Ever-Changing Earth and Its General History

Recently, Wisconsin geologists, both amateurs and professionals, calling themselves crater hunters, have been examining the evidence of craters of meteorite explosions upon earth's surface which was prevalent over other areas in North America back when Wisconsin and western Russia once shared the space south of the equator. It has been estimated that the rate of falling meteors were up to 100 times more than the rate today and with falling space rocks the size of a football field, hitting the planet every 10,000 years. The ancient bombardment occurred during the Ordovician Period.

Earth's geological history in terms of continental drift stretches out over a thousand million years with marked results in 500 million year intervals. Maps that depict these ages and drifts are an estimation. Each 500 million year interval was followed by about 100 million years of geological episodes called rifting as continents broke apart due to erosion and other natural phenomenon.

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Benghazi Update: Did Hillary Clinton Order a Purge of Documents?

The House Select Committee on Benghazi is preparing for first hearing this week. To kick it off, a former State Department diplomat, Raymond Maxwell, has stepped forward to blow the whistle concerning an operation to allegedly “separate” damaging documents before being turned over to the Accountability Review Board investigating security lapses involving the September 11, 2012 Islamic Jihad attack in Benghazi, Libya. But, hey, what difference does it make?

Obama Fans Dwindling: Wisconsin Rally is a Flop

Just as the crowd did in Maryland, Obama's visit and support for Mary Burke running against incumbent Governor Scott Walker (whose record speaks for itself) - people got up and left before he was finished with his Democrat pep-talk speech. Burke has adopted the Obama political ideology and typically does not change her policies according to the situations and her personal-professional background, like Obama's is wanting.
An important element in Wisconsin is jobs, which Walker has been providing an atmosphere to keep business thriving and people employed; Burke has failed.
For voters this November and every future election - it is as Mark Alexander says: "Another Time For Choosing".

Time To Renew Letters of Marque? "Let Slip the Dogs of War" and Soldiers of Fortune

Our leadership is inept at making strategic decisions against ISIS (ISIL), the most recent Islamic Jihad organizational threat and have wasted funds, material and American lives saving a nation and then watch it overrun by the likes of ISIS.

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Bob Barr says we used contracted mercenaries in Iraq and Afghanistan – so why not continue that program? The liberal progressives known only to talk, which has no effect upon the enemy. …

Since the dawn of war, governments have used paid, private armies to protect kingdoms, carry out dangerous missions, and vanquish enemies. This reality is reflected even in the Constitution of the United States, which provides that Congress has the power to issue “Letters of Marque and Reprisal.” These devices are official governments licenses granted to private sailors to hunt down and attack enemy ships (Sen. Rand Paul’s father, former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, asserted that this power should be used today to fight piracy off the east coast of Africa). The use of private militaries and Letters of Marque make sense on today’s battlefields, where victory is not necessarily determined by the biggest army, the most sophisticated air support, or the heaviest artillery. The modern enemy often does not wear a uniform, nor does he always fight for a single country or even a country at all. Even with the most fearsome fighting force on the planet, accomplishing military objectives in such an environment is a daunting task, long before U.S. politicians become involved.

Remembering Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous With Destiny

Fifty years ago, a great American presented a great speech, as Steven Hayward wrote in the Washington Post ...

At the same time, Reagan made great efforts to transcend partisanship by portraying his views as common sense: “You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well, I’d like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There’s only an up or down: man’s old, old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism.”

Would-be heirs of Reagan should take note: He wasn’t just trying to speak to the base. He was trying to expand the base through persuasion of independents and, later, disaffected Democrats.

Another notable aspect of Reagan’s rhetorical strategy was claiming populism for the right. He asserted that it was now progressive liberalism, with its embrace of ever-expanding “administrative government,” that represented the elitist force in American politics: “This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government, or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.”

Reagan didn’t divide Americans along the typical interest group or class lines. Unlike Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” remark or the “makers and takers” theme popular with many conservatives today, Reagan portrayed big government as opposing the interests of all Americans, not just the entrepreneurial or property-owning class that forms the GOP’s core constituency.

Twice Baked Potatoes

Twice Baked Potatoes

Serves four …

4 large russet potatoes

8 slices bacon

1 cup sour cream

½ cup milk

4 tablespoons butter

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon black pepper

1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

8 green onions, sliced

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Bake potatoes in preheated oven for 1 hour.
3. Meanwhile, place bacon in large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain on paper towel, crumble into a bowl and set aside.
4. When potatoes are done allow them to cool for 10 minutes. Slice potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop the flesh into a large bowl – save skins.
5. To the potato flesh, add sour cream, milk, butter, salt, pepper, ½ cup shredded cheese, and ½ of the green onions. Mix with a hand mixer until well blended and creamy. Spoon the mixture into the potato skins. Top each with remaining cheese, green onions, and bacon.
6. Bake for 15 minutes.

Herb Roasted Lobster and Steak

Herb Roasted Lobster and Steak

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

¼ cup chopped parsley

2 tablespoons finely chopped chives

1 tablespoon finely chopped oregano

1 tablespoon finely chopped rosemary

1 tablespoon lemon juice

¾ teaspoon sea salt

2 (4 to 6 ounce) shell on lobster tails, thawed and cut down the middle with kitchen shears

2 (12 to 14 ounce dry-aged rib-eye or New York strips steaks

½ teaspoon black pepper

½ tablespoon olive oil, extra-virgin

1 lemon, cut into wedges for serving

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Mix butter, parsley, chives, rosemary, oregano, lemon juice, and ¼ teaspoon salt in bowl.
3. Spread 1 teaspoon herb butter over the meat on each piece of lobster and arrange on a rimmed, foil-lined baking sheet, cut sides up. Roast until cooked through and opaque in center, 8 to 10 minutes.
4. While lobster is cooking, season steaks with remaining salt and pepper. Heat oil and 1 tablespoon of the herb butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook steaks, flipping once, until deeply browned and medium-rare (130 degrees) or desired doneness – 8 to 10 minutes.
5. Top each steak with 1 tablespoon of remaining herb butter, save butter for another use. Let rest for 5 minutes and then serve steaks alongside lobster with wedges of lemon and baked potato. [Try Twice Baked Potato recipe]