Sat, Nov 7th - 7:02AM

Durant's Rousseau and Revolution, p. 606
241.0 miles
sunny, cool

2.4 pounds up this week, (ouch) and my Blood Pressure high.

96 recordings of 41 types.

Rasmussen has -11 approval number for the Big Zero, and a 47/52 overall.

The day started with a dentist visit. Yesterday we cut up our credit cards, due to a sudden unexplained charge of $14,000 to something that looked like a Jewish charity, so I started out by telling them I'm not paying them today. Sadly, the receptionist I've come to know and love is "no longer with us" (?) and I was explaining this to a stranger.

The hygienist said something about the geocache and I said I was embarrassed and she said don't be, the other dentist and his wife had sticks up their rears(!) The cleaning started late but went well.  She told me that if the gum swelling hasn't gone down in a couple of weeks I should go see the oral surgeon again. Ack.

Then I'd seen something wonderful in the Bass Pro Shop in Harrisburg, so Rich thought it would be a good idea to go to the local one (60 miles away) while they still had it. I ran a pocket query and off we went to Manteca.

To begin with, I couldn't find the pretty green sweatpants I liked, but picked up two, a brown and a black, since the jogging suits I have are now too big.  I also found a nice pair of cargo pants. I tried everything on and approved, and was ready to quit, a little sad to have missed them, when lo!  There they were. These are just a tish too tight, but I'm confident they'll fit well soon, once I drop the trip 5 pounds. So I was happy with that. I'll be able to get shoes here, too, I believe.

Rich got some camo tape and we browsed around some more, then went caching. One thing we're doing now is passing out tokens for EatStayPlay.com: If I pass out 50 into active caches, 3-5 at a time, we'll get a free geocoin.  The first place we went was a cache we'd tried for a couple of years ago but it was gone. This time the ammo can was there, no problem. We found 8 caches, couldn't find 2 and were muggled out of a couple of others.  We also got rid of 14 tokens, not bad.

A Couple of Cartoons.

Google and Facebook, how two Giants Can Transform the Landscape.

Michelle Bachman:
Social Security is broke, Medicare is broke, Medicaid is broke – and all of them were created with the best intentions. But we have to face reality. Our deficit is at an all-time high. Our debt is nearing $12 TRILLION with no signs of slowing. We’re on a crash course for financial ruin. This isn’t conjecture, it’s basic economics.

Klavan has new slogans for CNN.

Europe Angry over 0bama's Indecision on Afghanistan.
Obama got feted by Europeans just a few months ago by underscoring his distaste for American arrogance in assuming leadership of the West.  Now, however, when the chips are on the table, Europe looks to the US for leadership … and see exactly what they professed to love earlier this year.

("Let me be clear" is 0bama's "tell" for when he's lying)

This "makes the White House look thin-skinned."  Ya think?

More.

"The tags for his presidency so far seem to be Radical, Naive, FDR, Jimmy Carter, Socialism and Screw Up." (Allen S. Thorpe)

Old Hat, Daniel Henninger

Democrats Ask New Jersey Secretary of State to Ignore Mismatched Signatures on Absentee-Ballot Requests.    Typical!

Reading: Rousseau and Revolution, What If? edited by Robert Cowley, the Bible (Zachariah), Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich, Common Sense, Glenn Beck, Don Quixote, Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk, David Elkind, Low-Carb Dieting for Dummies, Katherine B. Chauncey.