Russian book jackets...

Russian book jackets ... from the 1930s.  For those of you with an imperfect grasp on 20th history, that's in the early years of the Soviet Union.  That's an example at right; many more here...

Obamacare explained...

Obamacare explained ... in just four sentences!  Via my lovely bride:

1. In order to insure the uninsured, we first have to uninsure the insured.
2. Next, we require the newly uninsured to be reinsured.
3. To reinsure the newly uninsured, they are required to pay extra charges to be reinsured.
4. The extra charges are required so that the original insured, who became uninsured, and then became reinsured, can pay enough extra so that the original uninsured can be insured, so it will be ‘free-of-charge’ to them.

It sounds funny, until you study it carefully – and realize that every word is true!

Quote of the day...

Quote of the day...  By Senator Ted Cruz, via my lovely bride:

If Americans really wanted Obamacare ... you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it.

Well put.

Ok, this is really weird...

Ok, this is really weird...  I don't even know what to call it!  Via my pistol-packing mama, which will surprise exactly nobody who knows her...

Saturn in all its glory...

Saturn in all its glory ... as seen on March 7, 2015 in infrared light from the robot explorer Cassini.  Magnificent!  Full resolution version here...

Sunset in Paradise...

Sunset in Paradise...  That's what it looked like last night from our front yard, just after the sun dropped below the Wellsville Mountains: