8uSZoKP3RwApW_rOzIk02RIYpcCucG7szJftS5aMoXvSOXfDhnwp9EEdJGJup6YyLdsgzEtn9ILLSpmqiTrrGTYF91ppl7Z2ghDtMvnXBgtDsoIA/s1600/tallit.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyVeDocfwdTfYPlZTHVfMnm8uSZoKP3RwApW_rOzIk02RIYpcCucG7szJftS5aMoXvSOXfDhnwp9EEdJGJup6YyLdsgzEtn9ILLSpmqiTrrGTYF91ppl7Z2ghDtMvnXBgtDsoIA/s320/tallit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574481547562676194" /></a><br /><br />I don't think H&M realizes what this looks like. Is it my imagination?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNKFTZOgezBglCv8YpFLT2_gfcn8FZ5EbzwPTyoE5ulzb0mnBLPnjvxWIsQ4tUSwkwrxTt4AhPo8jYnYp9oMQMyA9Py8knYam-kARy_-Xc6e97F_G5Wv9xyk8CfwQoDBj1PnGJA/s1600/photo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNKFTZOgezBglCv8YpFLT2_gfcn8FZ5EbzwPTyoE5ulzb0mnBLPnjvxWIsQ4tUSwkwrxTt4AhPo8jYnYp9oMQMyA9Py8knYam-kARy_-Xc6e97F_G5Wv9xyk8CfwQoDBj1PnGJA/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574478932405952834" /></a>karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-45077078037008452012011-01-26T12:06:00.000-05:002011-01-26T12:11:05.028-05:00Snow angel<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwSNx5_4BE36ytLoCwG6aUC0z3NvlVjNc8gZzlpM3SzCn0t6rZcYAa0V3N2EVif6hVeIIcus69_HpI1OEW6cE8Vj39OmmFpyPSsLhPkwFhCgUe265gin5w-etYy90tMm-ntA3jw/s1600/2011-01-26+11.59.36-765029.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwSNx5_4BE36ytLoCwG6aUC0z3NvlVjNc8gZzlpM3SzCn0t6rZcYAa0V3N2EVif6hVeIIcus69_HpI1OEW6cE8Vj39OmmFpyPSsLhPkwFhCgUe265gin5w-etYy90tMm-ntA3jw/s320/2011-01-26+11.59.36-765029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566543325042607522" /></a></p><p>My brand new snow angel on the Brooklyn Heights promenade. </p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-16886434305371266232010-10-03T14:56:00.002-04:002010-10-03T15:04:33.257-04:00Wedding on the beach?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOIPSchUB83CPswINjNMDxi3RU5Dnivw3Kb6TSmlVIKYoNC5wSwSCTb6AtK4YjBeBWSYrwVimIVL_OyDbElK9eNH3cbkf2r98iI0qAfehjGZhn_8c5mVanSxW6BUH65STZt_j_Q/s1600/2010-10-03+12.16.30.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOIPSchUB83CPswINjNMDxi3RU5Dnivw3Kb6TSmlVIKYoNC5wSwSCTb6AtK4YjBeBWSYrwVimIVL_OyDbElK9eNH3cbkf2r98iI0qAfehjGZhn_8c5mVanSxW6BUH65STZt_j_Q/s320/2010-10-03+12.16.30.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523897562152427602" /></a><br />I passed by this - apparently Jewish/African American - wedding taking place between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges in Brooklyn today during my morning run.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-15308847917868701122010-09-17T10:28:00.002-04:002010-09-17T10:33:41.693-04:00Montreal"D" and I just got back from a short trip to Montreal. There, we took a quick, but much needed vacation. I feel pretty relaxed and ready to get back to work. <br /><br />In Montreal we saw the Museum of Science, the Contemporary Art museum, the <a href="http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/fra/cinerobotheque/?lg=fra">Cenerobotheque</a> where we saw an interesting documentary "<a href="http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=53083">Baghdad Twist</a>". We also found some wonderful cafes and a good bookstore or two. Mostly we relaxed.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-23940728486763094022010-09-08T13:50:00.002-04:002010-09-08T13:51:23.109-04:00I'm back!After a year in Iraq I am back to Brooklyn Heights. <br /><br />. . . the adventure continues.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-54448175692234531562009-07-16T10:32:00.000-04:002009-07-16T10:33:00.624-04:00Posting<p>Posting will be light for the next year as I prepare for and eventually deploy. We'll resume when I am a civilian again, but I'll see if I can make some periodic updates.</p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-85091694935206839132009-06-23T14:33:00.002-04:002009-06-23T14:40:14.723-04:00Philosophy studentsTwo philosophy students. <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6498968.ece">One Jewish</a>, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/22/neda-soltani-death-iran">one Muslim</a>. Both gave all so that others can breathe freer. HY"D.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-86311811886602363672009-06-22T11:11:00.002-04:002009-06-22T11:15:22.890-04:00Intelligence Officer Training Program in CollegesWow! Had George W. Bush proposed to institute an <a href="http://chronicle.com/news/article/6675/obama-administration-proposes-intelligence-officer-training-at-colleges?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en">intelligence officer program</a> in universities in the US we would still be hearing about it. Apparently, Obama has proposed a spy-training with with little fanfare. Not that this isn't a good idea. I have been of the view for a long time that we need a better language training infrastructure in this country and a better infrastructure to gather foreign intelligence. <br /><br />This should be interesting.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-68501430683503575042009-06-12T14:11:00.003-04:002009-06-12T14:16:02.377-04:00The new black?Is Jewish the new black? Ask <a href="http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/09/1005753/liberian-dictator-taylor-discovers-judaism">Charles Taylor</a>, <a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1903245,00.html">Alysa Stanton</a>, or the <a href="http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/06/09/1005775/bro-mitzvah">Bro Mitzvah kid</a>.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-19116658003819162272009-06-03T10:07:00.009-04:002009-06-03T11:02:29.129-04:00Words to the Left and Words to the RightIt is claimed by the Left in <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g7ZHM1F1rpPm8LkF12gyc--_LUTQD98IQJU00">s</a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/us/02blame.html?hp">c</a><a href="http://www.necn.com/Boston/Nation/2009/06/02/What-role-did-OReilly-play-in/1243989683.html">o</a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/02/AR2009060200889.html">r</a><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6455106.html">e</a><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6455106.html">s</a> <a href="http://www.alternet.org/world/140399/slam_bill_o'reilly_for_his_jihad_against_dr._george_tiller/">o</a><a href="http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/06/will-john-mccain-finally-renounce-the-domestic-terrorists-whove-been-gunning-for-dr-george-tiller.html?cid=6a00d8341c2c3f53ef01156fc354cd970c">f</a> <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/1/737419/-How-will-the-media-handle-Tillers-assasaination">a</a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-young/scott-roeder-attorney-to_b_210699.html">r</a><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/1230837.html">t</a><a href="http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-us-tv-tiller-oreilly,0,1724014.story">i</a><a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/06/02/bill-o-reilly-and-the-abortionist-murder-day-two.aspx">c</a><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/oreillys-judgment-day.html">l</a><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-448-SF-Radio-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Is-Bill-OReilly-responsible-for-the-murder-of-an-abortion-doctor">e</a><a href="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/440361/how_bill_o_reilly_sleeps_at_night">s</a> that Bill O'reilly is somehow responsible for the shooting death of the abortionist George Tiller. I suppose that the left expects that the religious right now do some soul-searching, take some responsibility, and tone down the rhetoric against doctors that provide abortions. <br /><br />What they are actually doing is creating a climate in which anti-abortion rhetoric is equated with the murder of people who provide them. <br /><br />But would the same people who have blamed Bill O'Reilly also start to blame the media and left wing intellectuals for the 9/11 attacks or this recent bit where <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/02/AR2009060200242.html">a man killed two soldiers outside a shopping center in Arkansas</a>? After all, the combined anti-military, anti-America, and anti-war rhetoric equating the Army with the greatest of evils are certainly greater and more widely known than anything Bill O'Reilly said. And how much left-wing anti-Israel rhetoric is blamed for the <a href="http://www.daylife.com/article/09ku5je8Deadq?q=Michael+Bloomberg">recent plot to blow up synagogues</a>? <br /><br />To my mind, murders by individuals should generally be blamed on the individual. So whence the double standard blaming people who kill soldiers on no one and when people kill abortion doctors blame the "right-wing media". I'll also bet that the shooting doesn't make it to the Daily Show, nor will the media make a big deal of it. (Bizarrely, <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=96741§ionid=3510203">this report</a> from Iran refers to the soldiers "helping to recruit armed forces draftees", as if that were either true or possible. The US has no draftees, and if they did they would not need to be recruited.) <br /><br />I think that we ought to be grateful that free speech is alive and well here and people can speak out against the US, against abortions, against doctors, against the military, against anyone they want. But to suddenly start blaming the exercise of freedom of speech for murders is disingenuous unless it is done by all, and I can't imagine the Angry Left is going to start examining its own speech too carefully in the near future.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-89807384844276827712009-06-02T12:39:00.005-04:002009-06-03T11:01:27.728-04:00Public concert<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfg4DoTtaBv9y110df6D2uLf-DWvOhvjfU6PNaG7VUG6NEK2VxLGl6oZks3Roqk1o5cZp-SVKP13IxRwJLp6htY8zONkjtVXcvG7UMB8-GZrMLWwoGqhmRyfOSs7HYlvPIQ_3sXg/s1600-h/2009-06-02+12.37.51-782683.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfg4DoTtaBv9y110df6D2uLf-DWvOhvjfU6PNaG7VUG6NEK2VxLGl6oZks3Roqk1o5cZp-SVKP13IxRwJLp6htY8zONkjtVXcvG7UMB8-GZrMLWwoGqhmRyfOSs7HYlvPIQ_3sXg/s320/2009-06-02+12.37.51-782683.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342770881302481122" /></a></p><p>Some adorable kids held a concert in Brooklyn Heights' Boro Hall. </p> These kids are from PS 192.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-21966322943190137262009-06-01T22:08:00.003-04:002009-06-03T11:02:02.351-04:00Freedom<p>As of now I am officially unemployed. I have no jobs, no work, nothing. . . And I can't even blame the economy. </p>karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-83908795853332907342009-05-30T18:20:00.002-04:002009-06-03T11:02:16.133-04:00Anthrax<p>I just got thre first of many anthrax shots. They suck. Apparently some new law authorizes the government to do this. </p>karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-90728561250448599722009-05-28T13:12:00.002-04:002009-06-03T11:02:43.179-04:00Finally<p>I am now at my PhD granting ceremony. It is now official. </p>karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-90248582340711454242009-05-24T18:52:00.001-04:002009-05-24T18:52:49.773-04:00Back in NY<p>Just got back from a nice weekend in Miami. I wish grading was over though.</p> karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-73474912613623158672009-05-11T23:47:00.002-04:002009-05-11T23:52:24.178-04:00Car show<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8oggfEHGJDBRkqqJKtYQYxRe_yWkxzb6UR7gIXFE5g0BnUbEriyJPIKPbxtemei8hiWiP76Fm2VWY71agIsxHdcoEsv5OFQhKH9cT2Bh0Me8o48P-RPeua_JH_io1QWdzYsC4Q/s1600-h/20090502152025.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8oggfEHGJDBRkqqJKtYQYxRe_yWkxzb6UR7gIXFE5g0BnUbEriyJPIKPbxtemei8hiWiP76Fm2VWY71agIsxHdcoEsv5OFQhKH9cT2Bh0Me8o48P-RPeua_JH_io1QWdzYsC4Q/s320/20090502152025.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334780184101604882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW3W2MP9n9WY9cLYug9JI6WmWqSQFzHVB_a3z8Jo2nAEvaBnPgERvktYNSIkj1I2_65j39Ory9SYf2IRIJLub-wGW55eGpzB9ULjIc8NW-Y2szwkdy5vWopvm5bVs7QAOUM-yvA/s1600-h/20090502151949.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW3W2MP9n9WY9cLYug9JI6WmWqSQFzHVB_a3z8Jo2nAEvaBnPgERvktYNSIkj1I2_65j39Ory9SYf2IRIJLub-wGW55eGpzB9ULjIc8NW-Y2szwkdy5vWopvm5bVs7QAOUM-yvA/s320/20090502151949.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334780180920302370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZSPPMX5vkGS760rUMPJV4nHNRO8gt8DBW6JimBLWv8XKeWqJZhIko1Ujcq7mYf9NcMa5OyKWfDwVUozHoLmIq_NpAcxwyVPfB2ji7slkg9szWnVUhFKa1SskYceZZSfCwivgkw/s1600-h/20090502152010.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZSPPMX5vkGS760rUMPJV4nHNRO8gt8DBW6JimBLWv8XKeWqJZhIko1Ujcq7mYf9NcMa5OyKWfDwVUozHoLmIq_NpAcxwyVPfB2ji7slkg9szWnVUhFKa1SskYceZZSfCwivgkw/s320/20090502152010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334780176613762322" /></a><br />This was somewhere in a Wallmart parking lot in North Carolinia about a week ago.karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.com2